910 Battle of the Lowlands II
Before the Netherlands joined the European Union, it basically relied on the Tang Dynasty for national defense. www.biquge.info But then the Netherlands began to see the military presence of the Tang Dynasty as a stumbling block, and believed that there was no possibility of disputes between European countries, so they began to build their own military force, and formed an army of 100,000 people.
The national policy of the Netherlands itself is distorted and torn, and the mainstream public opinion has not been able to completely stabilize whether it is inclined to the Tang Dynasty or Europe. However, when the bourgeois party came to power, the Netherlands began to clearly oppose the Tang Dynasty. This is inseparable from economic reasons, the Dutch industry has long been reduced to Datang's followers, basically selling Datang commodities, assisting in finance, and the majority of profits are made by Datang businessmen. Datang has always clearly opposed the Netherlands' liberal financial markets, such as futures, securities and other fields, Datang has strict laws and also has constraints on the Netherlands, which makes countless Dutch capitalists who want to get rich very dissatisfied.
Therefore, the fundamental reason for the gradual separation between the Netherlands and Datang is because Datang is in an advantageous position in the economic relationship with the Netherlands, and the Dutch are red-eyed and hope to get more. Assuming that the Netherlands is on the side of Europe, it will undoubtedly be more advantageous for the Netherlands to become the center of European shipping and to adopt more aggressive and profitable financial instruments. Of course, for the healthy and balanced development of the country, it is not so certain.
The 3rd Division of the Tang Army quickly routed about a brigade of Dutch troops near Rosendaal, but the Dutch army was not slow to react, and the Dutch army immediately dispatched two divisions of about 30,000 troops to defend the Maas River defense line. The main ground forces of the Don Army in the Netherlands were stationed in Tilburg in the south and Utrecht in the north, and the Dutch forces around Roosendal were routed, allowing the Tang to ensure the security of a large number of air force airfields in the Belgian direction. However, if the Don army could not break through the defense line of the Maas River and protect the Tang army barracks in Utrecht, then the more than 8,000 army soldiers and service personnel there would be besieged by the Dutch army.
In fact, the Dutch army did just that. The Dutch army dispatched their air force units to launch an attack on the Utrecht army facilities of the Tang Army. This operation unsurprisingly failed, because the Datang Air Force reduced its forces and launched a bombing of Dutch air force facilities and radar stations, and in just 15 hours, the Dutch Air Force lost about 500 military aircraft of various types, four military airfields, and seven auxiliary facilities, and basically lost the ability to launch attacks.
The Datang Air Force also planned to bomb the Dutch army to suppress its operational strength, but this problem also came, without the attack of the three Datang aviation divisions from the direction of Belgium, the French and German troops on the east and west sides of Belgium quickly assembled, and nearly 200,000 French and German troops formed a flanking attack, aiming directly at the military base group established by Datang in Belgium.
Although Datang has been preparing for many years before the war, including from the beginning of the dispatch of troops to Ukraine, the military has been prepared, but when the war really began, various problems still came flooding. The General Staff Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense of Datang had predicted before the war that the Tang Army troops in the Netherlands and Belgium would become the target of public criticism in the early stage of the war, and the European Union would completely remove the threat from this position at all costs.
In order to relieve the pressure on the Datang military base group in Western Europe as much as possible, Datang began to exert pressure on European countries from other directions. Datang has been operating in North Africa for more than 10 years, and has been quite effective, with millions of Chinese living there, a large number of troops stationed there, and various military facilities built.
The bomber units of the Datang Air Force in North Africa immediately organized and launched a larger area of air strikes against Germany and France on the European continent. However, the difficulty of this kind of air attack is very great, first of all, the combat distance of more than 1500 kilometers, although the H-6 tactical bomber is not a problem, but can escort, only the Datang Air Force J-8 Flying Leopard heavy fighter can be competent, and this is still in the need to hang three auxiliary fuel tanks, and air refueling can be completed. Second, if they want to bomb the German and French troops that are preparing to attack Belgium during the assembly, they will inevitably fly over a large area of French and German airspace, and these two countries will certainly do their best to take off their warplanes to intercept them. The Spitfire's performance as an interceptor may be far from that of the Flying Leopard, but this will inevitably cause problems for the escorting Flying Leopard, because the air combat requires abandoning the auxiliary fuel tank and bringing greater fuel consumption. In the course of the flight, the French and German forces can carry out more than two batches of interceptions, which brings more challenges and pressure to the long-range bombing of the Datang Air Force.
However, the best way is that during the entire bombing process, all Datang military aircraft flew at an altitude of 12,000 meters, which is a distance that the Spitfire cannot fly. According to intelligence, it is said that Europe is jointly developing a new fighter with a practical altitude of about 12,000 meters, but even if there is one at this time, the number is very small and not enough to threaten the Datang Air Force.
Moreover, in order to aid the plight of the Tang Army in Western Europe, the Datang Air Force also spared no cost, and the H-6 used low-cost improvised guided bombs during the beginning of the war. This time, bombers were sent from North Africa to bomb France and Germany, and the Datang Air Force directly attached cruise missiles to the H-6.
The Changjian series of cruise missiles is the first type of general-purpose cruise missile developed by Datang Military Industry, and its technical indicators are still a certain distance from the Tomahawks of the US military on the other side. The use of a relatively mature turbojet engine, a missile length of up to 8 meters, and a total weight of nearly 3 tons make the Longsword-1 cruise missile more than one size larger than the Tomahawk. The only thing that can be praised is that the warhead is relatively powerful, and there are many types, which can be used to kill and injure infantry, hit hard-point targets, anti-radiation, and even anti-ship models.
The cost of this thing is much more expensive than ordinary guided bombs modified with iron bombs and seekers, and the Datang Air Force has always disliked to use this, because the cost-effectiveness ratio is too poor, and the cost of one of its own missiles is higher than that of several European fighters. However, by taking advantage of long-range bombing, Datang bombers can launch cruise missiles with a range of 1,500 kilometers without flying over the European continent, reducing the danger of bombing operations.
However, so far, the Datang military has not come up with the idea of using ballistic missiles, and is obviously preparing to use them as a killer weapon. (To be continued.) )