In the creek outside the city of Coba, several seaplanes of the US Navy were parked. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThese seaplanes, although not very fast, have a long range and are able to take off both on the river and at the sea. Therefore, it has often become the main means of transportation for US generals to fight on the ocean.

In the case that the Chinese Air Force has already mastered Australia's air supremacy, taking off and leaving Australia during the day is simply looking for death. Therefore, if they want to escape Australia, the generals of the US army can only choose to leave at night. Before dawn, stay as far away from Australia as possible, away from the control of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Air Force and Navy. Of course, after escaping Australia, even if they cannot land in the area controlled by the US military, they can meet up with the submarine in the sea and go to a safe area under the submarine's pick-up.

This time, Admiral MacArthur and others fled from Australia, and according to the plan, they took a seaplane to a secret submarine base of the US military in the south of Tasmania, and then took a submarine to New Zealand, and then fled the Pacific Ocean and returned to the mainland of the United States through those islands in the Pacific Ocean. Admiral MacArthur was also well aware that after the loss of Australia, the United States wanted to maneuver with the Chinese Empire in the Pacific for a long time. Especially without the support of the Navy, it is even more impossible.

General MacArthur was followed by a number of American generals. These men were all Admiral MacArthur's henchmen, although they were all defeated by the Chinese* army on the battlefield. But on the whole, it can be regarded as having fought with the Chinese * army and has combat experience. If they are taken away, they may be able to come in handy in the future war against the Chinese Empire.

Of course, Admiral MacArthur left himself, and he also needed to assign a temporary commander to command the US-Australian forces after he left. In this way, the troops will not collapse quickly. Although, Admiral MacArthur has already given up hundreds of thousands of US-Australian coalition troops. However, he obviously does not want the Chinese* army to easily control the whole of Australia, and he also hopes that the US-Australian coalition will continue to fight and inflict more casualties on the Chinese* army.

Lieutenant General Witte became the interim commander assigned by Admiral MacArthur. However, by the time Admiral MacArthur left, the order did not reach Lieutenant General Werther. Instead, it was chosen that after dawn, the staff officers who remained behind would deliver the order to Lieutenant General Werther.

On the river, Admiral MacArthur and others were already on a seaplane. The propellers of the seaplane began to spin rapidly, and the plane also glided on the water, getting faster and faster. After taxiing a few hundred meters, the nose of the seaplane lifted from the river, and then the entire fuselage also broke away from the river and took off.

Several other seaplanes followed suit and took off from the river. After taking off, the seaplanes began to fly south, and soon disappeared into the night sky. Under the cover of night, they could not be detected by carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Air Force and Navy. Therefore, it is possible to successfully escape for your life. Of course, the soldiers of the American and Australian coalition forces in the encirclement who were still fighting against the Imperial Army were once again abandoned.

On the battlefield of the 771st Regiment of the Imperial Army, the 3rd and 7th Armored Divisions of the US Army are still on the offensive. However, with the arrival of a large number of reinforcements from the Imperial Army, especially the arrival of more than 200 tanks from the 1st Armored Brigade and the 14th Armored Brigade, the attack of the American armored forces was equivalent to sending them to death. Because of the heavy losses, the US army no longer has an advantage in the number of tanks, but has fallen into a disadvantage. At the same time, because of the disadvantage in the performance of the tank, the armored forces of the US army were completely suppressed.

"Oh God! It's over, we're completely finished. Reinforcements from the Chinese have already arrived, and we cannot tear through their defenses. Major General Taylor said with some desperation.

Major General Spaz's eyes were also full of despair, and by now, he knew very well that they had lost the opportunity to break through the encirclement of the Imperial Army, and there was no possibility of success.

Time passed little by little, and as the sky in the east gradually appeared a hint of fish belly white, this directly announced the failure of the breakthrough plan of the United States and Australia. The 3rd and 7th Armored Divisions of the U.S. Army suffered heavy losses as they hit their heads on the Imperial Army's defensive lines. However, it was not able to tear through the defense line of the Imperial Army at all, so that the elite troops of the United States and Australia were not able to escape from the encirclement. It can be said that after a night of fierce fighting, the final result was corpses and tank wreckage in one place. Other than that, there was no more victory.

