Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 11441145 Collapse of Industry

 Siege warfare is a brand-new tactic. Its power is not reflected in the damage to the target, but an all-round destruction of the opponent's morale.

 Tang State's Scud missile attack on Mirage State was completed, and its damage effect was actually not fatal. For a huge city, the damage of one missile was actually not fatal. As long as it does not carry nuclear warheads, the losses will always be within the tolerance range.

  The impact of assaultable city warfare is not only the destruction of buildings, but also the cruel destruction of people's hearts. Imagine that hundreds of ordinary people are randomly killed every day. This kind of fear will spread.

Not to mention, after the Tang army conducted several missile attacks during the day, they adjusted the attack time to night. In other words, the civilians in Mirage City could hardly sleep at night.

The air raid siren kept echoing at first, but later it stopped even responding. Because if every falling Scud missile would sound an air defense alarm, the people in the mirage wouldn't have to sleep.

 …In fact, there is no way to sleep. The Tang State would launch a missile every two hours or so, just like an alarm clock, reminding the people of the Mirage Kingdom to get up at night on time.

The huge sound of cloud bombs echoed in the night sky, and the clear explosions could be heard within several kilometers, which almost caused the people of Mirage Kingdom to collapse.

Some unlucky ones were killed by missiles directly in their sleep, and some lucky ones couldn't sleep all night long and could only listen to the explosion and wait for the next lottery draw.

 Yes, a lottery, a lucky wheel once every two hours, where you bet on where the Scud missile will land!

The Tang Army is also making various attempts. After using a large number of cloud burst bombs, they also began to use some other types of bombs to carry out attacks.

This kind of special attack is usually carried out during the day, and is coordinated with the H-6 reconnaissance aircraft to confirm the results and determine which warhead is more likely to cause damage to cities such as Mirage City.

Facts have proved that cloud bombs are actually very effective in cities like Mirage, but cluster bombs are more effective.

 The reason is actually very simple. Half of the houses in Mirage City are made of stone, mixed with wooden beams and other structures. After all, in island countries, buildings need to withstand typhoons, so there are still certain requirements for sturdiness.

 Simple large bombs can only damage nearby buildings. For a city, no matter how effective cloud bombs are, they are only point attacks.

But cluster bombs are different, because they just meet the attack requirements: the opponent's house has a certain ability to withstand strikes, but not much. A small bomb can have just the effect of destruction and is not wasted at all.

So the Tang Army began to use cluster bomb attacks at night, and the damage caused by this suddenly increased to a higher level: a large number of residential buildings collapsed and were destroyed, and the number of civilian casualties also increased rapidly.

Not only did they use missile attacks at night, the Tang Army also began to launch bomber attacks during the day: the H-6 deployed on the South Island has a sufficient range, they can carry a large number of cluster bombs, and their attack efficiency is much higher than that of Scud missiles.

 In the basement, the Mirage Emperor's face was extremely expressionless. His royal city has not been attacked by foreign enemies for hundreds of years, but now it is about to be bombed into rubble.

You must know that Mirage City is not just a capital city. It is also a holy place in the hearts of the people of Mirage Kingdom. It is a great city built by the gods worshiped by goblins who came to this world.

 In addition to faith, Mirage City is also the most important industrial base of Mirage Country. There are a large number of factories here, responsible for the production of various military products.

  From helmet bayonets to tanks and aircraft, many important weapon parts need to be processed in factories around the mirage.

If this were not the case, the Tang army would not go to such great lengths to use various weapons to bombard the mirage. The attacks on the Mirage City are actually weakening the Mirage Kingdom's war potential.

 Before the bombing, Mirage could produce about two Zero fighters every day. Although this kind of aircraft is no longer useful on the battlefield, Mirage can at least manufacture these aircraft.

Now, after the bombing, the production of Mirage Zero fighter jets has plummeted to 20 aircraft per month, which means that two-thirds of the production capacity has been destroyed.

The same is true for tanks. The bombing by the Tang Army made it difficult for the Mirage Army to rebuild the 2nd Armored Division. The Mirage Army, which lacked heavy weapons and equipment, was not confident in facing the Tang Army's attack head-on.

 The senior leaders of the Mirage Kingdom know that now is the time when various weapons and equipment are needed: including anti-tank guns, mines, anti-aircraft guns, tanks, heavy artillery to deal with Tang Army tanks...

 Even machine guns, submachine guns, grenades. Every more of these weapons, every more shell, is good.

  However, with the Tang army's continuous bombing of the industrial facilities of the Mirage Kingdom, all production almost came to a standstill. The assembly plant lacks spare parts, and the spare parts factory lacks raw materials.

 On the one hand, the machinery of the factory was blown up and the production line was damaged; on the other hand, the workers were also killed and injured, making them unable to work. As time went by, the raw materials hoarded by Mirage began to run out. For example, oil resources and rare metals are beginning to be in short supply, making the Mirage country's production difficult.

