"There is also an armed reconnaissance team with me, which is not from our test center, they have an important task, and our main task is to ensure their operations."

Guo Beimu said.

Li Zhan nodded slightly and said, "It hasn't changed much from the previous model, right?" ”

"The combat mode is still the same, of course, the battlefield environment will definitely be much better than the original. The air detachment of the HNA will provide air cover after seizing air supremacy, and they will first open the passage and clear the fire positions on the islands before we can enter. Guo Beimu said.

Li Zhan suddenly smiled, "This is much easier to do, from the distance, we can call air cover at any time, I think it is more appropriate to leave this task to the Flying Shark Squad." ”

"That's where you come up with a suggestion." Guo Beimu said with a smile, walked over and picked up the phone in the room and dialed a number, "Captain Yuan, you come to room 101." ”

After a while, a major came over, and he was the commander of the armed reconnaissance team.

When Li Zhan saw it, he immediately laughed in surprise, "It's you!" ”

Yuan Boning was also very surprised, it was actually Li Zhan, the former captain of the Eagle Falcon Brigade, and he saluted Li Zhan with a smile, "Captain Li, let's cooperate again." ”

"You know?" Guo Beimu was surprised.

Li Zhan invited Yuan Boning to sit down, pointed at Yuan Boning and said, "I have cooperated a few times when I was working in Beiku before, and I was the leader of the Tiger Detachment of the Third Department. Yes, did you make a mistake and get demoted? ”

Yuan Boning is wearing the rank of major, and he has long been a lieutenant colonel.

Guo Beimu said, "I asked him to wear the rank of major, too high a rank is not conducive to combat." ”

"I see."

After a few words of greeting, Guo Beimu said, "Captain Yuan, you can introduce the situation." ”

Yuan Boning immediately became serious and took out the waterproof map from his pocket, which was a large-scale map of Island A, and a lot of notes had been made on it.

He said, "Lao Li, we have received reliable information that Dongjiyi, an important leader of the West Pacific pirates, arrived on Island A a week ago, and he planned and commanded this operation against our exercise troops. The United Nations has demanded that we do everything possible to arrest him, presumably for an international trial. ”

He then went through all the course of action, and then said, "His headquarters is located at the airfield on the island. A complete communication system is required to command operations, and the possibility of underground fortifications at and below the tower is the most likely. ”

Li Zhan wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "Island A is only one of the islands of the Overlord Islands, and it is only fifteen kilometers away from the main island. ”

Yuan Boning asked, "Do you have a different opinion?" ”

"Yes." Li Zhan did not hesitate, and directly said his thoughts, "The fleet of the Western Pacific pirates has been hit hard, and their hope of recovering the situation lies in those fighters. They knew very well that once we had cleared out the fleet and had our hands free, the next step was to strike at the airfields, hangars, and associated facilities on their island. ”

Guo Beimu said, "You go on. ”

Li Zhan said, "It will take time for the Navy's air detachment to expand its air supremacy to the Overlord Islands, and it will take a lot of fighters to maintain air cover over the Overlord Islands." You see, the nearest station of the naval unit is the Dachang station where we are located, which is about 800 kilometers away from Island A, and taking the standard mount as an example, the main fighters can stay in the air for about an hour from taking off from the Dachang station to maintaining air supremacy over Island A, which means that a batch of fighters will take off every hour, and even if only two fighters are needed, to maintain uninterrupted monitoring of the airspace, according to the current support speed, at least 12 fighters will be needed. ”

He shook his head slightly and said, "It will be difficult for the naval forces to provide us with continuous air cover until the combat effectiveness of the target fleet is completely paralyzed." Let's not forget that the Overlord Islands are one of the important base groups of the Western Pacific pirates, they have dozens of warplanes and a well-developed air defense system. ”

Yuan Boning was a smart person, and he immediately understood what Li Zhan meant, and he said, "Do you think we should first focus on guiding and attacking the enemy's hangar and other facilities?" ”

"Mostly reconnaissance, covert reconnaissance. As long as the enemy's concealed hangars, oil depots, and ammunition depots destroy most of their air power on the ground, we will have a very high success rate whether we enter or withdraw. Li Zhan said.

This means that the Tiger detachment has to fight continuously, carrying out covert infiltration on the main island and island A respectively. Moreover, there is a big risk in this, if the main island is infiltrated and reconnoitred and the hidden target is carried out first, it may arouse the vigilance of the East Machine, so it will be very difficult to infiltrate and capture.

