Chapter 239: The First Day's Result [Asking for a Monthly Pass]
The fighter group of the 1st Brigade returned, leaving Zamboanga with more than just boundless darkness, the complete paralysis of the airport, the power plant, the substation station, the communications building, and a nearby barracks had only just begun, and the panic of this kind of war was all around us, and the fear of facing the threat of death at any time was the most terrible.
Almost immediately, all those who had some ability and money began to pack their belongings, or go to the major docks, or immediately drive away from the city, leaving in all directions, no one wanted to survive in the coverage of the war, let alone those who had money were more afraid of death.
Because of this, the entire Zamboanga was in chaos almost instantly, and even if the police were dispatched en masse, they could not control the deterioration of the situation at all, and the mayor stood up urgently Although he angrily accused Ji Feng of his evil deeds, he still couldn't hide the fact that he was also afraid.
This time it was because of the impromptu intention of the fighter group dispatched, otherwise the city government would definitely be the first target to be attacked, including important facilities such as ports, and they would definitely not be left behind to avoid being used by the Philippine military in the future.
On the return journey of the First Brigade, the Second Brigade also completed the removal of important targets in the Sulu Islands, several power plants of all sizes were almost all cleaned up, secret armed training points and communication facilities were taken care of, large docks were directly bombed into ruins, and even several secret weapons production dens of the Sultan of Sulu were also visited by the pilots with extravagant aerial bombs, and it was impossible for the airport in Holo to escape, and the Second Brigade was not as merciful as the First Brigade. Without warning, they leveled the entire airport, the first confirmed target on the Sulu archipelago. None of them escaped, and it became a complete achievement for the pilots, so that none of the 24 fighters returned from the second group was extremely light.
At the same time, more than 20 warships sent by the navy, carrying nearly 10,000 soldiers and hundreds of armored vehicles, landed on Tawi Tawi Island. and the nearby islands, and the other main fleet in the west, carrying another group of soldiers. After successfully capturing the island of Cagayan Sulu, he began to land on the island of Palawan.
After sending 8,600 Marines to the islands, the two main fleets began cruising in nearby waters to provide heavy fire support, with dozens of helicopter gunships assigned to the Navy by the Air Force Adjustment Corps. Wandering back and forth over the island of Shangshu. The ground-attack missiles and cannons scattered all over the body showed the people on the ground their struggles.
In the battle with the war, Ji Feng bought a large number of artillery shells, missiles, and bullets, limited by the almost uniform equipment of the rice army, and this huge logistics supply totaling billions of yuan was all cheaper than the arms dealers of the United States, but it turned out to be almost useless.
The Sabah Division, who had long been holding back his strength, did not have the slightest softness when he came up. If you dare to resist anything, the bullet in your hand will shoot directly into the opponent's body. Even if the enemy is hiding in the bunker, the accompanying armored vehicles and air support helicopter gunships can also bomb the opponent even with the bunker, and the habit of being lavish seems to have completely practiced the style of the Mi army.
This is also no way, although Lin Laifei is the commander of the Sabah Division, but the combat training instructor is Colonel Ishta, an active officer from the United States, he was recommended by Mao Sui, after Ji Feng personally considered him, he knew that he did not have any secret mission, and Ji Fengyu gave him this appointment.
In order to strengthen Ji Feng's share of military procurement, the arms dealers of the United States can do anything, they lobbied nearly 100 military officers in total, and judged that the United States came to Ji Feng's banner, they were originally supporters of the arms dealers, and now they are lobbied by the boss, which also seems reasonable, except for more than a dozen of them with obvious official backgrounds of the United States, the remaining more than 70 people, Ji Feng all stayed, and they would be called from time to time.
Ji Feng will not have the slightest worry about the investment of this kind of talent, as long as you dare to come, I dare to ask for it, it's a big deal to erase your allegiance, so as to change it to yourself, at least you have real skills, this kind of thing to send sheep into the tiger's mouth, Ji Feng still wishes that all countries would do more.
As the Marines swept away the local militants on several slightly larger islands, the Philippine warships that rushed over from the sea finally arrived, but their old warships were beaten before they saw their enemies.
With a more advanced shipborne radar, the captains of the ships who continue to scan the sea surface found them at the first time, and aimed at these appetizers sent to the door from afar, for the slightly "threatened" slightly larger enemy ships, they are willing to use shipborne missiles to lock on to the target, and both launch missiles to attack, for those who are slightly smaller, they even think that it is not worth the money of a missile, even if there are more missiles, they can't stop Ji Feng from convening many warships, and they are evenly distributed to each warship. It's just a supply of three bases.
