Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 1053 1054 Thousands of sails pass by

To be more adventurous, send a few people to take a sneak peek at the coastal airport at night to see if the Tang Empire has really gathered all its long-range strategic bombers in the direction of the Mirage Kingdom, and also to know what the Tang Empire is. We don't really want to start a war against Mirage.

You see, sometimes intelligence is so simple: most of the information you want is public information on the Internet, and most of the so-called spies and intelligence officers who steal intelligence are sitting in a certain office building with a belly and drinking coffee. bald middle-aged man.

Real intelligence work actually has nothing to do with suits and ties and silent pistols. Most of the tasks are actually handing out red envelopes in a group at work and encouraging a group of unemployed vagrants to talk nonsense...

There are also all-military operations, but unfortunately they are usually not carried out in very well-ordered capitals, and most of the people responsible for carrying them out are mercenaries, non-staff, and temporary workers... At this point, it is the same all over the world: they have made meritorious deeds. That was the result of the cooperation and cooperation of the entire department. If anything happened, it was the work of temporary workers and it had nothing to do with us.

While Dorne, Lions, and even the Ice Empire were speculating on whom the Tang Empire was planning to launch a war against, the landing force of the Tang Empire had already set off.

The aircraft carrier fleet and heavy oil supply ships departing from the southernmost Dragon Island began to move northward, and then the faster destroyer squadrons began to leave the port one after another.

Relying on their faster speed, the destroyer fleet of the Tang Empire headed north in batches, and some had even arrived at Dongwan Port to resupply.

Cruisers and battleships with higher self-sustainability will replenish supplies in Linshui, and then continue north to cover the 1st Landing Fleet starting from Linshui and East Bay.

  The 1st Landing Fleet was mainly loaded with fully equipped marines. These troops were more professional and could drift at sea for a long time, so they set off early.

Immediately afterwards, the entire fleet will meet up with the last 2nd landing fleet to set off in Beiyuan City. This fleet is the largest and carries the main force of the 9th Army.

 This fleet set out the latest, so it spent the shortest time sailing on the sea. This was done to take care of the army units who had no experience in cross-sea landings.

The submarine force that set off in advance will arrive in the waters near the Mirage at this time, and begin to clean up the Mirage's reconnaissance ships and fishing boats as planned, and eliminate the Mirage's eyes and ears. They will clear the sea area near the landing site as much as possible to welcome the arrival of the main fleet.

 When the Tang Empire's fleet approaches the landing site, the Datang Empire's airborne troops will take off and begin parachuting. They will enter the war zone on the first night, face the mirage army alone, and cooperate with the landing early the next morning.

At dawn the next day, the landing of the Tang Empire will officially begin. The two main divisions of the Marine Corps will make the first landing to tear apart the coastal defense line of the Mirage Kingdom, creating favorable conditions for subsequent troops to land.

The entire plan is large and complex. Marshal Bernard will be personally commanding the battle. Naval General Lu Qianshan and Army General Feng Kezhi will also participate in this battle.

In addition, although he did not visit the front line in person, Air Force General Xiao Yun would personally command the bomber units to participate in the battle. The Air Force was mainly responsible for carpet bombing missions.

Although the Air Force's fighter units were unable to participate in the battle due to distance, the Navy still had more than 400 Corsair fighter jets responsible for fighting for air supremacy, and more than 400 Stuka naval bombers performed tactical support missions.

The orc general Shanlu once expressed the hope that the orcs could participate in the war. He believed that in order to fight for a fertile land, the orcs would be worth the sacrifice of one hundred thousand or even hundreds of thousands.

However, considering the precious landing window, the General Staff of the Tang Empire rejected the orcs’ application to participate in the war.

 Because Loew and almost all the generals of the Tang Empire believed that the top priority for this landing was to ensure the elite offensive troops, and the most important thing was to win the battle.

Therefore, with the same delivery capability, it is certainly more appropriate to send the elite tiger warriors of the Tang Empire than to send the orc cannon fodder.

As for the orc cannon fodder... don't worry, in the subsequent offensive period, the orcs will have plenty of opportunities to perform.

On January 29, when the weather was freezing and no one thought it was the right time to launch a war, the Tang Empire's entire fleet headed north, kicking off the Datang Empire's war against mirages.

At the same time, the Qin State began to launch a fierce attack on the Shushan defense line of the Shu State. Millions of Qin troops attacked the mountain defense line as if they were desperate, which attracted the attention of many countries for a while.

Two days later, the Yangmu Empire officially declared war on the Ice Empire. The main force of the elves invaded the southern region of the Ice Empire. The two sides started a fierce melee. In a short period of time, the outcome was evenly divided.

