Chapter 374: Air-Ground Combat as One!
The Baisha Defense Line is a checkpoint established by the Timurid Empire to learn from the Ming Dynasty.
The defense line is built along the Asan River, with high walls, corner towers, arrow towers, and all kinds of defensive measures
This line of defense can be called a natural danger in the era of cold weapons, but it is a pity that it was born at the wrong time, and it happened to meet the Ming Army, which has entered the semi-modernization.
"Grandpa, you better go to the rear, if my father knows that you are coming to the front, he won't beat me to death!"
As the morning sun slowly rose, on the opposite side of the Asan River on the Baisha defensive line, groups of Ming troops were preparing to cross the river.
In the front-line command post, Zhu Zhangui had a bitter face, looked at the old man holding a telescope and observed the opposite side, and persuaded the other party to retreat to the second line first.
"Are you idle and bored?"
The old man, who was impatient with the noise, took back his binoculars and glared at Zhu Zhangui beside him, "If you are really bored, lead the team to cross the river and charge, don't bother me on my side." ”
"You little cub is afraid that your father will beat you, aren't you afraid that I will beat you?"
Zhu Zhangui's face became even more bitter, "But! ”
"Fuck off!"
"Alas, I'm going to fuck off!"
Zhu Zhangui turned around helplessly, glanced at Zhu Zhanji, and walked out of the observation post.
"Your Highness, the Air Force reports!"
As soon as Zhu Zhangui walked out of the observation post, Zhang Fu, as the commander-in-chief of the time, walked over with a telegram.
Raising his hand to stop Zhang Fu who was about to report, Zhu Zhangui looked at him and said solemnly: "Don't show me, you are the commander-in-chief of this game, how to fight is your business, as long as my grandfather and I have the result, if there is any problem, we will only look for you"
Hearing this, Zhang Fu took a deep breath and nodded heavily, and a lot of pressure suddenly increased on his shoulders.
100,000 of the best troops, including the most advanced air force, were under his command, which was the trust of the emperor, the emperor, and the prince.
For this reason, he secretly swore in his heart that he must fight this battle well and repay the trust of the emperor and the crown prince.
Handing the telegram to the adjutant behind him, Zhang Fu turned to look at the various corps commanders who were standing neatly and on standby.
"Order: The artillery corps is ready to shell as soon as the airship bombardment is over. Order: Shenlong Rocket Artillery Corps, concentrate fire on the enemy's city gate area, and open an offensive channel for our army. Order: Forward Army Corps, prepare for the battle to cross the river, cross the river as soon as the Shenlong rocket launcher is launched, seize the best attack distance, and launch an attack as soon as the shelling stops! ”
"All armies and outposts, strictly abide by military orders, if there is any violation, delay, delay, all will be killed!"
Zhang Fu's voice was sonorous and powerful, which made all the corps commanders and officers present feel at the climax.
As Zhang Fu finished the order, all the officers and generals stood up and saluted.
"Yes!"
Zhang Fu looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Fellow robes, brothers, I have been waiting for five or six years for this battle, and I have been looking forward to it for five or six years. Now that the opportunity has come, I hope you will not disappoint the expectations of the emperor, the emperor, the prince and the people of the world! ”
All the officers straightened up, their hands pounding heavily on their chests.
"If you don't break the enemy's army, you won't turn back!"
Zhang Fu raised his hand and saluted.
The time slowly came to the end of the unitary time, and the troops were ready for the battle.
The artillerymen finished loading the shells, and the gun commander held the gun rope in his hand and quietly waited for the order to shoot.
The Shenlong Rocket Artillery Corps, 30 rocket artillery vehicles are all on standby, and the ignition hand holds the crank and can launch all these rockets at any time.
The vanguard corps in charge of the main attack, the soldiers of each squad, squatted on the side of the boat facing the slowly flowing Asan River, or quietly watched, or closed their eyes to rest, waiting for the order of their superiors.
The Ming army was quietly waiting, and the army of the Timurid Empire on the opposite side was also quietly waiting.
From the time the Ming army marched here, Shaharu knew that a big war was coming.
To this end, he mobilized all the legions that could be mobilized, a full 150,000 troops, stationed on this defensive line.
Although in terms of numbers, he had nearly 50,000 more than the Ming army, and he still occupied such a dangerous pass, he still had no certainty of victory.
He didn't know how the Ottoman side was fighting, and after asking many times, Omurad said that the attack was going well, and he could just stabilize the defense line and block the Ming army.
As for when he would come to support him, Omurad didn't give an exact time, he just said that he would come to support him if he got the Roco Kingdom.
A few days ago, when he received that the Ming army had begun to gather on the Baisha defensive line, he knew that the most difficult war was coming.
