Chapter 1439 Contagious Fear of Insufficient Firepower

Chapter 1441 Contagious Firepower Fear

After returning to Kuching, Du Fei carefully assessed the current situation.

And secretly checked the four F-1 fighters.

Three of the "no problem" planes were not really no problem. After they were put into the portable space, they were found to have many problems.

On the contrary, the one with the problem had no problem except the engine.

Du Fei couldn't help but frowned. The actual situation was less optimistic than he expected.

It was not without reason that Northrop failed in the competition with the F-16.

Du Fei didn't know the specific situation of America. Could it be that a new type of aircraft was like this when it just came out?

But in any case, it was meaningless to consider those things. Getting these planes in front of us is the best result that can be achieved at present.

And this may not be a bad thing.

Just like the plane with engine problems, facing this situation, we can't solve it, so we have to ask Northrop for technical support.

They sent people over, and in the process of solving the problem, it was a good opportunity for us to learn.

The more problems there are, the more we learn.

However, the issue of sending F-1 to directly confront MiG-25 still needs careful consideration.

This is not a simple technical or tactical issue, but a very important strategic issue.

It was not until three days later that Lin Tiansheng secretly flew back from the front line. The two discussed for several hours before making a decision.

Three F-1s were sent to the front line, and at the same time, the Pontianak missile cruiser, which had just completed the modification and was undergoing sea trial training, and the Kuching cruiser was transferred back from the Malu Islands in the east, forming a double missile cruiser formation to the Gulf of Siam.

In order to deal with possible conflicts with Austria, Du Fei pressed the Kuching and Guixu cruisers in the direction of Papua.

Now there is some easing there, and the two sides have reached a tacit balance. It is enough to keep only one Guixu.

This time, Lin Tiansheng is very determined to completely reverse the situation on the battlefield of Zhenla. He believes that the time is ripe.

One effort, two declines, three exhaustion.

At present, the Vietnamese army is three exhaustion. The previous failures have gradually made them lose confidence in victory.

Especially the illusion of "I am strong" that came from "defeating" America was completely shattered.

Before, they were really fearless, even when facing Huaguo, especially the middle and lower levels, their mentality was very arrogant.

They believed that in terms of military, except for America and Sulian, they were at least at the same level as Huaguo.

On the contrary, the top leaders were more clear-headed and knew how they won.

Until this time, they met the Nanyang Threatening Force in Zhenla.

At the beginning, they did not take the Nanyang Threatening Force seriously at all. The only thing worth mentioning was Lin Tiansheng's identity, which was only known by the middle and high-level officers.

Who knew that after a year of fighting, not only did they not gain any advantage, but they suffered losses in several large-scale battles.

This was a great psychological blow to the Vietnamese army.

It was nothing to fight America, Sulian, and Huaguo, but it was a great shame to fight with such a "rabble".

It was for this reason that Nguyen Xiongqi, who did not make a big mistake, was replaced.

But Huang Wen's arrival did not change anything. They launched two battles, and according to their propaganda, they were victorious.

Especially the second time, the vanguard advanced as far as more than 30 kilometers.

But in fact, the top leaders knew that they did not gain any advantage in these two times.

Even though more enemies were eliminated, most of the losses of the coalition forces were Siamese warlords, which had little impact on the main force.

This result gradually calmed them down from their fanaticism and returned to their objective judgment of their own strength.

Because of this, there was a secret visit from Wu Ting last time.

Unfortunately, they were disappointed. They were an important fulcrum in the game between major powers, and Huaguo did not want to change the status quo at all.

"Lao Lin, we will give these precious planes to you. You must protect them well!" Du Fei did not forget to remind Lin Tiansheng.

Lin Tiansheng smiled and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, have you forgotten where I came from? I will definitely protect these precious planes of yours."

Du Fei nodded. This time he and Lin Tiansheng had already discussed launching a major battle to cover the F-1 fighter.

If the F-1 fighter performs well, it will be taken out and published in a big book and promoted well.

If the performance is not good, or even a malfunction crashes, or is shot down, use the scale of the battle to grab the hot spot and try to weaken the negative impact on the fighter.

At the same time, Lin Tiansheng is also ambitious this time.

Not only is there a more powerful Pontianak on the sea, if the F-1 fighter can offset the air advantage of the MiG-25 to a certain extent, he can dispatch gunboats and bombers to gain a crushing firepower advantage again, pushing the battle line of both sides eastward, close to the Vietnam-Zhen border.