However, what Li Zhan said is very reasonable, the high-tech-P attack aircraft, which does not have any air combat capability, is a live target in the absence of air cover. An important prerequisite for the US military to dispatch AC-130 air gunboats is that it has complete air supremacy on the battlefield and can be supported by fighter jets within five minutes.

Li Zhan put forward another idea, "Or wait for the naval forces to control the airspace of the Overlord Islands before carrying out the capture." ”

Yuan Boning shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Obviously not, Dongji is very vigilant, and it will disappear without a trace as soon as there is a disturbance." The air supremacy of the base has been lost, and he still won't run. ”

"yes, that's a tricky question." Guo Beimu said in a deep voice, "Let him run this time, and it will be even more difficult to catch him next time." ”

The three fell into a brief silence, cigarette after cigarette. Li Zhan's eyes kept flashing the bloody pictures of the past, where was there any air cover at that time, everything was on his own. Of course, the air power of the opponents of that time was also weak and there were no air defense nets. Still, the conditions are much better now than they were then.

But Li Zhan's belief is that he can complete the task by doing his best to be immortal.

It is almost inevitable that all thirteen members of the Tiger detachment will come back. The casualty rate of fighting behind enemy lines remains high, which is why soldiers on this type of mission call themselves high-ranking cannon fodder.

The problem lies in dealing with a small group of pirates, Li Zhan believes that there is no need to pay a great price, the initiative is completely on his side, and there must be a lot of means and methods to achieve the combat goal. It is not that there are not enough fighters in the naval aviation units now, but that the size of the strike force must be controlled so as not to cause misunderstandings in the surrounding areas.

The scale of the strike force is obviously not something that Li Zhan and other middle-level officers can control, of course, if the scale can be increased somewhat, the situation will be much better, and it is even possible to organize an air cover team to assist in the arrest operation.

Li Zhan said, "As for landing on the island and arresting, my tendency is to make it easy first and then difficult, and to be small and then big. Although the main island is the main island, its area is not as large as Island A, and the terrain is easy to attack and difficult to defend, which is easier to favor the attacker than Island A. The advantage of the main island is that the terrain is relatively flat, so the enemy forces have deployed a lot of fighters there, and the airfield on the main island is also the largest. I think it will be smoother to destroy this island first and then go back and arrest Dongji Ichichi on Island A. ”

"I'm worried about scaring him away." Yuan Boning said worriedly.

Li Zhan groaned and said, "He won't run, and with such a heavy loss, it won't be easy for him to run back to his lair." You have to analyze the psychology of this pirate. They are all evil, ruthless, and some of their behaviors are even dehumanizing, and they have a strong sense of revenge. They planned this operation in retaliation for the blow we had inflicted on them in the Gentle Strait. They shouldn't be able to retreat easily if they don't achieve their goal. ”

"Besides, it's not that easy for him to even run." The Overlord Islands are surrounded by hundreds of kilometers of vast seas, where can he escape. ”

After careful consideration, Guo Beimu said to Li Zhan, "Can you propose to the forward commander to organize a special air cover detachment?" Whether it is to hit the main island first or directly to island A, it is necessary to have air cover. ”

Li Zhan said, "I can make suggestions, but it's difficult. The higher authorities have already limited the size of the troops, and there is no more force. ”

He paused, "Still, it might help if the Air Force intervened." ”

Guo Beimu didn't hesitate, stood up directly and said, "I'll get in touch." ”

In the confidential communication room of the Operations Section, which must be obtained by the Air Force, Li Zhan thought for a while and said, "Battalion commander, let's go together, the front finger is on the side of the Fu Finger, and we have no way to run over, so we can only ask for instructions and contact through communication." ”

"This is the best, you communicate with the front commander, I am responsible for contacting the air force, Captain Yuan, you will study the combat plan repeatedly, and you must be perfect." Guo Beimu made a quick decision.

The three of them immediately called Deputy Division Commander Fu and asked him to go to the Operations Section, and then took a commuter car to the Operations Section of the organ building.

