Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1690 Chapter 1691 Returning to China

At the bomb-cratered field airport in the north, the wreckage of destroyed jet fighters was no longer burning in some hangar shelters that looked extremely solid.

The original paint numbers can still be vaguely seen on the fuselage that was once blackened by the fire. These expensive MiG-19 fighters were the pride of the Dwarf Air Force a year ago.

Unfortunately, they can no longer fly, and those friendly planes in the south that can fly do not dare to die near Ironforge.

The Tang Dynasty's air force was so strong that the coalition forces no longer had the courage to fight against it: no matter how many planes took off, the final result would be the same.

Air supremacy has always been in the hands of the Tang people, and this has never changed. Although the coalition forces can sometimes launch hundreds of planes a day for surprise attacks, after suffering heavy losses, they can only barely cause a little trouble to the Tang army's ground forces.

In the face of individual air defense missiles and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns equipped with radar fire control, this kind of ground attack is also unable to achieve incredible results.

In a month, the coalition forces had unknowingly lost more than 600 aircraft. This rate of loss almost dragged down the coalition air force within the Ice Empire.

Marquis Ryan walked into his command center with a worried look on his face. It was located in the southern mountainous area more than 300 kilometers away from Ironforge and was relatively safe.

The only trouble was that in order to guard against the anti-radiation missile attacks of the Tang army, there was no large radio equipment near the headquarters, and command orders had to be sent to places several kilometers away by telephone and manpower.

"General! An order from home." A female elf non-commissioned officer walked up to Ryan with graceful steps and handed him a telegram from home.

Ryan looked down at the content above, and his expression became even uglier: It contained an order from the Elf Air Force Commander-in-Chief, Barron, requiring him to transfer as many air resources as possible deployed in the Dwarf Country back to the Elf homeland.

This includes not only the air force of the elves, but also all the air forces of the coalition: volunteer pilots from Lions, and the air force of the Susas Empire...

They had to take away everything they could, and they had to destroy everything they couldn't. Before the Tang army came, it seemed like the coalition forces had to stab themselves a few times to avoid being captured alive by the enemy...

It sounds so ridiculous, but this is essentially the order that Barron gave to Marquis Ryan.

To be honest, this order is tantamount to adding insult to injury for the current dwarves. The front line is already so passive, and transferring the remaining air force will only make the situation worse.

The already precarious situation on the ground will become even worse, the morale of the coalition forces will suffer a huge blow, and even the apparent unity will be broken, which is likely to affect future cooperation and the entire war.

But Ryan also understood Barron's order. The dwarves seemed to be on the verge of collapse. Instead of continuing to waste strength, it would be better to save the precious air force for fighting on the home ground.

  But the question is, even if we keep these outdated planes for later use, will they really be of any use in the future? Isn't it just like today, giving the Tang army a lot of achievements?

As a soldier, no matter how unreasonable the order is, he has only one choice: to execute it. Ryan put down the telegram in his hand and called his confidant. "General Barron's order, let the two fighter regiments deployed at Airport No. 19 return to the country..." After he finished speaking this order, he clearly saw the astonishment on his men's faces.

So he explained, somewhat helplessly: "The situation is already very bad. The empire's homeland has been attacked. General Barron may want to concentrate his forces to solve the problem of Hot Wind Port first..."

Even though he knew that these were all far-fetched arguments, he had to convince himself and his subordinates... and even the dwarves in the future.

The elven officers, who had only a few months ago reluctantly accepted the idea that "helping the dwarves is helping the elves", were obviously unable to accept the sudden order to retreat for a while, but they had to execute this order.

Marquis Ryan also knew that it was impossible for him to withdraw all the air forces in the dwarven territory. He could only do it bit by bit, like boiling a frog in warm water.

First, the elite elves were transferred away, and then the remaining pilots and precious ground crew were transported back, leaving only some less important planes for show.

Wait a little longer, wait for the outcome of the battle in Ironforge, and take advantage of the chaos to mobilize more dwarf pilots to follow the Yangmu Empire, win over those dwarf officers who are unwilling to see their country destroyed, and bring the dwarf troops back to the elves in an organized manner. This is a big project, and it will even continue until the day when the dwarves are completely defeated.

"Follow the order..." Marquis Ryan sighed and said this to his trusted subordinates. A few hours later, dwarf civilians in the south saw the Type 104 fighters flying in formation to the south.

These jet fighters are valuable night combat models, equipped with small radars and warning devices, as well as aviation rockets. Their combat capability is relatively strong among the coalition forces.

Unfortunately, from the time they arrived here to the time they left, they only participated in one large-scale air battle: the air battle against Everwinter City. This unit lost one-third of its fighter jets, and it was not until recently that they were replenished and restored to their pre-war organization.

"The dwarf's liaison officer called and asked why we moved so many planes south. He wanted an explanation." The female secretary once again pushed open the door of Marquis Ryan's office and brought news from the allies.

It would be strange if the dwarves didn't ask about this matter, so Marquis Ryan was prepared: "Tell them that General Barron hopes to concentrate troops to launch a large-scale counterattack at Hot Wind Port, and these planes have been transferred to that direction."

The secretary nodded and left, telling the allies about this. The dwarves naturally didn't believe this explanation, but there was no way to force the elves to keep their fighters and pilots.

On the same day, Sheko's 9th Army did not launch the so-called counterattack on the Eastern Front, but retreated about 2 kilometers. However, he did not report this news to Binghan I.

What’s interesting is that the Chief of Staff Larbu, who forced him to counterattack, tacitly did not ask about the results of this counterattack, as if the 9th Army had completed his plan.

Because of this retreat, the Tang army gained a more convenient passage to attack the residential area in the east of the city, and the scale of the street fighting was obviously larger than before.