After confirming the situation with his early warning aircraft, the aviation commander walked up to Bernard. He stood at attention, saluted, and said: "Your Excellency, Marshal! The strike fleet against enemy radar communication facilities on the coastline is already in place!"
"Start the attack." Bernard returned a military salute and turned around to ask about the attack on the combined fleet: "What was the result of the attack on the sea?"
"The reconnaissance plane has confirmed that all the capital ships of the combined fleet have been damaged or sunk, and all large battleships are under our control." The chief of staff answered his question.
"Is it visually confirmed?" Bernard knew that his carrier-based aircraft had been exposed to the enemy's visual range.
After chasing all the way from the original anchorage of the Combined Fleet to here, many officers and soldiers of the Combined Fleet who fell into the water could see those terrifying jet-engine aircraft overhead.
Compared with the army's aircraft, the navy's aircraft are twin-engined and larger, so they look more scary.
"Tengyun 17 and Tengyun 19 have been ordered to start rescuing people, but the salvage speed is a bit slow, and we don't want to take too many prisoners." The chief of staff mentioned in passing.
The main fleet of the Tang Dynasty found a lot of oil stains floating on the sea and people who fell into the water. Many of these people had been floating on the sea all night, and their current condition was very bad.
In the spirit of humanitarianism, the Tang Empire sent search and rescue helicopters and two destroyers to rescue.
However, according to regulations, the destroyers of the Tang Empire could not rescue more than 50 enemy soldiers, which meant that the two destroyers of the Tang Empire could only select 100 lucky ones from thousands of people who fell into the water.
Of course, there are also some Qin fishing boats operating nearby, and they are also trying their best to salvage people who have fallen into the water in their own country.
They hoisted white flags, fearfully picked up those who were soaked in the water and were a little unconscious, and then provided them with some hot water to help them regain some strength.
As expected, the Tang Empire did not continue to attack fishing boats and some small patrol boats, allowing these non-threatening targets to operate near its fleet.
These people also saw the Tang Empire's naval fleet. They saw the new destroyers painted in gray and white, and they also saw helicopters taking off and landing from these warships.
Of course, due to the distance, they did not see the Tang Army's aircraft carrier, because if they tried to cut into the defense circle of the Tang Navy's aircraft carrier fleet, they would definitely be sunk immediately.
"There is no need to be too reluctant. After all, too many prisoners will affect security, living conditions and food standards." Bernard was not prepared to leave with too many prisoners.
He just wanted to capture a group of prisoners and prove that he had defeated the combined fleet. The rest would be left to the submarines and destroyer squadrons to handle.
Anyway, Dorne and Qin now have almost no main battleships. Even if they can gather a fleet, there is no way to maintain sea control in the entire southern sea area.
Once control of the sea cannot be maintained, submarines will have room to play. As long as the submarine officers and soldiers of the Tang Empire are willing to work, the entire southern sea area will become their natural hunting ground.
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The Tang Army's attack aircraft carrying anti-radiation missiles launched an attack on the Qin Army's radar stations and communication nodes along the coastline.
Missiles were launched one after another, and soon the Qin Army's first radar station built on the ridge was hit by the missiles.
The anti-radiation missile directly hit the antenna of the radar station, and the violent explosion also destroyed the generator equipment next to it.
Fortunately, due to the location, the cave where the radar operators were located was relatively far away from the radar, so they were not affected by the explosion.
However, the next radar station was not so lucky. The radar station and the radar operating equipment below, as well as the generator and all personnel, were all sent into the sky by an anti-radiation missile.
Under the severe interference, these radars were still increasing their power in an attempt to restore their warning range. As a result, what was waiting for them was a missile, and their antenna equipment was completely turned into twisted fragments in the explosion.
Sun Guang was worried about the combined fleet in his headquarters, and strengthened his communication signal in order to contact the submarine... As a result, his current communication room was easily locked by anti-radiation missiles.
The communication equipment that strengthened the signal was as dazzling as the sun in the sky in the eyes of the anti-radiation missile. The seeker that captured the signal accurately steered the missile and directly hit those towering antennas.
A huge explosion blew away Sun Guang's headquarters, and the ceiling collapsed. He was buried under the rubble before he could react.
A few seconds later, the air defense alarm sounded in Qingluan Port. The piercing siren echoed over the port area. All the warships were anchored and alert, but the follow-up attack did not arrive for a long time.
The rescued security forces began to clear the collapsed building, and then they dug out their commander from a pile of broken tables, chairs and broken walls.
Fortunately, he lay down in time before the roof collapsed. There were tables on both sides of his body to support him, so he did not lose his life.
The key point is that there is only one floor of the entire building. If two floors collapsed, Sun Guang would probably not survive.
Some people are lucky and others are unlucky. Except for Sun Guang, more than a dozen other Qin officers died and dozens more were injured...
Sun Guang was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and the connection between the port and the Hammerhead submarine was completely cut off. No one knew what happened to the combined fleet, and no one cared about that distant fleet now.
After all, the port has also been attacked! They have to guard the port, search for enemy fleets, and at the same time report the situation, arrange for land-based air forces to take off aircraft, and drive away enemy air raids that may arrive at any time.
Of course, all this still needs time to be arranged: the Qin generals in the Air Force Command still don’t know what happened.
There was no feedback from their radar station, and the phone calls couldn't be reached. There was news that the port was under attack, but Sun Guang's phone couldn't be reached either...
Except for the anti-radiation missile that hit the headquarters, there did not seem to be any explosions in Qingluan Port. No one is sure what happened... After losing the ability to perceive battlefield intelligence, the entire system made judgments and adjusted deployment
, the initial response speed will become very slow.
However, soon, a lot of true and false intelligence began to appear, which disrupted the Qin Army's judgment and also provided the Qin Army with some basis for judging the situation.