Chapter 1054: 1055 Declaration of war on the mirage country
Chapter 1054 Chapter 1055 Declaration of war on the mirage country
"War has been declared! War has been declared!" An officer rushed into an office while running: "The Tang Empire has declared war on the Mirage Kingdom! The Tang Empire has declared war on the Mirage Kingdom!"
Everyone in the office stood up all of a sudden. They looked at the panting officer at the door, and then they all grabbed the phones in their hands: "Hello? Hello! The Tang Empire has declared war on the Mirage! The war has broken out! Yes! The war breaks out!"
"Yes! That's right! War has been declared! The news I just got! It's a mirage! It's a mirage! Hahaha! It's been confirmed!" In another office, another group of people smiled excitedly and said to the person on the other end of the phone shouted.
The attack target of the Tang Empire has been confirmed, which is good news for other empires. This means that they no longer have to worry about facing the behemoth of the Tang Empire. The relief is beyond words.
On the airport runway outside Beiyuan City, the canvas of an H-6 bomber was lifted, and the ground staff were nervously checking that all the equipment on the aircraft was in very good working condition.
The pilots were checking the inspection form. They were ordered to carry out the first bombing mission. Taking advantage of the high range and high speed of the H-6, they were to drop bombs on the South Island of the Mirage, destroy the airport on the island, and strive for a better future for the Tang Empire's navy. entry environment.
The performance of these H-6 aircraft is absolutely advanced at this moment, and their opponents simply cannot catch up with their speed. This kind of aircraft is now almost impossible to intercept, and its bomb load is also very terrifying.
Generally speaking, if the Flying Fortress wants to fly 1,500 kilometers away, its bomb load is actually extremely low. But the H-6 can guarantee that it can still carry more than three tons of aerial bombs on a range of 2,000 kilometers.
In addition, because the most advanced radio navigation equipment and the application of mechanical ballistic computers, the bombing accuracy of this thing is also a level higher than that of the Flying Fortress.
What’s even more frightening is that this bomber can maintain an altitude of more than 12,000 meters before entering the bombing target area, while the fighter jets that intercept it cannot even fly 10,000 meters.
The officer responsible for commanding this bombing mission reminded the frontline commander of the bombers leading the team: "The target is the field airport on the island. When approaching, lower the altitude and speed through! Pay attention to intercepting your Zero fighter jets and the anti-aircraft guns on the ground. !”
The commander was wearing an orange life vest with a flight jacket underneath, and there were oxygen tubes and a mask hanging on his chest.
He handed the equipment maintenance report back to the person in charge of the ground operations, and then said to the commander: "I understand! We will drop the bomb at a relatively safe speed and altitude. In addition, are the special ammunition ready? ?”
The commander nodded: "It's ready. One-tenth of the bombing ammunition is napalm. These incendiary bombs will form a burning zone near the target. These burning zones will provide target reference for the night airborne troops. "
“That’s good! For the empire!” The mission commander on the front line stood at attention and saluted.
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"Have you written your suicide note? Confirm again! Confirm again! Have you written your suicide note? Everyone must write it, whether they have anything to say or not, they must write it." Among the paratroopers waiting to board the plane, An officer in charge of statistics shouted loudly, waving the letter in his hand.
“Can’t it be more auspicious?” a soldier with a huge spare parachute bag hanging on his chest complained softly.
The amount of equipment on his body is suffocating: there is a spare parachute, a main parachute, an orange vest for survival, a backpack carrying spare ammunition and personal belongings and sundries, as well as weapons and ammunition, and there are also Has a tactical vest.
In addition to these, there are additional grenades for him to strengthen, rifle grenades to help the grenadier carry, and a **** spare battery for communication equipment placed in a waterproof plastic sheet.
Coupled with a compass, extra clothes, identity documents and a raincoat... every paratrooper felt like he was carrying half of his family on his body, and it became a physical test for them to stand up with such a set of equipment.
"This is also for your own good. If you have a beautiful wife, your suicide note can at least ensure that your pension will not be used by her to support your son's stepfather." Behind the young paratrooper, an old paratrooper joked with a smile. .
Several soldiers around him laughed. They were not afraid of death. Ever since they became paratroopers and underwent rigorous training, they had already taken life and death lightly.
Jumping from an altitude of two to three thousand meters, feeling the cold wind through your clothes, and watching the earth rush towards you, these warriors have become accustomed to the excitement of death always accompanying them like the wind.
