Chapter 790: Meat grinder in the air

At present, the Free Corps Air Force has 4 F-22 Raptor fighters, 8 A-10B Intruder fighters, 10 F-35C Lightning fighters, 3 F-15 fighters, 19 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 3 F-5 Tiger fighters and 5 F-5E fighters, adding up to a total of 22 fifth-generation fighters, 22 fourth-generation fighters and 8 third-generation fighters, and these 52 fighters have to face enemy aircraft that exceed their own by several times.

The first batch of carrier-based aircraft to take off from the US Navy's Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise included 70 F-35C lightning fighters, 6 EA-6B Prowler electronic planes and 6 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft, and the USS Kennedy and Enterprise did not send out all the carrier-based aircraft in a desperate way, but left half of the F-35C lightning fighters, EA-6B Prowler electronic planes and E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft, The 12 anti-submarine helicopters on the other two aircraft carriers will always be in the vicinity of the aircraft carrier battle group to reconnoiter and prepare for emergencies, after all, Huaxing will now have one nuclear-powered attack submarine, don't let this submarine of Huaxing take the opportunity to sneak attack.

The U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the USS Washington, USS Reagan, and USS Bush, are equipped with carrier-based aircraft, like the sunken USS Eisenhower, carrying 10 F-35C Lightning, 40 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 20 A-10B Intruder fighters, 6 EA-6B Prowler electronic aircraft, 5 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft, 10 S-3A Viking anti-submarine patrol aircraft, and 6 SH-3G Sea King helicopters.

This time, in order to assist in the air raid on Laoag City, the USS Washington, the USS Reagan and the USS Bush sent 20 A-10B Intruder fighters, 30 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 4 EA-6B Prowler electronic planes and 4 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft in the first wave. The three aircraft carriers will also send a second wave of carrier-based aircraft to strengthen the strength of American fighters in Lasag.

The 3rd Aircraft Wing of the U.S. Marine Corps sent 24 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 12 EA-18G Growler electronic attack planes, and 40 AV-8B Harrier attack planes at once.

The numerical disadvantage made the Free Corps air force decide to start a fierce battle with enemy planes from 3 directions in the sky above the city of Laoag, and if they were to meet the enemy separately, the already small number of fighters would be more dispersed.

Before the fighters of the two sides started an air battle, Lin Daxin also had a killer weapon in his hand, that is, a large number of medium-range surface-to-air missiles and short-range surface-to-air missiles purchased from international arms dealers and China; when the US fighters from three directions approached 30 kilometers from the city of Laoag, about 150 medium-range surface-to-air missiles were also divided into three directions and launched at the US fighters.

Although the US military aircraft group has electronic aircraft and early warning aircraft, which can carry out strong electromagnetic interference on medium-range surface-to-air missiles, but these medium-range ground-to-air missiles also have strong anti-jamming capabilities, and strong electromagnetic interference does not allow all US fighters to be spared, after all, the number of medium-range surface-to-air missiles in this wave is there, and in the end, more than 150 medium-range ground-to-air missiles shot down 7 US fighters, but most of them are fourth-generation fighters, of which only 2 are fifth-generation fighters.

You must know that these more than 150 medium-range surface-to-air missiles, Lin Daxin spent about 500 million US dollars when he bought them, and this is still the medium-range ground-to-air missiles sold by China at friendly prices to Huaxinghui, but the 7 US fighters shot down are definitely worth more than 500 million US dollars, and the two fifth-generation fighters alone are almost 400 million US dollars, and Lin Daxin still took advantage.

Lin Daxin did not know how many US fighters could be shot down by a round of medium-range surface-to-air missiles worth $500 million, and even as long as he shot down a US military fighter, Lin Daxin thought it was worth it, so after the first round of more than 150 medium-range surface-to-air missiles were launched, the second round of more than 150 medium-range surface-to-air missiles were divided into three directions and launched at the US military plane.

