Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 682 Bombing the Eighth Army
Uleden felt tremendous pressure now. He had also listened to what the radicals said, and believed that the Ming army was no longer capable, timid and ineffective. The Ming army could only rely on their iron warships on the sea and the air force in the sky. Come to save some face.

But the actual situation shocked him.

The unit that fought against the Eighth Army was the 42nd Army of the Daming Army, a group of mercenaries and the "Second Class Army" composed of colonial minorities.But such an army is as unshakable as Mount Tai. Uledon measured the offensive of the Qing army. If it was such an attack, neither the French army nor the Austrian army could resist it.

The Qing army occupied a favorable terrain and attacked suddenly. Even so, they did not eat even a single Ming army. Instead, the Ming army fought back a few times, causing considerable damage to themselves.

It was hard for Uleden to imagine that if the Ninth Army, known as one of the three trump cards of the Ming Army, came, would his Eighth Army be able to compete.

His opponent, Gao Ning, the commander of the Southwest Europe Theater, did not regard Uleden as a real opponent at all.No matter in terms of strength, equipment, logistics, combat determination and external environment, Uleden's Eighth Army could not be compared with the Ming Army's Southwest European Theater.

Xiqing still hadn't completed the integration from the inside, and it was still a mess, but Daming had already brandished the knife for slaughtering wild boar skin with great resoluteness.

Gao Ning and Li Wan watched Ming strategic bombers take off at the largest air force base in Spain controlled by the Ming army.The huge strategic bomber represents the justice of Ming Dynasty, and the justice of Ming Dynasty is proved by the equivalent of ammunition.

A perfect logic!

"Although it took a little time, all the important logistics facilities and command departments of the Eighth Army of the Qing Army in eastern Spain were finally calibrated. Uleden was not protected by the Qing Army's air force and was completely exposed to our bombers. Under the crosshairs. For this large-scale bombing operation, I specifically applied to the staff headquarters to mobilize bombers from other theaters to support it. There are more than 100 H-4s, which are larger than the previous Donetsk bombing.” Gao Ning said Talking about it, as if what he did was just a very trivial thing.

Li Wan sighed: "The military strength of our Ming Dynasty has grown to such a stage. Sometimes I really feel sad for those brainless guys. Your Majesty has hidden the front in the scabbard for 20 years, and let my Ming army not show its edge. Unexpectedly, some people really think that our army is weak."

Gao Ning said: "There are always people who believe what they want to believe."

Li Wan asked: "Old Gao, do you really believe that this wave of strategic bombing can disintegrate the Eighth Army?"

"Of course." Gao Ning's expression was calm, confident and introverted.

A large number of H-4 strategic bombers, escorted by more Mustang fighters, entered the sky over the Aragon Plain. Their targets were scattered, but due to the small combat range, these fighters were all fully loaded.

In Spain in autumn and winter, gray clouds cover the land.Daming's bomber was flying just above the clouds, and the Western Qing army on the ground didn't notice it at all.

When the bombers reached their targets, the bombers began to pass through the clouds and enter the bombing altitude.

At this time, the air defense forces on the ground in Xiqing saw them, and it was already too late.Heavy bombs were dropped one after another, towards a series of facilities such as the logistics warehouse, command post, and barracks of the Eighth Army.Although Uledan had already informed the anti-aircraft artillery of the Eighth Army to strengthen their vigilance, these anti-aircraft artillery had never dealt with such a terrifying number of bombers.

In fact, the air defense positions were the first facilities to be attacked.

A huge explosion resounded on the ground, and the pilots of the bombers in the sky couldn't help but smile with satisfaction as they watched the dazzling fireworks on the ground.

Uleden hurriedly fled into the temporary air-raid shelter. Hearing the explosion outside, his complexion was very bad.

It wasn't until a few hours later that the communication was restored, and the people of the Eighth Army told him that more than 8% of the military supplies had been destroyed, especially several ammunition depots were basically destroyed by the bombers of the Ming Air Force.At least 3000 people were killed or injured in this bombing, and many artillery and tanks of the Eighth Army were also severely damaged in the bombing.

"Damn, damn Ming army!" Uleden realized the seriousness of the matter.

Larbin did not expect that the Ming army was so terrifying.They misjudged the Ming army's combat power and are now paying a heavy price.

"8% of the supplies have been destroyed, which means that our troops will not even have enough food..." Lalbin murmured.

Uladen also became ruthless: "Then go to the city and the village to grab it. The Spaniards have food, and we can get it locally."

Lalbin knew that there was no way out of this.

"General, if we continue to stay here, we may continue to be bombed by the Ming army, and may even be encircled by several of their armies. Now the soldiers have just been bombed and their morale is low. We should retreat. Enter In the Basque Country, where there are mountains, we can use the terrain to hide our troops, and it will become difficult for the Ming army to bomb our logistics."

Uleden nodded, "However, without the support of other troops from the Eight Banners, the Eighth Army would not be able to continue fighting the Ming army on the Iberian Peninsula."

Lalbin was still comforting him: "As long as Commander Lin makes a comeback, the war in Western Europe will be stabilized. At that time, we will concentrate our forces in the Qing Dynasty and have a battle with the Ming army, and we will definitely be able to win in one battle."

Uleden still had fantasies about the Qing army, so even though he had seen the Ming army's formidable attack power, he still felt that there was still some hope for this war.

Uledan explained his current predicament as fighting alone. He believed that if the Qing army had several legions here, they would be able to push Gao Ning flat, destroy the Ming army's airports, and let the Ming army's strategic bombers Can't take off.

The Qing army has always misunderstood that the Daming H-4 bomber has such a large bomb load that its combat radius is only 200-300 kilometers. If a safe distance is left, it will not be attacked.They don't even know that the H-4 has a combat radius of one to two thousand kilometers when it is full of fuel and ammunition.

Therefore, Ullerden began to deploy the defensive line of the Eighth Army and began to retreat gradually.

Gao Ning figured everything out. The main force of the Ninth Army marched in from the north. The target was the Basques. They directly cut off the rear of Uleden's Eighth Army and completely buried the Qing army on the Iberian Peninsula. .

(End of this chapter)