There is still an operational radar station in Mirage, providing early warning for the entire central and northern air defense. However, because there is no effective air defense, it can only provide early warning.
Notify everyone in advance that the enemy plane is coming, and then run away quickly... Because there is no way to effectively intercept it, the bomber force of the Tang Empire has never even discovered this radar station.
After all, the Mirage Kingdom has never conducted interception operations at all, and the Datang Air Force currently does not have electronic warfare aircraft, so it has no knowledge of the existence of this radar station. It doesn't really matter if you know, because this thing has no effect.
The Tang army's bombing of Mirage City mainly destroyed living facilities, factories, and peripheral defenses, so they didn't mind the civilians in Mirage City running away.
Of course, due to bombing accuracy issues, many bombs will still fall into urban areas, which is inevitable.
As the peripheral operations continued, the people of Mirage City also began to realize that something was wrong.
In the past, there were only Scud missile draws, but now they can actually hear the sound of artillery roaring outside the city.
It was the Orcs' Wild Bees and their towed 155mm howitzers that were pouring ammunition into the Mirage's position.
In fact, they are less than 20 kilometers away from Mirage City at this moment. If they really want to, the orcs can even launch a 155mm howitzer into the suburbs of Mirage City.
The Stuka dive bombers roared again on the island, and the blood-curdling howl reappeared.
The Tang Empire customized several more chirping devices for the Orc Stukas, which were installed on the non-recoverable landing gear and could emit a piercing howl when diving.
This thing suddenly raised the level of panic. Where have the people of Mirage Country seen such a terrifying aircraft? Not to mention the common people, not even the soldiers have seen such a battle.
Those veterans who had seen Stuka in Fengjiang or Beiyuan have now lost almost all. The rest were promoted to officers and became the backbone of the Mirage Army.
But those new recruits didn't have this awareness. They really had never encountered such a terrifying war machine! It screams and drives people crazy.
Covering his ears and hiding in the bunker, every time the Mirage soldier heard that howl, he felt that the other party was rushing towards where he was.
After the orc troops occupied Dingcheng, they also began to use the field airport near Dingcheng. The mirages are very close there, and the Stuka can even fly over the battlefield for a long time before running out of fuel and returning.
This has significantly improved the ability of the Orc Air Force to support frontline operations. Hundreds of aircraft of various types pose a terrifying threat to the ground.
The Butcher is no longer focused on air combat. This aircraft now carries rockets for ground attacks and even strafes the ground with 20mm cannons.
The Stuka and IL attack aircraft are even more professional ground-attack aircraft. Their speed is not fast, but their attack accuracy is higher. The Mirage Army is tortured by these three types of aircraft.
In the past few days, the Orcs have invested in a new aircraft, which was also designed by the Datang Group. It was completely eliminated by the Datang Empire more than a year ago, and part of it was given to the Chu State. Now it is partly given to the Orcs. of...Junkers 88 multi-purpose aircraft.
The aircraft in the hands of the Orcs are bombing models, which provides them with more powerful ground bombing capabilities. The 88 bomber loaded with bombs can take off from the western airport of the island and bomb any target on the island.
This aircraft also has a larger payload than a Stuka, so it can attack multiple times in one sortie. What's even more exaggerated is... it also has a certain dive bombing ability, which ensures its attack accuracy.
During World War II, the German Air Force had a fondness for dive bombing, and they even required all aircraft that dropped bombs to have dive bombing capabilities.
This made some of Desan's medium-sized bombers hampered by their dive functions. Not to mention frequent accidents, their performance was actually very average.
However, the Orcs, who have no need for long-range bombing capabilities, are very satisfied with this versatile medium bomber.
Their needs are very similar to those of Desan's air force: I only hit tactical targets, and it's useless to have such a long range! Therefore, the JU-88 bomber that can dive bomb is more popular with the orcs than strategic bombers such as the B-17.
When the 88 bombers began to appear over the battlefield, Mirage's anti-aircraft artillery finally found a matching opponent!
They couldn't hit the Flying Fortress that dropped bombs at high altitude, and they couldn't aim at the H-6. The only thing they could hit was the scrap metal in the hands of the orcs that had been eliminated by the Tang army.
Well, that's actually not a good idea, because if the orcs hold scraps of metal, then the goblins hold basically fire sticks.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The 76mm-caliber anti-aircraft guns deployed outside the Mirage City began to attack, but this attack was completely in vain because the incoming Datang Empire bombers would not lower their altitude.
They almost drop bombs in the airspace above 8,000 meters, and then calmly turn around and leave. Anyway, they have enough bombs, and a few of them will always land where they want them to.
In the air-raid shelter, Mirage felt the tremors of the earth shaking, and was occasionally disturbed by the dust falling from his head. He was sitting in his position, waiting for the Tang Army's air raid to end.
Finally, the bombing gradually faded away. Just as Mirage was about to get up, an officer came over and said apologetically: "General! There is still another round of bombing..."
"One more round?" Mirage did not expect that there would be a second round of bombing. He frowned, wondering if the number of enemy aircraft had increased.
If the intensity of bombing in the future is so high, then there is no need to defend him. How can he fight such a density of bombing battles?
"Yes! But the number of aircraft formations this round is relatively small." The officer explained. He had no way to obtain more detailed data from the radar station, and Mirage's radar did not allow them to determine the precise altitude and speed difference of the aircraft.
In short, all they knew was that a group of planes were flying over... As for anything else, they could only see it with the naked eye.
What Mirage and other Mirage generals didn't know was that this was actually just a simple coordination error. The Tang Empire's strategic bombing did not need to notify the Orcs. It was arranged and implemented directly by itself. The Orcs did not have horizontal bombers originally, but they have some recently. Naturally, the Tang Empire's air force was not notified when they were dispatched. .
Anyway, the air supremacy on the battlefield is firmly in the hands of the orcs and humans, and goblin aircraft will almost never appear.
In this case, the Orc fighter pilots would not take the initiative to provoke the dense Tang Empire bomber formation. The Tang Empire's fighter jets... almost no longer take to the skies for combat.
There's nothing you can do, it's just a waste of fuel! No target appeared, and the Mirage pilots were almost wiped out. Under this situation, apart from training patrols, the Tang Empire's advanced aircraft almost no longer participated in the battle for air supremacy.
The second bombing began, and this time it was the 88 bombers that dropped bombs... For them, those 76 anti-aircraft guns were nothing more than decorations!
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The second update will be provided tomorrow morning.
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