Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1193 Where Did They Come From?
Neither the backward neighbor to the west of Jiaozhi nor the people in the East will react too sensitively to this restrained crossing of the line. The former cannot react, and the latter will not react. Apart from talking nonsense in the media, there is no risk.

The commander of the second-class group looked at him with an idiotic look that he couldn't quite put into words: "General, the situation there is even more complicated..."

"complex?"

Although the garrison commander was more or less familiar with air combat, he originally came from the army.

So I don’t quite understand what the other party meant by “complexity”.

As for him, the air force commander had a little bit of subtle disdain. It was a tradition among the various branches of the American military that everyone disliked each other.

"Yes, Mr. General, it's complicated. If we enter northern Jiaozhi from the west, we will be very close to the Eastern mainland, where the Easterners can deploy more radars. So the problem we encounter is the same as entering from the east by sea - our available attack routes will be drastically compressed. In fact, entering from here is the same as entering from the east. We can only think of a way in the southern half of the inverted triangle in the north of Jiaozhi."

This also makes it impossible to launch a strike against the northern region of North Jiaozhi.

The garrison commander had his own ideas: "No, no, no, my commander, then can't you enter at a low altitude?"

Don't try to fool me. Low-altitude entry is a very common way of air force combat. He is somewhat proud of it.

"That's unlikely, General. If we want to enter the attack zone from the west, we need to fly through a large mountainous area at low altitude. It's a very large area. From a professional point of view, this will bring several big problems."

The commander of Citigroup's Air Force in Jiaozhi emphasized the word "professional" as if he had some hidden meaning.

Without waiting for the garrison commander to ask, he began to explain on his own.

"First of all, this route is much farther than entering from the East! And low-altitude raids consume a lot of fuel, which means that the area we can attack is still limited."

He even explained in detail what the high-high-high and low-low-low combat profiles were.

"Then use long-range combat aircraft!" The commander-in-chief of the garrison blocked the attack with one sentence. The atmosphere gradually became subtle. At this time, it seemed that things were not just about discussing the combat plan.

"The clumsy body of a bomber is extremely unfriendly to low-altitude raids, General."

The design concept of the bomber they could actually use at this time was still derived from the S2, which was not suitable for low-altitude penetration.

"Then use fighter jets! Congress spends so much money on you, you must have such aircraft."

"But that's a vast mountainous area. The danger of low-altitude penetration is far greater than that from the sea, and it doesn't bring more benefits than entering from the sea." Anyway, I don't want to go.

"No, no, no, that's why the people of Jiaozhi can't imagine that we will enter from this direction. This is how we can achieve tactical surprise." No, that won't work. You must go.

"This will only work once, and then the Jiaozhi people will have a way to deal with it. For us who need to carry out long-term and large-scale bombing, taking such a big risk has no practical significance. Mr. General, this is not 1942, and I am not General Doolittle!"

What he meant was that this was not a strategic action like in 1942, where the bombing of the Japanese capital was needed to boost domestic morale. For that kind of strategic action, any price could be paid. However, there was no need to go to great lengths for a tactical action like the bombing of North Jiaozhi, which was only intended to achieve a one-time effect.

"No, my commander, the Jiaozhi people have limited air defense capabilities. Their air defense is more effective now because our attack routes have been compressed. What if they are attacked and wake up? I am just mobilizing their air defense capabilities. Once their defense area increases, the effectiveness of their air defense will drop sharply. You have to understand that when a hedgehog curls up, no animal can do anything to it, but once it starts running, other animals will have more opportunities."

It is said that he is the commander of the garrison, which makes some sense.

Putting aside the operational theory, the evaluation of the air defense force of Beijiaozhi alone makes a lot of sense. At least none of their air defense missiles are mobile, and it is difficult for anti-aircraft artillery units to enter the mountainous areas on the western front, so the only ones that can be effective here are fighter jets.

However, the number of fighter jets in North Jiaozhi was not large at that time.

"But the planes are under greater threat at low altitudes, and there are more weapons that can shoot them down from the sky!" The Air Force commander was still struggling.

"If the planes are parked at the airport, even a stone can hurt them. The important thing is not to be discovered, or to mobilize the air defense forces of North Jiaozhi." The garrison commander said with a hint of sarcasm.

The commander of the ground forces was watching and suddenly spoke up.

"Gentlemen, we can't always leave the boys on the ground to die, can we?"

A day later, a bombing formation consisting of twelve F-105s took off from the Nan Jiaozhi Airport, which was closest to the th parallel north, and flew northwest.

