Chapter 789: A Great War That Broke Out on the Brink

After Lin Daxin once again successfully exerted his skills from the Subic Naval Base in the United States, the Air Force of the Free Corps was not only larger than before, but also the Navy of the Free Corps was officially established, and at once it had 2 missile cruisers, 1 missile destroyer and 1 nuclear-powered attack submarine, and the combat effectiveness of these 4 warships alone faintly exceeded the strength of the entire Philippine Navy.

However, Lin Daxin will face 2 aircraft carrier formations of the U.S. Navy next, with the current Freedom Corps Navy, there is still no chance of winning, and what makes Lin Daxin a little dissatisfied is that the stolen nuclear-powered attack submarine does not carry a nuclear warhead, if the Freedom Corps can have nuclear weapons in their hands, then maybe the United States will be soft directly, where do they dare to meddle in the affairs of Huaxing and the Philippine government, and Laoag City does not need to face the pressure of the US-Philippine coalition as it is now.

Lin Daxin asked these four warships of the Free Corps Navy to cruise in the waters near the port of Laoag, cooperating with the air force of the Free Corps to guard the port of Laoag.

The Philippine Navy, which was originally blockading the port of Laoag, immediately chose to retreat after discovering two missile cruisers and one missile destroyer of the Freedom Corps on the sea, and the Philippine Government secretly received a secret telegram from the United States, and some advanced warships of the US Navy fell into the hands of the Huaxing Society, and the United States suggested that the Philippine Navy should not fight the Huaxing Navy alone, after all, the strength of the American warships is well known to everyone.

The Philippine Navy is very self-aware, in the waters outside the port of Laoag, the Philippine Navy did not even send a single missile destroyer, and now this little strength is not enough for a few warships of the Huaxing Society, or wait for their boss, the US Navy to clean up the Huaxing Society's navy, and several warships of the Huaxing Association are all from the hands of the US Navy, and it is appropriate to hand over this mess to the US Navy to clean up.

A week after Lin Daxin returned to Laoag from Subic Naval Base, one Marine Division of the US Navy had already arrived at the outskirts of Laoag City, and at the same time, four light infantry divisions and one armored brigade of the Philippine Army also arrived outside Laoag City with the US troops, and the US-Filipino coalition set up its headquarters in the town of San Nicholas, which was more than 30 kilometers south of Laoag City.

The U.S. Marine Corps' 3rd Aircraft Wing, which serves as the air support force, is also stationed at Clark Air Force Base, about 3 miles from Ángeles and about 40 miles from Manila, and is ready to provide air support to ground forces attacking the city of Laoag.

Clark Air Force Base belonged to the U.S. Army from 1903 to 1991, is an important base of the U.S. Air Force in Asia, during the Vietnam War, Clark Air Force Base is the main base for U.S. military logistics supply, but with the withdrawal of the U.S. Army in 1991, the base has become one of the stations of the Philippine Air Force, but at this time Clark Air Force Base is completely occupied by the personnel and aircraft of the Third Aircraft Wing of the United States Marine Corps, and the personnel and aircraft of the Philippine Air Force have all been evacuated from Clark Air Force Base.

You must know that there is no free lunch in the world, the United States has suffered heavy losses for the Philippines this time, 1 aircraft carrier battle group has been wiped out, and the Philippine government cannot act as if nothing has happened, so the Philippine government took the initiative to suggest to the United States that after the Subic naval base, the Philippine government is willing to re-lease the Clark Air Force base to the US Air Force to help the Philippine government deal with terrorist organizations like Huaxinghui, as well as to deal with the threat of certain countries, and some countries refer to China.

In addition to the strange disappearances that have occurred one after another at Subic Naval Base, the Americans have decided not to allow warships and planes to be stationed at Subic Naval Base for the time being, and then the US military directly ordered all the personnel and planes of the Third Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps to be stationed at Clark Air Base, that is, after the Huaxing Association is eliminated, the Third Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps will also be stationed at Clark Air Base for a long time.

