Chapter 1008 Great Power Toys (II)

As the first batch of Tomahawk cruise missiles fell to find their own targets, soon the Russian air defense missiles and the air-to-air interceptor missiles launched by the US fighter group also began to face off, because there was no early warning aircraft to guide the Russian side, although the air defense missiles were guided by Konishi in the first wave, and Russia's ground radar was suppressed by the US electronic warfare aircraft and early warning planes, and the more than 300 air defense missiles in the first wave and the interceptor missiles launched by the US fighter group were almost wiped out.

Although there are nearly 30 anti-aircraft missiles that broke through the first wave of interception, but soon the second wave of interceptor missiles followed, the second wave of anti-aircraft missiles was not launched by the US fighter group, but 80 anti-aircraft missiles launched by the Burke-class missile destroyers below, although there were still about 8 anti-aircraft missiles that broke through the interception of the second wave, and the terminal infrared and radar dual guidance of the anti-aircraft missiles began to start, but it was just biting 7 US fighters.

And four of them are the latest F35 improvements, these four F35 improvements directly climbed the slope and turned around and began to climb, the powerful improved engine gave the F35 terrifying speed, although it is still compared with the speed of the Little Bee and the latest F22 improvement in the United States, and there is still a long distance from the range of these anti-aircraft missiles, but then the infrared decoy thrown away directly detonated these anti-aircraft missiles.

Only the other three American F/A-18EF "Super Hornet" fighters were targeted, two of which were unlucky and were directly chased by missiles and turned into fireworks in the air, and one of the two was unlucky to be targeted by two missiles at the same time, and the other one also got rid of the missile. The threat posed by this first wave of attacks to the U.S. military is very small, and if it had been the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, it would have been considered big news, but now. Such a report came to the High Command, as the supreme commander of the campaign, William. The four-star Admiral Gortney didn't even frown.

"Report to the Commander, the first wave of air strikes has reached the target, and the bombing is expected to begin in thirty seconds." A staff officer next to him hurriedly rushed over, and directly saluted a military salute and spoke.

"The bombing is going on as scheduled, what happened to the second batch of anti-aircraft missiles?" William. Still, Getney asked about the more than 80 missiles launched in the second batch.

"Interceptor missiles have been launched, and so far, according to the first wave of data, the losses this time are about between four and eight fighters." The staff officer replied directly and simply.

"Acceptable, tell the login fleet. It starts after 1 minute and 30 seconds. "William. Getney nodded, and without saying a word, he said directly, "In addition, let the fleet prepare for air defense...... "William. Before Getney's words could fall, a shrill siren sounded outside.

Another staff officer said loudly: "Report, 12 anti-ship missiles are coming." The anti-aircraft missile has been launched, the newest Russian KH-31 supersonic anti-ship missile. The target is unknown. ”

"Intercept with all your might!" William. Getney's eyebrows furrowed immediately. said loudly that if it were peacetime, it would be impossible for these 12 anti-ship missiles to break through the outermost defense network, but just now there were too many planes flying in the sky on both sides, as well as anti-aircraft missiles and cruise missiles, and these 12 fish that slipped through the net actually directly broke through the outer defense circle. Penetrated into the inner defensive circle, which is also related to the fact that the American fleet is too close to the Crimean islands.

However, no one expected that the first batch of missiles launched by Russia was not an anti-aircraft missile, but also 12 anti-ship missiles, which can be regarded as the luck of Russia's air defense forces. If it weren't for Konishi's intervention, it is estimated that their losses would be even greater, and it would be impossible for these missiles to reach the sky, although the missiles launched by Konishi in the first batch of missiles basically did not have much effect, but they consumed a large number of interceptor missiles of the US military.

After the second batch of more than 80 anti-aircraft missiles was launched, although the US fighter jets launched interceptor missiles for the first time, because the missiles they carried only four medium-range interceptor missiles, the rest were combat missiles, and long-range air-to-air combat missiles, resulting in a serious shortage of interceptor missiles in the second batch, because they also had to defend against the Russian air force units that had risen into the air for a while, and their distance was still rapidly approaching the Crimea region, so the second batch of air defense missiles was almost just lifted into the air. Their fleet appeared within the radar scanning range of these anti-aircraft missiles.

