"2 armored battalions and 3 infantry battalions! Haydn, the Allies have pinned their hopes of victory on me, and I have pinned their hopes for victory on yours, and I have no more troops to squander! I have only 4 regiments of combat strength in my hands, 1 armored regiment and 1 infantry regiment are handed over to you. Fight well! Schrager said to Haydn before giving the final order to attack. As he said, Schrager had almost wiped out all the money of the Austro-Hungarian legion. If you can't win, you can't help it, this force even surpassed the initial attack, the first attack on the second line of defense of the Russian army was only 4 battalions, of which only one armored battalion was strong.

Schrager and Haydn repeatedly deduced every detail on the sand table, making up for every conceivable oversight and loophole. CONSIDERING THAT THE OPPONENT MAY BE SUPPRESSED WITH LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY, SCHLAGER SPECIALLY ADJUSTED THE POSITION OF THE 150MM CANNON, AND AT THE SAME TIME ARRANGED FOR THE AIR FORCE TO SUPPRESS THE OPPONENT'S ARTILLERY POSITIONS. Considering that the enemy might launch another armored assault on his flank, Schrager used the night to advance the anti-tank gun positions and deploy them on both flanks to provide cover. Considering that the depth of the opponent will be relatively long, there may also be minefields or obstacles. Schrager specially strengthened the engineering forces that accompanied the troops, which were used to clear obstacles along the way. Even the Russian infantry liked to use submachine guns and had more heavy melee firepower, so Schrager specially concentrated the submachine guns of other units and distributed them to the attacking troops. All conceivable problems were dealt with, and even the plan of the Austro-Hungarian troops to shorten the attack distance by moving to the attack position in advance at night was arranged. Just wait for tomorrow dawn to attack.

The Austrians were ready to fight hard, and the Russians were also the most crucial part of the battle. Their mission is to hold their opponents in a firm grip and then beat the Reservoir Dogs when the Chinese Air Force and Army launch a counterattack. Taking into account the disadvantages in heavy equipment. General Gallen decisively abandoned the forward positions, and he put the main forces further back. At the beginning of the battle, a small number of troops will be used to delay the opponent with the help of fortifications, and the opponent's offensive path will be blocked with artillery. CONSIDERING THE STORAGE OF THE OPPONENT'S LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY, HE ALSO RESET THE ARTILLERY POSITION, PULLED THE HEAVY ARTILLERY POSITION TO THE BACK, AND GOT OUT OF THE OPPONENT'S 150MM CANNON STRIKE RANGE, ANYWAY, THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN HEAVY ARTILLERY WAS CLEANED UP, SO HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. After the arrangement, General Gallen also had a trace of expectation for the Huaxia strategic bomber force, and he was very curious to know what would happen to this air raid.

When the Austro-Hungarian artillery roared again, Rear Admiral Haydn's new and final attack finally began. Schrager did not lose his words. He concentrated all his forces to help Haydn break through the opposing positions, and a ball of fire rose from the artillery positions in the rear, and the raining shells covered the tanks and infantry to slowly advance forward, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which had already suffered losses, cleared trenches and minefields under the cover of tanks and artillery, and the Austro-Hungarian regiment cleared the obstacles in its path like a bulldozer. Perhaps it was the attrition of the previous period that caused the Russian legionnaires to suffer heavy losses, and they now relied more on long-range firepower to hold off their opponents than to engage them at close range. A qiē was all expected by Schrager. I'm already very tired, and the other person is even more than me.

The Austro-Hungarian army stabbed into the enemy's position like a long hair, and constantly tore through the opponent's line horizontally and deeply. The initial attack was very smooth. But things have changed over time! The Huaxia Air Force has been dispatched on a large scale! Although this was also expected by Schrager, some of the other party's actions made him a little incomprehensible! They didn't invest much in bombers and attack aircraft, as if the Austro-Hungarian regiments below simply didn't exist. As soon as they entered the position, they began to chase the Austro-Hungarian group, and after scaring away the low-altitude attack planes, they began to spare no effort to deal with the fighters in the air.

