Leaving the Tang Empire in ruins and a white land... This seems to be a good idea. At that time, the homeless people will have no choice but to seek help from the Tang Army, and this will undoubtedly stop the Tang Army from attacking.
In addition, a city with a population of nearly one million will immediately collapse without water and electricity. If the Tang army occupied such a city, they would have to find ways to restore order and appease the people... They would not be able to allocate their troops.
Come to strangle the retreating Qin army.
In any case, the Qin Army would not destroy the cities under their control, they would just execute such crazy orders before retreating, so for the Qin Army, there is almost no price to pay.
Emperor Qin Yingduo looked at Liu Zhian. What he said was indeed cruel, but in his opinion, it was indeed feasible.
Needless to say, the effect is natural. As long as the Qin army really kills it when it retreats, the Tang army will definitely end up in a mess.
Numerous messes will inevitably plunge the Tang army into a quagmire and slow down their attack, which is equivalent to giving Qin a chance to recover.
"Then...General Liu Zhian...the front line will be left to you." Ying Duo stood up and stared into Liu Zhian's eyes.
"I will live up to my command!" Liu Zhian also looked at Emperor Qin Yingduo and promised with assurance: "The people of the Tang Dynasty can only get a piece of white land! A piece of ruins!"
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On the deck of the aircraft carrier Viva Dorne, next to a hole opened by a huge explosion, a group of damage control personnel were putting out the fire.
They pumped out seawater and sprayed it on the edges of the charred deck holes, trying to get the water into the hangar below and lower the temperature inside.
The carrier-based aircraft parked next to it had been damaged. The Stuka lay crooked on the deck, the landing gear on one side had been broken, and the folding wings had been deformed and could not be used at all.
"Report to the general! The fire has been basically controlled." After hanging up the phone, the captain walked behind John Cleeves, stood at attention, saluted and reported the "good news".
"How many aircraft carriers are left that can still take off aircraft?" Having almost lost all his strength, John Cleeves looked at the chief of staff and said.
"Commander..." The chief of staff was already in a panic. At least within the range he could see, almost all the warships were on fire, and almost all the warships had been hit by missiles.
Battleships are somewhat better, at least they are still "rough-skinned and thick-skinned", and most of them will not sink for a while.
But aircraft carriers are doomed. Compared with battleships, their armor is thinner and the things inside are more dangerous.
The battleship's ammunition depot and boilers are all below the waterline. As long as they are not implicated in detonating them, they are actually quite safe.
The aircraft carrier contains ammunition for the aircraft, fuel for the aircraft, and the aircraft carrier's own fuel and boilers. The amount of flammable and explosive materials is almost twice that of a battleship.
Coupled with poor management, inexperience of damage control personnel, and unreasonable design, big problems may arise if hit by a missile.
The key is that it is not a matter of one or two missiles, but that they may be attacked again at any time...
"There are still aircraft carriers Wuyang and Neverwinter that can still fight. They are relatively lucky and have not been hit by missiles." After a pause, the chief of staff said heartbreaking words.
The entire fleet consists of 10 aircraft carriers and 10 battleships, and now only two aircraft carriers are left alive. This loss is no longer something that any country can bear.
When the Navy's Combined Fleet was young, it suddenly lost four aircraft carriers at Midway Island, and the country's destiny was basically cut off.
One can imagine what a tragic failure it was for Qin and Dorn to lose 10 aircraft carriers in one go.
"Boom!" Just as he was speaking, a Qin aircraft carrier exploded on the far side. Huge flames shot up into the sky and lit up the surrounding sea.
A thin destroyer was next to the aircraft carrier, and its deck was illuminated by fire as bright as day. The destroyer was struggling to salvage people who had fallen into the water around the aircraft carrier. The scene looked quite tragic.
The aircraft carrier Hillens, which had escaped disaster before and was only injured, was not lucky this time. It was hit by two other Harpoon missiles and turned into a powder keg.
The hangar exploded, and the aircraft inside also exploded and burned. Eventually, the ammunition depot and fuel also exploded. In just a few minutes, the aircraft carrier sank to the bottom of the sea together with more than 1,400 officers and soldiers on board.
The reason why there are only more than 1,400 people on board is because earlier, the pilots and some officers on board were transferred to other aircraft carriers to serve as reserve forces for aviation combat power.
One battleship after another sank, and the combined fleet was now completely defeated. It was still dark, and the previous counterattack plan was out of the question.
John Cleeves's clamoring plan to turn the battleships was actually a more reasonable option at the time. At least the sacrifice of the battleship fleet might have given the aircraft carrier fleet a chance to escape.
But the Tang Army's attack was too fast and the interval was too short. Before the relevant combined fleet commanders could make up their minds, another round of Tang Army's attacks began.
The result is now like this: the battleships that had a chance to turn around and go back to serve as cannon fodder were beaten into pieces by missiles together with the aircraft carriers they were supposed to protect.
Several of Qin's battleships are sinking, but the destroyer Courage is unscathed and is now fishing for people next to the sinking aircraft carrier.
They have been so lucky that they have not been hit by an anti-ship missile so far. What they don't know is that they were indeed locked by a Harpoon anti-ship missile before, but the missile malfunctioned and fell into the sea halfway.
Already.
"We will all become sinners." John Cleeves sighed, his eyes having lost their luster: "Since the Dornish Admiral Strauss took charge of the Dornish naval fleet, the Dornish navy has never failed.
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"General..." The chief of staff had been calling John Cleeves commander, but seeing the other man's current state, the chief of staff subconsciously called him general.
"The combined fleet is finished... We can't even see the sun rise... The entire fleet will sink here..." John Cleeves held the chart table and shook his body slightly: "Listen to me... let the destroyers and
The cruisers should disperse and retreat immediately... This is the only way to leave something for the two navies."
The Chief of Staff also knew that this might really be the only way. At this time, ordering the fleet to disperse and flee actually had nothing to do with the will of the commander. Anyone who is calm knows that at this moment, the combined fleet has no chance of winning.
Opportunity.
"Let Neverwinter and Wuyang retreat at full speed immediately! I hope the other side will not find them... Don't look back and evacuate at full speed." John Cleeves grabbed the chief of staff's hand: "You go too! Go to Neverwinter immediately
