Chapter Forty-Seven: The Strength of the Southern Barbarians
The active main battle equipment of the Nanban Navy is quite complete, and most of them were aided by the Arctic Soviet Union in the seventies and eighties, or the equipment produced by the United States in the 40s of the 20th century.
At present, there are 5 Bejia-class frigates, which were successively introduced in 1978~1984, and 3 American-made 1-150 and 511-11528 tank landing ships, all of which were products of the early 40s of the 20th century left by the withdrawal of the United States to the previous government.
Although some warships are very old and even operable, in fact they are rarely active at sea.
After all, it was also a warship, and compared with the warships of the Han State, it had at least an absolute advantage in terms of number and tonnage.
The tonnage of the Nanban ships is not large, except for the "Beijia" class frigates, which have a tonnage of 1,000 tons, the tonnage of other ships (except landing ships) does not exceed 600 tons, and the small ones are only a few dozen tons.
Although the Nanban Navy is quite poor, it has to be compared with anyone, but if it is against the navy of the Han State, it is more than enough.
If five Beijia-class frigates were dispatched at the same time, it would be a disaster for those hundred-ton boats of the Han Kingdom!
It's enough to deal with one country, but if a war breaks out here, and Hijima comes from behind, the situation will be even worse.
Hey, how did the few small ships of the Han Kingdom deal with it?
But the Southern Barbarians are also having a headache at home, they have a lot of warships, in fact, there are not many who can fight!
Why is this so?
It turned out that the earth's crustal changes and extrusion pushed the land of the Indochina Peninsula forward, and the southern part of the peninsula uplifted more than 50 kilometers of land.
The expansion of the land area of the Nanban to the south is of course a good thing for the Nanban.
But it's not just a good thing, but also a bad side, the sea to the south of Cam Ranh Bay has become land.
In this way, won't all the warships in Cam Ranh Bay become dry boats, do you think they can be launched? There are many warships but sighing, there are also fighters, the airfields are all destroyed in the earthquake, and the southern barbarians are in tears!
Originally, the air force of the Nanban was still very threatening.
At present, the fighter plane owned by Nanban is the Su-22 aircraft, which is also the most threatening force to the Han State, and its sea attack methods include missile attack, dive attack and horizontal bomb dropping.
When such aircraft use missiles to attack, the attack altitude is generally about 2,500-3,000 meters, and the missiles are launched when the ships are in formation of 10 kilometers, and the target is tracked until it hits.
The height of launching rockets and cannons is about 1,500 meters, and the height of bombs is mostly 800-2,000 meters.
However, the southern airfield was seriously damaged in the earthquake, and the air force planes could not take off to support the naval battle.
Well, all that remains is the use of fighters from the central airfield.
The northern land sank, and both surface warships and air fighters were destroyed due to this change in the earth's crust.
This is an irresistible disaster, and the losses of the Southern Barbarians are certainly not small, at least some of the planes and warships disappeared with the sinking of the land.
However, the Southern Barbarians did not announce how many warships and aircraft were lost, and the outside world had no way of knowing.
Even so, the comparison of military strength between Nanban and Han still has a considerable advantage, which is why the outside world is not optimistic about Han.
After all, the Southern Barbarian State was much more powerful than the Han State, and with a number of nearly 1,000-ton warships and air strike forces, the two Han cruisers and the two Han Lei ships of the Han State could not withstand the joint attack of the Southern Barbarian State Navy and Air Force in any case, and the defeat was doomed.
You must know that although the Nanban ** team is a scum compared to the big countries, it can be regarded as very powerful among these small countries in Southeast Asia.
Compared with the Han State, the military strength of the Southern Barbarian State was the difference between heaven and earth.
As early as December 25, 1978, during the Nanban invasion of Cambodia, Nanban used a large number of captured F-5E fighters, C-123, C-130 transport aircraft, A-37 attack aircraft and UH-1 helicopters.
Although it was also somewhat difficult for the Nanban air force to participate in this naval battle, it was mainly because of the combat radius.
But as long as the fighter arrives at the battlefield and launches a round of missiles.
Nanban has always been eager for a more effective fighter-bomber, and in 1979, when Yahua counterattacked Nanban, the relationship between Nanban and the Arctic Soviet Union warmed rapidly.
The Arctic Soviet finally opened its door, and in July and August 1979 it supplied a large number of new fighters to the Nanban.
This included 180 MiG-21 Bis fighters (both the J-7II and J-7III were more advanced than the Chinese Air Force at that time), and 8 regiments of the Nanban Air Force were equipped.
Subsequently, at the end of 79, the Arctic Soviet Union provided 40 Su-22M3 fighters and 6 Su-22U trainer aircraft to Nanban, which replaced the A-37B attack aircraft used by the Nanban Air Force (this is a light attack aircraft provided by the United States to the former Nanban, with a small bomb load).
The Su-22M3 is a new fighter-bomber that the Arctic Su made its first test flight in 1976 - although its body was designed in the 60s, it was equipped with quite advanced optoelectronic equipment and electronic equipment at that time, and was able to use precision-guided weapons such as the Kh-23 radio-guided air-to-surface missile and the Kh-28 anti-radiation missile.
The Su-22M3 aircraft is an export code, which is basically the same as the Su-17M3 used by the Soviet army, except for the replacement of electronic equipment such as friend or foe identification devices.
Compared to the previous Su-22, the range of this model has been increased, the combat radius has been increased to 500 km, and it can take off from the south of the Nanban to cover the airspace over the archipelago north of the vast island.
The Su-22M3 was equipped with the 937th Fighter-Bomber Regiment of the Nanban Air Force at that time, and in 1988, the Arctic Goose provided the Nanban with a Su-22M4 fighter-bomber equipped with a newer type of optoelectronic device and further improved combat capability.
Nanban replaced the Su-937M3 of the 937th Regiment with 32 aircraft of this type, and the replaced Su-22M3 was used to equip another fighter-bomber regiment, the 923rd Regiment.
These two regiments are also the only units in Nanban that are equipped with Su-22 series fighters.
The Su-22 was the most advanced ground attack aircraft possessed by Nanban at that time, but the main drawback of this aircraft was its short range, and two regiments of this type of aircraft were deployed in the central or southern regions of Nanban.
It can be said that their main task was actually to provide cover for the Soviet military base in Cam Ranh Bay against attacks from sea or land.
However, Nanban has not yet obtained a full set of advanced ammunition for Su-22M3 and M4 aircraft, such as Kh-25 laser and television-guided missiles.
The Arctic Su supplied the Kh-23 radio-guided air-to-surface missile, and there are also photos showing the Nanban obtaining the Kh-28 anti-radiation missile and the accompanying electronic countermeasures pod.
Nanban never established its own aviation industry, so the maintenance of the Su-22 was completely dependent on the Arctic Su, which led to the premature aging of the Su-22 aircraft in Nanban.
In any case, judging from the current military strength of the two countries, if the Han State still used four small ships against the navy of the Southern Barbarian State, the consequences would be very tragic.
At least, the outside world does not see the Han State's ability to defend against the threat of fighter missiles from the Southern Barbarian State.