Chapter 665: Suddenly
"The Americans really don't give up on the Yellow River!" Looking at the swarms of "Warthogs" and "Super Hornets" in the air, as well as the bombs and missiles on their pylons, Chen Luzhou snorted coldly from his nostrils, and his gaze quickly shifted to another screen.
What is displayed here is the battlefield intelligence that the United States most wants to obtain now -- the defensive deployment data of the Divine Alliance.
Chen Luzhou clicked on the picture of Jefferson just now, and then clicked on the picture of the defensive situation, and instantly found the location of the mixed ground strike formation: they had successfully crossed the coast of Syria and were heading for the inland desert.
"Sure enough." Chen Dong smiled slightly, because not far from the enemy light point representing red, there were several green light spots, which were the second air defense positions ambushed in the mountains of western Syria.
According to the information provided by Han Dong (actually Xiaoling), the military and political leaders of the God Alliance unanimously decided that the United States could only launch a ground war from Turkey, and would not let the chariot troops run for their lives in the mountains. The biggest possibility is to go south along the desert road from the desert where Turkey meets the Divine Alliance!
Therefore, the Divine Alliance deployed heavy troops to defend various strategic points in the north, and at the same time hid a large number of fire support points in the desert, so as to form a flanking situation on every important road. In particular, the large number of individual missiles and large-caliber self-propelled guns issued made the Agads firmly convinced: even if they are all American M1A1 and M1A2 "Abrams" main battle tanks, they will never be able to get any benefits!
In response to the U.S. military's extreme reliance on air support, the Alliance has also deployed a three-layer air defense network. What the US missiles destroyed was only the first layer. However, in order to form a surprise attack on the US fighters, Agad reluctantly ordered that the rest of the air defense positions should not be exposed, but it was precisely in order to eliminate the US air power to the greatest extent that the Arabs paid a heavy price and caused great casualties.
In order to cover the ground forces dispatched from Turkey, US fighters had to provide air support from two directions.
The first is to take off from bases in southern Europe such as Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, etc., and the other is to provide air protection only for aircraft carrier clusters in the eastern Mediterranean. Although strategic bombers can also fly to the Middle East from anywhere in the world and carry out precision strikes outside the defense zone, the time and cost are too great, and the United States certainly does not have the courage to use expensive strategic bombers to face Arab air and space fighters!
Therefore, the most important air defense positions are deployed in the north of the Divine Alliance, one stretches from Syria south to the mountains of Palestine to defend against enemy aircraft invading in the direction of the Mediterranean; In addition, there is an air defense network that is densely hidden around major strategic points to carry out the most powerful counterattack against US fighters.
As for the southern part of the League and Libya and Egypt, which belong to the "salient," almost all the Arabs' warplanes and part of their air defense forces are concentrated, as long as the US Navy and Air Force dare to make an attack -- this is almost certain, and the League does not mind asking the Americans to take a good look at the mistakes they have made!
It's good that the Divine Alliance only has old planes, but these old-fashioned second-generation fighters are still measured by the eyes of old fighters, and I dare to guarantee that you will soon know why the flowers are so red!
Chen Luzhou smiled and looked at the overall situation map and the current time, if nothing else, the air defense operation in the north is about to begin, and the air battle in the south and the salient is about to begin.
If you are more precise, it is about thirty seconds in the north and only ninety seconds in the south!
This large-scale air battle is not only a continuation and expansion of the US missile attack, but also an appetizer before the ground battle begins.
But where have the American F-22s and F-35s gone so far?
And what about the Divine Alliance's air and space fighters? The flames of war have burned to the eyebrows, but why are they nowhere to be seen?
Chen Luzhou's pencil tapped lightly on the table, and his mind was a little trance-like.
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Unbeknownst to Jefferson, of course, that he had just been spied on by the world's largest arms dealer, the Major had been given a clear mission to search for and strike the Divine Alliance near Aleppo, a major town in northwestern Syria. This is not a very laborious thing for the "Warthog", which patrols in the air for up to two hours.
From Jefferson, a second lieutenant in "Desert Storm", to a major commander now, Jefferson has performed such a mission many times. And every time, the Warthogs always won perfectly, and rarely got shot down. I believe that this time, it will definitely not be an exception.
There are many more air support and strike formations like Jefferson's, but they are all distributed in the vast airspace of northern Arabia, because the strategic intention of the United States is to attack from southern Turkey, fight steadily in the desert, and completely consume the few armored forces of the Arabs and their rare will to resist.
