Chapter 074: The attack on the Kadena base
In order to contain the Asian continent, especially China's attack, and to deter the countries of the Asian continent, in the fifties of the last century, US Secretary of State Dulles proposed a military base strategy of building a three-line island chain.
Among them, the first line of the island chain is mainly Japan, South Korea and the base of Diego Garcia Island in the Indian Ocean; The second line is from Guam to bases in Australia and New Zealand, while the third line is centered in Hawaii and extends to Midway, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands.
At the forefront of the three-tier island chain is the military base group of the first island chain in Okinawa. Facing the East Asian continent and backed by the vast western Pacific Ocean, it can support both land operations and maritime operations, and its strategic location is very important.
Okinawa, in particular, is only "a stone's throw away" from China, from which it can project power to the entire eastern coastal area of Chinese mainland, so since the end of World War II, it has been a highly fortified place, and was even called an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" by the famous American military scientist General Douglas MacArthur.
Because of Okinawa's strategic location, the US military has set up 41 military bases of all sizes, including Kadena, Naha, and Futenma, on the main island of Okinawa of less than 2,000 square kilometers, accounting for about 20 percent of the total area of Okinawa, and stationed more than 20,000 soldiers in four major arms, including the 10th Regional Combat Support Group of the US Army, the 72nd and 76th Task Forces of the US Navy, the 18th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force, and the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. It is a rare overseas base of the US military with a complete range of arms, and its total number of troops stationed in Japan accounts for two-thirds of the total number of US troops stationed in Japan.
Among so many military bases, the Kadena base is the largest air base of the US military with rapid reaction combat capability outside the mainland, it covers an area of nearly 20 square kilometers, and is stationed with the 18th Air Wing of the 5th Air Force, which is a veteran qualification of the US Air Force, and has deployed three squadrons of F-15 fighters, one squadron of early warning aircraft, and eight KC-135 air tankers, with more than 9,000 military personnel of various types and nearly 100 military aircraft of various types.
These US fighters stationed in Kadena can fly to the mainland of China in less than 20 minutes at the earliest, while the B-52 bombers taking off from Guam can even fly for 17 hours continuously with the help of air tankers at the Kadena base to take part in combat missions in the Middle East.
In addition, taking advantage of the very close proximity to mainland China, the US RC-135 electronic reconnaissance planes, P-3C antisubmarine patrol planes, and EP-3E electronic reconnaissance planes stationed at the Kadena base often take off from the Kadena airport to carry out reconnaissance and surveillance missions against China.
And today, July 4, is the Independence Day of the United States, and it is also the day when the storage air base is open to the public.
Countless tourists and family members of military personnel waited outside the base early in the morning.
Han Yang, a military enthusiast.
Because he lost a bet with netizens on a military forum, he paid out of his own pocket and planned to come here to take some photos on the day when the Kadena base was open.
"Is this the F-22?"
Soon, Han Yang saw a real F-22 fighter in front of the runway, but unfortunately, an aircraft like the F-22 only allows tourists to stand ten meters away to shoot, and cannot touch or even go up to shoot like other planes.
"I don't know when our country will have its own fifth-generation aircraft ......"
Han Yang kept shooting while holding the camera, and muttered to himself.
However, after shooting for a while, just as Han Yang was still about to leave, an extremely piercing air defense siren suddenly sounded in his ears!
"Hum!"
"What's going on? Is there a war? ”
Han Yang was dizzy by the high-frequency sound of the air defense siren, and couldn't help but squat on the ground with his hands plugging his ears, and at the same time, he noticed that the American GIs who had been taking pictures with the tourists were also at a loss, and then he saw that the faces of these American GIs changed greatly, and he quickly began to expel the tourists.
"Is something really wrong?"
Subconsciously, this thought came to Han Yang's mind.
But before he could figure it out, the American GI beside him began to urge him to get out of here, and just as Han Yang subconsciously followed the panicked crowd and prepared to leave, he suddenly heard the roaring sound of an engine whistling past.
Looking up, he saw a gray F-22 whizzing above their heads, climbing at a huge elevation angle before gradually disappearing into the sky.
"The U.S. military's response is so fast, it's time to dispatch the plane."