In the second round of more than 150 medium-range surface-to-air missiles, 8 US fighters were shot down, and this time there were 3 fifth-generation fighters in the US fighters, and then in the third round of more than 150 medium-range ground-to-air missiles, 7 US fighters were destroyed, including 2 fifth-generation fighters, but then the medium-range ground-to-air missiles in Lin Daxin's hands were consumed.

Lin Daxin purchased medium-range surface-to-air missiles from international arms dealers and China is not limited to these, you must know that Lin Daxin spent 20 billion US dollars to buy weapons and equipment at once, a large part of which are medium-range surface-to-air missiles and short-range surface-to-air missiles, but now only more than 450 medium-range surface-to-air missiles have been delivered to the city of Laoag, and other medium-range surface-to-air missiles have not yet been shipped to Lin Daxin.

Soon, the US fighters in three directions approached the sky over the city of Laoag, and at this time, countless short-range ground-to-air missiles were fired at the US fighters, and then the fighters of the Free Corps in the sky met the US fighters who were still superior in numbers, and the air defense weapons equipped by the officers and men of the Free Corps in the entire city of Laoag also opened fire on the US fighters, and the sky over the entire city of Laoag suddenly became extremely lively.

"Boom-" One F-35C lightning fighter had just escaped the pursuit of several short-range surface-to-air missiles, but it was shot down by two air-to-air missiles by one of the Frederf FA-18 Super Hornet fighters that bit it, and it turned into a big fireball in the sky and quickly fell to the ground.

And this Free Corps FA-18 Super Hornet fighter just shot down an F-35C lightning fighter, and was bitten by another US FA-18 Super Hornet fighter, the US fighter launched several air-to-air missiles at it one after another, but the biochemical pilot who piloted this fighter with skillful technology, drove the fighter plane to do several difficult maneuvers in a row, did not dodge a few air-to-air missiles, and got rid of the enemy aircraft of the same type, and successfully completed the offensive and defensive conversion, Then the cannon was used to blow up the FA-18 Super Hornet fighter of the US military in the air.

Unfortunately, the FA-18 Super Hornet fighter that accompanied the Freikorps all the time, and soon after it was hit by an air-to-air missile, and without even giving the cyborg pilot a chance to parachute, it turned into a large fireball in the sky and crashed to the ground.

Both sides of the air battle possessed quite a few electronic planes and early warning planes this time, and the interference formed by each other caused the hit rate of guided air-to-air missiles to drop very low, but the US military still has more electronic planes and early warning planes, and the use of guided air-to-air missiles still has some advantages.

Just after the air erupted over the city and suburbs of Laoag, the US-Filipino forces in the south outside Laoag also made a move, and began to use large-caliber artillery to launch a fierce artillery bombardment of the city of Laoag, and the anti-aircraft fire points in the city were taken as the key area of the shelling.

The artillery of the Free Corps in the city of Laoag also immediately launched a counterattack against the artillery of the United States and the Philippines outside the city, and some fighters of the Free Corps also turned around and bombed the artillery positions of the United States and the Philippines outside the city of Laoag, and the American fighters went to bomb the large-caliber artillery and anti-aircraft fire of the Free Corps in the city of Laoag.

The USS Kennedy Aircraft Carrier Strike Group and the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group of the U.S. Navy also launched a number of cruise missiles at the city of Laoag, but many of them were intercepted by the Freezers' medium-range surface-to-air missiles and short-range surface-to-air missiles.

Soon after, a small number of ground troops of the United States and the Philippines, under the cover of several helicopter gunships, launched a tentative attack on the fortifications of the Free Corps, and the entire city of Laoag was turned into a pot of porridge from the sky to the ground.

Some U.S. fighters and Freikorps fighters, after using up the shells and missiles they carried, immediately returned to their respective places to replenish ammunition, and then joined the battle again, but the Laoag airfield, where the Freikorps fighters replenished ammunition, was frantically bombed by U.S. fighters, and some Freikorb fighters were not destroyed in the air battle, but were blown up on the runway or tarmac when replenishing ammunition.

