Chapter 368: First confrontation in the air
The battle of swords and soldiers has entered the most recessed countdown, and in the blue sky where the fighters are fighting, the smell of gunpowder has begun to fill the air.
As the leader of one of the sides of the war, Li Lan did not pay attention to the moment when the artillery roared, but constantly determined the points on the control panel.
The tank armor and new armor-piercing projectiles given by the combat laboratory have finally been recognized by the base, and on the control panel, all the armored units have been upgraded and reached the second-level reinforcement level. The cost and time have not changed, according to the data given by the base, the second level of armored combat vehicle units, protection and firepower, have increased by 20%.
The establishment of the Second Heavy Armor Division is being perfected, and the upgrading of the tank units has brought a very powerful boost to Li Lan, who is burning in the flames of war.
After receiving the notice from his assistant, Li Lan canceled the original construction list and began to produce the upgraded armored units. These upgraded tanks and armored vehicles will be prioritized in the Second Heavy Division.
However, the war did not give Li Lan peace of mind to build, and just after the construction of thirty-two Apocalypse tanks was confirmed, the work was interrupted by the sound of a telephone.
"Report to the commander that a large number of aircraft have entered our airspace from Ethiopia, and the Silver Knights Brigade has asked to come forward to meet it."
"Allow!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Lan glanced at the huge 3D map projection in front of him, picked up the phone again, and said to Lieutenant General Smith, commander of the Air Force Command of the Red Guard Corps. Kai ordered: "From now on, any enemy aircraft that approaches the first line of alert airspace must be resolutely intercepted." ”
"Please rest assured that the Air Force will resolutely complete the mission."
"Remember, don't fight to the death with your enemies. Rather, it is to ensure air supremacy within the defensive circle. ”
"Yes!"
After staring at the map for thirty seconds, Li Lan suddenly slapped the armrest. Picking up the phone again, "I'll call the 1st Armored Brigade." ”
Soon. The voice of the commander of the 1st Armored Brigade came from the phone, "Command, the commander of the 1st Armored Brigade Akchin is waiting for your order." ”
"I have a life-or-death assignment for you." Li Lan took a deep breath and said.
"Please show the commander, our 1st Armored Brigade is a trump card, and it is not a bad seed!" The brigade commander Akchin was clearly a violent temper and raised his voice a lot.
"Send an anti-aircraft missile regiment into Ethiopia...... Li Lan simply conveyed his thoughts.
"Please rest assured that the 1st Brigade is guaranteed to complete the mission." Akchin was on the other end of the phone, firmly assured.
"Good. I await your good news. ”
After hanging up the phone, Li Lan sighed lightly in his heart, he knew very well that his order was very likely to dissipate dozens of lives because of this. But in order to ensure victory in the first air battle that broke out in Hargeisa, victory. Sometimes it is necessary to take risks, but it is also a last resort.
The whole world is staring at this war, and the first space confrontation must come up with better results. And whether it is the Air Force of the United States or France. They all grew up in actual combat, and the air force units of the Red Guard Corps were unattainable in actual combat. Therefore, he also had to consider other means. to increase your winning chips.
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History is written by the victor with his spear stained with blood, and as for the loser, no matter what glory he once created. The final result can only be the result of people's condolences and remembrance.
Brigadier General Chris Pine of the US Air Force is now sitting firmly in the watchtower AWACS aircraft as the commander of this air campaign. He was completely sure of the impending victory, and the Somali Air Force was young and ignorant. And their commander obviously has not experienced actual air combat, and actually compressed his own rotation space to only 500 kilometers, such a stupid command, has already allowed him to see the dawn of victory.
On the radar screen, the enemy's signals have been separated and screened out, and the crew is doing the most difficult deployment and command work, if Chris Pine's estimate is correct, these most advanced Somali aircraft will soon be attacked by the F-16 fighter jets and F-15s led by him, and finally the whole army will be wiped out.
"It seems that the perfect process determines the perfect result!" Chris Pine thought of this with a smug smile on his face.
On the display screen in front of him, after taking off from different airports, the number of enemy fighters who quickly rushed to the war zone is gradually increasing, including the most advanced F-16, as for the other Mirage 2000 and F-15, the number of enemy fighters is obviously dominating in terms of quantity and quality.
First of all, since the establishment of the Somali Air Force, the Somali Air Force has experienced only a handful of battles, and the pilots in the Air Force who have participated in actual combat can even be described as rare, and the scale of the air battle and the crisis of the situation faced this time are probably unprecedented since the establishment of the Air Force.
