Chapter 567: Seeing the Sun
I slept until the next morning, and those who waited for Bai to stop the war were not only freshly made breakfast, but also war reports from afar.
In the Beixuan area, the Manman army dispatched heavy bombers to carry out two rounds of bombing of the landing site, but it did not achieve commendable results, and also lost more than 20 bombers.
However, the Hindman army seized the opportunity.
Taking advantage of the Royal Navy's "Ark Royal" returning to Telok Fortress, the Nuland army mobilized hundreds of transport planes yesterday afternoon to deliver thousands of tons of war supplies to Malta at a time in a concentrated sortie, and picked up more than 1,000 seriously wounded on the return.
The point is that a large number of anti-tank weapons and ammunition were delivered, such as 88mm armor-piercing shells.
Prior to this, due to the lack of anti-armor means, the Men defending Malta suffered extremely heavy casualties in the face of Bran's tanks.
It's not that there are no anti-tank guns, it's that there is a lack of ammunition for anti-tank use.
The 88-mm anti-aircraft guns of the Empire were anti-tank weapons in their own right, but they needed to use armor-piercing shells, not anti-aircraft airburst shells.
Previously, the Manman Air Force had repeatedly conducted airdrops at night.
It's just that the airdropped ammunition is too little to keep up with the combat consumption.
In addition to providing reinforcements to Malta, the Hinder army did something more important that afternoon. An armored unit that had just been withdrawn from the front line of the Syvan Canal was sent to Tunisia to strengthen the defenses there, ready for a decisive battle with the enemy.
Crucially, the commander of the unit was Rommel, who had previously made a name for himself in the battle on the Syvan Canal.
According to the information from the Hindran Empire, the focus will be shifted to Tunisia because hopes of the capture of the Syphantes Canal have been dashed in the near future.
When conditions permit, they will organize and launch counterattacks in an effort to annihilate the strong enemy who has landed.
At least from a strategic point of view, only by annihilating the landed enemy in time could the Empire stabilize the battle situation on the southern shore of the Luxin Sea.
If Tunisia were to be lost, the consequences would be unimaginable.
To this end, the authorities of the Manman authorities have emphasized one thing in particular.
After the Allied forces landed in the Beixuan region, there have been hundreds of attacks against the occupying forces in the occupied area of the Rock Kingdom.
Although the attacks were carried out by local rebel groups, there is reason to believe that it was the Free Locke government based in the Kingdom of Bran that was behind the scenes.
In order to enhance the impact of the counterattack, the Royal Air Force and the Newland Army Air Force also carried out high-intensity strategic bombing on four large cities, including the capital of the Hindan Empire, which were also central industrial cities, on the day of landing.
All of this suggests that the Allies will strike at the forces and defeat the weaker Empire first.
If you want to stabilize the situation, you must at least withstand the attack of the coalition forces in Tunisia.
As mentioned earlier, as soon as Tunisia is lost, Malta will change hands, and then the always half-hearted kingdom of Raleigh will seek another way out.
No matter how strong the Empire was, it was impossible for it to withstand the siege of several strong enemies alone.
This meant that the Empire had to intensify its assault on the Kibu Fortress, and also attack the Narrow Sea after or even before the capture of the Kib Fortress.
Directly speaking, it is to march into the Shifan Canal.
The Empire sent the commander of the Beixuan region away, clearly hoping that the empire would clean up the mess and achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone.
The Empire also had no choice in this matter.
It is precisely in this way that the command of the Navy made adjustments to combat operations.
First of all, the 11th Task Force returned to the Gulf of Aden immediately after completing its resupply and continued to support the Army's combat units in storming the forts.
If necessary, escort warships can also be mobilized to form a support fleet.
Secondly, the naval command had already issued an order to the 12th task force to Liu Xiangzhen to immediately rush over and join in the combat operation of attacking the Kibu fortress.
According to the telegram sent by the Navy Command, the 12th Task Force was still in the Fanyan Ocean and did not venture to the Sunset Ocean.
However, the 12th Task Force has maintained radio silence so far, so the Navy Command is only speculative and does not know the specifics of it.
According to the news sent by the Navy Command, a few days ago, Liu Xiangzhen had made a bold inference that Spu had left Fanyan Ocean with the fleet, and it was possible to return to Newland mainland via the Sunset Ocean, so the 12th Task Force had been sailing towards the Cape of Distant Hope for several days.
The news was sent by seaplane to Task Force XXXI, which was then sent by the Guards to the Naval Command.
Don't look at the Wei Jun has always regarded Liu Xiangzhen as an opponent, because he worked under Liu Xiangzhen back then and made great contributions, so the Wei Jun has always respected Liu Xiangzhen.
It's a pity that Liu Xiangzhen made this judgment a little late.
If in early October, maybe he could really catch the Nuland fleet led by Spu in the southwest Fanyan Ocean and catch Spu by surprise.
In addition, the bombing of the northwestern part of Austria has also come to an end.
However, the Navy Command did not send the 21st Task Force and the 41st Task Force over, but asked the guards to immediately lead 2 task forces to the transit island.
Instead of strengthening the defense of the transit island, a new offensive will be launched.
Obviously, this is done from a strategic level.
In the event of a threat or even an attack on the Howaii Islands, no matter how strong the leaders of the Nuland Federation are, they will immediately send a fleet back to help.
Critically, the fleet could not return to the Guia overnight.
In other words, on the side of the Khowaii Islands, not only is there no fleet now, but there will be no fleet available for the next month, or even a month and a half.
With all this time, you may not be able to make another move, such as Lysan Island or Gardner Island.
Landing on any of these islands would mean that in a few months, the Imperial Navy would be able to directly attack the large islands in the eastern part of the archipelago.
However, the most important deployment has little to do with the navy.
Xue Yuanzheng personally gave the order for the army to speed up the advance in the direction of Posha Bay, and according to the backup plan, send an armored force to launch a surprise attack to the west.
That's right, it's to attack the Yufan Canal.
Of course, it is also necessary to intensify the attack on Poland at the same time.
The relevant orders have been sent to the front line by the Army Command, but no personnel adjustments have been made for the time being, such as not sending Lian Xusheng over.
The point is that the Army has not given up on the idea of attacking in the northwest direction.
In addition, with the current situation, even if you don't attack, you have to maintain a high-pressure posture against the Luosha Federation, so that the Luosha Federation does not dare to use troops to the west.
The Navy has also made adjustments to the immediate dispatch of ships from Lion Springs and Colombo to deliver supplies to the Army fighting in the direction of Posha Bay.
It's just that for the time being, there is no need to send a fleet over.
According to the telegram sent by the naval command, the navy's top priority was to lay down the Kibu fortress and send a fleet into the narrow sea to march to the Shifan Canal by sea while the army was attacking from the ground, forcing the Royal Navy of Bran to send additional combat troops to the Shifan Canal.
Strategically, as long as the Xifan Canal can be quickly taken, even if Tunisia is lost, the Entente will be the winner of this round of fighting.
Crucially, for the Bran Kingdom, the loss of the Shivan Canal is tantamount to defeat.