From Aleppo, Raqqa, and Hasakah in northern Syria to Mosul and Erbil in northern Iraq to Urumiyah and Tabriz in northwestern Iran, this arc is the strategic goal of the first phase of the US ground forces.
The reason is very simple: because they are the most important transportation hubs in the north of these three countries, and the strategic location is very important, as long as the combat mission at this stage is achieved and this arc is successfully controlled in the hands of the US military, they can directly face the vast desert in the south! Even from Raqqa, along the Euphrates, you can reach Baghdad, the de facto capital of the League!
Judging from the actual situation of the first two Gulf Wars, no matter how loud the Iraqis shouted, in the end they were not beaten by the US military. Iraq's armed forces, without even causing much trouble to the other side at all, were hanged by the president and twice destroyed.
So, I believe that this time, those reptiles on the ground will not disappoint the United States, right? Jefferson couldn't help but feel disdain at the thought of those clumsy ground combat vehicles—would these reptiles dare to show off their might if it weren't for the great U.S. Air Force shelter?
Didn't these guys rush to call for air support as soon as they encountered a slightly stronger resistance? Hmph, it won't be long before I hear the familiar "Help!" again. Help! "Huh?
Jefferson smiled disdainfully, and just as he withdrew his gaze from the window, a chime sounded in his ears.
The information from the data link is that in the mountains not far ahead, the enemy may have a hidden air defense position.
"There's work done, piglets!" Jefferson laughed in the communication channel:
"I don't know where all those 'tomahawks' have flown so that we can find work just past the coast - I haven't even seen the pimples on the reptiles' faces!"
Through the sharing of data links, the entire formation knew that the battle had arrived. But the opportunity to shoot the first shot was still not left for the "Warthog".
"Major," this was the proposal of the carrier-based aircraft squad of the "Stennis Carrier", and for good reason, Jefferson had to reluctantly cut his love. "Your mission is mainly to support, so let's do these precision strikes. And after weight loss, the 'Super Hornet' can also better protect the safety of the formation. ”
Jefferson was a little helpless, and in the face of such a reasonable request, the major could not disagree.
However, why do the words "probable" and "suspected" be used in the intelligence notice? Jefferson couldn't figure it out, and neither did the bumblebees. Anyway, there are already the exact coordinates of the other party...... It's just hit!
Two JDAM "Paving" laser-guided bombs instantly fell off the wing pylons of the F/A-18E/F "Super Hornet" and followed the guidance trajectory and accurately pounced on the target.
Smoke and dust soon rose from the mountains, which was a sign of the successful detonation of the bomb.
"Well done, bumblebee!" Jefferson casually congratulated against his will:
"Congratulations on another victory."
"Thank you, sir, it's a pleasure to ...... you," the voice chattered in the headphones to express excitement and compliments.
But this fighter plane, which had just made meritorious contributions, exploded into a ball of fire in the blink of an eye.
It all happened so suddenly, it was all unbelievable!
The ball of fire appeared in front of Jefferson's plane to the right, where the escort fighters were, but for now, all that was left was unfinished words and debris scattered everywhere.
The "Super Hornet" fell, and the pilot did not have the opportunity to parachute.
Jefferson dodged the debris of the fighter plane, hurriedly issued a series of orders, led the entire formation to climb quickly, and at the same time asked for the support of the AWACS aircraft.
It's weird without warning, it all happened so suddenly!
The 12 "Warthog" attack planes and the eight "Super Hornet" fighters are equipped with the most advanced phased array radars in the United States, and there is no reason why they cannot detect the incoming missiles. However, this is the case, these 20 world's most advanced radars did not detect the anti-aircraft missiles chasing from the ground, so that a fighter was blown up on the spot, and the pilot was killed at the same time!
What is the difference between an airplane hovering in the sky and a blind man with torches at night if he can only observe the enemy situation and evade attacks by sight?
"We didn't find any missiles that came us, but I'm sure it was the missiles that attacked us." Jefferson hastened to contact the AWACS aircraft, which served as air command:
"This is certainly the latest anti-aircraft missile...... No, this must be the latest anti-aircraft missile, and it must also use stealth technology so that our radar can't detect it at all. ”
At the end of the briefing, Jefferson made his own request:
"Until a solution is found to find this missile, I request that this mission be cancelled, my boys need to return safely!"
This was not that Jefferson was afraid of death, but a very responsible request, but the major did not receive any reply, except for the sound of electricity in the headphones, there was only a dead silence, like this silent sky.
Contact...... Interrupt!