A total of twenty "Battle Cats" were spread out in a line, spanning a distance of hundreds of kilometers, and looked like a wall advancing forward. This is the new tactic that the EPLA Air Force summed up in actual combat exercises to achieve comprehensive air superiority - Tomcat Wall.
Since aircraft entered the jet age, the turning radius of combat aircraft has become larger and larger. The number of combat aircraft that can be accommodated in a combat airspace is limited - therefore, a battle of hundreds of aircraft and thousands of aircraft like World War II is simply impossible in modern times - at best, there are only two-plane formations or four-plane formations.
If too many aircraft are invested at one time, then the biggest threat to these combat aircraft is not enemy aircraft, but friendly aircraft - the overly crowded sky makes pilots often first consider how to avoid collisions. With the advancement of electronic radar technology, battlefield information has become transparent. In this case, only two or four aircraft are needed to form a formation and attack the opponent's combat aircraft at once.
Assembling fighter jets in this wall-like formation to sweep all enemy air targets in the entire airspace is the so-called "Eagle Wall" tactic - this tactic first appeared in the Gulf War, and the main executor is f -15 "Eagle" fighter jets, hence the name "Wall of Eagles". Now, the "Tomcat Wall" of the EPLA Air Force is also performing the same mission - to shoot down every target that dares to take off.
Soon, the instructor on the e-3 early warning aircraft had assigned the tasks and passed the relevant information to the pilots performing the tasks through the data link. Next, what they need to do is to use missiles to knock down these flying dragons from the sky who use EPLA without permission.
"Attention all units, the attack has begun!"
The radar operators on each F-14e fighter plane turned on the airborne active phased array radar, locked the Imperial Dragons in the air, and input the fire control information into the aim-54e "Flaming Phoenix" mounted under the wing. Air-to-air missiles. As the pilot pressed the launch button one by one, a large number of air-to-air missiles, like rocket launchers, roared towards the Imperial Air Force flying dragon force taking off on the opposite side.
Although basically no one in the previous Imperial Dragon Corps could come back alive from the battle with EPLA, this does not mean that they know nothing about EPLA Air Force - at least, they still know very well that EPLA's flying monster - ¡ªor machines that can fire a special rocket at them from a great distance. This kind of rocket has a fatal killing effect for the griffin, but for the flying dragon, it is only equivalent to scratching an itch.
In their opinion, among the air power of the rebels, only the powerful noble who was said to be able to easily kill their mounts in close combat could pose an effective threat. Of course, this does not mean that they are too ignorant - because the aim-54 series missiles have only experienced one actual combat in EPLA, and the opponent was a real dragon, not a flying dragon of the Imperial Air Force.
However, despite this, they still have to pay the price of blood for their underestimation of the enemy - this time, what they face is no longer the toothpick-like AIM-120D, but the huge AIM specially designed to deal with flying dragons. -54e long-range air-to-air missile.
I saw that the first missile, guided by the F-14 airborne fire control radar, successfully bit a flying dragon and brought it into the homing range of the active radar seeker. At this moment, through the light mirror technique, the dragon knight also discovered the incoming missile - he began to control his mount to turn quickly, using his rough skin and thick chest to resist the rocket - there is evidence that this rocket The target of the attack is the relatively fragile wings of the flying dragon, so although the rocket itself is not very powerful, it is still very troublesome if it is hit continuously.
Under the control of this dragon knight's superb riding skills, the huge flying dragon flexibly rotated its huge body, using its hard chest to resist the flying "rockets" - that is, missiles.
¡°Boom!!¡±
Before losing consciousness, the knight felt that the missile flying this time seemed to be larger in size - his hunch was correct, but now it was too late: the missile had accurately hit the flying dragon's chest. The high-explosive warhead weighing 67kg is almost three times more lethal than the 155mm howitzer. The huge shock wave generated by the explosion easily knocked the dragon knight off his mount. And the flying dragon under his crotch, although it didn't appear to be damaged on the surface, in fact, all the internal organs inside had been shattered by the huge impact? ? ?
In this way, more than ten flying dragons that were forcibly lifted into the air were all shot down by "Phoenix" missiles. The EPLA Air Force successfully seized the absolute air superiority over the theater, making the entire sky belong to EPLA alone. At this time, the second wave The attacking F-15e has arrived.
Just now, taking advantage of the opportunity to return, pixy passed through the space gate, returned to the airport from the e-3c early warning aircraft, and changed shifts with Xiao Shota. Then, he couldn't wait to jump into the cockpit and take off the CFA-44 - if he moved fast enough, he should be able to catch the last wave of attacks.
"The target has been confirmed, start dropping bombs!"
The second batch of twenty F-15Es were transferred from the air force base in the east of Emerald to the "Bayoto" to support this combat operation. 20 minutes after the first wave of attacks, the second wave of "Attack Eagles" immediately filled the short firepower gap.
Although this time interval is slightly long, since the main purpose of this combat operation is to eliminate the effective strength of the Imperial Air Force, most of the flying dragons of the Imperial Royal Air Force have now been eliminated on the ground, and those who were forced to take off have also been firmly secured. The F-14e that had control of the air was shot down.
