At the Tangjun Helicopter Airport built near Refeng Port, a Hind armed helicopter is being inspected by ground crews.
The fuselage of this helicopter is full of bullet holes, which are densely packed and look very scary. Most of the bullets can only penetrate the skin of the plane, but this has also brought many hidden dangers to this helicopter.
Many bullets are embedded in the bulletproof armor around the pilot's cockpit. These armors are made of composite materials, which are lightweight but have good defensive effects.
Important parts of the Hind gunship have such armor protection, but some places are thinner and some are thicker.
Frankly speaking, this helicopter was actually lucky, because many other helicopters were shot down directly, and the pilots had no chance to return...
No matter how fierce the suppressive firepower of the Tang Army is, there will still be fish that slip through the net. The coalition's anti-aircraft guns are still very threatening, and they still have a certain combat effectiveness when facing helicopters.
Such helicopters that are hit will undergo rigorous maintenance. Ground crews need to disassemble all possible problems and check the aircraft engine, linkage components, and various electronic equipment to ensure that the aircraft can continue to fly.
"Check carefully! Don't miss any place!" The person in charge of the ground staff held the recording form under his arm and urged his apprentices to work seriously.
"Yes!" the young apprentices answered as they used tools to unscrew the screws, opened the skin hatch, and carefully inspected the internal structure of the aircraft. They had to ensure the condition of the aircraft, otherwise the aircraft would be damaged with problems.
This will cause pilots to take more risks.
When they opened the cover, warheads that had changed shapes occasionally fell out. Coalition soldiers would shoot at helicopters in the sky, and their weapons could theoretically reach the height of the helicopter's flight.
The effective range of the rifle exceeds 400 meters, and it is not difficult for the warhead to hit 1,000 meters. Full-power ammunition can also ensure that the warhead penetrates the thin aircraft shell, so some warheads remain inside the helicopter.
Not far away, another Hind armed helicopter was also conducting a similar inspection. Such battle damage affected the aircraft's attendance rate and was one of the problems that the Tang Army had to face.
Every day, dozens of similar aircraft are unable to continue taking off to perform combat missions, and every day, dozens of similar aircraft are repaired and returned to the front line to continue fighting.
There were also new helicopters transported across the endless sea by transport ships to join the frontline combat forces, and many helicopters were also shot down and lost.
After increasing and decreasing, the number of Tang Army's frontline combat armed helicopters has remained at 700, but these armed helicopters are scattered across the entire front to provide close battlefield support for all group armies.
"The weather is really nice." An officer of the Air Force walked through the airport and saw a ground crew acquaintance who was dismantling the aircraft engine. He said hello: "Let's have lunch together."
Taking off his dirty and oil-stained gloves, the dwarf showed a hearty smile, nodded and replied: "Let's go together. If we go late, all the good things in the canteen will be taken away by those greedy ghosts."
Compared to the miserable Army, the Air Force has always been at the other extreme in terms of welfare benefits. Although it is close to the front line, the food in the canteen is really of a level that Army troops would envy.
Close to Rewind Port, this airport cafeteria allows you to eat serious seafood, as well as refrigerated beef sent from the other side of the Endless Sea, fresh vegetables and various fine condiments.
It's no exaggeration at all. In the days when Army soldiers were drooling over canned beef, Air Force pilots were more than happy with ice cream and chocolate. Some pilots were even allowed to drink alcohol after completing their missions.
Just strictly control the amount you drink.
As for the opponents of the Tang Army... well, they even had very little decent food. Many of the canned food provided by the elven troops could not even find minced meat in the starch.
It’s good to have canned food, but many coalition troops eat dried vegetables with dry bread or rice every day. Seasonings such as salt are not always available, let alone the taste.
"How many more have been built today?" The two walked side by side towards the building in the distance. It was a temporary wooden house, but it was indeed not small in scale.
Because there is no need for air defense at all, these houses are painted with white paint, with no intention of hiding them. The roofs are all painted in bright red, which is clearly visible from the sky.
"Don't mention it, we have a big job today." The dwarf is also an officer. Although the weather is not that hot, he still rolls up his sleeves to show his thick arms: "The engine of a Hind has been hit. It can fly back.
It's all a miracle. I've been working on that all morning and I haven't finished it yet."
"What a lucky guy." The Air Force officer praised. It was indeed not easy to fly back after two engines were damaged and one was damaged: "Are you going to move forward?"
"I heard it is." The dwarf ground service officer who belongs to the Army Aviation was a little reluctant to leave. They were lucky enough to share the same airport with the Air Force next to them. He could also go to the Air Force canteen to eat... But as the battle line progressed, they
The Air Force will definitely have to move forward, and then it will no longer be able to use the Air Force canteen.
This has to be said to be a pity for him in the Army Air Force. Although the food in the Army Air Force is also very good, compared with that in the Air Force, there is still a slight gap.
While he was talking, two Yinglong fighter jets that had returned from patrol roared and landed on the runway in the distance. The sound of their engines echoed in the sky, making the glass of the canteen rattle.
Looking around, farther away, high on the mound, a huge radar antenna is rotating. With the warning radar, the Tang Air Force does not need to take any air defense and concealment measures.
What's more, the Tang Empire's unique anti-aircraft missiles are also deployed around the airport out of sight. These missiles can easily deal with incoming enemy aircraft and protect the airport from the threat of enemy aircraft.
"Have you heard? Yesterday, the elves launched a missile and hit a building in Rewind Port." He walked into the canteen, grabbed an iron dinner plate, and followed the team forward. The Air Force
The officer turned around and asked his friend.
"Of course I heard about it..." The dwarf from the ground support department also picked up the dinner plate, nodded and replied: "It looks like a Scud, and the accuracy is at most that level. But the range is very scary, it is estimated to be more than 500 kilometers.