Unable to control the specific movements of the Tang Empire's naval fleet, the main force of the Mirage Navy retreated northward, preparing to coordinate with the army's defense for a defensive counterattack.

Their idea is very simple. They can't detect the location of the Tang Dynasty's landing fleet anyway. It's better to wait until the Tang Empire's fleet shows up! Anyway, they are very confident in their coastline defense and believe that the Tang Empire will not be able to break through within two or three days. Even if they break through, the Tang Empire's navy will not be able to escape in a short time!

In this way, a landing fleet of unprecedented size gathered at sea, stretching for hundreds of nautical miles in front and back. Countless command ships and destroyers shuttled in this huge fleet, and patrolling pirate fighter jets roared past in the sky from time to time. .

These fighter jets with gull wings look very special in appearance, they are extremely fast, and their firepower configuration is very fierce.

 The foldable wing design allows the aircraft carrier to carry more pirate fighters. This aircraft can also carry rockets to perform ground attack missions. It can be said to be a very comprehensive naval fighter.

Every pilot flying this kind of fighter is an elite. They have spent most of the past year training at sea. Each pilot has hundreds of takeoff and landing experience at sea, and has achieved success in simulated air combat. A record of shooting down opponents at least ten times.

 At the outermost edge of the entire fleet, there are more than a dozen destroyer squadrons wandering around. These fleets rely on radar search and warning to provide early warning to the fleet.

With its radar, the Tang Dynasty Navy has significantly better battlefield situation awareness than all its opponents. Coupled with advanced carrier-based aircraft, it can be completely watertight.

Since the Mirage does not have a submarine force, any target floating on the water cannot escape the radar "eyes" of these destroyers.

God knows how much effort the Tang Empire's technical department put in for this landing operation: a few years ago, they would never have been able to support such a large-scale cross-sea landing operation.

Through precise calculations, they checked all the meteorological records in the sea near Mirage in the past thirty years, and finally confirmed that under the influence of the monsoon, there were no big winds and waves in the sea near Mirage in January.

Immediately afterwards, the Tang Empire's submarine force on mission also frequently sent back various weather detection information. They confirmed that there was no cloudy weather in the waters near the Mirage Kingdom, and the sea conditions were surprisingly good.

 In addition, in order to ensure that the soldiers of the Datang Empire could quickly change their wet clothes after landing, the Datang Empire even transported an additional 200,000 sets of dry military uniforms, which were packed in plastic bags and followed ashore with the second batch of soldiers.

 If sea conditions permit, the floating dock can be set up as soon as the same day, and then a large amount of materials will be transported ashore: including more cold-proof tents, fuel, and heating items.

Even in order to ensure that the soldiers could be a little more comfortable, the Tang Empire chose a beach at the southernmost tip of the South Island to land.

The destroyer responsible for covering the landing force will approach to a position about 500 meters away from the beach, and the four large-caliber artillery on the destroyer will cover the enemy's position.

Because of the precise coordinates provided by satellite photos, fire support is expected to be very precise: the entire landing site is divided into 50 squares, and two destroyers will conduct artillery strikes in each square.

 The attack will continue until the first batch of landing troops ashore report the fire suppression effect, and then corrections will be made based on the actual situation.

This is just a fire suppression plan for naval warships. The Stuka dive bombers of the naval aviation attack aircraft force that take off will carry large bombs to accurately attack solid targets on the ground that are still resisting.

Everyone can rest assured about the Stuka's strike capabilities. As long as the landing area is not interfered by a large number of anti-aircraft guns, this slightly outdated but still useful dive bomber can still easily level the solid defenses on the ground.

If the enemy fleet does not appear, the two Dongwan-class battleships will also provide fire support with 380 mm caliber giant guns. This is a truly heavy artillery. The shells that can easily lift off a large bunker can still maintain quite high accuracy even if they fly 30 kilometers away.

However, it is unrealistic to expect such large warships to participate in the battle, because according to the plan, the entire fleet will be discovered by the Mirage Air Force immediately after entering the waters of the Mirage Country.

The Zero fighter's range is too far. It can go out for reconnaissance and help Mirage confirm the location of the Tang Empire's fleet.

　　That night, the Mirage had the opportunity to strengthen their coastal defenses, and their fleet also had a night to move ahead: and this was the biggest variable in the entire operation!

The good news is that the Mirage cannot use this night to launch aircraft to attack the Tang Empire's fleet. The bad news is that early the next morning, the Datang Empire's fleet is likely to face a pincer attack by the Mirage's navy and air force.

On the ground, the only force that prevented the Mirage armored forces and infantry from reinforcing the beach was the 6,000 Tang Empire paratroopers who dropped behind enemy lines that night.

 They...are the first key to the victory of this battle.

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 Two updates today and more updates tomorrow.

 (End of this chapter)