Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1825 1826 Battle of Bunas

In the history of this world, there has never been a battle that was completely supported by air force transportation. So before the new battle of Bunas began, Tiger had no confidence.

Moreover, the Tang army had not fought in the absence of air support and heavy firepower for a long time, so no one knew how the front-line troops would perform.

Therefore, Tiger, who had just arrived at Hot Wind Port, did not even feel happy about regaining his old homeland, Beiling. However, many people who had recovered the birthplace of the empire could not hide their excitement.

  That was the place where the Emperor made his fortune, that was once Bunas and Beiling! Now they have been incorporated into the Empire once again, isn't that exciting enough?

In fact, all the major newspapers in the Tang Empire have already begun to report this good news: the Tang Empire has recaptured Bunas, and the place where His Majesty the Emperor rose to power has been regained under control.

However, such news did not make the people of the Western Continent excited, because many people thought of a problem that worried them: His Majesty made a fortune in the Eastern Continent and now has recaptured Bunas. Does that mean that one day, His Majesty the Emperor will return there?

Frankly speaking, for the entire Western Continent, the Emperor's favor to the Eastern Continent is not a good thing. If the Emperor wants to live in the Eastern Continent, it will be a terrible news for the entire Western Continent.

Linshui, the first port of the Tang Empire, was in a state of panic. Harry, who had been the mayor of Linshui, was even more embarrassed: he had managed Bunas for Tang Mo for a long time, and he had also been the mayor of Linshui for many years, so he had feelings for both sides. Now, whichever of the two cities would receive Tang Mo's favor would make him feel uncomfortable.

  The people of Chang'an were also panicked. They had always been proud of being the capital of the empire, and they would hold their chins high when they went out... If the emperor wanted to move the capital, how would they live?

Therefore, the news of the liberation of Bunas did not cause any waves, but instead made the battle situation on the front line seem a little tense.

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Outside Bunas, the Tang army that had already entered the position was trying to find ways to strengthen their defense line: they refined the trenches left by the city guards and performed some simple processing.

In fact, they did not have time to make any major changes, because the Lions Empire army that occupied Yucheng was well aware of the principle of speed in war, and was approaching Bunas, ready to solve this major threat in one go.

The commander of the Lions Empire also knew that he could not afford to delay. After all, if the Tang Empire was given enough time, countless troops would come to Bunas and eventually turn it into another Eternal Winter Port or Hot Wind Port.

The more serious problem is that Bunas surrendered directly, so all the facilities in this port are intact: this was the largest port in the world in the past, and is now at least one of the top five super ports... With the support of this super port, the follow-up troops of the Tang army can go ashore very easily, and logistical supplies are also endless.

Therefore, the Lions Empire must fight quickly and try to regain control of Bunas before the main force of the Tang Empire arrives.

The main reason that gave the Lions Empire such courage was ignorance: they had no idea what means the Tang Empire had to send reinforcements to Bunas remotely, so they believed that there were only a small number of former Lions field troops and city guards in Bunas.

These troops obviously have little combat effectiveness. As soon as the main force arrives, they will flee like the defenders of Yucheng.

Anyway, it's not like there's nowhere to go. At least from Bunas to the north, there's a railway that goes through the forest to Beiling. According to the combat effectiveness of the local garrison troops of the Lions Empire, these troops will most likely flee north to Beiling.

The Lions side did not have any big ambitions. All they wanted was to recapture Bunas and drive the rebels to Beiling, which would complete their mission.

The Lions troops attacking Bunas had no idea that at this moment the Tang army had already begun sending people to repair the Beiling air force base, and at the same time sent a large transport fleet approaching Bunas.

The Tang army assembled about three divisions of troops, set out from Linshui and other ports, gathered at Longdao, and after replenishing supplies, headed to Bunas.

Of course, it still seemed a little slow to wait for them to arrive, so Tiger was also trying to deploy troops and prepare to regroup the paratroopers previously used in the Susas Empire and send them to Bunas for emergency combat.

Once the military airport in Beiling is repaired, Bunas's troops will be able to obtain sufficient air support, so they can temporarily withstand the pressure.

Everyone was competing in speed, but because of the distance, the Lions Empire obviously had a lot of advantages. They had already captured Yucheng, and it was not too far from Bunas.

"Report!" In Yucheng, someone knocked on the door of Paul, the commander-in-chief of the Bunas faction of the Lions Empire.

"Come in!" Paul put down the documents in his hand, looked up and saw his staff officer coming in, and asked, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"General! We just received news from the vanguard troops. They are in some trouble." The staff officer reported the latest news with great concern.

Originally, he was not supposed to come for this job, but he also encountered the same problem, so he came here to discuss solutions.

Paul had been in a good mood these days. He was very happy to have recaptured Yucheng and was also praised by Lions II. He collected his emotions, frowned and asked, "What's the trouble?"

The staff officer immediately said: "About 40 kilometers away from Bunas, they encountered some sporadic counterattacks."

"Counterattack? Could it be that they were afraid of fighting and reported some defeated soldiers they encountered as enemies?" Paul's first reaction was disbelief, because he really couldn't imagine how those Bunas city guards had the courage to take the initiative to attack.

It is unrealistic to expect the city defense troops who are paid in peacetime and serve as cannon fodder in wartime to achieve any results. Even though the city guards deployed in Bunas have more funds, their combat effectiveness is only slightly better than that of city guards in other areas.

  Taking the initiative to walk out of the fortifications and confront their main field forces head-on? What a joke! If the Bunas City Guards had this ability, the field troops of the Lions Empire would have been replaced by Bunas City Guards long ago!

The staff officer's first reaction was also disbelief, but the battle report in his hand was still very detailed, so he couldn't help but believe it. So he analyzed some things along the way, and now he hurriedly continued to explain: "According to their report, the enemy seems to have suddenly changed their tactics. A large number of snipers appeared on the front line and harassed our attacking troops."

