Yang Chusheng, and the sudden roar broke the tranquility of the morning.

In the sky to the south, a group of black helicopters ranged from far to near.

The shells fell from the air with screams and purposeless hit the deserted hills, throwing up dust that covers the sky and creates suffocating smoke. The shelling was very regular, and every mountain bundle that could be considered a mound on the empty plateau was hit by several to dozens of shells. The barrage extended to the north, and the helicopter group arrived slowly.

Flying in the front are dozens of ah-1z "Super Cobra" gunships.

The Peninsula War will be the last war in which the world's first dedicated armed helicopter was born during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. According to the development plan of the US Marine Corps, starting from 2025, the AVC-22a "Attack Hawk" will gradually replace all AH-1zz, and the AH-1z will be retired before 2030. For more than half a century, the AH-11 series of armed helicopters have accompanied the US military to fight on the battlefield and participated in more than any general of the US military. As the ultimate improved model of the AH-11 series of armed helicopters, the performance of the AH-1z is no worse than the AH-64d|| type armed helicopters that serve as the main force in the army.

Following the ah-1zz fleet are more than 30 sh-60k Black Hawk transportation helicopters and more than 20 VC-22a Osprey tilt rotorcraft carrying hundreds of Marine officers and soldiers.

Before each plane landing, ah-1zz will use machine guns and rockets to "clear" the landing location again.

The "Black Hawk" and "Osprey" did not land, but hovered at a height of 2 to 3 meters from the ground, put down the Marines carrying soldiers and flew south immediately.

The U.S. military is gradually controlling every mountain bag to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle.

However, there are more than the US military moving on the battlefield.

Several white smoke suddenly rose behind the hills thousands of meters north of the north. No. That was not smoke. It was the air defense missiles that were left in the air when they flew into the air, and formed a trail of ground condensation by water vapor.

The ah-1z aircraft group has not responded yet. Dozens of air defense missiles have risen from the ground.

The US military aircraft group was originally organized and suddenly became in chaos. Whether it was an armed helicopter, transport helicopter, or tilted rotor aircraft, they all reduced their flight altitude regardless of their efforts, released radar and infrared jamming bombs, and avoided air defense missiles diving from high altitudes.

Helicopters are not known for their speed. Inclined rotor aircraft are difficult to change their flight status within seconds.

Under the millimeter wave radar, the passive infrared/ultraviolet guided head-to-ground guidance, the missile is like a magic arrow with eyes. It is shot toward the hasty avoiding ground aircraft group.

Although more than half of the helicopters avoided missiles, dozens of helicopters are still not that lucky.

The missile attack has not ended, and the second batch of air defense missiles have arrived one after another, with the momentum that it will never give up until all enemy planes are shot down.

Helicopters that avoided the first batch of missiles fled to the ground and rushed to the south. Even armed helicopters carrying ground-attack missiles were no exception, because the US pilots on the armed helicopter did not find any air defense missile positions at all, so they naturally could not counterattack.

The US helicopter had just left, and the shells roared at the ground again.

However, the shells did not fly from the south, but from the north and east. The target of the shelling was very clear: hills and earthblocks controlled by the US Marine Corps.

The shelling was very fierce, reaching a cost-effective level.

The situation in both sides of the war fell into the "eyes" of the large "Vulture" drone hovering at an altitude of 18,000 above the battlefield. Through the tactical data link, the "Vulture" sent the tactical information to the brigade department of the Armored 5411 Brigade, and sent it to the participating troops through the brigade's tactical information exchange center.

Li Wen, who is sitting in the position of the main battle tank captain of the DZ-211, can also grasp the battlefield situation in real time.

The first one to show its power is the FM-211 mobile medium- and short-range air defense missile system of the Air Defense Battalion. The FM-211 air defense missile with a maximum range of 25 kilometers and a minimum shooting height below 5 meters is most suitable for dealing with helicopters and fighters flying at ultra-low altitudes. If necessary, it can even be used to intercept cruise missiles and guided bombs. As long as the FM-211 air defense system is protected, the armored troops do not have to worry about being air strikes.

Next was the artillery battalion. The 155mm howitzer had the power of a military-directed long-range artillery. A few years ago, the brigade's artillery battalion was equipped with 122mm howitzer. When changing gears, the army canceled the support artillery of other calibers and retained only one caliber of 155mm, which played the role of improving the combat effectiveness of the artillery and reducing the pressure of logistics support. Using 155mm high-explosive grenades to deal with "several" infantry is simply a killing knife.

"Platform leader, have you received the order?"

"No." Li Wen answered angrily.

Fang Weimin, who was sitting on the right, pursed his lips and did not dare to say anything more.

The officers and soldiers of the entire platoon, and even the officers and soldiers of the entire company, knew that Li Wen had been "inflicted" these days. If it were other platoon leaders, they would have been called to the company commander to scold him. Li Wen was different. He was the oldest platoon leader in the entire brigade. The deputy brigade commander and the chief of staff of the brigade were his classmates, and no one would give him face.

Everyone knows the reason why Li Wen is "inflamed".

"Plane leader, there is news." Shi Jinyong, the driver sitting on Li Wen's left, shouted loudly.

