Chapter 816: Attack
The first wave of Thunderbolt-12 over-the-horizon medium-range missiles launched by the Republic's Jian-10 fighter jets achieved quite good results. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThe radar recorded on the J-10 fighter clearly shows that many Myanmar Air Force fighters have disappeared from the J-10's airborne radar, which indicates that these Myanmar Air Force fighters that have disappeared from the J-10's airborne radar have been eliminated by the J-10.
The speed of the fighter is quite fast, and within a few minutes of the first wave of the Thunderbolt-12 medium-range missile launched by the Jian-10 fighter, the two sides have already seen each other's fighters. At this time, the two sides of the air battle have entered the stage of visual air combat and the most intense stage of the air battle, and fortunately, the fighter formations of the Republic do not have to worry about Burmese's air defense weapons. The second batch of missiles of the Republic accurately hit their respective targets long before the fighters of the two sides came into contact, and the target of the second batch of missiles of the Republic was the air defense fire network, which posed a greater threat to the airborne units.
The fighters of both sides had already locked on to their respective targets, and for a time the entire sky was filled with short-range air combat missiles. Both sides are constantly evading each other's missiles, and at the same time, they are constantly attacking enemy fighters with their own short-range air combat missiles. As soon as the two sides came into contact, they flickered and were injured. For a while, fireworks continued to appear in the entire sky, but relatively speaking, the Jian-10 still had a considerable advantage over the Burmese Air Force fighters in air combat. So throughout the course of the air war, the Myanmar Air Force was at a disadvantage. The time of air combat is short, and it cannot be compared with ground combat at all. However, the importance of air combat is self-evident, and whoever can gain superiority in this air battle will be able to gain air supremacy in this war. Therefore, the two sides of the air battle are simply deadly, but relatively few pilots are sacrificed. This is not so much that there will be no losses on the enemy's fighters, but both sides of the air battle understand. A fighter is simply not as good as an experienced Air Force pilot. Therefore, when they really couldn't avoid the enemy's short-range air combat missiles, they basically chose to abandon the plane and flee.
In just a few dozen minutes, the air battle between the two sides was over. The Republic has lost more than a dozen J-10 fighters, while the Burmese Air Force has basically been wiped out by the Republic's J-10 fighters. Occasionally, a few enemy fighters that were not destroyed were no longer able to fight and began to flee in a hurry. The air force of the Republic won this air battle, which means that the air force of the Republic has basically achieved short-term air supremacy in this war at this time. This means that in a short period of time the forces of the Republic will no longer have to fear the air force of the Burmese side, which will be quite important for the large-scale ground forces that will be carried out in the future.
As the minutes ticked by, a full hour passed, and the heavy artillery units of the Gonghe Kingdom did not stop carpet bombing the Burmese government army. At the same time, after the victory of the Air Force of the Republic in the first air battle, the bomber formations of the Republic have already joined the ranks of the fighting. The addition of the bomber formation made the already disadvantaged Burmese government army even worse. For a whole hour, the Burmese government army was in a passive situation, but the Burmese government army did not make any counterattacks and only allowed themselves to be passively beaten.
Although the Republic's medium-range ballistic missiles accurately hit the positions of the Burmese army's heavy artillery units, it is impossible to completely eliminate the Burmese army's heavy artillery units. It was these remaining heavy artillery units of the Burmese army that inflicted considerable losses on the ground forces of the republic. Of course, these losses are quite large for the republic, but for the Burmese government forces, the losses of the republic's ground forces and their losses are not at all comparable.
"Order the heavy artillery units to start the artillery fire extension, and the Eighth Army to start attacking!" As soon as the time was up, Li Aiguo issued the latest combat order. Although the bombing by the air force can inflict considerable losses on the Burmese army, the real decisive battle will require ground forces from both sides. It's just that before the ground forces of the two sides have come into contact, the republican side has already achieved a considerable advantage. How to turn these advantages into victories is something that the ground offensive forces of the Republic need to consider.
The fighters of the Eighth Army, who received the order to attack Li Aiguo, began to launch a tidal wave of attacks on the Burmese government forces. The fighters of the Eighth Army soon crossed the border between the Republic and Burma and attacked the positions of the Fifth Army of the Burmese government army. The Eighth Army of the Republic was fully prepared for the offensive at the time of the artillery battle between the Republic and Burma, so the attack of the Eighth Army looked a little scattered, but it was not really scattered but carried out in an orderly manner.
The fighters of the Eighth Army had already crossed the border between the two countries, and the fighters of the First Army followed the fighters of the Eighth Army and began to attack. Of course, the soldiers of the First Army acted as a sharp knife. Before the start of the war, the reconnaissance units sent by the First Army had basically completely figured out the positions of the Fifth Army of the Burmese government army. Although the prolonged shelling of the heavy artillery units of the Republic caused considerable losses to the positions of the Fifth Army. However, after all, it is the ace unit of the Burmese government army, and its combat effectiveness and combat literacy are not comparable to ordinary troops. So although the Fifth Army suffered considerable losses during the hour-long artillery bombardment of the Republic, it still retained a fairly strong fighting force.
Basically no one is a fool who can sit in the military commander, so before the war has started between the two sides, the military commander of the Fifth Army of the Burmese government army has already ordered the troops to build defensive positions. Of course, the Supreme Command of the Burmese Government Army analyzed that although the combat effectiveness of the Burmese Government Army is strong, there is still a gap between the combat effectiveness of the Burmese Government Army and the combat effectiveness of the Republic Army, so the Supreme Command of the Burmese Government Army has prepared the Fifth Army for defense. It's not that the Burmese government forces don't want to attack, but the high command of the Burmese government forces also believes that at this stage they are still mainly defensive.
The artillery fire began to spread, and the troops on both sides were ambushing the enemy not far from the border between the two countries, so the soldiers of the Eighth Army had just crossed the border when they received a heavy blow from the Fifth Army of the Burmese government army. Its firepower is quite fierce, and the armament of the Fifth Army of the Burmese government army is not inferior to that of the Republic. For a time, the soldiers of the Fifth Army of the Burmese government army caused considerable trouble to the offensive force of the Eighth Army of the Republic.