Asia's drone swarm attack was successfully resisted by the Imperial Army.
This also means that Asia's plan to rely on drones to break through the empire's defense lines has been shattered.
Detection from the empire revealed that the transport planes that were likely to be full of Asia paratroopers and used to conduct raids on Stonehenge and the dome base did not choose to enter the site, but began to wander outside the reach of the imperial army.
But they obviously haven't given up yet. They must be waiting for the air fortress to come on stage and give it another try.
Asia's combat plan had some problems at this time. Originally, they should have immediately brought in the air fortress when the drone swarm consumed a lot of the empire's strength, and used its powerful combat power to achieve the purpose of breaking through the empire's defense line.
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But now, their air fortress is still flying here hundreds of nautical miles away.
Based on the speed we are seeing so far, it is estimated that it will take some time.
So this gave the Imperial Army time to resupply and rest.
The pilot who just had a fierce battle with the drone can return to resupply and rest for a while before taking off again.
According to the empire's estimates - based on the current flight speed of the air fortress and the range of the air fortress weapon estimated by the empire's intelligence department, it should take several hours for Asia's ultimate weapon to reach a distance that can pose a sufficient threat.
Therefore, all troops can complete supplies calmly.
When Asia's ultimate weapon appears within the range of the imperial army, it will receive a warm welcome.
Of course, the empire cannot guarantee that Asia will not send a second batch of weapons such as drones to launch an attack, so it is still necessary to keep alerts in the sky at all times to ensure the safety of Stonehenge.
Wang Yu, Luo Yu and a few fighter planes are the units remaining in the airspace to guard.
Because of the nature of the fighter's special weapons, Wang Yu and Luo Yu had sufficient ammunition at this time. Wang Yu only consumed about two-thirds of the electromagnetic artillery shells, and Luo Yu's ADMM weapon system only fired a few rounds.
That's all, they can still handle two to three battles of the same scale as before.
The other few fighters simply have large ammunition loads and consume less ammunition when fighting drones in the past.
They patrolled back and forth along a straight route at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
Half an hour later, the air fortress got closer, but Asia still did not launch an attack.
Wang Yu and others, who had been conducting combat patrols for a period of time, did not find any trace of Asia's fighter planes or drones. On the situational awareness interface, there was only Asia's approaching air fortress.
The first batch of pilots who returned for resupply had already filled their fighter planes with ammunition and fuel, and had also gotten some rest. They were preparing to take off at this time, so after the early warning aircraft reconfirmed the safety of the airspace, they decided to use these to complete the flight.
The supply fighter plane went to replace Wang Yu and others whose fighter plane was almost approaching the warning fuel level.
As a result, Wang Yu and others were notified and they were allowed to return to the ship to resupply.
"Phew, we are safe, albeit temporarily."
Wang Yu said to everyone in the channel: "But I can rest for a while."
"It will definitely be a hard battle waiting for Asia's air fortress to appear." Luo Yu continued: "Speaking of which, there is a more serious question, have you thought of it?"
"What do you mean?"
"The empire does not have the specific parameters of the Aisiya Air Fortress. In fact, we still don't know what weapons the Aisiya people carry on that super weapon." Luo Yu's tone was a little solemn: "I say this to you.
You should understand."
"Yes, the current knowledge we have about the air fortress is only the information we obtained from close observation that day." Wang Yu nodded: "But, apart from what we know, what hidden weapons does Asia's air fortress have?
We don’t have the slightest information on what improvements they made to the air fortress during this period, or even the power and defense of the air fortress—the things speculated by the intelligence department are just speculation after all, and they are not comprehensive."
"Ah? What if there are weapons on the air fortress that are similar to the laser cannons last time? If we don't know about these things, wouldn't we suffer heavy losses?" Liu Lingxin exclaimed.
"The help of our organic girls may be okay, but those ordinary pilots..."
Luo Yu sighed softly: "But we can think of these things, there is no reason why our superiors can't think of them."
