Most pilots of the Roman Air Force have never experienced such a brutal air battle. Even if they are messengers of justice, the demons on the opposite side are not only numerous in number, but also have too high combat effectiveness.
Many pilots were not ready for combat, and their fighter planes were quickly shot down by the opponent in the blink of an eye. They even forgot to open their parachutes in their panic...
Even if the demons on the opposite side still abide by the rules of air combat and will not shoot the parachuting pilots, if they do not use parachutes, they will still be thrown to death in the end.
More than five hundred fighter planes were as dazzling as fireworks blooming in the sky. Unfortunately, they only lasted for ten minutes before disappearing into thin air.
Although the navy is a gold-swallowing behemoth, as long as it reaches a certain scale, it can still be in a stalemate with the opponent on the sea for a long time, because the warship itself is an integrated offensive and defensive weapon.
This is not the case with Air Force fighter planes. All fighters, including twin-engine heavy-duty fighters, are fragile aircraft. If hit by multiple artillery shells, they will inevitably lose their combat effectiveness or even explode directly in the air.
If there is a decisive battle on a scale of thousands of aircraft, and if we do not take the initiative to leave the battlefield and choose to persevere to the end, there will be only a few fighter jets left out of the thousand in the end.
In this regard, the Royal Air Force of the Holy Roman Empire had a deep experience. After losing a large number of troops several times, they did not dare to continue team battles.
After possessing strong military industrial production capacity and extremely considerable financial surplus, what the Ming Empire Air Force is not afraid of most is a war of attrition with its opponents.
The party that was finally brought down must be the enemy of the Ming Empire. Perhaps the outcome of the war could be foreseen even before the war was over.
The Holy Roman Empire was dragged to death by the Ming Dynasty using this trick. Even with the continuous support of France, Denmark, Switzerland and other countries behind it, it was of no avail.
Today, the Ming Air Force, which is taking its partners to fight together, tells the enemy with practical actions.
You have less than a thousand fighter planes, and not a few of them will be able to return home!
The Roman Air Force fighter planes that tried to break through the second line of defense were blocked again, and more than half of the nearly 300 fighter planes were immediately shot down.
During training, the pilots of the Roman Air Force were full of confidence in their combat effectiveness, and the performance of the "Falcon" fighter jets provided by France was also extremely excellent.
However, compared with the "Flamingos" and "Black-footed Albatross" of the Ming Empire, the "Falcon" fighter jets can only serve as a sparring partner in air combat.
No advantage in shooting!
It doesn’t have an advantage in terms of climbing speed either!
It still doesn’t have an advantage in terms of anti-strike ability!
Even the Roman pilot didn't know how his car was so vulnerable...
The shells and bullets fired by the opponent only made a few clanging noises on the fuselage, and then the fighter began to smoke and even catch fire.
If you don't fight in actual combat, you won't know. It's possible that the French sent it as a defective product!
Some pilots who had guessed such a thing started to curse in the cockpit. The damn French just wanted them to die!
The French guy should have been bribed by the yellow-skinned monkey, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to provide him with such a completely defenseless fighter jet.
However, the pilots of the coalition forces will not show mercy to the enemy at this time. All enemy aircraft still fighting in the air will be shot down, and no one can be left alive.
The remaining more than a hundred Roman Air Force fighter planes were about to be destroyed under the fierce pursuit of the coalition escort fighters. There were funny scenes of dogs chasing rabbits everywhere in the sky.
The coalition itself has an absolute advantage in terms of quantity and quality of fighter planes, and the combatants are basically experienced pilots. It is easy to deal with the rookies on the opposite side.
After everyone's desperate blocking, the Roman fighter planes did not shoot down a single bomber, but only damaged less than thirty bombers.
These supported bombers can enjoy the treatment of immediately withdrawing from the formation and returning directly, and do not need to continue to carry out bombing missions.
If the injury is serious and it is impossible to return, you can immediately fly to the seaside. The distance is only thirty or forty kilometers at most, which is basically possible.
As long as it doesn't cause trouble to the landing troops, it's entirely possible to make an emergency landing in the sea.
For the Ming Dynasty Air Force, even if bombers are expensive to build, they are one-time items.
Even if you lose it, you can place a new order to purchase it. The unit that you spent a lot of money to cultivate is the most valuable asset.
