Chapter 221 Fierce Battle 4

On May 6, 42, the eighth Southeast Asian Air War broke out. The cause of the air war is that in order to support the Allies and hit China's momentum, Indonesia sent 18 large merchant ships. After passing through the Natuna Island to replenish water, it continued to sail in the northeast for a period of time, and then turned to the direction of the Gulf of Thailand, specially bypassing part of the sea area of the South China Sea, swaggering to transport weapons and bombs. Military supplies such as medicine, clothing, cotton, medicine, etc., and it is said that it is absolutely not a make-up. It is full of 18 large merchant ships, a total of 150,000 tons, escorted by 10 Indonesian warships. This is obviously a provocation to China. The fleet can sail safely in the East Indian Ocean. There is no real risk that a frigate will be sunk as soon as the fleet comes out of the sea under Indonesian control, and there is no need to challenge the nerves of the Chinese people! A well-eyed person knows at a glance that this is a problem for China. The coalition forces are already shouting. The whole world knows that they ignore the existence of China at all. If China ignores it, it means that the Chinese people lack confidence and dare not carry out air war. They are willing to give up the sea power. Can China, which is as morale like a rainbow, endure this kind of challenge? What about the fuss? If it is someone who directs the battle, he will definitely say, "Let him go, just embolden himself" and then send a large number of submarines to give appropriate sneak attacks, but this is unacceptable to many people! Now that the opponent has made a move, the Chinese will definitely dare to take it. Isn't it a sea and air war? Well, let's have another sea and air battle.

The Chinese side did not drag the mud at all. On May 6, the merchant fleet set sail. In the evening, a frigate was killed by a submarine. A large number of submarines were quickly ready on the route. This is also a bully that the coalition does not have enough anti-submarine force, and the limited air anti-submarine cannot reduce these threats. At the same time, it has been The South China Sea mixed battle group, which is frequently active, also set out to go south. Aren't the Americans going to lead the snake out of the hole? Then let's have a ship-to-ship, air-air, and even sea-air war! The coalition is 90% sure to destroy the fleet, but it requires at least dozens of fighters. Although an average of four fighter aircraft can deal with an ordinary warship, it is not so easy for eight fighters to sink two warships. To deal with this mixed battle group, there must be one-third more fighters than usual. However, it should also be done without aerial harassment. The idea of the Chinese is to eat this bait and attack the allied forces. The worst way is to capture the allied pilots and put the main target on air confrontation. Because the speed of merchant ships is relatively low, it is necessary to attract Chinese fighters and fleets, and to prepare for the raids of Chinese submarines. Therefore, the contact between the two sides is on the Gulf of Thailand in northeastern Malaysia. In order to stimulate the nerves of the Chinese people, it is not to sail close to the coastline, but to take the route towards Vietnam. So, on the afternoon of May 8, the two sides finally collided at the time when they thought it was the most appropriate.

The battle group sent by the coalition is extremely large, consisting of 150 Indonesian fighters (including 100 U.S. military fighters), 50 Malaysian fighters and 140 Thai fighters, a total of 340 advanced fighters, of which 180 are U.S. military active advanced fighters; while China sent 194 aircraft. The escort battle group composed of fighter planes, including 98 aircraft of the 2nd Division of HNA, are all the most advanced fighters in the army. A total of 534 fighters participated in the war, of which more than 370 are absolutely first-class fighters in the world. (In fact, the coalition has divided 40 fighters to attack the ship, so the actual participation of the two sides is about 490, compared with 190 to 300). China is obviously at a disadvantage!

China also knows that this is a risk. The opponent is extremely strong and does not dare to relax at all. How to allocate troops is a headache for the commanders. In terms of strength, Thailand is weaker, but it should not be underestimated. 140 fighters are definitely not a small number. From their own point of view, the second division of HNA is relatively stronger, which is a sharp knife. The final victory or defeat of the air battle depends largely on their performance. The strength of the three groups of the coalition is not balanced, and the Malaysian side is not worth mentioning. The staff analyzed that they are more likely to get closer to Thailand. One is that the Thai side is also relatively weak, and the other is that most of the Malaysian fighters take off from some northern airports (the southern half of the airport is temporarily unavailable), which makes the northern line. The number of enemy aircraft is relatively large, and it is likely that a part of the attack fleet will be divided. The Thais have enough reasons to do this, not to mention that the location of the aircraft group is more appropriate. Therefore, the Chinese side has also put the most powerful HNA 2nd Division on the northern front, in order to defeat the Malaysia-Thai Alliance first, and then support the Air First Division on the southern front. The division's mission is to withstand and pester the fighter group taking off from Indonesia to win the battle on the northern front. Li wins time.

Military experts around the world are keeping an eye on this air battle!

