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Chapter 481 Air Force Delays Retreat
Although the situation here was almost at the limit of the air force's attack, Li Qiankun still mobilized a large number of aircraft to bomb them in a short period of time. In a place like the grassland, the army is really not as useful as the air force.
The battle had been going on for more than two hours. Although Liu Xiaoshan's army was also rushing on the road, Prince Bashan's men were not staying still, so their distance was only shortened by a few dozen kilometers. Unless Prince Bashan was waiting there, Liu Xiaoshan would still not be able to catch up.
Mechanized propulsion can catch up with the enemy in other places, but in the grassland, it is not even as good as the war horses. This is something we had not thought of before. However, there is an advantage that the vehicle does not need to rest, only the driver needs to be changed.
Li Shaoyi's strategy was very simple. He asked Li Qiankun to send planes to tie up the Prince of Bashan, preventing him from guarding these tens of thousands of people and continuing to run forward. When Liu Xiaoshan's army arrived, they could directly drive them into the prisoner-of-war camp.
This was the first time that the Air Force received such a mission. They used their bombs and machine guns to intercept this team here. What they feared most was that the entire team would be dispersed. If that happened, there would be no way to hold them back.
On the vast grassland, dozens of people surround a small team, and an airplane can only chase one small team at most. Even if there are hundreds of airplanes in the sky at the same time, how many can be stopped?
Fortunately, Prince Bashan's people did not have such awareness. Although they were running around everywhere, they were generally in a big circle. If they couldn't go forward, they would run backwards. If they couldn't go left, they would run right. The actual distance was not that far.
This also allowed the Air Force brothers to attack them calmly. If they saw anyone trying to run out of the circle, the planes patrolling overhead would have to go down and fight for a while to drive them back into the circle.
Although the actual casualties were not many, the number of casualties caused by trampling was quite high. Prince Bashan was indeed safe as he lay under his carriage, but he did not command his troops well, causing them to be in chaos everywhere, which created many opportunities for the planes in the sky.
As for those fleeing Luosha officers and soldiers, they did not even look back at this moment. They were even glad that Prince Bashan made such a decision. If you had not been holding them back, those planes might have flown over our heads.
When Liu Xiaoshan's vanguard arrived, more than 200 planes had been dispatched several times, and the sky began to darken. During the whole day, Prince Bashan's army only advanced less than five kilometers and was always under bombing.
Although a small number of people rushed to the north regardless of the consequences, most people were still concerned about their families and could not go alone.
"Follow my orders. Odd-numbered vehicles head left, even-numbered vehicles head right, and start surrounding them."
The vanguard was the fast mobile company of the Second Brigade. Most of them used jeeps. Although their defense was not very good, their speed was fast enough. The entire company had more than 600 people, divided into 150 jeeps and 30 trucks, which were used to transport supplies.
At this moment, under the order of the company commander, the entire company was divided into two teams and began to encircle the huge encirclement in front of them.
One hundred and fifty jeeps sounds like a lot, but there are 27,000 Hun soldiers in this large circle. Although some of them could not get up during the bombing, there are still at least 20,000 people who are combat-ready.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened. Let's leave quickly. Their army is chasing us. Look over there."
A guard rode his warhorse desperately over, and he even kicked down three of his own men along the way. Otherwise, he would not have been able to get through. Those men were almost driven crazy by the bombs.
Prince Bashan looked towards the south in fear, and sure enough, on the distant hillside, the jeeps were divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right, and began to move forward. It was obvious that they were trying to outflank them.
The Russians have always said that the Han army in the south is not strong in combat, but he has never seen so many vehicles in the Russian army, and this kind of vehicle is extremely strange and has never appeared before. However, according to his subordinates, there is a machine gun on each vehicle, which is also a machine gun we have never seen before. It is very powerful and can hit far away.
For Prince Bashan, of course he wanted to take everyone out, but looking at the current situation, it was impossible to take everyone out. It was really time to make a decision. If he could have made a decision earlier, he might have already rushed out with the group of Rakshasas.
"Right away, gather my three thousand elite troops. Don't worry about anything else now. Run north immediately. Wherever there's a river, run there. Wherever there's a pit, run there. As long as we can't get to a place their cars can't reach, we'll have a chance to survive. As for the remaining old, weak, sick, and children, just let them surrender. I really don't believe it. Can we really kill all the Han people in the south?"
Prince Bashan said fiercely, although these people under his command are unwilling to abandon their families, but the prince is right, if all of us soldiers leave, don't the Han people in the south value benevolence and righteousness? They will not attack us, young and old.
A miserable horn sounded. This was the voice of the Mongolian prince summoning his troops. No matter what you were doing, you had to get to the front of the prince's flag as soon as possible.
Some people were helping their family members push carts. After hearing the sound, they looked at their family members and finally mounted their war horses. This was also the rule of the Huns. If anyone heard the horn and did not go forward, the whole family would be executed.
The old and young in the family also understood what was going on. The old man looked at his son, and then pushed his young grandson onto the warhorse, hoping that both father and son could survive. As for the remaining old man, he pulled out his sword from the car and looked resolutely at the jeep rushing up from behind.
"Don't resist. Listen to me, absolutely don't resist. I've heard from my brothers in the Inner Xiongnu that they're mainly targeting the Russians and won't do anything to us. But if you resist, you'll become their enemy."
Before leaving, some guards asked their families to put down their swords. After all, you are all old people and children. As long as you show enough kindness, they will not do anything to you.
This was indeed the case. When the jeep rushed over, those who knelt down and raised their hands flashed by. For those who had weapons in their hands, the snipers and machine gunners on the jeep would not let you go. After the gunshots, most of the people holding weapons lay down...