Chapter 26: A Thousand Miles Away

"Rushing" is a means of plunging the enemy into chaos, especially when it is hit in an unexpected place, and often causes the enemy to fall into some kind of indescribable panic.

In particular, when the supply base in the rear is hit, it is definitely a nightmarish and cruel reality for the combat army in the front.

This is clear to the modern army that has been baptized by the Second World War.

However, at the end of the First World War, Denikin, who had mastered the armored forces, did not understand this truth. In particular, the Russian army, both the Red Army and the White Guards, was still a little immature in the study of war at this time.

As for the armies of Western countries, although such needs have been understood. However, at that time, automobiles, or other means of transport, were not enough to meet the actions of large-scale armored forces.

Because most of his supplies were not mainly horse-drawn carriages, but only relied on good roads connecting the various cities. The narrow wheels of the carriage left the road, and it was almost impossible to move an inch.

In particular, the wagons loaded with the oil bombs needed by the heavy armored units had to rely on endless transfers from city to city to get to the front line.

Therefore, Denikin, near the front line, will inevitably have a base city supplied with oil, grain and ammunition. The city is located in the Donbass.

This city, at the time of the Second World War, was one of the reasons why Hitler ordered his troops to seize the Caucasus, where there was a lot of coal!

Donbass is short for "Donets Coalfield", which is the largest coal base in Ukraine.

The city is on the west side of the lower Don River, about 400 kilometers west of the Krivoy Rog iron ore mine. It is 620 kilometers long from east to west and 70-170 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 60,000 square kilometers. The total geological reserves are 141 billion tonnes (1980), of which 37.5 billion tonnes are coking coal, accounting for about 26% (1980 data).

And here, it is precisely the city that Denikin has just captured and established as a rear supply base, and this city is the target of the "Thunder International" light infantry brigade led by Xu Yingjie and Li Du.

Not only could the Russian army not imagine at this time, but even the British and French troops, who had just come down from the battlefields of World War I, could not imagine what kind of combat method this was.

Indeed, the large-scale use of airships for transport is very cost-effective when air supremacy is fully mastered. Otherwise, the Yankees would not have been busy developing a giant airship called the Walrus for their army, with a ceiling of 10,000 meters and a load of 150 tons.

At the same time, we also saw the figure of a giant refueling airship in the film "Top Secret Flight".

Indeed, it seems that airplanes, no matter how they develop, can never be compared with this means of transport, which is half as cheap as train transportation.

As for the relatively cheap freighter, its speed is not comparable to that of an airship flying in the sky. Although it has a somewhat larger carrying capacity, however, there is no doubt that the longer the distance, the more obvious the disadvantage it has compared to airship transportation.

This is also the reason why Tang Yunyang focused on the development of airships as a means of transportation from the beginning. Cheap and fast transportation will be one of the sources of industrial and commercial competitiveness.

At the same time, as mentioned earlier, airships can quickly deploy large-scale armies in place. This time, the "thousand-mile attack" relied on the fast and convenient means of transportation such as airships.

Fifty airships lined up in the sky, distanced themselves from each other, and flew together towards northern Turkey. Fortunately, at this time, no country in the world has surpassed the Federation of China with its "Science City" in the research and development of "radar".

Otherwise, although the airship flies at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters. The noise of the carbon monoxide engine, which was originally not loud, could not be heard on the ground, otherwise the German bombing of Britain by airship during the First World War caused panic among the British people about this silent attack.

Of course, we know that this panic ended with the appearance of the "Buckingham" bullet mixed with armor-piercing and incendiary bombs. The British name for the "standard aviation belt" produced by the Prince Company.

At 6 a.m., the group of airships left Turkey on time and came to the skies over the Black Sea.

When he got here, Li Du, who was sitting in the driver's seat with a sore buttocks, stretched his legs. As chief of staff, he and Xu Yingjie did not fly on the same airship. Speaking of the reason, it can't help but make people feel a little unlucky.

According to the regulations of airborne operations, the senior command officers should be dispersed as much as possible on the different "Meteorite II". In this way, even if one plane is wrecked or shot down, the rest of the officers can continue to direct the operation.

This time, he and Rossenik and Xu Yingjie were not on the same "Meteorite II". Another reason is that meteorites are generally piloted by officers, firstly, the officers have a higher level of education, and secondly, if they are wrecked, the officers who drive the meteorites are the most likely to die.

