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Chapter 26

"Running" is a means to put the enemy into chaos, especially when they are hit in unexpected places, which often leads the enemy to some indescribable panic.

Especially, when the supply base in the rear is hit, it is definitely a nightmare and cruel reality for the combat troops in the front.

This is clear to all the modern army baptized by World War II.

However, at the end of World War I, Denikin, who had mastered the armored forces, did not understand this principle. Especially the Russian army, whether in the Red Army or the White Guards, their research on war was still a little immature.

As for the armies of Western countries, although they had learned of such demands, however, cars or other modes of transportation at that time were not enough to meet the operations of large-scale armored forces.

Because most of his supply methods are not mainly for carriage transportation, and they can only rely on good roads connecting cities. The narrow wheels of carriages are almost impossible to move when they leave the road.

Especially the carriages carrying the oil bombs needed by heavy armored troops can only reach the front line by relying on endless transportation between cities.

Therefore, where Denikin approaches the front line, there will inevitably be a base city that supplies oil and grain and ammunition. This city is Donbas.

This city, during World War II, was one of the reasons why Hitler ordered his troops to capture the Caucasus, with a lot of coal here!

Donbas is the abbreviation of "Donets Coalfield", which is the largest coal base in Ukraine.

The city is on the west side of the lower Don River, about 400 kilometers west of the Krivorogue iron ore. It is 620 kilometers long from east to west, 70-170 kilometers wide from north to south, and a total area of ​​60,000 square kilometers. The total geological reserves are 141 billion tons (in 1980), of which 37.5 billion tons of coking coal are about 26% (1980 data).

And here is exactly the city that Deni King Kong has just captured and established as a rear supply base. This city is the target of the "Thunder International" light infantry brigade led by Xu Yingjie and Li Du.

This "thousand-mile raid" of "speaking east and attacking west" not only did the Russian army at this time, but even the British and French armies who had just come down from the battlefield of World War I could not imagine what kind of combat method this was.

Indeed, the cost-effectiveness ratio of large-scale airships is very obvious when fully mastering air superiority. Otherwise, the Americans would not be busy developing giant airships called "Warcester" for their army, with a ceiling of 10,000 meters and a load of 150 tons.

At the same time, we also saw the figure of a giant refueling airship in the film "Top Secret Flight".

Indeed, it seems that no matter how the aircraft develops, the cost-effectiveness ratio of the carrier must not be compared with this kind of transportation that is half cheaper than train transportation.

As for the relatively cheap freighter, its speed is not a comparable means of transportation compared to the airship flying in the sky. Although its load capacity is larger, there is no doubt that the longer the distance, the more obvious its disadvantages compared to airship transportation.

This is why Tang Yunyang focused on the development of airships from the beginning. Cheap and fast transportation will be one of the sources of industrial and commercial competitiveness.

At the same time, as mentioned above, airships can quickly deploy large-scale troops. This time, the "Thousand Mile Raid" relies on the fast and convenient transportation tool of airships.

50 airships lined up in the sky, setting a distance between each other and flew towards northern Turkey. Fortunately, at this time, no country has surpassed the "radar" research and development work in the world.

Otherwise, even though the airship flew more than 2,000 meters high, the noise of the carbon monoxide engine, which was originally not loud, would not be heard on the ground at all. Otherwise, during World War I, Germany used airships to bomb the UK, causing the British people to panic about this silent attack.

Of course, we know that this panic ended with the emergence of the "Buckingham" bullets mixed with armor-piercing bombs and incendiary bombs, which is the British-style name of the "standard aviation ammunition belt" produced by Mike Prince.

At 6 a.m., the airship group left Turkish on time and came over the Black Sea.

When he arrived here, Li Du, who was sitting in the driver's position, stretched out his legs and feet. As the chief of staff, he and Xu Yingjie were not on the same airship. When it comes to the reason, it makes people feel a little bad.

According to the regulations on airborne operations, senior commanding officers should try to disperse on different "meteorites ii". In this way, even if a certain aircraft is damaged or shot down, the remaining officers can continue to command the operation.

