On the westbound railway, a worker hammered the last iron nail into the sleeper and then raised his head to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
As far as he could see, this railway was about to enter the territory of the Eternal Empire. There was a huge towering city wall, and the train passed between the two sections of the city wall.
The Holy Demon Empire was not so arrogant and crazy. They did not attack the Eternal Empire, but just demolished this section of the railway in front of the other side and transported it away.
Of course, the Eternal Empire had been retreating steadily due to the fight against the Puppet Empire, and was in no mood to compete with the Holy Demon Empire. In the end, the two sides reached a tacit agreement to maintain a truce here, and no one had the intention to open fire first.
However, as the battle progressed, the soldiers from the Holy Demon Empire here began to retreat, and were finally replaced by soldiers from Ailan Hill. Then countless engineers began to repair these damaged railways, racing against time and it was very lively.
Soon this famous westward railway was built, and the road between Ellandhill and the Eternal Empire was completely opened.
"The railway has been fully connected!" Holding the walkie-talkie in his hand, the engineer captain supervising the construction on site shouted excitedly into the microphone.
A huge engine sound appeared in the sky, and a UH-1 utility helicopter appeared on the horizon. A second UH-1 helicopter followed the helicopter, and the two helicopters rushed forward one after the other.
Machine guns were hung on the sides of these planes, and they were filled with soldiers on guard. After two helicopters flew over this railway section, a train filled with supplies, accompanied by more helicopters, slowly moved forward along the railway.
Drive in.
"This is the first train! Pay attention to your surroundings!" In a helicopter, the commander in charge of this transportation operation pressed the intercom and reminded his men loudly amidst the noise.
They are the 1st Air Cavalry Division of Elanthir. These helicopters can accompany the ground troops very well, and can be equipped with weapons such as rockets, which have a very good defensive effect on the Dragon Knight troops of the Holy Demon Empire.
After all, not far to the south of the Westward Railway is the frontier position controlled by the Holy Demon Empire. From there, the Dragon Knights will take off and arrive along the Westward Railway in a short time.
In order to prevent these lingering dragoons from threatening the westward railway, the latest uh-1 utility helicopter appeared along the westward railway.
The 1st Air Cavalry Division of Airan Hill is equipped with a large number of helicopters, many of which are equipped with machine guns and rockets. They rely on these helicopters to fight, and their reaction speed is many times faster than that of ordinary troops.
Once fighting breaks out nearby, these helicopters can transport a large number of infantry to the edge of the war zone and drop them off. Massive infantry and rocket launchers and other weapons can provide good fire support, and helicopters can also provide cover in the sky.
This tactic is very effective against those dragon knights. In fact, the emergence of helicopters has indeed given Eiland Hill a way to truly restrain the infiltration guerrilla tactics of dragon knights.
"No. 2 understands! Everything in the surrounding airspace is normal! Don't worry, those cowards from the Holy Demon Empire will not come to die!" In the headset, a pilot said under slight interference.
Under their helicopter, a train loaded with supplies was speeding along the railway track. The 9th Army's urgently needed supplies would soon be replenished in large quantities.
Previously, in order to provide these supplies, Eiland Hill had to mobilize all the transport aircraft they could mobilize to carry out risky transportation tasks.
Although the interception capability of the Holy Demon Empire is very low, the transport capacity of the transport aircraft is also not high. Therefore, the 9th Army has always been in a defensive state. They have to save their weapons and ammunition and do not dare to actively provoke the demons.
Now that the westward railway is once again under the control of Eiland Hill, the safety of the 9th Army is guaranteed.
Amidst the cheers of countless engineers, the train quickly passed the railway track. The train behind it was piled with weapons and ammunition to be transported to Grecken.
"This kind of helicopter is really easy to use! With them, the speed of hoisting and transportation has increased many times!" An engineer raised his head, looked at the helicopters flying above his head, and praised.
As a second-line weapon and equipment, this new type of aircraft has not yet appeared on the front line. In order to avoid large-scale losses, the Airan Hill military has no plans to put this helicopter into the frontal battlefield for the time being.
They are studying a new type of armed helicopter, which is the weapon and equipment they want to use for frontal assault.
The cheers became louder, because the second train appeared on the railway track not long after. Ireland's transportation capacity is actually very strong. As long as this section of the railway is open to traffic, the 9th Army will be able to move forward within a few days.
It will resume operation.
Just as everyone was watching the train speeding along the tracks with joy, a roaring artillery shell landed nearby.
