Chapter 718: The Crimean Peninsula (1)
The Thunderbolt-1 missile's infrared seeker was so sensitive that it quickly latched onto the F104's tail vent with a pale blue flame and crashed into it. Not giving the opponent a chance to dodge at all, the short-range air-to-air missile accurately hit the engine nozzle in the tail of the opponent's aircraft.
The hit F104 fighter was still flying at supersonic speed, and when the missile exploded, the huge explosion flames instantly engulfed the engine in the tail of the plane. The shock wave of the explosion shattered the main structure of the aircraft, and the body that had begun to gurgle under the huge stress of supersonic speed was torn apart in an instant, and the pilot did not have time to have any reaction to save himself, and was torn to pieces by the huge wind.
Liang Junchao pulled up the nose of the plane and began to look for the next target. The squadron was already on par with the opponent in terms of aircraft, but it was superior in performance, and with the help of air-to-air missiles, Liang's troops won a complete victory, and they quickly shot down all twenty F104 fighters.
Seventeen Golden Eagle 4C fighters quickly rushed into the Axis air group after shooting down all the F104 fighters, they were like tigers entering the flock, killing the Axis Air Force retreated again and again, under their leadership, the flight group led by Zhao Ziping, and several other groups of Chinese Air Force units also became more and more comfortable, and the Axis fighters began to decrease rapidly.
In this day's air battle, with the outstanding performance of Liang Junchao's squadron, the Chinese Air Force shot down more than 120 fighters of the Axis Air Force at the cost of losing 37 fighters, which can be described as a complete victory, and after losing all 20 F104 fighters, the top leaders of the Axis countries were greatly shaken.
Unexpectedly, when the Golden Eagle 5 fighter of the Chinese Empire could not supply the battlefield of the Western Continent, a new fighter appeared, and the performance of this fighter can also surpass that of the F104 fighter. The F104 fighter is already the most advanced fighter of the Axis group, and if this kind of aircraft cannot be matched, then the Axis group really cannot think of it.
The F104 fighter jet, which can barely fly at supersonic speed, is already the limit of the Axis countries, and many aspects are quite complex to manufacture because they exceed the current level of science and technology, which makes the cost of aircraft skyrocket, which has made it a little unbearable for countries, and at this time they are required to launch better fighters, which makes it difficult for scientists in various countries.
Despite all the difficulties, the improvement of the F104 fighter and the development of a new type of aircraft were quickly carried out in parallel, and in the atmosphere of a world war, under the policy of tilting everything toward the military, it is believed that the results will soon be seen.
Air supremacy was gradually controlled by the Chinese Air Force, but the intensity of the ground battle showed no signs of decreasing, when the mouse tank and the Grizzly Bear 4 tank collided fiercely, the heavy artillery of the two sides was also firing at each other, and the Chinese army even used the Dongfeng 1 short-range surface-to-ground missile to bombard the Axis artillery positions.
The Axis powers were superior in numbers, while the Chinese army was also ahead of its opponents in terms of personnel quality and weaponry, and the two sides fought fiercely but did not make much progress because the combat strength was basically equal, but the number of Chinese troops was small, and in the stalemate stage when casualties skyrocketed, the forces in Gao Deyu's hands began to be somewhat insufficient. At this moment, Gao Hong, who was already fully prepared, suddenly made a move.
After preparing for the landing operation, the Iraqi Navy was dispatched in its entirety and took full control of the Black Sea, while the Dardanelles and Esphorus Straits were still completely blocked by the submarine forces of the Chinese Navy, with mines, leaving the Axis fleet inactive.
The Axis fleet was unable to enter the Black Sea region, and the Iranian navy, which had been intended to be weak, was to dominate this narrow sea. Under their cover, 30,000 soldiers carrying hundreds of ships of various kinds as forward troops rushed to the Crimean Peninsula, a few hundred nautical miles from the Istan Peninsula.
After the Axis forces advanced into the Donbas region, the area they occupied in the war was too large, and the size of the garrison had been greatly reduced. After the war on the front line became more and more intense, more and more regular troops were transferred to the front. In the vast occupied area, there are only close to three million recruits, and most of these people are used to protect their fragile and long logistical supply lines, and there are not many troops distributed in other towns to control the situation.
On the Crimean Peninsula, the most prosperous place is the port city of Sevastopol at the southern end, but even with such an important port city, the garrison has only one military headquarters, and the troops under their control are only one direct guard regiment.
