Chapter 364: Retreat
In the nine waves of air raids on the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance by the fighters of the Great Qin Air Force and the carrier-based aircraft of the Navy, although the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance was dealt a heavy blow, the losses of the fighters of the Great Qin Air Force and the carrier-based aircraft of the Navy were also very large.
In an underground fortification in Manger City, where the port of Mangers is located, Chen Jinjin, the commander of the Twelfth Group Army of the Great Qin Army, frowned and said to Sun Peng, the commander of the Great Qin Air Force: "Old Sun, how much have you lost now?" ”
Sun Peng sighed and said: "The twenty-five air divisions have lost more than 2,300 Xiuniao fighters and about 1,100 Goshawk dive bombers, which is almost a quarter of the fighters of the twenty-five air divisions, and the navy has also lost more than 400 spare Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighters, more than 200 Black Butterfly carrier-based bombers and more than 300 Moth carrier-based torpedo bombers. ”
In order to fight against the combined fleet of the 24 navies of the Beast Alliance, Sun Peng, who had just assumed the post of commander of the air force of the Great Qin Defense Force, personally came to Mangers City, where Mangers Harbor was located, and commanded 25 air divisions and more than 3,500 spare carrier-based aircraft of the Navy stationed at the airfields around Mangers Harbor to conduct operations.
Chen Jinjin has followed Su Yi since the bloody battle of Xinji Town, and previously served as the commander of the 9th Provisional Division of the Yueyang Front Army and the commander of the 12th Provisional Army, and later after the 36th Provisional Army of the Yueyang Front Army was upgraded to the Group Army, Chen Jinjin became the commander of the 12th Group Army of the Great Qin Army.
Although Su Yi has placed a large number of cyborgs and clones into the various army units of the Great Qin Ministry of Defense, only some clones have been appointed by Su Yi as army commanders, and Su Yi has not unloaded the grinding and killing the donkeys for the high-level officers who followed him before, and the current commanders of the thirty-six group armies of the Great Qin Army are all those high-level officers who followed Su Yi before.
Chen Jinjin immediately said: "This time, the warships of the twenty-four countries of the Beast Alliance have been equipped with more anti-aircraft weapons, and even the transport ships carrying the twenty-four national armies are equipped with a lot of anti-aircraft firepower, and the loss of air force fighters and naval reserve carrier-based aircraft is inevitable. ”
Sun Peng nodded and said: "Before this big war, our air force and navy have fully realized the cruelty of this big war, although now our air force fighters and the navy's spare carrier-based aircraft have suffered great losses, but the air raid will continue, and the tenth wave of attack aircraft is about to attack." ”
After a pause, Sun Peng continued: "But now that the combined fleet of the twenty-four navies of the Beast Alliance is only about thirty kilometers away from the port of Mangas, there is no way for your Twelfth Army to watch the excitement next. ”
Chen Jinjin's eyes flashed: "We have built 36 batteries in Port Mangers, with more than 500 large-caliber coastal defense guns, of which 200 are more than 300 mm caliber, including 20 50 times the caliber of 406 mm, 30 50 times the caliber of 381 mm, 30 50 times the caliber of 356 mm, 60 50 times the caliber of 334 mm and 60 50 times the caliber of 305 mm. The remaining more than 300 shore defense guns are also more than 150 mm caliber, if the joint fleet of the 24 navies of the Beast Alliance dares to bombard the 36 batteries in the port of Mangers, our 12th Army will definitely let the combined fleet of the 24 navies of the Beast Alliance know why the flowers are so red! ”
At about eleven o'clock at noon on March 16, 2540, the many super dreadnought battleships, battle cruisers, dreadnought battleships and former dreadnought battleships of the combined fleet of the Orc Alliance formed multiple battle lines in the direction of the port of Mangers, and then launched the most fierce artillery bombardment of the port of Mangers.
Not to be outdone, the officers and men of the 12th Group Army of the Great Qin Army, which was stationed at the 36 forts in Mangers Harbor, immediately launched a counterattack with large-caliber coastal defense artillery, followed by the fighters of the Great Qin Air Force and the reserve carrier-based aircraft of the Navy, and launched the tenth wave of air raids on the combined fleet of the Beast Alliance.