"General, the other side's plane is flying in the direction of our depth. Although this was often the case in previous days, today it seems that both the number and the distance of the break-in are a bit large. "Before the staff officer reports this information. Schrager was not worried about today's battle, but after hearing the news. He couldn't help but gasp. "The other side is conducting reconnaissance on our rear, and this process has been going on for a long time? But what is the purpose of this? We're about to hit their doorstep. Does it really make sense to do so? Schrager was lost in thought, and at this time, the command of the Huaxia Air Force was making a final verification of the location and order of the attack target based on the intelligence of the reconnaissance aircraft. And the strategic bomber forces flying from the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea are also about to cross the border line between Iran and the Ottoman Empire and enter the valley of the two rivers!

"It's time to break the radio silence and get ready to assign tasks." In the battle plan, in addition to the initial take-off formation and the assignment of attack tasks before entering the battlefield. Radio communications were to be cut as low as possible throughout the fleet. This will reduce the likelihood of exposure. And China did overestimate its opponents, Austria-Hungary lacked reliable electronic reconnaissance equipment, let alone a German system of electronic reconnaissance aircraft. Until the Huaxia Strategic Bomber Wing appeared at the visual distance of the opponent, the Austro-Hungarian Legion did not find the opponent at all!

The entire fleet formed a total of 12 huge box formations in squadrons. Each box houses 16 heavy bombers. And in front of them are auxiliary aircraft groups responsible for guidance and electronic interference, and above them and on the flanks are escort fighters. In addition to air combat, these aircraft will suppress the opposing side's anti-aircraft fire to accompany the bomber group.

It's not the same as when the Germans bombed Italian cities. If the former is the difficulty of the dungeon. Then this time the Huaxia Air Force is facing the difficulty of wild monsters, or the kind that is as simple as 50% blood! Regardless of whether the German strategic bomber force succeeded or failed, at least the other side had early warning, had more fighters, and had strong anti-aircraft firepower on the ground. Even in the initial strategic bombing, the Luftwaffe was afraid of the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery, and did not dare to reduce the altitude too much, and dropped the bomb at an altitude of 5,000 meters. But this time was different. The Austro-Hungarian regiment was not given advance warning, and the few fighters in the air were driven away. Before entering the battlefield, you will not encounter air interception, but after entering the battlefield? The Austro-Hungarian regiment was already limited in number with anti-aircraft artillery. Moreover, the deployment is very scattered, and more importantly, a lot of anti-aircraft artillery has been sent to the grassroots level to be used for anti-tank or bunkering. This loose deployment. There will be no threat in the face of a large-scale strategic bomber force!

"What sound?" An Austro-Hungarian officer raised his head vigilantly, and a voice like a tidal wave came from a distance. At this time, the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke. Looking into the air, it was a little indistinct. "Maybe the other party is going to launch a counterattack?" A soldier next to him raised his head suspiciously, then picked up the binoculars next to him and looked into the distance. At this time, the comrades in front were rushing forward over the trenches, and the other side did not seem to resist strongly. There was no sign of a counterattack either. The unconquered lines were quiet, with only the occasional tongue of flaming machine guns and falling shells reminding them that the war was not over.

And at this time, the bomber units that had already entered the battlefield began to disband in formation. The fleet, which stretched for several kilometers, was further dispersed and began to perform tasks in squadrons or even squads. This time, the Huaxia Air Force will adopt the tactics of low-altitude horizontal bombing. "Theoretically, the bombing height cannot exceed 500 meters! There is no minimum limit! How to give me how to vote! Duan Tianming ordered before leaving. Like a piece of slowly melting ice, the huge fleet of aircraft formed into small formations and further reduced altitude before entering the battlefield, by which time the pilots could already see their own logistics base and the tanks and armored vehicles of Tian Yong's division assembled in the rear for a counterattack. According to intelligence, less than 20KM in front is the place where the two sides are fighting. That's only 4 minutes!

"Let's get started! Everywhere we go, not a single grass grows! Duan Tianming's words sounded in the channel. This also heralded the beginning of strategic bombing and the beginning of the Chinese counterattack! The first squadron entered the battlefield in a scattered four-plane formation. The huge meching body shimmered silver in the sun's rays. (In order to reduce the weight, the Huaxia fleet even scraped the paint!) Historically, the U.S. imperialists have also scraped the paint of P47. And the Austro-Hungarian troops on the ground finally saw through the smoke of these Grim Reapers, who flew hundreds of meters in the air!

