As a few days ago, Lian Mingyang got up before 3 a.m., and then called all the pilots and service personnel under him.

It took 15 minutes to finish breakfast, and before 3:20 a.m., all the officers and men began to prepare for the sortie.

Actually, it's mostly routine checks.

Compared with the "Z-7W", the "Z-10A" is not only more powerful in combat, but also has more daily maintenance items, or more troublesome.

The biggest problem is the engine.

Although the power reaches 1100 kilowatts, it is not much lower than the nominal 1150 kilowatts of "WZ-9A", but the engine designed more than 20 years ago has already reached the limit of performance after many improvements.

The problem with this is that the heat load of the "WZ-6F" is extremely high, and there have always been problems with reliability.

This problem has always plagued these "Z-10A" that were initially delivered, and it will not be solved until the "WZ-9A" enters mass production.

As for the timing of mass production of the "WZ-9A", it has not yet been determined.

If anything, it's slightly better on the Kangara side.

Because the temperature is lower, the heat load on the engine is much lighter, and the probability of failure under normal use is lower.

In fact, this is also the key to Shi Zhiliang's dispatch of Lian Mingyang's troops back to the Northwest Theater.

On the contrary, the "Z-7W" does not have so many problems.

Although the same "WZ-6" is used, it is a D-type with an output of only 750 kilowatts, so the heat load of the engine is much lower.

In daily use, the sortie rate of the "Z-7W" is much higher than that of the "Z-10A".

In order to maintain a sufficiently high dispatch rate, it is necessary to put a lot of effort into logistical support.

Fortunately, this has always been the case before, so everyone has long been accustomed to this kind of life of "waking up earlier than chickens and sleeping later than dogs".

Moreover, the current situation is not any ordinary tense!

Just yesterday, the Hindrvan authorities issued an ultimatum demanding that the Imperial-led coalition forces end their military operations against Iraq within one day, that is, by 8 o'clock this morning, unconditionally withdraw their troops from the Posha Bay area, and recognize Kuwait as an Iraqi province.

In addition, it also demanded that the empire immediately stop the increase of troops in the Federal Republic of Luosha, unconditionally hand over some 4 million illegal immigrants stranded in the territory of the Federal Republic of Luosha, and promise to reunify the East and West Luosha on the basis of the Democratic Republic of Luosha.

It is simply impossible for the imperial authorities to accede to such a request!

Also yesterday, only a few hours late, the Imperial authorities issued a statement declaring that they would never withdraw their troops from Posha Bay, let alone abandon the Federal Republic of Locka.

As for the transfer of those citizens of Xiluosha who applied for political asylum in Dongluosha, that was the business of the Dongluosha government, and had nothing to do with the Liangxia Empire.

Whether or not to let the East and West Luosha achieve reunification, and in what way to achieve reunification, is also a matter for the people of Luosha.

The position of the Liang Xia Empire is also very clear: respect the choice of the Luosha people and oppose all kinds of power politics.

Subsequently, the General Staff issued an order on the highest combat readiness.

As a result, it didn't stop all night.

Although the tactical aviation of the Air Force is deployed in the rear, eight fighter jets landed in Champalla last night because they were running out of fuel.

According to these fighter pilots, the situation on the other side of the border is very tense, and the confrontation could turn into conflict and fighting at any time.

In fact, what is lacking now is only the first shot.

If it's just a confrontation, there's nothing to fuss about.

Over the past few decades, such situations have not been uncommon, and several of them have turned into conflicts, which have eventually subsided.

This time it's different!

The Air Force has already sent only two "Finger-10A" planes, and they are deployed in Omsk, which is only more than 1,000 kilometers away from the front line. If necessary, the Air Force can also transfer the joint command plane deployed in Posha Bay to strengthen the surveillance here.

Judging from the performance of the "Finger-10A" on the battlefield in Poshawan, the joint command aircraft has a very great and irreplaceable value in air-ground coordination.

