Chapter 1068: 1069 Fierce fighting continues
Chapter 1068 Chapter 1069 The fierce fighting continues
“Long live your Majesty the Mirage Emperor!” A Mirage goblin officer raised his command sword high and shouted, taking the lead in charging forward. Although many commanders have been killed by Tang Army paratrooper snipers because of this, there are still some desperate guys who maintain such a crazy command style.
Behind him, goblin soldiers carrying Cyric Type 1 rifles followed closely. They crowded around the tank and charged towards the position of the Tang Empire soldiers who were already billowing smoke in the distance.
At this moment, the space between the two armies was covered with goblin corpses, but these goblin soldiers continued to run forward regardless of it.
"For His Majesty the Mirage! Attack!" There were shouts and slogans everywhere, and at this time, the firepower of the Tang army was obviously not as fierce as before.
The RPG rocket launcher in Xiang Ziyu's hand must be used sparingly, and the mortar shells and rifle grenades of his unit have been almost consumed.
There is no way. There are only so many weapons and ammunition that can be carried for parachuting. After the previous consumption, it is really not enough.
“Our artillery shells have basically been used up.” The deputy company commander came back from behind with some embarrassment and brought not-so-good news: there was nothing to support them from the battalion headquarters.
"There are still a lot of bullets, but we must plan to use them. If we continue to waste them, we will probably have to fight with bayonets in the afternoon." He brought back about 1,000 rounds of bullets from the battalion headquarters this time, and basically all of them have been used. Divided.
"There are not enough medicines. We have already lost 9 people here, and there are more than 20 injured..." Xiang Ziyu said depressedly.
The opponent has launched three consecutive charges, and it seems that the goblin troops are unable to kill them all: they move forward desperately, seeming to use their own lives to use up the bullets of the Tang Dynasty paratroopers.
“However, even if we fight with bayonets, we have to fight them down!” Xiang Ziyu said appraisingly as he stared at the enemy tanks that once again approached his defensive position.
If the rockets are gone, they still have explosives. If the explosives are gone, they still have grenades! When the grenades are gone, they still have bullets; when there are no bullets, they still have bayonets; when there are no bayonets, they still have fists and teeth!
"Thud, tug, tug, tug!" This time, the Tang Empire's machine gun positions did not go to the sides. They suddenly opened fire from the front, mowing down a group of goblin infantry.
Regrettably, it seems that a Mirage tank guessed the location of the Tang Army's machine gun position. Within a few seconds after the machine gun position opened fire, a shell hit the machine gun position.
"Damn it!" Xiang Ziyu cursed. He could clearly see the explosion just now. At least two more brave paratroopers died.
A Mirage heavy tank majestically ran over the still smoking machine gun positions. They were getting closer and closer to the defensive positions of the Tang Empire's paratroopers.
"Company Commander! The enemy is approaching our trap!" A soldier panted and ran along the trench and said to Xiang Ziyu: "Do you want to detonate it?"
"Wait a minute! When their infantry comes in, give them a hard blow!" Xiang Ziyu lay on the edge of the trench, looking at the enemy tanks that were not far away from him through the gaps in the soil.
"Yes!" The soldier bent down and ran away. A few seconds later, seeing that the enemy had entered the trap, the engineer in the paratrooper pressed the detonator, and the explosives secretly planted in the trench by the paratroopers were detonated. .
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" A series of explosions started at the enemy's feet. The Mirage soldiers fled in panic, leaving behind the tanks whose track chains had been blown up.
The violent explosion shook Datang's paratroopers. They crawled out of the mud and began to attack the paralyzed tanks.
Some of the Mirage tanks had been blown up, and some had not been completely destroyed. The Mirage tank crews inside still tried to resist, but they were quickly destroyed by the paratroopers with grenades and explosives.
Smoke was everywhere on the position, and there was an unpleasant smell everywhere. As soon as the Tang Army cleared away the remaining Mirage tanks on the battlefield, the Mirage's shelling began again.
This time, Mirage's shelling was much more accurate than the previous times. Their artillery shells covered the exact position guarded by the Tang Dynasty paratroopers, and many of the artillery shells even caused casualties to the paratroopers.
“What the hell! You’ve learned to be smart...” Shaking off the dirt on his head, Xiang Ziyu immediately looked at the direction of the enemy.
The other side obviously has no intention of leaving any time for the paratroopers to rest, and a new round of attack is already brewing.
"Medicine! Medicine!" In the distance, a soldier was shouting loudly. It was obvious that someone was injured.
