Air-to-ground battles were staged around the Jask oil base, and when the air battles began, the ground battles began. Two British and one Indian divisions, already ready, immediately launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the Jasque area. For the attack of the infantry, as a cover.

The first head-on encounter, the fierce fighting continued until the afternoon. Although more than 30,000 Allied soldiers launched a fierce attack on the Chinese defense line in Jask, and the artillery fire was raging, they were still unable to break through the strong Chinese resistance in a short time.

In the headquarters located forty meters underground at the Jask oil base, Dai Anlan was in the headquarters, listening carefully to the reports on the frontline battlefield. From time to time, you can still feel the vibrations caused by the explosion of artillery shells on the ground.

"From the morning raid to the present, we have repelled many Allied air raids and destroyed a formation of bombers who wanted to make a high-altitude raid. However, the outcome of the air battle cannot be effectively determined at present. This time, the Allies were determined to destroy our air force in one fell swoop, and they did not care about their own losses at all. Feng Anbang said.

"It's normal, and if it were me, I would do it. How much did we lose? The Allied hand did not make Dai Anlan feel that there was anything strange about it, and after many wars, the seizure of air supremacy has become the home of future wars. Whoever can control the air will be able to seize the initiative. It would be strange if the Allies hadn't done that.

Obviously, the Allies did not expect that Jask would have an air force group composed entirely of jet fighters. This made the wishful thinking of the Allies come to naught.

But. The Chinese side is not without any losses. After all, the Allies had an absolute advantage in terms of fighters, and there was a lot of bombing. With these 72 Warhawk-3s in China, it is impossible to completely intercept them.

At the beginning of the air war, the Allies found that it was not so easy to seize air supremacy with Chinese fighters. He immediately adopted a new method and sent the superior number of fighters to fight with the Chinese fighters, and the other planes crossed the air battle battlefield and went straight to the rear of Jask. Attack on important facilities and naval ships stationed at the Jaske base.

He also made a bold decision to let a bomber unit advance alone, in an attempt to use the high altitude to evade China's ground radar and carry out surprise bombing. Merely. At the time when they appeared within the alert range of AWACS. It has already been discovered. The Blue Fox Brigade was then notified to intercept it.

"Our losses were not small, and in the morning raid, although our ships repelled the Allied fighters with strong anti-aircraft fire. But one of our destroyers was badly damaged. At present, it has lost its combat effectiveness. The other ships were also somewhat wounded. The combat effectiveness is quite complete. If there are a few more raids like this in the morning, I am afraid that these warships will be difficult to protect themselves. Feng Anbang said helplessly.

Despite the advance warning. However, in the face of the frantic siege of Allied fighters, the anti-aircraft fire network composed of seven ships still could not fully guarantee the safety of the warships. Faced with a dense network of fire from air defense cruisers, the Allied pilots did not have much chance. But for a destroyer whose anti-aircraft firepower is not very powerful, with a displacement of 3,000 tons, it is also easy to become an object of attack. Although there were also cruisers that shared mutual cover, their own firepower was insufficient, which still became a fatal shortcoming.

Under the siege of the Allied aircraft group, an anti-submarine destroyer was hit by two aerial bombs in a row, and although it did not hit the vital point and did not sink, it had also lost its combat effectiveness. The captain had no choice but to order the crew to abandon the ship, and the destroyer also became a floating object at sea.

"On the airfield side, due to the large number of anti-aircraft fire networks, there were not many losses, only an empty hangar was destroyed, and some ground soldiers who could not evade in time died. There isn't much else to lose. The docks are not too good to be targeted by the Allies for the time being, and the crude oil and tankers stored there are safe. ”

"In this battle, the remains of the soldiers should be preserved as much as possible, and they should also be registered in time. As for the terminals, I guess the Allies also took a fancy to the crude oil stored there. It's not too strange that they don't attack there. ”

"Now we can only hope that the air force will quickly get air supremacy, so that the air force can directly support ground operations, and the pressure on the ground forces will be much less." Feng Anbang said thoughtfully. As he said, after all, he is facing an enemy whose numbers are multiple of his own, and if he has the support of the air force, he can more or less balance the imbalance in strength caused by the numerical gap between the two sides.

"We don't need to worry about this now, believe me, in a few hours, the Allied airfields in India will be swept away, and I will see how they will still seize air supremacy with us. There is one thing that must be let them know that India is also within the strike range of our Chinese Air Force. Dai Anlan said solemnly.

"Oh!" Feng Anbang was a little puzzled, and asked puzzledly: "Old Dai, what's going on?"

