Since the front line has moved with the Empire's offensive, Polaris Squadron has about ten minutes of flight time from navigation point three to navigation point four.
Considering that this operation requires fighter aircraft to stay in the mission area for a long time, there is no need for the Polaris Squadron to be too fast. At this time, it only needs to maintain a sufficient altitude and fly over at the most fuel-efficient speed.
To be honest, since everything in the operation has a certain time point, even if Polaris speeds up and reaches the rendezvous point in advance, it can only hover there and wait for friendly forces to join.
So, while he was in a hurry, Wang Yu turned on the autothrottle and set the fighter plane to an altitude that followed the navigation path and maintained the autopilot mode. He lowered his head and opened the kneeboard and looked at the target of this operation - the valley.
The fortress in.
There is information synchronized during the briefing process on the kneeboard, which naturally also includes information about the fortress.
Judging from the three-dimensional display, the fortress was built in a relatively narrow place in the valley, directly cutting off the access roads in the valley. The front side of the fortress is a thick reinforced concrete wall of about 20 meters, which connects the left and right
The mountain walls on both sides are like a dam across the valley.
But there are no fire points on the dam. There are several heavy fire points and many hidden light fire points on the upper part of the front wall of the fortress. The fire coverage on the wall and inside the fire points can directly cover almost all areas in front of the fort.
The small permanent bunkers on both sides can completely control the road to the fort.
On both sides of the fortress, there are steep mountain walls of about 70 degrees. The mountains on both sides have become natural barriers on both sides of the fortress. What is more interesting is that the engineering troops who built the fortress even reinforced these two mountains and placed them on the fortress.
Many semi-open-air fortifications were dug on the cliff to provide anti-aircraft firepower to protect the fortress.
Between the main wall and the mountain walls on both sides is the core area of the fortress. In addition to some tracks used for material transfer or equipment deployment, you can also see many supporting facilities. Judging from the scale,
This core area can obviously place a large force. In addition to the internal buildings that can clearly be seen as heavy equipment warehouses, there is even a simple runway with a lift. Obviously, this fortress was also designed during the design process.
There is an air force stationed there.
Behind the fortress is a wall that is not as tall as the front wall. The road that passes through the interior of the fortress leaves here, and not far behind the fortress is the entrance to the "Rocky" Tunnel.
"This thing is really a monster." Wang Yu marveled while carefully looking at the fortress's information and possible firepower deployment, "I have to say that when the Tavos Alliance was still there, it was really committed to developing this kind of big monster.
Toys."
"This fortress didn't play any role at the time, but now it has become a nail blocking our progress." Liu Lingxin seemed to have her own opinion on this thing, "I read the historical story of this fortress before setting off. At that time, it was Taiwo
When the Tavos Alliance was in turmoil, several city-states in the south declared independence one after another. Therefore, in order to cut off their communication with the north and prevent them from controlling the main transportation routes, the Tevos Alliance spent a lot of money to build this fortress here. p>
"Then what?" Wang Yu asked curiously without reading this story.
"Then? Just a few months after the construction was completed, the Tavos Alliance disintegrated, and all the troops originally stationed here were withdrawn. Later, they were taken over by troops from independent city-states in the north, and became the independent city-states in the north.
Guarding the main road is the key to controlling north-south trade."
Liu Lingxin replied.
"Good guy, what you spent a lot of money to build ended up being used as a wedding dress for others." Wang Yu complained, "But I think this fortress is probably just a product of a specific period at the beginning, and it doesn't have much effect in the face of modern war.
Function."
"Yes, so the existence of this fortress now can only delay our troops, not block them." Liu Lingxin shrugged.
"This is No. 2. I have a question." Luo Yu joined the conversation, "Why can't we let the troops withdraw to a safe area, and then we drop a cloud explosion bomb to deal with this closed fortress? Cloud explosion bombs
Isn’t the effect very good?”
"This..." Wang Yu hesitated: "I'm not sure, maybe it's some political considerations."
"Political considerations?" Luo Yu repeated.
