Chapter 137: Air-Ground Battle

After being attacked, the imperial army reacted quickly, and under the command of General Luther, two infantry divisions, one cavalry division and one tank division in the rear immediately went north to reinforce, trying to cooperate with the five infantry divisions that were surrounded by Ouyang Yu's troops, and at the same time ordered six of the ten divisions that were attacking in the four northern countries to return to defense, and the remaining four divisions also retreated a distance, shrinking the defense line and increasing the density of troops.

If the four divisions under General Luther want to quickly reinforce the north, they must take a train through the transportation hub Kaskinin City, but Kaskinin City has fallen into the hands of Ouyang Yu's army, so in order to open up the communication line, the 117th Infantry Division of the 11th Front Army, which is closest to Kaskinin City, launched an attack on the Ouyang Yu Army Airborne Regiment that captured Kaskinen City and was supported by the 3rd Regiment of the 11th Tank Division, and the Imperial Air Force also sent a large number of fighters and bombers to participate in the battle.

The twenty-four Raptor fighters of the 101st Fighter Group under the Eleventh First Army covered forty-eight Dragon bombers and twelve Falcon attack planes preparing to bomb Kaskinin City, and in the battle on the eastern continent, the battle Imperial Army in the central and southern parts of the country had a large equipment advantage, and although the Eastern Coalition Army had tanks, the fighters were still under intense research and development, so the Eleventh Army responsible for fighting with Ouyang Yu's army was equipped with all the latest research weapons, and in addition to being in a balanced combat force, it also had an experimental natureใ€‚

The fleet flew at an altitude of three thousand meters, and the weather was good today, and the visibility was good, and the flight commander, Colonel Adrian, piloted his Raptor fighter jet, taking time to study the battle map before the battle began, so as not to make mistakes when he could command the battle.

"Enemy aircraft spotted in front of the left!"

I don't know who shouted in panic in the communication, so that Colonel Adrien looked up sharply in the direction he said, and a group of black dots were diving towards his group from high in the sky, and the speed was unprecedentedly fast.

"The fighters broke away from the formation to meet the enemy, and the attack planes and bombers continued to fly in formation!" After hastily explaining this order, Colonel Adrien controlled the fighters to turn and climb to meet the incoming enemy.

Forty-eight Me-109G fighters, which were responsible for providing air cover for the airborne regiment, rushed into the fleet of Raptor fighters of the Imperial Army, which had just begun to climb, at a speed of 600 kilometers per hour. The four 7.92mm machine guns on the wing and a 20mm cannon on the central axis fired together, and the eight Raptor fighters were turned into a fireball on the spot, and the thick skin of the Me-109 fighters did not lose any of them, the Me-109 fighters themselves were strong, and because the speed of the Me-109 fighters was too fast, the pilots of the Imperial Army's Raptor fighters did not have much time to aim, and after the attack was successful, the forty-eight Me-109s took advantage of the high speed of the dive to break away from the battle, and then quickly climbed back to the high altitude to prepare to launch another dive attack.

Although the Raptor fighter piloted by Colonel Adrien is the most advanced fighter of the Imperial Army, the maximum speed is only 280 kilometers per hour, where to catch up with the Me-109 fighter, the climb speed and maximum altitude have also been thrown two streets, only the firepower of the two small-caliber magic crystal machine guns is even more than the Me-109 fighter has a gap between heaven and earth, the Raptor fighter only has better hovering performance than the Me-109 fighter, but Ouyang Yujun's Me-109 fighter pilot does not play dog fighting with the Imperial Army at all, and cannot catch up, unable to fight, unable to escape, Colonel Adrien could only wave his fist angrily in the cockpit and curse loudly.

The Me-109 fighter group, which once again occupied the height advantage, began the second dive attack, and the imperial army aircraft group below could only barely cope with it, and the pilots of the Raptor fighters generally did not dare to raise the nose too high, so as not to lose power and enter the tailspin, but the Me-109 fighters were all dives at a large angle, and the pilots of the Raptor fighters could only meet the enemy at a large angle, but in doing so, they would soon be forced to enter the tailspin, not only would they lose the opportunity to counterattack, but they would also become the best live targets, but the battlefield was never a fair place, the Me-109 fighter pilots of Ouyang YujunThe first air battle since the start of the war ended with a complete victory of 2:24, and even the flight commander of the Imperial Army, Colonel Adrian, was killed on the spot.

After eliminating the escort fighters, the Me-109 fighter group pounced on the Imperial bombers and attack aircraft, and quickly caught up with the Imperial bomber group at high speed, and by this time the city of Kaskinin had appeared on the horizon.

After several defeats of the Imperial Army, the Falcon attack aircraft and the Dragon bomber have been improved, the body of the Falcon attack aircraft has been elongated and a rear-seat machine gunner has been added, the machine gunner is responsible for controlling a twin small-caliber machine gun to protect the rear of the fighter, and the Dragon bomber has also added four machine gunners in the four directions of the front and rear of the fuselage, each machine gunner controls a machine gun, so that there is a perfect spherical defense, which greatly enhances the bomber's self-defense ability.