There was no other way. After the Mirage Emperor was occupied by the Tang Army in the South Island, he issued a decree prohibiting private car travel.

 But there is no way to implement this law very well. After all, the only people who can drive cars in the Mirage Kingdom are high-ranking officials. They all have government positions and can always find excuses to drive.

The real unlucky ones are the businessmen and the like with little background. Their cars were confiscated and sent to the army to make up for their losses. As a result, public dissatisfaction boiled, and the factories controlled by these people began to fail again, and the industrial production capacity of the mirage further shrank.

Since there was no oil, Mirage began to add things to the gasoline, turning 97 into 95, and 95 into 92. In the end, vegetable oil was even added to the gasoline to top it up, which can really be said to be full of color, flavor, and flavor.

“The thermal power plant in the west was bombed yesterday, killing more than twenty workers. The power outage in the XC area has not recovered yet.” Mirage Wenxin reported their recent losses to Mirage Emperor depressingly.

 In fact, the power in the East District has not been restored yet, and the factories there have been completely shut down. The production capacity of the anti-aircraft guns that were finally piled up has hit rock bottom, and now only a dozen can be produced a month.

The technology of these crappy gadgets is not advanced either, and they cannot intercept the Tang Empire's planes at all. But now the Mirage Kingdom can't produce many of these things.

 Next month...maybe the Tang army will launch an attack! How much impact would a dozen more artillery pieces have on a battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops?

Another minister, Mirage Wenyou, also reported to Mirage Huanghui depressingly: "Two factories of Factory No. 408, which produces tanks, were destroyed. There is definitely no way to continue production. The tanks of the 2nd Armored Division can only use Cyric 5 Type makes up the numbers.”

The factory building that produced Mirage's most advanced tanks was destroyed by the bombing, and all the machinery and equipment were damaged. Now they have to make do with less advanced tanks produced by other factories.

Compared with the heavy tanks developed and produced by Mirage itself, the Cyric 5 tank is obviously much inferior: its prototype is the American M10 tank destroyer. Datang Group gave the drawings to Cyric, and Cyric gave it to it. A top cover is installed and it is sold as a tank.

The performance of this thing itself seems okay, but it is outdated today: in addition to the Tang Dynasty, which has begun to replace the 59 main battle tanks on a large scale, other countries in the world are also equipped with artillery with larger caliber and more armor. Thick heavy tank.

Even the Mirage itself has developed its own heavy tanks, and the Cyric 5 tank is only used to "fill up the numbers".

It’s okay now, those who recharge really have to recharge. With no way to continue producing heavy tanks, Mirage could only rely on the Cyric 5 tank to rebuild its 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions.

 In order to save steel, the width of the crawler tracks has been reduced by 2 cm! Even with the tacit approval of Mirage, the rear armor of all tanks was reduced.

  This is to produce enough tanks with the most economical use of materials: since it is decided to put the Tang Army into a decisive battle on the island, enough army weapons are the key to victory.

 In fact, not all weapons are reducing production. Some weapons have increased their production because they are convenient and simple enough to produce.

For example, the production of anti-tank mines, which are called "gun mines" by the Mirage troops, has increased a lot: this thing is the other-world version of the "Taijun Happy Stick". It is different in shape, but in essence It's a thing.

 In order to increase the anti-tank capability of individual soldiers, and because this weapon itself is very economical in raw materials, its production quantity has been increasing.

There is no way. The mine body itself is easy to produce, and the long pole is made of wood. It is a material that the Mirage country has in huge quantities. It is difficult to reduce the output of this kind of weapon.

 In addition, the production of suicide speedboats in the Mirage Kingdom has also increased a bit: although the port in the Mirage City was bombed, the production capacity on the North Island has increased a bit.

 In addition, in order to rush to work and cut corners, Mirage once increased the number of its suicide speedboat fleet to 300.

It's just that most of these speedboats are just making up the numbers, and most of them are not equipped with armored steel plate protection. Once this kind of speedboat is hit, it is difficult to survive. It is just a civilian speedboat equipped with a lot of explosives.

"In view of the increased frequency of enemy missile attacks, Your Majesty... it is safer for you to move to a secret bunker in the suburbs." After listening to the reports of those people to the Mirage Emperor, Mirage Dabo once again raised the suggestion of taking refuge.

There are not many underground bunkers in Mirage, and the city has never put any effort into dealing with the war. In this case, leaving it is indeed the more pragmatic option.

"I will consider this suggestion carefully." The Mirage Emperor did not finish his words, and this was enough to make many officials think about it.

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I'm jet-lagged, so the second update will be delivered tomorrow morning, so don't wait any longer.

 (End of this chapter)