Chapter 5: The Air Force's one-man show
"This is Early Warning No. 1, no enemy aircraft have been found!" The AWACS commander informed his subordinates that, in fact, this was also expected by them.
In order to cooperate with this operation, the navy specially dispatched three fleets, the air force and five air forces, plus the air force units to which the central theater belongs, and the huge air force was simply suppressive; not to mention that before the operation, the special forces of the imperial army had infiltrated the enemy's territory one after another, and listed the enemy's airfield as a key target for attack.
Although the enemy's air force will not be completely wiped out in the first wave of missile attacks, with more than 5:1 air force suppression, how can the enemy's air force free up its few air forces to support the few air forces here in Alinata?
"Coming to the skies above the target area! Repeat, you're about to reach the skies above the target area! Fighter formation, pull up and pay attention to cover the artillery formation! The commander said on the communication channel: "Artillery formation, you have half an hour to perform!" ”
"Roger!"
"Roger!"
The commanders of the two formations replied one after another, and then the two aircraft groups began to change, and the fighter plane formation quickly pulled up, flying to a height ranging from 3,000 to 6,000 meters, while the gun aircraft formation adjusted the altitude to 2,000 meters.
The cannon is a new type of aircraft of the imperial army, the most significant change is that it can hover in the air, equipped with six twin 20-caliber cannons, as well as six rocket nests and carrying ground-to-ground missiles, which has air combat capabilities in itself, but the biggest use is still used as an air fortress - once air supremacy is achieved, artillery bombardment will be a nightmare for ground troops, especially with accurate guidance.
Gun machine No. 3209.
"Head, find the corresponding boot frequency." The observer saw through the special display board a red guiding magic beam.
"Open fire." Without any hesitation, the gunner commander gave the order to open fire.
"Yes."
The two twin cannons began to roar with a bang, and the tracer shells mixed with the shells made the gunners constantly adjust the location of the shells, although there was a suspicion of waste, but it was undeniable that the two strings of explosions extended towards the target like ignited leads, which was really domineering!
The explosion extended to the target, and after more than forty 20 caliber cannon shells exploded on the target, the guidance beam disappeared.
"The observer pays attention to the guiding beam, gun position 4, and drops the flares." The gunner commander calmly gave the order.
The various groups of the gunners quickly acted according to the order, and the flares fell from the No. 4 gun position like no money, and in the leisurely progress of the gunners, a large number of flares illuminated the ground very brightly.
At an altitude of two thousand meters, with the help of sighting instruments, the gunners of the six twin guns could clearly observe the situation on the ground, and without orders, they wantonly poured down the cannon shells, and the ground became a sea of explosions under the ravages of the machine guns.
"Discover the guide beam! It's Class A 4! It's anti-aircraft guns! The observer shouted sharply, and the level change of the guide beam represented different meanings, and the level of the A4 represented the anti-aircraft gun.
As soon as the observer roared, the six cannons aimed at the area guided by the guidance beam, and the explosions quickly sounded one after another in the guidance area.
"Prepare for the ground!"
"Ready!"
"Launch!"
The gunners' dislike for anti-aircraft guns can be imagined, and the six twin twin guns were still angry when they were aimed at the target, and a ground-to-ground missile was then launched and went straight to the area where the guidance beam was directed.
In the midst of countless explosions, the relaxed observer observed the target with the help of observation instruments, "It is a small air defense position, and it seems to be against flying monsters." ”
The anti-aircraft position was overwhelmed by the explosion, but even so, the observer still noticed that the anti-aircraft machine gun group exploded on the position, and there were basically no anti-aircraft guns, apparently this was an anti-aircraft position specifically for flying monsters.
Regardless of what the position does, it has completely completed its mission under the ravages of machine guns anyway.
The gunner of the No. 3 gun position noticed through the sight that the enemy was gathering on the ground, and he turned the machine gun without thinking about it, and in the roar of the machine gun, a large number of shells smashed into the enemy who was assembling, although he could not hear the enemy's wail, but looking at the enemy group that was blown off by the explosion, the gunner said coldly: "Say hello to your god of light on my behalf." ”
The performance of the No. 3209 cannon is only a microcosm of the entire cannon group, in the absence of natural enemies, the cannon group is simply an inexplicable existence, as long as the enemy has signs of assembly, a string of roaring cannon shells will pounce, and those strong fortifications, will attract rockets or missiles to the ground attack, heaven observation, ground guidance, this mode of the crusaders only wail for fate!
"Attention gunners, enemy aircraft were spotted 130 kilometers to the southeast! The fighter formation is about to be transferred, and the No. 2 fighter formation will arrive in 15 minutes, so pay attention to self-protection during the gap! "AWACS came to report.
"Roger!"
The artillery aircraft formation adjusted the grouping, and specially assigned ten artillery planes to be on alert, and during the gap when the fighter formation of the No. 2 aircraft group arrived, these ten artillery planes would take on the task of combat readiness - in fact, they were not too worried, after all, the early warning aircraft were on alert for themselves at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters.
The 18 Crusader fighters flying from the southeast had not yet supported the Arinatta Line, but they were intercepted by the wolf-like imperial fighters, and the modern air combat was actually very boring, and it was completely a strike outside the visual range, and at a distance of more than 50 kilometers, the anti-aircraft missiles had already been launched, and the rest was that the fighters used the airborne guidance radar to guide the missiles in pursuit.
For the enemy who is locked, they need to shake off the missiles chasing after them, and the first hand is already on the side of the imperial army, so they just need to get as close as possible after throwing off the missiles, and then launch a counterattack.
The results of the air battle did not exceed expectations, and the Imperial side achieved the result of destroying 13 fighters by an overwhelming advantage, and although two were lost in the battle, the pilots parachuted in time - if they were not so unlucky, they should have been picked up by friendly forces during the day.
The first wave tilted all the shells it was carrying in half an hour, and by this time the second wave had arrived.
The first wave of planes pulled up and left, while the nightmare of the crusaders continued with the appearance of the second wave of fighters.
Finish!
On a front of more than 50 kilometers, the imperial air force continued to wreak havoc, destroying any target that could be destroyed like cultivated land, and the guide troops on the ground were really unable to provide guidance and support later, because there were ruins after explosions everywhere, and the enemy was definitely still hiding in the ruins, but it was certain that the enemy could no longer stop the large-scale resistance.
Seeing this, the artillery group was divided into two, and twenty fighters continued to circle and cruise in the sky, while the rest began to expand their success, trying to destroy all the enemy fortifications on the defensive line.
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Ye Xiao looked at the burning earth, and was also horrified by the emperor's generosity, five hundred missiles plus 6 waves of five hundred planes, this is the rhythm of drowning the enemy with cannonballs!
It is estimated that after waiting for the airborne regiment to descend after dawn, the enemy on the ground has no other way to go except to surrender.
With such a huge scale of regional battlefield bombing, there is no doubt that this must be the focus of the imperial army's future attack, I don't know how large the imperial army will cross the Tianyun Mountain Range and appear in Alinata-at least five group armies, otherwise I'm sorry for such a large-scale air raid!