The US Navy, mainly the Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise, which were newly commissioned this year, formed two aircraft carrier formations, which were still nearly 800 nautical miles away from the port of Laoag, but only more than 600 kilometers away from the city of Laoag in a straight line.

The two aircraft carrier formations are equipped with two missile cruisers, two missile destroyers, two missile frigates, and one nuclear-powered attack submarine, and the two aircraft carrier formations are accompanied by a comprehensive supply ship with a full load displacement of nearly 50,000 tons.

The Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is 330 meters long, 41 meters wide, with a full load displacement of about 100,000 tons, using two new pressurized water nuclear reactors, four steam turbines, and a speed of more than 30 knots.

The F-35C Lightning fighter belongs to the fifth generation of fighters, the unit price of this model is about 200 million US dollars, and the F-22 Raptor fighter is about the same, the F-35C fighter can cruise at supersonic speed, the maximum combat radius is more than 1000 kilometers, and can carry out long-range precision strikes on various targets.

Inside the bridge of the USS Kennedy, Martin Van Buren, commander of the USS Kennedy Carrier Strike Group, and Zachary Taylor, commander of the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, were discussing operational plans for an attack on the city of Laoag.

Martin Van Buren, who was appointed by the US military as the commander-in-chief of the operation against Huaxinghui, said to Zachary Taylor while drinking coffee: "The Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group was attacked by the Huaxinghui Air Force nearly 400 nautical miles away from the port of Laoag, and now we are less than 800 nautical miles away from the port of Laoag. Immediately let our two aircraft carrier F-35C lightning fighters launch an air attack on the city of Laoag, you must know that although we are almost 800 nautical miles from the port of Laoag, the distance in a straight line is less than 620 kilometers, which is completely within the maximum combat radius of our F-35C lightning fighters. ”

Zachary Taylor, the commander of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group, nodded and said: "I think so, the third aircraft wing of the Marine Corps has been stationed at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, and the USS Washington aircraft carrier battle group, the USS Reagan aircraft carrier battle group and the USS Bush aircraft carrier battle group facing off with the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea, have now moved closer to the direction of the Philippines, and the straight-line distance from Laoag City is also within the maximum combat radius of carrier-based aircraft, so that we can use hundreds of fighters. Of course, I don't think it's necessary for the USS Washington, the USS Reagan, and the USS Bush to send carrier-based aircraft, but only our carrier-based aircraft on the USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise, and I don't even think we need to have the 3rd Marine Wing send planes to accompany us. ”

Martin Van Buren, commander of the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier battle group, said with a serious face: "We can't be careless, according to intelligence, the remaining carrier-based aircraft of the USS Eisenhower have fallen into the hands of the Huaxing Society, and I decided to directly send the strongest force to defeat the Huaxing Society's air force in one fell swoop, and send out 140 F-35C lightning fighters, 12 EA-6B Prowler electronic aircraft, and 12 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft of our USS Kennedy and Enterprise, and then let the USS Washington." , USS Reagan and USS Bush sent no less than 80 fighters, and the Third Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps sent no less than 60 fighters, adding up to more than 300 fighters, directly crushing the Huaxing Air Force with absolute strength. ”

Zachary Taylor thought about it for a moment and said approvingly: "Then let's decide so!" The kind of unbelievable means that Huaxing will have is really terrifying, we really can't be careless, I will go back to the enterprise, give orders to the flight squadrons, and contact the ground forces again, so that they can coordinate to launch an attack and solve Huaxing as soon as possible. ”

In the Laoag airport, Lin Daxin is also a little worried about the upcoming war, after all, the strength of the Free Army, compared with the United States and the Philippines There is still a big gap, but no matter how big the gap in strength is, this battle must be fought, Lin Daxin uses the troops of the Free Corps Army in his hands to build a large number of fortifications in the city of Laoag, including ground fortifications and underground fortifications, and the 10 light infantry regiments of the Freedom Corps have been arranged by Lin Daxin in the city of Laoag, waiting for the attack of the United States and the Philippines.

