Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 969 970 Unsuccessful southward travel
In Wuyang, the city of King Qin, in the palace of Qin State, King Qin Yingduo is discussing the war against Shu State with his generals and cronies.

Frankly speaking, Qin State's seemingly powerful military is actually due to an obvious lack of stamina.

It itself has no borders with the Tang Empire, so if the Qin State cannot complete its established strategic goals in a short period of time, it is likely to lose because it cannot obtain enough support from the Tang State.

It has to be said that the Kingdom of Shu, which is backed by the Kingdom of Chu and the Kingdom of Tang, itself belongs to the country that can withstand consumption more.Moreover, Shu's economy is better, so it is easier to stabilize the situation.

Qin State is different. Qin State must gain an absolute advantage at the beginning of the war and connect with Chu State as soon as possible, so that it can import what it wants from Chu State and Tang State and stabilize the subsequent situation.

Compared with Zhao Kai, the emperor of the Great Hua Empire, Ying Duo, the king of Qin, obviously did not have so much arrogance.He is a very down-to-earth doer, very prestigious in the country of Qin, and his abilities are much stronger than Zhao Kai's.

What's interesting is that the crown prince of Qin, that is, His Royal Highness Yingbo, the eldest son of Qin, is also much smarter than Zhao Ji and Zhao Yu, the princes of the Dahua Empire.

His Royal Highness is diligent and studious, and has outstanding abilities. He has inherited his father's excellent genes, and has also been recognized and supported by Qin's ministers.

Compared with the intrigue within the Great China Empire, Qin's internal affairs are obviously much simpler.Because of the objective existence of internal and external troubles, the officials of the Qin State are relatively more upright and capable, and there are not as many twists and turns in the Dahua Empire.

"Our army has now attacked this position, and the speed is slower than estimated, which is not good for us." As a general of the Qin State, Wang Luo pointed to the map and introduced to King Yingduo.

Their Qin army did not advance smoothly, the Shu army was more tenacious than expected, and the Qin army did not fight well.

Unlike before the start of the war, the troops of the Kingdom of Shu stubbornly stood by their positions. After the army of the Kingdom of Qin paid a heavy price, they did not complete their offensive plan and failed to win the target set in advance.

Liu Chi, the commander of Qin's air force, stood aside like a little transparent. He didn't dare to speak, because Qin's air force fought very ugly in the previous battles.

Before the war, Qin State had high hopes for the air force, because the air force had always performed very well in the war against the orc empire.

But after the war broke out, the performance of Qin's air force could only be described as stretching the hips: the offense was not very good, and the defense was even worse.

The Qin State bombed the large cities of the Shu State and destroyed the strategic deep industrial production capacity of the State of Shu, which almost completely failed.

Nearly half of the hundreds of Type 17 bombers (DO-17s) that were finally scraped together have been lost.There are still a large number of valuable pilots on these downed planes. Such a loss has already made Qin very uncomfortable.

Qin's aviation industry itself has just started, and it has already exerted its strength to be able to manufacture so many aircraft.Now that more than half of these aircraft accumulated before the war have been lost, follow-up replenishment has become a headache.

Not all countries can lose one aircraft and produce two aircraft like the Tang Empire.Most countries are like Qin, losing two planes may not be able to produce one plane.

A large number of losses made the Air Force's offensive unsustainable, and many previously planned bombing plans were forced to be cancelled.This also made Qin's attempt to quickly destroy Shu's industrial production capacity completely bankrupt, and the bombing against Shu almost stopped.

On the other hand, after the air force of the State of Shu severely damaged the bomber force of the State of Qin, it also began to mobilize bombers to carry out a series of attacks against the State of Qin.

The Air Force of Qin State also intercepted these planes from the State of Shu, and the two sides fought back and forth in the air and refused to give in to each other.

Like Qin's bombers, Shu's bombers also suffered heavy losses in the attack, and the reasons are similar: the bombers of both sides have similar performance, and neither has much self-protection ability in the face of enemy fighter jets intercepting them.

Unlike Tang's own B-17 strategic bomber, the air forces of the two countries use medium-sized bombers with weak self-defense firepower and limited range.

Therefore, when there is no way to control the air power, the losses of such bombers performing bombing missions will be huge.

It's just that although the loss is huge, the influence that can be produced is real.The high-level officials of the Qin State who launched the war probably never thought that their southern cities would also be involved in the war, with houses destroyed and factories bombed, and the losses were quite heavy.

The air force commander of Qin State must be responsible for this blame, so Liu Chi, the air force commander, has been the target of criticism recently.

