dognovel Chapter 288: Counterattack Begins, First Air-to-Air Missile Battle
Chapter 288: Counterattack Begins, First Air-to-Air Missile Battle
There are a total of six infantry brigades distributed throughout the Sumatra area.
These six infantry brigades are all mixed infantry brigades, and their organization is modeled after the ancient country's army combined brigades.
It has a total of seven battalions under its command, including one mechanized infantry battalion, two motorized infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, one engineering battalion, one logistics support battalion, and one combat support battalion.
Each mixed brigade has a strength of about 7000 people.
Including the more than 6 people of the Golden Eagle Guard, the total number of troops currently under the control of the Huang family is more than .
As the order was issued, the six mixed brigades scattered on Sumatra Island walked out of the primitive jungle and launched an attack on the major cities on Sumatra Island.
When these troops walked out of the jungle, it also meant that the Huang family had bared its fangs against the Dutch colonizers.
Among the Sumatran Islands, Old Port, which was closest to the No. 3 branch base, was the first to be attacked and became the first city to be captured.
On the road leading to the Old Port City, AMX-13 light tanks were moving at high speed.
These AMX-13 light tanks belonged to the tank company of the mechanized infantry battalion of the st Mixed Infantry Brigade of the Republican Army.
The entire brigade has only one tank company, equipped with a total of 13 AMX-18 light tanks.
The AMX-13 light tank is the first export-oriented light tank launched by the ancient Daqin Heavy Industry Group.
This thing is the light tank that the French in the original time and space served in the 50s. It is a typical example of a small car carrying a big cannon.
Its combat weight is about 15 tons and its maximum highway speed is 60 kilometers per hour.
The weapon is a 90mm rifled gun.
In this era, this thing can basically kill anyone it hits, except for the main battle tanks of the ancient country's army.
Even the King Tiger heavy tank might not be able to withstand a single shot from it at close range.
This tank has powerful firepower and mobility, the only thing it lacks is protection.
But as a light tank, it already meets the needs of many small and medium-sized countries.
This thing itself is launched for the markets of small and medium-sized countries.
Even the Army itself considered equipping this light tank, but ultimately abandoned the idea.
The Republican Army was the first overseas customer of this light tank.
The Republican Army is the name given to the army by Mr. Huang.
When the tanks rushed into Jiugang, the Guawa people became excited.
Because in their view these were Dutch tanks coming to help them attack Chinatown in Old Port.
But when the Dutch officers saw these tanks, they were shocked.
They were absolutely certain they had never seen such a tank and that the flag was not the flag of their country.
It was not until the tanks opened fire at them that they realized they were being targeted.
By the time they were ready to fight back, it was too late.
The main force of the 1st Mixed Brigade has surrounded them from all sides.
When the Guawa people saw the fully armed soldiers of the mixed brigade, they were all stunned.
Because these soldiers are not white, but have yellow skin like them.
But he is obviously taller than them.
This is the Chinese army!
Old Port was captured as expected, and they joined forces with the guards from Old Port's Chinatown to wipe out the remaining enemies in the city.
At the same time, troops were sent south to occupy major towns south of the old port in preparation for landing on Java Island.
Over Jakarta, more than a dozen Hawk fighter planes from the Netherlands Air Force launched a dive attack on Chinatown in the eastern district.
What greeted them was a dense air defense network consisting of 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns.
However, the anti-aircraft machine guns can only play a harassing role and cannot prevent these fighters from launching ground attacks.
In front of the street defense line, there were not only corpses all over the ground, but also the wreckage of more than a dozen Vickers light tanks.
The Netherlands concentrated the strength of an infantry brigade and launched multiple rounds of attacks, even using artillery.
But they still failed to break through the fragile defense line at the street intersection.
This directly angered the commander of the Dutch Infantry Brigade and he kept cursing.
An entire infantry brigade of more than 5,000 people, supported by fighter planes, artillery and tanks, failed to capture even a small street intersection.
This was a great humiliation in his eyes.
"Brigade Commander, the warship has contacted us and needs us to provide them with coordinates."
The brigade commander, who was angry at the time, couldn't help but show his joy after hearing this.
"Great, they've finally arrived.
Give them the coordinates immediately and blow up these Chinese sons of bitches."
With the support of warships and naval guns, it was easy to take the street intersection defense line.
The power of naval guns is not comparable to that of army artillery.
It is powerless to use land artillery on ships, and it is insane to use ship artillery on land.
In the Gulf of Jakarta, a Java-class light cruiser and three Admiral-class destroyers are sailing at low speed.
As the former coachmen of the sea, the Dutch have long since fallen into decline.
The largest ships in the entire Dutch colonial navy are the two Java-class light cruisers, but there are more than ten destroyers, the newest of which is the Admiral-class.
