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Text 655 Missile fight

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    pL's expectations for the Madagascar campaign have been realistic from the beginning. They do not seek to land on the island before the US military, but they seek to drain every drop of US military blood on this island.  There are fundamental differences between China and the United States in terms of strategic demands. The United States wants to occupy Madagascar, thereby playing an important supporting role in breaking through this corner of the southwest Indian Ocean, while China needs to continue to trap the US military here. As for the ownership of Madagascar, there is no  As strong as the US military.

    Therefore, after pLA landed in Madagascar, it immediately began to deploy short-range ballistic missiles and Guardian-type long-range rocket launchers. Many cruisers and destroyers of the Navy were also cruising in the outer sea, preparing to launch Long Sword cruise missile attacks on the US landing targets.

    On the coastal plain south of Diego Suarez, the landing Second Artillery Missile Battalion lined up their missile launch vehicles. After the launch order was given, these proudly pointing missiles flew into the sky trailing white smoke.  After the six missiles rushed out of the atmosphere at high speed, they flew a short distance before re-entering the atmosphere. Their opponent, the Americans, was not without merit. Their early warning satellites had also discovered the Chinese's use of ballistic missiles in advance. This was also the first time since the war began that  Once ballistic missiles were used.

    Judging from the range, these are short-range ballistic missiles without nuclear warheads. The Americans breathed a sigh of relief, but it is obvious that the attack targets of these missiles are the series of landing bases established by the US military on the southern tip of Madagascar. There are also pictures  At the port of Liara, the Chinese's purpose is very clear, which is to destroy the landing capability of the US military and make it difficult to implement the US military's attempt to occupy Madagascar.

    U.S. Fleet Commander Cornell responded immediately, ordering the U.S. fleet that was coordinating the landing operations to carry out air defense and anti-missile operations. The Aegis ship equipped with standard - itself is an important platform for the U.S. military's sea-based anti-missile, although the missiles are second to none in the world.  The performance of short-range ballistic missiles is not the same as that of Scud B's early Dongfeng missiles. However, the standard of the US military is also particularly outstanding in this field, and its ability to intercept and strike ballistic missiles is quite eye-catching.

    Four U.S. Aegis ships launched more than fifty standard missiles. The interception rate of these standard missiles was also quite good at about 6%. Only 6 missiles successfully penetrated the defense and hit the designated target.  But even so, the missiles, whose hit rate has always been amazing, still hit all the important facilities of the US military. A newly established military camp was attacked by two missiles, causing more than 2 casualties, most of which were Marines;  The port of Toliara was attacked by a missile, several ships were damaged, and dozens of people were injured or killed. Fortunately, the port's operating capacity was not particularly affected; an airport was destroyed, but the US military has not yet stationed aircraft here.  , so it didn¡¯t cause much damage, but it just made it difficult for the US military to use it for a period of time.

    This attack, judging from the data, was a failure for the Chinese. The six ballistic missiles were valuable, but they did not cause the enemy unimaginable losses. The Americans also felt that this anti-missile operation was quite successful. The U.S. Department of Defense and  The White House is even ready to write a big book about this "victory".  However, the cost of missiles is definitely not as high as Americans imagined.

    The missile has replaced the Dongfeng family's short-range ballistic missiles ten years ago and has become the main short-range tactical weapon of the Second Artillery Force. Its models have also developed from the initial model to BB and other models. The basic model A has a range of 30 kilometers.  , the range of B is increased to 60 kilometers, C is 80 kilometers, and B is 106 kilometers.  Because the manufacturing process is not complicated and the technology is mature, the series of missiles can be manufactured on a large scale and put into service.  This missile is also the missile with the largest equipment of the Second Artillery, with more than 66 series missiles in service with the Second Artillery.

    If we calculate an economic calculation, the cost of a single missile is NT$600,000, which is equivalent to US$400,000. However, the standard missile, which has not been in service for a long time, even if mass production dilutes the cost, is still as high as US$800,000 per missile.  That is to say, the price of a standard missile to intercept is twice that. In order to intercept 16 missiles, the Americans spent more than 400 million U.S. dollars in one go. Although the interception success rate is very high, in the end, it is impossible for the Americans to be useless.  painful.

    In fact, China¡¯s Hongqi-19 and Hongqi-26, which are used to intercept ballistic missiles, are not cheap either. They cost more than 4 million yuan each, but they are much cheaper than those in the United States.  This problem was actually perceived by some American logistics and military scientists at the beginning of the war. Some people believe that although the United States has stronger industrial manufacturing capabilities than China (are you sure this is not a embarrassment to itself?), China does not care about production.  Everything, the cost is much cheaper than that of the United States. The final phenomenon is that China may consume more, but in fact it is the United States itself that suffers more.

