Chapter 123: Breakthrough

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In the distance, the rumbling roar of the engine of the group of planes could be faintly heard, the ticking of the radio station in the bunker was incessant, and the combat staff officer was sending the number of coordinates of the simulated permanent fortifications in the exercise site to the liaison center of the airport tower.

In order to reflect the battlefield situation more realistically, the BT133 individual radio station is being used in the bunker as the communication node of the landing force, and it is simulating the situation of encountering the enemy's solid fire point and starting to seek air support.

At this time, the republic did not even have a single service theater command and control system, which could be cross-service and coordinated command, and the digital command system similar to the later IC4ISR was not even thought of.

In actual combat, the troops landing on the island should transmit the support information to the naval ships around the island to provide support, and then the naval ships will transfer to the Lingshui airfield, and then the Lingshui airfield will call the pilot plane of the support aircraft group to inform the ground troops of the specific number of attack targets, and finally the pilot plane will assign ground support tasks within the group to finally complete the ground attack.

"The long sword calls the Eagle's Nest, the long sword calls the Eagle's Nest, the target coordinates are 92 and 67, and the azimuth is 153......" An operational staff officer is informing the airport tower of the physical coordinates of the simulated permanent fortifications.

Geng Qinghua stood intently in front of the underground bunker, and from the moment the combat staff officer sent out the number of simulated attack targets, the telescope had not been put down by Geng Qinghua.

Due to the angle problem, the specific situation in the sky is basically not visible in the bunker, and the approximate distance between the A7 attack aircraft and the shooting range can only be judged from the sound, and the roar of the sky is from far to near. A screech similar to a cannonball piercing the air was heard into the bunker.

After a thick puff of white smoke rose, a dull "thump" sound entered the bunker, and then the ground inside the bunker trembled slightly.

As the combat staff informed the airport tower of the location of the pre-set simulated targets one by one, puffs of smoke rose from time to time within the range of the range, and the slightly muffled whistling sound of the TF41A1 turbofan engine hovered over the entire exercise observation post.

The roar of the motive sounded over the range for more than an hour, and it quietly disappeared after dropping 12 laser-guided bombs and a tom for a while.

After a while, the combat staff officer took off the headset on his head, trotted all the way to Geng Qinghua's side, and said: "Report chief, the A7 aircraft group reports that the scheduled support combat mission has been completed. It is currently on its way back. ”

Geng Qinghua looked at the shooting range that was still smoking. Waving his hand, he said: "Inform all the pilots of the A7 attack aircraft that the comrades who are on the mission of the exercise will come to the shooting range after landing." ”

Although the smoke and dust on the shooting range had subsided, there was still a trace of green smoke rising from most of the fortifications that had been hit, and the aerial bombs that had fallen close to the sound had lightly penetrated the concrete roof of the permanent fortifications. Each destroyed fortification had an irregular circular hole at the top.

Ning Lei followed Geng Qinghua's side. Slowly moving forward in the shooting range area that simulates Nanzi Island. Ning Lei was followed by a large group of A7 attack aircraft pilots wearing dark green American flight suits, as well as the heads of the command system at all levels of the airport.

Geng Qinghua half-bent over, looking intently at the two Type 55 37mm double-barreled anti-aircraft guns in front of him with a circle of defensive sandbags around them. and the Type 59 57-mm anti-aircraft guns, several circular penetrations in the shields of the protective guns of the two anti-aircraft guns were clearly visible.

"The Americans' artillery has been improved, but the American aircraft artillery in the early years could not penetrate the 57-gun gun shield," Geng Qinghua said with some emotion as he looked at the damaged anti-aircraft gun shield.

After the Vietnam War of that year, the US Navy and Air Force had enough of the lack of machine guns or the lack of machine gun power, so they took great pains to improve the performance of the machine guns on the A7 attack aircraft.

The U.S. Navy A7E attack aircraft sold to the Republic are equipped with a 2O mm caliber six-barreled cannon, which is also the Vulcan M61E cannon commonly equipped by the U.S. Navy since the Vietnam War, with a complete set of 128O guns and extremely high reliability.

The Vulcan M61E cannon, which was newly equipped by the United States in the late stage of the Vietnam War, not only fired 3o faster than the Soviet-style cannons of the same era, but also greatly improved the initial shells, and the penetration and penetration capabilities of the warheads were greatly enhanced.

In the 70s, the Republic of China donated tens of billions of supplies to North Vietnam, and it can be said that the air defense equipment of the Vietnamese army is basically from the Republic itself, and the Type 55 37-mm anti-aircraft guns and Type 59 57-mm anti-aircraft guns alone have provided Vietnam with more than 5ooo guns.

Ning Lei estimated that the anti-aircraft firepower used by the Vietnamese military on Nanzi Island in the Twin Reefs should be a series of medium and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns aided by the Republic, so he dragged two 37-mm and 57-mm anti-aircraft guns, which were close to scrapping, into the range to test the firepower of the A7 attack aircraft.

The armored bulletproof cockpit and segmented explosion-suppression fuel tank of the A7 attack aircraft provide a good survivability for the A7 attack plane's ground attack; for the navy and air force of the republic, which are accustomed to using machine guns, laser-guided bombs are still foreign things that have to be carefully manipulated, and the old guys such as machine guns are cheap, sufficient, and capable of using them.

Judging from the effect of the exercise, after the A7 attack aircraft dropped all the laser-guided bombs, it also looked very good to directly support the infantry on the ground with machine guns.

Geng Qinghua stood up straight, looked around at the crowd around him, cleared his throat and said: "I have already seen the effect of the exercise, before entering the shooting range, I walked in with the mentality of picking thorns and finding faults, but after walking around the entire shooting range, I have to admit that my original goal can no longer be achieved." ”

After a pause, Geng Qinghua raised his voice and continued: "All the 12 permanent fortification targets of the main attack were successfully destroyed, and 9 temporary fortifications were also destroyed, and I have to admit that our own A7 pilots have handed in a perfect answer. ”

"Today's exercise will be a prelude to the new military ideological reform of the Republic's navy and air force, and will be officially recorded in the military history of the Republic, and you have opened a new era of coordinated air-ground operations in the Republic of China, so that the Republic has the initial capability of accurate ground attack. After Geng Qinghua finished speaking, he applauded lightly in the direction of the A7 pilot.

Watching Geng Qinghua make a clapping motion, there was a round of applause in the surrounding crowd, Ning Lei walked out of the crowd, and after standing upright, he solemnly saluted and said sonorously: "Guarantee to complete the task and live up to the long-term expectations"

Geng Qinghua nodded with a smile and said, "After returning to the airport, Ning Lei will come to my office." ”