In order to block the Ming army and buy time for the Ottoman Empire, he mobilized almost 1/3 of the country's troops to gather here, wanting to fight a vigorous resistance battle here.
Before dawn today, the general guarding the pass woke him up and told him that there was movement on the other side.
Shaharu, who had already had a guess in his heart, gathered all his troops at the first time and prepared to meet the enemy.
"Allah, please bless your people for this victory and for our homeland."
Looking at the rising sun in the east, Shaharu, who had finished praying, prayed again in his heart, and looked solemnly at the Ming army on the other side of the river, which was densely packed with preparations to attack.
"Buzz Buzz Buzz..."
When the time slowly arrived, there was a sudden buzzing sound from the southeast.
Shaharu subconsciously looked in that direction, and saw that where the sun was rising, a group of small black dots flew over quickly.
"What's that? Flock of birds? ”
Shaharu's eyes were blank, he had never heard a flying bird make such a sound.
"It's coming!"
The old man at the observation post raised his binoculars and looked to the southeast.
When I saw the golden characters printed on the wings of the plane, the corners of my mouth hooked slightly.
At the same time, a call came from the nearby radio station.
"The flight team of the Ministry of Space called the ground, we have entered the work area, please start the attack now!"
Zhang Fu, who also came to observe the photo, picked up the microphone as soon as possible and said loudly: "I am Zhang Fu, the commander-in-chief of this operation." ”
"I've met Zhang Shuai, I'm Gao Hang, the captain of the flight team, and the flight team of the Ministry of Aerospace obeys your command."
"Good!" Zhang Fu responded and ordered loudly: "Now I order your troops to launch a bombardment attack on the enemy's No. 1 and No. 3 areas." ”
"After the attack, your unit immediately returns to reload and prepare for the next round of attacks!"
"The flight brigade of the Ministry of Space received it and began to carry out the offensive order."
Zhang Fu exhaled lightly, "Daming Wansheng!" ”
Gao Hang, who was wearing a headset, also shouted in response.
"Daming Wansheng!"
The signal was cut off, Gao Hang dialed the internal channel, and ordered to the 50 planes: "The second and third squads will attack the enemy's No. 3 target, and the first, fourth, and fifth squads will follow me and attack the enemy's No. 1 target!" ”
"Third Squad receives..."
"Second Squad understands..."
Soon, the response of the various squad leaders came from the headset, and then the flying team was divided into two, one flew towards the western area of the Baisha Defense Line, and the other flew towards the gate of the Baisha Defense Line.
"What a big bird!"
This was the first reaction of the soldiers of the Timurid Empire when they saw the plane.
Everyone wondered where this very big bird flew from.
However, when the plane lowered its altitude and began to prepare for the dive bombing, they read the signs on the plane clearly.
"It's the Ming army, it's the strange bird raised by the Ming army......"
The soldiers who knew the Ming characters and symbols were so frightened that they screamed in fright when they looked at the bright Ming characters, and some even turned around and wanted to flee.
"Don't run around, don't shout, violators will be killed!"
It was only after the officers yelled angrily and shouted and threatened to whip them that the soldiers' mood stabilized.
However, before the officers could breathe a sigh of relief, a strange scream was heard in the sky.
"Woo woo woo ......"
A sound like the wailing of hellish demons sounded from the air, and ten Xuanniao fighters, in a row of two, swooped down against the walls of the defensive line.
"Strange birds are coming, strange birds want to eat people, great Allah help!"
The terrifying screams and shocking dives made the soldiers of the Timurid Empire, who had just settled down, riot again.
"Bastard!"
An officer roared angrily, looked at the soldier next to him who was screaming in horror and turned to run, and angrily picked up his knife and was about to cut it down.
"Twitter..."
A shrill chirping sound sounded from overhead, and the officer subconsciously looked up, and saw that under the two strange birds, two eggs had suddenly been laid, and the sound of chirping came from the two eggs.
"Are they going to smash us to death with eggs?"
This was the first thought in the officer's mind, and before he could have the second thought, an egg fell in front of him.
And then..."Boom..."
Dive, drop bombs, pull up...
The planes in the double platoon formation rigorously completed the offensive tactics taught by the captain.
It's just that this is their first live attack, and most of the bombs did not fall in the exact position, and many of them exploded outside the defense line.
Although the accuracy of the air force was very bad, it brought a great psychological impact to the soldiers of the Timurid Empire.
No matter how strong the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are, as long as they are shot, they will still die.
No matter how powerful the enemy's shells are, as long as they are far away, they can dodge them.
But in the face of this attack from heaven, the soldiers of the Timurid Empire were at a loss and panic in their hearts.
They didn't know where to hide, and they didn't know how to fight back.
"Good, well done!"