In addition, the Omsk air base has always been the base camp of the air force in the northwest theater, and it is mainly used to deploy large support aircraft such as early warning aircraft.

The reason is also simple, the base is just outside the range of the Western Continent Group's land-based cruise missiles and short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.

If anything, after the start of the war, the most important thing to watch out for is the missile attack of the Western Continent Group.

This is also the key to the Imperial Air Force has always attached importance to the combat radius of fighters, and has tried to deploy fighters as far back as possible.

If the combat aircraft were concentrated at forward airfields, it would be very likely that they would be completely wiped out in the first round of enemy raids.

To this end, the Air Force has also built a large number of field airfields in the forward areas to make up for the problem that the forward airfields have insufficient capacity to support all tactical aircraft.

In any case, judging from the news brought by the fighter pilots, the situation is very tense, and the battle could break out at any time.

Actually, it's not very accurate to say that.

According to Lian Xusheng's judgment, it is more likely that the Xilu Group will launch an attack after dawn, and it is most likely that it will start firepower preparations around dawn.

According to the standard offensive tactics, 2 hours of fire preparation before the ground forces force the crossing of the Volga is perfectly suitable.

Of course, it definitely began with a missile assault.

In accordance with the military exercises conducted by the Western Continent Group over the years, especially in the last few years, at the beginning of the campaign, the firepower assault mainly relied on as many as 10,000 cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, and only after the missile assault, that is, after the defensive air forces of the Eastern Bloc had been severely damaged, would the air force be dispatched to carry out large-scale bombing of the main military bases within the depth of the campaign.

It's just that, no matter how the offensive is launched, the ground advance has to be carried out during the day.

The reason is also very simple.

Because the ground troops of the Western Continent Group lacked night combat equipment and basically had no night combat capability, they would try their best to avoid launching attacks at night.

In order to increase the intensity of the first round of attacks, the attack is usually scheduled at dawn.

Actually, the battle on the other side of Posha Bay has already made the difference.

The Iraqi army, armed almost with the full equipment of the Western Continent Group, has nothing decent, or worth mentioning, the ability to fight at night.

This is especially true of the Army!

Although the T-72M sold to Iraq is a monkey version, which is much worse than the T-72B used by the Democratic Republic of Luosha, not to mention the high-end goods such as the T-64 and T-80 in the West Luosha army, but in the more critical electronic technology, West Luosha has always had a huge deficiency.

In fact, even the entire Xilu Group does not have much to show off in the field of electronics.

For example, the "Leclerc" main battle tank, which was developed by Locke and finalized last year, has not been mass-produced, that is, the supporting electronic equipment has not been able to pass the acceptance, and the world's most advanced "hunt-annihilation" system claimed to be the most advanced in the world has not reached the performance indicators proposed by the military for many tests.

Even the "Leopard 2" of the Hindan Empire has the same problem.

According to the plan made by the Manman Army, it is not until the A4 model that the supporting infrared imaging night vision device can be obtained, and then the previous production model can be improved.

Also limited by electronic equipment, the Xilu Group has not yet developed a decent armed helicopter!

Its most advanced armed helicopter is the "Little Antelope" AS341 designed and produced by Locke Country, and strictly speaking, this helicopter with a maximum take-off weight of less than 2 tons has nothing to do with "armament" at all, it is more like an emergency work, or to make up the numbers.

The Manman Army is even more desperate, installing a launch system on a small civilian helicopter and hanging a few anti-tank missiles, claiming that it is a helicopter gunship.

Relatively speaking, it is more reliable to Xiluosha, whose MI-24 "Hind" production has exceeded 2,000 aircraft.

It's just that the night combat capability of the "Hind" is still very poor, and it is mainly dispatched during the day.

It was precisely because of this that Lian Mingyang got up at 3 a.m. to make sure he was ready for battle by 4 a.m.

