977 If you dig too hard in the corner, the wall will fall
Issam actually knows very well that compared with Lan Fang's national strength, the gap between Najd is indeed a bit big. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, Issam never imagined that the gap would be so big, it was a desperate gap.
Just when the soldiers of Najd were still racking their brains for a meal of jerky, the logistics supply of the Lanfang people was already so complete and systematic; When the Najd army was still using camels as a means of transportation, the Lanfang army was already soaring in the sky, and when the Najd army could reach the current level of the Lanfang army, God knows how far the Lanfang army had reached.
In the case of the country's poverty and weakness, people with no ambitions will go with the flow and wait for death, but as long as they have a little ambition, they will set a goal and be angry, but when this goal seems to be out of reach, no matter how determined they are, they will feel powerless.
Issam is now feeling the despair.
When material conditions are unattainable, spiritual forces will dominate, and it may be in this situation that "man will conquer heaven" was born.
All Issam can do is to desperately show the strength of the people of Najd, which may make the people of Lanfang pay more attention to Najd in some way.
In the next two days, Lan Fang's endless methods made Issam feel a shock to his heart again.
No matter how fast the Najd army goes, the Lanfang people will always use the "airdrop" method to send supplies to the Najd army when the Najd army is resting.
The supplies covered almost everything, from food to simple medicines, to a change of clothes, and the "kangaroo" also sent a backpack to each of the Najd soldiers, which was the kind of "three-day special attack" backpack that Lanfang's army standardized, which made almost all the Najd soldiers overjoyed, and even Issam and Ogbai couldn't help but ask for one.
Kangaroos can do more than just airdrop.
About fifty kilometers from Amman, Issam finally met with Jordanian resistance.
It can be seen that the Jordanians are also fighting to the death, and in front of the Najd army is also a camel cavalry, and there are also fire positions equipped with artillery and heavy machine guns.
If in the past, Issam was not afraid of the Jordanians, the cavalry with camels and the cavalry without camels were completely different things, and the Issam could have bypassed the Jordanians' frontal defenses with their mobility and attacked the Jordanians from the side or back, thus breaking down the Jordanians' defensive positions.
But it is impossible now, Isam they don't have camels, this is a cavalry that has lost the ability to move, they can only rely on their own legs, and in the soft desert, relying on human legs to play maneuver and detour, this is tantamount to self-defeat.
Just as Issam and the others were preparing to fight to the death, the "Kangaroo" flew again, this time the "Kangaroo" played not an angel, but a god of death.
When the "kangaroo" flew over the Jordanian position and threw a series of small black dots, Ogbai even exclaimed: "No, the wrong throw, we are here-"
Soon Ogbai shut up, this time the "kangaroos" dropped not parachutes, but strings of bombs, and when the flames and smoke enveloped the Jordanian positions, Issam and all they could do was clean up the battlefield.
The whole attack process was only about five minutes, or three minutes, of course, it could be half an hour, in short, Issam had no concept of time, and all that was churning back and forth in his mind was one sentence: how could this be, why did it happen?
When the smoke cleared, the Jordanian position was unrecognizable, at least 2,000 Jordanian cavalry were killed by high-explosive shells and incendiary bombardments, nearly 3,000 Jordanian cavalry were seriously wounded, they will die tragically in the next few hours in the tossing and wailing, the Najd people have no medical ability to help these poor fellows, and even if there were, Issam they would not use them on these Jordanians.
The seemingly impregnable defensive position was in ruins, the artillery supplied by the British was blown into twists, the heavy machine guns were broken into parts, the Jordanians were defenseless against air raids, and the spare ammunition was stored in the open field, which led to the martyrdom, and all the gunners and machine gunners were killed.
This position of nearly 10,000 Jordanian cavalry was originally filled by Isam and his people, but the Lanfang Air Force only used one air attack to break all the will to resist.
Not bad, at least Issam and Ogbai both have a camel as a means of transportation.
For the rest of the trip, no matter how much Ogbai provoked the topic, Issam had no interest in chatting, and he sat on the back of a camel with his head bowed and thought about his own thoughts, without the slightest joy of victory. Even after arriving in Amman, the "Kangaroos" again parachuted down artillery and command vehicles, and Issam did not feel any surprises.
Issam is already numb, and even if the "kangaroo" throws Allah down, Issam will not be surprised.
In fact, Issam believes that His Majesty the King of Lan Fang may be "Allah" himself.
While Issam and his men were preparing to launch an attack on Amman, Chen Kangjian and Zhou Hongguang were assessing the effectiveness of Kangaroo's support.