"Snipers? Are you kidding? Several regiments of troops were frightened by a few snipers?" Paul frowned even more. He felt that his frontline troops of nearly 10,000 people could not be frightened by a few snipers. But even so, he had doubts: Obviously, things were not as simple as he thought, and something unexpected happened on the front line.

This was not what he wanted to see: he had always been worried that his command would be disrupted by the electromagnetic interference of the Tang army, so he had always kept his command center in Yucheng, where communications were convenient, and had not moved it.

If the battle on the front line goes smoothly, it's fine. But if there are problems in the battle on the front line, his decision to set up the headquarters in Yucheng will be seen by outsiders as cowardice, hesitation, and cowardice...

The staff officer continued to explain the seriousness of the problem to Paul: "It's not just a few, General... there are hundreds of them. And they are... very well hidden, and their shooting skills are very accurate. They harass the troops and raid the camp... at night..."

"What? How could it be?" Hearing his staff officer say this, Paul stood up from his seat. He was sure that the one blocking his troops was definitely not the rebellious city guards of the Lions Empire.

Even if it was the main force, there was absolutely no unit in the Lions' army that could carry out such a strange mission. The Lions Empire did have snipers, but it was impossible to use them in this way.

This kind of warfare reminded him of the special forces of the Tang Empire. Those super soldiers who often launched night attacks and were elusive were what he longed for but could not get.

"General, the staff officers speculated that these were Tang army paratroopers..." The staff officer stated a possibility.

Paul waved his hand and denied this speculation: "Impossible! According to intelligence, the Tang Empire has just used a large number of paratroopers in northern Susas! Where did they get so many paratroopers!"

They still have some intelligence cooperation with Susas. The news that the Tang Empire's paratroopers harassed the northern border of Susas some time ago, causing the northern border defense line to collapse, is indeed reliable, so it is impossible for the Tang Empire's paratroopers to appear in the Bunas direction on a large scale.

  Subconsciously, Paul was unwilling to believe the fact that the Tang Empire paratroopers suddenly appeared in Bunas: If this was true, there would be no need to fight this war... Who the hell can beat those damn paratroopers?

The staff officer immediately explained their speculation: "Perhaps, there are only a few hundred snipers?"

Paul nodded and agreed with this statement: "Well... this is possible. It is not difficult for the other party to transport hundreds of people to Bunas... Immediately give orders, and the troops should speed up! Don't worry about those snipers, and advance to the outskirts of Bunas as soon as possible, so that these snipers can't hide!"

In his opinion, no matter what, the Tang army could not appear in Bunas on a large scale, and he still had time to deploy troops.

As long as he could capture Bunas before the main force of the Tang army arrived, he might even become the first world-famous general to annihilate the Tang army on a large scale: being able to kill hundreds of Tang Empire soldiers in one breath would definitely be a brilliant record.

The staff officer immediately went to convey the order. Although it was not his responsibility, he was the only one in the office now: "Yes!"

On the outskirts of Bunas, a battalion commander of the Tang army put down his telescope and walked back to his bunker with a worried look on his face. There were maps hanging on the wall and a rechargeable lighting lamp. Various radio equipment were lined up and several non-commissioned officers were debugging the channels.

"It's so unlucky. There's not enough artillery cover, no air support, and not even a damn armed helicopter." The battalion commander sat on his stool depressed and complained to his comrades around him.

"Luckily our division commander is very capable. He gathered all the precision shooters first and then spread them out to delay the enemy. Otherwise, if they come here, we won't be able to prepare anything." His comrade said with a smile while taking a sip of tea.

The tea bags in the army are very convenient, as long as there is hot water. The city guards of the Lions Empire are definitely not good at fighting, but they can do other things very well - such as boiling some water and delivering it to the position.

Compared with other places, the city of Bunas has a very good foundation. There are many large machines here. Under the operation of the Tang army, these machines contributed a lot of energy to the construction of the defense line.

"It is estimated that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the enemy's vanguard will reach here. I don't think we will be in a good situation then." The battalion commander was worried that his troops would suffer too many casualties. Although at least half of them were veterans who had fought in the battlefield, no one could predict the outcome of war.

"Don't worry! We are still somewhat confident." said a friend. In order to support them in the battle, some Silver Fox Action Teams originally belonging to the intelligence department of the Tang Empire were also strengthened and assigned to them in Bunas City.

These people may not be able to engage in head-on combat, but they can do many things: reconnaissance or sneaking behind the enemy to launch sneak attacks and harassment, etc., which can still be very useful.

"Woo...Woo..." Suddenly, some unfamiliar alarms sounded, and the Tang army soldiers who were busy on the battlefield were a little uncomfortable for a while. They rarely heard such sounds, and now that they heard it, they didn't react for a long time to what it meant.

Finally, someone realized that this was an air raid alarm: everyone began to look for cover and waited for the enemy's attack.

Without missiles, the attack would not come so quickly. After all, only the Tang Army had the luxury of using jet aircraft for ground support. The air force of the Lions Empire, especially the air-to-ground attack force, was composed of B-17 bombers.

These planes did not dare to lower their altitude too much. After all, it was rumored that the Tang Empire's ground-based air defense capabilities were still very terrifying.

Soon, dense groups of bombers appeared in the sky. The bombers that covered the sky made the ground troops of the Tang Empire feel oppressed for the first time.

Countless bombs fell from the sky, landing far away from the Bunas defense line. This thing has no guidance, so there is no accuracy at all.

However... after the explosion in the distance, explosions closer to the position soon followed, and the terror of carpet bombing spread little by little to the Tang army positions that were being dug.

(End of this chapter)