Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 1086 1087 Mirage Haiping’s good idea

The Tang Army destroyer launched not just one torpedo, but more than 20 destroyers launched at least 120 torpedoes at the Mirage fleet from several directions at once.

The fixed depth of these torpedoes is relatively large, because the destroyers of the Tang Army actually look down on the small fish and shrimps scattered around the Mirage Fleet.

 Their targets are all the big guys, and they are preparing to give these Mirage battleships and heavy cruisers last-ditch damage!

The Mirage Navy, which has been trying to crack the Tang Army's anti-ship missile offensive, has indeed relaxed its vigilance about the situation on the sea. In fact, they have no way to keep an eye on the sea all the time with poor visibility.

The Tang Army is completely different. Even if they are not equipped with anti-ship missiles, the Tang Army's warships are equipped with radars. They can know the opponent's speed and heading, and roughly calculate the opponent's corresponding position.

Furthermore, because the Mirage fleet was attacked by anti-ship missiles, the fleet's formation began to become dragging and slender. This formation was really convenient for torpedo sneak attacks.

After a cruiser was hit by a torpedo, there was no time to take evasive action. Another mirage battleship was hit by two torpedoes, and the stern and bow exploded at the same time.

The sad thing is that this battleship was hit by an anti-ship missile before. The flames in the middle of the hull had just been extinguished by the damage control department. As a result, water began to enter the front and rear sections.

The entire battleship began to tilt, and without even having time to take a rest, the sailors on the battleship began repair work again.

After being hit for the second time, the battleship basically had to break away from the battle. But in its current state, it was hard to say whether it could escape the attack range of the Tang Army's carrier-based aircraft after dawn.

At this time, the remaining warships of the Mirage Navy finally came to their senses and began to avoid the torpedoes attacking them.

The lights of the entire fleet began to change from pointing to the sky to pointing to the sea. Everyone was looking for the white line in the sea until another warship was hit...

This is entirely a matter of luck: the torpedo tracks at night are difficult to detect, and now the entire fleet is in chaos, making it even more difficult to avoid.

 Fortunately, in order to "evade" the Styx missiles, the warships of the Mirage Navy were performing serpentine and irregular maneuvers, so they still got rid of most of the incoming torpedoes.

　　This was an unintentional act. Mirage Haifeng himself might not have thought that he made the mistake of randomly ordering the fleet to use a snake-like maneuver to avoid anti-ship missiles, allowing his fleet to luckily escape the torpedo assassination.

  Unfortunately, luck is a matter of probability, and many warships are still hit by torpedoes: This is different from the superstructure being penetrated by anti-ship missiles. Warships hit by torpedoes... basically reduce their speed and cannot continue to move forward.

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  Mirage Country, Main Island, In the base camp headquarters, after ignoring Mirage Haifeng's request for the injured warship to evacuate, Mirage Country's decision-makers are discussing the next countermeasures.

Using the fleet to gamble on the fate of the country is an option, but no one is willing to just sit back and wait for death.

 So the two generals, Mirage Wuke and Mirage Haiping, together with Mirage Emperor, discussed a series of preparations for the next war in Mirage Kingdom.

Mirwuk said: "We now need more anti-aircraft guns to deal with possible bombings by Tang Army aircraft. In addition, we also need more radars to provide early warning..."

 In the Battle of the South Island, Mirage largely suffered from the loss of air supremacy. If you don't keep your memory long, other islands will only be lost faster.

They relied on Zero fighter jets before, but who would have thought that the Tang Empire could bring fighter jets across the sea to compete with Zero fighter jets for air supremacy?

It's good now. After the South Island is lost, the Tang Army will soon build an airport on the island. At that time, the Tang Army's air force will have an even greater advantage.

 Butcher fighter jets, Flying Fortress bombers, and IL attack aircraft... plus those mysterious bombers that come and go like the wind, the Tang Army's air superiority will only be greater.

After talking about anti-aircraft guns and radars, Miruvuk talked about the problem of soldiers: "In addition, we also need more soldiers to be deployed on the defense lines where enemy troops may land... These places must be guarded... "

Seeing that the Tang Army is about to occupy and control the South Island, starting from the South Island, no matter which island the Tang Army attacks, the distance will be closer than before.

 In this case, the mirage army must station heavy troops on the remaining three islands. Then the size of the army before was not enough. Therefore, Fengwu Ke explained: "Previously, we seriously underestimated the Tang Army's ability to conduct cross-sea landing operations, so we probably need to build an additional defense line of at least 1,000 kilometers to consolidate each island."

 After saying this, he continued to add: "In addition to anti-aircraft guns, all cities must start digging cellars and air raid shelters... to reduce the impact of enemy bombing on our cities."