The Java-class light cruiser was designed in 15 and entered service in 25. It took 10 years to build three ships.
The cruiser has a full load displacement of over 10 tons and its main guns consist of 150 50mm -caliber guns.
As a Dutch colony in the Thousand Islands Country, these warships are enough for the Dutch.
When the cruiser received the coordinates provided by the army, it began to adjust the parameters and prepare to fire.
The muzzles of the guns were already raised high.
It was at this critical moment that something strange happened in the sky above Jakarta in the distance.
The ancient country's naval aviation force finally arrived at the battlefield as a timely rain.
A four-plane formation consisting of four F-4 Phantom carrier-based fighter jets was the first to arrive over Jakarta.
Through the information obtained from the airborne radar, they spotted the Dutch fighter planes showing off their power in the air from dozens of kilometers away.
Four F-4 Phantom carrier-based fighters launched the first round of air strikes without hesitation.
Each of the four fighter jets' onboard fire control radar locked onto a target.
The AIM-7E Sparrow air-to-air missile was then launched from its mount and roared towards the Dutch Hawk fighter 20 kilometers away.
This air-to-air missile weighs 195 kilograms and uses a combination of semi-active radar guidance and radio proximity fuze. It has a maximum speed of Mach 3 and a maximum range of 26 kilometers.
Its appearance also means that the ancient country's air force has the ability to carry out long-range strikes.
For fighter jets of this era, a distance of more than 20 kilometers can even be considered an out-of-visual-range strike.
It's completely a dimensionality reduction attack.
The AIM-7E Sparrow air-to-air missile roared and accelerated, soon reaching a maximum speed of Mach 3.
When the engine's fuel is exhausted, the missile relies on inertia to fly in the air.
Under the guidance of the onboard radar, the target is continuously locked.
“Boom…Boom…”
The Dutch Hawk fighter plane, which was flying freely, was hit by a missile without noticing.
The pilots only saw a black shadow approaching them at an extremely fast speed, and then the dense linked warheads exploded, directly hitting the biplane fighter and causing it to disintegrate in mid-air.
This sudden change stunned the Dutch pilots and soldiers from both sides on the ground.
"How is this going?"
Both the Golden Eagle Guard and the Netherlands Infantry Brigade were a little stunned.
The Dutch pilots also reacted quickly.
They were attacked, but they didn't know what attacked them.
They looked around, searching in panic for the target of their attack.
The ones who attacked them at this time must have been the ancient Chinese fighter planes.
Soon they discovered the target of their attack.
However, it was not the fighter jet they imagined, but a cylindrical air-to-air missile.
Of course they didn't know what an air-to-air missile was, but this extremely fast thing must be the culprit that attacked them.
When they saw the black shadow flying at such a fast speed that it was difficult to capture with the naked eye, they instinctively avoided it.
But at this time they had no possibility of evasion.
Four more fighter planes were shot down.
And the third wave of missiles followed closely and attacked again.
At this time, the remaining three fighter planes of the Netherlands thought of running away.
But no matter how fast they are, they can't be faster than air-to-air missiles.
Another round of air strikes, all 11 Dutch fighter planes were wiped out.
Huang Shuheng knew that the ancient navy had come to reinforce, and there must be an ancient navy aircraft carrier nearby.
After waiting for so many days, they finally got the reinforcements.
If they don't come soon, they might not be able to withstand the Dutch offensive.
The Golden Eagle Guards were too scattered, and one-third of the more than 1,000-strong guard team had suffered casualties.
At most they can hold out for three days.
Fortunately, reinforcements from the ancient country arrived in time.
But no matter how Huang Shuheng looked, he could not find any fighter planes from the ancient country.
How did they shoot down the Dutch fighter planes?
"Damn it, reinforcements from the ancient country are coming!"
The commander of the Dutch Infantry Brigade's face changed drastically after seeing this scene.
He never imagined that the ancient people would dare to attack them so blatantly.
Soon four F-4 Phantom fighter jets appeared in their sight.
"We are saved, our reinforcements are coming!"
When they saw four fighter planes roaring towards Chinatown, they realized that reinforcements from the country had finally arrived.
Everyone cheered at this moment.
The arrival of reinforcements from the country meant that they were saved.
The scene over Jakarta was also noticed by the Dutch warships at sea.
"Damn it! The ancient planes are coming. We must launch an attack as soon as possible to help the army take over Chinatown.
As long as we have hostages, we will have bargaining chips with the ancient people."
On the Java light cruiser, the captain picked up the intercom directly after discovering this scene.
"Launch the artillery attack immediately, don't worry about casualties!"
Just as they launched the artillery attack, four F-4 Phantom fighter jets located more than kilometers away also locked onto them.
Each F-4 Phantom carrier-based fighter carries two new air-launched anti-ship missiles for anti-ship purposes.