The war in Southeast Asia broke out too quickly and expanded too quickly, the countries of the world simply did not have time to react, the negotiations and dialogues of the major powers could not catch up with the development of the situation at all, and the EU and Russia had the intention to be powerful but had nowhere to go; The United States, which has always reacted quickly, has no time to dispatch at all, and has been gathering and dispatching troops...... Frequent diplomatic warnings are even less effective and do not keep pace with the situation...... The people of the world were stunned and were about to explode, and the United Nations coordinator had not yet been dispatched...... The war unfolded with lightning speed, first Vietnam, then the Philippines, then Thailand, India, Malaysia and Thailand jointly declared war, and China's thinking jumped a little too fast! When the war broke out, the advance detachment of the U.S. Navy was still 800 nautical miles from the nearest Philippine coast, and for some reason after 16 p.m. the speed slowed down again, advancing only 20 nautical miles per hour, which would be longer than the day Eku had hoped for, but the war did not stop because of the hesitation of the Americans. At 18:30, dozens of long-range missiles launched from Chinese mainland pounced on Thailand, and 20 minutes later, more than 60 fast-strike missiles were fired at Thailand from the main force of the South China Sea Fleet cruising on the western side of the Nansha Islands. Although the early warning information was soon received, the Thais suffered heavy losses in this round of strikes, and then everything calmed down at the same time as the sunset, and there was no war in the whole of Southeast Asia, except for the sporadic shootout and shelling in Vietnam!

A short period of calm but a large-scale campaign was brewing, and the Chinese, accustomed to the revival of the army, once again controlled the pulse of the war! At about 6 o'clock on the morning of the 23rd, the Chinese once again lit the flame of the campaign, and the missile units, navies, and air forces of China, India, Malaysia, and Thailand engaged in a round of unprecedented scale in this tropical region, which was historically known as the Great Air Battle in the Gulf of Thailand, also known as the First Great Air Battle in Southeast Asia, or the First Great Air Battle in the Gulf of Thailand. Thailand and Malaysia have come under multi-layered attacks from land, air and sea, with large numbers of missiles whizzing down on key military targets and civilian facilities throughout the country, airports, transport hubs, and power and communications facilities...... All of them have been severely damaged. With the influx of warplanes taking off from China's land and sea, the two northern countries are finally treated to the hospitality that their allies once enjoyed! Since the Second Artillery Corps had already launched an air attack on Thailand, the focus of the attack was on Malaysia, especially on the Indochina Peninsula, and of course the Thais were still the focus of the operation, which was mainly done by bombers taking off from the country. These air forts, which take off in the middle of the night or in the early hours of the morning, after refueling, bypass Burma, launch fierce attacks from the junction of Thailand and Laos and from the sea, drop bombs or missiles from high altitudes and then turn around and run, and do not get entangled with Thai anti-aircraft missiles and fighter jets at all, leaving the enemy helpless, because the previous missile attacks have caused serious damage to many air defense positions, and it is impossible to carry out an effective counterattack!

As far as the Chinese side is concerned, the combat mission of the air force is relatively heavy, and a large number of fighter planes are cruising in groups over the Gulf of Thailand, waiting for an opportunity to destroy enemy planes that dare to take off to meet them, and from time to time to carry out attacks on the ground or ships, especially the naval vessels of the Thais. Because the Chinese sent an unprecedented number of fighters, the Thais had no strong support from their allies and could only rely on their own strength. It is the land-based air force that carries out the blockade operation against the Thais, and it is the carrier-based aircraft that specifically participate in the air attack on Thailand, and the target is the core of the Thai Navy -- the "Yangon" aircraft carrier, which is not a small opponent of the Chinese fleet, which makes the "Yangon" not only have to deal with ship-to-ship missile strikes, but also deal with the European group from the air! The Thais were furious, and hundreds of advanced fighters took off urgently to meet the enemy and interfere with the enemy planes' "encirclement and annihilation" of the ships; The "Yangon" was also furious, a large number of carrier-based planes took off urgently, and the advanced fighters imported from Europe all-out confronted the advanced fighters from China...... In the end, the Chinese were superior in technology, firmly controlled air supremacy, and under the command of satellite navigation facilities and AWACS aircraft, cleared the Thais out of the sky over the Gulf of Thailand!

