Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 11621163 The increasingly difficult goblins

 The attacks of the orcs became sharper, which made the goblin troops blocking the "central defense line" very uncomfortable.

The central defense line built on mountains and river forests is the goblin's biggest support. The southwest of this defense line is Dingcheng. This city is a node on the entire defense line and an important supply base.

 The target of the orcs' attack is here, as well as the airport behind this base that has been bombed beyond recognition. After Shanlu obtained 30 rocket launchers and 50 wild bees, he launched another attack on Dingcheng.

 Compared with goblins, orc troops are better equipped and have more ammunition and fuel. Although the orcs rely on shipping for these supplies, the goblins' reserves have been exhausted.

By the 14th day after the Orcs landed, the goblin fuel reserves on the island were almost exhausted: most of the navy's fuel had been transferred to the army, and all the fuel not used by the air force had been used for emergencies.

In order to save unnecessary waste, novice pilots in the Air Force only conduct one take-off and landing training and focus most of their energy on how to hit the target.

Under such circumstances, the Mirage Air Force actually no longer has the ability to train new mature pilots: even in the relatively safe North Island, the Mirage Air Force cannot organize any effective training at all.

 Mature pilots are fighting every one. In this case, the air combat record of the main island, which had just looked a little better, began to decline again.

Originally, when facing the equally unskilled Orc pilots, the Mirage pilots had somewhat regained some confidence, but now they gradually discovered that...the other side was beginning to gain an upper hand in terms of numbers.

 The current training process for orc pilots is as follows: before they go to Qin, they select the best from the best and find those with good physical fitness.

Then receive training in Qin or Chu along the way and learn basic cultural knowledge. The smart orcs were eventually selected as pilots, and the rest were given to ground crew training, or were directly transferred to the army to serve as non-commissioned officers.

 The selected trainees received assault training in Tang State, mastered the basic knowledge of flying, and then flew the aircraft to master basic flying skills.

Then he was transported across the sea to the skies of the South Island, while flying a Butcher fighter jet to be responsible for patrolling the safe airspace of the South Island and the southern part of the New Island, and became familiar with the driving of the aircraft.

 Finally, skilled pilots were sent to the north of the new island to participate in the offensive operations on the main island! After this set of procedures, at least a pilot will have about 100 hours of flight training.

Although they still don't have many pilots, they are much more powerful than the supplementary pilots of Mirage. This is not a slight difference, but a huge difference.

 So the pilots of the Orcs fight more and more, and the more they fight, the better they are, but the pilots of the Mirage fly less and less, and the more they fight, the more they are novices.

Two Butcher fighter jets flew across the sky, hiding in the observation post on the top of the mountain. Several goblin soldiers were in a daze listening to the roar of the engines.

　　They have been exhausted from several days of fighting, and now they are seizing every moment to rest.

They didn't hear the sound of their own fighter jets this morning. Those Zero fighter jets seemed to be unwilling to take off to join the battle again.

The kerosene lamps equipped by the troops have become decorations, and all precious burning items are now controlled items. Even many officers in the army are clamoring to launch a counterattack to steal the orcs' fuel.

 It is impossible to counterattack, because an unwinnable counterattack will waste a lot of fuel. These oils are now precious and cannot be used casually.

　　The Mirage troops, which already lacked cars, have now begun to prohibit the use of cars to transport any items, and officers are also prohibited from using cars to travel unless necessary.

 There is no way, oil is really too precious now, so that all things that can be replaced by other methods must be replaced by methods that do not consume oil.

 Cavalry has become a popular weapon. If you can ride a horse, you don't even need to go to the front line, and you can just be responsible for transporting supplies at the back. Officers also used war horses when traveling as much as possible, causing the level of mechanization of the Mirage Army to almost regress back to ten years ago.

 “It’s starting again…” A soldier yawned and cursed lazily. He heard the sound of shelling, and the terrifying sound was depressing.

The secret observation post built on the cliff is very safe. It is impossible for the orc bombers to penetrate such a thick mountain. But the vibrations and loud noises are still frightening, and this kind of devastation makes every soldier suffer.

“Boom!” Sure enough, a cannonball landed not far from the observation post, and the shock caused a lot of dust to fall from the heads of these Mirage soldiers.

  The orcs have more and more 155mm heavy artillery, and these **** don't seem to care about the consumption of ammunition, and they always fire endlessly every day. They are in a mountainous area and their condition seems to be better. Now the direction of Dingcheng is the real purgatory. The orcs continuously launched attacks on the flat terrain over there, and the two sides fought fiercely.

