Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 1104 1105 The Navy’s Funeral

As soon as he heard about Fanlou, the ambassador of the Lions Empire knew that he must be bleeding heavily today: the name of the place was Fanlou, and it was one of the most expensive restaurants in Chang'an City. The food there tastes really good, but the price is definitely a rip off.

The aching Ambassador of the Lions Empire hung up the phone, and then asked someone to arrange the banquet for tonight. He is also somewhat complacent, feeling that he has extensive connections and superior intelligence.

 At the same time, I felt that I had many connections and the people who could handle matters were the dwarf ambassador of the Ice Empire, the ambassador of the Susas Empire, the ambassador of the Qin State, the special envoy of the Dahua Empire, the ambassador of the Chu State, and the ambassador of the Nanla Empire...

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 In the South Island, the fighting is still fierce.

The Mirage troops were unwilling to be defeated, and the 3rd Corps in the north was desperately attacking southward. It's just that they are fighting against the Tang Army's tank troops, and the farther south they attack, the further away they are from the south.

To the south, near the Great South Bay, Mirage Wuzhong has felt unprecedented pressure. He mobilized a large number of civilians to build fortifications, but just after building simple fortifications, the vanguard of the Tang Army had already arrived.

The Tang Army has been landing for five days. During these five days, the Tang Army has made unprecedented progress, which was completely beyond the expectations of Mirage Wuzhong.

Originally, he thought that as long as he defended the Great South Bay honestly, it would be impossible for the Tang army to land on a large scale.

 But in these five days, the Tang Army's paratroopers and marines had captured about one-third of the South Island.

The mirage troops scattered in the northwest were not organized in the first place. Now they have no support and lack of ammunition, and they are unable to organize an effective defense at all.

 So the Tang army quickly occupied a large area and controlled 4 airports on the island. These airports are not yet usable, but they give the engineers of the Tang Army a place to use.

 The current battle situation is that the Tang Army has roughly controlled half of the South Island. And the connection between the north and south of the Mirage Army was cut off in the headquarters area.

The troops of Mirage were squeezed into a "" shape. Although they were not completely cut off from each other, they were actually unable to see each other from the beginning to the end.

Of course, Mirage Wuzhong could not sit still and wait for death. He organized his troops and deployed two main lines of defense near Da Nanwan.

 The first line of defense is the outer field defense line, which consists mainly of trenches and some simple bunkers. These lines of defense are temporarily arranged, but they can also be regarded as one of the main lines of defense of Mirage Wuzhong.

The second line of defense is more formal. It starts from the east and west fort defense groups on both sides of the Great South Bay and spreads out along the edge of the port city. It relies on some buildings and reinforced concrete to form a line that looks pretty good. It's a decent line of defense.

 In fact, this second line of defense is the most important line of defense that Mirage Wuzhong relies on. He hoped that he could repeatedly compete with the Tang Army on this line of defense and consume the Tang Army's effective strength.

According to his idea, as long as he sticks here for three months, Tang Jun's subsequent transportation will be exhausted: the spring and summer monsoons in the Endless Sea will affect the sea conditions, and the harsh wind and wave environment will make shipping difficult. You will get into trouble and ultimately fail.

There is a basis for his thinking: Whether it is the personal experience of the Mirage people in the street fighting in Beiyuan or the recent mercenary experience in the Battle of Fengjiang, they have proved that street fighting is possible and can easily last for three months. Four months.

Of course, Feng Kezhi also thought of these elements. Before coming, he had spent more than ten days studying the sea monsoon and other knowledge with the entire General Staff of the Tang Empire.

As the commander of the 9th Army, Feng Kezhi’s response was very simple: he wanted to capture the Great South Bay as soon as possible so that his troops could control the port and gain a firm foothold before summer came.

When the Tang Army's own battleships and cruisers sailed to the waters off the Great South Bay and began to bombard the Great South Bay, Mirage Wuzhong finally realized what it was like for the defenders near the southern beach.

The 380 mm caliber artillery shell flew nearly 30 kilometers and hit the Mirage Army's position at an almost vertical angle. The ground shook and the mountains shook, making Mirage Warriors fully understand the cruelty of modern warfare.

 And this... is just the beginning.

The Tang Army took off at least 100 carrier-based aircraft to bomb the Great South Bay. Stuka's precise bombing made the Great South Bay Mirage defenders, who lacked anti-aircraft guns, miserable.

One dive bomber after another rolled down from the sky, as if returning to the glorious days when Stuka dive bombers first appeared on the battlefield.

 At that time, the enemy did not have any decent anti-aircraft weapons at all, so the Stuka at that time could dive unscrupulously, as fiercely as a vulture.

With more and more anti-aircraft guns on the battlefield, Stuka dive bombers have not been able to carry out bombing attacks so comfortably for a long time. They must be cautious to prevent surprise attacks from enemy anti-aircraft fire. But there are really too few anti-aircraft guns in the Great South Bay. The Mirage never thought that one day their Zero fighter jets would be beaten so hard that they would not even dare to take off.