    In line with the mentality of causing trouble for others, it will reduce trouble for ourselves. The U.S. fleet also launched a batch of Tomahawk cruise missiles towards the Chinese landing site. U.S. cruisers and destroyers are all capable of launching Tomahawks. This time, they launched a batch of Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Chinese landing site.  Six Tomahawks were fired, which was much more heroic than China's previous use.

    But after all, the Tomahawk is not the same thing. The interception difficulty of cruise missiles is simpler than that of ballistic missiles, and China's pLT cruise missiles are like drinking water.?In response to the incoming large number of Tomahawks from the US military, the Chinese air defense forces deployed in advance took their time, including warships on the water, to intercept the Tomahawks.

    The main weapons for intercepting cruise missiles include Hongqi-6 medium-range air defense missiles, Hongqi-17 battlefield air defense missiles, NIP Vulcan cannon air defense tanks, etc. There is no Tomahawk that can fly faster than the speed of sound, and it cannot fly at too low altitude on land.  Therefore, it has naturally become the target of China's various air defense weapons. The land-based and sea-based Hongqi-6 launched missiles one after another to intercept the cruise missiles in the air, and the Hongqi-17 also fired continuously.  Under the concentrated guidance of the air defense radar, the 3mm Gatling cannon also grasped the incoming cruise missile.

    With the help of the multi-layered air defense system, China's PLA achieved an 83% interception success rate. Although some cruise missiles successfully penetrated the defense and caused certain losses, the losses were not unacceptable.

    At the beginning of the landing operation, China and the United States actually reached a tacit agreement at the same time not to dispatch tactical aircraft to attack the enemy. Instead, they dispatched all weapons such as ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. This also shows that both sides actually pay enough attention to their opponents and are worried that  If an air war is launched, it is likely that the scale will continue to increase and eventually cause greater losses.  In the naval battle not long ago, it was indeed difficult to accept the loss of more than 60 fighter planes in one go. After all, this was no longer the period of World War II, and the United States was able to manufacture 20,000 military aircraft.  The production complexity of fighter jets is no longer the same as that of propeller machines back then.

    According to U.S. military estimates, with production capacity now fully operational, the U.S. can produce 406 to 66 military aircraft a year. This is naturally a quite astonishing number, but the resources invested will also be quite terrifying and huge. To maintain this  production capacity, we must maintain sufficient resource imports.  But the more important problem is that such production capacity needs to go through a period of adjustment before it can explode. Now the US military can use the same aircraft as before the war. If some are destroyed, there will be fewer.

    The situation in China is generally similar. The number of military aircraft China can produce in a year is between 66 and 66, and the fighter jets it produces are basically fifth-generation. Except for a small number of fourth- and semi-generation fighters that still need to be produced, the Black Hawk and Veyron are still in demand.  , Falcon has basically become the main model of production.  Although the wartime production state has already started, the maximum production energy will not burst out until the middle of 2 years. What's more, the formation of combat power is not only about equipment, but personnel and training are also very important.

    No matter what, at the beginning of the Madagascar campaign, both sides intentionally used missiles instead of fighter jets, which resulted in a "missile fight" situation.  In order to hinder the landing of the other side's troops, both sides mainly invested in long-range weapons such as missiles, Long Sword missiles, Tomahawk missiles, Guardian rocket launchers, and M70 rocket launchers to continuously launch fire attacks on the other side. At the same time, each side operated a thick and dense air defense network.  Defend against these missiles and rockets from your enemies.

    In this process, both sides used a variety of missile attack tactics, staggering attacks in time to disperse the opponent's interception firepower; or using electromagnetic interference to disrupt the normal launch and homing of the opponent's missile; or conducting one-on-one attacks on the same target.  Second substitute relay attack.  So much so that this missile fight can later be called a standard missile attack textbook case, telling people how to use missiles to attack each other's ground targets.

    Also in this unstable situation, the ground forces of both countries have basically completed their assembly on land, and it is obvious that the ground forces are not happy to continue to see a big firecracker falling from the sky at any time and blowing them up.  With almost a tacit understanding of the situation, the 6th Marine Division of the 57th Group Army of the Chinese Marine Corps and the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army began mobile operations, one from north to south and the other from south to north, and began to seek to defeat the enemy.  The party will defeat it to completely control the island of Madagascar.

    As for the Malagasy people, the real owners of this land, they seemed to be extremely depressed at this time. After the Madagascar government condemned both parties, it then advised its citizens not to go out to join in the fun, and then there was no sound.  Probably they also know that it is impossible for the two countries to withdraw from Madagascar at this time. They can only watch China and the United States fighting on the soil of other countries.  This is also the tragedy of weak and small countries.
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