Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 94 Air Duel
Chengyi is deploying combat forces in Huang Xin. Du Shouwei has no idle place
By telling the tactical data link, Duqiwei was able to grasp the frontline situation in a timely and accurate manner. After discovering that the armored troops who were in the assault mission retreated voluntarily, Duqiwei finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Blüchel was eager to win and dared to launch a counterattack when there were only two battalions, at a critical moment, the lieutenant general of the army did not lose his way, nor did he blindly confident, allowing hundreds of American soldiers to escape.
But Duqiwei couldn't relax.
After the reactionary counterattack of the US troops retreated. The Iranian army, which was advancing at high speed, stopped and waited for the main force behind to arrive. Although the US armored battalion's resolute counterattack made the Iranian army suffer and lost a lot of armored power, for the Khomeini Division, which had strong tanks and uranium vehicles, and for the Avazian Division, who had thugs and many tanks and many advanced tanks, the loss was nothing. The US counterattack made them more afraid. Obviously,
Lüchel's counterattack had the effect of alarming the enemy. The Iranian army no longer blindly advances, which is the biggest disaster for the US military. As long as the Khomeini and Avashi advance steadily southward, the Hassan Division followed behind, the Ahnjad Division, Andy Meshk Division, Abadan Division and Basra Division, Blüchel could not defend Hakari at all. To put it bluntly, as long as the Iranian army does not make low-level mistakes, Pei Chengyi does not need to dispatch ground troops to deal with Blüchel.
Thinking of this, Duqiwei's mood was like fifteen buckets of water, rising and falling.
Before he could think of a way to deal with it, the staff officer reported the war.
The armored battalion that launched the counterattack did not suffer much loss, and the Mechanical and Infantry Battalion stationed in the front was almost wiped out!
The casualties were very heavy.
When the Armored Battalion broke through the defensive position of the Mechanical Infantry Battalion, it not only found several wounded men, but also hundreds of corpses. What's more fatal is that when the shelling began, the officers and soldiers of the Mechanical Infantry Battalion entered the fortifications built by the Turkish army, and these fortifications did not have the ability to throw away heavy artillery shells of kilograms. Because the shelling was too dense, many fortifications were directly hit by artillery shells. The surviving US officers and soldiers were very lucky because the fortifications they were located were not directly hit by artillery shells. In other words, there were hundreds of corpses of US officers and soldiers under the ruins of the defensive positions. Because the Iranian army was not far away, the Armored Battalion did not stop to excavate the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and quickly left the combat area with the wounded and the bodies of the US military exposed to the sky.
This battle report immediately made Duqi feel extremely desperate.
The long-range artillery fire of the Republic Army is too fierce. "The artillery of a combat unit can eliminate the thug in an instant. A US infantry battalion that has entered the defensive position. If the artillery of the three combat units fighting on the northern line fires at the same time, I am afraid that the two brigades in Blüchel's hand will have nothing to count on.
As always, Duchewei was calm and calm.
After reading the battle report, the first thing he did was to contact Blüchel and let the Lieutenant General of the Army pay attention to the tragic experience of the Mesopotamian Battalion in the direction of Bashkale, either rebuild the fortifications or strengthen the fortifications of the Turkish army. Anyway, don't place your hopes on the Turkish army.
The truth is so sharp that without Duchwie's warning, Blücher knows what to do.
The wheel-covered shelling killed one of the Hewen Battalions, which was a bigger blow to Blüchel. You know, he only had two brigades in his hands, probably the troops of the old battalion. If the opponent was willing, he could stop the frontal attack and completely eliminate the beauty of the tiptoe in Hakari with continuous fierce shelling.
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The problem is that doing so may not necessarily work.
After warning Blüchel, Duchwie raised a very direct question, which is whether it is necessary to break through before the Iranian army sieges Hakkari.
Anyway, this problem itself is problematic.
As the supreme commander, Duchway should decide whether to stay safe, rather than throwing such an important issue to the frontline commander.
Blücher is not a fool. When Duchway asked this question, he thought that the main purpose of the Marine General was to take responsibility for the battles in the future. To put it bluntly, if Blücher gave up breaking, even if the two army brigades were wiped out, it would have nothing to do with Duchway. If Blücher made the opposite choice, even if Duchway still had to bear the direct result of the defeat, he would try every means to put part of the responsibility on Blücher, so that the US Army and even the Pentagon pleaded for Blücher, that is, pleaded for him.
Faced with such an important question, Blücher was not ambiguous at all. Before giving the answer, he asked a few questions. The address of this site has been changed to: Exorcist the heart, please log in to read it if you delete it!
It is when other combat troops of the European Legion can arrive at Diyabakir, second, when will air support be provided, third, whether it can airdrop and supply combat materials when necessary, and fourth, how many main forces will be invested in this battle.