 So, when the Zero fighter jets did not dare to take off to fight the Tang Army's aircraft, the Mirage ground forces, which lacked anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft firepower, could only let the Stuka hover in the sky as they pleased.

 Imagine that the Tang Army was supported by various artillery such as 380 and 280, and it also had air superiority on the battlefield. The Stuka could dive bomb without any scruples... Then how effective can the defenses of the Great South Bay be?

On that day, with the support of 155mm caliber howitzers, the Tang Army easily penetrated the first line of defense built hastily by the Mirage Army.

On this day, the soldiers of the Mirage Kingdom once again thought of their hellish experience in Beiyuan City. Many of the Mirage Kingdom officers who thought they had actual combat experience in the Battle of Fengjiang finally understood why the army of the Tang Empire was so proud of the world. .

They finally knew why the Tang army was so different. They also knew that the little they learned in the Battle of Fengjiang could not give them any experience in fighting the Tang army.

The firepower density of the Tang army is more than twice that of the Dahua army, and the accuracy of the Tang army's firepower is not comparable to that of the Dahua army.

In Fengjiang, the machine gun position of the Mirage mercenaries may not need to be moved even after ten minutes of fighting, but now the Mirage's machine gun position will be killed by the Tang Empire's mortar shells within two minutes after being exposed.

The Tang Army's infantry-tank coordination was perfect. Under the cover of a few tanks, the Tang Army could easily penetrate the Mirage Army's defense line.

Like a nail, after the Tang army embedded itself in the Mirage Army's defensive position, it would immediately squeeze to both sides to capture the Mirage's defense line and expand its results.

The cannons originally deployed by the Mirage on the east and west forts were used to blockade the Great South Bay, but they were of no use in the face of the Tang Army's ultra-long-range artillery attacks.

After dozens of Stuka dive bombers greeted the two forts, there were not much left of the thirty-odd large-caliber artillery installed on the forts.

The remaining cannons were also called out by the main guns on the battleships Dongwan 1 and Dongwan 2, and soon it was no longer possible to continue the operation.

　　The remaining cruisers and destroyers of the Mirage Navy that had previously broken into the Great South Bay were sunk and stranded in the port area after a fierce artillery battle with the Tang Army fleet.

Seeing that his troops had little ability to continue struggling, Mirage Wu Zhong was very stubborn.

 Not only did he directly order the blowing up of the port and wharf in Da Nanwan, leaving no trace for the Tang army.

Then the Mirage Army General personally went into battle to supervise the battle, preparing to coexist and die with the city of Great South Bay: Under his leadership, almost all the Mirage civilians near Great South Bay were armed, and then they all became like this The cannon fodder of the mirage army in this battle.

 It was different from what Mirage Wuzhong expected. On the third day of the battle, which was the eighth day after the Tang army landed, Mirage's second line of defense was already crumbling.

The situation he envisioned, relying on strong defenses for dozens of days, did not happen. Because the casualties were too huge, he had to personally order the abandonment of the dilapidated main line of defense.

The reason is also very simple: Mirage Wuzhong suspected that the Tang army was using the defense line that had been almost blown flat to lure the remaining forces of the Mirage army out of the ruins and the city.

In fact, this is what Feng Kezhi planned: he was unwilling to fight with the Mirage troops in the ruins of Great Nanwan, so every time Mirage Wuzhong invested his troops to counterattack, the Tang army would take the initiative to retreat, abandon the occupied area, and lure Send mirage troops to fight in open areas.

In the underground headquarters bunker of Da Nanwan, which was constantly falling dust and flashing lights, Mirage Wu Zhong was listening to the broadcast on the radio. A memorial service is being held at the base camp of the island to commemorate the Navy Admiral Yutaka Mirage and the Vice Admiral Mirage Ang who died with the fleet in the South Island Naval Battle that ended a few days ago. Of course, at least 40,000 naval officers were also commemorated together.

In the slightly disturbed channel, the voice of the priest who paid homage was sad and graceful. Emperor Mirage had just read the eulogy. Mirage Wuzhong listened to the voice without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.

He couldn't see the scene, but he could imagine it: there had been similar funerals in the Mirage Kingdom before, and the scene was still very grand.

 Some people were holding white flags high, everyone was wearing white clothes, others were carrying huge photos, family members were crying and calling, and countless civilians were crowding on both sides of the road.

However, for Mirage Taketada, the main fleet of the Mirage Navy was truly destroyed a few hours ago: the last destroyer hiding in the corner of the port was sunk by a dive bomber and was broken into two pieces and stranded. shore.

 It’s a pity that no one cares about these details anymore. The senior officials in the Mirage Kingdom’s base camp don’t care, and neither does Mirage Wu Zhong.

 (End of this chapter)