Pointing to the telescope, looking at the old man who was bombed by the plane, he laughed happily, and kept patting the armrest in front of him, even if his hands were red, he didn't notice anything.
Although the bombing deterrent power of aircraft is very strong, the bombs carried by aircraft are limited after all.
50 fighters, each carrying two bombs, is only a hundred bombs.
Even though the 100-pound explosion is very powerful, it is not a deadly threat to the Baisha defense line, which has been built for several years with countless manpower.
When all the planes had finished bombing, only gaps had been blown out of the Baisha defense line, and no section of the city wall had collapsed.
"All the fighters move separately, launch strafing at the enemy troops, and wait for the airship troops to arrive!"
Seeing that all the fighters had finished bombing, Gao Hang gave the order to fire freely.
This order was requested by Zhu Zhangui, in addition to increasing the psychological deterrence of the soldiers of the Timurid Empire, another purpose was to let these pilots who had not experienced actual combat use the battlefield as a training ground to hone their combat skills.
The pilots, who had been waiting for this order for a long time, cheered in groups of twos and twos, one after the other, along the walls of the Baisha defense line, and fired wildly as much as they wanted.
"Da Da Da ......"
The three machine guns frantically spat out tongues of fire, and the bullets ploughed like iron ploughs through the walls of the Baisha defensive line.
Everywhere he passed, blood rained down, and there were bursts of screams and wails.
"Huhuhu......"
While the pilots were conducting actual combat training, there was movement again from the southeast.
Twenty modified airships, hoisting bombing devices, staggered over.
"Alright, stop playing, the airship is here, we should go back and replenish our ammo"
Gao Hang, who had already finished firing the bullets, saw that the airship corps had arrived, and knew that their mission had been completed, so he ordered all the planes to assemble and form a flying battle formation, and flew whistling over the Ming army that was assembled and on standby.
It was also the first time they saw an airplane, and they were also very shocked, and the legionnaires of the Asanxing Province cheered loudly at the planes flying over their heads and greeting them.
"Gao Hang, this guy is good, and he knows how to improve the morale of the corps!"
Walking out of the observation post and looking at the flying brigade that had already flown away, the old man smiled and praised it.
Zhang Fu on the side nodded, and also appreciated: "This person is good, his move has increased my sergeant by at least thirty percent!" ”
"Haha, Wen Bi, now our army's morale is like a rainbow, if you can't fight a beautiful battle for me, I will be the only one to ask!"
"Please rest assured, the Emperor Taishang can't take the Baisha defense line today, and the minister will come to see you!"
"Okay, this is a good news, I am waiting for your good news!"
The old man patted Zhang Fu's shoulder with satisfaction, and returned to the observation post happily, continuing to observe the next battle.
While the old man was talking to Zhang Fu, the airship troops had already launched an attack.
The areas they bombed were still No. 1 and No. 3
These two are the breakthrough points chosen by Zhang Fu, once these two places are breached, the Ming army can split the left and right to attack, and take the entire Baisha defense line in one fell swoop.
This time, because it was a fixed-point bombing, the airship did not carry a small bomb, but carried it for the first time, the heaviest 800-kilogram bombshell in the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that due to the relatively small number of shells, each airship carried only two.
But even two are enough.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The deafening explosion sound shocked the eardrums, and the 800-pound bomb exploded, like an ancient giant, smashing the hammer on the ground, making the earth tremble one after another.
"Boom la la ......"
After carrying several explosions in a row, the No. 1 target, which was designated as the main attack point, finally could not withstand the devastation of the explosion and collapsed with a bang.
"Good!"
Another cheer rang out from the observation post, and deafening cheers were heard from the attacking troops at the front.
When the 20 airships slowly flew towards the base after dropping their bombs, the No. 1 and No. 3 areas of the Timurid Empire's Baisha Defense Line had become a ruin.
Shaharu thought that the fortress of the defensive line that could hold on for at least more than a year did not withstand the ravages of the Ming Dynasty's madness, and there were two fatal gaps.
"Block... Blocked..."
Looking at the gap that was blasted out by the Ming army, Shaharu, who was commanding in the rear, roared wildly.
But before his order could be conveyed, the Ming army position in the distance moved again.
"Pay attention to all artillery, listen to my command, three rapid fires, release!"
With the order of the commander in command of the artillery, the 500 artillery pieces transferred from the plateau area, as well as the 300 artillery pieces owned by the Asan Corps, began the second round of inhumane and crazy destruction on the Baisha defense line, which had been destroyed by the air force!
At the same time, Zhang Fu picked up the microphone and ordered with a serious expression: "Attention to the Forward Corps, I am the commander-in-chief Zhang Fu, and now I order to start crossing the river!" ”