At the moment when the convoy was attacked, Wang Yu finally understood.
Any kind of general deterrence is useless. The militants in this town don't take the fighter planes flying in the sky seriously at all.
According to the intelligence, although the armed forces in this town are warlords, they are not big figures who hold military power and control a party in the ordinary sense, but a small force operating under the warlords in the central part of the continent.
It can only be said to be a group of organized militants.
To put it simply, they are armed, but not as powerful as the big warlords.
The central region of the continent used to be an area with relatively complicated conflicts within the Tavos National Alliance. After the disintegration of the Tavos Alliance, the distribution of forces in this area was intertwined, and there were many warlords. Even if the Star Alliance Empire included this area in its territory, It is only a nominal control, and there is no ability to actually control it at all.
The imperial military is reluctant to personally disrupt this delicately balanced situation. In order to prevent the army from getting stuck in this quagmire, it naturally has no time to wade into this muddy water.
Therefore, this group of militants controls the few roads into the Diat Gobi. It is usually through this method that they make a fortune and maintain the operation of their own organization.
Now, they are setting their sights on the empire's transport fleet.
Perhaps it is because the imperial military usually does not pay much attention to this place, so they have become bolder.
Relying on the support of the big warlords behind them, they did not take the empire seriously at all.
"Strike the eagle, here are the hunters."
After the convoy was attacked, Wang Yu only flew in the air and waited for a moment before hearing the voice of the "Hunter" again.
"Strike Eagle received it, please speak."
"Determine the location of friendly forces. Can you see a cylindrical tower in the city from the air?" JTAC began to help Wang Yu identify friend or foe according to the prescribed process. "The tower is brown-red, with an open-air platform and a big clock on it. There is an open space and two warehouse-type buildings around it."
Wang Yu was about to tilt the fuselage and start searching in the town, but Eileen said directly: "In the southeast of the town, near the edge, it should be the place described by the ground personnel."
Good guy, this completely saved Wang Yu from searching. He looked at the location described by Eileen and found a building consistent with the JTAC's description. So he immediately replied: "Confirm identification, located in the southeast of the town, cylindrical. Brown-red tower."
"Beautiful, this is where we are." The JTAC immediately said, "There are also our personnel stationed in the surrounding buildings for defense, so in your subsequent attack, please be sure to avoid dropping bombs here. ”
You must know that when fighter planes fly at an altitude of more than a thousand meters, everything on the ground will become very small. When dropping bombs, you must know the location of friendly forces in advance so that the attack route can avoid the location of friendly forces as much as possible. If you do not
If you figure it out and start attacking directly - it's okay for the guided bombs such as GBU-12 or JDAM that Wang Yu and Liu Lingxin will use. If you use ordinary bombs to drop bombs in CCIP mode, it will be easy to kill your teammates with one bomb.
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In short, confirming the location of friendly forces is the most basic process.
No matter what weapon you use, as long as you want to perform the CAS mission, you have to do it again.
"Location of friendly forces confirmed." Wang Yu confirmed.
"Very good, now you have nothing to worry about. Strike Eagle, we have obtained attack authorization from our superiors, allowing us to guide you to carry out precise attacks on the militants in this town to make them give up coveting our convoy——
To put it simply, we have a job for you, are you ready to accept the Nine Elements Report?"
The nine-line report is the standard format that needs to be used when the ground forces direct air fire support. Because it is divided into nine different report contents, it is also called the nine-line report. In this report, it includes the pilot's ground attack
Everything you need to know, where to enter, where to leave, who needs to be attacked, the specific coordinates of the attack, etc.
Wang Yu said yes, and Liu Lingxin immediately scratched on her tablet to prepare for recording.
"OK, Strike Eagle, the nine-line report is as follows - start from the Delta point located in the southwest of the town. The target is 6.5 nautical miles away from the entry point, bearing 045, height 5 meters. The target type is a building, which is the main target for militants in this town.
At the stronghold, they are currently gathering. The coordinates are as follows... There is no guidance code. The friendly forces are located far away from the target. After the attack is completed, they will break away to the northeast and return to the starting point. Can you accept the remarks?"
(The real nine-line report is much simpler, so it is expanded here to facilitate everyone’s understanding.)
Liu Lingxin lowered her head and recorded the information reported by Jiuxing on her tablet.
Soon she told Wang Yu that she had finished recording.
So Wang Yu said: "I can accept the remarks."
Therefore, the hunter added some additional instructions about this ground mission: "Use JDAM to attack, but remember to let the bomb fall in the middle of the target as much as possible to completely destroy the target."
"Received, heading to the starting point."
After Wang Yu finished speaking, he lowered the nose of the plane and flew towards the starting coordinate point code-named Delta, which was set before the mission and was located in the southwest of the town. He needed to reach this point and then turn to the location of the attack target.
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During this process, Liu Lingxin also completed the work of inputting the coordinates in the nine-line report into the fighter plane. After setting the coordinates as the attack target point, the pod's field of view automatically rotated and locked the target's position.
This is a brick-concrete structure house with a courtyard about the same size as a basketball court.
At this time, in the view of the pod in front of Liu Lingxin, one could see a lot of people crowding around in the courtyard. It seemed that these were the militants described by the hunter. This JDAM shot could kill them and their houses.
Raised.
"So many enemies."
Liu Lingxin was amazed. She adjusted the aiming point of the pod and placed the target between the crowd and the building in order to use a JDAM shot to cause maximum damage. After getting more precise coordinates in the pod, she
This was input into the JDAM bomb - as a guided bomb based on GPS/inertial navigation, JDAM has the ability to accurately strike a specific coordinate point after being dropped, that is, it can be ignored after being dropped. Doesn’t it sound quite high-end?
But in fact, JDAM is simply an MK82 bomb with some navigation kit added.
"Sir, the bomb targeting is completed."
At this time, Wang Yu also flew the fighter plane past the DELTA point. He began to fly straight towards the target. On the screen in front of him, the throwing range of JDAM bombs appeared. This range is related to the height and speed of the fighter plane. Throwing within the range
bomb, the latter will guide itself to a fixed coordinate point.
"Strike Eagle enters, prepare to attack."
"The situation is normal, continue."
Wang Yu received permission from the ground to attack, so he controlled the fighter plane and continued to move forward.
When the HUD in front of him showed that he was within attack range, Wang Yu pressed the weapon release button.
"Pickle, drop the bomb!"
The JDAM bomb hanging on the side fuselage was released. The bomb first fell horizontally for a moment, then adjusted its posture according to its center of gravity, and fell straight towards the target head-down.
Although she said she would throw it away and leave it alone, Liu Lingxin was still observing the target with the pod, preparing to determine the outcome of the attack.
About ten seconds later, a strong flash suddenly flashed on her pod, and a violent explosion erupted at the targeted location. Fireballs and billowing smoke rose from the courtyard that was the target of the attack. p>
The power of a five-hundred-pound JDAM bomb is enough to level this courtyard. As for the people in the courtyard...
Well, there is no way, this is war, if someone lives, someone will die.
The targets were not only the militants who gathered in the yard, but also the brick building next to it. At this time, the building was also affected by the shock wave and collapsed after a while.
The dust and thick smoke generated by the explosion mixed together, making the scene look even more chaotic.
"Confirmed target hit."
Liu Lingxin reported to Wang Yu.
In fact, without her reporting it, Wang Yu had already tilted the fuselage and directly seen the large plume of thick smoke rising from the ground.
"We are escaping to the northeast, preparing to re-enter and wait. Hunter, do you have any other targets for us?"