Chapter 320: Surgery Failed
At 7:20 a.m., the carrier-based aircraft formation had all returned home, and the second wave of attacks would be carried out by the fighters of the Air Force.
But in the first wave of attacks, the vital Gibraltar airport was not destroyed. Several Skunk Drills dropped did not destroy the middle of the runway, and several take-off sequences on the tarmac were destroyed by the Hawker Hunter fighters in the back, but sixteen Lightning took off before the second wave of Allied strikes.
This left the RAF Raptors squadron to fight more with less, 24 against 62, almost a one-to-three situation.
The more detailed the plan, the more room for mistakes. Just like the empire's "Flying Plan", a lot of manpower and material resources were invested in two years, but the two launches of the fire were failures in small links.
Although the Battle of Gibraltar, which pioneered the "surgical" attack, was guided by Zhong Yi's prophet, the marshals, generals, and staff officers of the Imperial Army were still frequented by loopholes in the face of this brand-new, high-tech attack method.
Later generations of military historians often use two words when summarizing the "surgical" action: hypothetical and empiricist.
The department formulating the plan was too confident in the combat effectiveness of its own aircraft group, and took it for granted that the first wave of escort aircraft had a strong lineup of "Raptor" squadrons and two "Eagle" squadrons, which would be enough to deal a devastating blow to the British and American interceptor units. However, when the radar stations around Gibroxy were destroyed, the reaction of the Multinational Air Force was so slow that it missed the opportunity to engage with the Allied escort group in the first place. It is an empirical mistake to estimate the combat level of the opposing side based on the reaction time of the air force units of the side.
When the Brute Dragon attack aircraft group began to strike accurately at the intended target, the Raptors squadron of the Royal Special Service missed the opportunity to intercept the "Lightning" taking off from the Gibraltar airport due to the time difference, causing the 3rd Formation to be almost completely wiped out.
In addition, in the first wave of attacks, no attack aircraft formation was arranged to strike at the airfield on the south bank of the strait, which caused the embarrassing situation of insufficient Allied escort forces in the second wave of attacks.
The most important point of a "surgical" strike is to "launch a blitzkrieg against the enemy with absolute air force projection" and destroy the enemy's air power and ground mobile anti-aircraft fire units at the first opportunity.
At this point, the first wave of Allied attacks was undoubtedly a failure. The vast majority of the enemy's advanced fighters are still taking off, which is a great threat to the follow-up attacks of the allies.
At least a dozen H-40C Helleye strategic bombers, carrying at least a few heavy Hong's Penguin-40 air-to-surface missiles, had to strike at greater distances.
In Gibraltar, which has a special terrain, this minor adjustment proved to be quite deadly after the battle. At least nearly 30,000 soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the Spanish Defense Forces lost their lives as a result.
In the second wave of attacks on British ground and underground fortifications, although the Gibraltar airport was once again under heavy attention, more than a dozen skunks fell on the runway, and they were completely destroyed. However, an underground fortification in front of the harbor on the west side of the rock mountain was still omitted because of the problem of the missile launch distance and strike angle.
The J-15 Raptor's Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang still proves to be the most trustworthy combination of air supremacy. Twenty-four "Raptors" launched more than 60 Phoenix-8 air-to-air missiles and shot down 51 Allied fighters. But in the melee, the "Lightning" and "Triangular Javelin" also fell a number of "Weilong" and "Helleye".
Although the losses were large, exceeding the casualty value of the campaign design in the operation plan, with the return of the second wave of the RAF attack group, the entire "operational" operation was relatively successful, according to the feedback from the pilots.
The Governor's Palace of Gibraltar, the airport, the port, and the underground tunnels and fortifications around the rocky mountain were all destroyed in the air raids. The MNF's air force around Gibraltar was largely scrapped, with only a few Javelins and Lightning escaping back to the MFA air base in western Morocco.
The "Skunk" and "Ruby"-2, two new bombs with precision guidance function, performed well in this battle and won the unanimous praise of the pilots of the Royal Navy and Air Force.
The debut of the Hong's Penguin-5 air-to-surface missile was also impressive, except that its heavy body continued to make pilots complain, and its performance in combat was very impressive. In the rocky mountains of Gibraltar, the fortifications built by the British army using the karst caves were even destroyed by Hong's Penguin-5. The British battlecruiser Prestige and the French battleship Richelieu anchored in the harbor of Gibraltar also added to the success of the premiere of the Hung Penguin-5.
Until the ground offensive began, the Allied generals believed that the "surgical operation" had succeeded in removing the "cancer" of the fortress of Gibraltar and cutting all the obstacles to the capture of the fortress by the ground forces.
Many of the generals who had expressed opposition and pessimism before the operation praised the "operational" operation after the report of the battle at Guan Canghai was sent to Cairo.
The fact that the "fortress of the century" was almost completely denied resistance by just a few hours of naval and air force operations could no longer be praised by a successful campaign.
This "miracle" was soon attributed to the son of God again -- it was the Han Emperor's wonderful campaign concept and the strategic and tactical guiding ideology of creating a new mode of warfare that contributed to the great victory of the Allied forces.