"So when the air fortress enters the attack range, the fighters in the air and the ships on the sea will launch a joint attack at the same time, and then shoot it down with saturation firepower." Wang Yu said: "Silence the air fortress in Asia before it fires.
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Luo Yu said hesitantly: "The key is... what if the range of the air fortress is longer than the range here?"
Wang Yu frowned and thought for a moment: "This means that the air fortress has the ability to launch a beyond visual range attack on us, and this attack may come at any time, for example, when we gather together later, for example
Now..."
Just when Wang Yu was analyzing the situation like a crow's mouth, the No. 2 radio set on the communication channel between the fighter plane and the early warning aircraft suddenly sounded, and they heard the urgent call of the intelligence officer of the early warning aircraft.
"Attention! Emergency! Our radar has detected a high-speed flying object that is rapidly approaching your airspace! The direction is that of the air fortress. It should be some kind of weapon launched by the air fortress!"
Before Wang Yu could finish what he said, he was interrupted by the urgent shout of the early warning aircraft. He asked at that time: "What is this? The new Asia drone?"
"No, it's too fast. It can't be an enemy plane... This thing is coming towards you, and it's still accelerating..."
Wang Yu had never heard the intelligence officer of this early warning aircraft speak so urgently. Apparently, the incoming thing had given him enough shock.
The rough voice of the intelligence officer was still heard on the channel: "What the hell is this?! A missile launched by an air fortress? Impossible, there is no way there is a missile with such a long range and such a speed. It is a hundred nautical miles away."
, this thing's current speed has exceeded Mach 8, it is still accelerating, and it is getting closer to you!"
A missile launched a hundred nautical miles away can accelerate to Mach 8 in a short period of time. Currently, no conventional missile can do this. The only ones that can do this are those strategic-level ballistic missiles.
But even Asia's air fortress is not a platform that can launch ballistic missiles.
The words of the AWACS intelligence officer immediately alerted all the pilots present.
Wang Yu was also shocked. Isn't it true? He had just told Luo Yu and the others whether there would be over-the-horizon attack methods on the Aisiya Air Fortress, but the Aisians confirmed their guess by directly attacking?
This is a bit outrageous.
While they were surprised, they heard the intelligence officer shouting, "The height of that thing has dropped a bit, and it has already reached your twenty nautical mile range. Anyway, you climb up immediately! Now climb up at full speed!"
Almost at the moment when the intelligence officer of the early warning aircraft issued this warning, Wang Yu and the others also heard the warning from the aircraft girl. A fusiform object comparable in size to a fighter jet was rapidly approaching the airspace.
The double warnings from the early warning aircraft and the drone left no room for doubt.
Wang Yu and Luo Yu didn't even think about it at this moment. They immediately pushed the accelerator full and then pulled the lever to climb up.
At the same time, there were other fighter planes climbing upwards.
No matter what it is, they all know that if it can be used at a time like this, it will definitely not be a low-threat thing.
This is obviously another decisive weapon on the air fortress, and its power must be no less than that of the laser cannon.
"About to arrive, five, four, three, two, one..."
At the moment when the intelligence officer's countdown in the communication channel ended, Wang Yu suddenly saw a sudden flash of light somewhere in the airspace behind his fighter at an altitude of about seven thousand meters, and then, there was a flash of light that was even stronger than sunlight.
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In a ten thousandth of a second, at the center of this intense flash, a rapidly expanding fireball suddenly erupted out of thin air in the originally clear and translucent sky - even the naked eye could not see the expansion of the fireball.
speed.
In an instant, the fireball filled the entire sky.
The red light reflected the cockpits of the two fighter planes, and Wang Yu and Luo Yu felt as if the entire sky was on fire.
The violent shock wave spread at supersonic speed in an instant and swept around.
The two fighter planes were like small boats swaying in the storm. Under the impact of the shock wave, the two struggled to control the fighter planes to ensure that the fighters would not lose control. In fact, the moment the shock wave arrived, the entire fighter plane had been "
"Pushed away" for tens of meters, accompanied by violent vibrations, it quickly began to fall downwards.