"Haha, just when you went to inspect the combat situation of the ground forces, I received news from Hanjing. You'll understand when I say that. His Majesty was furious and angry. Dai Anlan laughed and said, "I rarely see the principal angry, but every time he is angry, he is destined to make a big move." For the Allied raid on the Jask military base, the headmaster was really angry this time. ”

Feng Anbang nodded thoughtfully and replied, "I understand." ”

"It's noon Hanjing time, and I think in another four hours, there will be news. When the time comes, it will be possible to make Bradley jump to his feet. Glancing at his watch, Dai Anlan looked very excited.

Previously, he had been worried about the threat from the Allied air, but when he received the news of Hanjing, this fear was swept away. Now his task is to hold on to this place for five days. Han King's help was to sweep away all the Allied air power over India.

"Now immediately order the ground defense forces, give me a hard blow, don't save ammunition, tomorrow a batch of supplies will arrive. Especially our artillery regiment, don't save me ammunition, don't let the allies on the opposite side sing a one-man show, don't let them think that Lao Tzu is easy to bully. "For the first time, Dai Anlan gave the order for the artillery unit to attack.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Feng Anbang nodded, he didn't want to fight any aggrieved battles. Before, because of the attack of the Allied air force, he was very unhappy.

After receiving the order from the headquarters, the artillery regiment, which had been watching all along, immediately began to act, and they also held their breath before. Now it's time for those white people to see how powerful the Chinese artillery is.

Five kilometers behind the front line of Jask, here is a hill, and beyond that is the residential area of the Jaske base. It is the last line of defense of the Chinese Jask. In fact, this hill has been hollowed out, and under the hill, there are many reinforced concrete gates.

After receiving Dai Anlan's order, a heavy cannon was pushed out of the gate, and there were twelve Vulcan rocket launchers among them. A total of twenty-four 155 field plus howitzers, twelve Vulcan rocket launchers, is the entire strength of the heavy artillery regiment of the Jask base. This is not all the artillery numbers in Jask, if you count the number of artillery in the entire base, it will not be so small.

The flattened muzzle forms a pentagonal row, with the barrel on one side of the front of the pentagon, and the barrel cooling devices distributed on the other four sides.

Under the rapid manipulation of the artillery, the gun carriage is deployed, the barrel is tilted up, the elements are calibrated, and the range is observed.

Two of the soldiers were holding a special shell clip, which was picked up and placed on an automatic ammunition feeder. China's latest infantry artillery no longer needs to be loaded manually, and the original loader has become a cleaning cartridge case. The automatic ammunition feeding device can load the shells placed on it into the barrel. China's current ammunition supply devices are only installed in the latest 155 mm and above howitzers. Automatic ammunition feeding, capable of placing four shells. After four shots, the shells had to be put into the reloader again.

On the front-line battlefield, at this time it was already shrouded in gunsmoke. In front of the first line of defense, you can still see many destroyed tanks, lying in front of the line, the flames burning in the tanks, billowing smoke.

Many Allied soldiers were hiding behind these scrapped tanks, hiding from the attacks of the Chinese soldiers on the defensive line.

After Dai Anlan gave the order for the heavy artillery regiment to participate in the battle, the battle on the defensive line finally ushered in the first "intermission" after five or six hours of continuous fighting.

At this time, both the Allied soldiers and the Chinese soldiers in the defense line were already very tired after several hours of fighting. The front-line troops of the two sides who were fighting also changed several times.

The break lasted only a few minutes, and then under a yellow flare, the Allied artillery group again launched a new round of shelling of the Chinese positions.

Faced with the scene of tossing and turning, the Chinese soldiers hiding in the bunkers quietly leaned together and listened to the rumbling cannons above.

As an oil base built by China for more than ten years, it is also an important source of oil for China. This has always been the target of Chen Shao's focus. In particular, the fortifications here, although there is no such thing as a city wall, are strong enough military defenses to block the frontal attack of large-caliber heavy artillery.

China has always maintained a strong offensive capability. If it is a defensive line, its defense standard is much higher than that of other countries. Reinforced concrete is the minimum standard for China to build a long-term defense line.

Soldiers hiding in trenches, from time to time wipe the assault rifles in their hands. Among them, many soldiers were already wrapped in gauze. The camouflage uniforms on their bodies, like their faces, had become dirty. The blackness brought by the smoke of gunpowder, and the blood stains that appeared on his body from time to time.

Feeling the vibration coming from the ground, the eyes of all the soldiers were determined and full of murderous intent. (To be continued.) )