People agree that if the allied forces do not have the heart of women and can concentrate their forces to besiege the Chinese air force, then they will definitely win the final victory of this air battle and defeat their opponents, at least make them lose their combat effectiveness within a few days, and even there will be a shortage of fighter supply within a month. It is not impossible to destroy China's air base in Vietnam, and even... The defeat of the coalition is completely on the Thai-Ma's coalition forces on the northern front. Thailand sent 80 U.S. advanced fighters, but the Thais divided 40 imported fighters to attack Chinese warships, which originally had a 190-98 advantage. It has become a comparative advantage of 150 to 98. Unlike Indonesia, a considerable number of the most advanced fighters in Thailand are piloted by retired pilots, but their opponents are China's most powerful enhanced aircraft! Maybe it's too exciting, maybe it's doomed by God, or maybe the Chinese people deliberately do it. The air battle on the northern front is 60 seconds earlier than the southern line, and it's just 60 seconds, or 40 seconds, the initiative of the battlefield finally falls to the Chinese.

When the empty first division of the southern line gradually resisted and even struggled to support, there were signs of victory or defeat on the second division of HNA; when a party on the southern line was about to turn the advantage into a possible victory or defeat, the northern line had already divided the victory or defeat! The two sides of the northern front line from 98 to 150 at the beginning, to 92 to 120, then to 80 to 90, then to 70 to 60, and then the retreat of the coalition forces, so that at 65 to 40, the first four Chinese fighters were still harassing some enemy planes, and the rest of the fighters quickly turned to the friendly forces supporting the southern line. Suddenly, the numerical comparison between the two sides changed from 55 to 100 to 116 to 100. In the whole battlefield, the Chinese gained an advantage in quantity comparison for the first time, and began to completely overwhelm the coalition in morale. After a period of "short-term contact", the two sides ended at 103 to 70. If they continue to fight Go, in the end, the whole army will definitely not be the Chinese side! Although the allied forces finally withdrew 110 intact fighters, 100 of which were U.S. military active fighters, it was an indisputable fact that their "incompetent support" made the Chinese people achieve the final victory in the air battle.

The Chinese have won another air battle, with 87 aircraft in exchange for 190 losses from their opponents. Among them, there are as many as 80 advanced fighters in active service by the U.S. military, which can be said to have achieved a huge victory. While the air force won the air battle, the battle on the sea was also divided into winners. Six merchant ships were captured after being injured, another merchant ship was forced to surrender, and the remaining 11 merchant ships were either sunk or sunk by submarines when fleeing. Six of the nine warships escorted were sunk in the battle, and the rest were sunk by submarines. China not only captured 135 coalition pilots in the warring area, rescued all the Chinese pilots who fell into the water, but also rescued 80 coalition naval officers and soldiers. Of course, more people who fell into the water were not rescued. In fact, as long as the other side did not rescue the pilots, the Chinese navy was also happy to save themselves, although it is said that in the end Fewer than five allied pilots have been rescued or whose life or death is unknown!

According to statistics, the Second Division of HNA lost 38 fighters, of which 26 were shot down; the First Air Division lost 49, of which 38 were shot down, which can be said to be the worst loss since it entered the war. Of course, the coalition forces are not easy. The U.S. military lost 80 active fighters alone, of which 56 were shot down, 46 were lost in Malaysia, and it was even more amazing, as many as 40. Indonesia (only refers to non-U.S. military active fighters) lost 44, of which 26 were shot down, on the contrary. It is only 20 fighters from Thailand. For China, the pressure not only comes from the air, but also from the navy. It is not only necessary to deal with the air, but also to take care of the sea. The key thing is that the relevant parties have too much appetite and always want to eat this bait. As a result, the two warships are seriously damaged, the combat capability of the whole fleet has been seriously reduced, and many officers and soldiers are injured or even sacrificed! Military experts from all over the world attach great importance to this air battle, and also express their shock at the results of the battle, because China not only defeated the powerful coalition forces with inferior forces, but also lost less than half of the coalition forces, and the loss rate of coalition fighters exceeded 50%, even the loss rate of U.S. military active fighters. It also exceeds 40%! Of course, the most depressing thing is Malaysia and India behind it, because her loss rate actually exceeds 90%, which is a reluctant thing!

Of course, in the eyes of some people, it is not impossible for China to achieve such a record, because she has a terrible aviation engineer and an incredible "king of air combat"! The second HNA Division, which entered Vietnam for the second time, was the center of attention of aviation experts and military experts around the world. It was she who defeated the Tamma allied forces on the northern front and finally failed the return of the Indonesian air force on the southern front. In the whole battle, 125 allied forces were shot down and injured. The attack power was frightening! The Second Division of HNA is indeed very proud. With the cooperation of the friendly forces, they not only defeated the Thai-Ma's allied army, but also defeated another powerful enemy army together with the friendly army, and even sent a large number of U.S. active fighter planes to the sea! Naturally, the most eye-catching is still the two heroic flight regiments, not only because the loss rate of the two flight regiments themselves is the smallest (the two flight regiments each lost 3 fighters), but also because they annihilated the enemy the most. The second regiment shot down 24 enemy planes, and the third regiment shot down 36 aircraft, accounting for 43% of the whole army's record. And they have the highest chance of shooting down the enemy, which is said to have reached more than 95% of the horror. It is simply a killer flight group! It can be said that the battle of the whole army was completely carried out under the leadership of these two flying regiments.

