Chapter 547: The Iron Tide Sweeps Forward
Ever since the Beautiful Country opted for selective concessions, turning a blind eye to the Jieke Group's operations in You Tai Country, only providing material support without sending any troops, the Jieke Group's activities in You Tai Country have grown increasingly unscrupulous.
Every day, Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bombers travel back and forth between Chan Country and You Tai Country.
The Luanyang Air-Space Bomber, with its maximum load capacity, can carry 800 tons of supplies in one trip, accommodating over a thousand soldiers. Compared to shipping, it boasts unmatched speed and convenience, with the sole drawback being its slightly high cost.
Fortunately, with the Jieke Group's deep pockets, earning fortunes worldwide with products like Tianyuan Hair Growth Liquid, Tianyuan Myopia Pills, Tianyuan Slimming Pills, Tianyuan Whitening Liquid, Biological Batteries, along with territorial taxes, it easily sustains the high-frequency transportation demands of the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber.
Troops arrive in Te Wei City continuously, and boxes of supplies traverse thousands of kilometers, transferred to Te Wei City.
The world is astonished by the Jieke Group's formidable resource mobilization and long-distance combat capabilities.
For other countries, even for the Beautiful Country, the world's leading naval power, amassing such a volume of supplies for a thousand-mile raid is challenging. Before the Gulf War, the Beautiful Country had prepped for several months.
However, the Jieke Group, solely through its air force, accomplished massive transfer of armaments and tens of thousands of personnel in a short time, a feat that 99% of countries globally would struggle to achieve, displaying the Jieke Group's mighty national and military strength.
The essence of warfare is logistics; this saying holds true even today.
Modern warfare demands higher material needs and logistical capabilities; nations capable of intense logistical support are all first-class powers, weak countries simply lack this ability.
The Jieke Group's garrison and increased logistical supplies are evident to the whole world, everyone knows the Jieke Group is preparing for the next major offensive.
But knowing is one thing; even the Beautiful Country is reluctant to intervene, let alone other Western countries, which dare not wade in, fearing their heads might be smashed by the Jieke Group.
As for You Tai Country, their capabilities are evident; all they can do is exhaust all efforts, mobilize all available forces, even at the cost of conscripting able-bodied men in the streets, distributing various arms and ammunitions.
While there are ordinary firearms, getting heavy weapons in place is not so easy, especially regarding the air force.
Now, the You Tai Country's air force is virtually obliterated, with the Jieke Group's Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bombers patrolling You Tai Country's airspace daily.
You Tai Country's few remaining aircraft dare not take to the skies for combat; once airborne, they are quickly shot down. The entire air superiority of You Tai Country is firmly in the hands of the Jieke Group.
September 12, 2030.
On this day, the Jieke Group, fully prepared, finally dispatched its army from Te Wei City. The combat units deployed are elite, including the 1st Mechanized Battle Brigade, with 134 Spider Main Battle Mecha, 12 Fly Rocket Mecha, 8 Scorpion Flame Sprayer Mecha, 16 Bee Air Defense Mecha, 24 Flying Locust Transport Mecha, alongside corresponding infantry and support vehicles.
The 3rd Cavalry Division, consisting of 4 heavy brigade combat teams and 1 aviation brigade.
The 17th Infantry Division, comprising 2 heavy brigade combat teams, 2 light infantry brigades, and 1 aviation brigade.
The 38th Mountain Division, which includes 4 light infantry brigades and 1 aviation brigade.
Additionally, there are the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 130th Heavy Infantry Brigade, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, the 504th Parachute Regiment, and three companies of the Steel Camp, with nearly a hundred Genetic Warriors.
The total number of multiple units reached around fifty thousand; this formidable force, combined with the air superiority of the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber, has already formed a terrifying steel torrent sweeping across the battlefield.
As opponents, You Tai Country has mobilized over half a million troops.
Apart from less than a hundred thousand regular troops, the rest are reserves, some militia, and conscripted able-bodied men.
Purely based on numbers, the You Tai Country military is ten times the size of the Jieke Group's soldiers.
However, countries worldwide are not optimistic about You Tai Country's chances of victory, as modern warfare is far beyond merely relying on numbers for triumph.
The once Gulf War already taught the world this truth; having 1.2 million soldiers, 77 divisions, with 5600 tanks, 7500 armored vehicles, 3800 artillery pieces, 770 combat aircraft, the Yi Army, claiming to be the world's fourth strongest power, was subjected to a dimensional reduction strike by the Beautiful Country, beaten by high-tech warfare within just a few months.
Now, the Jieke Group, mastering Main Battle Mecha, Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber, Genetic Warriors, poses no less a high-tech dimensional strike to the You Tai Country military.
The Jieke Group's objective is equally explicit, directly targeting the critical point of You Tai Country, aiming for Yelu City!
This 3000-year-old city is one of the world's oldest, a religious Holy Land for the You Tai people, known as a Holy City for many religions.
Within this city, the western part of the You Tai people's crucial prayer temple remains undestroyed, exposed with its surrounding wall called the Wailing Wall; the ancient city has been rebuilt, now thriving as a You Tai community.