Originally, Lin Daxin considered adopting a preemptive tactic again, directly attacking the two aircraft carrier battle groups of the US Navy that were about to arrive near the port of Laoag, and launching air strikes again, but Meng Wei, the commander-in-chief of the Free Corps Air Force, a fifth-level biochemical man, analyzed Lin Daxin and thought that since the US Navy had suffered a loss, it would be difficult to have any effect if the Air Force of the Free Corps was sent to attack their aircraft carrier battle group this time, after all, the US Navy must be well prepared, and this time it was two aircraft carrier battle groups coming together. The success rate of the Freikorps Air Force in air strikes on 2 aircraft carrier battle groups must not be great.

Meng Wei is also worried that if the Free Corps air force is dispatched now, the other three aircraft carrier battle groups of the US Navy close to the Philippines will send carrier-based aircraft to carry out a surprise air attack on the city of Laoag, that is, the 3rd Aircraft Wing of the US Marine Corps that has entered Luzon Island, and it is very likely that it will take the opportunity to send fighters to launch an air attack on the city of Laoag. Meng Wei believes that the air force fighters of the Free Corps will still stay in the city of Laoag and cooperate with the army's air defense weapons to protect the city of Laoag and the airfield of Laoag.

When Lin Daxin was still considering Meng Wei's opinion, he received a notice from the Chinese side that China's satellite monitoring system found that a large number of carrier-based aircraft from the US Navy's Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise had begun to take off, and it was very likely that an air attack on the city of Laoag would be launched.

In addition, the USS Washington, the USS Reagan, and the USS Bush, which confronted the three aircraft carrier formations of the Chinese Navy, also had a large number of carrier-based planes in the air, and their movements were unknown.

The radar in the city of Laoag is not advanced, and it is impossible to detect the F-35C Lightning fighter with stealth capabilities, and even the location of the USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle groups cannot be accurately detected.

At this time, Lin Daxin does not have to worry about the plan of whether to attack the two aircraft carrier battle groups of the US Navy, and the US carrier-based aircraft is about to hit his doorstep, so it is better to think about how to withstand the air attack of the US carrier-based aircraft on the city of Laoag!

Immediately, Lin Daxin immediately ordered the fighters in the Laoag airport to take to the air and prepare to meet the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft group, and at the same time ordered all the air defense forces of the Free Corps in Laoag to prepare to cooperate with the air force fighters to resist the US air attack.

This time, the Americans not only dispatched carrier-based aircraft from five aircraft carriers, but also sent a large number of fighters to the direction of Laoag City by the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Clark Air Force Base.

Lin Daxin saw the information given by the Chinese side, and couldn't help but feel that the number of fighters owned by the Free Corps Air Force was still too small, and now his Free Corps Air Force was equivalent to facing the enemy in three directions at once, and it was a little stretched, but fortunately, in the past two days, because the Philippine Navy's blockade of Laoag City has been lifted by the Free Corps Navy, a large number of medium-range surface-to-air missiles and short-range surface-to-air missiles purchased by him from international arms dealers and China, as well as a large number of infantry weapons and ammunition, have arrived in Laoag CityThese surface-to-air missiles can completely give a huge surprise to the American fighters, otherwise the Americans have invested so many fighters this time, even if the air force of the Free Corps is all on board, it will not be able to avoid the fate of the complete destruction of the city of Laoag.

With thousands of medium-range surface-to-air missiles and short-range surface-to-air missiles, and dozens of Freihp Air Force fighters, the city of Laoag will not be completely destroyed, although it will not be bombed.

The fighters of the Free Corps Air Force, from the three runways of the Laoag airport, flew into the air one by one to form a formation, preparing to meet the enemy planes in three directions. (To be continued.) )