"The prisoners have been interrogated. They are not from the 3rd Corps, but from the 3rd Corps." An officer walked to the temporary headquarters set up in the airport building and said to the battalion commander who was studying the map there.
"Does this mean that reinforcements from the other side have arrived from the new island?" the battalion commander frowned and asked. He really didn't expect that the reinforcements from the other side would come so quickly.
"Yes, he said that he was woken up and sent to the ship the night before yesterday. Their previous station was in Xindao." The officer in charge of the interrogation nodded and said.
The battalion commander in charge of frontline command touched his nose: "Report the situation! In addition... let's rest here for a few hours before our follow-up troops catch up."
Encountering new enemy troops was equivalent to encountering a new situation. He did not dare to continue the attack rashly and could only wait for orders from above.
The Tang Army was still accustomed to forming mixed combat teams when attacking on the front line. These combat teams had their own reconnaissance vehicles, their own tanks, and a large number of infantry and artillery to cover the tanks.
Coupled with aircraft in the sky, such a combat team can complete many tasks alone and has very flexible battlefield disposal rights.
Such combat teams are often set up based on regiments, including a tank battalion, an infantry battalion, corresponding artillery, and a lot of messy troops including armored reconnaissance companies.
Relying on the exaggerated combat qualities of the grassroots officers and soldiers, as well as the super powerful communication system that surpasses the entire era, the Tang Army's tactics are quite easy to use when it comes to abusing food.
While waiting for the order, everyone had a quite sumptuous lunch. After receiving the order in the afternoon, they continued the attack and advanced another 70 kilometers in one breath.
In the afternoon, the number of Stukas used by the Tang Navy to support the 9th Group Army soared from 40 to 80. These aircraft ensured that the Tang Army always had air support during the offensive.
When they stopped in the evening, they had already wiped out the vanguard of the 3rd Mirage Corps that they had collided head-on with.
"It seems that there are sensible people in the Mirage Kingdom." Feng Kezhi admired as he looked at the intelligence information sent back from the front line.
He really didn't expect that Mirage's troops would react so quickly and actually bring the 3rd Corps stationed on the new island to the South Island.
In fact, this move was planned by Mirage before, so it was executed the fastest. Except for the 3rd Corps' rapid support from the new island to the South Island, the performance of Mirage's troops when the Tang Army landed was really so bad that it is difficult to describe it in one word.
Although the enemy had one more regiment, which did not put much pressure on the Tang army, the fact that the enemy had twice as many troops still made Feng Kezhigao look at the commander of the Mirage.
"They are all light infantry and have little combat effectiveness. After being frightened, the 9th Armored Division stopped in place for an hour and resumed the attack in the afternoon." The adjutant explained to Feng Kezhi.
After explaining, he added: "Then the 9th Armored Division advanced about 70 kilometers."
"Let them stop temporarily. They are already close to the boundary of the bombing zone that we have coordinated with the air force. Continuing the attack will easily cause accidental damage." Feng Kezhi was a little uncomfortable. This was the first time he commanded such a rapid attack.
In addition, he is not used to coordinating the air force: in the past, how could he dare to expect that he had control of the air? It would be good if he was not suppressed by others from the air.
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On the other side, Mirage Wu Erlang finally saw the ferocity of the Tang army: his troops were originally ordered to go south to join Mirage Wu Zhong, but they encountered the Tang army's tanks halfway.
At first, Mirage Wu Erlang felt that he had the ability to break through the Tang Army's armored defense line because of his strong troops and horses.
As a result, the first attack failed. His troops were directly defeated by the Tang armored troops that collided head-on. They were defeated all the way to the airport marked by the Tang army.
Mirage Wujiro deployed a whole regiment at the airport, more than 100 people! This regiment is the elite of the 3rd Corps, and its combat effectiveness is also quite high.
But the battle only lasted until noon, lasting only about an hour, and his regiment was defeated. After losing about 400 people, the Mirage Army was unable to continue fighting, and the airport fell into the hands of the Tang Army.
Mirage Wujiro became so angry that he directly shot the leader of the regiment on the grounds of ineffective combat. He didn't know it at this time, but this was just the beginning of his nightmare.
That afternoon, the annoying Stuka dive bomber finally found his head. At this moment, he finally knew how powerful the Tang State's aircraft was.
Dozens of Stukas flew over his head, and Mirage Wujiro's own car was blown up. He was not in the car at the time, so he was lucky not to be killed.
Under the cover of these aircraft, the tanks of the Tang Army rushed forward for 70 kilometers before stopping, stepping on the corpses of soldiers from the 3rd Mirage Corps along the way!
