Chapter 1540: 1541 War is approaching
Chapter 1540 1541 War is approaching
The city of Benn itself is not actually that big, but because the surrounding areas have been fortified, its residential and storage functions are more important.
This city has many warehouses and is an important supply base within the dwarf steel barrier, as well as an important transportation hub.
Due to the fortification, there are not many urban residents here anymore. Most of the population has been relocated, and only a small part remains here to provide various services to the army.
In fact, the army is inseparable from civilians. A large army requires a large number of residents to provide various daily supply services to ensure its operation.
Two or three hours ago, four intruder attack aircraft of the Tang Army bombed Benn and dropped bombs on the outskirts of the city. These bombs destroyed the field airport on the outskirts of Benn and paralyzed a radar station next to the airport.
The dwarf engineering team immediately took action and went to the suburbs to help repair the unusable airport and see if the radar station still needed repairs.
No one thinks that this day is any different. Everyone thinks that the Tang people are still far away from here. Everyone carried shovels and hoes and rode out of the city in a few trucks.
“They won’t blow up our power plant, right? I have to go to work tomorrow.” A dwarf wearing an armband shook his beard and said to an acquaintance sitting next to him.
"Who knows, anyway, the food supply is sufficient, which is enough for our family." The acquaintance replied in a low voice.
Soon the car stopped at the edge of the bombed airport. The road was not too bumpy. It was obvious that the Tang army had not had time to destroy these small roads.
Deployed at Benn Airport is a Dwarf attack aircraft force with approximately 70 aircraft, including 45 Il-2 and 25 MiG-3 aircraft.
The towering control tower has collapsed and is still billowing with smoke. Several buildings specially prepared for pilots have also been turned into ruins, and colorful posters can still be seen in the collapsed walls.
The Tang Army's saboteur bombs left a large crater on the airport runway. Next to these craters were aircraft destroyed by shrapnel.
The dwarves jumped out of the truck one after another, and then took their tools and looked at the ruins of the airport in front of them... This sight made them somewhat frightened, because everything they looked at was a terrifying sight.
Now, most of these aircraft have been scrapped, and some of them are still parked in hangars, but their wings have been broken and the cabin covers are full of broken glass.
“What the hell…” A dwarf holding a shovel sighed as he stared at the broken plane next to the runway in the distance.
They are familiar with this place because they built it. Originally this was supposed to be a flat runway, but now it is beyond recognition.
Had he not seen it with his own eyes, he would certainly not have believed that war could be so cruel. With just one air strike, a huge airport turned into this.
"Move quickly! Work! We have to clear this place before dark!" The leading officer clapped his hands to attract the attention of all civilian volunteers, and then reminded loudly: "Look in the explosion crater If you see anything suspicious, stop immediately and notify the surrounding soldiers! Do not handle it without permission!"
This officer has experience in this area. He was transferred from other airports and has seen the power of the Tang Army's saboteur bombs: after bombing the airport, these bombs will leave delay bombs inside to interfere with maintenance work... Simply, simply so wicked. Everyone nodded, and then dispersed into groups. Under the leadership of the leading soldiers and the temporarily arranged foreman, the cleaning work began.
Some people started picking up fallen parts from around the plane, stacking broken wings together. Some people helped fill the craters, while others went to the control tower to help put out the fire.
Soon someone discovered the "cluster bomb" dropped by the Tang Army... They didn't know what it was called, so they just regarded it as a cluster bomb.
There were shouts and shouts, and several soldiers responsible for clearing such bombs were running around carrying a basket. They were actually risking their lives and had no EOD technology. They just put unexploded bombs in baskets, lifted them to a specific location and dumped them...
In short, this is not a good job, and the risk factor is extremely high. But someone has to do it, otherwise the airport may not be repaired for dozens of days.
Just as the cleaning work was going on and dinner was about to begin, some embarrassed dwarf soldiers suddenly came out from the other side of the airport. They were like rabbits driven away by hunters, running in panic, and some even ran into the dwarf civilians who were cleaning the airport.
"Get out of the way! The Tang Army is coming!" A dwarf soldier staggered and pushed away a civilian who was at a loss, and continued to run forward while rolling and crawling.
The dwarf civilian who heard what the other party shouted clearly but didn't realize what it meant stood there, not knowing what to do for a while.
A tracer bullet struck and passed through his body, as if a hot knife had cut into butter. The dwarf civilian shivered, and then fell straight back.
"..." The other dwarf beside him who was filling the soil with a shovel was awakened by the blood splashing on his face. He quickly shrank his neck, and then scurried to join the running troops.
A dwarf's machine gun position that had been hidden on the other side of the airport suddenly opened fire, and the sound of intensive machine gunfire echoed over the empty airport.
The place that was slightly quiet just now suddenly became noisy, rolling violently like boiling water.
Civilians who had never seen such a scene suddenly panicked. They had not received such training, and they could not remain calm in a hail of bullets. So they dropped their things and started running away, only to become the best targets for the bullets coming from behind.
"Ah! Ah!" The dwarf, who was frightened by the dead soldier in front of him, shouted loudly and ran desperately. Where he just passed, a bullet hit the body of a truck parked next to the runway, leaving traces on it. A sunken bullet hole.
Soon, a 96 tank rushed out of the woods, crashed into a scrapped MiG-3 fighter jet, and drove onto the airport runway. The machine gun on it kept firing, like a monster from hell.
On the second day after the Tang Army landed, under the cover of paratroopers, the leading troops of the Tang Army’s 1st Armored Division entered the dwarf city of Benn.
(End of this chapter)