Duqiwei answered the first three questions very readily, but on the fourth question, he was not so direct.
It is obvious that Duqiwei didn't know how many main forces Pei Chengyi would invest. Although he had enough reason to believe that Pei Chengyi would not let Buchangchell live a stable life, and would definitely kill Blüchel when the assault was increased and the safety hazards in the rear were relieved, but the general deployment told Du Shouwei that he did not put Buchangchell in...Fox 4, and he did not intend to waste one soldier and one soldier of the Republic Army on Blüchel. When talking about this issue, Duqiwei had no reservations. He told Blüchel everything he knew. In other words, Duqiwei handed over the decision-making power of whether to defend Hakari Province and wait for reinforcements to Blüchel.
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If Blücher was a powerful general, he would not have backed down.
As it turned out, he was indeed a powerful general. After Duchwi promised to send other European troops to Diyabakir as quickly as possible. After the air force was deployed, he gave priority to air cover and air support, and provided combat supplies through air transport and airdrop, Blüchel made the decision to defend Hakari Province and personally promised that they would fight to the last soldier before the reinforcements arrived.
In any case, we must first admit Blücher's courage.
From another perspective, we must admit that Blüchel is a smart general. Judging from his guarantee, even if we cannot defend Hakari Province, we can also use the reason that "reinforcements did not arrive in time" to push the blame to Duchevi. More importantly, if we can defend Hakari Province, we can relieve the pressure on the entire northern front. At that time, there will definitely be much more people who know Blüchel than Duchevi.
It can be seen from this that Blüchel plans to use his thugs to gain his future.
Duchway is not a fool either. He knows what Blücher is thinking, but for him, before considering whether he will be stealing the limelight by Blücher, he must first consider whether there is a way to show off or whether there is a way to win the final victory of this battle.
Just as he was on the phone with Boushere, the staff officer sent two pieces of information at the same time.
The first piece of intelligence was related to air combat in the south. When the ground forces commanded by Blüchel were fighting fiercely with the Iranian Army's armored forces, the fighters of the US Air Force and Navy Air Force also started the largest air combat after the war started with the fighters of the Republic Air Force.
According to the intelligence provided by the staff, carrier-based fighters of the Republic's Navy may also participate in air combat.
Compared with the air combat before the ground war "Monthly Thugs. During the battle on Sunday, the Air Force and Navy Air Force reassigned tasks according to the deployment before the war. The Air Force's heavy air combat aircraft are responsible for seizing air supremacy. The Navy's medium-sized multi-purpose fighter aircraft are responsible for attacking ground targets. The light multi-purpose fighter aircraft that did not participate in the war until the evening cooperated with the air combat fighter aircraft to perform air defense suppression tasks and specifically attack the enemy's air defense systems.
It has to be admitted that the United States' air power is definitely one of the best.
In the air battle that morning, 4 cleared the name of the US Air Force. In the fight against the Republic Air Force, the thug of the Air Force, the Shaojia "Wa" was shot down during the battle.
Because the Republic Air Force also announced the exact location of the wreckage of the downed fighter planes between the enemy and us, and released some video data, but the US Air Force did not provide relevant evidence, the results announced by the Republic Air Force were more credible. In the afternoon of the same day, the Shuangyi held three more air battles, and it was still a worry-free confrontation saying that Xiaoqu's performance was comparable, and it was difficult to distinguish the level. The US Air Force lost the invasion of fighter planes, while the Republic Navy Air Force lost the indented fighter planes.
There are several very obvious results in these air battles during the day. The new address of this site has been changed to: Qingxingu.8, please log in to read!
The scale of combat is not large, and at most, the remaining fighter jets are invested in each air battle, at least a few. The main reason is that the air-control capabilities of both sides are very outstanding, and they can cover a wider area when performing air-control combat missions. If too many fighters are invested at one time, it will provide convenience for the other party to use long-range air-to-air missiles, thus paying a heavier price. The fact is true. In addition to the 8 air-control fighters, many old heavy fighters fought against medium and light fighters during the day. As a result, the number of heavy fighters that do not have the advantage won, and medium and light fighters that use dense formations to fly lost.
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Second, the combat airspace is very vast. It reaches the Karen River Basin in Iran in the east, the waters in the northwest of the Persian Gulf in the south, the Eastern Mediterranean waters between Syria and Cyprus in the west, and the Karasu River in Turkey in the north, and the area of the entire air combat area exceeds 10,000 square kilometers. Fighting within such a vast range is also one of the main reasons why both sides of the warring sides do not enter the battle in the form of small aircraft groups. More importantly, except for some areas in the north, most of the air combat areas are within the control of the Republic. It is also true that when the Republic's Air Force and the Navy announce the results, they can only produce so many convincing video materials, but the US Air Force cannot confirm the results they announced.