Of course, Jiang Yunzhi was happy to see this statement, treated it with a smile, and even helped make up a few words to make it more credible and make the image of the Han Emperor higher.
The portrait of the son of God must have a shimmering brilliance behind him, and President Jiang wishes that His Majesty's back could be full of light.
The report of the "surgical operation" was also transmitted back to Wei Qingge as soon as possible, and the news of the victory made the reporters of Wuhan University forget that they were still vomiting with His Majesty -- they had submitted their resignation a few hours earlier, and trotted all the way into His Majesty's office.
Wu Qiangren, who pays great attention to appearance and image, rarely has such a gaffe action, and His Majesty, who is scratching aimlessly with the pen in his hand and thinking about the "surgical" action in his heart, raised his head in surprise, but soon realized that it must be a battle report.
Only the battle report on the front line is possible to make the beauty of Wuda forget to maintain the image of a goddess. has been a female secretary for a while, but Wu reporters are still very sensitive to major news.
Although she was a little disgusted with the Han Emperor's small color and flower heart, this did not hinder Wu Jiayi, who aspired to be a strong woman, from worshipping heroes.
If there is a recognized hero in the hearts of the Han people in this world, it must be the Han Emperor. Putting the battle report lightly on the bookcase, the little secretary rarely did not leave immediately, but elegantly held the gold-wire glasses with his green fingers, and stood beside His Majesty with a cute tilted head.
Seeing that the Han Emperor was frowning from time to time when he was reading the battle report, the military reporter's small mouth let out a soft "Oh? ”
His Majesty was awakened in deep thought, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a small cherry mouth open in front of his eyes, and his delicate lips glowed seductively in the light.
"I ...... Why haven't you left yet? ”
How is this posture a little wicked? His Majesty knew that this was not the case, but he still controlled and fantasized about what if......
"Ugh! I think this is a battle report of a big victory, how can you ......" The little girl didn't realize that her movements had been maliciously amplified by the faint king in her mouth, and she raised her index finger and put it to her mouth, saying her doubts.
"Damn!" With a secret curse, Zhong Yi hurriedly picked up the teacup, took a sip of herbal tea, and pressed the urge to correct this little goblin on the spot.
"Comrade Wu Jiayi, don't you know that your posture will be very tempting for any man?"
"Ah...... Hum! ”
The curious baby, who finally reacted, rolled his eyes and subconsciously checked the collar buckle of the military uniform. Seeing that His Majesty slapped his forehead: I really didn't find out that this girl is still cute!
"Your Majesty, you ...... Tell me. ”
There was a soft voice from Wu Nong in his ears that could make people's bones crispy, and his strong curiosity made the little secretary not care about being ashamed and angry, and after reciting a few words of "faint gentleman" in his heart, he still couldn't help but ask.
"Really want to know?" Seeing that the little goblin who had always been extremely cold to him relented for curiosity, Zhong Yi put aside the faint worry in his heart and played with it.
"Well......" instantly turned into a nodding doll of the goddess of martial arts, pouting with a cute little mouth, and a pair of big eyes behind the thin lenses were still sparkling, making His Majesty feel that his hormone value was rising rapidly, fortunately, he was sitting behind the bookcase, and he would not be embarrassed, otherwise he would be found by this girl, and he would be scolded for fainting.
In a few classic words such as "kiss me and tell you" and "you won't tell you if you guess hard", Zhong Yi still chose a relatively low-key "You guess, you will be rewarded if you guess correctly!" ”
This girl is different from the others, she has too much personality. If it weren't for the organization's arrangement, I'm afraid I really wouldn't have stayed in the Weiqing Pavilion. In case she was in a hurry, she really went to report to the organization and asked to be transferred back to Xinhua, then Zhong Yi would be really embarrassed! 、
"Hmm...... Is it that they did not take the fortress of Gibraltar, and His Majesty is not satisfied? Uh, no, we haven't started the ground attack yet, it's definitely not like that! ”
Leaning comfortably on the leather chair, admiring the rare cute expression of the "goddess", Zhong Yi smiled. After guessing by himself, he denied it, and he didn't have to say it himself, "This girl is so cute, well, really cute." ”
...... "Oh, people can't guess!" Your Majesty, just tell me! After guessing several reasons in a row, and being denied by herself, the talented woman of Wuda finally gave up and chose the right of a beautiful woman, and instead of admitting defeat with coquettishness.
seems to realize that her tone will make this faint gentleman think crankily, and after the chick finished speaking, she hurriedly grabbed the neckline of the military uniform with her fingers, afraid that the beauty would leak out, but as everyone knows, the more she is like this, the tightness under the thin women's tight military uniform becomes more and more obvious.
Zhong Yi made a serious visual inspection for a long time, and finally confirmed, "Well, there is 34D, I didn't think this girl is tall and thin, it's quite expected." ”
"Oh, Your Majesty, say it quickly!"
"Huh? Say...... Say what? Still intoxicated by the fullness of 34D, Zhong Yi was a little unrelieved.
"Hmph, do you want to frown at seeing the report of the big victory?"
"Oh! That's because, in my opinion, this operation, code-named 'surgery', is not only not a big victory, but it should also be said that the 'operation' is unqualified."