With the rumbling sound of artillery and the continuous sound of explosions, the army units of the twenty-four countries of the Beast Alliance also began to land on the beach in the port of Mangers.
Soon the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance found that the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance suffered too much by using large-caliber naval guns and shore defense artillery with strong batteries to bombard, but the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance still gritted its teeth and stood firm for more than an hour, until a number of super dreadnought battleships, battle cruisers, dreadnought battleships and former dreadnought battleships were sunk by the shore defense artillery of Mangers Harbor, and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance, Marshal Longcott of the Red Tiger Country, had no choice but to order all battle lines to retreat back, Withdraw from the range of those shore defense guns in the port of Mangers.
Although there was no fire support from naval artillery, the armies of the countries of the Beast Alliance did not stop the landing operation, which also made the tragedy of this landing operation reach an appalling level.
From noon on March 16 to the early morning of March 17, the fighting in Port Mangers did not stop.
As of the early morning of March 17, the army units of the Orc Alliance had captured three batteries in Port Mangers, and of course, when these three batteries were occupied by the army troops of the Beast Alliance, they had almost become a pile of ruins.
In the underground headquarters of the Twelfth Group Army of the Great Qin Army, Chen Jinjin, the commander of the Twelfth Group Army, said to Bai Kuishan, the commander of the 67th Army, with some annoyance: "Bai Kuishan, is your 67th Army still good, if not, I will immediately let the 72nd Army take over your 67th Army!" I lost three forts in one night, you must know that in Minggang and Lengshan Harbor, we didn't even lose a single fort! ”
When Bai Kuishan followed Su Yi, he was just an ordinary soldier, but Bai Kuishan followed Su Yi relatively early, and even before the bloody battle in Xinji Town, Bai Kuishan became Su Yi's subordinate, and as the scale of the army under Su Yi became larger and larger, Bai Kuishan also rose, and now he is the commander of the 67th Army of the 12th Group Army of the Great Qin Army.
Bai Kuishan said with a wry smile: "Commander, the three lost batteries, due to the bombing of the enemy's carrier-based aircraft, basically have no great value, so I didn't let the troops defend to the death, if necessary, our 67th Army immediately organized troops to recapture these three batteries that had become ruins, although our 67th Army has suffered more than a quarter of the casualties, but our 67th Army still has the ability to continue to hold the port of Port Mangas!" ”
At this time, Sun Peng, commander of the Great Qin Air Force, sighed and said: "Our air force is to blame for the loss of those three batteries, I did not expect that when it was about to get dark yesterday, the combined fleet of the twenty navies of the Beast Alliance would take the risk of dispatching carrier-based aircraft to launch an air attack on the port of Mangers, resulting in the destruction of the three batteries." ”
Chen Jinjin, the commander of the Twelfth Army, shook his head and said: "No one thought that the combined fleet of the Beast Alliance, which had been hit hard, would gather thousands of carrier-based aircraft to launch an air attack on the port of Mangers when it was about to get dark. ”
Then Chen Jinjin turned his head to Bai Kuishan, the commander of the 67th Army, and said: "Although the three forts have been destroyed, the location of the three highlands where the three forts are located is very important, and I ask your 67th Army to take back the three forts, or the three heights, for me before ten o'clock this morning!" ”
Chen Jinjin immediately saluted and said, "Commander, rest assured, our 67th Army will definitely take back those three heights before 10 o'clock in the morning." ”
Sun Peng, commander of the Great Qin Air Force, immediately said: "Our Air Force will also dispatch fighters and bombers to cooperate with the 67th Army to recapture those three high grounds, although our Air Force fighters and the Navy's spare carrier-based aircraft lost nearly half of them in yesterday's fierce battle, but there are still more than 9,000 planes that can fight in total, and the first wave of air raids on the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance will be launched immediately." ”
During the day on 16 March, the fighters of the Great Qin Air Force and the Navy's spare carrier-based aircraft launched a total of 21 air raids on the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance, bringing extremely heavy losses to the Combined Fleet of the Beast Alliance at the cost of losing nearly 8,000 aircraft.
