In the sky, a Yin Er attack plane began to dive downward. Its dive angle was not as exaggerated as the Stuka, but its momentum was also very scary.
Aiming its nose at the target on the ground, the Yin'er attack aircraft ignored the tracer bullets coming from the side and rushed towards the ground quickly.
After approaching an artillery position on the ground, the rockets mounted under its wings were ignited one after another, dragging white smoke and rushing towards the target on the ground at a faster speed.
After firing six rockets in a row, the Yin'er attack aircraft raised its nose, escaped the attack of the anti-aircraft machine guns on the side like lightning, and flew into the blue sky.
On the ground, the first rocket blew away the ammunition boxes and personnel on the artillery position, the second rocket directly blew away a 150 mm caliber heavy artillery, and the third rocket hit the open space and rose up.
Black smoke erupted, and the fourth rocket hit the ruins of a nearby building. The fifth rocket also hit a building and blew off half of the roof. The sixth rocket flew to the next block and landed on the road.
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Although the attack accuracy was not ideal, the first few rockets still caused the goblins on the entire artillery position to flip over.
Seeing the Yin'er attack plane go away, the lying goblins got up from the ground one after another. They patted the dust on their bodies to confirm whether the people around them were intact.
In the distance, some people called for medical personnel, while others were lying motionless on the ground. The air was filled with the choking smell of earth, and the smoke and dust raised by the explosion gradually subsided.
One artillery fell to the ground, and one of its wheels had flown to nowhere. The other artillery seemed to be out of service, and several gunners were yelling about something.
The goblin artillery commander walked past his artillery position and looked at the empty ammunition boxes. He knew that his army was almost finished.
Before the war, street fighting in the Great South Bay was never anticipated, nor was the possibility of a protracted war considered. Under such circumstances, the reserve of artillery shells was simply a joke.
The moment the navy was destroyed, all combat deployments of the Mirage troops were in vain. If the enemy can still win in this situation, it will be the enemy's problem.
If they still have artillery shells, the rocket attack just now will definitely cause a fatal explosion, and their artillery position will be completely destroyed.
Fortunately, they didn't have a few shells left, so the enemy's attack did not cause a bigger explosion, which minimized their losses.
"How many wounded?" Seeing his deputy approaching, the goblin artillery officer asked casually.
"More than a dozen wounded, eight died, and the rest are all fine. We only have two usable cannons left, and there are still more than a dozen shells..." The deputy commander looked at the newly destroyed cannon with distress.
A cannon replied in frustration.
The enemy's air force is really too cruel. No matter how carefully they hide themselves, they will be found and attacked.
They just set up such a hidden position yesterday, and it was exposed after only a few shots. Then the Yin'er attack plane just swooped down and gave them a hard blow.
Of course, this is considered polite. A few days ago, if the Tang Dynasty's navy could catch them, the shells of the terrifying 380 mm caliber cannon would fall and blow up half of the artillery position at once!
That is truly earth-shattering! The entire position will tremble, and the mushroom clouds from the explosion will cover the sky. For the Mirage soldiers on the attacked artillery position, it will be like the end of the world.
In fact, the main force of the Tang Air Force did not engage in operations in the direction of the Great South Bay, because a submarine of the Tang Army discovered that... the Mirage's 3rd Corps seemed to be evacuating the South Island.
This was not allowed, so most of the Tang Air Force's ground attack troops that had just arrived on the South Island were deployed to attack the Mirage's transport ships in the north.
It was really lively there. Dozens of Mirage's transport ships were sunk, and bodies floating on the sea could be seen everywhere.
I heard that Mirage Takejiro has ordered the retreat to be concentrated at night, but I don't know how effective it will be. But if we only operate at night, the efficiency will only be one-third of that of crossing the sea during the day.
"The news just came, the port area has been completely lost..." The adjutant also brought bad news. In fact, the mirage army has been driven out of most of the Greater Nanwan City.
What worries the commanders of these mirage troops even more is that they have been surrounded. The Tang army has cut off the connection between the north and south of the island, and now it has directly surrounded the Great South Bay from the east.
The destruction of the 2nd Corps has been doomed, and they have no way to escape! However, no one is willing to die here. Everyone is waiting for Mirage Wu Zhong's order to surrender.
However, I heard that during the meeting yesterday, Mirage Emperor was not prepared to surrender. He said that Mirage Emperor ordered to hold the position to the last soldier, but no one said anything.
