At the same time, it was not only the jet fighter Liuye that arrived in the South Island, but also some other aircraft units of the Air Force.
For example, the IL-2 attack aircraft force, these aircraft are much more vicious than the Stuka, especially when they are equipped with large-caliber rockets.
Although they cannot deliver revenge bombs as accurately as the Stuka, the strike capabilities of these aircraft are top-notch. What makes their enemies even more frustrated is that this attack aircraft flies faster than the Stuka, and its firepower is more sustained and fierce.
Also arriving at the same time were the Butcher fighter units. Although these units were not as powerful as the jet fighter units, they were more reliable, had lower requirements on airports, and were larger in number.
It's just that the mission of these aircraft within the Tang Air Force has changed from competing for air supremacy to covering enemy attacks, and directly participating in ground attacks.
Yes, the powerful Butcher fighter, which was regarded as the main fighter in the Yangmu Empire, has become a second-line nanny in the Tang Air Force, and its main mission has become ground attack.
In the Great Nanwan City, behind a ruin, a group of Mirage Goblin soldiers were making their own lunch. They had lost a third of the city and were still fighting fiercely with the Tang army in the city.
Everyone knew that organized resistance would soon collapse, and as the battle continued, the Great South Bay garrison, which lacked supplies and had no reinforcements, would be completely defeated within a few days.
But after all, they were guarding their own country's territory, and it was impossible to admit defeat easily. Everyone still held on to a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of hope that the Tang Army's cross-sea attack would sooner or later be unable to succeed.
"Don't worry! The Tang people will soon be unable to fight. Fengjiang was also like this at that time. Although Zhao Chen fought fiercely, weren't we driven out of Fengjiang in the end?" A Mirage Kingdom who has been to Fengjiang The officer held the lunch box and comforted his frightened subordinates.
Recently, the sniper activities of the Tang Kingdom have been very frequent. They appear and disappear in the ruins, which has severely damaged the morale of the soldiers of the Mirage Kingdom.
But the Mirage Kingdom didn't have any good solutions. First of all, they didn't pay attention to sniper operations. The small number of snipers were also treated as treasures and were easily unwilling to be put into use.
In addition, the construction of infantry has never been the focus of the Mirage military. It was actually too late to remember the importance of land warfare until the navy was destroyed.
"Sir, can we really win?" A child in his teens, wearing a military uniform and holding a Cyric Type 1 rifle that was taller than him, asked the officer in a childish voice.
"As long as we fight bravely! Hold on! We will win!" The officer stirred the vegetable soup in the lunch box like pig food with a spoon and continued to encourage his soldiers.
They have lost the power plant, the water plant, and the nearby water wells... So now, all they can rely on is courage.
In the sky, there was a faint sound of the engine of a plane. If you heard the sound of a plane at this time, it was almost certainly the Tang Dynasty's plane.
The Mirage officer raised his head and looked at the sky. It didn't matter. He was so frightened that he almost dropped the lunch box in his hand.
He himself couldn't believe what he saw. He rubbed his eyes and couldn't believe that he could see an extremely familiar plane in the sky: the Butcher!
When he was working as a mercenary in Fengjiang, this kind of aircraft, as Fengjiang's main fighter, buzzed annoyingly above his head almost every day.
At that time, this kind of aircraft brought him an inexplicable sense of security, but now to the soldiers of the Mirage Kingdom... it is tantamount to the god of death!
"Damn! Why did the butcher appear here?" He muttered, and then instinctively realized something: "Oh my God! They occupied the airport! It's over... it's all over now!"
Knowing how powerful the Tang Air Force was, he immediately felt like the sky was falling! He knew how powerful Fengjiang's air force was. Tang's air force... was even more powerful than Fengjiang's air force!
"Sir, what's wrong?" Many Mirage soldiers have actually never seen a Butcher fighter jet. They are much more afraid of Stukas than they are of Butcher.
This Mirage officer is not really afraid of the Butcher, he is afraid of the Tang Air Force that the Butcher represents! If the Tang Army is allowed to take control of the land airport, countless Stukas will soon appear in the sky.
Sure enough, the number of Stukas that had been reduced in the past two days has appeared again on a large scale: in fact, they are not from the Air Force, but the Navy aircraft carrier that is about to return has sent a formation of attack aircraft, leaving all the remaining ammunition in the Great South Bay. .
In order to allow many old aircraft to fly across the ocean on their own, Tang Guo secretly modified many of the aircraft it owned in advance.
The Stuka, Il-2 and Butcher fighter jets are all equipped with some disposable drop tank devices. These devices can temporarily increase the range of an aircraft, but are abandoned halfway.
