Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

Two days later.

The planes of the Daqian Zhenguo Army arrived as scheduled.

Escorted by hundreds of fighter jets, the Daqian Zhenguo Army's long-range transport planes and long-range strategic bombers carried out missions of airdropping supplies and bombing the enemy on Luyang Highway 103, Lujia Railway, and Qingjiang Bridge.

Qingjiang Bridge.

"Commander! Look! It's our plane! Our plane has arrived!!!"

A soldier guarding the bridgehead waved his arms excitedly towards the sky!

Now, only two companies remain of the regiment responsible for defending the bridgehead position.

Moreover, two-thirds of them were injured.

Just as they were worrying about whether they could hold off the next wave of enemy attacks—a dense swarm of their own aircraft appeared in the sky...

"You sons of bitches! Come on up here!" The soldiers of the 99th Airborne Division were instantly energized when they saw the enemy troops, who had assembled and were preparing to launch another attack, being bombed into a daze by their own bombers.

"Commander Gao! The division headquarters sent us to provide support—seize the opportunity and launch a counterattack!" Chen Zhixin, the battalion commander of the guard battalion of the 99th Airborne Division, led an reinforced company to reinforce the bridgehead position.

Now, the 99th Airborne Division is holding two bridgehead positions and has withstood the fierce attacks from the foreign army and the rebels!

However, the price paid for this was extremely high.

At the height of the battle, the 99th Airborne Division's defenders endured heavy artillery bombardment while facing enemy troops surging in from all directions.

A whole platoon was wiped out in less than ten minutes!

Even so, the 99th Airborne Division held out, firmly grasping the bridgehead positions on both sides.

During this period, in order to boost morale, Yu Yuanxing, deputy commander of the 99th Airborne Division, and Zeng Depeng, chief of staff, personally led their teams to participate in the battle to defend the bridgehead.

Ultimately, more than ten officers from the 99th Airborne Division, including Deputy Commander Yu Yuanxing and Chief of Staff Zeng Depeng, heroically sacrificed their lives on the bridgehead position.

Originally, Li Jizhou, the commander of the 99th Airborne Division, was prepared to lead the defense of the bridgehead to the death under extremely unfavorable circumstances.

However, due to the strong opposition from the officers at the division headquarters, it was only after Deputy Division Commander Yu Yuanxing and Chief of Staff Zeng Depeng took the lead...

This kind of thing would absolutely never happen in other warlord armies of the Great Qian Empire!

They probably wouldn't believe it if I told them...

The officers in the division knew perfectly well that there was no chance of survival if they went up there, but they still vied with each other and went up without hesitation.

This perfectly aligns with the motto of the 99th Airborne Division: "The soldiers of the 99th Airborne Division only die in battle; none of them escape!"

This is also the honor that the 99th Airborne Division upholds from top to bottom!

This glory is precisely the most valuable aspect of Shen Moshen's efforts to build a powerful army for the Great Qian Dynasty....................

The Great Qian Zhenguo Army is a force that values ​​honor above all else, which is the most fundamental difference between the Great Qian Zhenguo Army and other warlord armies in the Great Qian Dynasty.

At the time, during the departure ceremony for the army from Youzhou.

Shen Moshen's words left a deep impression on every soldier of the Great Qian Zhenguo Army—that soldiers of the Great Qian should take it as their duty to protect their homeland.

A nation's strong shield, an enemy's nightmare!

The great powers of the world have never given up their desire to destroy us. How can we have a home when we are beset by internal and external troubles!

We are willing to use the spirit of Youzhou to awaken the Qian Kingdom!

If the great powers want to exterminate our Great Qian, the Youzhou army will be wiped out first!

This military expedition from Youzhou is not for internal strife, but to create a unified Great Qian Dynasty and jointly resist the invasions of various powerful nations.

Soldiers who are not afraid to die should not be soldiers!

I am a soldier, and you are all soldiers too!

Defending this magnificent land is the responsibility of us soldiers—I should do so, and so should you all...................

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The intervention of the Daqian air force immediately created a new situation in the war in Luyang Province.

For an entire day, the aerial bombardment by Daqian never stopped.

Trains carrying troops and equipment also arrived in Jia'an Province, which borders Luyang Province, in a steady stream.

The railway line between Luyang and Jia'an had been extensively damaged by aircraft sent by the enraged foreigners.

Therefore, the Daqian Zhenguo Army troops that arrived in Jia'an could only disembark, assemble, and then quickly march towards Luyang.

Mechanized equipment demonstrated a very clear advantage at this time.

With the arrival of the main force of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Expeditionary Corps, the Yi Kingdom's army in Luyang Province had no choice but to quickly switch from offense to defense.

The Yi Kingdom army and independent army troops that besieged Luyang Highway 103, Lujia Railway and Qingjiang Bridge retreated along the entire line.

It must be said that the order to retreat was issued by Yamanaka and Inoue in a very timely and decisive manner.

Otherwise, facing the overwhelming force of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, these Yi people's troops might very well be surrounded and wiped out!

The plan to defend and blockade the natural barrier of Heidang Mountain is no longer feasible.

A rapid retreat followed by the establishment of a new defensive line became the only option for the Qian Kingdom's dispatched army.

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Hongzhou, the capital of Luyang, was the temporary headquarters of the Qian Kingdom's dispatched army.

"The Qian people are moving faster than we expected!"

"Based on the marching speed of the Qian Kingdom army, their main force will enter Luyang territory in three days at most."

"The Black Mountain blocking plan has completely failed. The losses suffered by the Imperial army in this battle are simply too great!"

General Yamanaka, commander of the Qian Kingdom Expeditionary Army, looked around at the silent group of foreign generals with a gloomy expression.

The atmosphere at the entire military conference was extremely oppressive.

The Yi generals present were no longer the excited and smug people they had been when they first entered the Qian Kingdom.

At that time, every Yi person believed that their military invasion of Qian would be a one-sided "military show" that swept through the country with unstoppable momentum!

Furthermore, the Yi Kingdom's headquarters even formulated a plan to attack the capital within six months.

If it weren't for the sheer vastness of the Great Qian Empire's territory, the high-ranking officials at the Yi Kingdom's headquarters generally believed that the imperial army wouldn't even need six months to enter the capital.

One of our divisions can crush at least 20 Qian Kingdom troops head-on!

This statement was made by the commanders of the Yi people at a farewell banquet before entering the Qian Kingdom.

But as it turns out, their boastful words were destined to become a laughing stock of arrogance.

The battlefield performance of the 96th Airborne Division and the 99th Airborne Division left the entire foreign military questioning their very existence.......................