Girls und War

Therefore, the battle on the mountain front did not last too long.

Xia Shu also knew that speed was of the essence in war.

So after receiving the Sakura District defense line data sent back by the advance troops, she immediately contacted the Flower District Air Force Department and launched the first wave of air strikes against the mountain front.

Xia Shu chose the time to launch the attack early in the morning at dawn.

Dozens of bombers took off from the air force base, flew hundreds of kilometers, and after arriving in the mountains, launched a large number of precision-targeted bombings on the cherry blossom area.

The targets of the bombing were all important combat units in the Sakura District - such as radar vehicles, signal vehicles, etc.

These targets were found by the special forces after precise searches in the mountains.

Although not all of these combat units were eliminated, after most of the strategic vehicles were destroyed, the communication and command in the Sakura District fell into a congested and chaotic state.

At the same time, all types of fighter jets in the Flower District were dispatched. Through the command of radar aircraft and the suppression of top-tier fighter jets, they quickly gained air combat advantages.

Although the Sakura District also has top-tier fighters, their number is significantly less than that of the Flower District. Therefore, their control over the airspace is significantly weaker than that of the Flower District.

This is an important manifestation of the advantages and disadvantages of modern warfare.

As a result, just as the Flower District gained relative air superiority, the Flower District armored forces west of the Great Snowfield rushed out in droves, charging out from the high-altitude snowfields of the mountains and pressing towards the east of the snowfield.

Due to the congested communications, the Sakura District seemed very slow in the face of the large-scale attack from the Flower District.

Therefore, it was not until the large-scale armored forces in the Flower District began to attack the main traffic arteries that they reacted and tried to block the entrance to the Snowfield.

However, the initiative has been lost, and such blocking operations seem very forced.

After a fierce exchange of fire between tanks and artillery, the Sakura District had to retreat and give up the defense line around the snowy field.

Huaqu's attack this time seemed very sharp and easy.

The Sakura District seemed to have insufficient reaction. Compared with the last time the Snow District invaded the Sakura District, their performance seemed to be much worse.

The reason for this is that this place is within the core radiation circle of the Flower District's air control zone. After losing air cover, the Sakura District is restricted in what it does.

Moreover, Xia Shu's special forces also played an extremely efficient role in the early stages of the operation. They had a clear understanding of the troop movements in the Sakura District and all kinds of high-value equipment.

As a result, their air raids dealt a very effective blow to the Sakura District in the initial stages of the battle.

But at the same time, Sakura District did not sit idly by.

While they were trying to gather troops and redeploy defenses, they also dispatched special forces to attempt to sabotage and attack the logistics of the rear defense line in the flower district.

But the advantage of the flower area is that it has the first move, and the Cuckoo Chicken, which is responsible for defense, is also mentally prepared to deal with special forces attacks.

Therefore, the "Sakura" special forces did not cause much damage to the logistics of the flower district, and the impact of the special forces attack was limited to a controllable range.

In other words, the flower area's ability to resist damage is much stronger than that of the cherry area, and the flower area has a great advantage in the first round.

So far, the Flower District has already won the overall strategic goal.

Because no matter whether the Flower District wins this battle, the Sakura District will definitely pay a very painful price.

Then the Sakura District would definitely not dare to disobey the Flower District. At least, on the surface, they would no longer show a tough attitude towards the Flower District.

In this case, the first phase of the Flower District's strategy - the plan to suppress the surrounding war zones - has been half successful.

The other half still depends on how other battle zones besides the Flower Zone react.

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However, although the first round of this battle has been won, Huaqu will obviously not miss such a good offensive opportunity.

So they quickly assembled their troops and prepared to continue the attack in the snowy area to achieve more results.

In this attack, the special forces' armed helicopters and a small number of ground attack aircraft from the Air Force also joined the battlefield.

Because the suppression effect of air control has been demonstrated at this time, they can freely deploy low-end air forces. However, the enemy is afraid of super-first-line fighters, so they dare not send out air combat forces at all.

Xia Shu naturally wouldn't waste such a good offensive method.