"Recently, the activities of the Imperial Navy of Istanbul in the Black Sea have become more and more frequent, and I always feel that they are going to make big moves, and we should strengthen our vigilance to prevent them from pointing the finger at us." Lieutenant General Brinnin, commander of the 141st Army in Boston, looked at the generals in front of him and said with a worried expression.
Colonel Comax, the commander of the guard regiment, spread his hands and said: "What kind of defense, we only have the strength of this regiment, and it is a little difficult to maintain law and order in the whole city, how to stop the enemy, if they are deployed on the harbor, a salvo of naval guns of the Istanbul Navy will be enough to defeat them." ”
"Maybe we can bring the entire Crimean forces over and let them concentrate on the defense of the port of Sevastopol, so that we can gather at least one and a half divisions." The chief of staff of the army said with a frown.
Lieutenant General Brinnin objected to the chief of staff and said: "This is absolutely not possible, can you be sure that the direction of the opponent's attack is here?" Once all the troops are drawn over, and the other side takes advantage of our flaws to land elsewhere, they will cut us off from the mainland and make the entire Crimean Peninsula a dead place. ”
Lieutenant General Briinin's words were spoken, and everyone was silent. "Perhaps we can abandon Sevastopol and retreat to the Crimean Isthmus with our whole army." Colonel Comax said suddenly.
"It can't be." The chief of staff said: "If we do this, we will not wait for the Chinese army to call, we will first be arrested on the charge of desertion, and the gendarmerie will shoot us on the spot." As soon as the chief of staff spoke, the entire venue fell silent. The troops of the 141st Army were quite dispersed, and they controlled not only the entire Crimean Peninsula, but also a large part of the north. In this way, there are 300,000 square kilometers of land, but only more than 30,000 troops are on the defensive, and it is very difficult for them to maintain law and order in peacetime, let alone resist the enemy's attack.
In such a situation, even if they lose an inch of land, the military top brass will hold them accountable, which makes the commanders of each unit choose how to make a choice, so that the whole army cannot be assembled to form a fist to deal with emergencies, and let them defend effectively in this way. The current situation is that the scattered rear garrison units have absolutely no way to deal with the possible landing operations of the Chinese army.
"This will not work, I must immediately report to my superiors and report the situation here." Lieutenant General Briinen stood up abruptly and said loudly: "Now inform all the troops on the Crimean Peninsula that they are all on first-level alert and ready to fight at any time. ”
The alert of the 141st Army did not achieve much effect, because at the same time as Lieutenant General Briininen's order, the first attacking forces had already arrived twelve nautical miles outside the port of Sevastopol. The only Naoli-class battleship in the Empire raised its 406 mm guns, and the fire control radar fed precise data into the computer at a very fast speed, and the main guns adjusted the muzzle angle according to this data.
"Attention all main turrets, fire." With the order of the gunner, the twelve 406 mm guns roared together, and the huge recoil caused the warship to move twenty meters away. Twelve shells, weighing more than 100 kilograms, fell one after another and smashed straight on the coastal fortifications of the Axis powers, blowing the seemingly solid reinforced concrete fortifications into rubble.
Lieutenant General Briinen, who was in the middle of a meeting, felt only a shake under his feet, and even the box with red and blue pencils on the table jumped. "Something's wrong." The chief of staff looked up in dismay, but the ensuing dense cannon fire answered him.
"Immediately return to the combat position, the NATO troops are attacking." Lieutenant General Brinnin grabbed his military hat and ran out, while Colonel Commers was already the first to run out of the conference room and towards his regimental headquarters.
"What's going on, what's going on now?" Running back to the regimental headquarters almost as fast as he could, Colonel Comax asked breathlessly.
"We have been shelled by the NATO fleet, the coastal fortifications have been destroyed, and all three battalions stationed there have been killed." The regimental chief of staff had bloodshot eyes in his eyes and reported as he looked at Colonel Comax, who had just returned.
"What?" Colonel Comax exclaimed, he couldn't imagine that in just such a short period of time, one-third of the defensive forces in the city had been reimbursed, and how could he defend with such an offensive rhythm.
"Immediately order the troops on the beach to withdraw and enter the city for defense, and inform the troops in the city to build barricades and build strongholds with reinforced concrete buildings." Lieutenant General Briinen, who had just stepped into the regimental headquarters, ordered loudly.
"There is no need to give an order, the troops on the beach are all dead." Colonel Comax replied dejectedly.
Brining angrily punched the table and said, "These people are so hateful, they have such a big advantage and sneak attack us." Immediately ordered the troops to abandon the dock and enter the city to build defensive positions, this is the city of the Cossack Empire, and they did not dare to be too presumptuous. ”