Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 108 The Attacking Airship

On the morning of June 3012, [-] in the Tang calendar, in a large hall of the royal palace in Feni City, the capital of the Sharad Empire, Emperor Herris said to Minister of War Valerian with a gloomy face: "Should your War Department give I have an explanation? The war started half a month ago, and five infantry regiments of the Royal Sharad Army were surrounded by the Su family army, but your Ministry of War has not even come up with a rescue plan!"

The more Emperor Herris spoke, the angrier he became, and he almost roared out at the end.

Minister of War Valerian said bitterly: "Your Majesty, eight infantry regiments have now withdrawn from the front line, and the loss of personnel and weapons and equipment is not small. In order to keep these eight infantry regiments, our Ministry of War can only let them continue to march to the front line." Withdrawing to the north, as for the Ninth Infantry Regiment and No.20 Fourth Infantry Regiment trapped in the Dingxincheng area of ​​the Cangyu Empire's Nan Province, and the Eighth Infantry Regiment trapped in the Anzhou City area of ​​the Lunan Province of the Cangyu Empire, No.12 Infantry Corps and No.20 Fifth Infantry Corps can only rely on themselves to break through for the time being."

"Boom——" Emperor Herris slammed the table in front of him, and then roared: "Valerian, you must find a way to rescue the five besieged infantry regiments. The number of an infantry regiment has been cancelled, and I want your head!"

The words of Emperor Herris made the Minister of War Valerian's heart tremble. You must know that since the Royal Sharad Army had an infantry regiment, no infantry regiment has been wiped out. If there is an infantry regiment this time The five infantry regiments were besieged and wiped out by the Su family army, and Valerian must bear most of the responsibility. Emperor Herris said that he wanted his head, and he was definitely not trying to scare him.

At this time, Prime Minister Shulik said: "Your Majesty, calm down, none of us expected that the attack of the Su family army came so soon, and it was only two days before we were going to strike first, which made our Royal Sharad Army on the front line The troops were caught off guard by the Su family army, it seems that we must quickly increase our troops to the territory of the Cangyu Empire!"

Minister of War Valerian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, our Ministry of War will replenish the eight withdrawn infantry regiments with personnel, weapons and ammunition as soon as possible, but in order to rescue the five besieged infantry regiments, it is best to draw a few more regiments from the country. The troops entered the territory of the Cangyu Empire."

Emperor Herris took a deep breath, calmed down his anger, and then asked the Minister of War Valerian in a deep voice: "Trapped in the Dingxincheng area of ​​the Cangyu Empire's Southern Jinan Province and the Anzhou City area of ​​​​the Lunan Province? How long can the five Sharad Royal Army infantry regiments last?"

Minister of War Valerian hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the artillery firepower of the Su family army is too fierce. I don't know how long the five infantry regiments can last."

A cold light flashed in the eyes of Emperor Herris, "That is to say, even if we mobilize another batch of reinforcements from the country, it may be too late in time."

Minister of War Valerian nodded sadly, "It may be too late, but the Cangyu Empire also has a lot of troops, who are also besieged in the Dingxin City area and Anzhou City area. Perhaps the two armies united can last longer. time."

The Secretary of the Navy, Gavriel, who was standing opposite the Minister of War Valerian, suddenly said: "Valerian, doesn't your army have an airship unit? Can't you let the airship unit bomb the five besieged infantry regiments?" Is there a passage to break through?"

The words of Secretary of the Navy Gavriel made the eyes of the Minister of War Valerian shine, "Yes! Our Royal Army still has fifteen airships that can carry several tons of aerial bombs! Your Majesty, the five infantry regiments that were besieged It's saved!"

Emperor Herris hurriedly asked: "Can an airship really blow up a passage for the five besieged infantry regiments?"

Minister of War Valerian nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, the fifteen heavy-duty airships of the airship force were not on the front line when the Su family army launched an attack, because they had undertaken the task of transporting ammunition. Now these fifteen heavy-duty airships are intact. No damage, with their heavy load, they can definitely blow up a way out for the five besieged infantry regiments!"

On the morning of June [-]th, Zhang Shitou yawned in a bomb defense cave on the outskirts of Dingxin City, Jinan Province, Cangyu Empire, and said, "Da Zhu, how long do you think it will take for our Su Family Army to lay down Dingxin City?"

Niu Dazhu rubbed his red eyes, and then yawned, "Stone, don't think about it, go to sleep now! Maybe when it will be our turn again, and we are now in the northern suburb of Dingxin City. Perimeter, if the enemy has reinforcements, we will have no chance to sleep!"

Zhang Shitou sighed and said: "Yesterday our brigade continued to attack for a day and a night, and finally advanced less than three kilometers to Dingxin City. The infantry regiment is wiped out!"

Niu Dazhu immediately said: "Now our Su family army has completely surrounded their four infantry regiments. Of course they have to fight. I think it is the commander and the commander-in-chief who control the advancing speed of our attacking troops in order to reduce losses."

Zhang Shitou nodded and said with a smile, "Dazhu, you know all about 'a trapped beast is still fighting'. I think you can learn more from our platoon leader, and you might be able to be the regiment leader in the future!"

Niu Dazhu curled his lips and said, "Just looking at your stone, you are not self-motivated. There is a saying that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. The regimental commander is not my ultimate goal. I, Niu Dazhu, will be a division commander in the future!"

Zhang Shitou scolded with a smile: "If you say you are fat, you still have breathlessness, so you are still the teacher, don't daydream!"

Niu Dazhu was about to refute Zhang Shitou's words, when a soldier hurried into the artillery hole, "Platoon Leader Zhang, Captain Steak, go and have a look outside! A group of things are flying from the sky in the north!" "

When Zhang Shitou and Niu Dazhu heard this, they immediately followed the soldier out of the blast hole. When they looked up, their faces became serious.

"I'll use the radio transmitter to report to the company and battalion headquarters that the airship from the Sharad Empire is coming!" Zhang Shitou finished speaking, turned around and went into the blast hole again.

Niu Dazhu said to the soldiers around him: "Go immediately to the bomb defense hole where the machine gun squad is, and ask them to set up all three machine guns and prepare to shoot at the airship of the Sharad Empire."

Platoon leader Yang Xiong was not here at this time, but went to the battalion headquarters for a meeting.

Soon fifteen heavy-duty airships of the Sharad Empire flew over the positions lined up by Zhang Shitou and Niu Dazhu. At this time, more than three MG-42 general-purpose machine guns in their row fired at the airships of the Sharad Empire in the sky. , On the positions on the left and right sides, many MG-42 general-purpose machine guns fired fiercely at the airship.

It's a pity that the fifteen heavy-duty airships of the Sharad Empire have a height of about 400 meters, which has exceeded the effective range of the MG-42 general-purpose machine gun.

But soon the Browning M2 anti-aircraft machine gun of the battalion artillery company, the Oerlikon 20mm quadruple anti-aircraft gun of the regimental artillery battalion, and the Bofors 40mm dual anti-aircraft gun of the brigade artillery regiment also joined the battle. Attack of the Sharad Imperial Airship.

The range of these three anti-aircraft weapons is almost no pressure against the airships of the Sharad Empire at a height of about 400 meters, because the airbags of the heavy-duty airships of the Sharad Empire are filled with hydrogen. It would immediately turn into a ball of fire, and finally the fifteen heavy-duty airships that the Sharad Empire placed high hopes on were all easily destroyed by the anti-aircraft firepower of the Su Family Army.

(End of this chapter)