The fire support operation of bombers + cruise missiles launched by the Datang Air Force from North Africa has achieved certain results, but it has not prevented the final development of the lowland campaign. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to completely clear the Don Army from Belgium and the Netherlands, the French and German armies, which were the main forces of the European Union, took out heavy troops, which made it difficult for the air power of the Don Army to suppress all the enemy forces.

On March 9, 1815, a month after the start of the Ukrainian campaign, the German army had gathered about 160,000 troops on the northwest frontier.

The Datang Air Force also had to face a serious situation, the intensity of the war and the speed of progress were somewhat beyond the previous imagination, Datang has always been known for its preparations, but a large amount of ammunition stored in the Belgian air base before the war was also consumed extremely quickly at this time, and the report of the front-line command organ said that the air raid of this intensity would last for another three weeks, and the Datang Air Force would face a situation where there would be no ammunition available.

After all, the Netherlands and Belgium are not the mainland of the Tang Dynasty, and they have not established a supporting military industry, so they cannot provide all kinds of weapons and ammunition for the troops nearby. And when the scale and intensity of the war are relatively large, the consumption of reserve materials is also amazing.

At this time, Datang can choose to transport and replenish the means of sea and air, the sea transportation time is relatively long, it will take at least more than a week to transport weapons and equipment from the east of the United States to Europe, and the British and German navies will not be so easy for Datang's transport ships to arrive at Datang's port in the Netherlands; Air freight is fast, but the best route is to send supplies to North Africa and then from North Africa to Belgium. This, in turn, had to fly over French airspace, possibly intercepted by the French Air Force. The practical ceiling of the Datang transport aircraft is basically about 10,000 meters, and the relatively new models of the Spitfire can be intercepted. This will inevitably require the Datang Air Force to send a large number of fighters to escort the escort.

In any case, Datang could not help but send supplies to Belgium, where there were more than 100,000 Datang soldiers, which was a key point in Datang's strategic layout in Western Europe.

It was impossible for the Tang Air Force to contain the offensive of more than 200,000 European troops, and although the Tang Army could constantly bomb the French and German points, the rest of the army was still able to launch an offensive by attacking. Of course, the price paid by the French and Germans was also huge, and before they saw a single Tang person, the French and German armies had lost more than 20,000 people because of the bombing of the Tang Air Force, and a large amount of military equipment was destroyed.

The German army was not willing to be simply taught a lesson by the Tang army, and when it knew that there was almost no chance of victory, the Luftwaffe continued to send a force composed of fighters and bombers to Belgium to bomb the Datang airfield when the Datang Air Force launched an air raid to recuperate. However, the Germans did not succeed, and Datang had a well-layered and effective air defense system, even if Datang dispatched a large number of bombers and escort fighters, it would still retain some fighters to guard the airfield.

The formation of dozens of military planes sent by the Luftwaffe was basically finished under the interception of about ten Datang fighters, not to mention that Datang also arranged a large number of anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft missile positions on the ground.

In the face of the bombing of the Datang, the German Army, which was preparing to attack, had become very cunning. They set up a large number of camouflage, which made it difficult for Tang Ju to identify targets during bombing, unless they used TV guidance to identify heat signatures, but not all Datang fighters had such capabilities.

The Datang Air Force was almost overloaded with tasks, and it was a lot of damage to the German army, but the Germans still managed to get to the east bank of the Maas River, as long as they crossed this river, the Germans could enter the Netherlands and threaten the Datang army.

In the Netherlands and Belgium, the size of the Don army was actually not much less than that of the French and German armies combined. The Tang Army stationed as many as 8 divisions here, including 5 native divisions, as well as 2 European divisions and 1 Japanese division. Due to the deterioration of relations with European countries, many Europeans have withdrawn from the Tang Army, and many white immigrants in North America are unwilling to join the army, and even many people have immigrated back to Europe, so in recent years, the European division has been in a situation of dissatisfaction, and the Ministry of Defense is planning to directly replace the establishment of the European division with Chinese.

Therefore, the strength of the Tang Army in the lowland area is about 130,000. In addition, with the combat strength of about 6,000 people in a brigade of marines stationed here, this constitutes the combat strength of all Datang in Western Europe.

On the east bank of the Maas River, although the German army was often attacked by the Tang Air Force, it was still able to gain a firm foothold. In order to deal with the air raids of the Datang, the German army deployed more anti-aircraft weapons on the one hand, strengthened camouflage on the other, and constantly mobilized troops, making it more difficult for the Datang air force to attack it.

The Germans confronted the Tang Army across the Maas River, of course, before that, the Tang Air Force had completely destroyed any bridge over the Maas River, and if the Germans wanted to cross the river, they had to erect pontoon bridges to enable their heavy mechanized troops to cross the river.

In order to complete the task of crossing the river, the Germans deployed a large number of artillery pieces on the other side of the river, with a total of more than 1,000 guns, and exchanged artillery fire with the Tang army on the opposite bank. There are also a lot of artillery on the Tang Army's side, and now Datang is fully equipped with 155 mm self-propelled guns, named Type 06. This type of gun has strong firepower, long firing range, good maneuverability, automatic loader, and relatively high rate of fire.

Therefore, the Datang artillery can output even stronger firepower than the German army when the number is less than that of the German army. The artillery battle between the two armies was particularly fierce, and thousands of shells were fired basically every day, and the self-propelled artillery units of the Tang and German armies moved to another position after a wave of fire to maintain the best security.

The Datang Air Force also launched air raids from time to time, but the Germans were also careful to camouflage. However, losses were still inevitable, and in the three days of the artillery battle, the Germans had already knocked out more than 300 artillery pieces and thousands of German soldiers were killed. But the Germans were still holding on, and the support from the rear was constantly being sent, and their idea was very simple, that is, to constantly consume the firepower of the Tangs. The Germans understand the war mode of the Tang army very well and eat logistics very much, once the logistics can't keep up, then no matter how powerful the Tang people are, no matter how powerful the weapons and equipment and lean training are, they can't use it. (To be continued.) )