Yelu City is now home to over a million residents, jointly governed by You Tai Country and Ba Country, with most of the population being You Tai, the rest comprised of other ethnic groups.
As You Tai Country grew increasingly powerful in the New World, more and more You Tai occupied this city, pushing and expelling other races.
For the You Tai people, life here is flourishing, with numerous schools, You Tai churches, and arts and learning centers established, seeking to completely dominate, transforming this Holy City into a representation of the You Tai people.
But for other ethnicities and religions, it's an unequivocal tragedy.
The first target of the Jieke Group's assault was Yelu City, aiming to occupy this Holy City in the minds of the You Tai people, destroy their beliefs, and trample their religion underfoot.
As for whether this would incur universal condemnation and offend those religions, the Jieke Group simply didn't care.
If your Gods dare descend, how many divisions could they muster?
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The territory of You Tai Country isn't large, and naturally Te Wei City is also very close to Yelu City. For the 1st Mechanized Battle Brigade, it's almost a smooth path, it won't take long to reach the outskirts of Yelu City.
Faster than the Mechanized Battle Brigade is the attack by the Air Force.
24 Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bombers, and 72 Magic Bird Fighters soared in the sky, flying over Yelu City.
You Tai Country places great emphasis on its Holy Land in its heart. They also speculate that Jieke Group's target is likely here, to protect their Holy City, plus Yelu City is located at the crucial point of You Tai Country.
With a narrow and long territory resembling a slanted dog bone, Te Wei City and Yelu City are located on the central line of this territory; now Te Wei City has fallen, if Yelu City is also strategically occupied, You Tai Country will be split in two by the Jieke Group, bisected in the middle.
Therefore, to protect this city, a full two hundred thousand You Tai soldiers spread through Yelu City and its surrounding areas, expanding a huge defensive surface, vowing to protect this Holy City to the death.
But they underestimated the Jieke Group's resolve in war and their overwhelming combat power.
The Magic Bird Fighters arrived first, attacking the exposed air defense and artillery positions, inflicted damage on the enemy's fire points.
These Magic Bird Fighters, with their excellent performance and maneuverability, were first to open the entry passage for the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bombers, simultaneously attracting the activation of You Tai Country's air defense radar, exposing the air defense missile positions.
When these radars and missile positions were exposed, what awaited them was pinpoint bombardment and clearing by airborne cruise missiles.
The Jieke Group possesses Kunpeng Rockets, the sky is filled with satellites, and reconnaissance spy satellites have now all altered their orbits, hovering over You Tai Country.
Adding Jieke Group's unique biological radar, giving them great reconnaissance advantage, many air defense missile systems worth millions of US Dollars didn't even manage to launch a single missile before being destroyed by cruise missiles, becoming a pile of scrap metal.
After the Magic Bird Fighters created a favorable environment for bombing, Luanyang Air-Space Fighters followed closely, opening their fuselage.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
A rain of air bombs rolled out from their fuselage, plummeting towards the defense positions of the You Tai army below.
Each of the 24 Luanyang Air-Space Fighters was fitted with five to six hundred tons of bombs, totaling tens of thousands of tons of explosives, as they now dropped onto the You Tai army's positions, the destructive power was imaginable.
Each You Tai soldier gaped, listening to waves of aircraft engine roars and shrill air raid sirens suddenly blaring, sharp, urgent, causing hearts to tighten with a start.
Soon many You Tai soldiers witnessed an unforgettable, and the last, terrifying scene they would ever see.
The enemy's aircraft in the sky swarmed in like locusts, dropping strings of deadly seeds. One heavy air bomb after another smashed into the earth, covering every inch of land, bringing death and smoke to this land.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions erupted one after another, forming continuous patches, like invisible hands pushing bunkers, trenches, and soldiers into Hell.
Thick smoke billowed, fires blazed skyward, dust flew, screams, cries, and wails intertwined, creating a symphony of apocalypse.
Fear was written all over every You Tai soldier's face and eyes, hearing the air bomb explosions like Raytheon in wrath, every blast signified the instant descent of death and destruction.
With over ten thousand tons of bombs dropping, for the two hundred thousand You Tai soldiers, on average, every twenty people would face a one-ton air bomb.
Even with You Tai Country's construction of defensive fortifications and numerous trenches, under the weight of heavy air bombs, these simple constructions were entirely ineffective.
You Tai soldiers, under air bomb blasts, flew away like broken dolls, disassembled into shattered flesh on the ground.
Some tanks and armored vehicles also, under air bomb blasts, were ripped and flipped like paper, unable to withstand the fiery sweep of heavy air bombs.
Even those hiding in trenches, lying on the ground trembling.
If they were close to the blast, they'd stay motionless after the explosion.
Although their body surface appeared intact, upon closer inspection, it would be found they'd already lost their life signs, their internal organs along with their brain and central nervous system totally damaged, shocking them to death alive.
From a high vantage looking down, the You Tai army's defense positions erupted continuously, more lively than setting off firecrackers during New Year, yet this liveliness meant one word for the You Tai soldiers stationed here: death.