More than 160 Chinese fighters participated in the air battle in the Gulf of Thailand, with more than 160 from the army and more than 60 from aircraft carriers, totaling nearly 230 aircraft. The Thais, on the other hand, took off to meet more than 90 army and navy fighters, and with the addition of carrier-based aircraft, the total number reached more than 110. The disadvantage of quantitative comparison makes the result very natural, and the sudden change in air command makes the ending more skewed; Coupled with the amount of experience, the balance of war is obviously tilted in favor of the Chinese side! As a result of the fighting, more than 40 Thai fighters were shot down, while eight Chinese also fell into the sea, and several more withdrew from the battle early. Most of the Chinese fighters who participated in this air battle have participated in the air battle in Vietnam and the Philippine escort battle, and most of them are "old oilmen" in the air battle, and they are of course more skilled than their Thai counterparts who went to the battlefield for the first time. Another important reason for China's great victory was that it shot down the opponent's early warning plane, and the two Chinese fighters, which had won many awards in ultra-low-altitude martial arts competitions, risked the danger of being shot down directly and broke through at an ultra-low altitude all the way. Of course, these two Chinese fighters were not comfortable, although they were not shot down on the spot, one of them disintegrated in the air after flying for nearly half an hour, and the pilot had to parachute out in embarrassment to escape, while the other plane swayed and forced to land in Cambodia, and then dozens of kilometers to China's ally Laos! The air battle in the Gulf of Thailand fully achieved the expected goal of the Chinese side, and the "Yangon" aircraft carrier could not endure the saturation attack of more than 60 Chinese carrier-based aircraft, and after weighing 16 missiles, it began to tilt seriously at 7 o'clock in the morning, and was forced to give up after an hour, and gradually sank into the Gulf of Thailand, becoming the first victim of the Thai Navy in the war!

The Chinese fighters operating in the skies over the Gulf of Thailand were not only met by Thai fighters but also flanked by Malaysian fighters, and about 60 Malaysian fighters took part in the counterattack against the Chinese Air Force. If it is only to deal with the Thais, there is no need for the Chinese to send such a large number of fighter jets, because the Thais will never have more than 150 fighters in the skies over the Gulf of Thailand, but because of the alliance between the three countries, it is necessary to take into account the flank threat of the other two countries while striking each opponent. Sure enough, more than 60 Malaysian fighters also happened at the same time almost when the Sino-Thai air war broke out. Many Malaysian fighters were bought from Europe, and many more were imported from China, but for whatever reason, they are no match for China's active fighters at all. For the various performance of the export fighters, the Chinese pilots are naturally well aware, and many pilots have even personally flown these planes, coupled with the early preparations, so that the outcome of the battle is even more suspenseless, after dropping more than 30 fighters, the Malaysians evacuated in embarrassment, while only 6 Chinese fighters were injured in the battle, and one crashed into the sea.

In the Gulf of Thailand air battle, the two sides invested a total of more than 400 advanced fighters, which was the largest joint naval and air operation since the beginning of the war. With its excellent achievements, China's land-based aviation has shown its tough demeanor to its counterparts in the whole army and its good skills to the world's aviation powers, and since then, the Chinese Air Force has begun to attract more attention!

Obviously, China's campaign attempts will not end there, although more than 200 attack aircraft have been put in, although it has successfully sunk the aircraft carrier of the Thais, and eliminated the biggest threat to the South China Sea Fleet, but this does not meet the campaign requirements of the Chinese! Although a large number of fighters have been invested to fight for air supremacy, it is obvious that the Chinese have other plans, and only a part of the land-based aviation units have been put into the skies over the Gulf of Thailand, and the whereabouts of a large number of naval aviation units are unknown. At this moment when every second counts, how could the Chinese leave these two main aviation divisions idle, and a simple attack on the Thai Navy is not in line with China's strategic intentions. In fact, the focus of this air battle was on the Malaysian side, and the real target of the Chinese Air Force was the Malaysian Navy.

Malaysia's navy was originally relatively weak, is a relatively weak navy among Southeast Asian powers, neither comparable to Thailand, nor comparable to Indonesia, but for more than ten years, the strength has grown rapidly, large warships have increased, advanced ships introduced from countries around the world, Europe, Japan and Russia are their customers, but also from China at a low price to introduce many warships, has become the entire Southeast Asia first-class naval force, and slowly received the attention of the Chinese. Originally, the government of country Z was to cultivate a pro-China naval power in the South China Sea, but it did not expect to raise tigers for trouble, but it became a relatively strong opponent! Due to Malaysia's special geographical position in the Triple Alliance, if China wants to break down the ties between the three countries, it can only cut off its surface ties first. And if he can eat his naval forces on the basis, then the Triple Alliance will have a de facto disconnection, especially the two countries in the north and the south cannot communicate unimpeded, and it can also isolate the navies of the other two countries, so that they cannot become a whole, and even deter the navies of the three countries in one fell swoop and force them to cede sea supremacy. If the Triple Alliance is a dumbbell, then Malaysia is the handle in the middle of this dumbbell, and the goal of the Chinese campaign is to completely destroy this handle.

