Chapter 289: The Sword Pointed at the Kingdom of Liuwa
After the Liuwa Air Force was destroyed by the carrier-based aircraft group of the aircraft carrier fleet under Su Yi's command of nearly 100 second-generation fighters, the Peta Air Force and the Voto Air Force quickly mobilized a large number of fourth-generation fighters and third-generation fighters and flew to the battlefield in Shunxin City, and then a larger air battle broke out in the sky over Shunxin City.
In this air battle, the Peta Air Force and the Voto Air Force gathered a total of more than 80 fourth-generation fighters and nearly 300 third-generation fighters, and the carrier-based aircraft on the southeast navy's side gathered more than 200 planes.
The losses of the fighters of the Peta Air Force and the Voto Air Force in the battle were as high as more than 70 percent, while only 17 carrier-based planes of the Southeast Navy were shot down.
The result of the air battle in Shunxin City immediately shocked the high-level leaders of the Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom, and they had to re-evaluate the military strength of the Southeast Military Region of the Han Kingdom.
On the morning of February 3, in the royal palace of Gruya, the capital of the Kingdom of Peta, King Boyefi frowned and said to Prime Minister Mikino: "In the air battle in Shunxin City of the Han Kingdom, our Peta Air Force lost twenty-nine of the forty-two fourth-generation fighters participating in the battle, and ninety-three of the one hundred and thirty third-generation fighters participating in the battle. Is there really such a huge difference in strength between the two sides? ”
Prime Minister Mikino said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Han Navy or can be called the Han Southeast Navy, this air battle dispatched a total of more than two hundred carrier-based aircraft, and more than two hundred carrier-based aircraft belong to the fourth generation of fighters, our Peta Air Force and the Air Force of the Voto Kingdom combined, a total of only more than 80 fourth-generation fighters were sent to participate in the war, which is also one of the important reasons why our two air forces suffered a crushing defeat in this air war, of course, the excellent performance of those carrier-based aircraft and experienced pilots of the Han Southeast Navy, It is also the cause of the crushing defeat of the air forces of our two countries. ”
King Poyefi's brows furrowed a little tighter, "This time, the Dahan Southeast Military Region only sent five aircraft carriers to participate in the war, and I heard that the Dahan Southeast Military Region will also mobilize thousands of fourth-generation fighters to join the battlefield in the northwest and northeast of the Han Kingdom, and there are seven aircraft carriers under the Southeast Military Region, so that our air forces of Peta, Voto, and Liuwa will lose air supremacy on the battlefield." ”
Prime Minister Mikino hesitated for a moment and said: "Now only if our Peta Air Force and the Air Force of the Voto Kingdom mobilize more fighters to join the battlefield in the northwest and northeast of the Dahan Kingdom, can it be possible to compete for air supremacy with the air force of the Dahan Southeast Military Region and the carrier-based aircraft of the Navy." ”
King Poyefi pondered for a moment and then said: "Our Peta Kingdom supports the Liuwa Kingdom to invade the northwest and northeast of the Han Kingdom, the main purpose is to consume the strength of the Liuwa Kingdom's army, there is no need to really fight with the Han Kingdom, notify the air force, let them focus on preserving their strength in the future, and try not to break out in a large-scale air battle with the air force of the Dahan Southeast Military Region, or even the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier." ”
Prime Minister Mikino listened to King Boyefi's words, and couldn't help but nodded: "What His Majesty said is very true, and the minister immediately conveyed your meaning to the Air Force." ”
"By the way, has the intelligence department found out where Su Yi, the current commander-in-chief of the Southeast Military Region, got so many fourth-generation fighters, aircraft carriers, missile cruisers, and missile destroyers?"
"Your Majesty, the intelligence department of our Peta Kingdom has used a lot of manpower and material resources, and it has not found out where those fourth-generation fighters and many warships came from, as if they appeared out of thin air."
In the next war of the Liuwa Kingdom to invade the northwest and northeast of the Han Kingdom, not only the air force of the Peta Kingdom weakened its support for the Liuwa Army, but the air force of the Voto Kingdom also reduced its air support for the Liuwa Army, and the air force of the Southeast Military Region of the Han Dynasty gradually entered the battlefield in the northwest and northeast, making it difficult for the remaining Liuwa Air Force to hold alone, and the air supremacy of the battlefield was transferred to the hands of the Han Air Force.
