Just when Gao Zhihong wanted to take the wingman out of the offensive position, a string of bullets suddenly shot from above, hitting the middle of the fuselage of the enemy plane, and the injured metal could not withstand the huge stress in the air, and the F84 fighter disintegrated on the spot.

When Gao Zhihong looked at the fighter plane that was shooting, he found that its wings were painted with the logo of an eagle. The unique pattern on the nose of the aircraft unmistakably told Gao Zhihong that the pilot of this plane was Major General Hartman, the first ace pilot of the Yaman Empire.

"Hey, brother, how's it going?" Living together these days, Hartman was already familiar with many Chinese Imperial pilots, so after seeing Gao Zhihong's golden plane, he immediately stepped forward to relieve the siege.

"Why are you here?" Hearing Hartman's voice, Gao Zhihong was a little surprised, they, the air force units of the Yaman Resurrection Army, were only training in the territory of the Cossack Empire, ready to follow the Restoration Army at any time to attack, but they didn't expect that at the critical moment of the air battle, they actually joined the war group.

Hartman smiled: "I haven't participated in an air battle for a long time, my hands are very itchy, and seeing that you guys are fighting so fiercely, I also came to join in the fun." ”

Then Hartmann whistled and shouted into the microphone: "Young men of the Yaman Empire, you can't disgrace the motherland, it's time for us to go." The Yamaman pilots, who were also flying the Golden Eagle 4 fighters, cheered, and they joined the battle group as fast as they could.

With the new force of the Yaman Restoration Army, the pressure on the Axis air force has increased greatly, and the Axis pilots who have been fighting for half an hour are already a little tired, and the planes are running out of ammunition and fuel, and they seem to be a little flustered after being hit by the Yaman Restoration Army.

The Yaman Restoration Army was full of fuel and ammunition, and they were all elite pilots of the Yaman Air Force back then, and their technical level was quite high. Under their onslaught, the Axis fighters began to lose speed, and seeing that the situation was not right, the Axis air force hurriedly chose to retreat.

Not only did the air support not achieve much effect, but it lost a lot of aircraft, even three times more than the number of NATO planes, which made the top brass of the Axis air forces furious, and they even more anxiously urged the country to quickly equip the troops with the F86 fighter jets that had already begun trial production.

It's not just the Air Force that's furious, the Army is also quite angry. The army did not have the cover of amphibious combat vehicles, the troops crossing the river suffered heavy casualties, losing more than 200,000 people in one day, and the water of the Dnieper was almost cut off by floating corpses, how could this not allow Howell to catch fire.

After severely reprimanding the commander of the army and the commander of the army group, Howell ordered the offensive to intensify tomorrow, and to cross the Dnieper River in an effort to encircle the millions of blocking troops on the opposite bank.

Now Howell has nothing too good to do, he can only let the army speed up the pace of attack, because the autumn rainy season is almost over, and when the first snow falls, his attack must be stopped. Without the lubricants and gasoline antifreeze used in winter, all mechanized equipment, including the trucks of the logistics department, would have come to a standstill, and now he has begun to make preparations with both hands, while strengthening the offensive, in various cities on the line from Fastov to Kanev, a large number of wintering supplies are hoarded.

The next morning, the Axis forces increased the number of attacking troops to 2.3 million, and at the same time, a large number of artillery pieces were directly pushed down the river bank, bombarding the one million Japanese troops defending on the opposite bank and a small number of Imperial Chinese Defense Force troops with more intense artillery fire, even completely ignoring the artillery counterattack of the NATO allies.

Time waits for no one, and they are ready to fight hard before winter is coming. The pressure on the positions along the river was increasing, and the number of casualties of the Japanese army continued to rise, and the number of dead in just one morning was as high as 30,000. Gao Deyu felt that the time was almost ripe, and after resisting for a long time, he ordered the troops defending the positions along the river to retreat to the second line for defense.

The Axis troops who were burying their heads in the attack suddenly felt the pressure relaxed, and a large number of assault boats quickly approached the east bank of the Dnieper River, and Maxson, who had been kicked out of the hospital, was also among the charging team, he was the first to rush up the steep bank with his rifle, and he didn't want to try a second time in the icy water.

Quickly lying on the ground, Maxson slowly arched up the river embankment like a catfish on the shore, he was afraid of being shot by a stray catapult. Poking his head out of the embankment, Maxson found that the position was empty, but he was still cautious and watching, for fear that NATO soldiers would suddenly rush out and shoot at him.

Maxson's prudence saved him once more, and the soldiers who had landed behind him quickly rushed up the embankment with their guns in hand, and they were greeted by a dense rain of bullets from the second line of trenches, and the soldiers who had just landed on the embankment were knocked down in pieces.

Seeing the ferocity of fire on the opposite side, some Axis soldiers hurriedly jumped into the abandoned trenches along the river, but as soon as they jumped into the trenches, they were touched by the mines planted by the Chinese Imperial sappers before retreating. A series of explosions knocked them to the ground, and the trenches and nearby river embankments were blown down in many places due to the power of the mines. A bloody palm with green smoke fell in front of Maxson's eyes, causing him to shrink his neck and lie on the riverbank, never daring to take a step forward.

After all, the number of mines was limited, but the Axis forces quickly occupied the first line of trenches, using the still intact part of the trenches to engage NATO soldiers in the second line of trenches.

Excited to hear that the army had landed successfully, Howell immediately ordered more troops to begin crossing the river, while having the engineer units erect a large number of pontoon bridges to allow the chariot troops to pass. Perhaps due to demoralization after losing the line of defense along the river, the NATO coalition forces lost several trenches in succession under the onslaught of the Axis forces, and in just half a day abandoned all the nearby defense lines, and they withdrew directly to the second line of defense located in the hilly terrain.

It was difficult to erect pontoon bridges that could withstand the passage of chariots, and it was not until sunset that less than twenty pontoon bridges were built. After less than five hundred tanks passed through the pontoon, it was already completely dark. It was very dangerous to cross the pontoon bridge at night, so Howell had to order the mechanized troops to stop crossing the bridge and only place enough alert troops in the trenches abandoned by the NATO coalition forces on the opposite side to prevent the other side from counterattacking at night.

The Axis forces that had successfully landed were highly demoralized, believing that victory was within reach, and that they could crush the NATO Allies stationed in the second line of defense and annihilate them in one fell swoop as long as they transported the main forces across the river tomorrow, but they did not realize that they were in a very dangerous situation when they had landed.