Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 768 768 Zhao Chen’s Difficulties

 Zhao Chen is a prince of the Dahua Empire. He has a distinguished status and is not bad in ability. He organized troops to defend in Jiange and withstood the frontal pressure of the Tang army.

 Speaking of which, because of the natural danger of Zangjian Gorge, it is actually unlikely that the Tang army would attack Jiange directly.

 Coupled with the reinforcements from the Shu Kingdom, the defense line of Dahua Army's Zangjian Pavilion can be said to be impregnable, and the Tang Army also knows this information.

 So while the fighting on the Fengjiang City side was in full swing, the armies on both sides of the Zangjian Gorge were very quiet, and no one tried to break this delicate balance.

Just because everyone is restrained on the ground does not mean that everyone is still so polite in the sky. The air battle between the two sides surrounding the air superiority near Zangjian Gorge has actually lasted for seven or eight days.

During these seven or eight days, the Dahua Air Force has been taking off new Dahua 1 fighter jets to fight against the Tang Air Force. The two sides have been engaged in fierce battles near the actual control line.

More than a dozen Dahua fighter jets were shot down every day. Although the Tang Army did not fully control the air for a while, the losses of the Dahua Air Force were actually unbearable.

 Although losing a dozen planes every day may not sound like much, it is definitely a lot relatively speaking. Coupled with the losses in the previous battle, the remaining troops were panicked. Everyone was very nervous, fearing that they would become the tragic protagonist who was shot down the next day.

 It must be known that cumulatively, the Dahua Army has shot down more than 300 bombers and more than 200 new fighter jets.

 Furthermore, all bomber pilots and more than 150 fighter pilots have not returned to the team. These losses are real.

Even if you only look at the number of pilots, the loss of more than 450 pilots will definitely devastate the Dahua Empire: it costs real money to train these pilots, and each pilot is not cheaper than the aircraft itself.

  If you also calculate the loss of the extremely precious new fighter jets, which were originally produced in a small amount, the Dahua Air Force has actually been unable to bear it after these days of fighting.

 The call to preserve strength is getting louder and louder, and even Zhao Chen is considering whether it is worth continuing to carry out night bombings with no return.

 In fact, Zhao Chen doesn’t need to think about it, because he really does not have the capital or strength to continue launching large-scale air battles now.

 On the one hand, the number of pilots in the Dahua Air Force has become less and less as the war continues, and advanced fighter jets cannot keep up with the losses. The strength of the front-line air force has been greatly reduced, and it is simply unable to launch offensive campaigns.

 On the other hand... Tang's air force was not idle either. One of the main reasons why they kept launching air battles was to cover their own bombers and conduct repeated bombings on Dahua Airport near Jiange.

Since the Dahua aircraft taking off from Jiange can carry out the mission of bombing the southern oil fields, the attack range of the Tang Army's frontline airport naturally also covers the Dahua Airport near Jiange.

In order to reduce the air defense pressure in the direction of the southern oil fields, the Tang Air Force took the initiative and began to purposefully destroy the Dahua Airport that could be found.

Jiange Airport was destroyed by the Tang Air Force Flying Fortress bombers that arrived shortly after the Dahua Air Force's most disastrous daytime bombing mission ended.

 It was really destroyed! Tang Jun dropped hundreds of bombs in one go, almost turning the entire airport runway into a vegetable patch.

The largest airport near Jiange was unable to take off and land aircraft at all after that day, and even the wreckage of the plane that was affected by the bombing near the runway has not been cleared to this day.

The remaining small airports were also found by Tang Army reconnaissance aircraft, and Stuka dive bombers were then arranged to carry out targeted clearance.

 Under this offensive, almost all the frontline field airports of the Dahua Air Force were destroyed, and it was already impossible to organize another large-scale air raid to bomb the southern oil fields.

Just when Zhao Chen grabbed the phone receiver, the air defense sirens in Jiange City were still echoing. After the Tang army could not find the attack target, they began to bombard Jiange on a large scale. Zhao Chen was distressed and was scolded by Zhao Kai.

You must know that Jiange is the land of Longxing, which has another meaning for the Great China Empire. Jiange was bombed, and it was impossible for Zhao Kai not to take care of it.

But war is war, let alone the land of Longxing, even the imperial capital, you can only endure when you are beaten.

But truth is truth after all, and it is naturally impossible for the emperor to be reasonable in everything. Zhao Kai's incompetent rage skill was activated again, and Zhao Chen was scolded on the phone and looked disgraced.

"Hello! This is Zhao Chen!" Zhao Chen picked up the receiver and knew that the call was from Feng Kezhi, so he was not polite and saved a lot of cutscenes.

Feng Kezhi didn't waste any time. He directly talked about how he sent people to contact the Tang State and made some exchanges with the Tang State.

 After listening to Feng Kezhi's words, Zhao Chen sneered: "General! You are retreating steadily on the battlefield, but the results of your contact and negotiation with the enemy are amazing."

