Chapter 301: Deranged Steps
Judging from the height of the entire war, the battle situation on the Western Continent is even more "scorching".
Although as early as late June, the Beacon Army completed its combat mission ahead of schedule, and after advancing outside Seba, it forced the Locke Republic to sign the Castle Alliance, and then successfully took the Kingdom of Weijing, but in response to the strategic bombing campaign of the Bulan Kingdom, the Beacon Air Force was weak.
It is actually more accurate to describe it as "high hands and low hands".
Before the battle began, Marshal Corin had made a lot of nonsense, claiming that the powerful Imperial Air Force could cross the Bran Royal Air Force within three months, dominate the airspace of the Bran Kingdom, and force the Bran Kingdom to surrender, turning the powerful Bran Royal Navy into a useless ornament.
It's just that, like the Liangxia Army Aviation before the war, the Manchurian Air Force lacks bombers and fighters with a long range!
The Fenman Air Force is a typical tactical air force.
Although the Liangxia Empire had been providing bombers to the Empire as promised since July, it did not help much.
It was not that the bombers provided by the Liangxia Empire were not good enough or not enough, but that the Royal Air Force of Bran had also received strong reinforcements.
The Nuland Federation sent a volunteer air force, and through the authorization of the "Aid Act", began to provide weapons and equipment such as fighter jets to the Kingdom of Bran.
In the sky above the kingdom of Bran, the Nuland soldiers and the Liang Xia soldiers encountered for the first time.
It's just that both sides are wearing the military uniforms of other countries.
According to the original plan, the Manman Air Force should complete the strategic bombing of the Bran Kingdom within the year, or else make adjustments to the strategic plan for next year.
Until now, the Zoman Air Force has not been able to defeat the Royal Air Force of Bran.
To the disbelief of Bai Zhizhan, in early August, the Royal Air Force of Bran sent bombers to carry out retaliatory bombing of the Empire.
The first time I bombed the capital of the Empire!
As a direct result of this, the Manman Air Force deployed a large number of troops to concentrate on bombing the city of Luntai.
In the external propaganda, the media of the Bran Kingdom repeatedly emphasized the leadership of the new prime minister, Chull, who served as Minister of the Navy during the last war. The bombing of the capital of the Empire was an action advocated by Chull, indicating that the kingdom of Bran would never give in to the enemy.
After Chur came to power, the first thing he did was to call on the Bran army and people to rise up and resist!
However, the strategic intention of this move is actually to make Luntai City a magnet for attracting bombs, so as to protect the industrial city in the southern part of the country.
At least in August, the results were evident.
It was the fierce battle over Bran itself that caused the Manman Air Force to suffer extremely heavy losses, forcing the Manman Empire to repeatedly revise its strategic plan.
Here, the most important thing is whether to let the "Prime Minister" attack in advance.
The battleship, to which the navy has devoted all its efforts, was completed in August and delivered to the navy, but it still needs a lot of time for acceptance testing.
Even if all goes well, it would be nice to be able to form combat effectiveness at the turn of next year's spring and summer.
According to the original plan, it was only in the middle of next year that the "Prime Minister" was considered to attack.
Interestingly, it was during the discussion of whether to dispatch the Prime Minister in advance that the Manmans authorities decided to launch an unrestricted submarine war in advance.
The reason is this: if the "Prime Minister" cannot be dispatched in advance, the only way to cut off the life route of the Bran Kingdom is through unrestricted submarine warfare.
Objectively speaking, there is some truth to this.
From the very beginning, the Ryman Navy never thought of challenging the Royal Navy of Bran with two "Prime Minister" classes, and the main purpose of building these two super battleships was actually to carry out ocean-going break-ups, and crush the battlecruisers of the Bran Royal Navy in the ocean-going break-up battles.
This design idea is perfectly reflected in the speed and endurance of the "Prime Minister" class.
With a speed of 29 knots and a cruising range of 8,500 nautical miles at 19 knots, it is ideal for ocean-going combat missions where the main method is to attack, such as pursuing enemy fleets or evading enemy fleets after their whereabouts are revealed.
The key is a cruising speed of 19 knots and a range of 8,500 nautical miles.
Despite the fact that the Royal Navy of Bran had dozens of capital ships and several battle cruisers, none of them could reach a cruising speed of 19 knots.
If sailing at 19 knots, even a battlecruiser could not reach a cruising range of 8500 nautical miles.
The implication is that in the vast ocean, even if the Bran battleship can catch up with the "Prime Minister", it will not be able to continue to track it because of its lack of endurance.
In fact, the figure of 8,500 nautical miles is also very particular.
Starting from the port of the mainland of Yama, even if you take the farthest route, that is, bypassing the Xuan Continent and entering the Fanyan Ocean, the voyage to the Throat Strait is so far.
If needed, the "Prime Minister" can break through to the Liangxia Empire.
Now, the "Prime Minister" cannot be dispatched in advance, and the scorching battle situation requires a strategic blockade of the Bran Kingdom in advance. The rest is only unrestricted submarine warfare.
But the problem is that the submarine forces of the Manman Navy are also not ready for all-out war.
According to the provisions of the "Peace Treaty of Seba," the Yamaman Navy was not allowed to develop submarines for combat use.
Although the Yamaman Navy has been developing and designing submarines, it was not until 96 that the first submarine was ordered and a submarine force was formed.
Don't look at the advanced performance of the ocean-going submarines of the Empire, but before the outbreak of the Great War, the Empire mainly built battleships, not submarines!
There are only a few advanced ocean-going submarines, and there are a large number of them, medium submarines with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.
Although in the past few months, the unrestricted submarine warfare of the Bran Navy caught the Bran Kingdom by surprise, especially the dozens of destroyers aided by the Nuland Federation have not yet been in place, the forces of the Bran Royal Navy are too scattered, and there are not many destroyers to escort the ship, so in the face of a few Bran submarines, it has suffered heavy losses, but this one-sided situation is difficult to maintain for a long time.
By the end of August, the losses of the submarine forces of the Yamaman Navy had already exceeded expectations.
If the unrestricted submarine warfare did not achieve the intended purpose and the sea strangulation operation against the Bran Kingdom was not successful, would the Bran Kingdom declare war on the Liang Xia Empire after relieving its breath, and send a fleet to Fanyan Ocean to cut off the shipping routes of the Liang Xia Empire?
To say, it's pretty much a sure thing.
It is Chur who now rules the kingdom of Bran, and he is a real representative of the old stubborn, hawkish faction.
There has been no declaration of war on the Liang Xia Empire yet, but it will take a few months to stabilize its position.
In addition, it is necessary to wait until the Newland Federation enters the war.
As for the battle of the Luosha Federation on the side of the Shackled Land Bridge, it can be explained in one sentence.
Adou who can't be helped.
It can also be said that the Luosha Federation did not do its best at all, even if it launched an attack according to the secret agreement, it was just acting to obtain relevant assistance.
The key is that the Luosha Federation has been "rubbing oil".
On the grounds that the attack did not go well, a lot of military supplies that should have been sent to the Hindman Empire, especially ammunition, fuel and military raw materials, were detained. As a result, the Liang Xia Empire had to increase its output to ensure that it could deliver on its promises and that the Empire would receive enough aid.
For the matter of the "theft" of materials in transit, the two empires and the Luosha Federation have been in conflict, and they are almost torn apart.
Of course, this also shows from one side that the Luosha Federation has never thought about doing a good job at all.
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