On the morning of June 5, 3012 in the Tang calendar, in a large hall of the imperial palace in the city of Fenni, the capital of the Salad Empire, Emperor Herris said to the Minister of War Valerian with a gloomy face: "Should your War Department give me an explanation?" It's only been half a month since the war began, and five infantry regiments of the Royal Army of Sharad have been surrounded by the Su Army, and your War Department hasn't even come up with a rescue plan for this! ”

The more Emperor Herris spoke, the angrier he became, and he almost shouted out at the end of his speech.

War Minister Valerian said bitterly: "Your Majesty, now that eight infantry regiments have been retreated from the front line, and the loss of personnel and weapons and equipment is not small, in order to keep these eight infantry regiments, our War Department can only let them continue to retreat northward, as for the ninth infantry regiment and the twenty-fourth infantry regiment trapped in the Dingxin City area of Hebei Province of the Cangyu Empire, as well as the Eighth Infantry Regiment, the Twelfth Infantry Regiment and the twenty-fifth Infantry Regiment trapped in the Anzhou City area of Lunan Province of the Cangyu Empire, they can only break through on their own for the time being." ”

"Bang-" Emperor Herris slammed the table in front of him, and then roared, "Valerian, you must find a way for me to rescue the besieged five infantry legions, if these five infantry legions are canceled, I will take your head!" ”

Emperor Herris's words made War Minister Valerian's heart tremble, you must know that since the Royal Army of Sharad has the establishment of an infantry corps, there has not been a single infantry corps that has been completely annihilated, if five infantry corps are surrounded and annihilated by the Su army this time, Valerian must bear most of the responsibility, Emperor Herris said that he wanted his head, and he was definitely not scaring him.

At this time, Prime Minister Shurik spoke: "Your Majesty is angry, none of us expected that the attack of the Su family army would come so soon, and it was two days before we were ready to strike first, which made our troops of the Royal Army of Sharad on the front line be caught off guard by the Su army, it seems that we must hurry up and increase our troops in the territory of the Cangyu Empire!" ”

War Minister Valerian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, our War Department will replenish the personnel, weapons and ammunition of the eight infantry regiments withdrawn as soon as possible, but to rescue the besieged five infantry regiments, it is best to transfer the troops of a few more regiments from the country into the territory of the Cangyu Empire." ”

Emperor Herris took a deep breath, calmed down his anger, and then asked the Minister of War Valerian in a deep voice: "How long can the five Salad Royal Army Infantry Corps trapped in the Dingxin area of Cangyu Empire's southern Hebei Province and the Anzhou City area of Lunan Province hold out?" ”

War Minister Valerian hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the artillery fire of the Su family army is too fierce, and the minister doesn't know how long those five infantry regiments can last. ”

A cold glint flashed in Emperor Herris's eyes, "In other words, even if another batch of reinforcements is mobilized from the country, it is likely to be too late in time." ”

War Minister Valerian nodded gloomily, "It may indeed be too late, but the Cangyu Empire also has quite a few troops, which are also besieged in the Dingxin City area and the Anzhou City area, maybe the two armies can unite and hold out for a longer time." ”

Admiral Gavril, who was standing opposite War Minister Valerian, suddenly said: "Valerian, doesn't your army have airship troops?" Can't you let the airship troops blow up a way to break out of the siege for the five infantry regiments that are besieged? ”

The words of the Minister of the Navy, Gavril, made the eyes of the Minister of War Valerian, "That's right! Our Royal Army still has fifteen airships capable of carrying several tons of aerial bombs! Your Majesty, the besieged five infantry regiments have been saved! ”

Emperor Herris hurriedly asked, "Can you really blow up a passage for the besieged five infantry legions with an airship?" ”

War Minister Valerian nodded again and again and said: "Your Majesty, the fifteen load-bearing airships of the airship force, when the Su family army launched the attack, because they undertook the task of transporting ammunition, were not on the front line, and now these fifteen load-carrying airships are intact, with their loads, they can definitely blow up a way out for the besieged five infantry regiments!" ”