Third, air combat is carried out in a way that many air combats with long-range combat. In addition to air combat against medium and light fighters, among the eight air combats between heavy fighters on both sides, only the battle that took place over the central part of Turkey was fought from outside the sight line to within the sight line, and the other seven air combats ended outside the sight line. In fact, this must-have battle is the limited number of fighters invested by both sides, resulting in direct interception methods of the Rukawa, whether it is a lawsuit or a small thug, there are enough missiles to attack the opponent. Because we all know that the opponent has enough missiles, after launching the missile, the pilots of both sides will choose to turn to avoid and will not continue to approach, so they rarely engage in air combat.
Affected by these factors, the air battle during the day is not fierce.
The main reason for these phenomena is also very simple. The US Air Force is still adjusting its deployment, and the heavy fighter jets reaching the front line are very limited. Moreover, they are all deployed on air bases 1,000 meters away from the battlefield. The tanker aircraft that can support fighters to fight the theater are very limited, so the US Air Force has to invest in batches. Affected by the combat radius of fighter jets, most US pilots are unwilling to fight with their opponents. The fighting air battle that took place over Turkey also believed that US fighters in the country could land at the nearest Turkish airport after using fuel, and did not need to consider the issue of returning, otherwise they would not fight with the Republic Air Force's little thug.
There are problems with the US Air Force, and there are problems with the Republic Air Force.
On the second day of the war, the main task of the Republic Air Force was still to attack Turkey's important military targets and prepare for the upcoming large-scale ground attack. Because Pei Chengyi wanted to make Duqiwei believe that he would use the fifth battle to attack Karachi alone and the eighth combat unit, so in the early bombing operation, it was necessary to focus on attacking deep targets. Affected by this, the Republic Air Force could invest quite limited air control. Affected by the activities of the US Navy aircraft carrier battle group in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the Republic Air Force and the Navy Air Force had to temporarily adjust their deployment many times, and were always afraid of the US fleet to prevent sudden attacks from the US Navy. This also led to the Republic Air Force having to reserve and dare not invest in everything when performing air combat missions.
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Of course, two of the world's most advanced fighter jets appeared on the same battlefield, and pilots on both sides were reserved.
Regardless of whether the fighter engineers in Russia and France admit it, the little thugs, Cong and 4 Zhuo are the most advanced heavy air combat fighters in the world today and the best-selling heavy fighters. The derivative models of the former were exported to many old countries, with a total export volume exceeding the intention orders, and the latter was the same; the derivative models of the latter were exported to several countries, with a total export volume exceeding the persuasion; the heavy fighters in Russia and France were actually medium-sized multi-purpose fighters similar to the original. However, when improving, by using engines with greater thrust, the maximum take-off weight was increased to more than wu tons, and crossed the threshold of heavy fighters, and has not received foreign orders so far.
More importantly, in addition to being vigilant, the air combat commanders in the rear were also very cautious. Not to mention, at least three air combat was because the air combat commanders of the Republic Air Force and the Navy were worried about unnecessary losses. After the visual range of outer air combat began, they issued a retreat order, and the pilots did not allow the pilot to pursue the fleeing enemy planes. According to relevant information released by the US Air Force after the war, during the battle, the front-line commanders of the US Air Force also issued retreat orders several times. It can be said that before finding out the situation of the opponent, both sides were unwilling to take risks with fighter jets worth hundreds of billions of yuan.
It is precisely because in 8 air battles, both sides lost fighters that fell to the ground, with an average loss of 6 to 7 aircraft per air battle. In any case, this is a less ideal or less intense result. You should know that in the past, it was very normal to lose several fighters in one air battle.
The problem is that this situation cannot continue.
Through several fights during the day, both sides basically figured out the situation of each other, knew how powerful the performance of the opponent's fighter jets was, and how powerful the opponent's pilots were. After the tentative battle, regardless of whether the procurement officials of the defense ministry of both sides were willing, as night fell, the two world's most powerful air forces would use the two world's most expensive fighters to control the airspace that had no direct relationship with the two superpowers, and launched the largest air duel since the Peninsula War.
Duqiwei cannot stop the air combat and cannot change the situation.
Fortunately, the Pentagon has prioritized the deployment of heavy air combat aircraft from the Air Force as he requested. Before dark, the first heavy air combat aircraft unit arrived in Turkey. If everything goes well, the air force that the thug in Ankara Time 2 is not an air force that can be easily defeated by the enemy.
In fact, Duchiway does not focus on air combat.
For both parties in the war, the scale of ground strike operations will be very limited before the duel between heavy air combat fighters is decided. After all, without air supremacy, ground strikes mean taking risks with light fighters and medium fighters. The address of this site has been changed to: Defense 8, please log in to read!
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