The Mirage Emperor suddenly felt a little irritable. Their treasury was already quite empty. Asking for this and that at this time was simply killing him.

 But he also knew that the problems raised by Mirwuk must be solved, so he could only stand there honestly and listen to Mirwuk's various requests.

After thinking of this, Mirewuk thought of the issue about the bombing of the airport on the South Island, so he said again: "In addition, what needs to be built is the defense measures of the airport! We have not considered bombing by enemy planes before. , all aircraft have simple hangars, which is completely impossible now. We must strengthen these hangars as soon as possible! In addition, we must hide the airport runway as much as possible to prevent the enemy from destroying the runway and affecting the takeoff and landing of aircraft. "

The Army did not make any decent air defense preparations at all, and the airstrip was not camouflaged. The aircraft were either placed in the open air or had only a simple awning.

 Such a state allowed the Tang Army to easily destroy a large number of the Mirage Army's airports and aircraft, seriously affecting the combat effectiveness of the Mirage Army's air forces.

 That’s why Mirwuk singled out the construction of hidden airports and increased the airport’s anti-strike capabilities.

"In terms of mobile troops, we need more tanks, armored vehicles, anti-tank guns... We need a lot of mines... and all the anti-tank weapons we can make." Mirage spoke more and more fluently, saying whatever came to his mind. It was as if all the requests he made were granted.

 In fact, given the current industrial status of the Mirage Kingdom, if the weapons he wants can be given to him one-fifth or one-tenth, it can be regarded as the strength of the workers of the Mirage Kingdom.

 The problem is that even if workers in Mirage work day and night, where will their raw materials come from? The Ice Empire, the country that previously supplied them with the most raw materials, is now at war with the elves. Their own steel and copper are not enough, so how can they be shipped to the Mirage Kingdom?

As for whether the Tang army will block the sea transportation lines after the navy is completely lost, that is an issue that the senior officials of the Mirage subconsciously ignored.

"The Army still needs a lot of heavy artillery, more artillery shells... more aircraft... Even if the performance is not as good as our opponents, we still need more Zero Fighters... and their pilots." Having said this, Mirage Wuk also felt that he There were really too many things he wanted. The more he spoke, the lower his voice became, and finally he stopped.

The Emperor Mirage looked at Admiral Mirage Haiping, who had not spoken a word, and asked with a cold face: "If there is anything else, let's talk about it together."

"As for the navy, we need to modify some more practical equipment! It is too late to think about building main battleships now. Our national strength does not allow us to rebuild a large-scale navy." He Mirage Wu Ke is different, Mirage Haiping is more fanatical and thoughtful. He knew that rebuilding the navy was absolutely impossible, so he could only come up with another way.

I just heard him say: "I want to give priority to building some speedboats, the kind equipped with gasoline engines, preferably with a speed of more than 50 kilometers! Fill these speedboats with explosives, select brave soldiers to drive them, and let them ram enemy ships!"

“Huh?” In the Mirage Emperor’s view, this idea is more feasible than Mirage’s request for a lot of things. Therefore, he became interested in Mirage Haiping's plan.

After Ming Haiping finished talking about this crazy plan, he added: "Only in this way can we make up for our lack of combat power! I hope the army will also come up with a similar plan! You can take off planes loaded with explosives to hit the Tang Army. Battleship! A plane for a warship!”

 “Is it necessary to do this?” Phantom Wuk didn’t react for a while.

"Only by doing this! Can we avoid the destruction of our country and our species!" Mirage Haiping said firmly.

The Mirage Emperor is also very satisfied with this crazy plan, which is at least within the scope of feasibility. So he ordered: "Then decide like this first! Form two troops, and they will be under the command of the two of you!"

Just as the two generals stood at attention and saluted and said "Yes, Your Majesty", an officer trotted over and handed over a message: "Your Majesty! Mirage Feng just sent news that the enemy launched a torpedo attack... The fleet suffered heavy losses! "

"What?" The Mirage Emperor grabbed the telegram and read it carefully: Five battleships of the Mirage Kingdom had been damaged, and they were only an hour away from the Tang Army's landing fleet at the landing site.

"Call back! Let Mirage Haifeng do whatever it takes! Rush into the landing site! Get rid of Tang's landing fleet!" Mirage Emperor seemed to see hope from the one-hour journey, and gritted his teeth and issued the order.

He didn’t know that before Mirage got his call back, another battleship was damaged and a cruiser was sunk by a Styx anti-ship missile...

Hand between Mirage Haifeng and the Tang Empire’s landing fleet, there are two Datang Empire battleships that are waiting in full formation! —

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