The paratrooper medic carrying an almost empty medical bag passed by Xiang Ziyu and left a worrying message: "We don't have enough medicine, company commander. If anyone is injured, there will be no anesthetic." The artillery bombardment by the Mirage Kingdom started again. They seemed to be sure that the Tang paratroopers had run out of artillery shells, so they attacked more and more unscrupulously.
At around ten o'clock in the morning, the air force jet bombers of the Tang Empire once again visited the airports deployed by the Mirage Army on the South Island and other messy strategic areas.
This bombing destroyed one of the Mirage's most important airports on the island, and damaged a section of the railway on which a train loaded with Mirage's supplies was parked.
However, although the strategic bombing was extremely effective this time, it was true that there were no paratroopers capable of supporting our own side.
The airborne 1st Division was compressed near Leping, and the 2nd Paratroopers fought hard near the No. 1 Bridge. Relatively speaking, the 1st Parachute Division troops stationed in Leping were under less pressure because of the mirage troops near the No. 1 Bridge. More.
Before the artillery fire had completely stopped, the tanks of the Mirage's 2nd Armored Division pressed forward again. Regardless of the fact that the battlefield was already full of tank wreckage, they once again pressed on at least 30 tanks.
Because there were too many tank wrecks, the Mirage Army had an easier time approaching the Tang Army's forward position. They had many natural bunkers, so the two sides soon became entangled.
Hide behind a burned tank wreckage, the Tang Army’s anti-tank team used the opponent’s blind spot to launch an RPG rocket launcher from an oblique angle.
After they fired the last rocket, they ran away with the remaining rocket launcher. The rocket directly hit the advancing Mirage tank and detonated the ammunition in the tank.
The violent explosion blew off the tank's turret, leaving only a burning tank body paralyzed in place. The people in the tank left peacefully without even having time to struggle, and the surrounding Mirage soldiers were also knocked down by the explosion.
However, in the other direction, some Mirage soldiers still spotted two retreating Tang paratroopers. They raised their weapons and fired wildly at the two people. They stopped until both of them fell down and stopped moving.
Due to insufficient ammunition, the Tang Army could no longer maintain the battle loss ratio with advanced tactics and ferocious firepower. They had to use the most primitive methods to eliminate those targets that posed the greatest threat to them.
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Far out on the sea, Stuka bombers flew across the sea in neat formations. Aerial torpedoes were hung underneath these planes. This was their most powerful weapon against the enemy.
"Osprey 1! Osprey 1! This is Osprey 2! We have discovered the enemy's position! We have discovered the enemy's position!" A high-altitude dive bomber formation took the lead in discovering the enemy, the world's first naval aviation attack The battle of the naval fleet began.
"Stay in formation! We have also found the target! Prepare to attack!" The Tang Army pilot flying the torpedo attack aircraft said in the slightly bumpy cabin of the aircraft: "Second Team! Second Team! You attack the target behind!"
“Hold on! Close the distance!” Although flying at an altitude of several hundred meters, the torpedo attack aircraft formation still saw the enemy warships appearing on the horizon.
They have the coordinates of the destroyer to guide them, and there is no need to waste time searching for traces of the enemy on the vast sea. They just need to fly over and attack.
"Whoosh!" A cannonball flew towards the front and grazed the cockpit hatch, leaving only an extremely terrifying sound of breaking through the air.
“They found us!” The pilot in the cabin subconsciously shook the joystick and reminded his companions with lingering fear. He just almost hit the north, and the shell was probably less than five meters away from him at its closest...
"They're firing! They're firing!" From the earphones, shouts of excitement, nervousness, or slight fear came one after another.
"Evade laterally! Avoid their firing range! Turn, turn! No need to maintain formation! Damn it! Attack separately! Attack individually!" Faced with more and more anti-aircraft artillery shells, the commander of the Tang Army's carrier-based aircraft We also had to change our tactics.
He also did not expect that the real ship-based anti-aircraft firepower network could be so dense and fierce. This was different from the previous exercises. Their enemies were obviously more combat effective than expected.
“Buzz!” In the high sky, the approaching dive bomber formation began to roll and dive one after another, cutting into the battlefield.
In the violent turbulence of the airflow, the aircraft carrying huge bombs shuttled through the fire net of tracer bullets. For a moment, the radio communication channel was filled with the shouts of the Tang Empire's naval aviation: "Dive! Dive! We only have one chance to attack! Don't waste it!"
The mirage warships under their feet had already begun violent steering maneuvers at this time. Those slender warships drew one violent curved track after another on the sea, and the anti-aircraft guns on the warships also went crazy in the process. They rained cannonballs on targets they could see.
(End of this chapter)