The old airborne operation was the largest multi-service operation since the founding of the Republic.

Standing in the foreground are the Airborne Forces, which are subordinate to the Army, and it is the Air Force that makes the greatest contribution.

In order to ensure air supremacy, the Air Force dispatched six fighter planes, 16 early warning planes, 24 electronic warfare planes, 36 air defense suppression fighters, and 12 large refueling planes, and made one sortie within seven hours, of which 1,322 fighter sorties, with an average of two sorties per fighter, thus overwhelmingly controlling air supremacy in the northern part of the DPRK.

For this, the Air Force paid an extremely heavy price.

At the end of the airborne operation, the Air Force lost 87 J-1, 136 J-15, 7 DJ-11B, 2KJ-22 and 1 DY-14 in the battle for air supremacy. The U.S. Air Force and Naval Aviation, which competed with the Republican Air Force for air supremacy, suffered even more painful losses; Even according to the results of the battle announced by the United States, in the night's fighting, the American army lost 811 F-22A, 73 F/A-18E/F, 62F-35, 27 F-35B, 112F-335C, 13 EA-18F, E-111A, 7 E-2D, EP-10B and 2KC-767. The South Korean Air Force, which entered the battle after 4 a.m., also suffered considerable losses; According to the results of the Republic Air Force, the ROK Air Force lost three F-22K, 54F-35K, three E-111 and E-2D that night.

The main reason for the heavy losses of the American army was the "offensive air defense" tactics adopted by the Air Force of the Republic.

Almost all air battles took place in the airspace south of the Namgang River in Korea and over the East Korean Gulf, and when the fighting was at its most intense, fighters of the Republic Air Force even raided the vicinity of the 38th parallel and attacked the support planes of the US and ROK forces. At least two U.S. E-111A, three E-111 and E-2D belonging to the ROK Air Force were shot down by J-1 near the 38th parallel, 2 KC-767 was shot down over the Sea of Japan waiting for fighter jets to refuel, and at least 2D E-2D patrolling over East Korea Bay was shot down by J-14.

In response to the "sneak attack" of the air force of the Republic, the US military launched a "counter-sneak attack".

The KJ-22 and DY-14 were both shot down by U.S. F-22s over the Yalu and Tumen rivers.

The night sky of the Korean Peninsula is lit up by burning warplanes, hence the name "Burning Night".

Large-scale consumption. Both sides of the war were devastated.

Seven US aircraft carrier battle groups in the Sea of Japan were "reorganized" on the morning of 23 July. Three aircraft carrier battle groups remained to continue their combat missions. In addition, the aircraft carrier battle group lacks enough carrier-based fighters. Forced to withdraw from the Sea of Japan. Traveled to the North Pacific to receive F-35C and F/A-18E/F from Hawaii.

After dawn. The air forces of both sides died down. They have begun to adjust their deployments and tactics.

Relatively. The ground pressure on the air force of the Republic was even greater. Because the seizure of air supremacy is only one of the tasks. The Air Force is also responsible for the delivery of airborne troops.

It is necessary to deliver the officers and men of the 153 Airborne Brigade to the 55C0 and supporting equipment within an hour. The difficulty can be imagined!

Campaign planning phase. The Air Force has had a lot of trouble.

The maximum carrying capacity of the Y-14 is 25~:, and a maximum of one squad of airborne troops and 2 paratrooper combat vehicles, or 2 1C~ pallets can be delivered at a time. The carrying capacity of the Y-15 reaches 65~:, which can deliver 3 squads of airborne troops and 3 paratrooper fighting vehicles at a time, plus 2 15~: pallets.

The 153 Airborne Brigade has a total of 6 infantry battalions, 2 artillery battalions and 1 logistics battalion.

According to the Air Force's ground combat plan, even if the Y-14Y-15 aircraft flew two sorties within an hour to deliver all combat units and the first batch of combat materials, a total of 188 Y-14 or 11C Y-15s would need to be invested. Before the war, the Air Force of the Republic had only 128Y-11Y-15 in total

After Xiang Linghui went to Shenyang on the 20th to deploy combat missions, the 153rd Airborne Brigade adjusted its combat plan.