"Get on the plane! Get on the plane! Move forward! Watch your step!" The commander, who was also covered in equipment, walked through his team. Every time he took a step forward, he had to take strange steps, a bit like a duck, a bit like a duck. Like hemiplegia. "Try to sleep on the plane! Keep your strength!" As he walked forward, the officer reminded his men: "Recall the photos you saw before! Keep in mind those battlefield identification buildings that you have memorized. Objects and terrain features! Find your comrades as much as possible! ”
He tirelessly repeated what he had repeated countless times before, in order to give these soldiers who were participating in the battle for the first time an extra chance of survival on the battlefield.
Since yesterday afternoon, every paratrooper unit has distributed various photos, maps and topographic illustrations. All paratroopers must keep these things in mind so that they can quickly find their position after landing.
In addition, each of them must carry as much ammunition and other equipment as possible to ensure that they can last longer behind enemy lines.
They will have to intercept Mirage's reinforcements single-handedly for at least 24 hours. If there is any surprise during the landing operation, they may have to hold on for another 24 hours...or longer.
This is no joke. They not only have to fight alone in the absence of air superiority, but also control bridges as much as possible, destroy high-value targets in the enemy's depth, disrupt the enemy's actions, confuse the opponent's intelligence, and give the entire mirage country The depth of the defenders created a great deal of confusion.
They have to rely on grenades, rocket launchers and explosives to fight against enemy tanks, and small-caliber mortars to fight against enemy heavy artillery.
But this doesn’t matter, because they are Tang Dynasty paratroopers! After entering this force, they were told that they were the most powerful force, that they were ruthless and murderous. They are invincible and they never fail!
The Hercules transport aircraft has a huge tail hatch, and when opened, it can form a huge gentle slope. This makes the paratroopers walking into the Hercules transport aircraft much more comfortable than boarding the 47 transport aircraft.
The interior of the Hercules transport aircraft is also very spacious and can accommodate 60 fully armed paratroopers at a time. In other words, one 130 Hercules transport aircraft is approximately equal to two Type 47 transport aircraft.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the mission, the Tang Empire used a total of 150 130 Hercules transport aircraft—this number was 50 more than previously estimated!
On the one hand, this is to ensure that no aircraft will be unable to take off due to malfunction, and on the other hand, it is also because many "heavy" weapons and equipment were temporarily added to the paratroopers.
In order to ensure that the paratroopers have certain anti-tank capabilities, some paratroopers will parachute with anti-tank RPG rocket launchers, so more transport aircraft will inevitably be needed.
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On the broad sea, on the deck of a Tang Empire destroyer, a sailor hurriedly threw the cigarette **** in his hand into the sea. Behind him, on the huge Dragon Island-class aircraft carrier of the Tang Empire, densely arranged pirate fighter jets crowded together with their wings folded.
"Woo... Level 2 alert! Level 2 alert! We have entered the patrol radius of the Zero fighter! Pay attention to alert! All anti-aircraft gun positions have entered combat readiness! Repeat! All anti-aircraft gun positions combatants are in place!" Nervous shouts echoed on the radio warning sound.
Soldiers wearing life jackets and helmets climbed up the exposed steel ladder to the firing platform of the anti-aircraft machine gun.
The ammunition was pulled out of the box and pressed into the body of the anti-aircraft machine gun. Everyone looked at the sky nervously, as if trying to find the target with their own eyes.
In fact, this is just a subconscious action due to nervousness, because if there is no radar signal, it means that there are no enemy planes in the surrounding sky.
But everyone still subconsciously searches for it with their eyes, as if they don’t trust those electronic devices that may malfunction from time to time. Small-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns were pointed at the sky. The sound of waves crashing against the battleship made everything around it seem eerily silent.
"Battle status report! Battle status report! The empire has declared war on the Mirage Kingdom! One minute ago, the warning submarine directly in front of our fleet sank a Mirage fishing boat..." The radio broadcast what had just happened: "The coordinates of our fleet may have been exposed.”
“I bet the Mirage warships are already waiting for us.” A gunner sitting on the gun emplacement, holding the crank in his hand, muttered to the loader beside him.
“Can’t you be more auspicious? Can’t those **** goblins on the South Island surrender honestly?” The loader looked around at the sky and complained to the gunners around him.
"I'm just talking casually." The gunner smiled bitterly. He also hoped that everything would go well: the enemy was like a fool and waited until they threw all the landing troops on the shore before they reacted. The enemy's fleet would never appear for a lifetime. around them.
It is a pity that the enemy will not be so cooperative, they will struggle and fight back... In fact, after the Tang Empire declared war on the Mirage Kingdom, the main fleet of the Mirage Navy began to warm up the boiler and prepare to go to sea.
(End of this chapter)