"In recent days, several major countries have not held conferences, saying that they are preparing to sign a treaty on the comprehensive reduction of weapons of mass destruction for the sake of world peace." Wang Yu recalled the news he watched two days ago: "In addition to nuclear weapons, cloud
Conventional bombs such as explosive bombs and thermobaric bombs are also within the restricted range, so I think the empire will not take the initiative to use this stuff at such a time."
He didn't say anything - after all, even a big country still wants to lose face.
"Huh?" Luo Yu made a puzzled voice: "An arms restriction treaty? Isn't this kind of treaty usually signed by a bunch of small countries that don't have similar weapons, but big countries that have similar weapons don't sign at all?" p>
"This time is different. I heard that the empire and the Asia Federation jointly called for it."
Wang Yu was muttering in his heart when he explained. In fact, he didn't quite understand why the world's two major superpowers, the owners of the largest number of weapons of destruction, suddenly had a seizure and began to promote "Let's reduce weapons of destruction for the sake of love and peace."
After all, this is considered an act of giving up deterrence measures, but this outrageous thing did happen.
"Perhaps there are considerations from above." Luo Yu replied.
"Of course there may be another reason why thermobaric bombs or cloud explosive bombs are not used." Wang Yu added, "After all, if such a large-scale weapon destroys the structure of the fortress and the door cannot be opened, then send it
."
"So we have to take risks." Liu Lingxin added.
"Relax, no matter what, we are more comfortable than the army. They have to face the firepower point directly." Wang Yu smiled: "Anyway, the chat is almost over. We are almost at the rendezvous point. Switch the frequency and contact friendly forces.
Troops."
Liu Lingxin adjusted the radio to the corresponding frequency, and Wang Yu began to call the friendly air unit for this mission—an aviation squadron from a naval air station in a certain seaport city.
Interestingly enough, this squadron named Fengxing is from Hainan Airlines, so this can be considered a cooperative mission.
"The three fighters of Fengxing Squadron and Polaris arrived at the rendezvous point as planned."
"Received, this is the No. 1 aircraft of Fengxing Squadron, codenamed Fengxing. Four Su-33s have converged as planned. I am very happy to cooperate with you." After a moment of silence, someone responded on the radio channel.
"Codename Fengxing?" Wang Yu asked: "You and your squadron should come up with a name... Well, those things are fine anyway. Join us and join the formation. We are ready to move to the war zone."
"Understood, join from your right wing."
After a while, a formation of four Su-33 fighter jets appeared on the right side of Polaris, gradually approached, and then joined the large formation about two nautical miles behind Polaris Squadron.
"We will follow you." The other party's leader replied.
Therefore, the Polaris Squadron turned to the war zone and reported to the early warning aircraft that the rendezvous was completed and the entry into the war zone had begun.
The early warning aircraft determined the time of their arrival and then contacted the ground troops - so that the elite ground troops, who had been silent for several hours after the assembly was completed, began to move along the road.
The outposts along the road leading to the fort have basically been cleared, so the ground troops can smoothly approach the fort area. However, before starting a strong attack, the air troops still need to suppress it.
Behind the fortress, the paratroopers who landed at night have also gathered, preparing to enter the fortress from the rear and open the fortress gate to the main force while the front is fighting.
Without further ado, the moment the main force turned around a ridge and saw the high wall of the fortress, the communication in the sky was received on time.
Two squadrons, Polaris and Fengxing, arrived at the scene and were about to begin the attack mission.
"This is the frontline command on the ground. Thank you for coming." The ground began to provide guidance to the air forces: "Your primary goal is to suppress the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower. Our JTAC has moved to the top of the mountain on both sides of the fortress. They will use lasers.
Instruct your attack targets and provide necessary guidance. At this stage, we will temporarily hold our troops stationary. After you clear the air defense, we will advance to the fortress. Your point-to-point air support will be needed then. Switch to channel 6 and contact JTAC.
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"Understood, suppress the air defense positions, switch channels."
Wang Yu said to the pilots of the air force who are responsible for carrying out air-to-ground air defense suppression.