Zhou Hongguang is the commander of the air force of Lan Fang, in fact, according to the task of providing logistical support for the Najd army, there is no need for Zhou Hongguang to personally come to Beirut-Baling to command, Zhou Hongguang came to Baling for other tasks, the air force regards providing logistical support for the Najd army as an exercise, in Zhou Hongguang's words, the Lan Fang Air Force is training in the war between Najd and Jordan, so as to accumulate more experience and prepare for more important wars in the future, which gives Zhou Hongguang a reason to go to Baling in person.
With Zhou Hongguang's personal command, the Lanfang Air Force attaches great importance to this support operation, Zhou Hongguang is in charge of the command to coordinate the overall situation, and the support operation is personally responsible for the support operation led by Dou Yongyi, of course, what makes Dou Yongyi feel that the fly in the ointment is that the Jordanians do not have the establishment of the Air Force, so the fighter unit of the Air Force has no chance to show their skills, which makes Dou Yongyi quite regretful.
"The feedback has arrived, the artillery we airdropped is basically no problem, the ten assembled 75mm infantry guns are intact, of course, this is related to the fact that the airdrop ground is a desert area where the ground is relatively soft, the airdropped 'Bulldog' and 'Matador' are no problem, they can basically be started, only one 'Matador' has something wrong with the water tank, after a simple maintenance problem has been eliminated, the airdropped 'Hunter' has a bit of a problem, a total of five' The Stalker', one had a serious problem with the suspension system and was unable to move, one of the 'Stalkers' had loose load-bearing wheels and was being repaired, and another parachute fell off when it was airdropped, and as a result, it smashed into the sand dunes, and the Najd people were still digging out-" Dou Yongyi's face was a little stinky when he reported, and the "Stalker" didn't have a "point" problem, and the airdrop was five and three were damaged, and the problem was a bit serious.
"Hmm--it's basically in line with expectations, the airdrop 'Stalker' was originally a temporary additional project, and it's normal for it to fail." Zhou Hongguang doesn't care, if everything is smooth sailing, it will be a hell.
"Then the result is that only fifty transport planes are needed to provide complete logistics for the infantry of two divisions-" Chen Kangjian touched his chin thoughtfully.
The Lanfang Air Force provided logistical support to the Najd army, and indeed only used 50 transport planes, of course, the number of sorties was a bit much, with an average of a little more than six sorties per aircraft.
"It also depends on the distance and the type of infantry, if our transport plane takes off from Baling, of course there is no problem, but if it takes off from the Arka plane, it is estimated that there will be a little more sorties." Zhou Hongguang looked at the report in his hand and didn't look up, the expression on his face was still satisfied.
Although the destination of the airdrop is the same, it is the Najd army in Jordan, but the airports where the transport planes take off are all different, the farthest is from the Djibouti airport, which is more than 2,300 kilometers away from Jordan.
The airdrop still exposed some deficiencies, during the airdrop from the Djibouti airport to Jordan, two planes deviated from the route, because the "kangaroo" was equipped with radios, and finally successfully completed the airdrop, and one plane broke down after taking off from the Arka plane, fortunately the pilot was experienced, the plane successfully forced landing, the pilot's body was not problematic, but the plane itself was seriously damaged.
Strictly speaking, it is not a very serious problem, and now that it is exposed, it is also conducive to timely correction, and in general, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
"There are more exercises like this, anyway, all that is consumed is gasoline, and we have a lot of Lanfang." Chen Kangjian has an idea and is ready to persist in such an exercise.
"It is not only gasoline that is consumed, but also damage to the aircraft itself, and our aircraft also has a life limit." Zhou Hongguang is not against it, but he just wants to remind Chen Kangjian not to act recklessly.
With Chen Kangjian's character, if it is not restricted, Chen Kangjian can make this kind of exercise a commonplace, Zhou Hongguang does not have time to play with Chen Kangjian, logistics and supply are indeed important, but for Zhou Hongguang, this is only a part of the Air Force's functions.
"If you don't play with me, I'll play by myself, you give me some planes, and I'll get an army aviation corps." Chen Kangjian has a big appetite.
"Don't even think about it!" Zhou Hongguang refused, leaving no room for anything, and even Dou Yongyi next to him glared angrily at Chen Kangjian.
This is digging the foot of the wall in front of the face, how can people bear it!
"Lao Yong, you see that you are only a wing commander in the Air Force, why don't you come to our Army Aviation Corps, and I will make you the commander of the Army Aviation Corps." Chen Kangjian is not afraid, obviously there is not even a shadow, but he said it as if it was a certainty.
"Chen Kangjian, you give Lao Tzu a stop!" Zhou Hongguang immediately became popular.
This is not the way to dig the foot of the wall.