Only when it is closer to its own doorstep will Hanoi feel the pressure.

After careful preparation, two weeks later.

Phu Quoc Island, south of Zhenla.

This is a large island near Zhenla. It was conquered by the coalition forces as early as the beginning of the war as a logistics base for the navy.

At this time, the Kuching, Pontianak, and six destroyers have completed their rest on the island.

Less than 30 kilometers to the north is the land of Zhenla.

According to the plan of Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng, since they have the advantage of firepower at sea, they should take advantage of it.

They still concentrated their forces in the south and attacked along the coastline. After breaking through the defense line, they deployed again and detoured to the north.

At the same time, the H-7 bomber was dispatched to drop bombs on the enemy's important positions.

In this case, the Vietnamese army would definitely send out the MiG-25.

The F-1 fighter was lying in ambush on the side, using the advantage of radar scanning distance to be the first to discover and lock, and to launch missiles first.

With the development of fighter jets to the third generation, as the performance of air-to-air missiles has become stronger and stronger, the mode of air combat has undergone a fundamental change.

On the battlefield, it is difficult to see the previous machine gun dogfights, and air-to-air missiles are often launched from a long distance.

This time, Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng planned to take advantage of the information gap and catch the enemy off guard.

It would be best to achieve results and curb the MiG-25's unbridled arrogance on the battlefield.

Even if there are no results, as long as they are not shot down, they are evenly matched, and use this opportunity to make the F-1 famous internationally.

Everything is ready.

Du Fei glanced at the time in the Kingdom Conference Building in Kuching.

The scheduled time for launching the attack has passed.

A communications officer wearing a headset suddenly shouted: "Report, according to the plan, ten minutes ago, the Kuching took the lead in launching artillery fire on the enemy positions..."

Du Fei had a blank expression on his face, but his heart moved slightly, and he silently said: "It's started~"

War is never absolute.

Principal Chang said, 800,000 against 600,000, the advantage is on me.

But in the end, he lost miserably.

Going back to ancient times, the 140,000 Ming army in Sarhu, Dou Jiande's 100,000 against 3,000, Cao Cao's 830,000 army in Chibi...

Although Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng made full preparations this time, not only did they have an advantage in the sea and air, but they also sent more personnel, concentrated 17 divisions, 1,800 cannons, and nearly 200,000 people.

But what the final result would be, no one dared to guarantee it before the result came out.

Even Du Fei had made the worst preparations. If Lin Tiansheng stumbled, he would immediately let the navy bombard the west supply, and at the same time go north to threaten Hanoi.

Sun Tzu said that before planning for victory, plan for defeat first.

At the same time, the fiercest bombardment since the beginning of the war broke out on the front line of Zhenla.

The Nanyang Weihe troops concentrated nearly 2,000 cannons, plus two cruisers and six destroyers at sea.

The dense firepower rained down on the Vietnamese positions.

Before this, Huang Wen had a premonition of a major war through some intelligence and made preparations for it.

But he didn't expect that the fear of insufficient firepower would be contagious.

The core of Lin Tiansheng's people came from China, and the troops in Borneo were only this far.

In addition, Du Fei was also rich and powerful, at least he had a large amount of artillery ammunition.

The first round of bombardment lasted half an hour.

After a break, the Vietnamese army immediately came out of the anti-artillery cave and prepared to meet the charge.

Who knew that after ten minutes, there was another dense artillery fire, which caught them off guard and added many casualties.

At the same time, the coalition bombers also took off from the rear airport and crossed the front-line air defense positions.

Although the Vietnamese army had gained air superiority with the help of the MiG-25, the so-called air superiority was useless because they did not have decent bombers and attack aircraft.

At most, they flew a few laps in the sky to show off their power, and did not dare to enter the range of the coalition's air defense missiles.

In theory, with the performance of the MiG-25, the air defense missiles deployed by Du Fei would probably not be able to shoot it down.

However, these MiG-25s were also treasures for the Vietnamese army. They did not dare to take risks and regarded air defense missiles as a minefield.

The H-7 took off from Siam Airport and entered the battlefield airspace. It was soon discovered by the warning radar behind the Vietnamese army.

Accompanied by a burst of alarms, the operator who was staring at the radar reported loudly: "Captain, enemy aircraft were found, five large signals suspected to be bombers, ten small signals suspected to be fighters..."

The officer in charge of the radar did not dare to neglect it and reported it immediately.