In order to enhance the independent combat capability of the 153 Airborne Brigade, one artillery battalion subordinate to the 152 Airborne Brigade was transferred to the 153 Airborne Brigade, and the first batch of airdropped combat materials was increased from 1250~:to 1700~:, and the airdrop mission was increased.

Fortunately, the drop site is within 200 to 300 meters of the airport.

Luckily, the Y-14 and Y-15 are all-electric transport aircraft that require no maintenance or refueling after landing, and can be loaded within 15 minutes.

In order to meet the requirements of the 153 Airborne Brigade, only part of the Y-14 flew 3 sorties within 14 hours.

The high level of attendance put a huge strain on organization and coordination, which was the main reason for the dispatch of the 153 Airborne Brigade, which was the best airborne force in the Republic.

In the evening of the same day, the Air Force of the Republic moved 120Y-14 with 70Y-115 for a total of flights.

Within hours, all the 1st Battalion of the 153rd Airborne Brigade reached Wulao. Because of the superiority in the battle for air supremacy, the Air Force extended the airdrop time.

Between 5:30 and 7 o'clock, Y-14 and Y-15 went out again and airdropped 2500~ supplies to Wulao.

The "extra" 2500 ~: combat materiel (of which there were about 900 ~: ammunition) had a decisive effect on the later ground battles. It is hard to imagine that without this batch of supplies, the 153rd Airborne Brigade, which was deep behind enemy lines and fought alone, would have been able to hold out until friendly forces arrived under the siege of tens of thousands of American troops.

In the last round of airdrops, the Air Force lost 2Y-14 with 1 Y-15.

Although this loss was nothing compared to the tragic air battle, in order to prevent the wreckage of the transport plane that crashed near Huangcaoli (a small town south of Changjin Lake) from falling into the hands of the US military, the Air Force had to urgently dispatch dozens of fighter planes and drop dozens of tons of bombs at the crash site, which triggered the worst in this round of fighting between the two sides

Air combat.

After dawn, the battle and for the end.

The Airborne 153 Brigade occupied Gorro overnight, and the US military faced an extremely cruel reality.

Whether or not the five elders can be recaptured will determine the lives and deaths of many US Marine officers and men in the north.

Although it was not able to seize air supremacy, the US military held sea supremacy in the Sea of Japan. As soon as dawn came, the Zumwalt-class destroyers, which accompanied the activities of the amphibious fleet, appeared again and shelled the positions of the Airborne Forces of Goro with 155-mm naval guns. Then US strategic bombers arrived and bombed Goro with long-range air-launched cruise missiles.

The "Zumwalt" class destroyers can not only use EDD shells to hit the Wulao ground airborne troops, but also cover the carrier-based early warning aircraft with long-range anti-aircraft missiles, so as to avoid another nighttime tragedy.

Because the US strategic bombers all launched missiles over the North Pacific, the Republican Air Force could only look at the sky and sigh.

For those US Navy warships operating in the East Korean Gulf, the Republic Air Force will not be relentless.

The "weakness" of tactical aviation does not mean that the Air Force of the Republic has no other means.

At 7 o'clock, 24 H-99 strategic bombers carrying long-range anti-ship missiles took off from the Dahe airbase in Inner Mongolia. About 15 minutes later, a reconnaissance satellite flew over the Sea of Japan, spotted the US amphibious fleet, and sent the reconnaissance information back to the General Staff in a timely manner.

At 8:1C, six large unmanned aircraft deployed at the Dashi Air Base in Yanbian, Jilin took off.

The 2 "Zumwalt"-class destroyers were still "forgetting" shelling the positions of the Wulao Airborne Forces, not realizing that a catastrophe was coming.

At 8:25, the H-99 group arrived over Songhua Lake in Jilin and launched anti-ship missiles one after another.

