Chapter 258: Retreat in the face of difficulties

On the evening of January 19, in the headquarters of the coalition forces in the city of Saleo of the Salad Empire, the atmosphere was somewhat depressing, and the British Roba Empire fighter group and bomber group, which had high hopes for the Three Kingdoms Army, were intercepted by a large number of fighters of the Tang Empire.

This is not the end, and then the Tang Empire dispatched a large number of bombers and airships to carry out devastating bombing of many artillery positions of the Three Kingdoms Army, and many infantry of the Three Kingdoms Army also tasted the taste of aerial bombs, and many troops of the Three Kingdoms Army, because of the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, had to cancel today's offensive mission.

At this time, the face of Yemelia, the commander of the Yingluoba Empire Expeditionary Force, can be described as cloudy, you must know that the Stinger fighter and the Eagle bomber were regarded as one of their own killer weapons by the Royal Army of the Yingroba Empire, but they did not expect that the Tang Empire actually had the same killer feature, and it was also a strengthened version, which made the Royal Army of the Yingroba Empire a little embarrassed.

Kirillka, the commander-in-chief of the front line of the Shalad Empire, coughed and said: "I didn't expect that the Tang Empire also has fighters and bombers, especially the performance of the Tang Empire's fighters is even more surprising, it seems that the armies of our three countries need to add some air defense weapons to protect our artillery positions." ”

Culp, the commander of the Noomi Empire Expeditionary Force, frowned and said: "Now it can be said that the entire sky has been controlled by the Tang Empire, and if our three ** teams continue to attack, the losses will be very large, so I suggest that the attack on the Tang Empire's army positions be suspended until we find a way to deal with the Tang Empire's fighters." ”

Kirilka, the commander-in-chief of the front line of the Shalad Empire, hesitated for a moment and said, "We have only been attacking for two days and then switched to the defensive, will it be too demoralizing?" ”

Commander Culp of the Noomi Imperial Expeditionary Force sighed and said: "Although it is only two days, judging from the feedback from the front-line troops, the Tang Imperial Army's weapons and equipment are excellent, the firepower is extremely powerful, plus there are strong fortifications, and absolute air superiority, if our three armies continue to attack so strongly, the losses may not be acceptable to us." ”

Yemelia, the commander of the Yingluoba Empire's expeditionary force, said in a deep voice at this time: "Then can we choose to focus on attacking, gather enough troops, and tear a few holes in the thousands of kilometers of defense line of the Tang Empire." ”

Culp, the commander of the Noomi Imperial Expeditionary Force, shook his head and said: "If our three armies still control the sky, there is still this possibility, but now the entire sky has fallen into the hands of the Tang Emperor's ** team, once we choose to focus on attacking, the bombers and airships of the Tang Empire do not need to run back and forth on the defense line of thousands of kilometers, and they can completely carry out concentrated bombing of the troops gathered by our three army forces." ”

Yemelia, commander of the Yingropa Imperial Expeditionary Force, was silent for a moment and then said: "I agree to suspend the offensive, and I will call China to let our Yingropa Empire's aircraft factories that manufacture fighters design more advanced fighters and bombers as soon as possible." ”

Kirilka, the commander-in-chief of the Sharad Empire's front, then nodded slightly, "Then stop the attack for the time being!" It seems that the aircraft factory of our Sharad Empire also has to improve the performance of fighters and bombers, otherwise it will not be able to regain air supremacy at all! ”

Culp, commander of the Noomi Imperial Expeditionary Force, said: "It is best for our three armies to be equipped with a number of artillery with larger caliber and longer range, and the artillery currently equipped by our three armies is not as good as the 155 mm howitzer of the Tang Imperial Army, and if you want to break the tortoise shell of the Tang Imperial Army on the border, you must have a stronger artillery than the 155 mm howitzer of the Tang Empire." ”

Because of the devastating blows suffered by the air forces of Yingluopa, Noomi and Sharad, the armies of Yingluopa, Noomi and Sharad only attacked the border defense line of the Tang Empire for two days before retreating to the fortifications on the side of the Sharad Empire.