Of course, the attack of the US-Australian coalition also cost the Imperial Army a lot of money. The 771st Infantry Regiment was completely disabled. The casualties of the whole regiment reached two-thirds, and in a short time, it was no longer possible to continue the battle. The 16th Battalion of the 2nd Armored Brigade lost two-thirds of its tanks. The other two tank battalions also suffered considerable losses, and the brigade lost nearly 100 tanks.

However, their gains were much greater than their own losses. The 3rd and 7th Armored Divisions of the US Army were also disabled. Of the 3rd Panzer Division's 390 tanks, only a little more than a little bit remained, while the 7th Panzer Division fared slightly better, with more than 200 tanks. It's just that the battle hasn't been accepted yet. Obviously, the remaining 300 tanks of the US army will not last long.

The field airfield of the Imperial Air Force, which was more than 200 kilometers away from the battlefield, was already very busy, even though it was not yet dark. Ground crews are refueling and refueling Imperial Air Force fighter jets, dive bombers, and ground attack aircraft. The pilots were listening to a briefing. Their mission this time was to take off and bomb the US armored forces that were attacking the encirclement of the Imperial Army, and to inflict as much damage as possible on the US armored forces. In order to weaken the offensive power of the US army.

For the Imperial Army, the only thing that could break the encirclement of the Imperial Army was the armored forces of the American Army. Apart from these armored units, there was no longer the strength to tear open the encirclement of the Imperial Army. Therefore, as long as the armored forces of the American army are eliminated, then the encirclement of the Imperial Army will be as stable as Mount Tai.

At 5:15 a.m. on April 8, 4638, a wing of fighters and a group of dive bombers and two groups of ground attack planes of the Imperial Air Force took off from the airfield and headed directly for the battlefield.

Because the U.S. Army Aviation has been completely wiped out, there is nothing left to threaten the Imperial Air Force except for anti-aircraft fire on the ground. Therefore, fighters do not need to escort bombers and ground attack planes behind, and can directly rush to the battlefield at the fastest speed. In the case of the F9 fighters of the Imperial Air Force, they only need twenty minutes to be able to reach the battlefield. Dive bombers and ground attack aircraft, on the other hand, take half an hour.

"Failed, we failed. The Chinese have completely mastered the advantage. Let's retreat. Major General Taylor suggested. There is no doubt that after a night of fierce fighting, the armored forces of the US army no longer have any advantage and have less than half of the advantage.

Major General Spaz's face turned pale, and although he was very reluctant to admit the result, the facts were the facts, and he could not afford not to admit them.

"Send a telegram to the headquarters and ask Your Excellency the Commander what we should do now." Major General Spartz said. He knew that relying on the existing tanks, it was no longer possible to tear through the defenses of the Imperial Army. They have lost this battle completely.

However, it was not clear to Major General Spartz and others that Admiral MacArthur was no longer at the command. Even if I send a telegram to ask, I won't get any reply. And this wastes a lot of time, and it will also plunge their few remaining armored forces into an even greater crisis. Once the fighters of the Imperial Air Force arrived, these thin-skinned tanks of the US army were only tortured and killed.

At 5:40 a.m., the Imperial Air Force fighter group had already appeared over the battlefield, and these fighters, after discovering the American armored units, immediately launched an attack.

"Damn, the Chinese plane is coming. Evacuate immediately, retreat. Major General Taylor and Major General Spaz, who now had no energy to take care of anything else, hurriedly ordered the armored forces to disperse and retreat.

However, it was already too late. Upon the discovery of the American armored forces, the Imperial Air Force immediately launched an attack.

Under the wing of the fighter, a 25-kilogram bomb was hung. Although these small bombs are not powerful enough, they can still be destroyed if they hit American tanks.

Of course, the hit rate of the bombs dropped by fighters was not high in the first place, and the results achieved were not obvious.

However, after the bombs were dropped, the fighters of the Imperial Air Force began to strafe the American tanks with a 30-mm cannon in the nose. The power of the 30mm cannon is already relatively large. The frontal armor of the U.S. Army's M1 light tank, M2 medium tank, and M3 light tank could not resist. The frontal armor of the M3LEE medium tank was able to withstand it. However, the armor on top of the turret is very weak and can be easily cracked by a 30mm cannon.

Therefore, under the attack of the fighters of the Imperial Air Force, these tanks of the American army were destroyed one after another.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The fighters were condescending, and when they attacked, the armored forces of the American army could hardly escape. It can easily be hit, destroyed. Countless U.S. armored soldiers scattered and fled for their lives. But how could they have escaped the pursuit of the fighters? (To be continued.) )