City siege warfare is a brand-new tactic. Its power is not reflected in the damage to the target, but an all-round destruction of the opponent's morale.
The Tang State's Scud missile attack on Mirage was completed. The damage effect was actually not fatal. For a huge city, the damage of one missile was not fatal. As long as it did not carry nuclear warheads, the damage would always be within the tolerable range.
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The impact of city siege warfare is not only the destruction of buildings, but also the cruel destruction of people's hearts. Imagine that hundreds of ordinary people are killed randomly every day, this kind of fear will spread.
Not to mention, after the Tang Army conducted several missile attacks during the day, they adjusted the attack time to night time. In other words, the civilians in Mirage City could hardly sleep at night.
The air defense sirens kept echoing at first, but then they stopped even reacting. If the air defense sirens were sounded every time a Scud missile fell, the people in the mirage wouldn't have to sleep.
...In fact, there is no way to sleep. Tang State will launch a missile every two hours or so, just like an alarm clock, reminding the people of Mirage Kingdom to get up at night on time.
The huge sound of cloud bombs echoed in the night sky, and the clear explosion could be heard within several kilometers, which almost caused the people of Mirage to collapse.
Some unlucky ones were killed by missiles directly in their sleep, and some lucky ones couldn't sleep all night long and could only listen to the explosions and wait for the next draw.
Yes, a lottery, a lucky wheel once every two hours, where you bet on where the Scud missile will land!
The Tang Army was also making various attempts. After using a large number of cloud explosion bombs, they also began to use some other types of bombs to carry out attacks.
This kind of special attack is usually carried out during the day, with the H-6 reconnaissance aircraft confirming the results and determining which warhead is more likely to cause damage to cities like Mirage City.
Facts have proven that cloud bombs are actually very effective against cities like Mirage, but cluster bombs are even more effective.
The reason is actually very simple. Half of the houses in Mirage City are made of stone, mixed with wooden beams and other structures. After all, in island countries, buildings need to withstand typhoons, so there are still certain requirements for sturdiness.
Simple large bombs can only damage nearby buildings. For a city, no matter how effective cloud bombs are, they are only point attacks.
But cluster bombs are different, because they exactly meet the attack requirements: the opponent's house has a certain ability to withstand strikes, but not much. A small bomb can just have the effect of destroying it, and it is not wasted at all.
Therefore, the Tang army began to use cluster bomb attacks at night, and the damage caused by this suddenly increased to a higher level: a large number of residential buildings collapsed and were destroyed, and the number of civilian casualties also increased rapidly.
Not only did they use missiles to attack at night, the Tang Army also began to take off bombers to attack during the day: the H-6 deployed on the South Island has a sufficient range, they can carry a large number of cluster bombs, and their attack efficiency is much higher than that of Scud missiles.
In the basement, the Mirage Emperor's expression turned extremely ugly. His royal city had not been attacked by foreign enemies for hundreds of years, but now it was about to be blown into ruins.
You must know that Mirage City is more than just a capital city. It is also a holy place in the hearts of the people of Mirage Kingdom. It is a great city built by the gods worshiped by goblins who came to this world.
In addition to faith, Mirage City is also the most important industrial base of Mirage Country. There are a large number of factories here, responsible for the production of various military products.
From helmet bayonets to tanks and aircraft, many important weapon parts need to be processed in factories around the mirage.
If this were not the case, the Tang army would not go to such great lengths to bombard the mirage with various weapons. Attacks on the mirage actually weakened the war potential of the mirage.
Before being bombed, Mirage could produce about two Zero fighter jets every day. Although this kind of aircraft is no longer useful on the battlefield, Mirage can at least manufacture these aircraft.
Now, after the bombing, the production of Mirage Zero fighter jets has plummeted to 20 aircraft per month, which means that two-thirds of the production capacity has been destroyed.
The same is true for tanks. The Tang Army's bombing made it difficult for the Mirage Army to rebuild the 2nd Armored Division. The Mirage Army, which lacked heavy weapons and equipment, was not confident in confronting the Tang Army's attack head-on.
The senior leaders of the Mirage Kingdom know that now is the time when various weapons and equipment are needed: including anti-tank guns to deal with Tang Army tanks, landmines, anti-aircraft guns, tanks, heavy artillery...
Even machine guns, submachine guns, and grenades. Every more of these weapons and every more shells is good.
However, as the Tang army continued to bomb the industrial facilities of Mirage, all production almost came to a standstill. The assembly plant was short of spare parts, and the spare parts factory was short of raw materials.
On the one hand, the machinery of the factory was blown up and the production line was damaged; on the other hand, the workers were also killed and injured, making them unable to work.
