Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 1058 1059 A long night

Within the South Island headquarters of the Mirage Kingdom, Mirage Wuzhong received calls or telegrams from various defense zones. He knew that paratroopers from the Tang Empire had airborne on the South Island, but the specific location was not clear.

Countless troops saw the planes in the night sky and the parachutes of the paratroopers. At the same time, they were attacked by the Tang Empire's paratroopers, and the entire defense was in chaos.

"Hello? Hello! Let's be clear! You said there are soldiers attacking your camp? Organize troops to fight back! What? They have too many troops, you won't be able to defend them?" It was already late at night, and the entire headquarters was still lively. , many people were answering the phone, and the noise continued.

An officer came over and sent a report message from the troops in the southern part of the island: "Report! General! Paratroopers from the Tang Empire appeared near Airport No. 8... The other party is trying to seize the airport, and the troops guarding the airport are struggling. Support. They need reinforcements. Should we send someone to support them?"

Mirage Wuzhong took the message and said, "Airport No. 8? Let the 779th Regiment stationed there rush over!"

 “Yes!” The other party stood at attention and saluted, then turned around to convey the order.

On the other side, the chief of staff also came over and said to Mirage Wu Zhong: "General! The troops deployed in Dongshan Village reported that they saw the paratroopers landing. They sent a search team, but the search team lost contact!"

Knowing the importance of Dongshan Village, Mirage Wuzhong immediately ordered reinforcements there: "Let them strengthen the defense line! Dongshan Village cannot be lost! In addition, withdraw the two battalions south of Dongshan Village to Dongshan Village!"

 “Yes!” An officer behind the chief of staff who was delivering the order left again.

The chief of staff did not leave and continued: "General! There are paratroopers from the Tang Empire everywhere this night... It seems that the opponent's fleet has entered the strike range of our fighter jets."

What he was worried about was not these Tang paratroopers falling from the sky, but the huge fleet following these paratroopers.

 Intelligence obtained from other countries shows that the Tang Empire has assembled thousands of ships carrying tens of thousands of soldiers, and is expected to appear near the South Island soon.

　　Previously, it was just a speculation that the Tang army would attack the South Island. Now that the paratroopers of the Tang Empire have landed, it is certain that the South Island will become the target of the Tang army.

Because of this, Mirage immediately mobilized two divisions of troops from the new island, took a boat overnight to reinforce the South Island, and put on a posture of preparing for a decisive battle on the South Island.

Mirage Wu Zhong nodded and agreed with his staff’s point of view: “Indeed! The opponent’s fleet will definitely use tonight to rush to the landing zone!”

"Most of the opponent's paratroopers...are concentrated in Dongshan Village and Leping Village. Do you want to send more troops there?" The chief of staff expressed his opinion with some concern.

Judging from the reported battle situation, the key area for the opponent's paratrooper airdrop is to the south of the two villages. This location is exactly between the Mirage Armored Forces and the southern beach. If the Tang paratroopers occupied Leping Village and Dongshan Village, the Mirage defenders on the southern beach landing site would be isolated.

　　Rubbing his temples, Mirage Wuzhong ordered tiredly: "Just send the nearby 59th Division over for reinforcements! If there are more... I'm afraid it will affect the subsequent counterattack operations."

He had been busy all day. In the morning, he did not expect that the Tang army would arrive so quickly. He had to deal with the bombing losses at noon and afternoon. He was busy until the evening, but he caught up with the second bombing, and then the Tang Empire's The paratroopers are here...

 He was very sleepy after not having a good rest all day and night. In fact, his spirit was already very weak. It's just that as the commander-in-chief, he must hold on to his body and face the ongoing war.

The staff officer reminded worriedly: "But general, if the opponent's landing point is in the southern beach area, not the Great South Bay, Dongshan Village and Leping Village will be lost... If there is another problem with Bridge No. 1, we will have no way to do it in the first place." It’s time to move the armored troops over.”

Mirage Wu Zhong expressed his judgment firmly: "The paratroopers of the Tang Dynasty must be suspicious soldiers! If they land on the southern beach, then the follow-up troops will be very slow to land. I have enough time to recapture No. 1 Bridge and get back the east coast." There is also Leping Village in the mountain village! What are you worried about?”

 He never believed that the Tang Army would land on a deserted beach. Although it was indeed convenient for landing there, the subsequent landing conditions were really poor.

As a commander, he felt that landing near the Great South Bay was the only option for the Tang Army: a port must be captured immediately after seizing the beachhead in order to ensure the speed at which follow-up troops could disembark.

The staff officer actually just put forward his own opinion. In fact, he also felt that the most dangerous place was the Great South Bay. So he no longer insisted on his judgment and stood at attention and saluted: "Yes! General!"