Su Yi learned that the armies of Yingluopa, Noomi and Sharad had retreated, and did not let the Royal Army of the Tang Empire take the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive, Su Yi believed that now is not the best time for a counteroffensive, you must know that there are still hundreds of temporary infantry divisions in the Royal Army of the Tang Empire whose weapons and equipment have not been standardized, and at the same time, Su Yi also hopes to leave a little more time for these 700 temporary infantry divisions to train and integrate.

In addition, several extra-large arsenals of the Tang Empire have begun to imitate the two fighters and one bomber equipped by the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, as well as the light tanks, heavy tanks and armored vehicles equipped by the armored forces of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire.

Just when the border between the Sharad Empire and the Tang Empire returned to calm, somewhere in the north of the Tang Empire, an incomparably large fleet appeared, and in this fleet, a total of five naval powers were warships, the five naval powers were the Yingluoba Empire, the Sharad Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire and the Ryerland Empire, and the navies of these five countries can be said to be the main force, forming a terrifying combined fleet of five navies.

Among the Seven Nations Alliance, only the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire could not come to join the main forces of the other five navies due to the blockade of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, while the navies of the Monia Empire and the Ruierlan Empire avoided the area of activity of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and made a detour to converge with the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi.

Among the combined fleets of the five navies, the strongest is still the Royal Navy of Yingroba, only the capital ships, the Royal Navy of Yingroba sent 48 super dreadnought battleships, 24 battle cruisers, 30 dreadnought battleships, 40 former dreadnought battleships and 60 ironclad battleships, which can be said to have taken out most of the British Royal Navy's family resources, and the active super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers were all sent out without a single left.

The Royal Navy of Sharad also took out almost all of its wealth, and the capital ships alone included twenty-two super dreadnought battleships, eighteen battle cruisers, twelve dreadnought battleships, twenty former dreadnought battleships, and forty ironclad battleships.

The Royal Navy of Noomi also did not let Whisker contribute most of its capital ships, including twenty-eight super dreadnought battleships, twenty battlecruisers, eighteen dreadnought battleships, eighteen pre-dreadnought battleships, and fifty ironclad battleships.

Twelve of the twenty-four Ocean-class Super Dreadnought Battleships and twenty-four Fighter-class battlecruisers of the Noomi Royal Navy have been completed and are in active service, so the Noomi Royal Navy can come up with twenty-eight Super Dreadnought Battleships and twenty Battle Cruisers in one go.

The Noomi Royal Navy also sent out some mothballed ironclad battleships this time, but these ironclad battleships have undergone new transformations and still have some combat effectiveness.

The Monia Royal Navy also completed the construction of ten super dreadnought battleships and ten battle cruisers some time ago, so that the main ships of the Monia Royal Navy joining the joint fleet of the five navies this time reached 100, including 19 super dreadnought battleships, 19 battle cruisers, 16 dreadnought battleships, 16 former dreadnought battleships and 30 ironclad battleships.

The weakest of the combined fleets of the five navies is the Royal Navy of Ruierland, but the Royal Navy of Ruierland is also the main force, and the capital ships alone have come eight super dreadnought battleships, seven battle cruisers, fourteen dreadnought battleships, sixteen former dreadnought battleships and twenty ironclad battleships, including four super dreadnought battleships and four battle cruisers, and it has not been long since the construction was completed.

The armoured cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and torpedo boats of the navies of the other five countries together have more than 4,000 units, and counting the supply ships of the navies of these countries, almost cover the sea surface of thousands of square kilometers.

In the bridge of the Super Dreadnought Battleship Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal Navy of Yingropa, the commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of the British Roberta Expeditionary Fleet Petru smiled and said to the fleet commanders of the other four navies: "The fleet gathered by our five countries now should be the largest fleet in history, and there are one hundred and twenty-five super dreadnought battleships alone, which has formed an absolute advantage over the navy of the Tang Empire. ”

The British Empire, including the other four nations, turned the huge fleets it sent into expeditionary fleets.

The commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Shalad, Denis, nodded and said: "According to the intelligence, the capital ships of the Tang Imperial Navy include fifty-eight super dreadnought battleships, twenty-six battle cruisers, twenty-three dreadnought battleships and forty-two former dreadnought battleships, while the combined fleet of our five navies has one hundred and twenty-five super dreadnought battleships, eighty-eight battle cruisers, ninety dreadnought battleships and one hundred and ten former dreadnought battleships, and another two hundred ironclad battleships, in terms of capital ships, the combined fleet of the navies of our five countries can even be said to have formed a crushing posture against the navy of the Tang Empire. ”

Although Genesys led the Salad Royal Navy, and twice suffered heavy defeats at the predecessor of the Tang Empire's Navy, the Independent Fleet, the emperor of the Shalad Empire, Herris, carefully selected the generals of the Shalad Royal Navy several times, and found that only Janis was suitable to be the commander of the expeditionary fleet, so Emperor Herris once again chose to trust Janis and let him serve as the commander of the expeditionary fleet again.

Polfi, commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Noomi Royal Navy, suddenly asked: "Count Denis, among the five of us, you should be an old opponent of the Tang Imperial Navy, I wonder if you have any unique opinions on the battle against the Tang Imperial Navy?" ”

Although Porfi's tone was very ordinary, Jennis heard a hint of irony from it, but Jennis said calmly: "I am just a general of a defeated army, where can I have any unique opinions, but our five-nation naval combined fleet has an absolute advantage, as long as the expeditionary fleets of our five countries can sincerely unite and defeat the main force of the Tang Empire's navy, it should not be a problem." ”

At this time, the commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Yingluopa, Petru, said: "Count Denis, how can there be a victorious general on the battlefield, I believe that this time you lead the Salad Naval Expeditionary Fleet, and you will definitely be able to wash away the shame of the previous defeat!" As for the Tang Imperial Navy, our Royal Navy of Yingluoba has never fought against it, I wonder if Count Denis has any place to warn us about the Royal Navy of Yingluopa? ”

Petru's words made Dennis not so harsh to hear, and Dennis hesitated for a moment and said: "I have fought twice with the Independent Fleet, which is now the Tang Imperial Navy, and the most impressive thing for me is the accuracy of the opponent's artillery bombardment. ”

Pifanu, the commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Monia Royal Navy, frowned and said, "Could it be that the Tang Imperial Navy has a more accurate shooting rangefinder?" ”

Dennis immediately said: "This possibility is not ruled out, but it is undeniable that the officers and soldiers of the Tang Imperial Navy have rich combat experience and very professional military technology, even if the combined fleet of our five navies occupies an absolute advantage, we must not be careless, otherwise even if we can defeat the main force of the Datang Empire Navy in the end, the combined fleet of our five navies will definitely suffer heavy losses." ”

Petru, commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of the British Robar, then asked: "Count Denis, then what kind of tactics do you think our five-nation naval combined fleet should adopt against the Tang Imperial Navy?" ”

A gleam flashed in Jennis's eyes and he said: "I think that the combined fleet of our five navies should directly find the main force of the Tang Imperial Navy for a decisive battle, and strive to defeat the main force of the Great Tang Imperial Navy in one battle and completely seize the sea dominance!" ”

"Count Denis, then how can we force the main naval force of the Tang Empire to fight a decisive battle with the combined fleet of our five navies?"

"I think that the combined fleet of our five navies can go straight to Huifeng Port of the Tang Empire, you must know that Huifeng Port is not only the largest military port of the Tang Empire, but also has the largest shipyard in the Tang Empire, and now the Navy of the Tang Empire has six super dreadnought battleships and six battle cruisers, which are under construction in the shipyard of Huifeng Port, as long as the combined fleet of our five navies is in Huifeng Port, the main naval force of the Tang Empire will have to face it!"