Seeing this, Han Yang couldn't help but sigh secretly, it is not unreasonable for the US military to be strong, which can be seen from such a fast reaction speed.
At the same time, the radio in the base began to sound, and with a fairly good level of English, Han Yang finally heard what the air defense siren was about, but the more clearly he heard it, the more he doubted that he had heard it wrong!
Since the alarm actually said that Kadena Air Base had been attacked by the enemy, please follow the instructions of the soldiers and gather at the designated location!
"What are you kidding? Attacked? Base attacked? An attack on a US military base?! ”
The four questions that appeared in his mind made Han Yang's disbelief vivid, and he almost thought that it was an April Fool's joke made by the soldiers at the Kadena base to tourists.
Even if he is no longer accustomed to the hateful behavior of the US military in constantly provoking conflicts in China's border areas, Han Yang has to admit that the strength of the US military is indeed very strong, so strong that almost no one in the world dares to confront the US military head-on, let alone face the most powerful air force of the US military, and it is still an air base with 9,000 active personnel.
However, no matter how much Han Yang didn't believe it, the sudden stern expressions on the faces of the soldiers in the base and the momentum of waiting for the enemy before the arrival of the great enemy made him have to admit that the largest air base of the US military in Japan, Kadena, has indeed been attacked!
And, looking at this stance, it's not an ordinary attack!
"Oh my God, do I have a chance to experience 9/11 again?"
Han Yang's face was a mixture of fear and expectation, and his eyes kept looking around, looking for the so-called "enemy".
Soon Han Yang found out, he saw that the pilots who were originally standing next to the fighter jets to accompany the tourists to take photos had all put on anti-load suits at this time, and quickly ran towards their respective fighter jets!
"God, am I going to witness an air battle with my own eyes?"
Seeing this, Han Yang only felt a thunderbolt explode in his mind, and his scalp was numb because of this crazy idea, but at the same time, he also subconsciously raised the camera in his hand and filmed all this scene.
There are many tourists who do the same action as Han Yang, they are either panicked or worried, or excited or scared, the expressions on each person's face are different, and some of them have even hugged the person next to them and cried.
Soon, under the attention of tourists, the planes that originally stayed on the runway for tourists to visit and take pictures flew into the blue sky one after another.
"Dude, who did you say attacked the Kadena base?"
Just as Han Yang was filming, a Mandarin voice with Xiangchuan dialect suddenly came from beside him.
Han Yang turned his head to look and found that a sturdy swarthy man was standing beside him at some point.
Seeing Han Yang looking at him, the man smiled and said, "Wei Wei, a native of Xiangchuan." ”
"Oh, Han Yang, from Nanjiang."
Han Yang shook hands with the other party, and then guessed with a little excitement: "Could it be that we Chinese people did it?" ”
Wei Wei shook his head when he heard this, and denied it: "Impossible, we have no reason to do these things at this point in time, this is equivalent to declaring war on the United States." ”
As soon as Han Yang spoke, he felt that it was impossible, but then he was even more puzzled: "But who could it be, who can have the courage to attack the US military base, except for us Huaguo...... Could it be Russia? ”
Wei Wei shook his head again: "****** is indeed ruthless, but unless the United States does something extremely irritating to him, he will not attack the American air base, and it is ......"
Wei Wei looked around with a puzzled face: "I can't see the picture of the attack on the base at all!" ”
Hearing Wei Wei say this, Han Yang also reacted, indeed, the radio said that the base was attacked, but now the base is still calm.
"Therefore, I think it is possible that it is not an external enemy who attacked here, but ......"
Wei Wei was analyzing it, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly found a strip-shaped object dragging a long tail flame falling from the sky!
When he saw this scene, his face suddenly changed, and without the slightest hesitation, he directly hugged Han Yang's shoulders and fell to the ground.
At this moment, several violent explosions sounded in a row in a warehouse in the distance!
Boom-boom-boom!!
Immediately, a strong storm blew over the two of them, like a Category 12 hurricane.
Wei Wei and the others were already lying down, so it was not a big deal, but the other tourists were not, they were directly hit by this strong shock wave, they fell to the ground lightly, and the heavy ones were directly lifted by the wind and fell to the wall, bleeding from their mouths and noses and unconscious.
It wasn't until about half a minute later that the explosions finally stopped.