And the U.S. fighter planes are not just this wave, when the second wave of U.S. fighters flew over the city of Laoag, the situation of the air battle became more and more unfavorable to the air force of the Free Corps, but relying on the support of ground anti-aircraft firepower and the skilled flight skills of the cyborg pilots, the city of Laoag was still stubbornly resisting the attack of the American fighters, but the city of Laoag was bombed and almost became a ruin.

The battle in the sky began at about 10 a.m. and continued until late in the evening, when the U.S. fighters stopped attacking, or they were forced to stop the attack, and the ground forces of the United States and the Philippines also stopped their tentative attack on the Freipulp fortifications in the city of Laoag, and did not make much progress.

In the bridge of the USS Kennedy, Martin Van Buren, commander of the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier battle group, and Zachary Taylor, commander of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group, had very ugly faces, and Martin Van Buren said in a deep voice: "The losses of our USS Kennedy, USS Enterprise, USS Washington, USS Reagan and USS Bush, 5 aircraft carrier-based aircraft have been counted, which is really shocking, in less than a day of air combat, our USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise have lost 37 F-35C lightning fighters, With two EA-6B Prowler electronic aircraft and two E-2C Hawkeye AWACS aircraft, and the USS Washington, USS Reagan, and USS Bush losing four F-35C Lightning, 23 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 12 A-10B Intruder fighters, one EA-6B Prowler electronic aircraft, and two E-2C Hawkeye AWACS aircraft, the sky over the city of Laoag became a meat grinder in the air. ”

Zachary Taylor, commander of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group, asked: "What about the losses of the 3rd Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps?" ”

Martin Van Buren sighed and said: "It is also very large, the third aircraft wing has 16 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 4 EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, 18 AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft, 2 F-16 fighters and 1 EA-6B Prowler electronic aircraft were destroyed, that is to say, our US military has lost more than 100 fighters in today's air battle." ”

Zachary Taylor smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect Huaxing to have so many anti-aircraft missiles, and their pilots are also very powerful, the technical actions in the air battle, even surpassing the pilots of our American carrier-based aircraft, which made us lose more than 100 fighters, and did not completely solve the air force of Huaxinghui, the only good news is that according to the report of our pilots, there are not many fighters in Huaxinghui, and their air defense missiles should not be many." ”

Martin Van Buren hesitated and said, "It's going to get dark now, Zachary Taylor, do you think we're going to continue our night attack tonight?" ”

Zachary Taylor said with a wry smile: "We launched many batches of attacks today, our pilots, some of them have already piloted fighter planes to attack several times, and they have become very tired. ”

Martin Van Buren nodded and said, "Then inform the other 3 aircraft carriers and the 3rd Marine Corps Aircraft Wing to rest for one night today and continue the attack early tomorrow morning to completely solve the air power of the Huaxing Society in Laoag City." ”

The Air Force of the Free Corps in the daytime air battle, although it shot down a number of American fighters, but its own casualties were also very large, the Commander-in-Chief of the Free Corps Air Force Class 5 biochemical Meng Wei looked at the only remaining runway at Laoag Airport, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly, although Meng Wei is a cyborg, but he still has the joys, sorrows and sorrows of a normal person.

The original airstrip and a newly built airstrip at the Laoag airport were all blown up during the day, and now the biochemical officers and soldiers of the airport ground crew are hurrying to repair them, and on the tarmac of the Laoag airport, there are now only one F-22 Raptor fighter, three A-10B Intruder fighters, and three F-35C Lightning fighters, and the other fighters have crashed in the daytime air battle.

At this time, Lin Daxin was not in Laoag City, Meng Wei knew where his commander had gone to get planes, and hoped that the commander could bring back a few more fighters early tomorrow morning, otherwise after tomorrow, there would be no more Free Corps Air Force fighters in the sky over Laoag City. (To be continued.) )