Half an hour before the red telephone rang rapidly.
In Mikawara, a long armored convoy, trucks, and carriages formed a long, dark line, marching on the dirt roads in the fields.
The Heavy Strike Regiment of the First Division is actually a heavy mechanical force composed of tanks and armored vehicles.
The regiment is the size of two ordinary regiments, with more than 8,000 soldiers and more than 600 tanks and armed vehicles.
It is a capable force that the Kansai Legion is proud of. It is one of the two armored units built by the Kansai Group and is known as the "Tiger Shield of Kansai".
Japanese people always like to use exaggerated words to describe famous people and things.
Although he commands the mechanical troops, Major General Takahashi Bei, the deputy division commander and commander of the heavy attack wing, likes to ride on a tall horse and follow the team slowly.
Although he had not yet received the order to start the war, Takahashi could no longer hold himself back. The Heavy Attack Regiment was supposed to be an invincible force at the forefront. Same today, as the deputy division commander, he arrived earlier than scheduled. After a few hours, the heavy attack regiment was ordered to set off early and march towards the border of the state.
Following him, also riding a tall horse, was Chief of Staff Kameda Eio.
In the jeep that deliberately stayed behind the two officers were Asaba Nagamasa and Asaba Yoshiko.
Asaba Nagamasa is a big businessman in Kyoto. He once acted as a businessman for the Lord of Yaqi Road in the Northern Territory and helped Prime Minister Yamamoto Yu collect intelligence on the Northern Territory.
However, its intelligence system has completely failed. Except for some spies who are still deeply lurking, most of the intelligence teams have been gradually eliminated by the Montenegro Security Committee as the Principality of Montenegro controls most of the northern region.
Even Shengjing is now completely controlled by the people of Zhongzhou.
Qian Yu and his wife had to return home.
Fortunately, Prime Minister Yamamoto Yu's failure in the Northern Territory was a systematic failure, so Asaba Nagamasa was not blamed.
But when Prime Minister Ashikaga successfully fled to Otsutsu, Nagamasa Asaba was almost shot because Prime Minister Yamamoto suspected that Nagamasa Asaba might be involved in the escape of former Prime Minister Ashikaga. At that time, the son of former Prime Minister Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and his wife Ashikaga Yoshimitsu were released and deported. In the Northern Territory, it was Asaba Nagamasa who mediated, and said that it could help the kingdom's operations in the Northern Territory, but in the end, it had no effect.
Looking at it now, it has become the cause of the collusion between the Prince of Montenegro and the former Prime Minister of Ashikaga.
But the political commissar Asaba was really a powerful figure, and after many people interceded, he was eventually released.
Now it can be considered as redemption, because Asaba Nagamasa and his wife have a very good relationship with the Ishii family, the leader of Honshu, and Asaba Yoshiko is the goddaughter of the wife of the Ishii family, so Asaba Nagamasa volunteered to persuade the Ishii family not to resist, and ordered Honshu to The division accepted the reorganization of the Kansai Army unconditionally.
Takahashi Bei had always looked down upon businessmen. At this moment, he glanced at the couple in the jeep and snorted again.
"General!" On the horse beside him, Chief of Staff Kameda pointed to the sky in the distance, "Is that a Montenegrin fighter plane?"
The sky was blue and faint, and there seemed to be some small black dots moving in the distance.
Takahashi Bingwei picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and looked in that direction. He snorted, "It's those pesky flies. Send the order to distract the alert!"
After dealing with the Montenegrin Air Force many times, I gradually became less afraid of them.
Especially for armored units, their bombing effect is not great. As long as the vehicles and personnel are dispersed, they will attack from a long distance, carry few bombs, and will evacuate after one round of attack.
Later, the Montenegrin Air Force never harassed the positions of the Japanese armored forces. The journey was too long, the cost was too high, and the results were too low.
Takahashi gritted his teeth. Now that his unit has left the main formation to attack Honshu, it is much closer to the Nakazu Air Force Base in the south, so it is smelled by these nasty things.
The jeep of Asaba Nagamasa and his wife suddenly made a sharp turn and broke away from the group and drove away.
Asaba Nagamasa is over seventy years old, but he is still going strong and is a driver himself. At this time, he is steering tightly.
Japanese tanks are generally small, have low firepower, and move slowly. The advantage is that they have thick shells and are not afraid of bombs. But jeeps cannot do that. If they are swept away by bomb fragments, the couple may die.