In this way, the Stuka, which has a range of only about 1,000 kilometers, the Il-2, which has a range of only 800 kilometers, and the Butcher, which has a range of less than 800 kilometers, can barely fly to the South Island by itself.
After arriving at the South Island, these aircraft underwent a certain degree of maintenance and began to participate in battles one after another the next day.
As for those aircraft that have not been modified, they must be transported to the South Island by sea. Their entry into the war will obviously be later, and there is nothing that can be done about it.
Because it is impossible for the Tang Army to modify all the aircraft, doing so would definitely be more costly than gain. After all, these aircraft are to be phased out, and retrofitting them now is a complete waste of resources.
In fact, the main force of the Tang Air Force that really came across the sea were hundreds of Flying Fortress strategic bombers.
These aircraft can only carry about two tons of explosives when performing long-range cross-sea bombing missions, and most of the load can only be wasted on fuel.
Now, these planes can easily take off from airports on the South Island, fully loaded with bombs, giving Mirage ground troops an idea of what a real bomb truck is.
The scene of an aircraft opening its magazine and aerial bombs falling like raindrops was taken when this type of strategic bomber was performing a close-range bombing mission!
"Sir?" When the subordinates saw that their commander was silent, they bravely called out again. This time, the Mirage officer broke away from his fear: "I'm fine! I just saw... saw the plane, a little, a little distracted."
He didn't explain anything to his men because he couldn't explain it clearly for a moment. He just sighed, and then said this without any end: "Soon, we will be in trouble."
Unexpectedly, his words came true. Early the next morning, the Tang Army's Flying Fortress bombers paid a visit full of bombs.
This time, the number of bombs dropped by Tang Jun's planes was more than three times that of before! Countless bombs were dropped into the Great South Bay, and almost no intact buildings were left in the city.
Mirage Wuzhong's whole body was numb. He guessed that Tang Jun would repair the bombed airports, but what he didn't expect was that the other party would repair it so quickly.
After all, Mirage Wuzhong is also a man who has seen the world. When he saw the Butcher fighter jet, he knew that the Tang people's air strike power would be enhanced.
But he never expected that the opponent's attack would be strengthened so quickly. His troops were completely unprepared, and hundreds of bombs fell on the Mirage's heads.
Immediately, the Mirage Army was in disarray. With the support of more than a dozen Stukas and more than a dozen IL attack aircraft, the Tang Army attacked rapidly. By nightfall, they occupied about half of the urban area.
Mirage Wuzhong, who had set up a headquarters in the center of the city, was forced to move his headquarters to the east of the city and continue to organize street battles among Mirage troops.
But even he could clearly feel it: the Mirage Army's organization was collapsing, its combat effectiveness was severely reduced, and there was no point in continuing to persevere.
"I have no regrets anymore." Looking at the map, Mirage Wuzhong said to his officers with a wry smile.
He had ordered the bombing of all the ports and terminals in the Great South Bay more than ten days ago, even the warehouses on the shore.
Under his orders, the Mirage engineers blew up everything they could. Although the combat troops of the Mirage Kingdom collapsed in the past few days, they destroyed everything they could before collapse.
Frankly speaking, the damage done by the Tang Army to the South Island was far less than that of the Mirage Army itself. Some things that even the Tang army couldn't bear to do, the people of Mirage did it more decisively than anyone else.
The mirage army will burn down people's houses when retreating, blow up their own weapons, and even destroy heavy weapons that cannot be taken away.
Heavy artillery with its barrels blown out, cars with many parts removed, and scrapped machine guns can be seen everywhere on the battlefield.
In addition, the mirage army also burned the food that could not be eaten or taken away. They seemed to want to increase the logistical pressure on the Tang army and force the Tang army to collapse first after crossing the sea.
It is a pity that although they defended their walls and even killed each other, they still could not stop the Tang army from advancing.
"Just now, Mirage Wu Erlang called. His troops have been ordered to start retreating to the north of the island. Our reinforcements will not come." After finishing his wry smile, Mirage Wu Zhong told the main content of this meeting.
This is also the reason why he is so bitter now: the base camp has completely abandoned the South Island, and the 3rd Corps will not... nor will it continue southward. Mirage Wu Zhong's 2nd Corps has been completely abandoned.
"The order given to us by the base camp is... hold the position to the last soldier!" He looked at his subordinates who were either frustrated or frightened, and said the Mirage Emperor's order word by word: "Mirage Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Mirage! For our country! We must fight to the end!"
(End of chapter)
