Chapter 814, White-hot

The flames of hydrogen and the remaining bombs in the cabin engulfed the large warehouse again, and a loud "boom" sound occurred again, and a huge spark exploded on the ground.

"Commander, there are enemies in the west!" Chen Xiangwu stood in front of the porthole and watched the two airships fall, his face full of grief and anger, and then shouted loudly.

"It's the Beifeng, and the Anguo. It's the airship of Colonel Du and Colonel Li!"

"Damn it, bastard, I'll kill you!" The officer in the machine gun said angrily, then turned the direction of the machine gun and opened fire to a place with bright light to the west.

"Chen Xiangwu, Chen Xiangwu, send me a command, all airships climb to 600 meters! Quick!" Li Shengru shouted from the second floor cabin to the bottom.

However, the order had not been passed, and the sound of cannons was heard from the ground in the southwest direction again. The shells drew a high-angle parabola from the land surface and rushed towards the airship troops. Fortunately, the first round of artillery was not very skilled and did not hit the mission target. On the contrary, the shells fell to the northeast direction, which was the outer artillery position of the eastern Lushun Fortress, which destroyed some peripheral guardrails.

The artillery continued to fire, and heavy machine guns continued to fire. Regardless of whether they accidentally injured friendly units, this is the only effective way to counterattack, and they can only spare no effort to fire. In just one moment, the pod of the small airship "Yangtze River" was hit by a shell, but the shell was stuck in the pod and did not explode immediately.

Seven people in the "Yangtze River" were injured by the impact of the shells, either seriously injured or unconscious or died. Captain Wang Zhenglong's thigh was cut through the bulkhead fragments, and his blood flowed continuously. He gritted his teeth and issued an order, allowing the only two remaining aircraftmen to operate the airship to fly to the main warehouse of the Lushun Fortress in the southeast. He knew that the "Yangtze River" could no longer fly back, and that shell could explode at any time, and then detonate the bomb inside the airship. At this most critical moment, he remembered the special explanation before leaving, and even if he died, he would die!

On the "Great Consul", Chen Xiangwu saw that the seriously injured "Yangtze River" was actually moving in an orderly manner, and immediately understood the intention of the "Yangtze River". He clenched his fists, his eyes were red and hot, and said in a trembling voice: "Col. Wang is going to hit the enemy's warehouse!"

When Li Shengru heard this, he quickly ran down from the second floor cabin and came to Chen Xiangwu. His face turned pale, and his eyes were also flashing with a confused luster. He choked up his Adam's apple, and he let out a sigh of grief, then slowly took off his military cap and saluted a serious military salute to the slowly moving "Yangtze River".

Chen Xiangwu also followed Li Shengru's appearance and took off his military cap and saluted him.

However, before the Yangtze River reached its destination, the heavy machine gun in the west swept the airbag of the airship, and the hydrogen exploded immediately. The Yangtze River turned into a ball of fire and fell from the air, hitting a barracks near the main warehouse, implicating the entire barracks into a strong sea of ​​fire.

"Commander, what should I do now? Can the Japanese cannons and heavy machine guns hit us?" Chen Xiangwu took a deep breath and turned to Li Shengru with a sad and angry tone and asked.

Li Shengru took a look at the situation below. Almost half of the Lushun Fortress was burning. Although the airship troops were not bombing for a long time, the shot down airship itself was a huge bomb, and three airships fell in front and behind, which was self-evident. He considered that the airship's defense ability was too low and was in an unfavorable environment, so there was no need to continue to take risks. You should know that the airship's cost was not low.

"Appoint, all airships climb to the highest height and evacuate from Lushun." Thinking of this, he decisively issued an order.

"Yes." Chen Xiangwu responded, and then found the correspondent to use a signal light to pass the command.

A few minutes later, the remaining ten airships received orders one after another and began to increase the flight altitude. However, at this time, another airship was one step late and penetrated the airbag by a shell. The helium in the outer airbag began to leak, and not long after, the hydrogen in the internal airbag was ignited by the flames and fell down in a violent explosion.

The soldiers on the other airships were very angry, but they also knew the chance of survival after the airship explosion, so they could only watch their comrades turn into flames in the dark. The remaining nine airships quickly climbed to an altitude of eight or nine hundred meters, and threw all the remaining bombs in the process of climbing. On the one hand, they were to create as much damage as possible, and on the other hand, they were also to reduce the load on the airship.

Then, under the leadership of the "Great Consul", nine airships began to fly south.

At 2 a.m. on January 13, the Weifang Command sent an encrypted telegram to the Presidential Palace in Nanjing.

Three days have passed since the war in Qingdao started. Although Wu Shaoting did not interfere, he is also paying serious attention to the progress of each day. Yesterday, the Minister and the British Minister were still exerting diplomatic pressure, but he ignored these diplomatic politics at all. Until the afternoon of the 12th, his confidence became stronger and stronger.

At this time, Wu Shaoting was just about to rest. He was busy for three consecutive days until early morning to fall asleep. On such a winter night, he felt uncomfortable. When the person knocked on the door and informed Shandong of the great news, he immediately jumped up, put on his coat casually and ran out.

There was a servant on duty in the corridor, waiting with a telegram. After Wu Shaoting received the telegram, he walked towards his private study, and also signaled the servant to follow him.

When he came to the study, he carefully read the telegram. The Weifang War Zone Command General made a detailed report on all the situations before 12 a.m. on the 12th. The three national defense divisions were about to enter the strategic counterattack stage. The main forces of the First Division and the Second Division successfully surrounded and annihilated the main forces of the six Japanese brigades on the front line, captured 37 senior officers from the 55th Regiment and the 59th Regiment; the three joint combat units of the three divisions on the Western Front also successfully defeated the Wendeng defense line, eliminated the Japanese army of the three brigades, and at the same time wiped out the 57th Regiment Command, but the 110th Regiment broke through and fled.

The battles on the entire Laiyang front were all the way. In one battle, more than 2,800 enemy troops were killed, nearly 20,000 enemy troops were captured, and four corps headquarters were destroyed. This data was only counted by the army's combat. As for the casualties caused by the continuous air strikes by the air force, there is no way to know in detail.

Currently, the 18th Regiment has only one headquarters near Longkou Town and Yantai. The remaining troops are except for one Guards Regiment and Logistics Force, and the rest are all defeated soldiers and scattered soldiers. Although the remaining enemy forces estimated by the Battle Zone Command, there are more than 20,000 troops, only two brigades of the Guards Regiment and Logistics Department are truly combat-capable. Among these 20,000 troops, there are many wounded people, and there are also many people who lack ammunition, morale, and command system.

The telegram also mentioned the situation of the Qingdao naval battle. Although the specific situation of the Qingdao naval battle did not come out, the telegram also informed the telegram that everyone was happy, that is, the second fleet was completely wiped out, and all warships and naval officers and soldiers were detained by China and Germany.
Chapter completed!