This time they were tasked with carrying out a low-altitude raid from the mountainous area of ​​their western neighbor, and their target was a port east of the capital of the Northern Jiaozhi government.

This port is on the seaside, but it is further north than Beijiao Island and is well protected by the radar on Beijiao Island. Although it is known that the port is handling supplies vital to the war in South Jiaozhi every day, and that the supplies come not only from the Orientals but also from the Russians, the Americans had no way to deal with it before.

This time, the Citigroup Air Force, which was forced into a desperate situation and became ruthless, set its target here and did not even think about launching an attack on the opponent's capital.

The journey was smooth, and we didn't have to worry about anything when flying over this backward western neighbor.

"Reach navigation point, descend to 1000 feet, turn east by north."

The formation commander called the other planes on the radio. There was no doubt that the ones carrying out this mission were all their elites.

The entire formation's movements were very consistent. After completing the entire action of lowering and turning, the formation didn't even seem to have changed.

The formation was advancing rapidly towards the target, but was discovered by Bei Jiaozhi when passing through a mountainous area.

"Plane!" A group of militiamen from Northern Jiaozhi saw a plane flying low in the sky, making a deafening noise.

"Is it our own plane?"

The plane's engine was very loud, making it very difficult for the militiamen in North Jiaozhi to communicate.

"No, it's the F-105 of the Citigroup imperialists! I know that plane! I learned about it during air defense training." A militia backbone shouted loudly.

The plane was flying so low that even though the emblem could not be seen, it was still enough to distinguish the shape and model of the aircraft.

"Are they going to bomb our capital?" When it comes to military topography, the militia comrades in Beijiaozhi are very knowledgeable and quickly figured out the approximate location.

It's just that they judged the location correctly, but got the direction wrong.

It is impossible for these planes to pass through the capital of North Jiaozhi, as the air defense there is very strong. Instead, they have to pass diagonally about 60 kilometers south of the capital of North Jiaozhi.

"Hurry, hurry, notify our superiors." A militiaman jumped on his bicycle and rushed to the nearest telegraph room.

Although it is said to be the closest, it is actually more than ten kilometers away, and this is because they are the closest villages to the town.

Northern Jiaozhi is even more backward than we are at this moment.

The plane in the sky was speeding towards its target.

"Reach the pre-attack navigation point and jump to the attack altitude!" The formation commander gave the order again.

They were about to fly out of the mountainous area. They were now less than 70 kilometers away from the target. There was no point in maintaining a low altitude because the rest was a plain and a relatively economically developed area. Whether they were at a low altitude or not, their news would spread quickly.

It would be better to jump to a higher altitude, take advantage of the thin air in the middle and high altitudes, and reach the target area as quickly as possible.

It’s less than 70 kilometers, which is just a matter of minutes for an airplane.

Even if the Northern Jiaozhi people's radar discovered him, it would be too late.

As for the air defense forces in key locations around the port, there is nothing we can do but to fight. As soldiers, the Citi Air Force still has the courage to fight.

On Beijiao Island, a group of high-speed moving light spots appeared on the display of our radar station.

"150 kilometers west by northwest, 40 kilometers southwest of Haifang Port, there are planes heading towards Haifang Port at a speed of 700 kilometers per hour. Preliminary analysis shows that there are no less than 8 planes!"

The radar operator reported to the stationmaster immediately.

During the climb, the altitude of these 12 F-105s exceeded the curvature of the earth and exposed them to the radar of our Beijiao Island.

The stationmaster was shocked when he heard this: "150 kilometers west by northwest? How did they get there?"

Since these planes have not been spotted at sea, they can only have flown overland, but that seems impossible.

They couldn't care less about that. How they came here was not important. What was important was how to prevent it. The limited radars in Beijiaozhi were all concentrated in their southern part. Their capital did have radars, but it was hard to say how much effect they had, because they were really slow in conveying information.

"Notify Comrade Bei Jiaozhi in Haifang immediately!"

At this time, the air defense forces we provided to assist Bei Jiaozhi were still very limited, and for some reason, our air defense forces did not exist in Haifang.

The messenger immediately became busy and the stationmaster began to complain.

"It would be great if there were comrades from our air defense force in Kaifang. If that were the case, they would have received the news by now."

Comrades who were used to using the internal tactical communication data link were now extremely anxious about the delay between the two inconsistent command systems.

Don't worry about whether it's slow or not, but this kind of information has been distributed on our data link within a few seconds, while Comrade Bei Jiaozhi can't communicate with us, even among themselves, they still have to rely on manual switches to shout one level at a time.

(End of this chapter)