Chapter 19: The Present Enemy
The next day, there was no fighting in the seaport of Ghat. The sky above was calm, but the ground was very busy, and the Zhengyuan departments stepped up their combat preparations. The equipment maintenance department stepped up the repair of all kinds of war-damaged equipment, and the transportation department continued to transport the latest equipment from the rear factories to the front. The 119 Special Combat Team held a meeting to discuss air combat tactics and sum up experience.
In the early morning of the third day, before dawn, more than 50 kilometers northeast of the coast of the port of Gat, a battle had already begun. Under the surface of the sea, more than a dozen Changsheng submarines are quietly approaching the Gath seaport, and from time to time there are bubbles swelling up. Above the surface of the sea, several Zhengyuan anti-submarine planes flew back and forth, constantly dropping anti-submarine vehicles into the sea or shooting lasers directly into the sea. A few minutes later, the anti-submarine laser cannon in the seabed also began to shoot lasers. In the distance, a submarine was hit, tilted in an instant, and a large number of water bubbles rushed to the surface of the sea. After the anti-submarine laser cannon fired a laser, it was quickly hit by another Changsheng submarine hiding in the distance, and it exploded in an instant. At the heights, you can see beams of light coming and going in the sea, which is very spectacular.
Half an hour later, the land radar of the Ghat Seaport showed that multiple aircraft were approaching in the east, north, and northeast at the same time. The Ghat seaport airport is getting busy again, and the war shuttle is constantly taking off. The air fight was about to begin, and the Zhengyuan anti-submarine planes retreated one after another.
The siren of the Ghat harbor sounds...... The big war is imminent.
Soon the battle in the air also began, hundreds of warshuttles in the air you came and went, chasing each other, laser fire at each other. Dozens of anti-aircraft guns on land in the Ghat harbor turned around flexibly, capturing the intruders in the sky, and firing fatal blows from time to time.
Countless beams of light split the sky and the sea into pieces.
At eight o'clock, on the sea level, the immortal battleship stretched for dozens of miles, and dozens of spaceships in the sky were full of shadows.
At nine o'clock, the 119 special combat team again received an order for air combat. The captain specially instructed all team members to keep their distance from the opposing spaceship and battleship, which have anti-aircraft guns.
After Qin Fan took off on the battle shuttle, he saw from a distance that there were many enemy warships and spaceships. And their own side only has more than a dozen warships and five ships. The opposing warshuttles kept flying out of the spaceship, densely packed, like a swarm of bees heading straight to the port of Gat. 119 Special Forces, no, now it should be said that it is an air force.
Without waiting for the captain's order, the 119th Air Force joined the battle and helped friendly planes shoot down the enemy shuttles near the port of Gat one by one. Soon, the opponent's more fierce air attack came again. Qin Fan and Zhan Muyuan, driving 906 and 907 respectively, flexibly shuttled through the war shuttle group, shooting, like a raptor breathing fire.
The opponent's thirty warships lined up in a line, and ten spaceships lined up in a wild goose formation, quickly approaching. The opposing battleships were still thirty kilometers away, and the gunboats on the five Zhengyuan battleships were the first to fire their guns, hitting five enemy ships at the same time.
Then, several land-based long-range guns at the front of the Ghat harbor also opened fire in unison.
In the sky, on the ground, and in the sea, all kinds of lasers of different thicknesses are interspersed horizontally and vertically. From time to time, warshuttles fell rapidly from the sky, dragging long black smoke with them. Some of the shuttle pilots ejected and parachuted, more of them lost their lives when they were hit, and a few were too late to parachute and drowned in the sea.
