After receiving the support of the highest level, or after the top leaders of the Liangxia Empire, the Juman Empire and the Raleigh Kingdom reached an agreement, in mid-March, the Juman army and the Raleigh army officially launched the combat operation to enter the Xuan Continent, but it was not smooth.

Just as Bai Zhizhan feared, the kingdom of Bran did not sit still.

On 14 March, the Royal Bran Air Force, with naval support, deployed an additional fighter wing to the island of Malta, numbering about 40 fighters.

There is sufficient intelligence to prove that these fighters were flown through Malta via the "Ark Royal".

Subsequently, the Royal Navy of Bran began to send troops and war supplies to Malta, preparing to turn this isolated island south of the Kingdom of Raleigh into a military fortress.

Prior to this, the Imperial Navy Command had issued a warning that the Raleigh Navy would act as soon as possible to capture or cripple Malta.

Unfortunately, the Raleigh Navy apparently didn't take the warning seriously.

As a result, when preparing to enter the Xuan Continent, it was discovered that the main route was threatened by the Bran Air Force deployed in Malta.

Not to mention civilian ships, even warships will be bombed.

For this, Malta can only be attacked first.

Beginning on March 27, the Manchurian Air Force took the lead and sent hundreds of bombers to bomb Malta.

However, the ensuing bombing campaign did not go well.

If anything, the Kingdom of Raleigh has a great deal of responsibility.

After entering the war, the Raleigh Kingdom not only did not take timely action, but also did not mobilize, and even did not repair the military infrastructure in the country.

At that time, in the southern region of the Raleigh Kingdom, less than 100 combat aircraft could be deployed.

It's not that there are no airports, but also because the traffic is too bad to send supplies to the airport, and there is no way to deploy too many combat aircraft at forward airfields.

The Manman Air Force could only deploy in the rear, resulting in a significant increase in the combat radius.

This not only reduced combat efficiency, but also made it difficult for bomber groups to get fighter cover, and sometimes even to arrange fighter escorts.

Fortunately, this embarrassing situation lasted for 3 days.

On 1 April, the Imperial Army's Strategic Air Forces arranged a special operation for more than 300 heavy bombers in five groups to carry out the first shuttle bombing operation in the northwest, and after dropping the bombs, they continued to fly westward to the airfields controlled by the Empire in the eastern part of the Western Continent.

Strictly speaking, it is actually to support the Empire.

For this reason, half of these bombers did not carry bombs, but instead hung equipment in the bomb bay for spare parts.

Eventually, close to 300 bombers reached the Empire.

These are all heavy bombers equipped with 4 engines, capable of hanging up to 6 tons of bombs, and with a maximum combat radius of 2,000 kilometers.

With a huge combat radius, these bombers can be deployed in the rear, without competing with fighters for front-line airfields.

The key is that heavy bombers have very strong self-defense firepower, and when performing missions in a group, even if there is no fighter cover, they have a strong ability to penetrate defenses.

During the bombing of the Rosa Federation, the Imperial Army Air Corps summed up a large number of useful tactics.

Now, these tactics are showing great value.

In addition, the Imperial Army used these bombers to form expeditionary air brigades.

On 4 April, the Imperial Army Expeditionary Air Group launched its first large-scale bombardment of Malta, with 248 bombers dropping more than 1,200 tons of bombs.

Due to the direct cover of the Yamaman fighters, only 4 bombers were shot down in the end, and 3 were destroyed.

Crucially, Malta is just an island.

Three days later, the expeditionary air group launched a second bombing operation, dispatching 252 bombers to drop more than 1,300 tons of bombs on more than 10 military targets.

After these two bombings, Malta's Royal Air Force in Bran was completely paralyzed.

At that time, the authorities of the Manman authorities also proposed to send airborne troops to attack Malta.

After a comprehensive weigh, the authorities made a wise choice. First send troops to the Xuan Continent, and after gaining a firm foothold on the Xuan Continent, then turn back to attack Malta.

One of the main reasons is that the Manman Air Force needs time to mobilize transport aircraft.

In addition, several main airborne troops are serving as firefighting teams on the Eastern Front, and it will be until the summer at the earliest, when the front is basically stabilized, that troops can be transferred from the Eastern Front.

Before the Imperial Army Air Force entered the war, the Hinder military did not think of attacking Malta, at most bombing Malta, so not only did it not mobilize transport planes, but even the airborne troops were not assembled, so it was certainly unable to launch a combat operation to attack Malta at this time.

On 10 April, the Imperial Army Expeditionary Group launched its third and final massive bombardment of Malta.

The next day, on the morning of April 11, the Raleigh Naval Landing Fleet and Transport Fleet set off from Taranto and marched on the Xuan Continent.

On the morning of 13 April, the Raleigh Army advance unit disembarked near Benghazi on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Sirte.

After the landing, there was only sporadic resistance.

The next day, after the Raleigh army had captured the port of Benghazi, armoured units of the Rangman Army arrived.

It was only at this time that the Bran Royal Army suddenly came to their senses and realized that they had been deceived.

Previously, the Royal Army of Bran had always believed that Raleigh's army would go ashore on the western shore of the Gulf of Sirte, near Tripoli, because it was closer to the colony of the Locke Republic, and after going ashore, it would be able to control most of the Northern Xuan region and avoid fighting Bran's army on the beach.

In any case, in a landing operation, the troops are the most vulnerable and vulnerable to being routed by the defenders when they come ashore.

Last year, during the battle against the kingdom of Weijing, the Rangman army suffered from the failure of the landing. If it weren't for the extraordinary bravery of the Manman Air Force, I am afraid that it would have suffered an even more serious setback. Then in the battle of sending troops to the Beixuan region, the Manman army will definitely avoid the real and the false.

In addition, from the Kingdom of Raleigh, it is closer to Tripoli and farther to Benghazi.

Malta had been bombed devastatingly, and Tripoli had to pass through the vicinity of Malta.

It was only on a combination of these factors that the Bran authorities firmly believed that the army of the Men and the army of Raleigh would go to Tripoli.

To this end, the Royal Army of Bran also secretly transferred two main infantry divisions to Tripoli, where they prepared to crush the enemy who had landed on the beach.

It's just that the wake up of the Royal Army of Bran came a little late.

The biggest feature of the Hokugengen area is that all but the coastal areas are deserts!

In other words, both the inhabitants and the army can only operate in the coastal areas, and there are no necessary conditions for survival in the interior.

It's hard to survive, so what's the war?

Even during the time of the ancient Roman Empire, the mighty Carthaginian Empire did not penetrate far inland.

The landing of the Haman army and the Raleigh army at the port of Benghazi meant that all the approximately 150,000 Bran troops in Tripoli were surrounded!

Of course, it's not just the Royal Army of Bran that is affected.

In a sense, the Riman army and the Raleigh army successfully landed on the Xuan Continent, the Bran Royal Air Force was unable to keep Malta, and the Bran Royal Navy's Lu Xinhai Fleet hid in Alexandria and did nothing, giving the Locke Colonial Government the biggest blow to the Locke Colonial Government, which had been struggling in the Northern Xuan region.