In December, Maleta Island is the hot summer, but at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, you can still feel the cold air coming from outside in the cabin. Qin Haomin, wearing a thick flight jacket, gently held it
Wearing the lever, we looked at the friend on our side from time to time. Through the goggles, the whole sky was blue, and white clouds moved slowly under our feet like snow peaks, occasionally passing through
In the gaps between the clouds, you can see a deep blue sea below.
When it only takes one to transfer from the naval base in Laicheng to the frontline field airport in Suafa Bay, the maximum speed of the "Swift" equipped by the Navy Land-based Aviation can reach 738 kilometers, which is almost close to the limit of a propeller aircraft
Even if it flies at cruise speed, it is faster than most fighter jets in the early stages of the war.
"All machines are here. The Su Afa base is ahead. Each squadron lowers its height and is ready to land in turn!" The voice of the captain Wang Xinjiang from the headphones came from the headphones. Qin Haomin looked up and saw a vague radius of coral sand.
The white coast formed is a vast green jungle further away. After flying in the boring sea for a while, seeing the green land appear, it will always make you feel happy.
The 43rd Wing of the 9th Air Force of the Nanyang Fleet Naval Air Force was the first air force to enter Maleta Island. In just one month after successfully landing in Suafa Bay, a large military port and a large military port.
The field airport that houses a flying wing is built right on the coast of Suafa Bay.
The naval aviation system is different from the land aviation industry. The wings, brigades and squadrons in the HNA Air Force are equivalent to the aviation divisions, regiments and flight squadrons in the HNA Air Force, but the number of flight squadrons in the HNA Air Force is not fixed, usually 4.
The Flight Brigade, but the air wing on the front line, is much larger. For example, the 43rd Wing has 8 Flight Brigades and more than 520 combat aircraft.
Qin Haomin gently pushed the cāo lever, the fighter jets crossed the clouds, flying at a low altitude of 800 meters in the bay. On the inside of the blue bay, a large military dock built of steel piles, steel beams and large cement caissons appeared in front of him.
Further ahead is a steel-structured field airport with a length of nearly a thousand meters similar to the deck of the aviation ship. Since the 43rd Air Wing was the first air force to enter Suafa Airport, only the steel runway was stopped.
More than a dozen fighter jets injured in the mission in Guadalene.
Not far from the field airport, a large military concrete airport is underway for construction. Large heavy machinery such as bulldozers, excavators, road rollers and other heavy machinery were transported to the shore after the port was completed. The Hong-9 equipped by the Republican Army
The range of the twin-engine bomber is 3,800 kilometers, and the range of the J-5 "Swift" fighter even flew farther than the H-9 after being equipped with a secondary fuel tank. In fact, it is large-scale from Laicheng, Moresby and Labaoer.
The range of fighter jets taken off by military airports was enough to cover the entire Southern Solomon Islands. The Republicans began to build large military airports in this area, which was definitely preparing to use them as a forward base for attacking New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.
The 43rd Wing fighter jets landed one after another on a temporary runway built with steel beams and steel plates like bees. Since there will be heavy rainfall every two or three days between the tropical rainforests, the
Different in the northern regions, these runways are about 40 cm higher than the ground when set up to facilitate drainage. Fighters land on the runway and make waves of air sounds, which always gives a feeling of uneasiness, but are not as good as in aviation.
The ship's flight deck feels more secure.
In order to supplement the losses on airships, the pilots of the Navy's Land-based Air Force have to undergo about half a year of aviation ship adaptation training so that they can quickly replenish the carrier-based aircraft wing during wartime. For the Navy, the ships
The carrier wing is definitely more valued than the land-based air wing.
Qin Haomin drove the fighter plane and landed smoothly on the flight runway. The wheel made a harsh sound on the steel plate when it was braked. The speed of the four-blade propeller dropped. Under the guidance of the ground commander, he rode the fighter plane.
Slowly heading towards the designated shutdown area. The ground crew member ran over to help push the fighter to the shutdown position. Qin Haomin took off his helmet, opened the arc-shaped hatchback, and crawled out from inside. The roar of the motor in the air behind him
It was still heard, and the harsh sound of brakes was still endless. The airport was built between grasslands not far from the coast, but not far away was the dense tropical jungle.