In the distance, before the thirty immortal battleships entered the attack range, more than a dozen were hit, six of which were severely damaged, not only lost their combat ability, but also slowly sank, after entering the effective attack range, only a dozen or so could attack, and the firepower was much weaker than that of Zhengyuan. Seeing this, Changsheng had more than twenty warships stepped forward to help. At the same time, the three immortal spaceships in the air were too close and were severely damaged, and they were slowly falling to the sea below. The immortal soldiers on the spaceship jumped into the sea one after another. The seven ships behind did not dare to get any closer, but if they did not get close, they would not be able to attack the opposing warships and land targets, and could only fire at the approaching Zhengyuan warshuttle.
Two hours later, eight more immortal battleships were heavily damaged, and one spaceship, lost its combat effectiveness. The injuries were heavy, and the immortal army had no choice but to retreat temporarily.
Qin Fan drove the war shuttle back, looking at the battlefield below full of devastation, Qin Fan, who participated in the war for the first time, felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
After the war, three warships on the Zhengyuan side were heavily damaged and two were slightly damaged; Three land-based long-range guns and four anti-aircraft guns were destroyed; Twenty-six warshuttles were severely damaged, nine were lightly damaged, and more than 230 people were killed, including 52 deaths.
At Zhengyuan Headquarters, Tom Lee was talking to a middle-aged Bailu man.
"Minister Kim, you need to recruit more people, build more factories, and speed up the manufacture of new weapons. If there is any difficulty, tell me. ”
"Lao Li! Snow crystals, a key material for laser weapons, are seriously understocked. ”
"How long do you think it will last?"
"A month."
"Use it first, one-third for the war shuttle, one-third for land-based long-range laser cannons, and the rest for laser guns, and I'll figure out how to solve the problem of insufficient materials."
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After Tom Lee's video call with Minister Kim, he ordered his assistant to take the video to the materials department.
Immortal Command, Hong Yibo looked at the battle report, fourteen battleships were heavily damaged and sank into the sea, and eleven were slightly injured; Three ships were badly damaged and sank into the sea; loss of four submarines; 2,000 sorties of war shuttles, with the loss of 193; According to preliminary statistics, there were more than 2,700 casualties.
"Is the land defense of the Ghat seaport paralyzed?"
"No," said his subordinate tremblingly.
"How many warships does the other side have? How many warshuttles? ”
"Thirteen warships, about ...... Four hundred sorties were made. ”
Hong jumped like thunder, "Thirty battleships against thirteen, two thousand against four hundred, and ten spaceships, how did you fight like this?" ”
"Commander-in-Chief...... this time I'm ...... I investigated clearly, and the other party's laser cannon has a longer range than ours. The subordinate replied in fear.
"Their land-based long-range guns and battleship guns can shoot thirty kilometers, probably ...... Probably even farther, ours is only twenty kilometers, and the shuttle laser cannon is also 3000 meters farther than ours. ”
"Have you captured the other party's laser cannons?"
"I didn't ...... No, the battle shuttles that were shot down were all in the sea, and the land ones were even more impossible. The subordinate replied cautiously
"Let me find a way to get some, and let the Ministry of Intelligence investigate what kind of laser cannon Zhengyuan designed by a master."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I'll do it." The subordinate could finally reply firmly.
That night, the Immortal Fleet was divided into two parts, one to the southwest and the other to the northwest. There were spaceships in the sky, nautical submarines followed, and landing ships followed.
Greer, the commander of the Eighth Army of Zhengyuan, received an order from the commander-in-chief, and led nine warships, two spaceships, and four submarines to follow the Changsheng fleet heading northwest, and attacked when they had the opportunity.
On November 10, at the cost of losing one battleship, the Zhengyuan Eighth Army successfully attacked and sank four Changsheng warships, one landing ship, and more than a dozen battle shuttles.
On November 12, the Immortal Fleet in the southern part of the Shaman Continent, which was only attacked by air and a small number of land laser cannons, successfully landed after losing five warships, one spaceship, and more than a hundred war shuttles. However, after the landing, the land troops were fiercely blocked by the 3rd and 4th armies of Zhengyuan when they broke through more than 20 kilometers, and it was difficult to advance an inch.