The Philippine Navy has only two ships that have caused serious damage to themselves in their opinion, and they are currently defending the capital near Manila, and the rest are almost all patrol ships of less than 1,000 tons, with poor endurance, low speed, backward weapons and equipment, and even the armed speedboats purchased by the side for the first time can overturn them, and it is really a waste to use missiles.
But thinking of Ishta's words, they still did not hesitate to choose ship-based missiles, although it was a bit extravagant, but at least this way can kill the enemy at a long distance, without giving the enemy a chance to get close at all, and can ensure the safety of the side to the greatest extent, after all, the main task of the fleet, this time is to support the marines, if they are entangled by these hateful bugs, although they are old warships, but after all, they can delay some time.
Almost all of the main warships of the Philippine Navy were manufactured during World War II, and they have been more than 60 years old, and even if they maintain them well, they cannot change the backward appearance of their equipment, which cannot be played by maintenance alone. Science and technology are developing, especially military equipment has changed from generation to generation, although the Philippines has also purchased a new one from the United States in recent years, it is also the old guy from decades ago that the United States has eliminated, counting on that warship to fight against Ji Feng's fleet, that is not even to think about it, any frigate in Ji Feng's hand can climb it down.
Several small patrol boats of less than 1,000 tons or barely more than 1,000 tons, and even the most powerful weapons are only two MK26 76 mm naval guns, a so-called warship with MK32 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes, and the maximum speed is only 18 knots, they crashed headlong into the fire control range of the two major warships in Sabah, and it was also taken care of by two ship-based missiles, without any accidents, and only a few minutes later, the Philippine "warship" on the sea disappeared. They were accompanied by thousands of Philippine Navy, who did not even have a chance to come within 30 nautical miles of the fleet, and it would be an exaggeration to say that they were moving ships.
Looking at the enemy troops who completely disappeared on the radar, the captains shook their heads one after another, and the fleet commander did not forget to let the two armed helicopters go to check in order to confirm, but the confirmation sound from the helicopter ten minutes later made everyone a little excited, dealing with such an enemy, it really made them not interested, and decided to let the armed speedboats on their side go over to greet them in the future. Ji Fengxin's armed speedboats are much more advanced than Philippine warships, and the key is the fastest measured speed of 82 knots, which made them almost lose their eyes in shock.
By 6 a.m. the next morning, apart from sporadic fighting on Tawi Island, the first day of the offensive had come to an end. The Eastern Fleet completely occupied all the islands south of Tawitawi Island, and sank or towed all the civilian ships of the above islands to 10 nautical miles away from the shore, plus there is no airfield in the area, the people on these islands must get out of the island in the future, they must get Ji Feng's consent, otherwise they will stay on the island for the rest of their lives, unless you rebuild the ships yourself, and these ships cannot be detected by the coastal patrol ships that patrol immediately, otherwise they will also suffer the fate of being sunk or captured.
The Eastern Fleet cruised the waters off the Tapur and Laparan Islands, ensuring that all ships in those places were in port and that all departures were cleared by high-speed armed speedboats. To fight these civilian ships, there is no need for warships to be dispatched, even if they use armed speedboats, it is enough to bully people, and the use of warships is really a bit overkill.
After occupying the islands of Baguan, the Turtle Islands, the islands of Cagayan Sulu, Balabac, Bugasuk, and Pandanan, part of the Western Fleet began to cruise around Palawan, and a unit sailed directly and quickly to the vicinity of the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park in the middle of the Sulu Sea, and sent armed speedboats to land in the park, expelling the inhabitants of the tourists and claiming to occupy the area.
The Tubbataha Reef Marine Park is one of the famous tourist destinations in the Philippines, since it is going to war with the Philippines, it is certainly not possible not to get some benefits, and Ji Feng, who has set tourism as a few pillar industries, is obviously impossible to let go of this marine park, so when the military formulated the operation Jihua, it was directly determined to occupy the place.
Although there is almost no such thing as land reparations in modern warfare, it is not absolute, doesn't Malaysia also pay the price of the entire state of Sabah, this time the Philippines really provoked Ji Feng, and if the Philippines does not pay a painful price, Ji Feng will definitely not give up. (To be continued......)