Chapter 840: Carpet Bombing 3

As soon as the fighter formations of the Republic and the fighter formations of the Burmese Government Army came into contact, fierce air battles were launched, and several fighters were shot down as soon as the two sides entered the line of sight. Fortunately, before they set off, Li Aiguo had already given an order, as long as he could not get rid of the tracking of the enemy's missiles, he must abandon the plane and parachute at the first opportunity. It's not that Li Aiguo doesn't care about these expensive fighters with high performance and good performance, but Li Aiguo knows that at this time, pilots are far more important than the fighters themselves. In any case, fighter jets are mechanical items produced in factories, and pilots are different. If there is a shortage of pilots, then there will be a big problem, and even if you have more fighters, what will you do, if no one drives it, it will be the same as scrap metal.

In this air battle, both sides worked hard and wanted to gain air supremacy in the areas where the two sides were fighting. Once either side gains air supremacy in the area of engagement between the two sides, then victory is not far off. Although in jungle operations, high-altitude air supremacy is not particularly important. However, after having high-altitude air supremacy, it is easy to take air supremacy at low altitudes, and when the time comes, the army aviation helicopter units can completely attack the opposing side's troops with impunity.

White flowers fall from time to time in the sky, this is the parachute of the jumping pilot, basically the respective pilots of the warring sides choose to parachute on their own side when parachuting, otherwise even if they parachute, they will be captured. From time to time, brilliant fireworks flashed in the sky, which were fighter jets that had been blown up by a missile volley. Some of these fireworks belong to the Republic, and some belong to the Burmese government army. Of course, relatively speaking, the republic's fighter planes, whether it is the performance of the fighters themselves or the missiles themselves, are much stronger than the fighters of the Burmese government air force, so basically the Burmese government army will lose one fighter if it loses four fighters.

In less than an hour, the flight formation of the Burmese Government Air Force, which originally had more than 100 fighters, now has less than 50 fighters left, with losses of more than three-fifths. Although their losses were quite large, this time the fighter units of the Burmese government army seemed to be afraid of what they were afraid of, and they kept fighting with the air force units of the Republic, as if they must keep the fighter formations of the Republic here. But they overestimated their own capabilities and underestimated the determination of the pilots of the republic.

This air battle was extremely tragic, and the fighters of the Burmese government air force had basically paid another price, and the air force of the Burmese government army was basically lost here. In a short period of time, it was simply impossible for them to muster a large number of fighters to participate in this battle. In other words, the Republic has gained air supremacy in the area where the two sides are at war. Although the Republic has basically wiped out all the fighter units of the Burmese Army's Northern Military Region, it has not suffered any losses of its own. A total of 20 of the latest J-10 fighters were shot down by the Duchy side, but fortunately, they have already gained air supremacy in this area.

Baoshan City, Republic Front Command.

"Report, the air force has just received news that the air force units of the Burmese government army have basically been completely annihilated, and our troops have completely obtained air supremacy in the areas where the enemy and us are fighting, and we request the command headquarters to give instructions on the next step!" The voice of the signal corps was very loud, and everyone in the command headquarters could hear it very clearly, and the air force of the Republic had reported that it had achieved air supremacy in the areas where the enemy and us were fighting.

"Good, good, good, good, very good!" After listening to the correspondent's words, Li Aiguo directly said several "good" words in succession, which shows how happy Li Aiguo was at this time. Air supremacy is too important in the current battle, and if he can obtain air supremacy, then he Li Aiguo's grasp will be a little bigger. The rest of the command also smiled, everyone knew the importance of air supremacy to the war. Now that they are able to seize air supremacy in the region, the Republic's air force can attack the Burmese government forces with impunity.

"Is the fighter formation back now?"

"Report, on the way back!"

"Okay, I know! What is the situation on the front line?" Li Aiguo was most concerned about the Marine troops on the front line. When the air force units gain air supremacy, they will only be an auxiliary attack on the ground offensive forces, and it is the ground forces that can achieve the final victory in the battle. Of course, both the Air Force and the Army are very important, but this kind of jungle battle still requires a lot of manpower to fight.

"Report, fierce fighting is going on between the enemy and us, but because our army is not familiar with the methods of jungle warfare, so far today, except for the First Army, our casualties are a bit not optimistic. The communications soldier said with an ugly face. Although the 33rd Division and the 1st Jungle Warfare Division were both jungle warfare divisions, they did not have any actual combat experience. However, the Burmese government army is completely different from the Republic, and most of the northern part of Myanmar is basically jungle, so the training of soldiers in the Northern Military Region is aimed at jungle operations. This is the biggest difference between the Republican Forces and the Burmese Government Army.

"Order, the 6th Air Division will immediately take to the air and carry out indiscriminate clamshell bombardment in this area of the jungle north of Myitkyina!" Li Aiguo said after looking at the electronic map on the wall for a while. The area of Lee's finger is near the defensive line set up by the Burmese army in northern Myitkyina. Originally, in Li Aiguo's heart, it was so that the comrades-in-arms of the 33rd Division and the 1st Jungle Combat Division could get the maximum training, but the reality did not allow Li Aiguo to do so.

"Yes!" The signal soldier then turned around and went to contact Ning Junhao, the major general of the Sixth Air Division. At this time, the entire Air Sixth Division was quiet, and they were ready to go to the battlefield at any time. There was not the slightest fear on the face of each warrior, but a look of great anticipation. This is not the first time that the Air Sixth Division has participated in the battle, as early as the Afghan war, the Air Sixth Division has already participated, and it has achieved good results, so the soldiers of the Air Sixth Division do not have any fear on their faces at all, but they are all eager to try. 8)