On the morning of June 7, in an artillery defense hole on the outskirts of Dingxin City, Southern Hebei Province of the Cangyu Empire, Zhang Shi yawned and said: "Dazhu, how long do you say it will take for our Su army to build Dingxincheng?" ”

Niu Dazhu rubbed his red eyes, and also yawned, "Stone, don't think about it, hurry up and go to sleep!" Maybe when, it will be our turn again, and we are now in the outermost part of the northern suburbs outside Dingxin, and if the enemy has reinforcements, we will not have a chance to sleep! ”

Zhang Shi sighed and said: "Yesterday, our brigade attacked continuously for a day and a night, and as a result, it advanced less than three kilometers to Dingxincheng, and I don't know when we will be able to wipe out the two Shalad Imperial Infantry Legions and the two Cangyu Imperial Infantry Legions in Dingxincheng!" ”

Niu Dazhu immediately said: "Now our Su family army has completely surrounded their four infantry legions, of course they have to be trapped and fighting, I think it is the commander and the commander-in-chief who control the advance speed of our attack troops in order to reduce losses." ”

Zhang Shi nodded and said with a smile: "Dazhu, you know all the 'trapped beasts are still fighting', I think you can learn more from our platoon commander, and maybe you can be a regiment commander in the future!" ”

Niu Dazhu pursed his lips and said: "When I look at your stone, I am not motivated, there is a saying that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and the regiment commander is not my ultimate goal, I Niu Dazhu will be a division commander in the future!" ”

Zhang Shi scolded with a smile: "Say you're fat, you're still panting, just be a teacher, don't daydream!" ”

Niu Dazhu was about to refute Zhang Shi's words, when a soldier panicked into the anti-artillery hole, "Platoon Commander Zhang, Ox Platoon Leader, go outside and have a look!" In the sky to the north, a group of things are flying! ”

When Zhang Shishi and Niu Dazhu heard this, they immediately followed the soldier out of the anti-artillery hole, and when they looked up, their faces became solemn.

"I immediately used the radio transmitter to report to the company headquarters and the battalion headquarters that the airship of the Sharad Empire is coming!" After Zhang Shi finished speaking, he turned around and drilled into the anti-artillery hole again.

Niu Dazhu said to the soldiers beside him: "Immediately go to the anti-artillery hole where the machine gun squad is located, and let them put all three machine guns on the table and prepare to shoot at the airship of the Sharad Empire." ”

Platoon commander Yang Xiong was not here at this time, but went to the battalion headquarters for a meeting.

Soon, fifteen load-bearing airships of the Sharad Empire flew to the positions of Zhang Shi and Niu Dazhu, and at this time, not only the three MG-42 general-purpose machine guns of their platoon fired at the Sharad Empire airships in the sky, but also many MG-42 general-purpose machine guns on the positions on the left and right fired fiercely at the airships.

It is a pity that fifteen load-carrying airships of the Sharad Empire, with an altitude of about one thousand four hundred meters, have exceeded the effective range of the MG-42 universal machine gun.

However, the Browning M2 anti-aircraft machine gun of the battalion artillery company, the Erlikon 20mm quadruple anti-aircraft gun of the regimental artillery battalion, and the Bofors 40mm twin anti-aircraft gun of the brigade artillery regiment also joined the attack on the Sharad imperial airship.

The range of these three anti-aircraft weapons is almost no pressure in the face of the airships of the Shalad Empire at an altitude of about 1,400 meters, because the airbags of the Shalad Empire's load-bearing airships are filled with hydrogen, as long as they are hit, the airship airbags will immediately turn into a big fireball, and finally the fifteen load-carrying airships that the Shalad Empire has high hopes for are all easily destroyed by the anti-aircraft fire of the Su Army.