Munitions Empire - Chapter 1472 - - 1389: the sudden air raid

Chapter 1472: Chapter 1389: The Sudden Air Raid

The first rays of dawn’s light struck the massive “Statue of Liberty,” and the entire Winterless Port looked peaceful and harmonious, as if everything was natural.

However, Dorne’s once-magnificent main fleet was now nowhere to be seen, leaving only a few warships languidly anchored, like a flock of sheep awaiting slaughter.

The situation at sea had deteriorated to a certain extent; although the Great Tang Empire hadn’t attacked Dorne’s coast, the entire maritime trade route was essentially defunct.

Trade between Dorne and the entire Western Continent had naturally come to a complete halt, and the northern trade route to the Eastern Continent had also encountered problems.

The biggest issue was that other empires were eager to distance themselves from Dorne, ceasing import of Dorne’s products.

At this time, who would dare to maintain ties with Dorne? Everyone was wary of the Great Tang Empire, so they deliberately cut off trade, refusing to import any goods from Dorne.

Even those who maintained trade connections had actually restricted the scale, opting for more secure land or air transport whenever possible, rather than choosing risky sea transport.

In the port, a dockworker casually ate a bun, ready to start his day’s work. These workers fondly remembered the days when the Great Tang Group controlled Winterless Port, those were times when they earned more and life seemed more hopeful.

But now, they could only be exploited by the nobility who controlled the docks, earning meager wages barely sufficient to support their families.

“Whoosh…” A resonant engine sound suddenly reverberated across the once-peaceful dock, sounding distant yet seeming close by.

This veteran dockworker of ten years looked up into the distant sky, and saw two black dots flying rapidly inland, crossing the coastline.

The aircraft flew very low, their silhouettes clearly outlined against the sky. The veteran dockworker could see the round nose of the planes and the slightly swept-back wings.

He had never seen such grayish-white aircraft before; Dorne didn’t have jet fighters. With blueprints stolen from the Poplar Empire and previously acquired covert technology, Dorne had assembled its own jet fighters, but they were still some way from being operational.

These jets were still under a confidentiality phase in Dorne, so naturally, the dockworkers at Winterless Port were unaware of their existence.

And even if Dorne’s jet fighters were put into service, they were based on the outdated technology of the ME-262 jet fighter, long surpassed nowadays.

In fact, the air forces of various countries that obtained the first generation of jet fighter technology were already secretly producing high-performance jets similar to the F-104, or at least comparable to France’s mysterious fighters.

What this dockworker didn’t know was that this was the first time in years that the Great Tang Empire’s military had returned to Winterless Port. The two planes crossing the coastline were Voyagers electronic warfare attack aircraft piloted by the Great Tang Empire Navy aviation.

Seconds later, the dockworker saw something detach from one of the unfamiliar planes, trailing white smoke as it raced into Winterless City.

Seconds afterward, a massive explosion caused the veteran dockworker to flinch. Following immediately, a plume of black smoke rose from the city, and in that direction, faintly, firelight flickered.

“My God, what’s happening?” A young dockworker squeezed through the pile of goods on the dock and also looked in the direction of the explosion, loudly asking those around him what had happened.

“That direction… the telecommunications bureau, right?” someone speculated. Before the words settled, another devastating explosion occurred farther away.

In the chaotic city, the streets were filled with people fleeing for their lives. The news that the Great Tang Empire’s plane was attacking spread rapidly among the panicked crowds. Children cried helplessly in the turmoil; nobody paid attention to them.

In a distant building, a man watching the rolling black smoke and flickering firelight coldly put down his equipment and stored it in his briefcase.

It was a laser targeting device, whose beam was invisible to the naked eye. However, a missile’s guidance head could capture this beam with incredible clarity, hitting the indicated target with precision.

With this technology, the Great Tang Empire’s missiles could achieve meter-level accuracy, effortlessly destroying designated fixed targets.

In the terrible explosions, the telephone bureau in Winterless City was utterly obliterated, a building collapsed instantly, and none of the employees inside could possibly survive.

At that very moment, all officials of Winterless City, including military commanders who were on call, could only helplessly rage at the busy signals coming from their telephone receivers.

“Hello? Hello, hello?” In the Lord’s Mansion, the City Lord of Winterless City in Dorne kept calling into the phone receiver. He was just asking the military what exactly the explosions in the city were about.

Logically speaking, if the Great Tang Empire’s aircraft entered Dorne’s airspace, their radar would certainly sound the alarm in advance. The air raid alarm should have already been sounded, and Dorne’s aircraft should have taken off to intercept…

But in reality, the Great Tang Empire’s missiles had already hit the city, and as the city lord of Winterless City, he still didn’t know what was happening.

“Hello? Hello, hello? Hello!” On the other end, the garrison commander of Winterless City was in his home, also utterly dumbfounded. He had just woken up and hadn’t gone to work yet… when the city lord’s call came through. Before they could exchange a word, the phone cut off.

He didn’t know that the Great Tang Empire’s aircraft had precisely destroyed Dorne’s command center in the city, as well as the telephone bureau.

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While everyone else was trying to figure out what was happening, the Dorne Air Force troops stationed at the airport outside of Winterless Port were the first to realize what they were experiencing.

Four Intruder Attack Aircraft directly dropped over a dozen cluster bombs on the airport, instantly pockmarking the runway and rendering the entire airport inoperable for takeoffs and landings.

Immediately afterward, the four aircraft launched some missiles, hitting planes parked in hangars and setting the entire airport ablaze. A few bombers exploded in the inferno, affecting nearby fuel trucks and fighter jets.

“Enemy attack!” The duty officer shouted the correct assessment without a second thought: “Quick! Sound the battle alarm! Get me the command center…”

Unfortunately, when he picked up the phone receiver, hoping to contact a senior officer, he found his receiver filled with busy signals.