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Chapter 157, strategy vs tactics

Outside London, the cruel bloody battle continued. In order to intercept the coalition's landing, the British army had twelve points of potential.

Behind him is London, and the British army has no way out. If they don’t fight desperately, the British Empire will be destroyed.

In his century-old career as a hegemony, the British's arrogance had long reached its peak. How could they tolerate defeat? Even when facing the entire European continent, the British were also unwilling to admit defeat.

The British army was fighting, and the coalition forces also had reasons to have to fight. In the past years, the British had brought too much hatred. Now they have revenge and revenge, and their morale is also not inferior.

The air battle is fiercely unfolding, and dumplings are falling from time to time in the sky. The flagship Emperor commander General Aldo von Donati, the fleet commander, was staring at the sea indifferently.

The Royal Navy is still on its way, and the battle belonging to the navy has not yet arrived. Now, it is not challenging to demine mines or attack submarines.

As for the battle in the sky, the navy could not join in at all. Although the navy was equipped with the most advanced air defense firepower of this era, this is still the case.

The low hit rate is a small problem. The key is that the plane moves too fast and the air force fights again. The probability of shooting down its own fighter jets is as high as enemy planes.

Now that the coalition air force is obviously at the upper hand, there is naturally no need for this desperate fighting style that does not distinguish between enemies and us.

In the distance, another British Air Force formation appeared in the sky. The battle has continued until now, and both sides have not just changed a wave of fighter jets, and the battlefield is at a disadvantage, so it is normal for British reinforcements.

The coalition forces had already divided a formation to meet the enemy. They were closer and closer. Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, the British army suddenly distributed half of the fighter planes and left the brigade and rushed towards the joint fleet.

Those who participate in the battle are all high-speed fighters, and the slow-responsive bombers come up and give them heads. Even if they are lucky enough to rush over and throw a few bombs, they will still lose money in business.

The fighter jets approached the navy. Although they couldn't understand what the enemy was going to do, the coalition air force chose to intercept them as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, it was still too late, and the British Air Force had already been entangled. Then the British formation that had left the large army plunged head-on towards the navy below.

Unfortunately, a destroyer was hit by three fighter planes. The warship was torn into pieces amid the violent explosion, and they met God with the people and ships.

This was just the beginning. With the beginning of the British suicide attack, the coalition fleet below kept thundering loud noises.

Even though the fleet's air defense firepower was fully opened, it still seemed pale and powerless when facing a group of desperate enemies.

Unless it hits the key point and breaks the enemy plane in the air, even if it hits the bullet, it will still pierce it.

Seeing a battleship sinking under the enemy's suicide attack, Admiral Aldo's heart was bleeding.

I never dreamed that the British would fight like this, and this was not the British Empire at all.

In fact, in the face of this suicide attack, even if you prepare in advance, it will not play much role.

The only thing that is thankful is that the enemy's hit rate is not high. Many times, many fighter jets will hit the same target. Hundreds of fighter jets rushed down, and took away three warships and two troop transport ships.

After all, it is a suicide attack, and it comes and goes faster. From the time it starts to the end, it only takes more than ten minutes.

Looking at the messy battlefield, General Aldo endured his grief and ordered: "Speedly rescue the people who fell into the water, and then prepare to retreat."

It was originally a feint attack, so there was no need to fight the enemy to the death. Just look at the troop transport ship that followed, there were not many people on it.

Before completely killing the enemy's main force, forcibly landing in London, is definitely a sign of iron.

As soon as he finished speaking, a military adviser rushed in.

"His Excellency Commander, I found the enemy fleet to the west, and was heading towards us at full speed, and now it is about 20 nautical miles away."

After hesitating for more than ten seconds, General Aldo said: "Send the order to let the injured warships and troop transport ships and supply ships retreat first, and the remaining warships left to rescue the officers and soldiers who fell into the water.

Generate power to the headquarters to illustrate the difficulties we are facing and request fire support from the Air Force. All main ships are ready for combat..."

It’s not that the fleet is not very vigilant, but mainly because it is only 180 nautical miles away from the mainland. If the enemy is discovered, it will be too late to run.

Everyone's warships have similar performances, and now they are still 20 nautical miles away. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the enemy to catch up at 180 nautical miles.

However, the plan did not change quickly, and no one knew that the enemy would play suicide attacks, and it was impossible to predict that the losses would be so heavy.

It takes time to rescue the officers and soldiers who fell into the water. After delaying these efforts, the enemy's fast warships can catch up.

If the fleet was not damaged, Aldo would never be timid. If he beat him, he would be afraid of who he would be! At worst, both sides would be injured after the fight. Everyone would go back and lick the wound together.

However, three warships were lost just now, and many more warships were damaged, especially the sunken warships included a super battleship, and the strength of the fleet had been greatly damaged.

Of course, being at a disadvantage in strength is not completely powerless. If the strength is very different, General Aldo would have ordered the officers and soldiers who fell into the water to run away.