The jeep left the group far away and ran wildly in the dry rice fields.
Yoshiko Asaba looked at her husband's desire to survive, with a look of helplessness on her face, and then turned to look at the black spots that were gradually approaching.
When I first met the Prince of Black Mountain Castle, how could I have thought that this young man would have such potential?
It's a pity that Governor Zhang died, and the line between him and the other side was severed.
I don’t know where Erika is now.
The jeep suddenly stopped. Asaba Nagamasa got out of the car hurriedly, "Let's hide over there!" He said and ran towards a ditch under the field ridge.
In fact, for an armored force to be such a big target, Montenegro's aircraft probably wouldn't care about such a far away jeep and would pursue and bomb it.
But don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.
Asaba Yoshiko followed her husband and ran into the ditch one step at a time. Just as she lay down, the fighter planes from the Principality of Montenegro were already roaring towards her.
"No, this plane is so big!" Asaba Nagamasa emerged from the ditch and looked at the Black Mountain fighter planes that were diving towards the armored convoy.
Before he finished speaking, the Black Mountain fighter plane had already dived to a height of about a hundred meters, and bombs rained down immediately.
Amidst the loud noise of "boom, boom, boom".
The tanks that were evacuating were all within the explosion range of the bomb, and they immediately hunkered down. Some of them emitted billowing black smoke, and some even ignited fires following the explosion. It was thought that shrapnel detonated the tank's fuel tank.
Asaba Nagamasa was stunned.
Under the bombing and cannon fire from these heavy aircraft, our tanks were almost like paper lakes.
Is it an aircraft designed to deal with tanks?
Asaba Nagamasa was immediately keenly aware of this.
Not far away, Takahashi Bei, who was riding a tall horse and was enjoying himself in the fields, was shocked to see his own tanks and armored vehicles that were in pieces under the bombing of Montenegro aircraft, and his mind went blank.
Although he was riding alone in the rice fields, the target was so obvious, but no planes flew over. Even the senior commanders and pilots of the Montenegrin Air Force felt that it was not worth wasting any bomb.
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The moment Yamamoto hung up the phone, Lu Ming picked up a piece of paper on the table, which was densely packed with brief parameters of the fighter plane.
The Destroyer 1 heavy attack aircraft has an empty weight of 4.8 tons, a take-off load of 6.5 tons, a length of 11.6 meters, a wingspan of 14.6 meters, and a height of 4.2 meters.
It is driven by a single-piston three-blade propeller, a tandem two-seat enclosed cockpit, and a liquid-cooled Eternity III engine with a maximum power of 1,500 kilowatts.
The maximum speed is 420 kilometers per hour, and the maximum range is 810 kilometers.
Weapon system, twin 25mm cannons on the wings, 12.7mm rotatable machine guns (rear cockpit).
The maximum bomb load is 800 kilograms, and the main bomb type is the Principality "Armor Breaker" low-altitude throwing armor-piercing projectile.
Lu Ming then handed the piece of paper to a military attaché beside him and said with a smile: "Let's wait and see the results."
Sanmai Company has certainly not been idle in recent years. It has made great progress in improving aircraft models, experimenting with special materials, developing engines, etc.
Moreover, the new aircraft factory invested by Jiuzhou Group is already in good operation in Montenegro. Jiuzhou Aircraft Manufacturing Company will form a healthy competition with Sanmai Company.
Even though the big boss behind both of them is actually Lu Ming.
In addition, a confidential project department of Huaxia Technology's weapons laboratory in the East China Sea has also moved to Montenegro under the new situation.
The main ones are the research and development projects of various aerial bombs and rockets, and there is also close cooperation with the Montenegro Academy of Ordnance Science's infantry weapons research and development.
However, at the current stage of technological development, steel torrent is naturally still the top priority.
The emergence of the Air Force would be great if it misleads potentially powerful enemies, making them think that the Air Force can solve everything.
However, Kyushu Heavy Industries, a subsidiary of Kyushu Group, has also entered the fast lane in the research and development of tanks, vehicles, and various powerful artillery.
Sanmai Company's investment in the aircraft industry has now entered the harvesting stage. It has received a large number of orders, mainly from the Eastern Alliance, but also from some autonomous prefectures and provinces, and even orders from the Imperial Capital.
