Chapter 1254 Fiction and Reality Five
The terrifying clouds of war really fell on Vietnam's head this time, and the mercenary regiment's Tianxiang aircraft carrier battle group first used naval guns to bombard the cities of Gogon, Vung Tau and Saigon ports, blocking the estuaries and sea areas in the southern part of Saigon, a city directly under the jurisdiction of Vietnam, and directly using battleships to shell the southern urban area of Saigon.
That's not all, in view of the insufficient range of the naval guns, as many as 120 cruise missiles were launched from the Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser and the Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer at the northern city of Saigon, which instantly bombed the prosperous Saigon into a ghost domain on earth, and the scene was terrible!
The only thing to be thankful for is that the mercenary army's advance warning of war was accepted by most of the people of Saigon, and the loss of personnel was not too much, but the economy was basically ruined, the whole city could not continue to operate, and important facilities were devastated.
The Tianfu aircraft carrier battle group set off from the Dan Guan Bay Naval Base, rushed all the way to Vietnamese waters, first dispatched carrier-based aircraft to attack the most important Da Nang, and bombed Vietnam's largest naval base to the ground.
Fools also know that this aircraft carrier battle group will continue to toss along the entire coastal city line from Donghai, Vinh, Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh, Haiphong to Jinpu. The trouble is that in the face of one aircraft carrier, two amphibious assault ships, and as many as 96 carrier-based aircraft, the Vietnamese Air Force can only stare dryly.
The power of the 406-millimeter naval guns was vividly displayed in this one-sided attack naval battle, and it also aroused great concern among the top echelons of the navies of various countries. The battleship is indeed outdated and cannot continue to be the main force of the Navy, but it can be considered for re-service.
In terms of cost performance, a Tomahawk cruise missile costs at least $1 million, while the price of a 406-millimeter shell is only $5,000, and a 10,000-round shot is only $50 million.
However, when it comes to deterrence, cruise missiles are not as good as this kind of naval guns, which can fire non-stop for an hour, 120 shells, and it doesn't cost a few dollars.
"In the Cam Ranh Bay area, the attack of our army units did not go well, and the reinforced concrete defense line built by the mercenary corps at a huge cost played an important role at this time, and the large-scale artillery bombardment did not have the desired effect, on the contrary, the other side seemed to be enraged by this action."
"First of all, B-1B and Tu-160 strategic bombers were dispatched to drop bombs three times in a row, and according to estimates, at least 3,000 tons of aerial bombs were dropped, cutting our forward positions and flattening the ground by more than two meters. Immediately after that, the opponent's rocket artillery brigade, under the guidance of drones, launched an attack on our armored troops, followed by more than a hundred helicopter gunships, and the rockets turned the field into a sea of fire! ”
"The monitoring and reconnaissance capability of the other side is too strong, and our artillery units have only been in the battle for half an hour, and they have all lost all of them in the bombing of strategic bombers, and our armored units have not yet been put on the field, and the woods where the site is located have been bombarded by rocket artillery, and most of the armored vehicles have lost their combat capability."
"More than 200,000 troops on the front line, up to now, more than 80,000 people have been lost, and more than 40,000 wounded need to be treated, but there is a serious shortage of ammunition materials, food and medicine, because the traffic is blocked but not in place, the mercenary army's drones hovering at high altitude 24 hours a day, once the transport convoy is found, the mercenary army's air gunboats will arrive in a few minutes, and if it goes on like this, the situation is worrying!" said the Chief of the General Staff.
The Vietnamese Army, which thought it could use crowd tactics to take Cam Ranh Bay, tasted the power of modern weapons and equipment, and no longer had the pride it had before. There is no way, the facts are in front of you, this is not a mountain war and guerrilla warfare, positional warfare does not only require personnel and courage, but also requires the strength of the guys in hand.
The war in Vietnam against the American invaders was definitely not as bad as the current situation, the mercenaries did not occupy the cities of Vietnam, but the passive defense, and the most favorable environment in this environment was not the offensive troops, but the defensive troops, and the right time and place and the people accounted for all three.
The Vietnamese Army has never tasted the most advanced supersonic strategic bombers in the world today, the B-1B strategic bombers of the United States and the Tu-160 strategic bombers of the former Soviet Union.
"The losses of the Air Force are no worse than those of the Army, and you don't have to have an opinion on us, thinking that the Air Force will not save you if it sees death, and to tell you the truth, the battle in the air is only a few minutes, and the Army cannot see it. More than a hundred MiG-21 and MiG-23 fighters, in two days, took part in three missions, all of which were shot down by mercenary fighters, and until now the Air Force has no aircraft capable of participating in air battles. ”
"What you encountered was a supersonic strategic bomber, but what we encountered was a fifth-generation fighter, and people were using over-the-horizon air-to-air missiles, and the radar of our fighters had not yet searched for them, and they were facing missile attacks!" The commander of the air force said angrily.
This group of bastards in the army, when they open their mouths and close their mouths, they are all talking about how powerful and paralyzed the other side's air force is, and your army has suffered heavy losses, so will the losses of our air force be less? More than 100 outstanding fighter pilots of the Vietnamese Air Force, how many years can they be trained, driving the second fighter and the mercenary regiment fifth-generation fighter to fight, the Air Force's heart is bleeding!
"The most critical problem is that if the army can capture the Cam Ranh Bay area or can contain the attention of the mercenaries, then we will admit it, but at such a great price on the battlefield, it has not stopped the mercenary navy from shelling our coastal cities, the cities of Gogon, Vung Tau and Saigon in the southwest, Da Nang and Hue in the south, and even the capital has been attacked by cruise missiles."
"We also know that there will inevitably be casualties in any war, but the consequences of this war are very troublesome, the military actions of the mercenaries have directly forced the residents of the coastal cities to move to the inland villages and towns in large numbers, the factories have stopped, the shops have closed, the streets and alleys have no living creatures except the police and militia, and our economy will soon collapse." The leader of the government spoke.