My Wife is Actually a top-tier Soldier King?!-Chapter 1164 - 1074: All-Out Vicious Battle! Nasty Tricks!_2
The last volley of shells might have hit the runway; the next volley smashed into the tents of the camp.
This haphazard bombardment brought significant losses to the Marine Corps and the air force.
To not be blown to bits, one could either take shelter in the reinforced concrete buildings or seek refuge inside the rugged armored vehicles.
The Field Hospital meant for treating the wounded had to be rapidly relocated.
After finishing suture surgery, Xu Kuishan and his son, who had originally planned to leave Baldet by plane with the seriously wounded, now had no way out at all.
The artillery shells, which could fall at any moment, posed a great threat to flying.
Aircraft may seem advanced and powerful, but they are actually extremely delicate.
Hit by a single shell, they’re either immediately scrapped or completely destroyed alongside their crew.
So the father and son had no choice but to find a building with a reinforced concrete structure and take shelter there, watching the airport, which was occasionally bombed with black mushroom clouds erupting.
Elsewhere.
The battle to attack the vault had become even more difficult.
Abulaxi had built the vault into a mountain and constructed a group of super-thick reinforced concrete fortifications on several nearby peaks.
Light and heavy machine guns, and artillery of various calibers, were available in abundance.
There were also relatively advanced anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft autocannons, anti-aircraft missiles, and so on.
Each peak was like a spiked hedgehog of firepower.
Hiding behind the thick layers of reinforced concrete, Abulaxi’s subordinates fiercely repelled the attacking Star Federation Marines.
As for the combat airplanes and helicopters that came for bombing, they were no less relentless.
Autocannons roared with rage into the sky, and missiles whistled up in counterattack.
Such intense firepower.
So much so that even the Marines, with their main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, supported by bombing jets and helicopters from the air, could hardly advance an inch.
From ancient times to now.
Assaulting fortified positions has always been tough.
Especially against an enemy that has established a large number of solid defense constructions and stockpiled ample supplies and ammunition.
They dare to entrench themselves, so they must have made thorough considerations.
Which tactics the enemy will use, where they will attack from, how to position firepower nodes, how to cover with intersecting fire...
Backed by YL Country, Abulaxi received high-level guidance when constructing these defense works for the vault in his early years, adhering strictly to the design and deployment for a high-attrition defense battle.
The Star Federation Marines, with just two battalions of troops, intending to capture the highly guarded vault with air support?
Keep dreaming!
...
Time slowly passed.
With substantial casualties and a large expenditure of ammunition, progress was incredibly slow.
The Star Federation began to resort to unconventional methods.
They deployed bombers, dropping several-ton heavy armor-piercing shells.
Released from high altitude, plunging down with extreme speed, coupled with the hard shell, causing a thumping explosion that blasted through a dozen meters of soil and rock layers.
Along with the intense explosion, one or two tons of high explosive charge released a massive blast energy.
Instantly.
Mountains collapsed and the earth shattered, rocks fragmented and dust flew.
More than half of a mountain peak was flattened outright.
A single heavy armor-piercing shell obliterated one defensive position.
At such great expense, they forcefully blasted a path, inching closer to the vault.
Towards evening.
The takeover of the vault seemed just a step away.
But could the core of the defenses, the vault itself, be so easily seized?
The defensive fire became even more ferocious.
And the heavy bunker-busting ordnance couldn’t be used carelessly anymore.
Because the detonation of a nuclear weapon itself relies on high-energy explosives that release enormous energy at the moment of explosion, thus triggering nuclear fission, rapidly forming a chain reaction, and then achieving an explosive release of energy.
The conditions for a hydrogen bomb’s nuclear fusion reaction are even more stringent, as it needs an atomic bomb to act as a trigger; without a high enough temperature, there’s no way to achieve nuclear fusion.
The problem is...
Heavy drilling missiles carry a large amount of high-energy explosives, and they produce an extremely high temperature at the moment of explosion.
What if, unluckily, they triggered the nuclear warheads?
Three of them!
Each one is a hydrogen bomb with an explosive yield of tens of millions of tons.
If they were to detonate, the nearby mountains, along with the two battalions coming to attack, would be blown to ashes.
Therefore, the use of heavy drilling missiles is out of the question. We can only rely on laser-guided munitions to direct hundreds of kilograms worth of bombs to destroy those firepower points one by one.
If the bombs don’t destroy the targets, then the only option is to bite the bullet and use tank missiles worth millions of Gold Coin each, but capable of penetrating several hundred millimeters of steel armor.
And so...
The attack on the vault has become a battle of gnawing at a hard bone.
Continual bombarding, continually nibbling away at each firepower point, gradually eradicating the defending forces.
As for when the fortress will be completely overtaken, when the nuclear warheads will be found... nobody knows.
...
Night falls.
The war in Baldet is still ongoing.
Meanwhile, the large cargo plane flying eastward is finally about to finish traversing the Bihu Ocean.
Padding Shayol, after all, did not issue an attack order; the pursuing Star Federation heavy fighter has long since returned to base.
A fighter jet, being small in size with limited fuel storage—even with large auxiliary fuel tanks—cannot possibly fly tens of thousands of kilometers non-stop like a large cargo plane.
However...
This does not mean that the Star Federation has backed down; they will certainly try to play dirty.
Just as expected!
Upon nearing entry into Bihu Continent’s airspace, the plane reached the range of long-range early warning radars.
Since the cargo plane strictly followed international civil aviation regulations and had its transponder activated, it was swiftly identified.
However...
The opposing ATC air traffic controller, on the pretext of local military exercises, refused to allow Tanglong Airlines of Liuli Continent’s CH218 flight to cross their country’s airspace.
This is troublesome.
Originally, it would take over 2300 kilometers and nearly three hours to fly within Bihu Continent’s airspace.
Now, being denied entry, it has to detour over international waters, adding nearly a thousand kilometers to the journey.
Though the large cargo plane has a huge fuel capacity, enabling it to travel tens of thousands of kilometers,
it has already flown 4000 kilometers since takeoff, and fuel consumption has exceeded one-third.
The fuel was originally enough to fly back home, with a certain safety margin to spare.
Detouring an extra thousand kilometers is feasible, but it’s worrisome if Cha-Wo Continent and YL Country also refuse passage through their airspace.
What then?
Are we to detour around Nanhui Continent to fly back home? There’s simply not enough aviation fuel!
What now?
According to international law, any aircraft wishing to fly through another country’s airspace must apply and report.
Fixed commercial flight routes need prior approval for flight permissions, flying on specific flight numbers within the stipulated time, with absolutely no unauthorized deviations.
If flights are delayed due to traffic control or weather reasons before departure, temporary applications with explanations are needed for entry permission.
As for temporary business charters or military aircraft, they can apply on short notice, but must also obtain permission to fly.
If entry is refused and one still forcibly enters, the opposing party has the right to open fire and shoot it down.
Therefore.
If Bihu Continent has denied airspace crossing for CH218 flight, then other countries will undoubtedly do the same.
Without fuel for flight, even the most incredible plane will crash!
This move is truly sinister...