Forty-eight Dragon bombers and twelve Falcon attack planes formed a dense formation, using barrage to prevent the Me-109 fighter group from approaching them, but they had little effect in the face of the Me-109 fighters' high speed, climbing, diving, attacking, climbing, attacking, and diving, and after a few rounds, the Imperial aircraft group could no longer maintain a dense formation and had to disperse and flee.

After losing the coordination of the formation, the lone Imperial bombers and attack planes were like lambs to be slaughtered, and the pilots of the Me-109 fighters shouted loudly and controlled the fighters to chase after them, and one after another the Imperial bombers and attack planes fell to the ground with flames and black smoke and fell to pieces.

The victory of the air battle greatly boosted the morale of the airborne regiment, the soldiers drove the prisoners of the imperial army and the local people who were conscripted, and dug out the perfect trenches in a very short time, and the local residents learned that the army that fell from the sky was Ouyang Yu's army, thanks to Ouyang Yu's previous refugee rescue operation, the airborne regiment was warmly welcomed, and the ancients described such a scene very well.

The airborne regiment also adhered to Ouyang Yu's order to treat the local people well, maintained order after the war, sent military doctors to treat civilians injured in the battle, and took out military rations and extra clothes to distribute to those who were not satisfied. When they heard that they needed to recruit people to dig trenches, many people spontaneously went outside the city to help the airborne regiment, and the airborne regiment would not let them work in vain, and every participating citizen would get a certain amount of military food or clothing as a reward, wearing the military uniform of Ouyang Yujun, eating the military rations of Ouyang Yujun, oppressed by the Phoenix Empire, the people of the former Gaul Kingdom known as Dalit worked particularly hard.

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of September 13, 312 Huang Calendar, the vanguard of the 117th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army arrived outside the city of Kaskinen, and the vanguard of the arrival was the 117th Infantry Division and a regiment, the strength of which was equivalent to that of the airborne regiment.

The airborne regiment does not have heavy artillery, and the most powerful is only 82 mm mortars, but it doesn't matter, because in order for the airborne regiment to firmly hold Kaskinin City, Ouyang Yu ordered all the flight groups to meet the airborne regiment's air reinforcement request as soon as possible, and when making the plan, three fighter groups and two dive bomber groups were also arranged to support at any time, and the thirty-six modified Zeppelins did not leave to carry out close fire support missions.

After a short period of preparation, the 117th Division of the Imperial Army, the 1st Regiment, the 12th Regiment Magic Crystal Cannon, began to bombard the position of the Airborne Regiment, one by one bursting shells on the trench to blow up a large area of soil, the airborne regiment's built machine gun fortress was blown up, fortunately, most of the soldiers of the Airborne Regiment in the position were hiding in the anti-artillery holes, leaving only a small number of observers outside, so the artillery bombardment of the Imperial Army caused very little damage to the Airborne Regiment.

"Call the vultures, call the vultures, the enemy artillery is shelling our troops, ask for elimination, the enemy artillery position OO is XX, over. โ€

The observer hiding in the position soon heard the answer from the radio: "This is Vulture One, the request has been received, the attack will start in five minutes, it will be over." โ€

Five minutes later, twenty-four Ju-87 dive bombers flew from a distance, including twelve D-type and eight G-type, the G type was an anti-tank model, and a Flak18 37-mm anti-tank gun was installed under the left and right wings, each anti-tank gun had 12 rounds of ammunition, because it was a ground support mission, these eight G-types were all loaded with high-explosive shells.

"Woo......!"

Twelve Ju-87D dive bombers were the first to attack, and the whistles mounted on the landing gear let out a frightening, piercing screech, and began to dive at an eighty-degree angle to the Imperial Army's Magic Crystal Cannon swarm on the ground.

The Ju-87D can carry up to 1,800 kilograms of bombs under the fuselage! The bomb racks under the wings on each side can carry one 250 kilogram bomb or two 50-kilogram bombs, and a 20-millimeter cannon is also installed at the root of the wing, which is very powerful.

"Boom, boom, boom......!"

The Imperial Army's Magic Crystal Cannons were reduced to a pile of scrap metal in the precise bombardment, and the operating artillerymen had no time to escape, and they were sent to the western sky along with their Magic Crystal cannons.

After the D-type bomb was dropped, the G type also joined the battle, and the eight G-type used the anti-tank guns under the wing to search for the fish that had slipped through the net, and found that the missing magic crystal cannon went up to make up for the knife, and the D-type without the bomb did not leave immediately, but used the 20-mm machine gun to repeatedly strafe the concentration of troops of the 117th Division and 1st Regiment, a large number of Imperial soldiers were torn to pieces by the 20-mm machine gun, and the 117th Division and the 1st Regiment received a fatal blow just after the attack, and Colonel Jeremy could only order a retreat under heavy losses.