"Change the patrol air domain, lean forward again!" Thinking of this, he stood up and shouted loudly in the direction of the cockpit.
"But, sir, there's Hargeisa in front of you!" After hesitating for a moment, the staff officer beside him reminded.
"What's wrong with Hargeisa, does Hargeisa eat people? Tell them to fly me right away. Give me as close as you can! Lin Chengen knew that his tone was somewhat ruined, in fact, he did think so, if the battle really failed, he didn't plan to go back at all.
When the two sides conveyed the information to the front-line fighters almost at the same time, the distance between the two sides was less than 100 kilometers, as the temporary leader, the captain of the silver No. 1 aircraft did not expect the reaction of the coalition air force to be so fast, but soon he was relieved, as the air force that grew up from the war, whether it is France or the United States, has the qualifications to look down on the Somali air force, and the other party's rapid response has indeed shown its strength.
On the radar, the distance between the two sides is constantly approaching, and on the screen, the target signal is clearly projected on it, and the position of the signal that is constantly marked is gradually locked, and finally turns into a striking red. And at this time, what worried the captain finally happened.
On the No. 2 plane, due to the lack of actual combat experience, the pilot hurriedly pressed the missile launch at the moment when the signal was locked, and a V-1KK missile blew a long white tail smoke out of the pylon, and flew towards the target instantly.
"Who told you to fire first?" Looking at the other wingmen behind him who were hurriedly dodging and looking at the missile wake in a hurry, the captain scolded angrily.
On the watchtower, Chris Pine sneered at a long white line representing missiles departing from the enemy's fleet and shooting quickly towards his side, his heart was not full of nervousness, but a shameful smile: "This is the performance of the air force that has not participated in real battles, they are obviously still immersed in the data understanding of weapons, and real weapons can only be mastered in actual use."
The distance of 80 kilometers is actually the limit of the V-1KK medium-range air-to-air missile, and although the coalition pilot fighter formation is still rapidly approaching, the V-1KK still misses the target due to the distance.
The two groups of fighters were still rapidly approaching at their current speed, and they looked more like a group of knights attacking each other, and the distance was shrinking by kilometer......
"Report, the enemy's communication frequencies have been captured and brought to the appropriate distance!" Looking upstairs, the female operator took off the headset from her ear, shook her hair casually, and then turned her head to report to Chris Pine.
"Well, release the distraction! It's time for these Crusaders to suffer! Chris Pine gave him an attentive look, then smiled and gave the order.
And the Red Guard Corps looked at the early warning aircraft, and Lin Chengen also discovered this problem at the same time.
"Report, the enemy released interference, interfering with the communication between our military planes!" Operator Lisso's report.
Lin Chengen said that compared with the strong anti-jamming ability of the ground radar system, blocking the communication of fighter jets is definitely a clever method, no matter how advanced a fighter is, after losing contact with ground radar or command system, any airborne radar cannot independently complete the alert and search mission (including the F-22).
"Quickly move closer to the aircraft group, adjust the communication channel, and at the same time capture the enemy's communication band and interfere with it." Lin Chengen ordered without hesitation.
The first missile that really started the battle was actually the Mika medium-range air-to-air missile launched by the coalition Rafale fighters, because he was the first to produce results. Rafale and Mika, that is the pride of the French Gallic chicken, and the workhorse of the French Air Force.
When contact was finally re-established through frequency hopping, the first message the group leader received was an emergency alert from the second wingman - he had been locked on by the opposing radar, and at the same time, a Mika had entered the guidance phase, and a distance of 40 kilometers did not seem too far for Mika's speed close to Mach 4.
This is simply torture, listening to the repeated warning signals in the cabin, the Silver Knight No. 2 is doing evasive actions uselessly, leaving him not too much time, for safety, he has broken away from the formation, and not far behind him, Mika is constantly adjusting the course by relying on his own radar.
Releasing platinum bar interference, reducing the flight altitude, it seems that everything can be done, but Mika behind him is still like a ghost, staring closely behind him, suddenly, the fuselage of the plane shook, the alarm signal in the cabin seemed to be magnified several times, and the whole plane swayed uncontrollably.
In the end, it was still the distance that saved the No. 2 plane, the long launch distance, so that the missile missed the target too much, and the explosion at the back of the last one obviously did not hurt the vital point, watching the No. 2 plane return to the airport with black smoke, the captain finally breathed a sigh of relief. (To be continued......)