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If the opponent is using an ordinary Scud, the launch site will definitely be preset, so the Air Force will definitely not know anything about it. The only explanation is that the opponent's launch site is outside the warning range, so it will be ignored by the Air Force.
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The staff in the canteen do not care whether the people who come are affiliated with the Air Force. The security troops deployed near the airport often come to eat and drink. This is actually allowed.
So the canteen sergeant who was serving the meal scooped up the stewed beef with a spoon without raising his head, shook it skillfully, and put it on the plate in front of him. When he dug in another spoonful of beef, he found that the plate had not been taken away.
When the time comes, he will give another spoonful...
This is not a school cafeteria. Shaking the spoon is a habit, but the supply is actually not limited. So as long as you want to eat more, you can eat more: as long as you don't walk away with your plate, the other party will keep giving it to you.
Add amount.
After waiting for two spoons of beef, piling seven or eight prawns on the plate, and adding some green vegetables, the air force officer found a seat to sit down and enjoyed the food with his dwarf friends.
To be honest, the skills of the chefs in the Air Force are quite good. The dwarf continued the topic while peeling the shrimp: "From the clues found on the parts at the scene, the missile should be produced by Dorn. It's quite interesting. They are also thinking about it.
Ways to cause trouble for us."
Although it happened yesterday, the news has already spread nearby. On the one hand, it is because the missile hit a house, causing the death of more than 100 elven civilians. On the other hand, it is because this thing may be in the hands of the coalition forces.
There were so many weapons that they could threaten the Tang army's rear.
"This is war...the other side will definitely use every means to deal with us." The air force officer said vaguely while chewing beef.
He was concerned about this matter because he was worried that his airport might be attacked by missiles. Although the Tang Empire's air defense weapons were advanced, they still had difficulty dealing with faster missiles.
Although it is said that Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire, already has the air defense capability to intercept missiles, the air defense level of the field airport is obviously not comparable to that of the imperial capital.
"I hope it won't affect our airport." The air force officer swallowed the food in his mouth and said loudly to the dwarf.
Because while he was speaking, another plane took off or landed. The huge roar of the engine forced him to raise his voice.
The Tang Army's aircraft have been dispatched at a high frequency, and they have been responsible for too many combat missions, including destroying ground targets, cutting off the opponent's reinforcement routes, killing important supply nodes in the rear, etc.
Because of the heavy tasks, the Air Force often has to carefully select targets and let go of less important secondary targets to ensure that important targets are truly destroyed.
"Yeah, I don't want to be inexplicably blown up to death while repairing the plane." The dwarf ground service officer stuffed a prawn into his mouth and nodded in agreement.
The coalition launched a new missile yesterday. This missile has a range of more than 500 kilometers, but its accuracy is very impressive.
Much like the Scud exported by the Tang Empire, it basically could only cause trouble for city-sized targets. However, because of its longer range, the Tang Army still regarded this weapon as a serious threat.
Because apart from this kind of weapon, the coalition forces have almost no weapons that can threaten the Tang Army's deep targets. Another reason is that similar weapons with little precision seem to have greater deterrence than high-precision weapons.
There is no way, weapons that point to where to hit will not actually cause widespread panic, because everyone knows that even if you live next door to the target, as long as you shoot accurately, there will be no danger to the surrounding neighbors. But if your weapons are accurate
It's so bad that even you don't know where it will hit, then everyone will be panicked by this weapon...
Therefore, compared to Dongfeng Express, the brain-dead thing in the hands of a big Eastern country that performs Brownian motion when flying makes the neighbors even more uneasy.
The interesting thing is that the coalition forces that used this missile actually did not pay much attention to this weapon, because they are currently worried about the collapse of the front line.
Flix finally agreed to let some of Dorne's troops go north to support the Lions Empire's troops who couldn't hold on. He had no other choice. He couldn't really let the Lions Empire's troops fend for themselves in the north, right?
If that were the case, the defense line might be penetrated by the Tang army within two days. Once the defense line fell, the entire northern defense line would collapse in an instant. So he had to give some reinforcements, at least on the surface.
But such reinforcements were of little use, and Dorne's troops were targeted by the Tang Air Force as soon as they were mobilized. After several rounds of bombings, Dorne's organized reinforcements were no different from guerrillas.
It is conceivable that if an army loses large vehicles for supply, no heavy weapons and equipment such as tanks and artillery, and the command structure is not sound... can it only be regarded as a guerrilla army?
No one knows how effective such guerrilla reinforcements can be when they are sent to the front line. However, Flix's reinforcements have been given, and Lines can only rely on these guerrillas.
On the other side, Susas's troops were also struggling to hold on. Their situation was relatively better, because the place where they were was really not the main attack direction of the Tang army.
But even so, they are under great pressure. Susas's troops have added a large amount of heavy weapons and equipment in the past six months, with the number of tanks and armored vehicles exceeding 700. But these tanks and armored vehicles did not play a role.
became a burden.
After being attacked by Tang Army planes, so many heavy weapons and equipment without ammunition, oil, parts and other logistical support immediately became a hot potato: it would be a pity to lose them, but it would be useless to keep them.
Therefore, on the defensive positions of the Susus Empire, you can often see similar scenes: dozens of tanks and armored vehicles abandoned, some even blown up from the inside by grenades: these are the missing items that cannot be taken away during the retreat.
The oil vehicles were all blown up by the Susa soldiers themselves.
However, compared to the defense lines of the elves and the Lions Empire, the situation here in Susas is indeed much better: they only lost the first line of defense, and the main line of defense is still in their hands. However, their losses are not
Smaller, even heavier. Once they lose their defense line, they will only collapse faster.
