The Nantes army suffered casualties one after another, and the scale of the other party's bombing was even greater than that of the Nantes Air Force a few days ago, seeing the tragic situation on the ground, the commander of the Nantes Air Force, who was still fighting with the other side, could no longer hold back, he directly used the command flag in the air to issue an order to attack the opponent's bombers, and then no matter how many people saw his flag, he first flew over with his two wingmen.

Since the countries of the western continent do not have radio communication equipment, they are basically in a state of no command when fighting in the air, and in an emergency, they can only use signal flags similar to the navy to command, but how can the signal flag be seen clearly when the aircraft is in the air, and this command method can only be regarded as better than nothing.

There weren't many pilots who saw the commander's signal, but the commander's actions were the norm, and seeing their commander shake off the Habfsburg fighters they were fighting with and pounce straight on the opposing bomber group, all the Nantes pilots chose to get out of the fight.

Relying on better flying skills, the Nantes pilots quickly broke free from the entanglement of their opponents, and the remaining 70 or so fighters rushed straight to the raging bomber group. Having slipped a bomber into his crosshairs, the Nantes commander pressed the trigger of the machine gun hard.

The 7.7 mm aviation machine gun let out an angry roar, and a long line of bullets drew a beautiful arc, like a bright scimitar piercing into the sky, and the scimitar swinging in the direction of flight quickly found the bulky bomber and cut into the huge fuselage of the bomber without hindrance.

The wooden fuselage was not sturdy, and before the bomber pilot could react, his tail had already detached from the fuselage and rolled to the ground. The battered bomber emitted a puff of black smoke, and then the plane, which had lost its operation, plunged headlong to the ground.

With two explosions in quick succession, the nose and tail of the four-engine bomber crashed near a hill and turned into flames, and the Nantes soldiers who saw this scene could not help but cheer.

More and more Nantes planes approached, and more than a dozen bombers were shot down one after another. These bombers are very expensive, each of which costs a million Chinese dollars, and you can buy almost ten fighters, so it is really distressing to lose them like this. In fact, the top leaders of both countries are subconsciously reluctant to use bombers, and the high price is also one of the main factors.

Seeing that the bombers were shot down one after another, the fighters of the two air forces rushed forward one after another, and the fighters of the Nantes Air Force fired fiercely with their machine guns. The Nantes pilots, who were biting the bombers, did not pay attention to the bullets from behind them, they just rushed towards the bombers one after another, because they knew that as long as they shot down the opponent's bombers, their comrades on the ground could be safe and block the opponent's ground attack.

The battle in the air was extremely chaotic, and the bombers were chased and hid in all directions, no longer bothering to drop bombs on the ground, while the Nantes fighters were in hot pursuit, pouring all their firepower on these bulky planes that had no ability to defend themselves, regardless of the desperate pursuit of the fighters of the two countries.

The fighters of the Nantes Army were shot down one after another, and even the most skilled pilots could not avoid every stream of fire that shot at them, but they still bit the other side's bombers with a fearless spirit and did not give them a chance to bomb their allies.

None of the air forces in the Western Continent are equipped with parachutes, it's not that Fang Xiaoyu forgot, because the pilots of the Chinese Air Force have such configurations. The reason why Fang Xiaoyu did not sell this kind of supporting product to the Western Continent was because he did not want to see the countries of the Western Continent accumulate too many ace pilots, which would not be beneficial to the participation of the Chinese Imperial Air Force in the future war.

The current Western Continental Air Force is a suicidal profession, and the pilots wearing beautiful flight suits and goggles look beautiful, but in fact, their average lifespan on the battlefield is only one and a half months.

Once the planes of these Western Continent pilots were injured and caught fire, they had only three choices, the first was to risk the possibility of falling to their deaths, the second was to wait to be burned to death by the fire, and the third was to solve their lives with guns. However, these pilots knew how high the chances of their death were, but they still resolutely rushed towards the bomber group that threatened their army comrades.

The bombers of the coalition forces were shot down one after another, and watching the unfatal onslaught of the Nantes Air Force, those bomber pilots finally became timid, they didn't care about dropping bombs, and they all turned around and fled to their own airfields. Seeing that the crisis on the ground had been lifted, the Nantes Air Force immediately got rid of the opponent and returned home, at this time the air commander looked left and right, and the Nantes Air Force had only thirty-one fighters left in the air.

Looking at his teammates, who had survived only a third of the time, the commander burst into tears, and he vowed to report to his superiors when he returned, asking for more fighter jets. If these good pilots had enough teammates to help, their losses would have been reduced by a lot.