The Mirage Kingdom did not gain anything on this day. On this day, the Mirage Kingdom's first suicide plane successfully broke into the Tang Army's defense circle and crashed in the core area.
Although it did not achieve any results and failed to hit the Tang Dynasty's aircraft carrier in the end, it brought back an extremely important news: the pilot of this plane saw an aircraft carrier of the Tang Dynasty with his own eyes!
That's right, this Mirage pilot was lucky enough to see Tang's aircraft carrier, and then he reported this information to his superiors.
In addition, the pilot on another Mirage plane saw the floating dock being built by the Tang Army... This thing was lying across the beach, huge and obvious, and it was difficult for people to ignore it.
At this point, the Mirage finally learned the secret of Tang's planes being able to reach the South Island on the afternoon of the third day after the Tang Army landed: It turned out that Tang's planes really took off from a kind of ship!
After knowing this secret, the top leaders of the Mirage Kingdom had no way to deal with it: their fleet had been completely destroyed, and there was no way to control the enemy fleet at sea.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Surprisingly, this news even comforted the senior officials of the Mirage Kingdom: they had been worried that after the Tang Army occupied the abandoned airports, they would repair and use them.
These airfields support frontline operations.
But now they are not so worried: anyway, the navy of the Tang Dynasty has come with the airport runway itself. Those airports on the ground must not be that important to the Tang army.
"They can actually think of building a runway on a battleship..." Mirage General Mirage Haiping, who still didn't know what the aircraft carrier was called, sat there and sighed. This was really a path he had never imagined!
"This explanation makes no sense...the other party must have more than one such warship!" Mirage Haiping reacted and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
No matter how he calculated it, the number of aircraft carriers on the other side could not be 1. Because in that case, the plane would never take off that fast!
Compared to the Mirage, with only one airport left in the South Island, the take-off efficiency of aircraft has obviously become slower.
So the Tang Army must have several, or even a dozen, of these warships! With so many sea airports... No wonder the Tang Army can take off so many planes to compete for air supremacy over the South Island!
"The question now is, can we find a way to destroy the opponent's airport at sea..." Mirage Dabo on the side reacted and said.
"Don't think about it. The opponent doesn't only have this new weapon. They have hidden too many new weapons. That's why we suffered such a big loss in the naval battle." Mirage Haiping answered Mirage Dabo's question with a wry smile.
When he mentioned these things, he became extremely bitter: The Tang Army had a weapon that could accurately attack warships at night, and a warship that could take off aircraft... With so many new weapons, how could his main fleet not be destroyed?
"The news just came that Mirage Wu Erlang's troops have also suffered heavy losses! The opponent is close to the center of the island! Now we can only see... whether the Great South Bay can hold it or not." Army General Mirage Wu Ke said bravely.
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His army had performed very poorly before. Mirage Takejiro's 3rd Corps lost the airport and many areas in the central part of the island.
The Tang army almost effortlessly captured all the places they wanted, and the goblin troops on the island have been roughly divided into two parts: one is the 3rd Corps in the north of the island, and the other is in the Great South Bay in the south of the island.
Mirage Corps.
"But...even if Mirage Wu Zhong defends the Great South Bay...the kind of pier that appears near the beach...the other party still has a way to get the follow-up troops ashore." Mirage Wenxin said: "Our assumptions are all wrong.
No, the Tang army doesn’t need Da Nanwan at all!”
"Even if the opponent has other ways to get ashore, Mirage Wuzhong must be allowed to defend the Great South Bay at all costs! If you can defend it for a day, it will be a day! If you can defend it for an hour, it will be an hour!" Mirage Emperor suddenly spoke: "From now on.
, all cities, villages and towns must be turned into scorched earth before they are lost!"
"In addition! More suicide planes must be launched! Attack the Tang Army's warships! The focus is on those sea airports!" After a few seconds, he added: "No matter what, we must destroy the enemy's fleet!
Otherwise, their soldiers will be transported to the South Island continuously!"
After saying that, he looked at Mirage Haiping: "Get the small speedboat you mentioned as soon as possible! We must do whatever it takes... to find a way to destroy the Tang Dynasty's navy! In addition, recruit all the soldiers that can be recruited. The rise and fall of Mirage will depend on
In this battle, even if the South Island cannot be saved, the remaining three islands must be saved!"
"Yes!" Mirage Dabo Mirage Wenxin and Army General Mirage Wuke bowed their heads after hearing the order.
"Yes!" Admiral Mirage Haiping also bowed his head and agreed.