On November 14, in the northern part of the Shaman Continent, the Eighth Army inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in the battle to block the Changsheng landing, sinking and damaging more than 30 enemy ships and shooting down more than 50 enemy shuttles, but it also suffered heavy losses, and all the warships sank to the bottom of the sea forever, leaving only three submarines and two spacecraft to retreat to the port of Ghat for defense.
The Changsheng army was stubbornly resisted by the Zhengyuan Second and Eighth Armies at the landing site. After three days and three nights of fierce fighting, the Immortal Army finally landed successfully in the northern part of the Shaman Continent after paying a heavy price.
So far, the Changsheng army has successfully landed in the south and north of Shaman, where Zhengyuan's defense is weak, forming a north-south flank attack, and the follow-up troops have been continuously transported to the two landing points.
The Navy of the Eighth Army of Zhengyuan paid huge sacrifices to block the enemy's landing, and it existed in name only.
At the Zhengyuan Command Headquarters of the Sharman Continent, the commanders of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th armies sat down at a round table and were staring at the huge screen in front of them.
On the screen, Tom Lee pointed at the sand table of the Shaman Continent with a thin stick and analyzed: "The central and western parts of the Shaman Continent are vast deserts, and when it is impossible to land in the east, the Immortal Army will land in the south and the north, attacking to the east respectively, in a vain attempt to occupy the industrial area in the east of China. ”
"The Immortal Army has a slight advantage, the number of navy, land and air force is several times greater than ours; But there is a fatal disadvantage, the logistics supply line is long. ”
"We have two advantages: first, our weapons are more advanced than theirs; Two. We are fighting in our own territory, and logistical supplies are greatly advantageous. ”
"The First Army is holding the eastern part of the country, the Second and Fifth Armies are to defend the northern area, the Third and Fourth Armies are to be defending the southern area, and the Sixth Army is stationed in the area of Mount Myers to respond to the northern and southern defense lines at any time."
"All the flying boats and war shuttles do not go out to the open sea, half of them are entrenched in the east, and cooperate with the land air defense to defend the industrial zone; The rest are in cooperation with the army of the north and south ......"
Half a month after the defensive battle on the Sharman Continent, Zhang Qingquan, Luc and others returned to Gapstar from Lal Star. In a conference room of the Ghat Harbor Military Headquarters, Qin Fan, Lu Ke, Zhang Qingquan, Tan Datong, Professor Su, the Zhanmu brothers, Gao Shicha, Li Jin, and Deputy Instructor Argyle were holding a meeting.
"This time, the commander-in-chief specially ordered ten of us to form a special operations team, the operation code is: '9397', Argyle is the captain, and Qin Fan is the deputy captain." Argyll spoke first.
"Our operation is to infiltrate the headquarters of Changsheng in Shangpu City, and the main tasks are twofold:
1. Rescue Su Ziying and others;
2. Infiltrate the Research Department, the Cloning Department, the Security Department, and the Military Department of the Changsheng Headquarters;
3. If you have the opportunity, you can assassinate the top leaders of Changsheng without revealing your identity, including Ouyang Yingfei, Li Sanlang, Li Shilang, Hong Yibo, Zhang Tianren, Xi Lina, etc. ”
Argyll pointed to the huge map in the conference room and said, "For this mission, we are parachuted here on a war shuttle."
Everyone followed Argyle's point, it was an island, at least more than 200 kilometers from the coast of the Beilu mainland.
"Where, there are our ships waiting for us."
"Then we arrived here in a small fishing village called Nanso. It is only more than 60 kilometers away from Shangpu City. ”
"In Nansuo Village, we were divided into two groups, led by Qin Fan and me......
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The meeting lasted more than an hour, and everyone returned to their dormitories to get everything ready.
That night, all the members of the 9397 team flew east at the Ghat Harbor Airport, riding a war shuttle with a long-term logo.