Chapter 1098: 1099 airport on the sea
Chapter 1098 1099 Airport at sea
"The prisoners have been interrogated. They are not from the 2nd Corps, but from the 3rd Corps." An officer walked to the temporary headquarters set up in the airport building and said to the battalion commander who was looking at the map there.
“Does this mean that reinforcements from the other side have arrived from the new island?” the battalion commander frowned and asked. He really didn't expect that the other party's reinforcements would come so quickly.
"Yes, he said that he was woken up and sent to the ship the night before yesterday. Their previous station was on the new island." The officer in charge of the interrogation nodded and said.
The battalion commander in charge of frontline command touched his nose: "Report the situation! In addition... let's rest here for a few hours before our follow-up troops catch up."
Encountering new enemy troops was equivalent to encountering a new situation. He did not dare to continue the attack rashly and could only wait for orders from above.
The Tang Army is still accustomed to forming mixed combat teams when attacking on the front line. These combat teams have their own reconnaissance vehicles, their own tanks, and a large number of infantry and artillery to cover the tanks.
Coupled with aircraft in the sky, such a combat team can complete many tasks alone and has very flexible battlefield disposal rights.
Such combat teams are often set up based on regiments, including a tank battalion, an infantry battalion, corresponding artillery, and a lot of messy troops including armored reconnaissance companies.
Relying on the exaggerated combat qualities of the grassroots officers and soldiers, as well as the super-powerful communication system that surpasses the entire era, Tang Jun's tactics are quite easy to use when bullying.
While waiting for the order, everyone had a quite sumptuous lunch. In the afternoon, after receiving the order, they continued the attack and advanced another 70 kilometers in one go.
In the afternoon, the number of Stukas used by the Tang Navy to support the 9th Group Army soared from 40 to 80. These aircraft ensured that the Tang Army always had air support during the offensive.
By the time they stopped in the evening, they had already wiped out the vanguard of the 3rd Mirage Corps that they had collided head-on with.
"It seems that there are sensible people in the Mirage Kingdom." Feng Kezhi admired as he looked at the intelligence information sent back from the front line.
He really didn’t expect that the Mirage troops would react so quickly and actually bring the 3rd Corps stationed on the new island to the South Island.
In fact, this step was planned by Mirage before, so it was executed most quickly. Except for the exception of the 3rd Corps, which rushed to support the South Island from the New Island, the performance of the Mirage troops when the Tang Army landed was really too bad to describe.
Although the enemy had one more regiment, which did not put much pressure on the Tang army, the fact that the enemy had twice as many troops still made Feng Kezhigao look at the commander of the Mirage.
“They were all light infantry and had little combat effectiveness. After being frightened, the 9th Armored Division stopped in place for an hour and resumed the attack in the afternoon.” the adjutant explained to Feng Kezhi.
After explaining, he added: "Then the 9th Armored Division advanced another 70 kilometers."
"Let them stop temporarily. They are already close to the boundary of the bombing zone that we have coordinated with the air force. Continuing the attack will easily cause accidental damage." Feng Kezhi was not used to it. This was the first time he commanded such a rapid attack.
In addition, he is not used to coordinating the air force: in the past, how could he dare to hope that he had control of the air? It's good if you don't get suppressed from the air by others.
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On the other side, Mirage Wu Erlang finally saw the ferocity of the Tang army: his troops were originally ordered to go south to join Mirage Wu Zhong, but they encountered the Tang army's tanks halfway.
At first, Mirage Wuerlang felt that he had strong troops and strong horses, and was capable of breaking through the defense line of the Tang Army's armored forces.
As a result, the first attack failed. His troops were directly defeated by the Tang armored troops that collided head-on. They were defeated all the way to the airport marked as No. 5 by the Tang army.
Mirage Wujiro deployed a whole regiment at the airport, more than 1,500 people! This regiment is the elite of the 3rd Corps, and its combat effectiveness is also quite high.
But the battle only lasted until noon, lasting only about an hour, and his regiment was defeated. After losing about 400 people, the Mirage Army was unable to continue fighting, and the airport fell into the hands of the Tang Army.
Mirage Takejiro became so angry that he directly shot the leader of the regiment on the grounds of ineffective combat. He didn't know it at this time, but this was just the beginning of his nightmare. That afternoon, the annoying Stuka dive bomber finally found his head. At this moment, he finally knew how powerful Tang's aircraft was.
Dozens of Stukas were flying over his head, and Mirage Wujiro's own car was blown up. He was not in the car at the time, so he was lucky not to be killed.
