"War has been declared! War has been declared!" An officer rushed into an office while running: "The Tang Empire has declared war on the Mirage Kingdom! The Tang Empire has declared war on the Mirage Kingdom!"
Everyone in the office stood up all of a sudden. They looked at the panting officer at the door, and then they all grabbed the phones in their hands: "Hello? Hello! The Tang Empire has declared war on the Mirage! War has broken out! Yes!
War breaks out!"
"Yes! That's right! War has been declared! The news I just got! It's a mirage country! It's a mirage country! Hahaha! It's been confirmed!" In another office, another group of people smiled excitedly and said to the person on the other end of the phone
shouted.
The attack target of the Tang Empire has been confirmed, which is good news for other empires. This means that they no longer have to worry about facing the behemoth of the Tang Empire. The relief is beyond words.
On the airport runway outside Beiyuan City, the canvas of a H-6 bomber was lifted, and the ground staff were nervously checking that all the equipment on the aircraft was in very good working condition.
The pilots were checking the inspection form. They were ordered to carry out the first bombing mission. Taking advantage of the high range and high speed of the H-6, they were to drop bombs on the South Island of the Mirage, destroy the airport on the island, and strive for a better future for the Tang Empire's navy.
entry environment.
The performance of these H-6 aircraft is absolutely advanced at this moment. Their opponents simply cannot catch up with their speed. This kind of aircraft is now almost impossible to intercept, and its bomb load is also very terrifying.
Under normal circumstances, if the Flying Fortress wants to fly 1,500 kilometers away, its bomb load is actually extremely low. But the H-6 can guarantee that it can still carry more than three tons of aerial bombs on a range of 2,000 kilometers.
In addition, because of the application of the most advanced radio navigation equipment and mechanical ballistic computers, the bombing accuracy of this thing is also a level higher than that of the Flying Fortress.
What's even more frightening is that this bomber can maintain an altitude of more than 12,000 meters before entering the bombing target area, while the fighter jets that intercept it cannot fly even meters.
The officer responsible for commanding this bombing mission reminded the frontline commander of the bombers leading the team: "The target is the field airport on the island. When approaching, lower the altitude and speed through! Pay attention to intercepting your Zero fighter jets and the anti-aircraft guns on the ground.
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The commander was wearing an orange life vest with a flight jacket underneath, and an oxygen tube and mask hanging on his chest.
He handed the equipment maintenance report back to the person in charge of the ground operations, and then said to the commander: "I understand! We will drop the bomb at a relatively safe speed and altitude. In addition, are the special ammunition ready?
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The commander nodded: "It's ready. One-tenth of the bombing ammunition is napalm. These incendiary bombs will form a burning zone near the target. These burning zones will provide target reference for the night airborne troops."
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"That's good! For the empire!" The mission commander on the front line stood at attention and saluted.
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"Have you written your suicide note? Check again! Check again! Have you written your suicide note? Everyone must write it, whether they have something to say or not." Among the paratroopers waiting to board the plane,
An officer in charge of statistics waved the letter in his hand and shouted loudly.
"Can't it be more auspicious?" A soldier with a huge spare parachute bag hanging on his chest complained softly.
The amount of equipment on his body is suffocating: there is a spare parachute, a main parachute, an orange vest for survival, a backpack carrying spare ammunition and personal belongings and sundries, as well as weapons and ammunition, and there are also
Has a tactical vest.
In addition to these, there are additional grenades for him to strengthen, rifle grenades to help the grenadier carry, and a damn spare battery for communication equipment placed in a waterproof plastic sheet.
In addition to a compass, extra clothes, identity documents and raincoats... every paratrooper feels like he has half of his family on his body, and it becomes a physical test for them to stand up with such a set of equipment.
"This is also for your own good. If you have a beautiful wife, your suicide note can at least ensure that your pension will not be used by her to support your son's stepfather." Behind the young paratrooper, an old paratrooper joked with a smile.
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Several soldiers around him laughed. They were not afraid of death. Ever since they became paratroopers and underwent rigorous training, they had already taken life and death lightly.
Jumping from an altitude of two to three thousand meters, feeling the cold wind through your clothes, and watching the earth rush towards you, these warriors have become accustomed to the excitement of death always accompanying them like the wind.
"Get on board! Get on board! Move forward! Watch your step!" The commander, who was also covered in equipment, walked through his team. Every time he took a step forward, he had to take strange steps, a bit like a duck, a bit like a duck.
Like hemiplegia.