As time went by, the raw materials hoarded by Mirage began to run out. For example, petroleum resources and rare metals began to be in short supply, making Mirage's production difficult.
There was no other way. After the Mirage Emperor was occupied by the Tang Army in the South Island, it issued a decree prohibiting private car travel.
But there is no way to implement this law very well. After all, the only people who can drive cars in Mirage are high-ranking officials. They all have government positions, so they can always find excuses to drive.
The real unlucky ones were those businessmen with little background. Their cars were confiscated and sent to the army to replenish their income. As a result, public dissatisfaction boiled, and the factories controlled by these people began to fail again, and the industrial production capacity of the mirage country further shrank.
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Without oil, Mirage began to add things to the gasoline, turning 97 into 95, 95 into 92, and finally vegetable oil was even added to the gasoline to top it off, which can really be said to be full of color, flavor, and flavor.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The thermal power plant in the west was bombed yesterday, killing more than 20 workers. There was a power outage in the XC area, and it has not recovered yet." Mirage Wenxin told Mirage Emperor depressedly
reporting on their recent losses.
In fact, the power in the East District has not been restored yet, and the factories there have been completely shut down. The production capacity of the anti-aircraft guns that were finally piled up has dropped to the bottom, and now only a dozen can be produced a month.
The technology of these crappy gadgets is not advanced, and they cannot intercept the Tang Empire's planes at all. But now, the Mirage Kingdom can't even produce many of these gadgets.
Next month...maybe the Tang Army will launch an attack! How much impact will a dozen more artillery pieces have on a battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops?
Another minister, Mirage Wenyou, also reported to Mirage Huanghui depressingly: "Two factories of Factory No. 408, which produces tanks, were destroyed. There is definitely no way to continue production. The tanks of the 2nd Armored Division can only use Cyric 5
I’ve made up the numbers.”
The factory building that produces Mirage's most advanced tanks was blown down and all the machinery and equipment was damaged. Now they have to make do with less advanced tanks produced by other factories.
Compared with the heavy tanks developed and produced by Mirage itself, the Cyric 5 tank is obviously much inferior: its prototype is the American M10 tank destroyer. Datang Group gave the drawings to Cyric, and Cyric gave it
With a top cover installed, it is sold as a tank.
The performance of this thing itself seems to be okay, but it is outdated today: in addition to the Tang Dynasty, which has begun to replace the 59 main battle tank on a large scale, other countries in the world are also equipped with artillery with larger caliber and more armor.
Thick heavy tank.
Even the Mirage itself has developed its own heavy tanks, and the Cyric 5 tank is just used to "fill up the numbers".
Now it's better, the numbers are really about to be topped up. There is no way to continue to produce heavy tanks. The Mirage can only rely on Cyric 5 tanks to rebuild its 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions.
In order to save steel, the width of the tracks was reduced by 2 centimeters! Even with the tacit approval of Miruk, the rear armor of all tanks was reduced by part.
This is to produce enough tanks while using the most economical materials: since it is decided to send the Tang Army into the decisive battle on the island, enough army weapons are the key to victory.
In fact, not all weapons are reducing production. Some weapons have increased their production because they are convenient and simple enough to produce.
For example, the production of anti-tank mines, which are called "gun mines" by the Mirage troops, has increased a lot: this thing is the other-world version of the "Taijun Happy Stick". It is different in shape, but in essence
It's a thing.
In order to increase the anti-tank capability of individual soldiers, and because this weapon itself saves raw materials, its production quantity has been increasing.
There is no way, the mine body itself is easy to produce, and the long pole is made of wood, which is a material that the Mirage has in huge quantities. It is difficult to reduce the output of this kind of weapon.
In addition, the production of suicide speedboats in the Mirage Kingdom has also increased a bit: although the port in the Mirage City was bombed, the production capacity on the North Island has increased a bit.
In addition, in order to rush to work and cut corners, Mirage once increased the number of its suicide speedboat fleet to 300.
It's just that most of these speedboats are just make-up, and most of them are not equipped with armored steel plate protection. Once such speedboats are hit, it is difficult to survive, and they are just civilian speedboats equipped with a lot of explosives.
"In view of the increased frequency of enemy missile attacks, Your Majesty... it is safer for you to move to a secret bunker in the suburbs." After listening to those people's reports to the Mirage Emperor, Mirage Dabo once again raised the suggestion of taking refuge.
Mirage City doesn't have many underground bunkers, and the city has never put any effort into dealing with the war. In this case, leaving it is indeed the more pragmatic option.
"I will consider this suggestion carefully." Mirage Emperor did not finish his words, but this was enough to make many officials think about it.
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