At first glance, this is not a very accurate artillery shell. After all, the actual line of control of the Holy Demon Empire is more than 20 kilometers away from the railway. At this distance, few artillery can directly attack the westward railway.
"Lie down!" Most of the people nearby were engineers, so everyone hugged their helmets and began to hide to avoid the opponent's artillery attack.
The impact point of the second shell was also outrageous, and it did not threaten the railway at all. Moreover, the power of this shell did not seem to be huge, and it looked about the same as a 130 mm caliber howitzer shell.
"What are you doing? How could their 130 mm caliber howitzer hit such a distance?" Holding his helmet, the engineer captain looked at the shell that fell not far away, frowning and complaining.
Whether it is the Holy Demon Empire or the Puppet Empire, in fact, most of them are equipped with 130 mm caliber artillery with technical parameters provided by Alan Hill. The actual performance is not that outstanding. : :
The range of this howitzer exported to the Holy Demon Empire was only a little over 9 kilometers. It was a real early model of World War II. It was basically an alien version of the Soviet 122 howitzer.
At that time, the export of this kind of artillery gave Airland Hill development time, and Airland Hill was responsible for exporting all supporting production lines, including machine tools and other supporting machinery and equipment.
It has been used until now, but the performance of this howitzer is actually very outdated. Not only the power of the shells, but also the basic design structure is already outdated.
Except for the second-line troops of the Eiland Hill Artillery, which are still equipped with old 75-mm infantry guns and 105-mm-caliber old-fashioned artillery due to their rapid development, most of them have been equipped with new 105-mm-caliber howitzers and 155-mm-caliber howitzers.
No matter in terms of caliber or design level, the new artillery of the Airan Hill Army is much stronger than the old model howitzers equipped by the Holy Demon Empire and the Puppet Empire.
The Holy Demon Empire and the Puppet Empire, which have always suffered losses, have certainly considered developing new artillery. However, because they did not have systematic technical reserves, they encountered countless troubles in the process of modifying the artillery.
In the end, the puppet empire came up with some so-called new weapons and equipment, such as the "new artillery" currently bombarding the Eiland Hill Railway. A modified 175 mm caliber heavy artillery!
This caliber was designed by the Puppet Empire itself. The overall artillery design follows the structure of the 130mm caliber artillery, with the addition of a medicine chamber and barrel, which increases the range of the artillery.
However, because it has to surpass the 155mm caliber howitzer commonly equipped in Elland Hill, which has a range of 15 kilometers, the puppet empire's new artillery design requires a range of 25 kilometers.
Unfortunately, due to insufficient processing levels and the overall design being based on the 130 artillery piece, in the end this new type of artillery could only reach a range of 22 kilometers and had various shortcomings.
First of all, when the maximum range is about 20 kilometers, the hit accuracy of this artillery is very impressive, and it basically relies on a state of faith.
Secondly, the power of the projectile warhead of this kind of artillery is very small, and the weight of the charge is about the same as that of the 130 artillery.
Finally, this kind of artillery is huge in size and is very inconvenient in transportation and deployment. The puppet empire relied on its own labor advantages to force the use of this new artillery. Unfortunately, the actual combat effect can only be said to be average.
"They can only harass them for these two days! After these two days, they will be beaten farther away, and there won't be so much trouble!" Several shells landed nearby, and soon
It stopped.
There were bursts of muffled thunder from the horizon, and it seemed that the artillery unit on the front line had begun to counterattack. The shaking sound of artillery continued for a while, until there was no sound behind the Holy Demon Empire's position.
Then it gradually stopped.
There were not many Magic Empire troops who dared to fight back in front of the Airan Hill artillery group. Although the Puppet Empire could afford to spend it, it was not willing to waste its resources on such a self-inflicted trouble.
The engineers and soldiers who got up from the ground were dusting themselves off, and the third train blew its whistle and roared past the area that had just been bombarded.
Bomb craters were scattered around, and most of them were still steaming. The engineer captain looked at his men and ordered loudly: "See if anyone is injured! The remaining people, fill up the craters! Work!"
"Ha!" A group of engineers began to get busy again. They began to check the situation around the railway tracks after the train passed by. Many people began to use shovels to shovel the loose soil around the crater back into the crater.
On this day, the westward railway was built, the crisis of the 9th Army was relieved, and Alan Hill, the Eternal Empire and Grecken were finally connected again. It was also on this day that the Jesno Empire
The capital changed hands, and Eilandhir achieved a major victory on the southern front.