The missiles flying at Mach 1.5 carried huge kinetic energy and heavy high explosives and accurately hit their targets. In just half an hour, the missiles launched from the arsenal ship destroyed seventeen
With three army headquarters, fifty-two military airports, thirty-one ammunition depots and forty-four coastal forts, the entire Axis army along the Strait of Gibraltar was suddenly plunged into chaos.
The fleet of the Chinese Empire sailed towards the Strait of Gibraltar at high speed, accompanied by hundreds of navy-specific dock landing ships. These landing ships have a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, and each warship can accommodate an armored battalion.
And can bring all the heavy equipment for them.
The entire fleet rushed towards the strait at a high speed of 27 knots. At this speed, they would appear near the strait in eleven hours. Peng Dechao would not wait so long. After sailing for four hours,
Sailfish 3 carrier-based fighter jets began to take off, and new types of early warning aircraft and electronic jammers also took off simultaneously. The large fleet was divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, and flew towards the strait.
The Lombok 2 early warning aircraft is at the top. This early warning aircraft was optimized and modified from the Behemoth 2 transport ship, with a length of 47 meters, a wingspan of 50.5 meters, and a maximum take-off weight of 170 tons. Although its
The maximum speed is only 850 kilometers per hour, which is much slower than that of fighter jets, but its detection range is as high as 1,200 kilometers, and it can safely provide intelligence support to fighter groups outside the battlefield. It can even
Track one hundred air targets simultaneously.
The reason why the radar of the Lombok-2 early warning aircraft is so powerful is that the Iron Blood Army's early warning aircraft radar has abandoned the mechanical scanning pulse Doppler radar and switched to the electrically scanning active phased array radar. This kind of radar is used in large numbers.
The radiators form an array, and each radiator forms a transmitting and receiving module. Each radiator can generate and receive radio waves by itself.
Active phased array radar beam pointing is very flexible and rapid. The numerous radiators of a radar can form multiple independent beams at the same time, and perform multiple tasks such as search, identification, tracking, guidance, and passive detection at the same time. Its multi-target recognition and
It has strong engagement capabilities, can monitor and track multiple targets at the same time, and has good anti-interference performance. In addition, the phased array radar has high reliability. Even if a small number of radiators are damaged or fail, the entire radar can still work normally.
Such powerful radar support ensures that early warning aircraft can monitor the vast airspace and also provides intelligence support for fighter group operations.
Located on the lower level is the Sailfish 3A carrier-based fighter. The reason why the aircraft carrier is loaded with fighter jets, not attack aircraft, is because this new type of fighter can already complete the tasks of a variety of aircraft. The Sailfish 3A fighter captain
It has a wingspan of 15.3 meters and a wingspan of 10.9 meters. The fourteen external pylons can carry up to nine tons of ammunition, the combat radius is 1,100 meters, and the maximum level flight speed can reach Mach 2.
An active phased array radar is installed in the nose of this aircraft, which can guide various air-to-air, air-to-ship, air-to-ground, and even cruise missiles. It can also use various guided bombs and rockets. In addition, it
A thirty-millimeter cannon was also installed for self-defense.
Located between the early warning aircraft and the fighter jets are more than thirty Sailfish 3B electronic warfare aircraft. These electronic warfare aircraft are a variant of the Sailfish 3 fighter aircraft. They are equipped with tactical interference pods, interference cancellation systems and tactical terminals.
Receiver. This kind of aircraft can not only carry out large-scale electronic jamming and countermeasures, but can also perform limited air combat and ground attack missions. After all, its strength has made a qualitative leap forward from the Sailfish 2 series of carrier-based aircraft equipped by the Imperial Navy.
Under the guidance of the early warning aircraft, more than two thousand Sailfish 3A fighter jets quickly arrived at the coastline of the Western Continent. At this time, more than thirty Sailfish 3B electronic warfare aircraft were already at full power, using powerful electromagnetic interference to
The radar and communication systems of the Axis powers, which had been damaged by cruise missiles, were completely paralyzed.
Without any resistance, numerous fighter jets quickly flew to various key targets, destroying the targets that the cruise missiles had attacked. This time, because many ammunition depots and aircraft had been destroyed, their attacks were focused on
The defenseless Axis soldiers in the barracks were killed. Under the accurate attack of laser-guided bombs, a large number of Axis soldiers were killed, and all the heavy tanks, heavy artillery and other weapons that had no air defense capabilities were also killed.
suffered a devastating blow.
Taking advantage of the time when the fleet arrived, the carrier-based aircraft group bombed back and forth four times, destroying a large number of military targets of the Axis group. When the fleet arrived at a place twenty nautical miles away from the coast, various military targets within fifty kilometers of the coast were destroyed.
It no longer exists.
When we arrived at the offshore area, it was time for the battleships in the Eastern Ocean Fleet to show off their power. The Zhili-class and Shannan-class battleships raised their huge main gun muzzles and fired at Cape Sires and Cape Maloqui on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Attack.