The 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions of the HNA were tasked with attacking and escorting the attack, and the campaign was envisaged as a heavy force by land-based aviation over the Gulf of Thailand, attracting the attention of the Malaysian Air Force and forcing it to support it to the north, and then another air force to concentrate the attack. The Chinese Air Force's attack on Thailand had a very obvious effect and successfully achieved the purpose of the campaign, with a total of more than 60 fighters from the Malaysian side being attracted to the past, and just when a fierce battle was going on over the Gulf of Thailand, two huge air formations also arrived at the predetermined position under the cover of jamming signals, and the first large-scale air battle in Southeast Asia broke out in an all-round way!

The J-16 unit equipped with the HNA unit should actually be called the J-16A multipurpose attack plane, which is China's latest multifunctional fighter with strong stealth performance, capable of carrying out air, ship, and even ground attacks, and has very superior hand-to-hand combat performance. With anti-aircraft missiles, it is a fighter jet, which can not only fight against the air, but also escort bombers; If it is equipped with an anti-ship attack missile, it will become an anti-ship attack aircraft, and it can even take off on an aircraft carrier and act as a one-way carrier-based aircraft; And if you take one or two ground-to-surface missiles, you become a light bomber! Lim*'s plane was one of them, and nearly 100 fighters from eight flying regiments of the entire 2nd Division were divided into four groups to carry out an attack on the Malaysian Navy. In the southern airspace of the division, nearly 100 fighters of the fraternal air division were on standby, and their mission was to intercept Malaysian reinforcements from the direction of Kalimantan Island, especially Indonesian reinforcements, and ensure that friendly forces successfully completed the campaign mission.

The J-16 can carry eight anti-aircraft missiles or four anti-ship attack missiles, and in order to wipe out the Malaysian Navy to the greatest extent, all fighters participating in the war are carrying ship-to-ship attack missiles, which took off from the base at about 5 a.m., and after a nearly 70-minute flight, they were refueled by the waiting air tankers, and then flew at a long-distance low altitude for 30 minutes, and then divided into four groups and swooped down on Malaysia's long coastline at ultra-low altitudes. The entire east coast of Malaysia was filled with the sound of artillery, and the piercing screams of J-16 and the roar of ground and anti-aircraft artillery fire made the Malaysians, who were already terrified, extremely nervous, and did not know what the Chinese would do!

The whole sneak attack was a great success! At around 6:30 a.m., China's Second Artillery Corps had already carried out high-intensity air strikes on some military airfields, radar stations, military ports, and air defense facilities; although it did not destroy the air force, it also greatly reduced its combat capability, especially the ability to enter combat in a short period of time, and many fighters were either destroyed or unable to take off; And the radar stations on the east coast were almost completely destroyed, especially the military port was seriously damaged! If the Chinese Air Force launched an air attack at about 6:40, then the Malaysians could still be prepared, because this was the time when the air defense was the weakest, and experts also had reason to believe that the previous air raid was to prepare for the air force attack, but more than ten minutes have passed, and there is no shadow of Chinese fighters, but Thailand, especially the navy, is under fierce attack, and has set up a "closed door to fight" formation, which makes the doubts about the attack on the homeland greatly alleviated, and a large number of fighters were sent to support the allies in a difficult situation, Because the situation does not allow them to sit idly by, once the Thais are defeated, then they will definitely not be spared! And the navy did not expect that after 7 o'clock, there would be a sneak attack by Chinese fighters, and it was not until the two sides contacted that they knew that the Chinese air force had arrived at the doorstep! The entire Second Naval Aviation Division was divided into 4 large aircraft groups, and each aircraft group was divided into several attack groups, the excellent work of the intelligence department reduced the difficulty of the search, few warships were able to dodge the attack, often several fighters surrounded a battleship group Europe!

