The attack on the Port of Bali was not the first large-scale thousand-plane bombing organized by the Daheng Empire. In fact, the Army Air Force had organized more than a dozen large-scale thousand-plane bombings before this.
There were more than 500 bombers, and together with the escort fighters, there were thousands of aircraft involved in the operation.
But that was an action of the Army Air Force and had nothing to do with the Navy.
For the navy, this was their first large-scale air attack. In order to prevent this air attack, they deployed twelve aircraft carriers, which was almost half of the aircraft carriers in the Daheng Empire Navy.
The Daheng Empire Navy only had four aircraft carriers in the autumn of the 26th year when the war first broke out. However, new aircraft carriers were built and put into service very quickly. By the winter of the 28th year, the Daheng Empire Navy already has more than 20 aircraft carriers.
Aircraft carrier.
However, these aircraft carriers are not all performing missions in the waters of Kingdom Island. Some of them are being repaired, refitted, or maintained and replenished at domestic shipyards, or they are simply on their way back and forth. Occasionally, there will be a few aircraft carriers currently
Go to other sea areas to perform tasks.
Therefore, there are usually only a dozen or so aircraft carriers that remain on missions in the waters of Kingdom Island.
In this operation, the Daheng Empire Navy has mobilized all the aircraft carriers currently deployed in the waters of Kingdom Island.
In this way, thousands of carrier-based aircraft were concentrated.
The effect was also quite good. The attacking carrier-based aircraft units reported that they had sunk at least sixteen enemy medium and large warships this time.
Among them, it is certain that three battleships were sunk, and six medium and large cruisers were sunk. The other seven battleships cannot be accurately confirmed, and it is not even known whether they were battleships... We do not know whether they were sunk, or whether they were repeated.
In addition to these results, there are a large number of other incidental results. A considerable part of the bomber force is actually used to bomb anti-aircraft firepower, port facilities and warehouses, and these results are even more generous.
While achieving such great results, the attacking troops also suffered losses. More than 80 aircraft were shot down on the spot by ground anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighter jets that scrambled to take off. In addition, more than 40 aircraft were pursued after the attack was completed.
of enemy fighter jets shot down.
b However, the enemy aircraft also suffered heavy losses. Relying on the powerful performance of the Nan 28 fighter jets, they shot down more than a hundred enemy fighter jets. In addition, they also destroyed a large number of enemy aircraft on the ground.
An air raid on the Port of Bali ushered in a new era of air raids in the Daheng Empire!
Because it relies on a new generation of all-metal monoplanes, the Daheng Empire has more outstanding performance from fighter jets to bombers. It can not only comprehensively overwhelm the air force of the Krul Kingdom, but also break through the contemporary Krul Kingdom's air force.
Ground fire and air defense network.
You must know that the ground anti-aircraft firepower of the Port of Bari is quite large, and the opening of fire to meet the enemy was relatively timely, and no major mistakes were made.
Why?
Because the performance of their anti-aircraft guns can no longer keep up with the performance of aircraft!
In the early years, except for the Daheng Empire, few countries actually developed and produced specialized anti-aircraft guns. They all directly modified traditional rapid-fire artillery or heavy machine guns, and then came up with a bunch of so-called anti-aircraft guns.
Machine guns and the like.
At that time, the anti-aircraft firepower was actually sufficient, or even excessive, because the aircraft at that time were even worse...
However, with the continuous development of aircraft performance, the development of anti-aircraft artillery has not been able to keep up.
Especially after the emergence of all-metal monoplanes with faster speeds, stronger anti-strike capabilities, better maneuverability, and more flexibility, a series of contemporary air defense firepower is actually beyond their capabilities.
Not to mention the Kingdom of Krul, the same goes for the Daheng Empire itself. A large number of anti-aircraft guns are actually modified from previous rapid-fire artillery.
Only the 120mm 40x caliber high-level naval gun was specially developed, and other anti-aircraft weapons were actually modified from old weapons.
For example, the 40mm anti-aircraft cannon used as the main anti-aircraft gun for fleet air defense and ground air defense. This thing used to be a 40mm rapid-fire cannon, but later there was a demand for air defense and it was directly modified to be able to shoot into the air. It was used in the past.
The performance seems adequate, but as the performance of aircraft becomes more and more advanced, this anti-aircraft gun can no longer meet the needs of air defense.
It's just that the Daheng Empire's air defense pressure is not strong, so it continues to be used!
While the air raid on Bari Port achieved great results, the Navy quietly began bidding for a new generation of small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns.
Large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, the Daheng Empire Navy has a 120 mm 40-caliber dual-purpose high-level and flat guns, and further down, the 75-mm anti-aircraft guns are too high to be low, so they directly use a large number of 40-mm anti-aircraft guns.
and twenty-millimeter anti-aircraft guns.
Now the Navy is preparing to upgrade the 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft guns, lest the Kruls come out with a bunch of all-metal aircraft one day and attack their fleet.
The Battle of Port of Bari also promoted the peace talks process between the two countries to a certain extent, but it only played a part of the role.
The Daheng Empire's war-promoting peace process was a multi-pronged approach. In addition to attacking the Port of Bari, the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft also attacked Buder Port and many other ports, destroying a large number of warships and other high-value targets.
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At the same time, the Army Air Force further intensified its strategic bombing of Kingdom Island, frequently organizing large-scale bombings of thousands of aircraft, and also invested in a new type of aircraft for bombing. This aircraft was actually a fighter jet that was previously rejected by the Jingzhou Aircraft Company.
Model, after the Jingzhou Aircraft Company failed to select a fighter model, they set up a new aircraft while making changes to the failed plan. The goal of improvement was to increase ground strike capabilities and low-altitude combat capabilities to see if they could obtain
Army orders.
Not to mention, the Army is quite interested in this kind of aircraft.
The Army is currently equipped with many aircraft, including fighter jets, bombers, and even single-engine dive bombers. However, bombers are bombers and fighter jets are fighter jets. There is a clear distinction between the two.
The so-called fighter-bomber concept proposed by Jingzhou Aircraft Company is to equip fighter jets with certain bombing capabilities. They can carry bombs for bombing and throw away bombs for air combat.
b After the Army purchased a hundred or so aircraft and put them into the battlefield on Kingdom Island, they found that the effect was surprisingly good.
There is no need to attack in large formations, just small formations, and then sneak in at a low altitude. When high-value targets are found, bombs are dropped. After dropping bombs, machine guns are used for strafing or hunting.
If it is intercepted by an enemy fighter jet and the bomb is thrown away, the air combat performance is also very good, and the low-altitude performance is quite excellent.
Because of its outstanding performance, the Army increased its purchase of this type of aircraft, further enriching the Army Air Force's bombing methods on Kingdom Island.
Amidst the frequent bombings, the Kingdom of Krul gradually became unable to bear it.
And the Daheng Empire also knows that if the conditions are not relaxed, it is not known how long it will take to end this war. If the war is not ended, money will be wasted every day.
Now the Daheng Empire is feeling huge financial pressure.
What's more, with the continuous strategic bombing, the pilot's losses are actually not small. After the plane was shot down, the pilot was lucky enough to survive, so there is a high probability that he will become a prisoner of war...
When both parties have actual sincerity in negotiating, the progress of the negotiation will speed up.
In March of the twenty-ninth year of Qian Sheng, the Daheng Empire and the Kingdom of Krul finally reached a preliminary agreement on armistice negotiations!