Han Yang raised his head in panic and shouted, "What happened just now?" ”
Wei Wei's face was extremely solemn, and he replied: "A missile hit the ammunition depot of the Kadena base, and the ammunition depot exploded!" ”
"What?!"
Han Yang's face changed drastically, "That means we're not safe here anymore?" ”
As he spoke, he looked around, and then saw that the ammunition depot in the distance was constantly billowing smoke, and nearby, under the shock wave of the explosion of the ammunition depot just now, there were almost no standing items at the scene, everything fell in unison in the opposite direction of the shock wave, glass slag, scrap iron pieces, garbage cans, blood stains, the scene was a mess.
"I expect ambulance crews to arrive soon, so we'll get out of here as soon as we get there."
Wei Wei squinted and looked up at the air, agreeing with Han Yang's guess.
At the same time, he muttered to himself in an imperceptible voice: "If I am not mistaken, the missile just now should be the AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air missile mounted on the F-22, but how did the US military missiles attack their own ammunition depot...... Or is it ...... This is what I was aiming to launch today? ”
At this moment, the sound of an ambulance sounded outside the base, so Wei Wei didn't think about it anymore, and said to Han Yang, who was still busy taking pictures: "Okay, stop shooting, let's get out of here quickly, otherwise it won't be easy to say later." ”
"Ah...... Yes, yes! ”
Hearing Wei Wei's reminder, Han Yang also reacted immediately, and after installing the camera, he walked towards the outside of the base with the other tourists.
"Hey, Brother Wei......"
Halfway through, Han Yang suddenly felt that something was wrong, because Wei Wei's appearance really didn't look like an ordinary person, such as Han Yang, such as other tourists, when facing such an emergency as the attack on the base, no matter how calm he was on weekdays, he would involuntarily panic at this moment, but Wei Wei was too calm along the way, not to mention throwing Han Yang to the ground in time to protect him from the impact of the shock wave.
But just when Han Yang wanted to find Wei Wei, he was stunned to find that Wei Wei, who had been by his side, had disappeared at some point.
"Brother Wei!"
Han Yang looked around and tried to find Wei Wei's figure, but found nothing.
"Wait, isn't it...... Brother Wei is a national intelligence agent? ”
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Han Yang's mind, and then the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct, "No, when I go back, I must brag and brag about it, not only did I see someone attack the US military base, but I also had close contact with a national intelligence officer, but unfortunately, I am a man, if it is a woman, this story will be much more interesting...... Uh, maybe it's more interesting because I'm a man? ”
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Just when Han Yang was thinking about how to brag to netizens after he went back, at this moment, the heads of government of all major countries in the world held an emergency meeting.
And the theme of the meetings in all countries was the same -- who attacked the US military base in Japan? What is his purpose? And what impact will the attack on the base have on the situation in the country and the world?
Of course, among these big countries, I am afraid that only China is the only country that knows the truth about this matter.
"Great Elder, is this what Wang Aiguo said is a good opportunity to get the F-22?"
Zhang Junshan looked at the report in his hand and said with a wry smile, "The other party's handwriting is really too big." ”
Just yesterday, Wang Aiguo, who had not been in contact with the General Staff for a long time, suddenly reappeared at the network center of the General Staff and informed Zhang Junshan of one thing, that is, he would have the opportunity to send a brand-new F-22 to China tomorrow.
Zhang Junshan deliberately asked provocatively how to prove the authenticity of the F-22, but unexpectedly, Wang Aiguo only said that he would just watch tomorrow's international news.
Then today, Zhang Junshan learned about the attack on the Kadena base of the US military, oh, the so-called "attack" is a unilateral statement of the US military, Zhang Junshan knows in his heart that this is an attack on the base, this is clearly an incident planned by Wang Aiguo and his organization to seize the plane.
The Great Elder frowned: "But the more this is the case, the more it proves that Wang Aiguo must have an extremely powerful organization behind him, and this organization has even infiltrated the US military base in Japan, and his position is definitely not low!" ”
Hearing the Great Elder's analysis, Zhang Junshan also nodded solemnly, agreeing with this opinion.
If Wang Xiao knew that he just ordered the incarnation to steal an F-22 and Zhang Junshan thought that there was a powerful organization behind him, he would definitely laugh out loud.