Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

November 16th, the tenth year of Yongsheng.

The Battle of Luyang broke out.

The Qian State dispatched army and the independent army sent by Zhuo Yongwang to assist, totaling 60 troops, were deployed along the line of Xiucheng, Shaozishan, Juanhe, Kexian, Jiazigou, and Xucheng, and meticulously constructed what they claimed to be impregnable defensive fortifications.

Before the war, Yamanaka was inspecting the defense system along the line of Xiucheng, Shaozishan, Juanhe, Kexian, Jiazigou, and Xucheng.

He once boasted in public: "Our defenses are impregnable, and the Qian Kingdom's army will surely suffer a crushing defeat here!"

The 16th, 8:30 a.m.

Under the escort of their own fighter jets, the bomber groups of the Daqian Zhenguo Army launched the first air raids on enemy positions along the line of Xiucheng, Shaozishan, Juanhe, Kexian, Jiazigou, and Xucheng.

This display of force completely shattered the foreigners' perception of the Great Qian Zhenguo Army—600 bombers, escorted by 1200 fighters, marched in in a mighty procession.

The foreigners deployed more than 200 fighter jets to intercept them.

However, these planes belonging to the foreigners were destined to be "given away"...

Their 200-plus aircraft are not even a fraction of what others have.

This time, however, the intelligence from the Yi people didn't fail them.

They knew in advance that the Daqian Zhenguo Army would be deploying a large number of aircraft.

Therefore, the barbarian people decided to concentrate their 200-plus fighter jets on one route to intercept them.

This would at least disrupt and sabotage the bombing of the Daqian Zhenguo Army from one direction.

However, the Daqian Zhenguo Army, which has been fully deployed, is all about arrogance and domineering.

With the help of Shen Moshen, a player with cheat-like abilities, the Daqian Zhenguo army had no shortage of weapons, equipment, aircraft, or artillery...

Therefore, when the aircraft group heading to Shaozishan to bomb the mountain was intercepted by the foreign aircraft group,

More than 150 P-51 fighter jets scrambled to the scene.

Judging from this posture, their goal is clearly to wipe out the entire enemy aircraft fleet.

With an overwhelming numerical advantage, the planes carrying out the interception mission by the barbarians were destined for a one-way trip.

The bombing raid on Shaozishan by the Qian Kingdom's bomber group proceeded as scheduled...................

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At the start of the Battle of Luyang, the Daqian Zhenguo Army presented the enemy with a standard procedure.

First came the pre-bombing from the air.

Then came the barrage of artillery fire from our own heavy artillery.

The Daqian Zhenguo Army's artillery bombarded enemy positions along the line of Xiucheng, Shaozishan, Juanhe, Kexian, Jiazigou, and Xucheng for a full two hours.

They stopped, still wanting more...

It was exactly 1 p.m. on the 16th.

After the shelling ended, the ground attack forces of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, under the cover of their own tanks and armored vehicles, launched an offensive along the entire line of Xiucheng, Shaozishan, Juanhe, Kexian, Jiazigou, and Xucheng in a combined infantry and tank formation.

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Jiazigou Defense Line.

The main defensive position at Jiazigou was held by the Second Division of the Qian State Expeditionary Army.

"Just how many planes and how many heavy artillery pieces did the Qian Kingdom actually use?!"

"How do they have so many planes and heavy artillery?!"

The Second Division Commander, Honbo Kyohei, who had been completely dumbfounded by the fighting style of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, roared in the command post with a disheveled face.

It seems that the three-pronged approach of the Daqian Zhenguo army has indeed intimidated the barbarian army.

Before the war, they considered many possibilities.

But what I never expected was that the Daqian Zhenguo Army's fighting style would be so arrogant!

They fired bombs and shells like they were free...

"Division Commander! The enemy is attacking!"

"It's a coordinated attack!"

"The leading group was a dense mass of tanks..."

A foreign officer stumbled over and reported to Honpo Kyohei.

"What? A lot of tanks?" Honbo Kyohei walked to the observation post with some skepticism, picked up his binoculars, and looked out.

hiss! ! !

You wouldn't believe it until you see it, it's truly shocking...

Kyohei Honpo gasped as he stared at the magnificent scene of dust billowing and tanks speeding by; his eyes nearly popped out of his head!

Honbo Kyohei didn't know exactly how many tanks were in front of him.

In short, they're everywhere...

"My God! Just what kind of force is Shen Moshen's Zhenguo Army?!"

Honbo Kyohei stared in disbelief at everything before him.

The arrogant attitude he had before the war had been completely replaced by shock.

The hidden artillery on the Jiazigou position was firing at full power to stop the advance of the Daqian Zhenguo army's tanks.

However, the results were far from ideal.

Because the tanks leading the charge are mostly heavy tanks with extremely strong defensive capabilities....................

"Organize a suicide squad! Go blow up the tracks!"

Honpo Kyohei acted decisively and immediately ordered the barbarians to bring out their signature skills.

"Division Commander, the individual weapon used by the Qian Kingdom's army is an automatic weapon with a considerable range."

"Furthermore, the tanks of the Qian Kingdom are also very powerful, so our suicide squad simply has no chance of getting up there!"

"Even if we can't get up there, we have to go!"

Honbo Kyohei angrily ordered, "Concentrate all light and heavy machine guns to provide fire support for the suicide squad."

"The most effective way to deal with these steel lumps is to blow up their tracks!"

"The time has come to serve the empire!"

Kyohei Honbo issued another order: "Take care of those big guys at the front, at all costs!"

"Otherwise, the Jiazigou position would likely be the first to be breached!"

Honbo Kyohei was cursing under his breath—what the hell kind of battle was this?!

Didn't we agree that the advantage was in my hands?

Wasn't it supposed to be a sure thing no matter how you beat 60 against 30?

Wasn't it supposed to be that the defensive line built with the natural barriers of Xiucheng, Shaozishan, Juanhe, Kexian, Jiazigou, and Xucheng would surely make the people of Qian suffer a crushing defeat?

Didn't they say that their defensive line, built on natural terrain, could hold even against a million enemy troops?

A series of soul-searching questions silently screamed in Kyohei Honbo's heart...................

It is certain that during the two-hour preheating fire by the Qian Kingdom, the smallest caliber artillery they used was 150 mm, or even larger heavy artillery.

As for the number of heavy artillery...

Kyohei Honbo rubbed his head, which was still spinning from the shock.

A conservative estimate was drawn—in terms of destructive power and intensity, the number of artillery pieces that bombarded the Jiazigou position was at least one thousand!

Many soldiers of the 2nd Division stationed at Jiazigou were not killed by artillery shells, but rather by the shockwaves that killed them...

Faced with this situation, Honbo Kyohei, who was full of confidence in defending the Jiazigou position before the battle, now had completely lost confidence in the defense of Jiazigou...