The commander-in-chief of the Seventh Legion of the Empire is Duke Alvin Milburn, known as the "Cheetah". (¡¶¡·Íø7*) When the Empire destroyed the Principality of Emera four years ago, he was the commander of the Empire's "Grand Army" at that time. Under his command, the empire defeated the then Emerald Defense Force in only 8 months and destroyed the entire Emerald. Just half a year ago, he led the Seventh Army of the Empire to successfully wipe out the rebels in the Eastern Continent and wiped out the so-called "Wagang Army".
In his eyes, these so-called "Elmera Republic Army" (the empire didn't even know the name of epla at the time) were simply his defeated generals - as for the defeat of the "Iron Marquis", it was purely because His own incompetence explains nothing at all. In his eyes, as soon as Wang Shi's troops arrived, the mob itself should fall apart.
In fact, at this moment, the civilian officials of Emera's interim government were a little scared when they heard that "Cheetah" was commanding the Empire's Seventh Army (including Aria herself) - after all, four years The previous disaster that destroyed the country had left them with too much pain.
However, unlike the original battle against the Colonial Corps, EPLA now has no fear of the Imperial Corps - from senior generals to ordinary soldiers, without exception, they all firmly believe that they are under Jiang Yucheng. Under his command, we will surely win the final victory.
There is no doubt that their hunch is correct - this time, Jiang Yucheng will launch a brand-new grand tactic that has never appeared in this world: blitz warfare.
He will gather all the tanks of the entire newly formed 38th Group Army, and then cooperate with the aviation force to launch a large-scale blitzkrieg. This will be the first large-scale armored assault in this alien world. In Jiang Yucheng's eyes, the seemingly invincible Seventh Legion of the Empire was actually a piece of meat on the chopping board. (¡¶¡·Íø.com)
On earth, to execute a blitzkrieg, the army first needs to be supported by the air. The aviation force must first be dispatched to eliminate enemy planes at the airport by surprise and seize air superiority. Then paratroopers are used to control key points, and large-scale mechanized troops are launched from the ground. Attack quickly and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.
There is a small problem here - Jiang Yucheng does not have a transport aircraft, let alone paratroopers. But it doesn't matter. The 110th Mechanized Infantry Division riding in infantry fighting vehicles can take advantage of the armored troops' attack to quickly outflank the enemy and block their way back - for the Imperial Army, which is still dominated by infantry and cavalry. For the regiment, their extremely low mobility is simply not enough to pose a threat to the mechanized infantry on the sides and rear.
According to intelligence, the Imperial Regiment has specially strengthened a batch of "Urban" cannons in order to deal with possible "Warcraft". Although it is impossible for such high-explosive artillery to penetrate the armor of a tank, the huge vibration will also cause serious damage to the equipment on the tank and the crew inside the vehicle. However, Jiang Yucheng didn't care about this kind of thing - the reason was simple. The one-mile range of this huge cannon seemed very far, but it was not enough to face the advanced howitzers of EPLA artillery.
In addition, those small artillery, triangle-level magic, dragon fire guns, and straight swords in the hands of heavy cavalry are simply impossible to threaten the advanced third-generation main battle tanks equipped by EPLA. If they were little devils during World War II, they could still use flesh and blood to fight steel, and create "death squads" tied with gun bags to fight with these roaring steel monsters.
But even based on the normal exchange ratio on the battlefield, an average of twenty to thirty "kamikados" must die before it is possible to destroy a tank. And with the empire's weak gunpowder technology, it is estimated that it would be impossible to destroy a tank without using the Quartet's gunpowder technology. It is simply impossible to destroy a Type 99 tank with spells above level 1, let alone Jiang Yucheng's own indestructible Type 05 tank. (¡¶¡·Íø7*)
The only threat to Jiang Yucheng's armored forces was the empire's air power. According to Koshota, even the gryphon knight uses the sky knight magic to be as lethal as a heavy aviation rocket. If it is a top attack, it can completely pose a fatal threat to tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and artillery with weaker armor.
Although in addition to the F-15, even those trainer aircraft also have certain air combat capabilities, but for the EPLA Air Force, which currently does not have early warning aircraft and lacks combat airspace monitoring and battlefield control capabilities, it wants to play like the US Air Force during the Gulf War. "Eagle Wall", sweeping the entire airspace to seize absolute air supremacy is simply impossible - as long as a small number of Griffin Knights successfully penetrate the defense, it will be enough to cause huge losses to EPLA's ground forces.