This time, he and Rosenick and Xu Yingjie were not on the same "meteorite ii". Another reason is that meteorites are generally driven by officers. First, officers receive a higher level of education. Secondly, if they are damaged, officers driving meteorites are most likely to die.

The phrase "the duties of officers" is often understood by officers of "Thunder International" and "Federal Weapon Forces" as "the officer dies first"! Of course, they do not think that there is anything unreasonable about this, after all, their salary and benefits are much higher than ordinary soldiers.

The "meteorite" fixed between the two large airbags of the "h" airship was blocked. Except for the airship hulls on both sides with sky protection colors, you can see the sea below.

For some reason, Li Du felt that the color of the "Black Sea" was indeed much deeper than the water in the Mediterranean where they left. Taking advantage of the morning light that lighted up early in summer, he could see that the entire Black Sea seemed like a blue blanket that was constantly shaking by someone.

As an army officer, he did not look much, but looked forward habitually.

There you can see the "Dense Array" pod at the front of the airship. It is a spherical shape with two 12.7mm rotating machine guns on both sides.

Looking at the pod that kept spinning, he couldn't help feeling sorry for the two gunners. During the entire voyage, they could only curl up in the small chair.

"Unless you change shifts more frequently, the people there will definitely be crazy if they sit there for a long time!"

Looking at the "intensive array" pods that were spinning around, his thoughts returned to this battle. When he arrived at the Black Sea, he was not far from Donbas, the target of this "thousand-mile raid".

In short, the distance between the Black Sea and the Sea of ​​Azov is about 500 to 600 kilometers, and it is only more than 700 kilometers to Donbas. In other words, 5 to 6 hours later, it is the time when he, Xu Yingjie and their men escape from the tormenting "hard labor" of the moment.

"I believe that with your combat capabilities, it is not too difficult to seize Donbas. The "Extreme Fox Team" on the ground will launch a raid on the enemy command organs of Donbas when you carry out airborne and create chaos in the city! There is only one combat requirement, guard it and wait for us to arrive!"

"Look at this combat plan, it's indeed 'problem bandit' style."

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Of course, their attack was not a crazy direct attack. When the city defense commander discovered that both his radio station and telephone, the teletypewriter had turned into a pile of waste, the attack really began.

The group of airships passing by the airport at a low altitude is like a group of "big geese" "laying eggs" in the sky.

Groups of "meteorites ii" break away from the "maternal body" and fall down like rain. As mentioned earlier, "meteorites ii" has been installed at this time with a short-range engine. Although it is not a real helicopter, it can already perform short-term aerial gliding when choosing a landing location.

Obviously, the infantry left by Deniz was completely attacked.

They had never expected that the other party would appear in this direction.

Although they have heard that "Thunder International" has accepted Russian employment and will launch an attack on its own side. However, they also know that Tang Yunyang is currently organizing a large-scale exercise in the desert area of ​​Xinjiang.

Because the airship was stopped and flew, it almost suddenly appeared in the sky compared to the people on the ground. Then it was a headache that no matter what contact information was, it suddenly failed.

Even the flying team's army was not clear. Are these airships coming to deliver equipment to the armies of Britain, France or other Western countries, or are they here to fight?

In this case, if these airships did not pass through the border without hostilities, they were warned by countries led by Britain and France not to attack.

The reason is very simple. If the cargo airship is attacked, it will not be the "Thunder International". Now this war will evolve into the war between the Chinese Federation and Russia and Russia.

You should know that in addition to its powerful and unbearable army, the Chinese Federation is also a big country with a population of 400 million. Annoying such a country will lead to a terrifying situation.

Needless to say, if you face the Chinese Federal Defense Force on this battlefield, what will happen if you attack the armored torrent under the cover of powerful air force?

At least other colonies in Britain and France will be immediately attacked by the Chinese Federal aircraft carrier cluster. This is not a joke, especially in the face of the "problem bandit" who does it at will, and the "ghost captain" who appears from somewhere. It is definitely not an empty threat.
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