So, with the three-dimensional air support of armed helicopters and attack aircraft, the armored forces of the Flower District easily destroyed the armored forces defense line deployed by the Sakura District in the mountains.

Seeing the tanks exploding one after another in the valley, the Sakura District had to tighten its defense line again and withdraw the main defense forces behind the snow line.

After the flower zone's offensive line came down from the snow line, progress immediately slowed down.

On the one hand, their supply lines have been stretched long enough, and if they advance further, they will face a situation where the large force is short of ammunition.

On the other hand, the area below the snow line is the rainforest area.

With a large number of forests blocking the way and the complex mountain roads, it is not easy to attack in a quick and maneuverable manner.

When fighting in such areas, it is generally necessary to first use air power to conduct regional inspections, and then send armored forces to occupy the area.

The efficiency of such combat is naturally far superior to the sudden advance on the snow line.

Moreover, the Sakura District has now recovered from the initial chaos, and they are also very aware of the current disadvantages of the Flower District, so they are steadily attacking one forest after another.

To be honest, the Flower District and the Sakura District have practiced this situation thousands of times in their usual sand table exercises.

Although the initial offensive efficiency of the Flower District was slightly beyond the expectations of the Sakura District Command, they were indeed well prepared for the current situation.

If Xia Shu is willing, ordering a halt to the attack now, and then starting to consolidate the defense line and prepare for a confrontation should be the most strategically advantageous option.

But now Xia Shu has no say - at least the three "godfathers" above her are definitely not willing to give up so easily.

It’s like starting the car but not pressing the accelerator to the bottom. What’s the point of driving?

So under the influence of this combat idea, Xia Shu had to bite the bullet and continue the operation.

At the very least, the three military departments must have gained enough military merit before they will stop.

As for whether doing so would cause the Flower District to waste too many war resources - that was not within their consideration.

Anyway, it's public money, so I don't feel bad about spending it.

991. Do you think I'm kidding you?

Since the three military departments have made up their minds to earn enough military merit in this operation, Xia Shu's task is very simple.

She doesn't need to worry about things like combat efficiency and battle results.

There is only one thing to do, and that is to call for support from as many arms as possible and increase their appearance rate to the limit.

Because the standard for field officers to gain military merit is calculated based on the frequency of deployment.

No matter what the outcome of the battle is, as long as their frequency of deployment is high enough, even if they have made contributions to the battlefield, they will naturally get the lion's share of the final military merit.

However, if the frequency of deployment is too high and Xia Shu does not achieve enough results, the headquarters will most likely doubt your command level.

Therefore, Xia Shu needs to find a balance between the two, preferably while achieving considerable results while deploying a large number of troops.

So with this combat concept in mind, Xia Shu commanded his troops to begin advancing the front line.

It is worth mentioning that the Sakura District seemed to have anticipated such a possibility in advance, so it set up a large number of defensive fortifications in the rainforest area of ​​the alpine front.

This makes the frontal advance in the flower area particularly difficult.

On the first day of the war, it took them only three hours to completely break through the defense line in the snowfield area, and another six hours to advance all the way to the border between the snow line and the rainforest.

In other words, the Hua District completed a surprise attack spanning more than 100 kilometers in just one day.

But after one day and another, they had only advanced less than three kilometers into the rainforest area.

In these three kilometers, the casualties in the Flower District are almost the same as those in the Sakura District.

Although some strategic locations were captured, Xia Shu felt that it was not cost-effective no matter how he looked at it.

The most uncomfortable thing for the Flower District attacking troops was that the Sakura District had so cruelly built a large number of underground bases in the mountains!

These underground bases are connected by various underground passages, interacting horizontally and vertically, forming a complex and dense military network on the east side of the entire mountainous area.

According to reports from some special operations reconnaissance personnel, the passages seemed to be very wide and capable of transporting large numbers of armored troops.

Therefore, after occupying an area, the large army in the Flower District also has to spend time attacking these underground passages deep in the mountains.

Otherwise, when launching a frontal attack, they would also have to guard against small groups of troops from the Sakura District that might emerge from underground, which would be particularly troublesome.

Even when attacking a mountain pass, they discovered a giant bunker facility that had been dug into a military fortress.