A general's success will be destroyed, and there will always be sacrifices on the battlefield. Anyone can give up when necessary.

It is obviously not a step ahead now, and the times are different. The glory of the cannon giant ship bloomed in the Battle of the English Channel.

Now is the transition period, and the future is the era of the air force. Whoever controls the sky will control the next era.

...

In London, before I could even celebrate the successful attack, the bad news of Gelair's fall came.

"At any cost, you must regain Glair in the shortest time, and the speed must be fast!"

Prime Minister Campbell said in a nearly roaring tone.

Logically speaking, a town with no military value or economic value will be lost if it is lost.

It had no impact on the British defense war at all. Even if the enemy occupied the local area, the army could not land without a suitable port.

But politics never makes sense. With rich experience in political struggle, Campbell was sure that the Austrians who took down the town of Glair will immediately announce the news of their successful landing to the outside world.

Ordinary people don’t care whether the town of Glair has military value. Anyway, the British Isles have gained a foothold, that is, the landing is successful.

Then, based on their own perception, everyone will conclude that the British Empire is about to be in chaos.

Once public opinion boils, Britain will really have internal and external troubles and be surrounded by enemies.

Foreign Minister Adam added: "The enemy had planned it for a long time, and now the news should have been spread.

Next is the verification by governments of various countries. We must regain Glair before everyone can verify the news.

otherwise……"

There is no need to say anything else after that, everyone knows the consequences are serious.

Once the coalition forces are confirmed to have successfully landed, the allies of the British Empire will rush to jump ship. Everyone is smart and knows that cutting the flesh and stopping the loss. The earlier you cut, the smaller the loss.

Sharing joys and sorrows, sharing life and death is the content in the play, and these things have never been popular in real politics.

Verify the news?

It is too high to see everyone's ideological awareness. Even in the 21st century with highly developed information, a rumor can deceive a group of people, let alone this day.

Besides, this is not a rumor, the coalition forces have really completed a login.

It is difficult to recover from the flood. Even if the British army drove the enemy into the sea, the political influence still caused. Politicians will make up for it themselves:

"Since the coalition forces have landed once, they can land on the second time. As the defensive side, it is only a matter of time before they can launch a strong counterattack."

Originally, the Ocean Alliance was on the verge of falling apart. With this wave of stimulation, unless God himself takes action, it may be able to soothe everyone.

The pressure was all over. The Army Minister and the Minister of Military Affairs looked at each other and accepted the "giant pit" task bitterly.

...

The British government was bleak, and the atmosphere at the Vienna Palace was not much better. The landing plan was completed, but the fleet suffered heavy losses in the feint attack.

Without a super battleship, Franz felt a pain in his flesh, let alone others.

However, in Franz's opinion, these losses are worth it. It is totally worth the money to use the sinking of a super battleship in exchange for the success of landing.

Tactics and strategies have never been equal. Successful landing means that an opportunity to disintegrate the Ocean Alliance has emerged.

The British Empire without wings of allies is the tiger that has been caught. Although the teeth are good, they lose the ability to hunt, and they will sooner or later be starved to death and sleep to death.

After a little thought, Franz decisively gave up the accountability. Who knew that the British would not play according to the routine? This is clearly not to say...

"Don't worry too much. The suicide squad is easy to find, but the pilots are difficult to train. There are even fewer pilots who are willing to act as the suicide squad.

This kind of suicide attack that drives an aircraft is destined to be impossible to continue. It is probably just one wave, and even if there is still some, it will be difficult to scale.

How is the situation in Glair town? How long can our landing troops stay locally?"

It’s not that Franz looked down on the British, Britain really does not have this kind of cultural tradition of "killing one's own life". Being able to gather a pilot of suicide squad is already a record-breaking, and it is simply unrealistic to have more.

If it is really easy to deal with, the fighter jets involved in the attack during the day are not that much.

If the British gathered three to five thousand pilot suicide squads in one go, they could destroy the joint fleet in one wave.

This is obviously impossible. If it were a Japanese, it might be possible to get it together. However, it also takes a certain amount of time to do ideological work. After all, only a few people have this fearless spirit.

Army Secretary Feslav: "Gerel's terrain is complex and it is inherently not suitable for large-scale corps operations, which is very beneficial to our subsequent defensive operations.

At present, we have invested an airborne regiment and an infantry regiment in Glair, and we will determine whether to continue to increase troops based on actual conditions in the future.

Unless the enemy can block the sea and air at the same time, they will not want to take Glair from us!"

This is the best thing for a strong army country. Once nails are laid, it will be difficult to pull out when the support is unobstructed.

What's more, Glail was originally a carefully selected landing point for the military. He had considered in advance that the enemy would counterattack, so he deliberately selected Glail town that was not conducive to the development of the large corps.

If you cannot exert your military strength, you will be fighting for hard-core combat power. If you can't defend this, the Shinra Army will be embarrassed to gain a foothold in the world.

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