Seeing the retreat of the Nantes Air Force, the coalition fighter group, which had no bombers to escort, also returned. The end of the air battle did not mean the end of the battle, after the bombers left, the Allied command decided that there was no danger, the army artillery immediately began to cover the fire, and at the same time, the infantry, under the cover of the tank group, began to charge along the whole line.

Marshal Petain had been holding back, watching his troops being bombed and shelled, but not using his heavy weapons, and when he saw that the enemy had attacked, all the artillery of the Nantes army opened fire together. Mountain artillery, cannons, howitzers, and even mortars of different calibers began to fire at the incoming enemy troops, and the black clouds that exploded covered the battlefield, and the light seemed to suddenly dim.

In between the explosion of the shells, armed with bayonet Arthur 88 rifles, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Habuafsburg and the Grand Duchy of Sardinia ran deep and shallow through the battlefield full of craters and remnants of barbed wire, and rushed towards each other's positions.

Seeing that the Nantes artillery began to fire, many coalition heavy artillery immediately changed direction and suppressed the Nantes artillery with their own heavy artillery. At this moment, the reinforced artillery division that Marshal Pétain had been keeping suddenly opened fire, and dozens of 155 mm heavy howitzers let out a neat roar, and the huge shells streaked across the space of 13 kilometers, accurately landing on the Allied artillery positions, and blowing down a piece of the Allied artillery that was firing vigorously.

Seeing that the opponent's heavy artillery was firing, the coalition heavy artillery quickly changed its target, and the artillery on both sides endured huge casualties and launched a tragic artillery battle. The artillery of both sides was attacked one by one, and the corpses of the artillerymen were scattered into pieces by the air wave, which was scattered over the entire artillery position, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Without the support of artillery, relying only on various light and heavy machine guns and the bayonets of the soldiers could not stop the approaching tank troops. Seeing the opposing chariot getting closer and closer, some red-eyed Nantes soldiers jumped to their feet, holding bundles of grenades and pounced on the oncoming chariots, and with the fierce hugging, one after another the coalition chariots were overturned turrets, or burst into flames and exploded.

More and more Nantes soldiers rushed out of the trenches and rushed towards the opposing chariots, and soon the other Nantes soldiers also held up their bayonet rifles and pounced on the infantry of the opposing coalition army.

"Now, let's go." Spotting the warplane, Marshal Pétain immediately ordered the only chariot regiment to be thrown into battle. These tanks of the Nantes Empire wedged into the allied charging team from the side of the battlefield, relying on the side-by-side machine guns on the vehicles, frantically slaughtering the unprotected coalition infantry following the chariots, and the troops of both sides were completely entangled.

The bomber group of the Nantes Air Force took advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's aircraft to return and flew to the battlefield, and they rushed straight to the artillery positions of the coalition forces, dived down desperately, and threw bombs at the enemy's artillery positions in the form of low-altitude bombs, favorably supporting their own artillery.

The coalition forces were not unprepared, firing one after another with machine guns, an anti-aircraft machine gun unit dedicated to protecting artillery, and the dense bullets intertwined into a rain of bullets, tearing apart one dive bomber after another. Although the Nantes army still broke through the enemy's machine-gun fire and dropped bombs on the coalition artillery positions, the Nantes air force also lost most of its bombers.

The fierce fighting lasted a whole day, both sides paid a heavy price, and the coalition headquarters had to choose to retreat temporarily. In this day's operation, the coalition forces lost more than 80 combat vehicles, more than 150 artillery pieces, and 70,000 soldiers, and the air force lost 46 bombers and more than 100 fighters.

Although the Nantes army was on the defensive, its losses were not small. The tank regiment was basically crippled, more than 100 artillery pieces were lost, and the most important thing was that the shortage of soldiers lost more than 50,000, and the Nantes air force had no ability to fight again.

Looking at the battle damage report in his hand, Marshal Petain felt cold for a while, he had done everything he could, but unfortunately his own military strength was still too weak, and he didn't know how many days he could hold out, if he missed here, Marshal Petain didn't dare to imagine how much the battle situation would be eroded.

Just when Marshal Petain closed his eyes and thought about how the next battle would be fought, a staff officer rushed in: "Marshal, something has happened, something has happened." ”

Marshal Petain opened his eyes violently, his eyes flashed, and he stared directly at the staff officer and said, "If there is something, tell me quickly." ”

The staff officer said excitedly: "Marshal, it's a good thing, a good thing." There was civil strife in the Grand Duchy of Sardinia. The staff officer waved the telegram in his hand and uttered the shocking news in some incoherent words.

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