This air battle did not last long. After 40 minutes, everyone returned home. The American fleet suffered too many losses. There were only 8 bombers left, all of which were injured. More than 80 fighter jets were lost and they were no longer able to fight.
The federal planes did not pursue the American planes. After driving them to the south bank of the Skagit River, they stopped pursuing them.
This is not because the federal pilots are more benevolent, but the current number of federal aircraft is relatively small. Half of them are carrier-based aircraft on federal navy aircraft carriers. If they enter the US air defense position in order to hunt down American aircraft, the gain will outweigh the loss if they are shot down. Anyway,
The current task of the federal naval aviation and the federal air force in the Vancouver area is to protect this bridgehead from being captured and destroyed by the US military.
Three days later, a large number of U.S. aircraft once again attempted to attack the Port of Vancouver. This time they were divided into two groups. About 80 U.S. fighter jets covered 20 B-17s flying from the south, and the main force of the air attack was 50 B-17s flying in the same number.
Under the cover of fighter jets, they quietly entered Canadian airspace and circled for more than 200 kilometers, trying to break through the federal army's air defense circle from the east of Vancouver.
However, this tactic is really of little use under the federal air radar search. Those huge bomber groups flying above 6,000 meters have been displayed on the radar screen as early as more than 200 kilometers away. The federal air force and navy
There was more than half an hour of preparation time to deploy aircraft and formulate interception tactics, and even if some bombers among these aircraft broke through the first line of defense, there were still hundreds of anti-aircraft guns on the ground waiting for them.
The U.S. Army Air Forces' second air raid on Vancouver ended in complete failure again after losing half of its fighters and two-thirds of its bombers. Not only did it fail to cause any substantial damage to the Vancouver port area, it also shot down at least 200
There are multiple fighters and bombers. Even if the US military is fighting on the mainland, such a large aircraft consumption cannot be replenished in a few days, not to mention that most of the pilots and crew members who parachuted fell into enemy-occupied areas.
, less than one-fifth of the people were rescued.
On the other hand, the naval aviation and air force combat aircraft of the South China Sea Federation only lost more than 20 aircraft, a ratio of almost 10:1, and the number of their pilot casualties was even less. As long as the aircraft did not explode in the air or the pilot was shot and killed, it would basically be a loss.
After coming down, you will be rescued by federal ground troops.
In addition, another South China Sea Federation transport fleet sailed from the Hawaiian Islands into the Port of Vancouver. Not only did they bring more Federal Air Force fighters and bombers, but more than 200 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and self-propelled artillery were also on board.
The arrival of these ground-based anti-aircraft artillery fire and aircraft caused the federal army's air defense force in the Vancouver Port area to increase instead of decrease.
In addition to these conventional weapons and equipment, this transport fleet also brought a new weapon to the federal forces stationed in the Vancouver port area. This thing is somewhat like a land-based radar station. It has a rotating iron rod more than ten meters high.
The shelf has 12 butterfly antennas arranged 4 horizontally and 3 vertically.
Different from ordinary radar stations, the operators of this new radar are all technicians assigned by the Ministry of Defense. They wear a brand-new federal military uniform. In addition to the color being different from the federal army, navy and air force, the black armbands are also eye-catching.
Embroidered with a red lightning bolt.
These forces are a newly established force of the South China Sea Federation. They are temporarily under the direct command of the Ministry of National Defense. Its full name is "Electronic Assisted Research and Development Department". Don't listen to this ambiguous name. The main function of this force is very simple.
Electronic countermeasures forces use electronic equipment to interfere with and mislead the enemy's electronic equipment.
The inventor of this force is our President Liu Fu. Of course, he just gave the federal military’s radio research department a reminder: If radio waves can be used to detect enemy aircraft or ships, can it
What about using radio waves to interfere with enemy radar or communication equipment?
Following his idea, federal radio experts quickly developed a radio interference device. After several years of testing and improvement, it became a device that could capture enemy radio waves, then analyze its working frequency, and then
A radio jamming system that uses higher-power same-frequency radio waves to interfere with enemy receiving devices, the Federal Ministry of Defense named it "Shrew".
Since this system is relatively professional to operate and use, and many parameters must be calculated by personnel who are proficient in radio, this system did not directly enter the federal military service. Instead, a special department was set up separately to collect information from various federal agencies.
The communications departments of the military services transferred some personnel, and then the federal radio research department sent some technicians to help operate and use this "Vixen" system while training the world's first electronic warfare troops for the federal army.
What was shipped to Vancouver this time were 5 sets of "Shrews" and their operating teams. They will be installed at 5 high-altitude locations around the Vancouver port area to monitor and analyze enemy communications in this area.
, while comprehensively interfering with the enemy's air raid fleet.
The high-power transmitting antenna of the "Shrew" system can form a strong interference area in a certain band in a three-dimensional cone area with an angle of 60 degrees within a distance of 100 kilometers. Radars and radios working in this band will be unable to receive and transmit normal signals.
Radio signals, in severe cases, may even burn out electronic components due to signal overload.
In fact, the federal Ministry of Defense sent this unit to the front line mainly for actual combat testing. Most officials of the Ministry of Defense were very dissatisfied with spending a lot of federal military expenditures to support such a group of "waste", but due to the
Liu Fu's prestige was hard to say, so now that he had this opportunity to make this "waste" army stand out, he quickly brought them over.
Although it was assigned to the front line, the level of confidentiality of this "shrew" unit is still very high. Even the Commander-in-Chief of the Vancouver Port Area does not know what this unit is used for. He received a letter from the Ministry of National Defense
The order is to protect this force at the highest level, provide sufficient power and supplies, give priority to enemy situation notifications, and give the highest priority to retreat.
These "shrew" operators with technical backgrounds have nothing to worry about. As long as you install the antenna in the position they say and provide enough power, they will be happy to sit in the computer room all day long and listen to the irregular electronic noise.
, looking at those twisting and turning waveform displays, they don’t care at all about when to join the battle, when there will be an enemy attack, and so on.
Just when everyone had almost forgotten the existence of these people, suddenly one day the head of this unit, a Department of Defense technical officer with the rank of brigadier general, handed a report to the Commander of the Vancouver Garrison. The main body of this report was
A military map of the Vancouver area, with just a few crosses drawn on the map with a red pencil.
According to the Department of Defense technical official, at these forks, there are radio stations on different frequencies than federal military radio stations, and they have been active in the past few days.
Although the technical officer spoke convoluted technical terms, the federal garrison commander still understood his general meaning. He was saying that enemy radio stations are active in the crossed places, and every day
Report them all to the outside world!
As long as you are in an enemy-occupied area, it is unrealistic to try to catch all the local spies. Unless you drive away or kill all the local people, how can you use it in a city where you are unfamiliar with your life?
Quickly identify who is the enemy and who is an ordinary citizen?
Therefore, generally occupying forces will closely guard those particularly critical areas, such as warehouses, oil warehouses, grain warehouses, airports, stations, etc., and strictly prohibit non-members from approaching. As for other things, the army is powerless.
It's the job of the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Defense.
However, these enemy espionage personnel are still very capable of destroying the occupying force. They can transmit information on the occupying force's defense focus, troop deployment, material transportation, fortification construction and other information to the enemy through wireless telegrams, so that the enemy can pass through
Use these data to analyze the reality and reality of the occupying forces. (To be continued...)