Therefore, the losses caused by the second batch of anti-aircraft missiles are far beyond the imagination of the US military, a total of 11 fighters were directly shot down in the second batch of anti-aircraft missiles, of which only 7 fighter pilots successfully parachuted, and now parachuting in the night sky is quite dangerous, and the entire air is a huge group of aircraft, not to mention that the plane directly collided, that is, the airflow of the plane flying at high speed can directly make the automatically deployed parachute be rolled into a ball.

Fortunately, these pilots are not so tragic, but the US bombers have flown directly over the Russian army, and in the first batch of bombing, the US military still used ordinary conventional bombs, and did not use special bombs with more terrifying power such as cloud burst bombs.

"Boom, boom, boom", just when the landing ship was about to approach the shore safely, about seven or eight kilometers away from the shore, it was very obvious in the dark night, the ground suddenly burst into fierce fire, at least more than 200 howitzers of more than 120 mm began to roar violently, the terrifying shells, the machine guns defending on the shore, and the fire dragon formed by the antiaircraft guns of the air defense forces pulled out a terrifying line of fire in the night sky, and it looked like an unusually bewitching beauty.

"This is the real evenly matched battlefield, it seems that the United States is not arrogant, and the means of attack are different for different opponents." Yang Yiwei looked at the extremely gorgeous scene in the picture, shook his head and said. I have to say that if the United States really relied entirely on air power and missiles in the early stage, as it did in the previous attack on Iraq, it is estimated that it will soon become a war of attrition, and Russia is not Iraq, although Russia has now opened a gap with the United States in terms of high-end air power.

But it is many levels higher than Iraq, and it is basically impossible for Russia's air force to be destroyed, because Russia's territory is next to it, but will the United States dare to attack it? This is the tacit understanding and bottom line maintained by the two sides, and when the Russian artillery began to roar, the first Russian fighter jets had already taken off directly from the temporary airfield in Crimea as well as from the airfield in Russia itself.

However, the United States has long been premeditated, and the troops sent out have far exceeded Russia's imagination, although as the Russian ground forces began to counterattack, the landing operation of the US army was not completely undamaged, but the gap in the outcome of the last was not large, and by about dawn, the US army had successfully occupied the port of Sevastopol, the largest port in the Crimea region, and the US fleet directly began to transport troops to the shore.

The two mechanized infantry divisions of the U.S. Marine Corps that landed directly began to advance rapidly towards the destination, they were about 120 kilometers away from the destination, and the Russian troops stationed in the port were not annihilated, the others began to retreat, and began to assemble, ready to establish a second line of defense, and the Russian air force units also began to bombard the U.S. air force, according to the current situation, Russia's goal is to hold the Kerch Strait, That is, the place where the Crimean island is logged directly from the Russian mainland. If this place is lost, it is basically impossible for Russia to take it back, because the Russian fleet is not here.

The Black Sea is now the world of the US fleet, although such a distance can allow the Russian air force to directly start the competition, but don't forget that the US military also has the EU army behind it, if once the ground forces cannot intervene in the battle, then unless Russia wants to directly open a second battlefield from Moscow to the west to Ukraine, otherwise, such a local war is over.

Now Russia is very aware of this, and the United States is obviously very aware of this, if it can directly drive the Russian army out of the Crimea region before Russia mobilizes troops, then it means that the US military has won by two-thirds, and if not, then it depends on what kind of purpose the two sides want to fight next.

But William knew that the United States had to fight, or the United States had a reason to fight, even if it was a full-scale war. Getney has already received authorization from the White House and the Pentagon. So William. Getney knows where his bottom line is, that is, there is no bottom line, but Russia does not know what it is, and of course Russia will certainly not be able to directly start a full-scale war with the US military.

In any case, this first night has passed, and this second day will be a key factor in determining the course of the entire Crimean War! "Can you count the losses of both sides?" After watching the war blockbuster for a whole night, and seeing that the current situation between the two sides began to gradually enter a calming down, Yang Yiwei asked directly.

"There can be an approximate figure, the loss of troops destroyed by Russian bombing and missiles in one night is about 15,000 people, of course, the casualty figure is definitely not so high, mainly because these troops have been blown up by the large-scale bombing of the US military, either captured, or lost contact with the superior troops, it is expected that the number of Russian casualties is about 5,000 people, and at least 32 fighters have been lost, but they are all relatively backward models, The U.S. military suffered between 1,500 and 2,000 casualties, lost 42 fighters and bombers, and even a B-2 stealth bomber. Konishi gave an approximate figure. (To be continued......)