This scene is so familiar. In the South Pacific, most of HNA’s bases look like this. Qin Haomin couldn’t help but frown when he saw the rainforests, which means that he still has to endure the extra amount of life here.
The attack of unclear tropical mosquitoes. These flying insects in the rainforest are much more poisonous than those in the north. When they are bitten, a large piece of redness and swelling will appear on their bodies, and most of them will spread some tropical infectious diseases.
It is the most unbearable place for some pilots from the north.
The pilots who had completed the landing lined up to the camp on the north side of the airport in squadrons. The boots stepped on the steel plates of the runway made a clanging sound. The barracks built of plywood were painted in various camouflage.
sè, this is just a psychological comfort. Most of the time, such large barracks cannot deceive the enemy into the pilot's gaze, and they are easily attacked.
Pilots from the same squadron have already lined up outside the barracks to welcome the arrival of these hard-working colleagues. The initial organization of the Republican Army was that each fighter was equipped with three pilots, but as the war progressed, the pilot training speed was far from following.
The number of aircraft production is that the fighter jets of each flight squadron are currently equipped with only two pilots, and some aircraft currently have only one pilot. If the war is in a hurry, there will be no rest time at all.
The ground crew, air defense and preparation units of the 43rd Regiment and some pilots took a boat to the Suafa base before Qiyao. After completing the preparations, the combat troops began to make a transition. Relatively speaking, the situation was
It was relatively smooth. Under the recent month of continuous attacks by the Republican Army, the US air force located on Guadacanal Island suffered a lot of losses and rarely attacked the Suafa base.
"Our goal will stop in the Southern Solomon Islands. The mission of the Ninth Air Force is very simple. Together with the submarine force, we will implement strangulation tactics on Guadacanal and cut off the logistical line of enemy inlets. In the near future, the war zone will be temporarily
There is no plan to implement a large-scale landing in Guadalam, although the combat plan has been formulated long ago!" In the combat room built with a boarded house, Lieutenant General Guan Haiming, commander of the South China Fleet's ground-based aviation team, is arranging combat missions to the 43rd Regiment, General Manager
The Ministry is not in a hurry to capture the only remaining Guadacanal, San Cristol, Makira and Rennell Islands in the Solomon Islands, with the aim of attracting the attention of the US Pacific Fleet here.
If the Republican Army occupied the entire Southern Solomon Islands, it would loosen the U.S. Pacific Fleet, then the Republican Army's fragile island chain defense system from south to north in the Central Pacific region will be difficult to resist the large fleet.
Sudden attack.
In the battle for islands, if the sea and air supremacy are lost, no island can actually stick to it for a long time. Even on the Australian continent, if external aid is cut off, it will be difficult to stick to it for a long time. This is the long-term plunder of Britain.
The consequences of colonial policies are in the Pacific region, almost all regions lack the heavy industrial system needed to cope with modern warfare.
Even though it is still in the war period, some domestic companies have begun to organize immigrants to develop the South Pacific region. These tropical areas have rich forestry resources and fertile land, which is very suitable for agricultural development.
Britain needed these colonies without resistance to consolidate its rule, which was destined to collapse quickly when subjected to external attacks.
Now, after inheriting the British rule, the Republic began to consolidate its rule in these areas. Relatively speaking, the Republic's control is much stronger than that of the British, and its huge entry base makes it easy for the Republic to recruit a large number of immigrants to
Due to the sparse entrances of these occupied areas, the rich resources of the occupied areas are still quite attractive to the lack of land and poverty entrances in the country.
After occupying Northwest Australia and East Africa, with the development of mining areas and agricultural areas, tens of millions of foreign entrances came to Western Australia and Africa, about half of which were Chinese, and the rest included Vietnam, Malay, and Myanmar.
Entering and entering India, with the influx of a large number of foreign entrances, Chinese replaced its original English status in Western Australia and East Africa and became the main communication language.
Unlike Germany's quick decision strategy, the Republican Army gradually moved forward with its advantages of influencing and industrialization. In addition to quickly conquering a large number of colonial systems where the British Empire had collapsed with a sweeping momentum in the early stages of the war, especially after the United States joined the war.
The Republican Army's strategy has become more cautious, which makes it difficult for the US military to find some flaws.