mesbooks Chapter 300: Ancient Air Force Joins the War, First Battle of Precision-Guided Weapons
Chapter 300: Ancient Air Force Joins the War, First Battle of Precision-Guided Weapons
The Korean Independence Army has five infantry divisions, three artillery brigades, and several independent units.
For example, independent heavy tank battalions, heavy anti-aircraft artillery battalions, etc.
In addition to the army, they also have an air force with more than 100 fighter jets.
The fighter jets equipped are the most advanced propeller fighters - FC-51 Mustang.
There are also models such as the A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft and the B-25 medium bomber.
At the Independence Army Headquarters in Chongjin, Li Yuze, the commander-in-chief of the Independence Army, looked at the mechanical watch given to him by Jiang Hua.
When the pointer pointed to 8 o'clock, Li Yuze ordered: "Order the 1st to 5th Divisions to attack the Fusang Hamhung defense line according to the established plan."
The Fusang-Hamhung Defense Line was a defense line established specifically to stop the independence army.
This line of defense is centered on the coastal city of Hamhung, with a large number of fortifications built in the surrounding mountainous areas.
The core of these two places are Changjin County and Rongguang County.
Yeonggwang County is the only way to Hamhung, and Changjin County is located to the north of Yeonggwang County.
Once Rongguang County was attacked, the defenders of Changjin County could move south to attack the attacking forces, forming a pincer attack with Rongguang County.
According to intelligence, the Fuso army has deployed at least one division of troops here.
They still don't know exactly how many troops have been deployed.
Although they didn't know the exact number of troops, the ancient country's intelligence department knew it.
The Northern Military Region is mainly responsible for the Korean Peninsula and the Fuso Empire.
Naturally, I know this opponent very well.
This includes intelligence gathering.
"Intelligence shows that Fuso has established two armies on the Korean Peninsula, with the north and south as the boundary.
They are the First Army of the North and the Second Army of the South.
Among them, the most powerful one is the First Northern Army, which has 8 divisions and multiple brigades, with a total strength of 30.
The Second Southern Army has four divisions and several brigade-level units, with a total strength of about 15.
The total strength of the Fuso Army on the entire Korean Peninsula is 45.”
Luo Qing, commander of the Northern Military Region, frowned as he listened to the introduction of the military region's intelligence chief.
"The Fuso people have a strong military force, several times greater than the Goryeo Independence Army. Can they really handle this on their own?"
The regular troops of the Independence Army totaled only more than 45 people. Facing the Fuso troops, this amount of troops was indeed not enough.
However, since this was the decision from above, he naturally had no objection.
"What is your Air Force's plan?"
Luo Qing looked at Lieutenant General Yan Fei, commander of the military region’s air force.
Yan Fei stood up and said, “Our Air Force is preparing to attack the Fuso Army in three phases.
The first stage is the decapitation operation.
Carry out precision air strikes against all exposed command departments of Fuso to paralyze their command system.
The second phase was strategic bombing.
Air strikes were carried out to destroy Fuso troop concentration areas, ammunition depots, railway stations, key roads and bridges throughout the northern region.
The third stage is tactical bombing.
Send fighter jets to conduct tactical support operations against frontline targets one by one to support the independence army's ground operations."
Luo Qing nodded and said, "Our Air Force has undergone military reform and major equipment changes, and its strength has undergone earth-shaking changes.
This battle is the time to test your combat effectiveness.
My superiors and I are looking forward to your performance.”
Soon, the 7th Air Force of the Northern Military Region, deployed in the eastern part of Andong Province, received the order to attack.
The first wave of attacks in this operation into Korea was also launched by the Seventh Air Force.
As the aviation force deployed on the front line, the Seventh Air Force has several tactical aircraft aviation brigades, bomber aviation brigades, transport aviation brigades, special aircraft aviation brigades and several directly affiliated flying squadrons under its jurisdiction.
Compared with before, the organization of the ancient country's air force has undergone major changes after military reform and equipment replacement to adapt to the new warfare model.
The current aviation brigade is composed of a combat aircraft group, one or more station squadrons, a logistics support group, a medical group, and a civil engineering group.
The only combat-capable unit in the entire aviation brigade is the combat aircraft group.
Each brigade has four flight squadrons under its command, each fighter flight squadron is equipped with 4 fighter jets, and the entire brigade is equipped with a total of 24 fighter jets.
For example, the bomber aviation brigade's flight squadron organization is half of the tactical aircraft, that is, 12 aircraft, and the entire brigade has 48 aircraft.
This operation is a joint operation.
Fighter planes, fighter-bombers, attack aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, early warning aircraft, electronic reconnaissance aircraft and other aircraft were all deployed.
The dispatched fighter jets were assigned different fighter jets according to the scale of their respective missions, with a total of 76 flight formations.
At the same time, six sorties of EC-6 airborne early warning aircraft and four sorties of RC-121 strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft were dispatched to support the operation.