Under the cover of these aircraft, the tanks of the Tang Army rushed forward for 70 kilometers before stopping. Along the way, they were stepping on the corpses of soldiers from the 3rd Mirage Corps!
The Mirage Kingdom did not gain anything on this day. On this day, the Mirage Kingdom's first suicide plane successfully broke into the Tang Army's defense circle and crashed in the core area.
Although it did not achieve any results and failed to ram a Tang warship, it brought back an extremely important message: the pilot of this plane saw an aircraft carrier of the Tang Dynasty with his own eyes!
Yes, this Mirage pilot was lucky enough to see Tang's aircraft carrier, and then he reported this information to his superiors.
In addition, the pilot on another Mirage plane saw the floating dock being built by the Tang Army... This thing was lying across the beach. It was huge and obvious, and it was difficult for people to ignore it.
At this point, the Mirage finally learned the secret of Tang’s planes being able to reach the South Island on the afternoon of the third day after the Tang Army landed: It turned out that Tang’s planes really took off from a kind of ship!
After knowing this secret, the top leaders of the Mirage Kingdom had no way to deal with it: their fleet had been completely destroyed, and there was no way to control the enemy fleet at sea.
Surprisingly, this news actually comforted the senior officials of the Mirage Kingdom: they had been worried that after the Tang Army occupied the abandoned airports, they would repair and use these airports to support frontline operations.
But now they are not so worried: anyway, the Tang Navy has brought the airport runway itself, and those airports on the ground must not be that important to the Tang Army.
"They can actually think of building a runway on a battleship..." Mirage General Mirage Haiping, who still didn't know what the aircraft carrier was called, sat there and sighed. This is really a path he never imagined!
"This doesn't make sense...the other party must have more than one such warship!" Mirage Haiping reacted and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
No matter how he calculated it, the number of aircraft carriers on the other side could not be 1. Because in that case, the plane would never take off that fast!
Comparing this to Mirage, with only one airport left in the South Island, the take-off efficiency of aircraft has obviously become slower.
So the Tang Army must have several, or even a dozen, such warships! There are so many sea airports... No wonder the Tang Army can take off so many planes to compete for air supremacy over the South Island!
"The question now is, can we find a way to destroy the opponent's airport at sea..." Mirage Dabo on the side reacted and said.
"Don't think about it. The other party doesn't only have this new weapon. They have hidden too many new weapons. That's why we suffered such a big loss in the naval battle." Mirage Haiping answered Mirage Dabo's question with a wry smile.
He felt bitter when he mentioned these things: The Tang Army had a weapon that could accurately attack warships at night, and a warship that could take off aircraft... With so many new weapons, how could his main fleet not be destroyed?
"The news just came, Mirage Wu Erlang's troops have also been hit hard! The opponent is close to the center of the island! Now we can only see... whether the Great South Bay can hold it." Army General Mirage Wu Ke said bravely.
His army performed very poorly before. Mirage Takejiro's 3rd Corps lost Airport No. 5 and many areas in the central part of the island.
The Tang Army captured all the places they wanted with almost no effort, and the goblin troops on the island have been roughly divided into two parts: one is the 3rd Corps in the north of the island, and the other is in the Great South Bay in the south of the island. Mirage 2nd Corps.
"But...even if Mirage Wu Zhong defends the Great South Bay...the kind of pier that appears near the beach...the other party still has a way to get the follow-up troops ashore." Mirage Wenxin said: "Our assumptions are all wrong, Tang Jun No need for Great South Bay!”
"Even if the opponent has other ways to get ashore, Mirage Wuzhong must be allowed to defend the Great South Bay at all costs! If you can defend it for a day, it will be a day! If you can defend it for an hour, it will be an hour!" Mirage Emperor suddenly spoke: "From now on , all cities and towns must be turned into scorched earth before they are lost!”
"In addition! More suicide planes must be launched! Attack the Tang Army's warships! The focus is on those sea airports!" After a few seconds, he added: "No matter what, we must destroy the enemy's fleet! Otherwise, their soldiers will be transported to the South Island one after another! "
After speaking, he looked at Mirage Haiping: "Get the small speedboat you mentioned as soon as possible! We must do whatever it takes... find a way to destroy the Tang Dynasty's navy! In addition, recruit all the soldiers we can recruit. The rise and fall of Mirage Kingdom is here. In the first battle, even if the South Island cannot be saved, the remaining three islands must be saved!”
"Yes!" Mirage Dabo Mirage Wenxin and Army General Mirage Wuke bowed their heads after hearing the order.
“Yes!” Admiral Haiping Ye lowered his head and agreed.
(End of this chapter)