For pilots who parachute, the Tenth Air Force also has plans to deal with them.
The Army Aviation Force dispatched nearly 3,000 helicopters, carrying nearly 6,000 special forces.
On the one hand, armed helicopters are used to cover the advancement of ground troops, and on the other hand, they are used to rescue parachuting pilots.
Coalition pilots only need to see a nearby helicopter and fire off a flare to receive rescue.
Although the helicopter unit was alone deep into enemy territory, its firepower was powerful enough, and it was supported by more than 300 "Blackfoot Beacons" and 122 "air gunships" with long endurance.
Whenever the Romans sent out their armored forces, they were hit hard from above.
After seizing air supremacy, even with combat aircraft and infantry, the coalition forces could fight within Rome for a long time.
The most important thing is that the attacks from three directions of sea, land and air were launched simultaneously.
Before the air force and navy fleets took off, the coalition ground forces led by four armored brigades and six infantry brigades had already crossed the border between Rome and the Kingdom of Naples.
Using a lined-up formation, under the cover of thousands of heavy artillery and rocket launchers, as well as army aircraft groups, they pushed towards the opponent's hinterland.
As early as when they were shelled, many Roman soldiers on one side of the border could not stand such fierce firepower and decided to flee to the rear.
Although there are still some people who are lucky, thinking that it is a threatening bombardment, there should be no big moves after that, and they may be able to hold their position.
Seeing the enemy's overwhelming offensive, especially the armored clusters all over the mountains and plains appearing in front of them, these people gave up the idea of resistance.
It seems that the previous rumors are actually true. The military strength of the yellow-skinned monkey is stronger than that of the French.
Compared with the opponent, our combat vehicles deployed in the border area may not be able to withstand it for even five minutes.
Tactics?
What tactic?
In the face of absolute strength, the tactic is to crush with a flat push!
In response to the minefields deployed by the Romans in the border areas, the tanks advancing on the front line were equipped with mine-sweeping rollers.
For some special terrains, such as trenches or deep pits, the armored forces can also call on army aircraft groups to bombard the way.
On the offensive route, even if there is a mountain, the Army Aviation Force can blow it up!
Jiexuan had already thought about the general process of the development of this war, so he urged all participating departments not to skimp on ammunition and to inflict pain on the enemy while reducing the casualties of his own officers and soldiers.
So much so that on the main attack channels, the wealthy Ming Dynasty King Division could use bombers to carry out mine clearance missions.
For the Roman defenders in the wild, what happened in front of them was completely beyond their imagination.
The yellow-skinned monkey doesn't seem to be here to fight, but more like a show of force.
Regardless of whether there is a garrison or not, the land in front of you must be plowed through with firepower before you can rest assured.
Shooting into the woods, shooting into the grass, and dropping bombs into the trenches, this style of fighting is simply appalling!
For the coalition ground forces, it is secondary that there are no enemies in those areas. The most important thing is to eliminate all hidden dangers.
Not even humans can exist in places where they can be pushed flatly. As a result, guerrillas are even less likely to exist.
More passively, Rome's northern border with the Kingdom of Naples was staircase-shaped.
The northernmost border is to the north of Rome, and Rome will also deploy some troops to defend the northeast.
This means that before the two sides go to war, except for the border between the northwest and the southeastern region of France, a large number of troops need to be deployed for defense in the other three directions.
Rome's top brass couldn't figure out the opponent's main attack direction. Since the city of Rome was very close to the coastline, they could only deploy the main force of the army in the city of Rome.
Due to insufficient troops, other places may be captured by the opponent within 24 hours at the beginning of the war.
For this possibility, Roma's top management has long been mentally prepared.
But when more than 6,000 enemy planes, especially nearly 3,000 huge bombers, flew over the city of Rome.
The shock to the senior officials, defenders, and city ministers was unimaginable. This might be the legendary Judgment Day!
The fleet does not need to search for the designated target at all. As long as it flies over the city of Rome, it can carry out carpet bombing.
"Here! The yellow-skinned monkey is here!"
"Damn it! Where are our fighter planes?"
"If you are willing to come, hurry up and bless Rome!"
The power of Yi Gong has reached the point of covering the sun, which is much more terrifying than the appearance of the four knights of the Apocalypse in "Revelation".
In addition to famine, the three elements of war, bloodshed, and death were all present in just a few minutes.