Therefore, in fact, for the EPLA Air Force, the remaining targets in this barracks are already meat on the chopping board - no matter how long the interval is, as long as the "Tomcat Wall" of the F-14e is still maintained With control of the airspace, the emperor would not be able to escape.
At this time, intermittent anti-aircraft firepower has begun to be fired from the ground, but for the EPLA Air Force, which has launched a large-scale combat-level air strike for the first time, no one cares about the air defense power of these mantis-arm vehicles. Right now, the most important thing for these fighters is to accurately deliver eighty 500-pound JDAM satellite-guided air bombs.
"Buzz???" Twenty "Strike Eagles" in a group of two quickly locked the attack target and accompanied the formation in the assault. The ea-18g "Growler" that provided electronic suppression cover for the attack formation also moved the aircraft. All the electronic countermeasures pods mounted under the belly were activated - after all, it is inevitable that there will always be missing anti-air magic crystals hidden in the dark, and if the attack aircraft is attacked, the bombs under the wings must be abandoned - This means that the mission has failed, so the necessary cover is still indispensable.
"Whoosh???" A fireball flying into the sky flew in the wrong direction like a headless fly after being interfered by several electronic countermeasures pods at the same time. Looking at the orange-red fire that suddenly exploded beside him, The weapons operators of the EPLA Air Force smiled contemptuously, and then pressed the launch button hard to the bottom.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" As the "Strike Eagles" one after another made clean dives and launched offensive movements, the eighty heavy aerial bombs mounted on the pylons broke free from their restraints in the blink of an eye and began to attack. Rush straight towards the ground. Seeing the black spots whizzing down and getting bigger and bigger, all the Imperial soldiers on the ground let out the most horrified shouts - these had only seen Imperial flying dragons burn the enemy to ashes before, and had never experienced aerial firepower. The struck emperor undoubtedly showed his most real fear when he faced the attack from the sky for the first time.
The huge 500-pound JDAM bomb continuously and accurately corrects its attack route under the guidance of global positioning satellites tens of thousands of meters in space. As loud noises pass by on the ground, thick red and black smoke clouds are immediately filled. The entire sky was filled with indescribable shock waves that caused the "Attack Eagle" to swoop back and forth like a small boat in the sea.
Dense shrapnel flew at high speed, killing everything they encountered. The villas, warehouses and ammunition depots where the God Dragon Knights lived were enveloped in a heat wave by violent targeted attacks. Everything was under the influence of heavy aerial bombs. The explosion exploded into flying fragments. In the ball of fire, countless imperial soldiers and dragon knights were instantly turned into carbon black.
"Boom!" A red-black fireball rolled and rose to a height of 100 meters. An anti-air attack magic crystal that was unable to launch an effective attack due to interference was instantly twisted into a mess in front of the huge destructive power. The broken remains and broken parts mixed with the small pieces of flesh of the three Imperial soldiers were scattered everywhere.
Unlike Xiaoshota, since there are no air targets that need to be dealt with by EML, this time Pixy asked the ground crew to equip CFA-44 with ADMM - due to the limited space of the body, EML and ADMM can only be carried one at a time, not at the same time. carry.
Utilizing the link-16 high-speed tactical data link system, the CFA-44 advanced fire control system quickly input target information for the 12 omnidirectional multi-purpose missiles loaded in the VLS on the back of the aircraft. Missiles were like fireworks, roaring out of the fighter plane and flying towards various targets on the ground.
"Boom! Boom!" In the blink of an eye, a large number of targets that were displayed on the HUD disappeared in an instant. "Huh??? It's really a powerful tool to refresh the screen???" Jiang Yucheng in the early warning aircraft looked at the area that was instantly cleared on the screen and couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes." Xiaoshota also nodded, "It would be great if we could all switch to this kind of aircraft???"
"It's a pity that?Impossible. "Jiang Yucheng said without hesitation, "Even if I agree, the lady in the cabinet will definitely shoot away the Air Force budget - after all, money is used everywhere now, and it is really a waste to change the uniforms. . "
"I know this too???" Xiao Zhengtai said with some regret, "What a pity???"
"Well, it doesn't matter anymore???" Jiang Yucheng smiled, "Anyway, with our current equipment, we can already blast the emperor's gun out."
"Fight back! Fight back!" On the ground, the few surviving commanders of the Imperial Army howled in unison - there would be an explosion every few seconds, and there were shaking lights and shadows everywhere. Among the burning wreckage, the few sets of anti-aircraft magic crystals deployed next to the barracks had been completely blown to pieces.
"Shoot! Shoot!" Three imperial warlocks who ran out from a pile of debris took advantage of an "Attack Eagle" to finish dropping bombs and prepare to retreat, and fired a series of fireballs at it. Because the distance was too close, several fireballs directly hit the F-15e's fuselage.
"Damn it! This is Raptor 6, the fuel line is interrupted! The avionics system is offline! Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!"
The two pilots, who could no longer effectively control the fighter plane, finally had no choice but to pull down the ejection handle. The gun hidden under the ejection seat was instantly detonated, ejecting the two pilots' seats from the falling fighter plane. Two white umbrella flowers bloomed in the night sky.