其中规模最大的飞行编队由4架F-111土豚战斗轰炸机、4架F-4鬼怪战斗机、1架自研的EF-4A电子战机组成。
The 'bomb' flight formation consisting of 9 fighter jets flew at low altitude according to the route set by the early warning aircraft.
Their mission was to blow up the radar deployed by the Japanese near the city of Ryugyong on the peninsula, and in the process eliminate a suspected military-level command post.
Fuso's radar technology is derived from John's home-grown chain radar.
The radar they deployed on the Korean Peninsula is a scaled-down version of the domestic chain.
It was also John's experiment with radar technology.
From this we can see how much aid the West has provided to Fuso.
They are even willing to bring out new technologies such as radar.
The 'bomb' formation flew at low altitude at near subsonic speeds.
A distance of about 200 kilometers only takes about ten to twenty minutes.
Thanks to the route planned by the early warning aircraft, they remained undetected throughout the entire process.
When approaching Liujing, the flight formation also slowed down its flight speed.
The EF-4 electronic warfare aircraft flying behind the formation turned on all its equipment to detect and lock the radar deployed by Fuso near Ryugyong.
The EF-4 electronic warfare aircraft is a new generation of electronic warfare aircraft developed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China based on the F-4 Phantom fighter.
At present, this electronic warfare aircraft has become the main electronic warfare aircraft of the Air Force and is equipped in large quantities.
This is also a sign that the ancient country's military industry has begun to give back.
"Target locked, 7 radiation targets detected. Target data transmitted via data link. Mission aircraft, please receive."
In less than ten seconds, the display screens of the four F-4 Phantom fighter jets received the data transmitted from the EF-4 electronic warfare aircraft.
"Target data received... Target assigned, first round of strike begins!"
As the words fell, the F-4 Phantom's co-pilot and weapons officer pressed the launch button.
I saw the AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile carried under the belly of the aircraft fall from the rack.
Then it roared forward with an orange-red tail flame.
The Ryugyong Radar Station is one of the two radar stations deployed by Fuso in Goryeo.
There is also a radar station deployed in the Hamhung area.
The Ryugyong Radar Station has a total of seven radars of different sizes deployed in the form of iron towers on the high ground in front of Ryugyong.
The maximum detection distance for air targets can reach more than 270 kilometers.
It can fully cover the entire front-line area.
However, these towers did not respond at all to the incoming missile swarms.
Because the target is too small, these radars cannot detect it at all.
It was not until the radar station guards visually discovered the incoming missile that the Fuso radar station realized it was under attack.
The Shrike anti-radiation missile flew at a speed of Mach 2, so fast that the radar station and air defense forces could not react.
“Boom…Boom…Boom…”
Accompanied by anti-radiation missiles accurately hitting one tower after another.
In the huge explosion, these iron tower radars were also devastated and collapsed.
The entire Ryugyong radar station was in chaos.
However, the attack is not over yet, it has just begun.
Then, after climbing to a certain height, the four F-4 Phantom fighter jets focused their attention on a group of buildings on a high ground.
These buildings are the control center of the Ryugyong Radar Station.
Tech classes that can use radar are invaluable, so air strikes are definitely worth it.
After launching the Shrike anti-radiation missiles, four F-4 fighter jets released a KD-4A "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" TV-guided bomb.
This TV-guided bomb is also a precision-guided weapon developed by the ancient country's aviation industry using the latest technology.
A television guidance kit was added to a 500 kg bomb.
This set of TV guidance components is derived from the White Eye Star TV-guided bomb of the United States.
Four 500-kilogram TV-guided bombs roared towards the building complex.
"Air raid...air raid..."
“Boom…Boom…”
Four huge balls of fire shot up into the sky one after another from the largest building.
The buildings were like tofu, torn apart and collapsed in the huge explosion.
The Fuso radar operators inside also suffered heavy casualties.
In less than five minutes, the Ryugyong radar station was confirmed destroyed.
The second target this time is the suspected Fuso military headquarters.
The headquarters is located in an unremarkable building in Ryugyong City.
And this is indeed the headquarters of the Northern First Army.
Because the Hamhung front was under full-scale attack by the Independence Army, the command center was very busy.
The commander of the First Army is currently holding a military meeting in the command center.
There were 7 generals and more than lieutenants in this military meeting, and the lowest rank was the regiment commander.
This was a pleasant surprise for the 'bomb' flight formation.
Four F-4 Aardvark fighter-bombers have quietly approached Liujing.
This time, the F-111 Aardvark fighter-bomber was mainly used to carry out precision decapitation operations.
Therefore, the weapon it carries is also the most advanced KD-37 laser-guided bomb.
This laser-guided bomb consists of a 500-kilogram armor-piercing bomb, a semi-active laser guidance component, and a glide component.
Four beams of light invisible to the naked eye converged on this ordinary building.
It was launched by the laser launcher on the F-111 Aardvark fighter-bomber.
"3....2....1.....Launch!"
As the order was given, four KD-37 semi-active laser-guided bombs took off from the racks almost simultaneously and headed towards the target more than ten kilometers away.