Therefore, the best way is to first eliminate the air power of the Imperial Regiment and eliminate those Griffin troops on the ground.
??In the early morning of November 30, 927 in the Imperial Calendar, at the right timeThe day before the battle of ?? started, inside the epla "Beishan" command center
Jiang Yu looked at her watch. The time displayed was exactly 12 o'clock in the morning. Emera is located in a tropical area similar to the earth. Even in December, it is not very cold. At this moment, the earth is still dark. The empire's gryphon cavalry regiment cannot take off due to its weak night vision capabilities like the dragon knights.
"Tara, are our air forces in place now?" Jiang Yucheng asked Xiao Zhengtai.
"Well, yes." Xiao Shota nodded, "Now the squadrons that are preparing to participate in the first round of air strikes have been deployed to the "Blade" base. Currently, all combat units are in good condition and can be dispatched at any time."
"Tara, how confident are you about this air strike?" Jiang Yucheng continued to ask, "Can you guarantee that one attack will destroy the enemy's Griffin Knights?"
"At present, our reconnaissance satellites and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft have confirmed that the enemy Griffin barracks is located in area b-7r, about 700 kilometers away from the "Blade" base."
As Mr. Shota spoke, he asked an Air Force officer to control the computer and project the high-resolution photos sent back by the satellite on the large screen in the command center. "Griffins need to live in a special griffin room at night and cannot be exposed to the environment." In the wild - in other words, during the attack, we only need to blow up the targets marked on the photo." As he spoke, he pointed to the area marked with a red cross in the photo.
"If all our existing air forces are launched, it is theoretically feasible to wipe out all the gryphon units attached to the entire Seventh Army of the Empire through a round of bombing." Koshota continued, "Now , the problem we are facing is on the plane?"
"What happened to the plane?" Jiang Yucheng asked.
"Visual attacks at night are very ineffective." Koshota further explained, "Therefore, attack aircraft modified from trainer aircraft cannot continue to use unguided aviation rockets and must use precision guided bombs. But the problem is, For such surface targets, heavy aerial bombs of 500 pounds or more must be carried to effectively kill the target - and with the mounting capabilities of these training attack aircraft, if these large aerial bombs are mounted, the strike radius of these aircraft will be basically It's not enough - therefore, the only thing we can rely on is half of our regiment's F-15 fighters that have just formed combat effectiveness."
"Another problem is that we currently have a total of 12 fighter planes in three squadrons. With our current dispatching capabilities, we are still unable to dispatch them at the same time." Koshota continued.
Although the EPLA Air Force has been equipped with advanced third-generation heavy-duty fighter jets, the entire combat system has not been fully established¡ªnot to mention high-end products such as electronic reconnaissance aircraft and early warning aircraft, and there are not even many ground radar stations. Naturally, it is not that easy to launch an air strike against enemy targets across 700 kilometers at night.
"It seems that our air force does have many shortcomings in the system." Jiang Yucheng said, "So, how do you plan to solve it?"
"My current idea is to attack in batches with squadrons as units." Xiao Shota said, "According to the empire's practice, griffins should be made of wood - and the feathers on griffins are also made of wood. Inflammable materials. Therefore, the first attack squadron should all be equipped with napalm-type SDBs, and strive to ignite all the griffons as much as possible in the first round of attacks. Next, the second and third The three attack squadrons only need to mount aerial bombs normally and clear out the remaining Griffin Knights."
"Very good." Jiang Yucheng said, walked to the big screen and pointed at the Griffin Corps camp on the screen, "What I want now is that you attack immediately, throw bombs to me here, and directly destroy the empire's All air power is wiped out on the ground!"
Jiang Yucheng knew very well that for the EPLA Air Force, which had limited battlefield monitoring capabilities, instead of using only a dozen fighters to fight for air supremacy with hundreds of griffins without radar support, it was better to take the initiative and directly take advantage of the situation. The empire's gryphon knights were wiped out while they were still on the ground.
In this case, when the formal battle begins tomorrow and the armored forces advance, even if one or two slip through the net, they will not be able to cause much damage to their armored forces - the field air defense forces attached to the group army will be able to easily eliminate them.
"Sir, do you want to act now?"
"Yes - when daybreak comes, we will have no way to ensure the surprise of the attack - if many Griffins slip through the net, our mechanized infantry will be fatally threatened - those lightly armored infantry fighting vehicles But even ordinary triangle-level magic is difficult to resist." Jiang Yucheng explained.