When the fleet of aircraft begins to drop bombs, it heralds that the Doomsday Judgment has begun...
Regarding the city of Rome, Emperor Haojing once said: Before the two parties signed the final agreement, that city was still Rome and it was still a city heavily defended by the enemy, so we did not need to have any psychological burden on it. Soldiers participating in the war must know one thing, that is, mercy will not bring final peace until the enemy chooses to surrender unconditionally!
The coalition aircraft fleet, dominated by the Ming Dynasty Air Force, strictly abided by this wise saying when the war began.
In less than half an hour, nearly three thousand bombers wiped out nearly half of the city of Rome!
The more densely built the area, the more serious the damage, while the suburbs with sparse houses suffered less damage.
The current Romans have not experienced what happened after the Goths invaded Rome, but they can definitely add new experiences to their own, and this is the most painful part.
The originally solid stone houses and reinforced concrete buildings were as fragile as paper in the face of the intensive bombing by the yellow-skinned monkeys.
After experiencing the post-explosion, many houses had only four walls left, and the roofs had completely disappeared.
Many survivors were not afraid of dangers and used shovels or their hands to search for their relatives among the bricks and rubble.
The city of Rome, which has a long history and symbolizes Western civilization, has been ravaged by heretics from above.
The most important thing is that after this battle, the Roman Air Force had very few fighter planes left.
There are less than two hundred aircraft that can still fight. It is impossible for these fighter jets to block Yi Gong's second air attack.
The other side would not let the city of Rome go easily, let alone launch an air strike and terminate the operation.
Maybe tomorrow, or within a week, the other party will come back.
Urgent telegrams from all directions have been sent to the top, but now there is no other way but to seek peace with the Ming Empire through a third-party embassy.
France and Venice have already evacuated their diplomats and merchants stationed in Rome. Now if you want to contact the two countries, you have to go to the northern border area.
But when these places were occupied by the enemy, it was equivalent to Rome being isolated from the world...
The ordinary people who had previously supported the high-level officials to fight to the death against the invasion of the yellow-skinned monkeys also divided into two groups after seeing with their own eyes how powerful the enemy was.
Those who lost their relatives asked the top management to fight to the end, while those whose whole family was still alive wanted to stop the war immediately.
It seems that all responsibilities should be borne by Benedict XIII, but everyone selectively ignores this man who has only been in office for two years!
What's ridiculous is that some hardliners, including some, actually took advantage of the situation and planned to flee the city of Rome.
It was clear that they also knew that the city of Rome would soon come under a second air attack.
They also wanted to save their own lives, and it was their personal responsibility to defend the city of Rome.
These people who insist on staying in the city hope that Benedict XIII will become a victorious pope like Julius II!
Later, this hope was directly upgraded to the fact that everyone needs a new Caesar!
Benedict XIII was speechless after hearing this...
"Am I asking for trouble?"
Lorenzo Ganganelli, who was only thirty-four years old, volunteered to become the papal envoy responsible for communicating with France.
However, after finally getting the news, the French lion opened his mouth.
France can intervene, but because it needs to bear the war expenses of one billion silver coins required by the Ming Empire, it has to hope that Luo Ami will provide two million laborers to work in the French mining areas for ten years!
This was almost an unbearable condition, and Ganganelli didn't even know how to report it to the Holy Father.
When Machiavelli, who was extremely clever at that time, served as a diplomat in Florence, he was also troubled by the struggle between the great powers.
Ganganelli now finally understands Machiavelli's troubles, but Florence is a pawn in the struggle of the great powers, but Rome has directly become the target of the great powers!
There is an essential difference between the two. Chess pieces may survive until the war, but few targets can survive until the war.
When Ganganelli learned that the city of Rome had been attacked by thousands of enemy planes, he became even more confident in his judgment.
He also guessed that the Ming Empire would not propose an increase of up to one billion silver coins to France. It was probably a second price increase by the French themselves.
It seems impossible to get a quote from the Ming Empire as soon as possible. Either go to the other party's commander under a white flag, or go to the Ming Empire's ambassador in Venice.
Rezzonico went to Venice, and Ganganelli didn't know what valuable information he could get...
In the city of Venice, the asking price Rezzonico received was really one billion silver coins.
He didn't know that a certain emperor gave Louis XIV a 50% discount out of consideration for an old friend.