After losing air supremacy, the Liuwa Army's offensive was blocked one after another, and it was even beaten back by the army of several military regions of Dahan.
What made the Liuwa Kingdom feel even more pressure was that a large number of army units of the Dahan Southeast Military Region joined the battlefields in the northeast and northwest regions of the Dahan Kingdom through sea and rail, and these army units of the Dahan Southeast Military Region were not only exceptionally well-armed and equipped, but also quite strong in combat effectiveness, causing considerable losses to the Liuwa Army.
In addition, because the Southeast Air Force gained air supremacy, it immediately continued to bomb the logistics supply lines of the Liuwa Army, resulting in a shortage of ammunition for many Liuwa Army units.
"Bang-" Revis, the king of the Liuwa Kingdom, slammed the wooden table in front of him with his fist, and then roared angrily: "What do you mean by the Kingdom of Peta and the Kingdom of Voto? actually refused to put more fighters into the northwest and northeast of the Han Kingdom, so how will our Liuwa Army fight next? ”
Prime Minister Kenital said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the fighters displayed by the Southeast Military Region of the Han Kingdom are too powerful, in the second large-scale air battle in Shunxin City of the Han Kingdom, the Peta Air Force and the Voto Air Force lost more than 200 fighters at once, many of which are fourth-generation fighters, it seems that the Petala Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom are scared." ”
King Revis's expression suddenly darkened, "I didn't expect that the forces of the Han Kingdom would unite so quickly, this king thought that this time the Han Kingdom would be divided into several countries like the original Musi Kingdom!" ”
Prime Minister Kenital hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, now that the Kingdom of Peta and the Kingdom of Voto are obviously not ready to invest more forces to join this war with the Great Han Kingdom, then it is too difficult to defeat the entire Great Han Kingdom just by relying on the strength of our Liuwa Kingdom, so are we considering ordering the army troops to withdraw from the territory of the Great Han Kingdom?" ”
King Reeves was very unwilling, and originally wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in the Han Kingdom to take advantage of the Han Kingdom, but now not only did he not take advantage of it, but he caused a commotion.
As of today, that is, 25 February, the army of the Liuwa Kingdom has lost more than 800,000 troops in the northwest and northeast regions of the Han Kingdom, and the Liuwa Air Force has lost more than 400 fighters, and you must know that the entire Liuwa Air Force has only more than 700 fighters.
Of course, King Reeves also knew in his heart that retiring now was the most correct choice, after all, after losing air supremacy, it would be impossible to achieve the final victory of the war with the Liuwa Army alone.
"This king is really a little unwilling! For this invasion of the northwest and northeast of the Han Kingdom, our Liuwa Kingdom has paid a considerable price, so we have withdrawn our troops, so how can this king explain to the people? King Reeves said with a puzzled expression.
Prime Minister Kenital persuaded again: "Your Majesty, now a large number of elite troops of the Southeast Military Region of the Han Dynasty are entering more and more of the northwest and northeast regions of the Han Kingdom, and our Liuwa Army is now in the above two areas, but there are still more than three million troops in total. ”
Prime Minister Kenital's words made King Reeves's brow furrow slightly.
At the beginning of this war, the Liuwa Kingdom gathered more than three million army troops, invaded the northwest and northeast regions of the Han Kingdom, and as the war began, the Liuwa Kingdom mobilized about a million army troops into the Han Kingdom, this million Liuwa Army almost accounted for two-thirds of the entire Liuwa Kingdom's army, if these army units were lost, then the military strength of the Liuwa Kingdom would immediately drop by more than half.
King Reeves sighed and said, "Then give the order to the army units on the front line to withdraw their troops!" This time, our Liuwa Kingdom has lost a lot! ”
The Liuwa Kingdom wanted to withdraw its troops at this time, not that it could retreat, under the counterattack of the army units of the five major military regions of the Han Kingdom, in the end, more than 3 million Liuwa Army, only more than 1 million returned to the territory of the Liuwa Kingdom, and the remaining nearly 2 million Liuwa Army, most of which became prisoners of the Han Army.