At this time, all the heavy firepower points of the Axis powers had been destroyed. Those infantry positions that were not paid attention to by missiles and aircraft simply did not have the firepower to confront the navy. At this time, they suffered a direct hit from large-caliber naval guns. In the dense
Under the bombardment of artillery fire, those infantry positions that were not very strong were quickly bombed with scars, and many trenches were directly turned into large pits.
The infantry positions near the coast are only used as auxiliary forts to prevent the opponent's infantry from landing. Now that all the coastal forts have been destroyed, they are only left to be beaten. After enduring ten minutes of shelling, the Axis
The commander of the Chinese army could only order a retreat.
The naval bombardment lasted for half an hour. In the end, even the cruisers and destroyers joined the bombardment. The entire coastline was completely plowed, and there were large and small craters everywhere. A large number of dock landing ships opened
After opening the dock door at the stern of the ship, the hovercrafts slid into the sea one by one, carrying infantry and combat vehicles and rushing to the beach at extremely fast speeds.
At the same time as the hovercraft launched its charge, transport helicopters also took off from the amphibious assault ships in the Eastern Ocean Fleet, carrying marines to fly to the deep areas. Unlike the Eastern Ocean Fleet, the Iron-Blooded Fleet's
The amphibious assault ship uses not a Double Wasp transport helicopter, but a new type of tilt-rotor aircraft.
This weird aircraft named Sea Snake 1 has a fixed wing similar to that of an ordinary aircraft. Its two turboprop engines are not located in the nose or under the wings, but are installed at both ends of the fixed wing. The two engines
It can perform a complete tilt of 90 degrees. When the aircraft takes off, the propeller of the engine points upward, allowing the aircraft to take off and land vertically. After it rises into the air, the propeller can tilt forward, making the aircraft similar to
Fly like a fixed-wing propeller aircraft.
Such an aircraft can take off and land vertically, and can move forward at a speed more than twice as high as that of a helicopter. At the same time, its cabin capacity is larger, it can seat 32 people at the same time, and carry a lot of heavy equipment. With this kind of more advanced
A good landing weapon, although the Iron Blood Army's airborne troops set off later than the Imperial Navy's helicopters, they arrived at their destination first at a faster speed.
Falling on the ground, the Jagged Army took out various individual missiles. These missiles are specially prepared for light infantry. They are divided into anti-tank missiles, anti-low-altitude missiles and other types. They can effectively supplement the heavy-duty missiles that light infantry lacks.
Weapons. The Iron Blood Army and the Marine Corps' airborne troops fought together. They quickly controlled an area of several kilometers and cut off the return route of the Axis coastal defense forces. After a not fierce battle, the coastal troops
The collective surrendered.
Large tracts of land on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were quickly occupied, and the bombed military airports were given priority to be repaired. A large number of Golden Eagle 6 fighter jets from the Iron Blood Army Air Force quickly entered these areas, effectively guaranteeing the air supremacy of the Chinese Imperial Fleet. After occupying enough
After settling down, the army did not go deep into the interior.
This time the transport ship brought not many army troops, only more than 200,000 people. They were too defensive and not aggressive enough. Moreover, Peng Dechao's target was not the mainland, but the last maritime backbone of the Axis powers. If it was delayed due to attacking the inland
If you lose the fighter plane, then the gain outweighs the loss.
After crossing the strait, the fleet continued to sail towards the depths of the Mediterranean. The Axis air forces along the coast attempted to intercept them, but under the cover of carrier-based aircraft that were obviously different from them and land-based aircraft in the Strait of Gibraltar, the fleet did not receive any
harm.
Knowing that this naval battle was of great importance, Cai Tingyuan also started a new offensive. After Gao Hong transferred the two armies to the southern subcontinent, Cai Tingyuan had enough troops, and he immediately launched a new offensive. The army started from Alexandra Port
Set off and attack west along the coastline.
The Iron-blooded Fleet entered the Mediterranean Sea, cutting off the connection between the Western Continent of the Axis Group and the Southern Subcontinent. A large amount of supplies to the Southern Subcontinent could not be transported due to the blockade of sea and air, and a large amount of food produced by the colonies of the Southern Subcontinent could not be transported.
After being transported to the Western Continent, the combat supplies for the two battlefields suddenly became tense.
Taking advantage of the serious shortage of supplies on the other side, Cai Tingyuan mobilized a mechanized group army and launched an attack on Tunisia Port. The two Chinese-class battleship squadrons of the Imperial Fleet that were responsible for blockade nearby also joined the attack.
The Port of Alexandra is nearly two thousand kilometers away from the Port of Tunisia, but when the Iron Blood Fleet advanced to the southern end of the Balkans, control of most of the Mediterranean Sea had fallen into the hands of the Iron Blood Fleet. Not only did Halsey
The fleet was trapped in the Aegean Sea, which also allowed NATO allied transport ships to freely shuttle to the southern coast of the Mediterranean, quickly replenishing necessary supplies to the front line by sea.