He was carrying an electromagnetic gun this time, and Luo Yu was carrying an ADMM system, so the task of suppressing the ground was not their responsibility. Murong Lan and the four Su-33s of Fengxing Squadron, in addition to armor-piercing bombs for attacking fortresses, also
They carry several laser-guided missiles, so they are responsible for the task of suppressing air defense.
Murong Lan quickly separated from the Polaris Squadron formation, and she will lead the Fengxing Squadron to complete the air defense suppression mission for a period of time.
In order to ensure the mission status, Wang Yu stayed in the JTAC channel.
Since it is not close air support, there is no need to use the nine-line report. At this time, the JTAC only needs to point out the laser code and provide illumination, and the missile will automatically find the location of the laser illumination and attack.
Through the IR field of view, Murong Lan took the lead in discovering several laser indicator lines that were extremely conspicuous in the pod's field of view - these lines started from the top of the mountain and extended downward to indicate several locations in the fortress. It was obvious that these had already been
Exposed air defense positions, and JTAC reported the codes of these lasers one after another.
Although the coding has been explained in the previous briefing, it is always correct to confirm it again.
Murong Lan quickly assigned tasks, so each fighter plane chose an independent laser code to ensure that the task could be completed with the least amount of ammunition.
After a while, the four aircraft of the Fengxing Squadron reported that the laser-guided missile lock was completed.
Five laser beams shine on five air defense positions, and each fighter plane launches exactly one missile.
Murong Lan looked at her missile interface to make sure it had been locked and entered the range, and then she took the lead in pressing the launch button.
"Polaris 3, Rifle!"
Rifle is the launch code name of the air-to-surface missile.
A thick missile was launched from her fighter pylon, accelerated to the highest level in a short period of power, and then used inertia to rush towards the ground at high speed.
As soon as she said this in the channel, the four pilots of Fengxing Squadron also launched missiles one after another.
At one time, five missiles were aimed at the laser marking point and each rushed towards the target.
The missile was still high in the sky when the missile was launched. The enemy troops in the fortress could only vaguely hear the roar of the engine and could not see the existence of the aircraft at all. They had no idea that the disaster had come.
Naturally, they cannot see the invisible laser. Even if they can see it, they will not be able to adjust the deployment position of the air defense positions in a short period of time.
After about ten seconds, the missiles hit their targets one after another.
The first batch to be hit were the "Tor" close-in defense missiles. These air defense missile systems can launch 9M331 missiles to attack targets more than ten kilometers away. They all turned into burning wreckage without firing a single bomb. They are the main enemy of helicopters.
, destroying these things in the first batch can allow the empire’s army aviation troops to join the battle with confidence during the subsequent attack.
The targets in the field of view of each aircraft suddenly burst into flames in a burst of explosions.
"The first batch of targets were all destroyed!" JTAC personnel reported in real time, "Switch to the second batch of targets."
The laser position was adjusted and pointed at the second batch of targets.
The troops stationed in the fortress may be the enemy's last remaining elite troops, so they reacted quickly and immediately began to adjust their deployment positions and prepare to move. However, this is laser guidance. As long as you are not fast, the laser can keep following the target until it is reached.
The missile was successfully guided to the target.
On this point, the Cobra helicopter that was blown down by Wang Yu with a GBU laser-guided bomb said that he had a say.
Bombs can adjust their trajectory, let alone missiles.
As expected, the second batch of targets were destroyed instantly, before they even moved far.
In this way, the currently exposed anti-aircraft firepower of the fortress is destroyed, the air forces can lower their altitude and prepare to perform close air support, and the ground forces can also begin to advance.
"The air force has completed ground suppression and the mission has entered the second phase."
Wang Yu told the ground command, and then he asked the fighter planes of the two squadrons to descend to an altitude of two thousand meters and circle over the valley in batches, preparing to use various bombs, missiles, electromagnetic guns and even machine guns to support the ground troops. Due to the existence of the machine girls, they don't have to worry about missile attacks from the blind spot.
Armed helicopters belonging to the Army Aviation Force flew out along the valley, then slightly adjusted their positions and launched Hellfire missiles towards the exposed fire points in the direction of the fortress.
At the same time, mechanized troops also began to deploy at the bottom of the valley, preparing to attack.