In the early morning of March 17, in the bridge of the Super Dreadnought Battleship Violet of the Red Tiger Navy, Marshal Long Kot of the Red Tiger Navy, held a copy of the latest loss report of the Red Tiger Nation's army in his hand, and said to the commanders of the naval fleets of other countries in a somewhat lonely voice: "It's dawn, and the fighters of the Great Qin Air Force can be dispatched again!" ”
Up to now, the Red Tiger Navy has sunk two large aircraft carriers, one medium aircraft carrier, three small aircraft carriers, thirty-nine escort carriers, three super dreadnought battleships, three battle cruisers, five dreadnought battleships, eleven dreadnought battleships, eight heavy cruisers, fourteen armored cruisers, fifteen light cruisers, twenty protective cruisers, and twenty-two destroyers.
Of the more than 500 Red Tiger Nation transport ships that followed the combined fleet of the Beast Alliance, more than 200 were sunk, and only about 180,000 of the 400,000 Red Tiger Army troops remained.
Admiral Withertham of the Eastern Bear Country said in a deep voice: "Now that the troops of our land forces have successfully landed, there are about 60,000 people, and they are storming the batteries in Mangers Port, we must let more army troops board the port of Mangers Port, and it is impossible to take down Mangers Port with only those 60,000 people!" ”
Admiral Delaware of the Ice Lion Country sighed and said: "The losses are really too great, since the landing operation at noon yesterday, the losses of our national armies have increased by more than one million, and now the combined land forces of our countries seem to be less than 1.6 million, almost half of which is lost, and now the sea is full of corpses of our officers and soldiers." ”
Admiral Withertham of the Eastern Bear Kingdom sighed and said: "The losses of our land forces are mainly caused by the Great Qin Air Force, and our countries have sent more than 5,000 transport ships combined, and now there are only more than 3,000 of these more than 5,000 transport ships left. ”
Fairford, the admiral of the Blood Wolf Country, frowned and said: "Now that it is dawn, the Great Qin Air Force is about to launch another air attack, and our combined fleet has less than 1,500 carrier-based aircraft left, and the warships and land forces of the navies of various countries have also suffered heavy losses, do we still have any hope of capturing the port of Mangers?" ”
Red Tiger Country Admiral Longcott smiled bitterly, "Shall we give up here?" The losses of our entire combined fleet in a fierce battle for a day and a night were so great that if we gave up, these losses would be tantamount to vain losses. ”
Admiral Rick Rue of the Ink Wolf Country said at this time: "Ladies and gentlemen, this time our navies have taken out all their family resources to form this joint fleet of twenty-four navies, for example, our Navy of the Ink Wolf Country is in the country, and the capital ships are only two super dreadnought battleships, two battle cruisers, four dreadnought battleships, four former dreadnought battleships and four heavy cruisers. Don't forget the main fleet of the Great Qin Navy, which has a large aircraft carrier and thirty escort aircraft carriers, we still don't know where it is hidden! ”
Admiral Kazik then sighed and said: "Our Southern Bear Navy has exhausted its main force this time, and there are only two dreadnought battleships, two former dreadnought battleships and two heavy cruisers left in the country's capital ships, and now our South Bear Navy has sunk a small aircraft carrier, five escort carriers, a super dreadnought battleship, a battle cruiser, two dreadnought battleships, three former dreadnought battleships, four heavy cruisers, two armored cruisers, four light cruisers, With five protective cruisers and five destroyers, our Southern Bear Navy is really a little unable to fight, and if it continues to hold on, our Southern Bear Navy will be wiped out. ”
Next, the commanders of the naval fleets of many countries complained one after another and had the idea of retreating.
Marshal of the Red Tiger Country Longcott shook his head helplessly, put down the latest loss report of the Red Tiger Country army in his hand, picked up another piece of paper from the table in front of him, and then handed it to the Red Tiger Country Navy Marshal Longcott, "Last night, I have reported the losses of our 24 national naval combined fleets and land forces to the general headquarters of the alliance, but the general command of the alliance requires our combined fleet and the land forces of all countries to capture the port of Mangers at all costs!" ”
The general headquarters of the Beast Alliance is temporarily located in East Bear City, the capital of the East Bear Country, and the command system of the General Headquarters of the Beast Alliance is composed of a high-ranking military officer from each of the eight countries of East Bear, Ice Lion, Red Tiger, Blood Wolf, Ink Wolf, Southern Bear, Spirit Bull, and War Tiger.