Because there is no need to enter the battlefield, or even to get close to the battlefield, the H-9 carries out combat missions with the maximum bomb load, not only carrying 12 C-606 anti-ship missiles in 2 large bomb bays, but also carrying 12 anti-ship missiles on the external hardpoints at the root of the wings, each H-99 carries 24 anti-ship missiles, and 24 bombers carry a total of 576 anti-ship missiles!

The target of the strike is only the amphibious fleet of the US army!

With the strike capabilities of the H-99 group, it is enough to drown a 3 aircraft carrier battle group, not to mention an amphibious fleet!

The biggest problem with a large-scale naval attack is operational coordination and command, for which the Air Force dispatched six large unmanned aircraft to carry out guidance missions. In fact, only large unmanned aircraft are needed to do all the work. Two more sorties were dispatched, which increased the "insurance" coefficient of the attack site.

Attacking the US fleet has always been a key "research topic" of the Republic's air force and navy.

Missile assault is undoubtedly the most ideal choice.

In order to solve the problem of guidance, the Air Force of the Republic did not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to develop a large "Condor" unmanned aircraft that specializes in carrying out guided attack missions on the basis of the "Vulture" unmanned aircraft.

Attacking the US amphibious fleet with more than 20 anti-ship missiles with a total value of almost 500 is indeed a bit exaggerated.

At 8 o'clock, the E-2D, which was patrolling over the Sea of Japan, was the first to spot a group of ground-to-surface missiles that were about to leave land.

2 Zumwalt-class destroyers that were on an artillery bombardment mission, and 2 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the amphibious fleet immediately sounded the air defense alarm and entered the state of air defense operations. The 3 ~ aircraft carrier, which was operating more than 300 kilometers away, dispatched carrier-based fighters at the fastest speed to assist the amphibious fleet in intercepting anti-ship missiles.

Destroyers, it is simply impossible to intercept more than 500 anti-ship missiles.

Even if the 24 fighters that took off urgently carried 6 interceptor missiles each, and the interception success rate was 100 percent, it would not be possible to save the amphibious fleet.

The missile group reached the sky over the Sea of Japan and divided into two groups, one group climbed to 25,000 meters, and the other group descended to less than 50 meters.

Climbing surface missiles are both decoys and "sappers".

When it was about 250 kilometers away from the U.S. fleet, the front C-606 turned into a dive, and when it reached an altitude of 15,000 meters, the missile body separated from the warhead, and the high-energy electromagnetic pulse warhead detonated at an altitude of 12,000 meters.

As a result, it can be imagined that the radars of US warships and fighters have all become blind.

The C-606 missile, controlled by an inertial navigation system, was not interfered with and continued to run towards the US amphibious fleet.

Subsequently, every 30 or so, a C-606 equipped with a high-energy electromagnetic pulse warhead detonated at an altitude of 12000 meters.

Because the ground electronic systems of US warships and fighters are equipped with pulse jamming shielding devices, the electromagnetic pulse warheads can only temporarily "blind" them, and cannot achieve the goal of completely "blinding." Each EMP warhead lasts only 25 hours on the ground, which is enough for US warships and fighters to miss the opportunity to intercept it.

Using the remaining five minutes, the anti-ship missile obtained the latest battlefield information from the unmanned aircraft, adjusted its course, and approached the US amphibious fleet at the best angle.

In the first 3 minutes, the US military failed to shoot down a single C-606.

It was only after the explosion of the last EMP warhead that the US fleet entered combat condition. At this time, the missile group was less than 0c kilometers away from the US fleet.

For the C-606 flying at Mach 25 (ultra-low altitude), it only takes 11C seconds to complete the kilometer.

11c seconds to decide the life and death of the US amphibious fleet!

Anti-aircraft missiles and air-launched interceptor missiles flew all over the sky, desperately trying to intercept the anti-ship missiles rushing towards the amphibious fleet.

I have to admit that the interception capability of the US military is very strong.

Within 00, at least 210 -606 were shot down, and nothing could be done against the remaining 300 or so C-606.

The results can be imagined.

In just a few minutes, the U.S. Navy suffered its heaviest losses since the Battle of Midway in World War II!

Damn it**

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