"The most important thing now is to take advantage of tonight to repair the No. 1 Airport, which was not seriously damaged, and to organize the reinforcements from the new island!" Mirage Wuzhong added a few more words, not I don't know whether I am comforting others or comforting myself: "The enemy's paratroopers have nothing to worry about. As long as it gets bright tomorrow, we can mobilize our troops and eat these idiots who go deep alone!"

 “Yes!” the staff officer responded once again, standing at attention. He felt that what Mirage Wu Zhong said was reasonable. It would be dawn in four hours. As long as it was dawn, Mirage's superiority in troops and heavy equipment could be brought into play. The Tang paratroopers who lacked tank cover would not be able to stop them. The advance of Mirage's armored forces.

 At that time, these paratroopers can only become prisoners of the mirage and become a bargaining chip to force the Tang Empire to withdraw and surrender.

 …

 In the dark night, the Mirage soldiers stationed in the trenches seemed a little nervous. They saw paratroopers from the Tang Empire descending from the sky, but they did not dare to climb out of the trenches to search for the enemy in this pitch-black night.

 In fact, they do not need to take the initiative. As long as they stay in the trenches and protect the anti-aircraft gun positions behind them, they have completed their mission.

Anyway, as long as they hold on until dawn and wait for their Mirage tanks to arrive, the paratroopers of the Tang Empire will be done. Not only do they have tanks, but during the day, they can also be supported by Zero fighter jets!

Unfortunately, out of their sight, the paratroopers of the Tang Empire, who were holding up their weapons and using the infrared searchlights on their weapons to shine on these goblins, were moving cautiously, approaching these targets little by little.

They could see very clearly in the dark night. The distance between the two sides was not even 70 meters. Behind the paratroopers wearing infrared night vision equipment, several paratroopers had already aimed rifle grenades at the mirage trenches.

"The assault team is in place! Just launch according to the parameters!" From the device, I saw the raised arm of the assault team that touched the front edge of the enemy's position. The soldier wearing the night vision equipment lowered his voice to remind the 1st platoon leader beside him.

"Fire!" the 1st platoon leader shouted, and three soldiers pulled the trigger in front of the magazine. The grenade flew out with a "bang" and landed accurately on the anti-aircraft gun position.

"Boom! Boom!" The three explosions stunned the Mirage soldiers in the trenches. They did not expect that the enemy would dare to launch an attack at night, and they also did not expect that the opponent's artillery shells could be so accurate.

Three consecutive explosions almost all occurred in the trenches. Several gray-headed goblins finally poked their heads out of the trenches, and their heads were shot through by bullets coming from the front.

 Because they are close enough, they are too conspicuous. The paratroopers wearing night vision equipment aimed at the goblins who stuck their heads out, and easily killed these idiots who showed their heads.

The assault team, which had already taken advantage of the darkness to reach the vicinity of the trench, jumped up at this moment and rushed into the goblin trench.

The few remaining goblin soldiers didn't know what happened, but they were killed one by one by the tall and powerful paratroopers of the Tang Army.

“Thud, tug, tug! Thud, tug, tug!” There was intensive gunfire from the anti-aircraft gun position. In the goblin trench on the other side, a group of Mirage soldiers were still confused about the situation and what happened.

In fact, they could probably guess that Tang Army soldiers were attacking, but they did not dare to go over for reinforcements because they did not know whether there were Tang Army troops in front of them...

The Mirage soldiers on the anti-aircraft gun position raised a torch, as if they wanted to illuminate the surroundings, but a bullet flew over and knocked the goblin's arm off.

The torch fell to the ground, rolled twice and then went out. However, there was no sound in the trench where gunshots had just been fired.

"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! We surrender!" Seeing that the soldiers with broken arms on the ground were no longer moving, the gunner of the Mirage anti-aircraft gun huddled behind the sandbags shouted loudly for mercy.

 …

"Marshal! The news just confirmed is that the paratroopers have successfully landed in the predetermined area. They are trying to find ways to control Leping and Dongshan." The chief of staff walked to Bernard and reported: "The landing ship of the 1st Marine Division Already approaching the southern beach...they are the fastest.”

"Very good! So far, everything is progressing according to our plan... This is a good sign." Bernard had just woken up. He waited for the news of the Air Force's successful bombing in the afternoon and went to rest.

After a pause for a few seconds, the naval marshal ordered: "In three hours, let the first batch of bombers be ready to attack... We must try our best to paralyze the enemy's islands before the enemy's Zero fighter jets take off. Airport."

For many people, this night is a long night, but Bernard is at least happier than Nagumo Chuichi, because the main fleet of the Mirage Navy that he wants to be wary of...does not have an aircraft carrier.

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 Two updates today and more updates tomorrow.

 (End of this chapter)