"Fuck..."
Wang Yu quickly tried to control the fighter plane, but the plane that he usually controlled easily was extremely heavy at this time. Operations such as pedaling the rudder and pressing the lever could only weakly change the attitude of the fighter plane at this time. In the blink of an eye,
The fighter plane fell several hundred meters.
Moreover, Wang Yu felt that there seemed to be some problem with the power of the fighter plane.
This was certainly not his imagination. The fighter jet's engine made a heavy friction sound just moments after the explosion. If you look carefully, you will find that the rear nozzle has begun to emit black smoke, which represents insufficient combustion.
"The surrounding air becomes thinner instantly, the engine air intake is insufficient, and there is a possibility of surge!"
Erin's exclamation confirmed this. The explosion just now sucked away all the oxygen in the airspace.
If it weren't for the fact that the interior of the fighter plane was not an independent space, just this moment would make people suffocate.
Wang Yu bit his lip.
Without looking back, he could see the scale of the explosion through his rearview mirror.
If they had been slower, or if they had not climbed in an emergency just now, they would probably have been directly involved in the explosion.
But fortunately, as he moved away from the explosion range, the fighter's controllability improved a bit.
Wang Yu struggled to control the fighter plane and returned to level flight, and then he immediately called his teammates on the channel.
Luo Yu immediately replied: "I'm fine, the fighter plane is fine too, where are you?"
Wang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. The communication channel was still working, which meant that there was no electromagnetic storm. It seemed that the big explosion was not a nuclear weapon.
"It's normal here." He also replied, so that Luo Yu shouldn't worry.
Then he waited for the answers from other teammates, but after waiting for a long time, the channel was still silent.
At this moment, the power of the explosion slowly faded away, and the fireball like another sun gradually dissipated.
The shock wave and combustion formed a near-vacuum environment in the explosion area. After the explosion, a large amount of air rushed in to fill the vacuum. For a time, around this small airspace, there was even a storm like a storm.
Such power.
The two fighters still in the sky were affected by the torrent of the storm. Wang Yu and Luo Yu had no time to check the situation of other teammates. They had to always pay attention to the flight attitude of their fighters to avoid losing control.
The fighter plane may have suffered hidden damage, and it may even crash directly if you are not careful.
Finally, the turbulence of the storm gradually subsided, and calm returned to the sky.
"It seems... no one else survived." Wang Yu asked Irene to confirm the surrounding situation. When he learned that only his and Luo Yu's fighter planes were still flying in the sky, even he felt a little heavy in his heart: "There are no friendly forces.
react to."
"What exactly is this?" Luo Yu asked on the channel, "Is it some kind of new weapon of the enemy?"
"I'm not sure either." Wang Yu shook his head subconsciously. He then contacted the early warning aircraft, which was anxiously waiting for the results: "The early warning aircraft, that was an explosive weapon launched from the air fortress, just produced a violent explosion near us.
explode."
"My radar was briefly interfered with for a moment. Are you okay? How is the situation?"
"We... Polaris 2 and I are normal, but the fighter planes may be injured secretly. The remaining friendly fighter planes..." Wang Yu was silent for a moment: "They failed to escape."
The intelligence officer of the early warning aircraft was also silent. After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "I understand. I will report this information to my superiors truthfully. You just said that your fighter plane may be damaged? Then return immediately and take over your friendly forces.
It’s already taken off.”
"Well, we know." Wang Yu subconsciously reminded: "But friendly forces had better keep their distance and not gather in a small airspace. We were attacked just because we wanted to gather together and retreat. Also, you have to continue to attack Ai
I am worried that they have similar equipment. This time my wingman and I survived, but we may not be so lucky next time."
"You don't need to say it, we will naturally pay more attention to it." The early warning aircraft ended the call: "Return to the base."