Compared with the smooth sailing of Thitu Island, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 1st Marine Brigade encountered stubborn resistance from the Vietnamese army, under the guidance of the air wing dragon reconnaissance aircraft and shadow reconnaissance aircraft, the 2 054A-class frigate naval guns carried out targeted elimination of key targets on Spratly Island, and the maximum firing range of the 76-mm naval guns on the 054A ship was close to 20 kilometers, and the shooting on the sea surface at a distance of 10 kilometers had a high degree of accuracy, and quickly destroyed the intended targets.

Considering that troops would have to be stationed on the island after the seizure of the island, the navy did not forcibly destroy the houses and other buildings on the island. It soon turned out that this tactical decision laid a huge hidden danger for the landing combat troops.

After the completion of the shelling of the target, the entire landing battle was launched from the north, and six Wuzhi-19 helicopter gunships protected two Eel-class hovercraft and one Bison-class heavy hovercraft, preparing to land on the beach through the northwest corner, and a 5,000-ton wharf established by the Vietnamese army in the northeast direction, and seizing and protecting the improvement of the wharf facilities was one of the main tasks of the landing operation.

Since the seizure of the island was only the first step, and the next step was to build Spratly Island so that it could become a full-fledged air base, so the entire fleet was followed not only by combat ships, but also by two 5,000-ton transport ships, full of construction materials and engineering personnel.

The two Eel-class hovercraft carried one Type 63A amphibious assault tank and 100 marines respectively, while the Bison-class heavy hovercraft carried three 63A and 200 marines, which was equivalent to a one-time reinforcement battalion for beach attack.

This force, together with the support of 6 helicopter gunships in the air and 2 054 frigates, should be said to be strong enough after destroying the main heavy weapons defense points on the Vietnamese island. According to the results of the shadow reconnaissance in advance, the Vietnamese army had only two SA-2 anti-aircraft missile positions on the island, which had been destroyed by naval artillery in the first round of attacks.

Six helicopter gunships, led by squadron leader Lieutenant Colonel Yu Jianhui, maintained the speed of the landing hovercraft and rushed to Spratly Island. At a distance of 10 km, under the hovercraft at a speed of up to 50 knots, that is, a distance of 6 or 7 minutes, the attacking team quickly approached the 1-kilometer range of Spratly Island, and the Vietnamese army did not react during this period.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at his destination calmly, Lieutenant Colonel Yu Jianhui could even clearly see the green coconuts on Spratly Island, in the face of this abnormal and strange situation, Yu Jianhui involuntarily felt a sense of danger in his heart, according to the pre-reconnaissance estimate, there are at least 500 defenders on the island, according to the general reasoning, the Vietnamese army is not likely to give up the defense easily, although the front shelling destroyed some of the Vietnamese fortifications, but it is not possible to wipe out the Vietnamese army.

There must be a big conspiracy behind such calm at the moment. Thinking of this, Yu Jianhui's heart sank, "Pay attention to all machines, disperse immediately, and pay attention to the enemy's air defense weapon attack!" The current formations are too dense, and in the face of intensive attacks by enemy rocket launchers, the distance between them is seriously insufficient.

As soon as Yu Jianhui's words fell, a fire suddenly appeared in several houses on the island, and then several rockets whistled towards Yu Jianhui's helicopter squadron!

Ambush! Yu Jianhui sharply pulled up to avoid this idea. Fortunately, he reminded early, the 6 helicopters were just in the process of rapid dispersion, and the first batch of 6 rockets were successfully avoided by everyone, and the dexterous figure of the Wuzhi 19 made it have a great advantage when dodging the attacks of unguided weapons such as rockets.

The six Wuzhi-19 helicopters that avoided the opponent's attack were all experienced veteran pilots, and they quickly aimed at the place where the incoming rockets were attacked, and several small buildings were quickly hit and smoke came out. Although he successfully repelled this round of Vietnamese attacks, Yu Jianhui not only did not relax in his heart, but felt that the danger became more intense.

"Sea Hawk calls the command center, we are under attack by Vietnamese bazookas!" Yu Jianhui no longer hesitated, he picked up the pager and began to call for fire support, "The attack came from a small building on the island, we suspect that the Vietnamese army has all scattered and lurked in the buildings on the island and is ready to wait for an opportunity to attack, request naval artillery support, and destroy all the buildings of the Vietnamese army on the island!" ”

At this moment, Yu Jianhui did not know that in a small building not far away, there was a Needle-S air defense missile aimed at him, although the second lieutenant of the Vietnamese army, Nguyen Zhi Vu, had sharp ears and monkey gills, but in the use of the Needle-S air defense missile, he was indeed one of the best among the nearly 600 soldiers on Spratly Island, and at this moment there were two Needle-S air defense missile launchers on the island, one of which was in Nguyen Zhivu's hands.

He hid by the window of a small building on the island, and was carrying the Needle-S anti-aircraft missile constantly moving with Yu Jianhui's helicopter, and when the helicopter was locked in the scope, Ruan Zhiwu did not hesitate to pull the trigger, and the Needle-S anti-aircraft missile spit out a long tongue of fire and rushed straight at Yu Jianhui's helicopter, and its tail flame directly ignited the window of the small building where Ruan Zhiwu was, and Ruan Zhiwu was so frightened that he hid out of the house.

"Boss, there's an anti-aircraft missile attack!" Yu Jianhui's wingman shouted loudly at the incoming missile, then turned the nose of the plane and began to fire violently at the place where the smoke had just come out, and the 23mm cannon directly hit Ruan Zhiwu who had just dodged into a cloud of blood mist, but Yu Jianhui was directly hit by the incoming Needle-S air defense missile and unfortunately died.

"Sea Hawk calls the command center, we have been attacked by anti-aircraft missiles!" The wingman captain who took over Yu Jianhui's command shouted, "Repeat, we were attacked by an anti-aircraft missile, and 01 was hit!" ”

On the Jinggangshan, Colonel Duan Tianlei, the captain of the ship who was in charge of commanding the entire landing operation, heard the combat report of the helicopter squadron, and did not hesitate in the face of heavy losses, "Order! Ships No. 572 and No. 574 immediately shelled the buildings of the Vietnamese army on Spratly Island! Be sure to destroy all the buildings! The reconnaissance squadron put another Pterodactyl drone for reconnaissance and battlefield guidance. ”

Soon, a Pterodactyl drone appeared on the wide deck of the Jinggangshan, took off lightly, and flew to Spratly Island, 10 kilometers away.

"The squadron of attack helicopters temporarily retreated 2 km to provide air cover for the landing craft!" After the artillery order was issued, Colonel Duan Tianlei then ordered that this was the critical moment for the landing craft to land, and Duan Tianlei did not dare to recall the armed helicopter squadron directly, so he could only retreat a certain distance to provide air fire support for the landing craft.

The three landing craft landed abruptly, and the Bison-class heavy hovercraft took the lead in opening the landing capsule, and the three 63A amphibious tanks immediately rushed out and landed on the coast of Spratly Island, lined up in a straight line, and the muzzles of the guns continued to emit anger, and began to attack the Vietnamese buildings in front, and then the two 63A on the Eel-class also went ashore, side by side with the three vehicles that had gone ashore before, forming a steel defense line.