Each combat group is basically composed of four or five fighters, and it is not until the target is hit by several bullets that it roars away, and then searches for and attacks the next target, and does not even let go of small patrol boats. Unlike land-based air units, naval pilots usually have a key training subject of attacking ships, and they know what kind of warship is most effective when attacked, and under what circumstances a few missiles can sink a warship. The whole battle went on very quickly, from the beginning of the sneak attack to the roaring withdrawal of the fighters, but in a few minutes, the remaining Malaysian fighters did not even have time to take off to intercept, when they took off, the entire military port was already in a mess, and the opponents had already slipped away! After the withdrawal of the military port, each combat group will automatically form a formation, and if the missiles are exhausted, they will quickly leave the battlefield and assemble in the predetermined airspace, while those that have not yet launched the missiles will re-form and search for fish that have slipped through the net along the coastline, each aircraft group is responsible for a certain amount of airspace, and at the same time, the satellites will continue to guide their enemy's position, and the early warning planes hundreds of kilometers away are also closely watching the direction and course of the Malaysian fighters, so except for a few ships that have not been attacked, The vast majority of the ships did not escape the clutches of Chinese fighters. In addition to being attacked by air strikes, the Malaysian Navy was also attacked by Chinese submarines, even in normal times, China's submarine forces are an important force in the South China Sea, although the important powers in Southeast Asia have established a good anti-submarine system, and the modern navy has become more and more in place to prevent submarines, but can not withstand the toss in the air, the Chinese submarine that can dive into the offshore sea is usually able to enter the near sea, and the entry is like entering a no-man's land, many warships have just escaped the air strike, but were sent to the bottom of the sea by submarines! The entire air raid operation can be said to be clean and clean, except for a few groups that were chased and shouted by Malaysian fighters, the rest were relatively light, and the losses were very light, only three fighters were slightly injured and withdrew from the battle ahead of schedule, and all the fighters returned to the airport! There is a group that is particularly unfortunate, the intended target is not visible, is searching, but the AWACS aircraft warned that the Malaysians want to have close contact with them, if they carry anti-aircraft missiles, they don't care at all, but the problem is that the plane in addition to the ship missile or the ship missile, not even a combat bomb, no way, had to escape, along the coastline while fleeing and searching, but did not find one, but collided with another group of Malaysian fighters, fortunately the AWACS aircraft worked, otherwise, There is not even a chance to drop the missile! In terms of the ability to escape, the Chinese pilots, or the Chinese J-16 fighters, are definitely a grade higher than the Malaysian fighters, and their powerful power performance makes them quickly get rid of their opponents, but they can no longer participate in the battle! According to the feedback to the intelligence returned home, the Malaysian East Coast Fleet, only two warships were intact, a total of 24 warships were sunk cleanly, 14 warships were forced to give up after ineffective rescue, and gradually sank, and the remaining 8 were seriously damaged, basically losing the function of the warship, and it was impossible to repair it in the short term! It can be said that except for some naval ships stationed on Kalimantan Island, there is no longer a shadow of the Malaysian Navy in the entire South China Sea! The price paid by the Chinese Air Force is nearly 370 air-to-ship missiles and minor damage to three fighters, so far, China's campaign objectives have been fully achieved, so that the opponents and the world have once again known China and the Chinese Air Force!

The Indonesians are quite shrewd, and when they knew that the Malaysian Navy was being ravaged by the Chinese air force, they already understood the fate of this ally. They knew very well about the air battle in the Gulf of Thailand, but the distance was too far to help, so they urged their ally Malaysia to hurry up and support, and the support of the Malaysians did work, otherwise, the losses of the Thais would have been even more serious. However, when a large number of Chinese fighters appeared in the India-Malaysia border area and the Malaysian coast was attacked by the Chinese Air Force, the Indonesian military knew that even if it rushed over, it would have no effect, and even if the Chinese also threw this interceptor group into Malaysia, the effect would be better, and even the Malaysian Air Force might be killed! Therefore, the Indonesians discharged a full posture, but they did not do their best at all, and after the over-the-horizon attack, they did not enter the hand-to-hand encounter, turned around and ran, and even the Malaysians with the same group did not dare to rush over; If it weren't for the fact that it had to defend the India-Malaysia border, the Third Division of the HNA would really have to catch up! This is good, only two fighters of the other side were shot, and they once again lagged behind their competitors, which became a hidden pain in their hearts! But they did not dare to stay for a long time, after the retreat of the sneak attack troops, they also immediately withdrew from the war zone, although they were eager to fight, but let them face the coalition forces of the two countries alone, "that is impossible", in addition to the fuel is not allowed, the confrontation of troops is also seriously insufficient, I heard that the Indonesian Air Force has not suffered any losses at all, and now it is said that there are at least more than 300 fighters, and there are many other aircraft, and although Malaysia has suffered losses, and has been pinned down a batch, but the rest of the advanced fighters are at least more than 100, Even if there are dozens of them on Kalimantan, these air forces have not suffered the slightest loss! If it really annoys the opponent, a total of more than 400 advanced fighters pounce on it, it is not a joke, or the Second Division of the Hainan Airlines is also piggybacking, whether it can fight the opponent or not, it is not certain!