The third flight group seems to have a special experience in dealing with Malaysians. Last time they achieved an incredible record and met this "fish brisket" again. It was like a hungry tiger rushing into the sheep, and the killed Malaysians collapsed, so that the second flight group complained that they could also It's easy to do. Of course, the task of the third flight group is not only to defeat the Malaysians. After suppressing the opponent and has achieved 20 records, it will break into the Thai aircraft complex. As for the Malaysian aircraft that has suffered heavy losses, it will be handled by the brother flight group. Unfortunately, due to the difference in personal ability and the factors of the opponent, some pilots only shot down one enemy plane, and some pilots were shot down. What makes them more depressed is that although they are the flight group that has shot down the most enemy aircraft in the whole army (a total of 36 aircraft, 12 more than the second regiment), it has also become The whole army was shot down than the largest flight regiment, because there was no injured fighter in the whole regiment! What makes everyone especially angry is that Meng Haibo, the head of the colonel, was actually working together at the core of the regiment, which caused public indignation! For these coalition personnel flying U.S. military active fighters, everyone can "tolerge" them to shoot down someone, but "never allow" the commander who is loved by everyone, because the commander is their leader, and it is very likely to become the first nanny of the division to be promoted to colonel for many years because of his achievements! Of course, there was no suspense about the result of the incident. They also sent these three guys off the sea, so that they had no chance to show off at all. Is it so easy to kill the head of the Chinese flight regiment with 15 stars? In addition to another comrade-in-arms, Huang Shanhe, Major Zhu Zhi, was also shot down, because these big names were so eye-catching that they were always treated specially by the other party, and those retired pilots were particularly unreasonable. They came up with two or three greetings. If they were not careful, they would be attacked. Fortunately, most people hid quickly and bet on each other. The physical strength is not good enough, and I haven't received special training for a long time... In fact, all the three pilots of the third regiment were shot down on the northern line. Once they reach the southern line, some people who are not sure will take advantage of the quantity to protect themselves, because at least in terms of self-insurance, everyone is still confident.

The huge record brings great glory. Although no one has the opportunity to show off to his girlfriend now, it still makes the newly promoted major or lieutenant colonel happy. Now, the third flight regiment is already the concentration of school-level officers. There are 16 pilots in the regiment, except for two lying in the hospital, the rest 1 There are 13 of the four officers at the school level, and there are seven lieutenant colonels, two of whom are about to be promoted to colonels. More importantly, everyone believes that there will soon be a colonel pilot in the near future, and even more! The achievements are really too simple for the Third Flight Regiment. Not only is everyone promoted, but many people have been promoted not only to the first level, but also some people have been promoted continuously, although they fight every time!

And the focus of the whole army's attention this time is still the sinister Li's son. If it weren't for his comrades-in-arms or Li's noble young master, everyone would have beaten him in groups, and his comrades-in-arms would certainly not have provided him with protection! Because he not only shot down two Malaysian fighters, but also shot down the U.S. military active fighters who had no "Thai account" for it. One of them was the American who allegedly came from Florida who shot down Meng Haibo. In addition, he also killed an active-duty U.S. fighter on the southern front to help the wingman attack. The fall of a U.S. military fighter plane made Li Wentong so satisfied that Li Wentong said gratefully, "If someone is unfavorable to you, I will never participate!"

Meng Haibo's shooting down made the Third Flying Regiment a little embarrassed, worried or worried in the celebration, because the commander was not only the core of the whole regiment, but also because the enemy could not be underestimated; while celebrating, the whole aviation division was also surprised by the tenacious combat effectiveness of the coalition. It is said that this air battle is the most serious loss since they participated in the war. What surprises everyone is the excellent performance of the active-duty fighters of the U.S. military. Many pilots were shot down when they were against the active-duty fighters, especially the shooting down of Meng Haibo, the commander of the third regiment, which became a dangerous signal. Of course, the coalition is even less relaxed. Not only have they lost 135 pilots, but the number of advanced fighters has dropped from 438 to less than 300, and less than 250 can immediately take off to fight. At least 56 foreign pilots have been captured, 22 of whom are the newly "retired" troops of the U.S. military. People.

Of course, the coalition forces are not willing to lose. Now is the best opportunity to launch a battle. Although the main force of China is still there, they have the initiative to launch a battle. The mixed battle group of the Chinese navy is still within their strike range. The damage of many warships has seriously reduced his speed and wants to get out of the battle. The attack range will take at least one day... And for China, this is also a relatively troublesome problem. The coalition still has a great combat ability, and the main force has not been seriously damaged, and what is more embarrassing is that our side does not have the ability to fight again. Although the staff is not satisfied, the problem is that they are tired. The vast majority of the main pilots participated in the last air battle...