That "big bunker" was embedded in the hillside, with more than a dozen gun barrels sticking out from the dozens of meters thick concrete fortification, making it difficult for the tank troops in the flower district to attack or not attack.

The whole thing is a ten thousand year old turtle spirit.

It was under such circumstances that Xia Shu received communication inquiries from the special forces.

"Command, what should we do now? Should we sneak in from underground or attack head-on?" Lazy Bear asked Xia Shu while hiding behind the bunker and avoiding the rubble brought by the explosion.

There was a continuous sound of artillery fire from their side, and both sides were pouring out ammunition in an attempt to stop the other side's firepower.

Xia Shu was a little confused, and it was not until Rilakkuma repeated it a second time that she understood what he meant.

She had seen the situation on the front line through the drone. It was unlikely that such a military fortress could be taken by force.

If we go through the underground passage, the other party should be on high alert.

Since both methods were not feasible, Xia Shu decided to use the most violent method to solve the problem.

"Let your team members map out the specific parameters of the target, and I will immediately find support to help you solve it." Xia Shu immediately replied to Lan Xiong.

"OjbK."

Lazy Bear replied, then hung up the phone and asked Reckless Woman and Sparrow to take people to survey the specific parameters of the "big bunker".

Not long after, Lazy Bear passed on the data of the "big bunker" such as its length, width, height and how many meters deep it was underground to Xia Shu.

So Xia Shu called the Air Force Department and asked them to get two big bombers over.

The Air Force Department was naturally delighted to receive such a request for support.

So they hurriedly arranged a "Black Swan" strategic bomber, put the two "big bombs" mentioned by Xia Shu on the bomber, and flew towards the mountain front.

This so-called "high bombing ratio" is a large-yield bunker buster bomb known as the "King of Bombs".

The so-called bunker buster is a heavy armor-piercing bomb specially used to attack underground fortifications or high-strength military fortresses.

This kind of terrifyingly powerful strategic weapon is often difficult to transport, so it can only be delivered by strategic bombers.

The "king of bombs" that Xia Shu called was twelve meters long, one hundred and fifty centimeters in diameter, and weighed as much as fifteen tons.

What's even more terrifying is that each of these bombs has a penetration depth of more than 100 meters, and its explosive power is equivalent to the explosion effect of more than 200 tons of TNT.

The two together weigh nearly 500 tons, which is equivalent to a small nuclear bomb.

No! It's even more terrifying than a nuclear bomb! Because nuclear bombs can't hit underground nuclear defenses, but this one can!

If these two "kings of bombs" were dropped on top of the Sakura District's fortifications, no matter how strong the bunkers were, the entire mountain would probably be razed to the ground.

So out of humanitarian considerations, after requesting support from Zhabi, Natsuki asked Rilakkuma to make a pre-war announcement to the Sakura District.

So the officers and soldiers in the Sakura District inside the defensive fortifications heard the loud notification coming from outside.

"Hey, listen up, everyone inside. In thirty minutes, we will deliver a devastating 500-ton strike on your military fortress. Please evacuate the target military fortress immediately. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences."

After the news was announced, the girls from the Sakura District in the fortress looked at each other in bewilderment, as if they had not yet realized what the people outside were saying.

At this time, the tanks and artillery in the flower district stopped firing, as if they no longer wanted to waste ammunition at this time.

At the same time, officers from various armored units also arranged their troops to slowly retreat, leaving a large safe zone for the military fortress.

It's about ten square kilometers.

The girls in Sakura District were still a little skeptical.

Then, when the twenty minutes were counting down, Lazy Bear announced to them again.

When the countdown was ten minutes, it was broadcast again.

This time they couldn't help but believe it, so the commander of the Sakura District fortress quickly ordered the living forces in the "big bunker" to evacuate through the underground passage.

As for the tools, no one cares about their life or death.

It seems that the Sakura District still wants to try its luck to prevent the Flower District from just scaring people.

However, ten minutes later, when the "Black Swan" strategic bomber really appeared in the clouds, they knew that Xia Shu was not joking.

992. Unexpected Road (?)