Above the magnificent Pacific waves, a US aircraft carrier fleet is sailing. The Americans are showing the world that they are powerful, that is, in the recent Russo-related war, China dispatched only one aircraft carrier, while the United States was able to deploy a three-aircraft carrier battle group in any medium-sized war, and its luxury and deterrence are naturally not the same.

At this time, it is not known how many aircraft carriers China has, only the Shandong, which appeared in the war, and the Hebei, which has been widely reported by the outside world. At best, add two Varyag and Kuznetsov, which were acquired from Ukraine and Russia, as well as the yet-to-be-built Ulyanovsk.

But everyone knows how many aircraft carriers the United States has, and the powerful navy led by 14 aircraft carriers is a pivotal force on the planet, enough to make the vast majority of countries tremble.

The captain of the Nimitz, John Jenmerson, did not think it was a big deal for this mission, nominally the US military was invited by the Peruvian government to carry out air strikes against the rebel forces in Peru, and the US military did not send any ground troops, but only the tactical forces of the navy and air force to strike at it, the scale was quite limited, and Captain Jenmerson did not think that this would be more difficult than a live-fire training.

"Captain, the Flying Wing is ready to enter the attack at any time."

Jenmerson nodded casually, not particularly concerned, but still very serious. The armed forces of the Shining Path mainly control some cities, which account for about 40 percent of Peru's land area, but they are still dominated by small and medium-sized cities. The U.S. military's intelligence has been advanced, and some important information about the glorious path has been obtained, such as their garrison situation and defensive posture, which also provides a basis for the U.S. military to launch the first round of air strikes.

The intensity of the first round of strikes by the US military was actually not too strong, with 133 targets, and basically two batches of Nimitz fleet attacks could solve the problem.

This time, in addition to the F-18, the main attack aircraft on the US aircraft carrier, the main attack aircraft is the A-6 Intruder II and the AV-8 Sea Harrier. In addition to these, the US military also equipped a small number of attack aircraft on the aircraft carrier that China also has, that is, the A-11B Defender stealth attack aircraft.

Since the signing of the arms sales agreement between China and the United States, the United States has obtained 200 complete A-11B and A-11C from China, and Grumman has also obtained a production license to manufacture the domestic version of the A-11 in the United States.

The speed at which the United States produces A-11 attack aircraft is not particularly fast, and it is still mainly based on exploration, and now the rift in Sino-US relations is slowly revealed, so whether the A-11 program will continue to be implemented has also caused a lot of controversy. But the Navy and the Marine Corps are still quite fond of this new fighter.

The carrier-based version of the A-11 Defender attack aircraft can be catapulted and taken off, and can also take off short-distance or even vertically, which makes the use of the A-11 extremely flexible, and the A-11 has a relatively large bomb load, more than 8 tons, and can carry out a large-intensity strike on the enemy after stealth penetration, which is more advanced than any attack aircraft of the US military, so the US Navy is reluctant to abandon these aircraft, and can only continue to fulfill the follow-up agreement with China.

There are several A-11 attack aircraft on board the USS Nimitz, and because there are not many A-11s in active service, they are not assigned many on each carrier.

Immediately after Captain Jenmerson ordered the Flying Wing to attack, several A-11s took off, followed by several F-18s and A-6s. By observing the use of the A-11 by the Chinese, the Americans also roughly figured out how to correctly use stealth attack aircraft to launch surprise attacks at sea. The whole attack mode is relatively layered, first the A-11 penetrates the defense, attacks the opponent's more threatening air defense targets, and then allows F-18 and A-6 fighters to rush up and beat the opponent in groups.

After a number of A-11s took off, they crossed the coastline and entered the land area of Peru, and the Peruvian government forces had already been notified to order their air defense units not to be nervous and open fire on the US military planes that came to support them, so any attack on them could only be the air defense forces of the Radiant Power.

As the Shining Path has absorbed a part of the government army and expanded its size, they are no longer as ghostly as the guerrillas of yesteryear, but in order to counter the invasion of US imperialism, the leader Guzmán called on the whole party and soldiers to be strong and resist the US aggression. Knowing that the main attack would come from the air, Guzmán formed an anti-aircraft position to defend himself against the United States, including anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and limited anti-aircraft missiles.