 The 1st Armored Division of the Mirage Army is now officially at war with the 1st Armored Division of the Orcs. Both sides felt that they were powerful in fighting, so they both lost their tempers. Both sides continued to send tanks to fight until both sides realized that the other side was also a tough nut to crack.

After a day's rest, the orcs launched another attack. They seemed to have received some support, and the number of heavy artillery increased. The goblins were unable to resist, and they were now beaten to the outskirts of Dingcheng.

Over there are the fortifications built by the goblins, with dense bunkers and numerous tunnels. Coupled with the urban area of ​​Dingcheng, which was almost bombed into ruins, and the crisscrossing and complex terrain, it was a perfect location for defense.

The orc troops did not flinch. They also believed that they had experienced difficult street fighting in Fengjiang and were good at fighting in cities.

 So the two sides continued to fight fiercely on the outskirts of the city. They have been fighting for two days now, and there is almost no progress.

 The defender suffered heavy losses, but managed to hold its main position; the attacking side suffered heavy losses, but also gained some marginal areas.

The two sides seemed to be playing cards in Xue's tavern and found that the other party was an evenly matched opponent. That kind of abuse of food didn't happen at all. Instead, because the other party was about the same age as myself, there was a hint of sympathy.

"Just watch, it will rush up again soon..." The other goblin is used to it. From morning to night, they will always see this scene more than ten times a day.

 Nearly every hour, the orc troops would launch an attack, dump some bodies at the foot of the mountain, and then retreat... just as punctually as if they were going to work, as routine as work.

There are even more than a dozen No. 4 tanks and No. 4 assault guns below the hillside. If you didn't look at the paint, it almost made some Mirage soldiers think they had defeated the Tang armored forces.

However, these goblins are not without pressure. Their ammunition is decreasing and being consumed little by little! Due to the bombing, the production capacity of the ammunition factory has been significantly reduced. Bullets and artillery shells are okay, but some heavy weapons are obviously out of stock.

For example, the 75mm mountain guns and 76mm anti-tank guns that the Mirage troops now particularly need can hardly be replenished.

These small-caliber artillery are effective in mountain warfare. They are more flexible and more suitable for deployment than tanks or heavy artillery. It is a pity that Mirage lacks qualified steel and its factories have been destroyed, so the production of such artillery is quite difficult.

 In the past few days, the front line has lost a total of about 20 75mm caliber mountain guns, but only 7 have been replaced.

This is only their central defense line backed by the factory. The almost isolated western defense line, which is the area where the Mirage's 4th Armored Division is stationed, almost none of the artillery lost today can be replaced.

 “Thud, tug, tug!” Perhaps seeing the Orc troops coming up again, a Maxim heavy machine gun at the foot of the mountain suddenly opened fire. There were sporadic sounds of rifles mixed in, and a tough battle began again.

What was different from the past was that shortly after the gunfire sounded this time, a violent explosion almost flattened the foot of the mountain where the Mirage soldiers were stationed.

There were so many explosions that it was impossible to count them. The all-devouring momentum scared the soldiers on duty at the observation post so much that they even held their breath.

By the time they came to their senses, fire was raging in the area covered by rocket launchers, and thick smoke was everywhere. There was a burning smell in the air, a choking smell that made people feel sick.

 “Ugh! Cough cough cough!” The goblin soldier in the observation post, whose eyes were blinded by the black smoke, started to cough while holding on to the wall. He wanted to vomit, but he couldn't bear to throw up the breakfast he had eaten on the ground.

Food is simply too precious. The Mirage Kingdom is now starting to run out of food, and the quality of food supplied to the army has begun to decline. In this case, vomiting is also a waste.

"How come they even have rocket launchers..." Rocket launchers are nothing new these days, and the goblin soldiers have already experienced the power of this weapon on the South Island and the New Island.

 The orcs didn't have this kind of thing before, but now they have it...and there are quite a lot of them. While coughing, the officer in the observation post grabbed the phone on the table: "Hello? Hello! Cough cough cough! This is the main observation post! Yes! The main observation post on the top of the mountain! The enemy used rocket launchers and incendiary bombs... Yes! The first-line positions may have been It’s over!”

On the other side of the phone, the Mirage officer who was responsible for staying here bitterly ordered: "Continue to observe! Report to me anytime if there is any situation! Yes! Hold on! Hold on! No matter what, you can't lose the main peak!"

If they lose this place, the orcs can overlook the entire Ding city from here. When the time comes...it will be difficult to defend the city.

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 The second update is a little later...the schedule is messed up again. Let's see tomorrow...sigh.

 (End of this chapter)