In the Liuwa Army, more than 90 percent of the officers and soldiers are Han Chinese, and less than 10 percent are white, which is also an important reason why the Liuwa Army will surrender to the Han Army on a large scale.
The war of the Liuwa Kingdom invading the Han Kingdom began on January 20, 1673 in the Han calendar, and ended with the withdrawal of all the remaining Liuwa Army from the Han Kingdom, a total of only more than 50 days, but after the remaining Liuwa Army withdrew from the northwest and northeast regions of the Han Kingdom, it did not mean that the war ended like this.
On the morning of March 13, 1673 in the Han calendar, in a small building of the Southeast Military Region Headquarters in Zhengtaicheng, the capital of Zizhou Prefecture of the Han Kingdom, Su Yi looked at the military map on the table, and said to Xu Dongke, chief of the General Staff of the Southeast Military Region, in a deep voice: "The army of the Liuwa Kingdom, this invasion of the northwest and northeast of our Han Kingdom, can be described as heavy losses, the total number of killed and captured personnel has reached almost two million seven million, you must know that the entire Liuwa Kingdom only has more than six million army, I think now is the best time to send troops to the kingdom of Liuwa. ”
Chief of General Staff Xu Dongke hesitated and said: "However, the internal affairs of our Great Han Kingdom have not been completely resolved, the Liuwa Army has just withdrawn from the national border, and the army units of the Tianjing Military Region, the Northeast Military Region and the Northwest Military Region have formed a confrontation with the troops of our Southeast Military Region that have entered the northwest and northeast, and it can even be said that another war in the northwest and northeast is about to break out." ”
Today, by rail and sea transport, the South-Eastern Military District has two armored tank divisions, three mechanized infantry divisions, and 22 light infantry divisions, which have entered the northwest and northeast regions.
If it weren't for the early withdrawal of the Liuwa Army, according to Su Yi's original plan, there would be two armored tank divisions, three mechanized infantry divisions, and eight light infantry divisions, which would also enter the northwest and northeast regions and join the operation against the Liuwa Army.
Although all the army units of the Southeast Military Region have just been reorganized, the combat effectiveness of these units is not weak, and they are even very strong.
In addition, after the various army units of the Southeast Military Region entered the northwest and northeast regions, they took the opportunity to control a lot of territory, and also incorporated a large number of army units from the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region.
When the remnants of the Liuwa Army withdrew from the Han Kingdom, King Liu Jiarui immediately ordered the army units subordinate to the Tianjing Military Region, the Northwest Military Region, and the Northeast Military Region to prepare to march to the territory controlled by the Southeast Military Region, and strive to expel the forces of the Southeast Military Region from the northwest and northeast regions.
Su Yi smiled slightly, "This invasion of the Liuwa Kingdom to the Han Kingdom has been disintegrated, so the actions of our Southeast Military Region against the other four military regions should also be put back on the agenda, but with the military strength of the other four major military regions, our Southeast Military Region does not need to go all out, so I am ready to solve the other four major military regions while counterattacking the Liuwa Kingdom, you must know that among the 800 million people of the Liuwa Kingdom, 77 million are Han Chinese." ”
Chief of General Staff Xu Dongke thought about it for a while and said: "What the marshal said is also reasonable, with the strength of our Southeast Military Region, we can completely deal with two wars at the same time, and this time the army of the Liuwa Kingdom has suffered heavy losses, I am worried that the Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom will not be able to help but make some moves." ”
Su Yi said approvingly: "This time, the Kingdom of Peta and the Kingdom of Voto supported the Kingdom of Liuwa to invade our Kingdom of the Han Dynasty, and they really have the intention of weakening the military strength of the Kingdom of Liuwa, after all, the Kingdom of Peta and the Kingdom of Voto have long hoped to annex the Kingdom of Liuwa, and this time the Army of Liuwa was hit hard, which is actually a good opportunity for the Kingdom of Peta and the Kingdom of Voto." ”
After a pause, Su Yi continued: "Since we are going to make a move against the Liuwa Kingdom, then we still have to continue to transfer troops to the northwest and northeast from the southeast region, and it is best to take the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region first." ”