Chapter 1690: 1691Return to China
Chapter 1690 Return to China in 1691
At the field airport in the north that is full of bomb craters, in some hangar bunkers built to look extremely solid, the wreckage of bombed jet fighters is no longer burning.
The fuselage, which was blackened by the former flames, can still vaguely see the original painting number. These expensive MiG-19 fighter jets were the pride of the Dwarf Air Force a year ago.
It’s a pity that they can no longer fly, and those friendly aircraft in the south that can fly no longer dare to die near Ironforge.
The Tang State’s air force was so powerful that the coalition forces no longer had the courage to fight against it: no matter how many planes were launched, the final result would be the same.
Air supremacy has always been in the hands of the Tang people, and this has never changed. Although the coalition forces can sometimes take off hundreds of planes a day for sneak attacks, after suffering heavy losses, they can only barely cause a little trouble for the Tang army's ground forces.
In the face of individual air defense missiles and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns equipped with radar fire control, this kind of ground attack is also unable to achieve unparalleled results.
In one month, the coalition forces had lost more than 600 aircraft without realizing it. This rate of loss almost brought down the coalition air power in the Ice Empire.
Margrave Lane walked into his headquarters worriedly. This is a mountainous area in the south more than 300 kilometers away from Ironforge. It is relatively safe.
The only trouble is that in order to guard against anti-radiation missile attacks by the Tang Army, there is no large-scale radio equipment near the headquarters. Command orders need to be sent several kilometers away by phone and manpower.
"General! An order sent from the country." A female elf sergeant walked up to Ryan with graceful steps and handed over a telegram from the country.
Lian lowered his head and looked at the content above, and his expression became even more ugly: It contained an order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Elf Air Force, Barron, asking him to transfer the air resources deployed in the dwarf country back to the elves' mainland as much as possible.
This includes not only the air power of the elves, but also all the air power of the coalition: volunteer pilots from Lions, and the air force of the Susus Empire...
Everything that can be taken away must be taken away, and what cannot be taken away must be destroyed as much as possible. Before the Tang army can attack, it seems that the coalition forces have to stab themselves a few times to avoid letting their opponents catch them alive...
It sounds so absurd, but this is essentially the order Barron gave to Marquis Lane.
To be honest, this order is nothing more than adding insult to injury to the current dwarves. The frontline is already so passive, and moving the remaining air force away will only make the situation worse.
The already precarious ground war situation will become even worse, and the morale of the coalition forces will also suffer a huge blow. There will even be cracks in the appearance of unity, which is more likely to affect future cooperation and the entire war.
Klain understands Barron's order. The dwarves seem to be on their last legs. Rather than continue to waste strength, it is better to save the precious air force for local operations.
But the question is, even if these backward aircraft are retained for future use, will they really be of any use in the future? Isn't it the same as today, giving Tang Jun a bunch of achievements?
As a soldier, no matter how unreasonable the order is, there is only one choice: execution. Ryan put down the message in his hand and called his confidants. "General Barron's order is for the two fighter regiments deployed at Airport 19 to return to the country..." After he finished the order, he could clearly see the astonishment on his men's faces.
So he explained with some helplessness: "The situation is already very bad. The empire itself is under attack. General Barron may want to concentrate his forces and solve the trouble in Rewind Port first..."
Even though he himself knew that these were all strong arguments, he had to convince himself and his subordinates...even, he would have to convince the dwarves in the future.
Those elven officers who had only reluctantly accepted the statement "helping the dwarves is helping the elves" a few months ago obviously could not accept the order of sudden retreat for a while, but they also had to carry out this order.
Marquis Lane also knew that he could not mobilize all the air power in the dwarf territory. He could only do it bit by bit, like boiling a frog in warm water.
First transfer the elite elves away directly, and then transport the remaining pilots and valuable ground crew back, leaving only some less important aircraft to show off.
Wait for a while, wait for the outcome of the Ironforge battlefield, and take advantage of the chaos to mobilize more dwarf pilots to follow the Poplar Empire, win over those dwarf officers who are unwilling to destroy the country, and bring the dwarf troops back to the elves in an organized manner. Go over there. This is a big project, and it will even last until the day when the dwarves completely fail.
"Execute the order..." Marquis Lane sighed and said the last thing to his confidants. A few hours later, dwarf civilians from the south saw the Type 104 fighter jets flying in formation heading south.
These jet fighters are valuable night combat models. They are equipped with small radars and warning devices, and are also equipped with aviation rockets. Their combat effectiveness is relatively strong on the coalition side.
It's a pity that they only participated in one large-scale air battle from the time they arrived here to the time they left: the air battle against Everwinter City. This force lost one-third of its fighter jets, and it was not until recently that they were replenished and restored to the pre-war level. prepared by.
"The dwarf's liaison officer called and asked why we diverted so many planes south. He wanted an explanation." The female secretary opened the door of Marquis Lane's office again and brought news from the allies.
It would be strange if the dwarves didn't ask about this matter, so Marquis Lane was already prepared: "Tell them that General Barron hopes to concentrate his forces to launch a large-scale counterattack at Port Rewind, and these planes were diverted to that direction."
The female secretary nodded and left, telling her allies this statement. The dwarves naturally didn't believe this explanation, but there was no way to force the elves to keep their fighter planes and pilots.
On the same day, Xieko's 9th Army did not launch the so-called eastern counterattack, but instead retreated back about 2 kilometers. It's just that he didn't report the news to Binghan I.
What’s interesting is that Chief of Staff Larbu who forced him to counterattack tacitly did not interfere with the results of this counterattack, as if the 9th Army had completed his plan.
Because of this retreat, the Tang army gained a more convenient channel to attack the residential area in the east of the city, and the scale of street fighting was obviously larger than before.