"Try to sleep on the plane! Keep your strength!" As he walked forward, the officer reminded his men: "Recall the photos you saw before! Keep in mind those battlefield identification buildings that you have memorized.
Objects and terrain features! Find your comrades as much as possible! Act together!"
He tirelessly repeated what he had repeated countless times before, in order to give these soldiers who were participating in the battle for the first time an extra chance of survival on the battlefield.
Starting yesterday afternoon, every paratrooper unit has distributed various photos, maps and topographic illustrations. All paratroopers must keep these things in mind so that they can quickly find their position after landing.
In addition, each of them must carry as much ammunition and other equipment as possible to ensure that they can last longer behind enemy lines.
They will have to intercept Mirage's reinforcements single-handedly for at least 24 hours. If anything unexpected happens during the landing operation, they may have to hold on for another 24 hours... or longer.
This is no joke. They not only have to fight alone in the absence of air superiority, but also control bridges as much as possible, destroy high-value targets in the enemy's depth, disrupt the enemy's actions, confuse the opponent's intelligence, and give the entire mirage country
The depth of the defenders created a lot of chaos.
They have to rely on rifle grenades, rocket launchers and explosives to fight against enemy tanks, and small-caliber mortars to fight against enemy heavy artillery.
But this is nothing, because they are Tang Dynasty paratroopers! After entering this army, they were told that they are the most powerful army, they are ruthless and murderous. They are invincible and they have never failed.
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The Hercules transport aircraft has a huge tail hatch, and when opened, it can form a huge gentle slope, which makes the process of entering the Hercules transport aircraft much more comfortable for paratroopers than boarding the 47 transport aircraft.
The interior of the Hercules transport aircraft is also very spacious and can accommodate 60 fully armed paratroopers at a time. In other words, a 130 Hercules transport aircraft is approximately equivalent to two Type 47 transport aircraft.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the mission, the Tang Empire used a total of 150 130 Hercules transport aircraft - this number was 50 more than previously estimated!
On the one hand, this is to ensure that no aircraft will be unable to take off due to malfunction, and on the other hand, it is also because many "heavy" weapons and equipment were temporarily added to the paratroopers.
In order to ensure that the paratroopers have certain anti-tank capabilities, some paratroopers will parachute with anti-tank RPG rocket launchers, so it is inevitable that more transport aircraft will be needed.
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On the broad sea, on the deck of a Datang Empire destroyer, a sailor hurriedly threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the sea. Behind him, the huge Datang Empire Dragon Island-class aircraft carrier was densely arranged.
The pirate fighter jets were crowded together with their wings folded.
"Woo... Level 2 alert! Level 2 alert! We have entered the patrol radius of the Zero fighter! Pay attention to alert! All anti-aircraft gun positions have entered combat readiness! Repeat! All anti-aircraft gun positions combatants are in place!" The broadcast echoed with nervousness.
warning sound.
Soldiers wearing life jackets and helmets climbed up the exposed steel ladder to the anti-aircraft machine gun firing platform.
The ammunition was pulled out of the box and packed into the body of the anti-aircraft machine gun. Everyone looked at the sky nervously, as if trying to find the target with their own eyes.
In fact, this is just a subconscious action caused by nervousness, because if there is no radar signal, it means that there are no enemy planes in the surrounding sky.
But everyone still subconsciously searched for it with their eyes, as if they didn't trust the electronic equipment that would malfunction from time to time. Small-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns were pointed at the sky. The sound of waves lapping against the warships made the surrounding people
Everything seemed eerie and quiet.
"Battle status report! Battle status report! The empire has declared war on the Mirage Kingdom! One minute ago, the warning submarine directly in front of our fleet sank a Mirage fishing boat..." The radio broadcast what had just happened: "The coordinates of our fleet may be
Already exposed."
"I bet the warships of Mirage are already waiting for us ahead." A gunner sitting on the gun emplacement, holding the crank in his hand, muttered to the loader beside him.
"Can't you be more auspicious? Can't those damn goblins on the South Island surrender honestly?" The loader looked around at the sky and complained to the gunners around him.
"I'm just talking casually." The gunner smiled bitterly. He also hoped that everything would go well: the enemy was like a fool and waited until they threw all the landing troops on the shore before they reacted. The enemy's fleet would never appear for a lifetime.
around them.
Unfortunately, the enemy will not be so cooperative, they will struggle and fight back... In fact, after the Tang Empire declared war on the Mirage Kingdom, the main fleet of the Mirage Navy began to warm up the boilers and prepare to go to sea.