However, these improvised air defense positions are extremely weak, and in particular, they are almost vulnerable to the advanced attack weapons of the US military. The Radiant Power itself does not have a radar warning system, and even if it does, it may not be particularly useful, because the A-11 is stealthy, and the chances of them discovering it are slim, and even the explosion will be detected sooner than the attack aircraft.

In order to guard against the Americans, Wu Qixuan, with the help of Yushenji and military advisers from the Chinese Strategic Bureau, formulated a complete strategy of self-defense and self-protection, and Guzmán obviously does not have this ability, he has established his own small kingdom, just care about his own bottles and cans, so he set up an air defense position, wanting to protect everything he has got, but the more this is the case, the more he can't recognize what his advantages are, but it is easier to be broken by the Americans.

This is about the same as the situation of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign of that year, because we do not have a clear understanding of the enemy and ourselves, and we move blindly to the left, so it is naturally easy to invite serious disasters.

In the first round of the offensive, the US stealth attack planes carried out a thorough blow to the air defense capability of the Shining Road armed forces, and many antiaircraft guns were blown to pieces by the Paveroad bombs gliding down before they could open fire. At this time, the U.S. military did not have a joint guided attack munition like the Chinese LT-3, that is, JDAM, so weapons such as Paveway were the main force of the attack.

The A-11 destroyed several Radiant Path air defense positions, and attacked Radiant Force barracks, government buildings, and even some civilian homes in the town. Civilian casualties in the war are inevitable, and even the Peruvians don't care, so the Americans naturally don't need to throw a rat trap and just greet the red elements fiercely.

Under the powerful air offensive of the United States, the Armed Forces of the Shining Road, which had been overwhelming against the government forces for several months, became overwhelmed, and the tight organization they had built up was now almost crumbling, and all the people did not listen to the orders of their superiors and instructors, and hurriedly tried to find a place to hide from the bombs.

Before Guzmán was attacked by the US air, he had not done a good job of digging bomb shelters and shelter facilities, so when the actual air raid came, they were extremely passive. This also has something to do with the fact that he is not really proficient in military content, although the troops under him have been expanded, they are either guerrillas or government army defectors with little combat effectiveness, and there are almost no military generals who can take on great responsibilities.

The smooth progress of the initial period made the subsequent air raids of the US military more bold and rampant, and these US pilots did not necessarily carry out such a bullying and stressless actual combat for a long time, so they frantically threw bombs and missiles at the set targets. In fact, these targets were very imprecise when they were determined, and some buildings may have been stationed by Radiance Road troops before, but at this time they were converted into civilian houses, but the U.S. military did not care about this, and directly dropped bombs, causing heavy casualties to many local Peruvian residents.

The two F-18s also followed the guidance and arrived in Wu Qixuan's territory, Arequipa Province, where a considerable part of the Andes belongs to the mountains, and some small villages and towns are scattered among them, while the armed forces of Wu Qixuan's Macona People's Commune are quietly hiding in the caves in the valley, or in some hidden underground facilities, and there is not much for the Americans to bomb on the surface.

In order to protect the local people, Wu Qixuan also concentrated the strength of the commune and built a lot of defensive facilities for the use of the people. The fact that two U.S. F-18s casually bombed some of the marked targets and did not see the crowd running away indicates that these targets are almost ineffective.

"It's really unlucky, where did all these damn communists die, hiding in the mountains?" The pilot on a Hornet teased, but he didn't know what he was saying.

"Anyway, get back to the situation, and then let's go back, this mission is really not too interesting." His long machine also said impatiently.

The two Hornet fighters did not expect that when they flew over a ridge, two guys dressed in camouflage clothes turned out of the grass, and one helped the other person put a shoulder-mounted individual air defense missile on his shoulder, which was a crossbow-6 air defense missile that China exported quite a lot, and was characterized by easy operation, accurate hitting, strong anti-jamming ability, and not easy to play bad, much more durable than the American Stinger.

Without warning, a crossbow missile **** came out, chasing the heat signal of a bumblebee and rushed up, this bumblebee flight altitude is not very high, and just over the ridge of the line of sight is not good, completely unexpectedly someone actually hiding in this place ambush themselves, was hit by this missile hit the engine, directly abolished the power, staggered from the sky fell.

"Mayday, mayday, I've been shot, I've been shot!"

"Man, catapult!" His pilot shouted, but in response to him, a similar ballbow missile on another hill not far away.

On the first day of the U.S. air strike on Peru, two F-18 Hornet fighters lost contact.