Ignoring Zhao Chen's ridicule, Feng Kezhi continued to speak and expressed his views on the matter: "Tang Guo even agreed to my naive request. It seems that your harassment of the southern oil fields has had an effect. It makes Tang Guo very uncomfortable!” Zhao Chen was very happy when he heard someone praising his achievements. Since Feng Kezhi said good things first, he stopped being sarcastic.

"Now, I think, Your Majesty, if we can continue to put pressure on Tang in the direction of the southern oil fields, can we seize the opportunity and decently...end this war?" Feng Kezhi finally said what he wanted to say most. Come.

 He no longer expects any victory, and he cannot even guarantee that he can continue the confrontation. It is even more impossible to recapture the southern oil fields and push the front back to the territory of Tang State.

The real situation is: Fengjiang City is almost undefeated now. If the battle continues and a few cities in the hinterland are lost, the imperial city may even enter the bombing range of Tang Army bombers.

If the bombers of the Tang Army appeared in the imperial capital, the face of the Great China Empire would be completely lost. Such a result would be much more terrifying than losing the sword pavilion.

 So, in Feng Kezhi's view, a decent defeat and peace, even if some benefits are given up, to end the war... is also a favorable choice for the Great China Empire.

 In fact, this is not his opinion alone, but the thoughts of many people. Even Zhao Chen is a supporter of this statement.

During the process of deploying troops to confront the Tang army, Zhao Chen had already deeply understood the strength of the Tang army, so he understood better the previous defeat of the Dahua Empire's troops.

Although Zhao Kai is still furious, Zhao Chen still rationally stands on the side of the pragmatists: this unjust war against the Tang Dynasty should really come to an end.

 What makes Zhao Chen, Feng Kezhi and others depressed is that they can choose when to start the war, but they have no way to choose when to end the war.

The Tang Dynasty was victorious, and the theory meant that the Great China Empire no longer had the conditions to seek peace. The reality is so cruel. Who is willing to cease war when victory is won?

"What you said makes sense! I think you can give it a try!" Zhao Chen's expression became solemn, and he also felt that Feng Kezhi's idea was feasible.

Although the bombing of the southern oil fields is unlikely to bring a reversal of victory to the Great China Empire, it may make the Tang State seriously consider the option of armistice.

As long as the other party is no longer aggressive and as long as the other party accepts peace talks, then the Great China Empire can end this war in a more dignified way as Feng Kezhi said.

 Isn’t this the result everyone wants?

 For the Great China Empire, the war should indeed be over. Borrowing troops from Shu and Qin has actually made it difficult for the Great China Empire to hold its head high in the various satellite countries.

If this war continues, the influence of the Great China Empire on these vassal countries may decline, eventually causing these countries to break away from their dependence on the Great China Empire, and in turn make the environment around the Great China Empire even worse. .

If the war against the Tang Dynasty evolves into a complete collapse of the hegemony of the Great China Empire, Zhao Kai, the face-loving emperor, may really kill people.

 As subjects of the decadent empire of Dahua, neither Zhao Chen nor Feng Kezhi wanted to see the moment when the situation collapsed.

So after Zhao Chen listened to Feng Kezhi's statement, he immediately agreed with Feng Kezhi's judgment: "If it's true as you said, I think putting some more pressure on Tang will really make them seriously consider peace talks. "

"It's just that I also have difficulties here. The Tang Army has been bombing our airport. It will be difficult for me to organize a decent bombing in a short time." After agreeing with Feng Kezhi, Zhao Chen talked about his own difficulties.

Even if he agrees with Feng Kezhi's judgment, he still needs time to prepare if he wants to withstand the Tang army's bombing and use the remaining air force to continue the night attack on the southern oil fields.

This is not a simple matter of issuing an order casually and then the troops start executing it - for the air force pilots of the Great China Empire, carrying out a night bombing mission of the southern oil fields is not much different from committing suicide under orders.

 It is not easy to get a person to willingly carry out a suicide attack mission, and it is even more difficult to get a group of people to launch a suicide attack.

"Please, Your Majesty, organize a new bombing offensive as soon as possible. If it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that Fengjiang will not be able to be saved."

"Has the situation collapsed to such an extent? You have been operating in Fengjiang for several months, but in just a few days, it has reached the point where it is unsustainable?" Zhao Chen looked solemn and asked in disbelief. road.

Although I don’t like Feng Kezhi very much, I still understand Feng Kezhi’s abilities. He didn't think Feng Kezhi was an incompetent person, but such a capable general couldn't even defend Fengjiang City.

"It was still stable before because the main force of the Tang Army was not there...Yesterday, the Qin Army on the front line discovered a new Tang Army number that they had never seen before." Feng Kezhi said in a heavy tone on the phone: "The 1st Armored Division of the Tang State, Arrived in Fengjiang.”

 (End of this chapter)