The Destroyer 1 heavy attack aircraft was developed based on Lu Ming's ideas. It is a ground attack aircraft. Of course, it can also fight against the opponent's fighter jets.
The principality has temporarily ordered fifty of this kind of attack aircraft, and the rest will be purchased in large quantities after improved models. These fifty aircraft have made a name for themselves in a small trial, and they will be sold later when the improved models become popular.
Just like today, the three major allies, Ren Zhonglin, Qi Huaide and Han Renwang, all have the intention to purchase aircraft.
More than 30 early-model attack aircraft and bombers equipped by the Montenegrin Air Force will be sold to them each, and their own air force will be equipped with the latest models.
The current situation in the Northern Territory is that it generally occupies more than one-third of the territory's population.
In addition, there are four allied regimes: Ren Zhonglin, Qi Huaide, Han Renwang, and Miao Baifeng. However, Miao Baifeng only ruled a few provinces around Anshan City and was not comparable to the other three regimes.
Han Renwang, on the other hand, rose up with the support of the Principality of Montenegro as the White Sea Kingdom, which was split from northern Xinjiang by Chen Xingchang, annihilated the Ma Quanyou tribe in the grassland.
Among the three major warlords, Ren Zhonglin, Qi Huaide and Han Renwang, Ren Zhonglin generally occupied a province and was the strongest.
Qi Huaide and Han Renwang together form a province, and their strength is about the same.
In the extreme northwest, there are still remnants of Anjia, and in the extreme north, Liu Bangchang is still lingering.
The White Sea bandit suppression is coming to an end. We will wait for the bandit suppression to end before straightening out the various relationships involved.
After thinking about it, Lu Ming smiled: "Our Legion of Destruction is already on its way back, right?"
The biggest shortcoming of the Destroyer heavy attack aircraft is its insufficient endurance, with a maximum range of 810 kilometers.
The actual safe combat radius requires calculation of various unexpected situations and the margin left by the oil cylinder. Therefore, basically, for conventional operations, 300 kilometers is regarded as the combat radius. Extreme situations will be discussed separately.
This heavy attack aircraft, taking off from Naesan Airport, can only reach the southern areas of the three territories of Gyeonggi and the southern areas of the two southernmost territories of Kansai.
In the future, when we enter the era of air combat, it will be more of a killer weapon in conjunction with infantry to attack enemy positions, rather than long-range bombing.
In fact, in today's raid, even if Japan did not have an air force, our side still dispatched fighter jets to escort us. Every military operation of the air force not only achieves results, but more importantly, it is coordinated exercises to maintain a leading combat concept for the growth of our own air force. There are benefits.
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Yamamoto Xiong listened to the report on the red telephone receiver with a gloomy expression. He slowly put the receiver away and remained silent for a long time.
He suddenly turned to look at Taro Ishii, and the fierce light in his eyes made Taro Ishii's heart skip a beat.
"Taro, before our Tiger Shield entered the main state, it was bombed by the new aircraft of the Principality of Montenegro and suffered heavy losses."
Taro Ishii was even more shocked, but he looked directly at Yamamoto Xiong and did not avoid it.
Yamamoto Xiong was silent for a long time, and finally waved his hand: "Thank you for your hard work, please go back!"
Everyone was relieved as if they had been pardoned.
…
At the same time, in the unknown rice field area of Sanheyuan, the aircraft fleet of the Principality of Montenegro had left.
There was chaos everywhere, tanks emitting thick smoke, and all kinds of screams.
The truck convoy carrying ammunition was even blown to pieces.
Asaba Nagamasa and Asaba Yoshiko crawled out of the ditch covered in mud. Looking at this miserable scene, they looked at each other.
As if they had a clear understanding of each other, they all walked towards the jeep which was still intact. They were going back to Kyoto now and stayed here. Takahashi Bei, who would become furious in a while, might take out his anger on his wife.
In my heart, I was full of horror.
The Prince of Black Mountain Castle seemed to have countless new war weapons in his pocket. Every time he took out a new toy, it made people shudder.
It is obvious to dominate the Northern Territory and become the king of the Northern Territory.
If I had known today, when I first made friends with the Prince of Montenegro, he was just a junior commander. What if I had changed my strategy and truly became friends with him?
Asaba Nagamasa sighed inwardly, started the car and started the car.