The phrase "the duties of an officer" is often understood by the officers of "Thunder International" and "Bundeswehr" as "the officer dies first"! Of course, they don't think it's unreasonable, after all, their salaries and benefits are much higher than those of ordinary soldiers.

The sight of the "meteorite", which is fixed between the two large sacs of the "H" airship, is obscured, and the sea below can be seen except for the hull of the airship painted with sky protection colors on both sides.

For some reason, Li Du felt that the color of the "Black Sea" was indeed much deeper than the waters of the Mediterranean Sea from which they had left. Taking advantage of the early morning light in summer, he could see that the entire Black Sea was like a blue blanket that was constantly being shaken.

As an army officer, he didn't look too much but habitually looked forward.

The "Phalanx" pod at the tip of the airship can be seen there, which is spherical and flanked by two 12.7 mm rotating machine guns.

Looking at the spinning pod, he couldn't help but feel a little pity for the two gunners. They had to curl up in that little chair for the entire duration of the voyage.

"Unless you change shifts more frequently, the people who sit there for a long time will definitely go crazy!"

Looking at the "Phalanx" pods that were spinning around, his mind returned to this operation. Arriving at the Black Sea, it is not far from the goal of this "thousand-mile rush" - Donbass.

Calculated together, the distance between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov is about 500~600 km, and the distance to Donbass is only more than 700 km. In other words, 5~6 hours later, it will be the time for him, Xu Yingjie and their subordinates to get rid of the current torturous "hard labor".

"I believe that with your combat capabilities, it is not too difficult to seize Donbass. On the ground, the 'Polar Fox Detachment' will launch a surprise attack on the enemy command organs on the Donbas side when you carry out the airborne landing and create chaos in the city! There is only one requirement for combat, stay there and wait for us to arrive! ”

"Look at this battle plan, it's really 'problem bandit' style."

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At 1 p.m., the group of airships came to a field airfield near Donbass at low altitude. At this time, the guns had already sounded in the city of Donbass, and the "Extreme Fox Detachment" began to attack the remaining forces of Denikin on the Donbas side in accordance with the requirements of the "Thunder International" command.

Of course, their attack was still not a fierce direct attack. The assault began in earnest when the commander of the city defense found that his radio station, telephone, and teletypewriter had all become a pile of rubbish.

A group of airships passing through the airport at low altitude is like a flock of "geese" "laying eggs" in the sky.

Groups of "Meteorite II" broke away from the "mother" and fell down like rain. As mentioned earlier, the "Meteorite II" was already equipped with an engine that could be used at short distances. Although it is not a real helicopter yet, it is already possible to glide in the air for a short time when choosing a landing site.

Apparently, the infantry left behind by Dönitz was completely under surprise attack.

They simply did not expect that the other party would appear in this direction.

Although they had heard that "Thunder International" had accepted the offer from the Russian side and would launch an attack on its own side. However, they also know that Tang Yunyang is organizing a large-scale exercise in the desert area of Xinjiang at the moment.

Due to the grounded flight of the airship, it almost suddenly appeared in the sky relative to the people on the ground. Then the headache is that any kind of contact is suddenly invalidated.

Even the armies of the flying team did not know whether these airships were here to send equipment to the armies of Britain, France, or other Western countries, or whether they were here to fight.

Under these circumstances, when these airships were not transited by hostile acts, they were warned not to attack them by the countries led by Britain and France.

The reason is very simple, if the cargo airship is attacked, it will not provoke "Thunder International". At present, this war will evolve into a war in which the Chinese Federation and Russia join forces against Western countries.

You must know that the Federal Republic of China, in addition to its formidable army, is still a large country with a population of 400 million. Annoying such a country would be a horrific situation.

Needless to say, if you face the attack of the Bundeswehr on this battlefield, the armored torrent under the cover of powerful air power will have what will happen.

At the very least, the British and French colonies would immediately be attacked by the carrier clusters of the Chinese Federation. This is no joke, especially in the face of the "problem bandits" who do what they say, and the "ghost captain" who came out of nowhere, which is definitely not an empty threat.

But now, the officers of Dönitz's flying team were crying in the face of the "Meteorite II" falling like rain in the sky.