Because it involved the MiG-25, the news went straight to Huang Wen.

Huang Wen, who was in the rear command post, had a gloomy face. He looked calm on the surface, but his head was actually buzzing.

He expected the enemy to make a move but didn't expect it to be so 'big'.

The three rounds of artillery preparations that lasted for nearly two hours made his scalp tingle.

This is completely different from the style of the Meiguo people.

The Meiguo people have been fighting in South Vietnam for these years. Although they seem to be aggressive and look fancy, they don't do much hard work.

At first, they wanted to help the South defeat the North. Later, although they personally participated in the battle, they always stayed in South Vietnam for multiple reasons and did not launch a large-scale aircraft battle like the North.

It was not until they fought with Lin Tiansheng in Zhenla that they saw the way of this large army.

The Art of War by Sun Tzu said that you can win by the right way.

Hold on on the front line, and then the secondary units will be tactically inserted, flanking and attacking.

This model is a family tradition of Lin Tiansheng. At the beginning, he was a little bit hesitant.

With many battles with Nguyen Xiongqi and Huang Wen, he became more and more familiar with it...

Huang Wen did not think much after receiving the report from the radar base.

It was assumed that those fighters were J-8 modified fighters escorting the bombers.

Previously, the MiG-25 had met the J-8 modified fighters several times in the air and had always suppressed them steadily.

The only flaw was that after discovering the MiG-25, the coalition bombers became cowards and did not give the MiG-25 any chance.

Unexpectedly, five of them came at once this time!

Huang Wen did not hesitate and ordered the MiG-25 to take off and destroy the enemy aircraft.

At the same time, above the bomber formation, three F-1 fighters formed a "pin" shape.

"Dongyao, Dongyao, altitude 12,000, speed 700, direction due east..."

In the cockpit of the fighter painted No. 11003, Li Jianguo, wearing a flight helmet, reported to the leader expressionlessly.

11003 means that his plane is the No. 003 fighter of the First Aviation Division, the First Flight Squadron.

Although it was the first time to perform an actual combat mission, Li Jianguo did not feel nervous at all.

He has been like this since he was a child, and he doesn't know what fear or nervousness is.

Four kilometers below is the fleet composed of five H-7s and ten J-8s.

Through the cover of the fleet below, the reflected signals of the three F-1s on the radar can be blocked.

Even if they can't be blocked, it doesn't matter, the other party will only think they are a fleet.

Once the MiG-25 is sent to intercept, the three F-1s can use the advantage of the airborne radar detection distance to detect and lock in advance and launch air-to-air missiles.

A few minutes later, according to the original plan, the bombers in the fleet suddenly turned around and returned.

Bombers are large and slow, making them more likely to be hit by air-to-air missiles.

These bombers were sent out as bait, but they must not be shot down, otherwise they would suffer a great loss.

The two sides have played this cat-and-mouse game more than once before.

The bomber appeared, and the MiG-25 took off; the bomber turned around and ran back to the air defense position, and the MiG-25 chased and showed off its power, and finally went home.

However, this time the bomber left, but the fighter did not.

Unfortunately, although the J-8 modified used a lot of American technology, it could not adapt to the same type of long-range air-to-air missiles as the F-1.

If it could, it would greatly make up for the performance disadvantages of the J-8 modified.

At this time, at an altitude of 12,000 meters, each of the three F-1s was hanging six long-range air-to-air missiles, a total of eighteen missiles.

The performance of the f-1 is somewhat different from that of the original yf-17. The airborne radar can scan up to 120 kilometers, and the fire control computer can lock three targets at the same time.

This data exceeds the MiG-25.

The MiG-25 uses a very powerful radar, but due to its relatively backward electronic industry level, the radar's detection range for bombers is only 100 kilometers.

Smaller fighters need to enter within 80 or even 60 kilometers to confirm the discovery.

This distance has entered the range of the f-1's air-to-air missiles.

This time, the Vietnamese army dispatched six MiG-25s at a time. They had previously purchased 30 MiG-25s from Sulian, but they have not been fully delivered yet.

It's not that Sulian didn't give it, but that Vietnam couldn't take it.

Vietnam has basically no industry in the north, but there are some industrial foundations in the south, which were destroyed most of them when America withdrew.

There is no condition to maintain advanced fighters at all.

Then there are talents. All kinds of needed manpower must be taught by Sulian. It would be strange if the progress could be fast.

Up to this point, they only had ten MiG-25s ready to take off at any time.

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