Deputy Division Commander Fu introduced to Li Zhan in a low voice, "The combat communication between this field and the front command has been set up, the main line is used in the war room, and there is a secondary line deployed in the communication room, you can use this line to directly contact the commander-in-chief Wang Jiaqi and Chief of Staff Peng Hongbing of the front command." ”

Li Zhan said, "Can you contact the Air Force?" ”

"Yes, Chief of Staff Peng Hongbing is not from the Air Force, and if you need to contact the Air Division, you can only transfer it through the General Administration of Communications, but there is no big difference, and it is also very aspect." Deputy Division Commander Fu said.

Li Zhan and Guo Beimu didn't say a word, and immediately contacted each other.

Li Zhan directly established voice communication with Commander-in-Chief Wang Jiaqi, and after reporting his thoughts, he made a suggestion, "Mr. Wang, can you organize an air cover detachment to carry out the capture task for me?" Three to five fighters are sufficient, and air refueling is also provided. ”

Wang Jiaqi said, "The current focus of the operation is on the opponent's fleet, although their main pirate ship has been attacked, but there are still more than a dozen more advanced modern pirate ships, Haiji asked to destroy this pirate fleet in one fell swoop, laying a stable foundation for the western Pacific waters for a period of time in the future." ”

Li Zhan said: "Commander Guo Beimu of the Armament Test Unit is in contact with the Air Force and hopes that the Air Force will send some fighters to participate in the current anti-piracy operation. In this way, we can draw out some fighters to form an air cover detachment. Mr. Wang, just give me the Flying Shark Squad. ”

Obviously, Wang Jiaqi thought about it for a while, and then said, "Okay, the air force will have to intervene sooner or later." I talked to Chief of Staff Peng that the Air Force would not let go of the opportunity to train troops. If the Air Force can immediately dispatch a large group of fighters to the top, I will assign the Flying Shark squad to you. ”

"Understood, thank you Mr. Wang!"

After putting it on the microphone, Li Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and gave Yuan Boning a thumbs up. Wang Jiaqi did not talk to him about the issue of controlling the scale, in fact, this issue is not something that Wang Jiaqi can decide, he is obviously acting on orders.

It can be seen from this that the higher-level leading organs have set new requirements for the scale of participation in the war, and they are no longer rigidly limited, which reflects the very sensitive response ability of the higher-level leading organs.

Guo Beimu's communication was also very smooth, it turned out that the air force was even more anxious than they imagined, of course such a rare opportunity for military training could not be missed, watching the naval units eat and drink spicy, how could the air force, which has the most long-range air strike force, have no reaction.

"The Air Force is expected to be the protagonist soon, the Air Force has a large number of stations in the coastal areas, and the stations on the southeast coast are only 600 kilometers away from the Overlord Islands in a straight line, which is almost 200 kilometers closer than the big stations, and the advantage is too great." Li Zhan said with a smile, "As soon as they intervene, they are the most professional." ”

Compared with the air force, the navy and the air force are still a little immature, and the gap between them is still quite large. When Li Zhan was working in the Air Force, the unit had already begun to abolish the free air combat training for altitude difference, and during the same period, the naval aviation unit continued to follow the old air combat training for altitude difference regulations. Including ground/sea attacks, the Air Force Aviation Unit is also far ahead.

As far as long-range sea-to-sea attacks are concerned, the Air Force Aviation Units have such capabilities after the import of the first batch of Su-30MKKs, and the Naval Aviation Units of the same period have no long-range sea-to-sea strike weapons at all.

Guo Beimu said: "It's a good thing that the naval and air forces are engaged in joint operations, and this is the real actual combat firing with live ammunition, which can be described as a once-in-a-few encounter for training troops. ”

"Yes, after this round of fighting, it is clear which troops can fight which troops perform unsatisfactory." Yuan Boning said that he often engaged in actual warfare, and his experience was even more profound.

Li Zhan walked to the square table and said, "The front finger has promised that the Air Force will assign the Flying Shark Squad to us after dispatching, which is three J-15s and one J-11B, all of which are piloted by the most experienced pilots of the Flying Shark Unit, and there is no problem with our air cover." Based on this, we seized the time to adjust the combat plan. Lao Yuan, have you thought about how to beat you? ”

Yuan Boning communicated with his superiors, and said at this time, "Attack the main island first, destroy their concealed hangars, oil depots, radar stations and other facilities, and then go back to attack Island A, my superiors have approved this attack principle." ”

The task of the Tiger detachment is independent of the entire strike operation in the hands of the front commander, so how they are going to fight, the front command can only mobilize forces to fully cooperate.

The three of them immediately gathered around the map and began to discuss adjusting the battle plan.