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"Li Wen was excited and saw that the information that appeared on the screen was splashed with water.

Not an attack order, but an air strike alarm.

Less than a thousand meters east, dozens of long-range air-launched cruise missiles were flying towards the west bank of Changjin Lake at a 50-meter flight speed. The target of the attack was an armored cluster gathered 15 kilometers north of Lincaili.

It must have carried the cruise missile from the anti-armored mother-child warhead!

Before the missile group reached the sky above Changjin Lake, the military-directed long-range air defense battalion deployed in Wenyueli took the lead in fighting. The air defense system continuously launched ho-17-range air defense missiles at a speed of 21 rounds, guided by phased array tracking/irradiation radar, and crashed head-on toward the incoming cruise missile in a 2-on-1 way.

Cruise missiles are not ballistic missiles. The key to shooting down cruise missiles is discovery, not intercepting.

As long as it is discovered, cruise missiles are easily shot down by air defense missiles.

In the first round of interception, 22 cruise missiles were shot down, with a hit rate of more than 90%.

When the missile group arrives above Changjin Lake, it will be accompanied by the air defense battalion directly under the armored cluster brigade. The 12 FM-211 air defense system with independent combat capabilities is put into combat again, launching air defense missiles at a speed of 1 per second to the direction of the cruise missile attack. Under ideal conditions, a set of fm-211s can intercept 3 low-altitude targets at the same time, with a single shot hit rate of more than 80% and a double shot hit rate of more than 95%.

To ensure the safety of the armored cluster, no one will calculate the combat cost at this time.

Not to mention other places, even if only one cruise missile sprinkles anti-armor ammunition over the armored cluster, it means that dozens of tanks and armored vehicles will turn into scrap copper and iron, and hundreds of officers and soldiers will die in blood!

Compared with dozens of tank and armored vehicles, hundreds of officers and soldiers, what are the few air defense missiles?

The interception was very successful. Among the 32 cruise missiles that broke through the first line of defense, none of them reached the left bank of Changjin Lake.

Although there was no way to see the combat situation outside, the information sent through the tactical data link was very clear about the battle results.

The US strategic bomber flew in vain, not only burning tens of thousands of gallons of fuel, but also wasting dozens of missiles.

"Platform leader, is it time for us to get on?"

"Go? Get a bird!"

Fang Weimin was stunned and found that new information appeared on the screen.

On the battlefield, artillery fire that was still "named" to the US Marine Scouts began to extend southward.

Equipped with a 55-diameter 155mm howitzer, the maximum range of ordinary shells can reach 30 kilometers, the bottom-row extended range bomb can reach 39 kilometers, and the bottom-row rocket extended range bomb can reach 10 kilometers. If the latest ground "long-range strike shells" are used, the range can be increased to an astonishing 59 kilometers!

It is probably only the Republic Army that has the courage to equip such powerful artillery battalions.

The shelling continued, and the offensive orders did not appear.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Li Wen was so angry that he gritted his teeth. If he continued to fight like this, when they went into battle, there would probably be only some shrimp soldiers and crab generals left.

"Platform leader, the air defense battalion is coming."

"Air Defense Battalion?" Li Wen stared at the center's main screen with wide eyes, "What are they doing?"

"It must be dealing with the U.S. military and local unmanned reconnaissance aircraft." Fang Weimin smiled bitterly, "Maybe, we have several U.S. military unmanned reconnaissance aircraft on our heads. I have to say that we have to thank that old guy Rumsfield."

"Who is Rumsfield?"

"When Bush's term as the Secretary of Defense was proposed, he proposed the transformation of the US military and laid off many projects in the mainland for rah--66, agss, and the 'Crusader's self-propelled howitzers in the mainland, greatly reducing the firepower of the US Army and the Marine Corps. Without him, we would have to face the 'Crusader' in groups at this time, and life would definitely be difficult."

"Is our 'God of War' powerful?"

"That's not sure."

Li Wen smiled coldly and didn't really believe Fang Weimindi's words.

On the battlefield, the forward FM-211 missile launcher stopped about 2 meters away from the armored cluster, and the fire-controlled radar antenna set at the top of the turret quickly pointed to the south sky. Soon, several air defense missiles rose from the vertical launch system at the back of the turret and turned back to hit several "birds" in the air.

The unmanned reconnaissance aircraft operated by US military officers and soldiers in the rear had no time to avoid the air defense missiles that were coming.

The biggest problem with dealing with unmanned reconnaissance aircraft is the same as dealing with cruise missiles. The difficulty of discovery is far greater than shooting down. As long as you can discover it, shooting down the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft will become easy.

After knocking down one of the "eyes" of the US military, the battlefield situation became extremely beneficial to the Republican Army.

While the radar of the air defense system was still searching for air targets, the brigade headquarters directly issued an offensive order to the participating troops.

Seeing the information that appeared on the screen, Li Wen took a deep breath and paid special attention to the time.

7:33:1 second.

It took only 311 minutes from the time the armored cluster entered the offensive position to the launch of the attack.

For the most intense tank battle in the Peninsula War, half an hour of preparation is not long! (To be continued,)

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