The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Nanyang.

St. Paul Island, located between Indonesia and Australia, currently has a population of 8. Originally, there were only more than a hundred people on the island. Later, refugees flocked to the island, making this little-known island have a population of 8.

Currently, this place is occupied by a pirate group. These pirates were originally soldiers and later became pirates.

After the pirates occupied the island, they recruited soldiers and quickly grew stronger. Now they have a total of 1,500 people and are well-equipped, even with coastal defense guns.

St. Paul Island is also one of the disputed islands between Indonesia and Australia.

On this day, the Indonesian navy went out to suppress the pirates.

Since the founding of the country, the biggest threat facing the new regime has been the pirates or rebel forces entrenched on the islands.

Behind these pirates and rebel forces is either Australia or the United States, but ultimately it is the United States.

The reason these pirates and rebel forces have so many weapons, even cannons and armored vehicles, is because of their relationship with the United States.

If Indonesia wants to eliminate pirates and rebel forces, it has to rely on its own capabilities.

At this time, the country, which had just been officially renamed the Lan Fang Republic, sent out its navy to once again wipe out the pirates entrenched in St. Paul Island.

When the navy was 50 nautical miles away from St. Paul Island, it did not launch a direct attack.

Instead, call for air support.

At this time, 300 kilometers away, at a military airport, modified J-7 fighter jets, modified J-8 fighter jets and two J-7 fighter jets took off, carrying weapons.

These three fighter jets are all second-generation and a half fighter jets.

The J-7 modified fighter can be used for national air defense and to seize air superiority on the battlefield front line, and can also perform ground attack missions. It has outstanding high-altitude and high-speed characteristics, and is light, small and flexible.

In addition to a 1mm cannon, it can also carry two PL missiles or 30 rockets, or other bombs.

The J-8 fighter is a twin-engine, high-altitude, high-speed interceptor fighter, equipped with two 23mm twin-linked cannons and seven pylons that can carry PL air-to-air missiles for close-range combat. It can also carry rockets, anti-tank submunitions, low-drag explosive bombs, anti-runway bombs, etc.

It can even carry the PL medium-range air-to-air missile!
Of course, there are also air-to-ground/anti-ship types, which are mainly used to enhance air-to-ground/anti-ship attack capabilities.

At this time, the modified J-7 and J-8 had both air combat and ground attack types, which were used for both gaining air superiority and for ground attacks.

At the same time, at a large airport farther away, a H-6 bomber took off, carrying a full load of bombs.

There are only two H-6 bombers and one Tu-23 bomber in the entire Lan Fang Republic.

"Boom~~"

"Boom~~"

The first attack was launched using guided missiles, targeting the pirates' air defense positions.

Yes, before this, the military had conducted space and air reconnaissance of the entire St. Paul Island, and had already reconnaissanced everything about St. Paul Island, until St. Paul Island had air defense positions and artillery positions.

The reason why the navy did not launch an attack immediately was that it was worried that the other side had anti-ship missiles.

Therefore, according to the combat plan, the air force will first destroy the pirates' air defense positions, and then destroy the pirates' artillery positions.

Through air strikes, the pirates' military targets will be destroyed, and finally the navy will launch an attack.

In recent years, the military has basically been doing this, taking advantage of the huge gap in strength and its absolute advantage to push forward one island after another, attacking an island every now and then.

This is not only to recover lost territory, but also to train troops. Over the years, we have accumulated rich combat experience.

The pirates on São Paulo Island even announced the establishment of the Republic of São Paulo, which was ridiculously recognized by some countries.

The Lan Fang Republic would not recognize any country that declared itself as a country on the islands belonging to it.

"Boom boom boom~~~"

Missiles and bombs fell one after another, causing shocking explosions that spread throughout the island.

Causing great panic.

But this did not stop the Air Force from attacking the pirates.

"Boom boom boom~~"

The anti-aircraft position was destroyed.

Immediately afterwards, the artillery position was also destroyed.

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The pirates' lair was bombed.

How many pirates were killed in the explosion will only be known after the battle is over.

The navy has surrounded St. Paul Island, and even if the pirates want to escape, they can't.

Not long after, Australian Air Force planes flew over and tried to drive away the Lan Fang Republic's planes, but were driven away instead.

Although Australia has a vast land area, its military strength is not strong. The total active military strength is 5.9, including 3.06 in the army, 1.42 in the navy, and 1.42 in the air force. The army is relatively small.

Of course, Australia has purchased a large amount of new equipment in recent years, and its combat capability cannot be underestimated.

3.06万陆军，装备了100多辆M1A1主战坦克，其中的装备主要是700多辆M113装甲运兵车和500多辆轮式装甲车为主，以及200多辆充当运兵和侦察作用的轻型车辆，老旧的105毫米和155毫米火炮若干。同时还拥有42架OH-58侦察直升机、35架S-70直升机、22架AH64阿帕奇武装直升机。

Currently, Australia has a total of 2 troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Australia's air force is equipped entirely with American equipment. Australia does not have the ability to produce weapons, and all of them are imported. It is equipped with more than 400 aircraft of various types, including more than 100 F/A-18 fighters, more than 100 F111 fighter-bombers and F4 fighters, as well as a number of transport aircraft, tankers, maritime patrol aircraft and early warning aircraft. The aircraft types are relatively comprehensive, including a small number of C17 transport aircraft.

In terms of the navy, Australia has nearly 50 ships of various types with a total tonnage of nearly 18 tons, including 3 destroyers, 8 Regiment-class frigates, 4 Adelaide-class frigates, 6 Collins-class submarines, and 12 patrol ships.

The Lan Fang Republic was not afraid of Australia, because Australia's background had been clearly known. Australia would never dare to start a war at this time, because after the war broke out, it might be hard to say who the Australian continent would belong to.

The next day, the entire St. Paul Island was plowed and all the pirates and suspected pirates were captured.

A few days later, the Type 001 aircraft carrier began training, using attacking pirates on an island as a training subject.

This is also to accumulate practical experience.

Using an aircraft carrier to fight pirates is like using a butcher knife to kill a nut.

But there is no other way. Aircraft carriers need to accumulate practical combat experience, and fighting pirates is a rare opportunity.

Moreover, after these pirates are eliminated, the island can be used to accommodate fishermen or farmers. An island of 30 square kilometers can often easily accommodate tens of thousands of people, who can live a relatively good life.

This is also the most important bargaining chip used by the Lan Fang Republic to attract immigrants. (End of this chapter)