The roar of hundreds of high-powered engines grew louder and louder as the distance approached, and if the Austrians in front of them heard only the sound of the tide, then the sound now can be described as a tsunami! The whistling sound of thousands of high-power engines in the entire attack force gradually became clear, and even covered the sound of guns and shouts on the battlefield. The white lines left behind by the condensation of exhaust gases from the rear of the engine are also clear. (Generally speaking, this is only the case at high altitude.) But if you're writing a novel, let's take care of it. The spectacular sight of hundreds of white lines intersecting in the air shocked both sides at the same time.

With the sound of thunderbolts, the bombers that first entered the battlefield suddenly erupted into brilliant rings of fire, and more than a dozen machine guns on each plane began to shoot bullets like a torrential rain at the Austro-Hungarian troops on the ground. According to normal standards, a Huaxia Fortress bomber has 14 machine guns, which are distributed in a total of 6 batteries in the nose, the top of the aircraft, the belly, the tail and the sides. In the nose of the aircraft were 4 M2 machine guns. The firepower of a full 14 large-caliber machine guns is more than the large-caliber machine guns attached to three companies of the ordinary army! Hundreds of machine guns fired at the same time, and the bullets surged forward as the planes flew in a rolling barrage. This barrage is like a shredder, smashing a qiē it encounters along the way to pieces! Even jumping into a trench is inevitable to death, and these powerful and penetrating bullets can be used to make a breast wall of earth. And because of the high drop angle, most of the bullets can be driven directly into the trench from above!

The squadron that was the first to attack used machine-gun fire like a plough to bullet the gap that had just been opened by Austria-Hungary, and the entire squad and platoon were torn to pieces by the sudden blow. The breach, less than 1 kilometer wide, was instantly closed by ferocious fire, and this was only the beginning. When the infantry was swept away, the real drama had just begun. Sixteen bombers flew unhindered towards the rear. Their targets are all sorts of armored vehicles, artillery and trucks! A distance of several kilometers is only a few tens of seconds for a bomber with a cruising speed of more than 300 KM. Before the machine-gun fire was over, the huge magazine had already opened the hatch. The rows of bombs hanging from the bombing period inside are revealed!

The Austrians, who had never expected that strategic bombers could be used in this way, were so frightened by the murderous bombers on the opposite side that they were engulfed in a barrage of bombs before they even had time to evacuate. Since it is considered to bomb exposed targets, it is necessary not to use bombs that are too powerful. ALL 16 BOMBERS WERE LOADED WITH 100KG OF SMALL HIGH-EXPLOSIVE BOMBS, SO THAT THIS GROUP COULD DROP NEARLY 500 BOMBS AT A TIME!

If the machine-gun fire just now was a raging storm, then the current round of attacks is like a tsunami, one bomb after another detached from the pylons and then shook and fell to the ground, dozens of kilograms of explosives exploded on the ground to blow up huge craters, and then the shock wave generated by the explosion with dust and debris formed a huge white radial air mass. These air masses are superimposed on each other and affect each other. The whole ground was boiling like boiling water. From time to time, violent explosions were heard, and the bombs covered the entire target area like a carpet. After the fact, the bomber forces specifically called this bombing carpet bombing. Like a seeder, the bombs were dropped at approximate intervals, covering the entire area!

In just a dozen seconds, in the continuous rising smoke columns and sky-high fires, a large number of artillery pieces and trucks were torn to pieces by the furious attack, and two tanks that could not dodge were also directly hit, and a bomb smashed directly on the rear engine of the Iranian tank like a hammer, probably because the impact was a little violent, and the fuse was broken, but the bomb wrapped in huge kinetic energy still smashed the tank to pieces like a hammer. The other tank was even worse, the violent explosion directly blew the turret into the air dozens of meters into the air, and the heavy armor and strong hull were twisted into a ball as if torn apart by a pair of big hands. The rear of the hull, which was directly shot, was left with blackened fragments.

With the deployment of the follow-up attack force, the intensive and accurate bombing of the strategic bomber force blew the entire attacking force to pieces without the need for the Russians to take action. While the tanks were able to survive with their heavy armor, as long as they didn't hit them directly, the rest of the lightly armored vehicles, artillery, and trucks were all folded here. Even shrapnel flying at high speed has the potential to penetrate the defenses of infantry fighting vehicles. After rounds of bombardment, the battlefield was devastated, littered with burning wreckage and mutilated corpses.

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