"The 1st Army was blocked on the front line of Huaishan. Our army is desperately attacking, but it is estimated that there will be no results within ten days." Wang Luo introduced the battle situation with some embarrassment. He could clearly feel that his king Ying Duo's mood was full of anxiety.

If the Qin army fails to penetrate the Shu army's defense line as previously estimated, the war will become protracted.

Once it lasts, there will be many variables.Then the "filial piety" promised by the Qin State to the Tang Empire before the war, there is no way to fulfill it.

This is definitely not good news, because if the Tang Empire can't get what it wants, it will start thinking about pushing the whole war in another direction: the direction of Qin's defeat.

"The problem of logistics support is very serious. We have temporarily transferred 1 vehicles... But, it is obviously not enough." Wang Luo wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start.

Although Qin State's railway network has been built at a rapid pace in the past two years, military and civilian uses are crowded together, and the transportation capacity is actually the same.

What's more, the state of Shu often blew up the railways during its retreat. After the state of Qin entered the territory of the state of Shu, it basically had to rely on automobile transportation.

Although the road conditions in the Shu Kingdom are good, relying solely on automobile transportation is costly. Because the Qin Kingdom does not pay attention to supply transportation, it can really be described as a disaster in actual operation.

About 3 cars are damaged on the road, and 5 cars of various models are waiting for repair parts of various types. One can imagine what the situation of Qin's front-line supplies is now.

The supplies in the supply station built near the original border line are piled up like mountains, but the supplies that may be effectively transported to the frontline soldiers are pitifully small.

In order to maintain the offensive posture, the Qin army also consumed a large amount of arms, which further caused difficulties in the transportation of other materials.The logistics delay seriously affected the morale of the Qin army, but there was no way to improve the situation for a while.

"The train can only go to Zhennan City. After passing Zhennan City, we will go south. After entering Shu Kingdom, our logistics will completely collapse." Yingbo, the prince of Qin who stood aside, pinched his chin and stared at the map and added: "Zhang Xuan has done his best."

The Zhang Xuan he was talking about was also a general of the Qin Army. Like Wang Luo, he was a pillar of the Qin State and a capable general.

Before, he had been fighting against the orc empire on the western front, but this time he led the troops to the south and became the vanguard of the invasion of Shu.

"I have already ordered that all the cars produced by Wuyang Automobile Factory be seized and provided directly to the military, but this month there are only more than 2000 cars, which still seems not enough to make up for the losses at the front line." After Ying Bo finished speaking, he found his father's face The sadness on his face deepened.

"The cars produced by the Dahua Empire are not enough for our own use. If we want to buy them, we will definitely not be able to buy them." Ying Duo said to his confidants worriedly: "The import channel from the Datang Empire is almost cut off. It is extremely detrimental to us.”

The Kingdom of Shu can import various products from the Kingdom of Chu and the Kingdom of Tang. As long as they sell their gold coins, they can buy airplanes, cars... and even tanks!
But their state of Qin can't do it anymore, their various external trading channels have been cut off, and now they can only rely on themselves.

"You have done a good job. Cars and planes must be given priority to the southern front troops now! At all costs, we must take Huaishan, an important town in the north of Shu! After capturing Huaishan, we must attack westward immediately. Before the potential is exhausted, open up the passage to Chu State!" Ying Duo said while pressing the northern part of Shu State with his hand.

"Don't worry about losses! Zhang Chi! Dispatch all the planes you can find to cover the attack of the ground troops! Give up bombing the enemy's big cities and focus on supporting the frontline operations!" He looked at the air force commander at the side and ordered.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Zhang Chi quickly stated, "Even if there is only one plane, I will fully support the ground troops in attacking!"

When he said this, his heart was bleeding. It took Qin Guo more than a year to save more than 1000 planes. Now more than half of them have been transferred to the southern line. As a result, they have lost nearly 400 planes!

Listen, listen to the number.Even if he only lost 400 pilots, Zhang Chi, the commander of the Air Force, would have a hard time.

But in fact, he also knew that he was not the only one who was sad, and the air force commanders in Shu Kingdom were probably vomiting blood now.

The ratio of losses in the air battle between the two sides remained approximately 1:1. Qin State lost 400 aircraft, and Shu State also lost at least 350 aircraft.

Such a loss is actually unbearable for the Shu Kingdom.The recent sharp decrease in the number of Shu aircraft that attacked the southern city of Qin Town is evidence of this.

After losing nearly 400 planes each, both sides realized a serious problem: even if they could keep up the production speed of planes, they would not be able to train enough pilots.

This is a flaw, a flaw that neither Qin nor Shu can solve.Until this problem is resolved, the air battle between the two countries can only be maintained in a small state.

(End of this chapter)