"There is nothing left to defend in the port area. The warehouses there have been bombed, the port piers have been destroyed, and the harbor is full of sunken ships... The Tang people took it away, but it will not be of much use." The artillery officer felt that it was lost there.
It doesn't matter.
"Maybe." The adjutant looked up and found that the Yin'er had no intention of killing him, and he was somewhat relieved.
Intensive gunfire could be heard in the distance, and the Tang Army was attacking a ruined position that the Mirage Army was defending desperately. If that position was lost, several nearby blocks would not be able to be defended.
Therefore, the Mirage Army also invested a large amount of troops, and had a strong momentum of fighting to the death. The two sides have been fighting there for a day, and there is still no winner.
From the perspective of casualties, the Tang Dynasty has won more than three times, but the Mirage Army still controls it, which fully illustrates the determination of Mirage Wuzhong.
That position is less than a thousand meters away from Mirage Wu Zhong's secret headquarters, which is why the Mirage Army is so tenacious.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On a position in the east outside the city, a Tang Army No. 4 assault gun covered a group of Tang Army soldiers who had just captured a village on the east side of Da Nanwan.
From where they were resting, they could already see the smoke rising from the Great Nanwan city. After occupying this place, the defense area of the Mirage 2nd Corps had been compressed to an area of several kilometers.
The mirage army is disintegrating at an extremely fast speed, because as the battle continues, they have run out of ammunition and have lost almost all their weapons and equipment.
After losing almost all its tanks, the remnants of the Mirage's 3rd Armored Division had fled with the 3rd Corps. The remaining 2nd Armored Division surrendered to the 9th Armored Division of the Tang Army in front of them yesterday evening.
After seventeen days of fierce fighting, the battle on the South Island has completely ended in suspense: on this island, only the Mirage Warriors are still fighting in a corner.
But Mirage Wuzhong no longer had any reserves to use. His troops were compressed into an area of only about five kilometers vertically and horizontally. They lacked ammunition, medicine, and even a quiet place to sleep.
After one night, the expected large-scale surrender occurred: at first, the armed and untrained civilians began to surrender. The remnants of a company or a battalion, dozens or hundreds of people walked out of the trenches or ruins with their hands raised.
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Immediately afterwards, the regular troops surrendered, and their numbers were much smaller: after such a long and hard battle, their losses were indeed huge.
These soldiers had not eaten for a day, and many of their guns were broken beyond repair. Many of them only had a few bullets in their pockets, and half of them were not even given helmets.
Soon, the Tang army was waiting for a surrendered Mirage Major General. He led his men to raise the white flag because their troops had no water, no food, and no ammunition.
But not everyone was willing to fail. There were also officers from the Mirage Kingdom who led their men to counterattack the Tang army with bayonets when they ran out of ammunition and food.
Although they were very crazy, they were completely wiped out by the powerful Tang army without even touching the Tang army's position.
In the past, these goblins were hiding in the ruins, and the Tang army had to waste time and effort to clear them out. Now that they rushed out, gathered them, and sent them to the guns of the Tang army, the speed at which they were eliminated was naturally doubled.
At two o'clock in the afternoon that day, an attacking infantry battalion of the Tang Army ran into a Mirage officer flying a white flag. He brought the flag of the 2nd Corps and a bloody "dagger".
He confirmed to the Tang Army that the commander of the Mirage 2nd Corps, Mirage Wuzhong, committed suicide half an hour ago and died in his secret underground headquarters. Seven or eight senior officers of the 2nd Army Corps also committed suicide together with Mirage Wuzhong.
Now, he, the remaining top officer of the 2nd Corps, officially surrendered to the Tang State. An hour later, the Battle of Great South Bay officially ended. The Tang Army took control of the port city and began cleaning up and repairing the port before dinner.
The entire South Island battle will last for more than two days. This period is the time when the Tang army finally cleans up the remaining mirage forces in the northern part of the island.
It took the Mirage Army's 3rd Corps and the remnants of the 3rd Armored Division two days to reluctantly retreat to the new island. Twenty days ago they came to the South Island from the new island, and twenty days later they fled back to where they started.
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The difference was that they found that many of the people around them were missing. When they set off from the new island, the 3rd Corps numbered 100,000 people.
Now... they only have about 60,000 people left. These 60,000 people also include local troops in the northern part of the South Island, and the 3rd Armored Division, which has lost all its tanks.
However, their retreat was not meaningless. At least on paper, these broken troops strengthened the defense force of the new island.
After all, there are still many people in the Mirage who still naively believe that they can hold on to the new island and thwart the Tang army's attack.