If the war could not have been avoided, it would certainly not have dragged on until 8 a.m. Bailin time, that is, 12 noon East Luosha time.

Theoretically, it would be at least 6 hours earlier, and more likely 8 hours earlier.

In other words, it is possible for the Western Continent Army to launch an offensive at 4 a.m. in the East Luosha time, and it will be prepared to open with firepower.

Fortunately, the Imperial Air Force had already made arrangements.

At an operational meeting held yesterday evening, the commander of the base mentioned that the Air Force's "Finger-10A" was launched in the early hours of the morning to ensure uninterrupted monitoring of the forward forces of the Western Continent Group, and that the Military Intelligence Bureau adjusted the orbit of the reconnaissance satellites to provide a report every two hours.

In addition, there are forward-deployed electronic reconnaissance units.

To put it simply, the probability of being attacked is extremely low.

According to the commander of the base, even if the Western Continent Group launches the first round of sneak attacks with the fastest ballistic missiles, it will be given at least 15 minutes of warning time.

For army aviation, which is already well prepared, 15 minutes is enough to fly tens of kilometers.

It is for this reason that the commander of the base requires all combat units to be ready for combat by 4 a.m. to ensure that they can be dispatched as soon as they receive orders.

To this end, last night, Lian Mingyang asked the ground staff to complete all the maintenance work.

What we have to do in the early hours of the morning is actually a routine check-up.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible to complete it all in just 30 minutes.

At 3:50, Lian Mingyang sat in the cockpit of the "Z-10A", completed the pre-takeoff inspection, and then let the engine heat up.

Because it is not clear the specific situation, or that in addition to tanks, there are many targets that do not need to use heavy anti-tank missiles to be destroyed, so the "Z-10A" adopts a regular carrying method, with 8 heavy anti-tank missiles and 2 17-tube 80 mm rocket launch slots.

In addition, there were 1350 rounds of 30-mm artillery shells.

Of course, Lian Mingyang did not forget to let the ground crew fill up the fuel.

This was a real battle, not a drill, so all the crew members, including Lian Mingyang, brought self-defense weapons in accordance with the regulations.

The commander is a 9-mm automatic pistol, and the weapon operator in the front seat is a submachine gun that fires pistol cartridges.

If you are shot down in battle, and unfortunately fall into an enemy combat zone, or are surrounded by enemies, the only thing you can rely on is self-defense weapons.

Waiting for help?

In a large-scale war, that's just a luxury!

If nothing else, there are 120 helicopter gunships in Khangara alone, and almost 200 attack aircraft in 2 wings!

As soon as war breaks out, these helicopter gunships and attack planes will be dispatched like moths to a fire to meet the torrent of steel rolling in from the west.

At that time, it will not be a question of how many will be shot down, but how many will be able to return.

In addition, the Jhangara base will definitely be a key target for the enemy's assault, and it will definitely be covered and attacked, and all the utility helicopters deployed here will have to be evacuated urgently.

Even if there are engineers, it may not be possible to restore the base to operation in the short term.

Theoretically, it would take several days just to clear the time bombs scattered by the enemy.

Then for a long time to come, it may not be possible to send troops to the front line to carry out rescue missions.

In fact, in a large-scale war, no one cares whether a few pilots live or die.

Fighting bravely for the empire is the mission of all soldiers!

In addition, Lian Mingyang also brought a few more rations.

Although according to the battle plan, the combat operations of the army aviation were strictly limited to the east bank of the Volga River, that is, in the territory of the Luosha Federal Republic, and there was no need to fly to the Luosha Democratic Republic, Lian Mingyang still felt that bringing more food was not necessarily a bad thing.

Flying westward, bombing military targets on the west bank of the Volga, that's the business of attack aircraft.

The drought lasted for more than half a year, and even the Federal Republic of Luosha, which had a high grain output, suffered greatly.

According to the officers and men of the base, the grain in Xiluosha is about to become hard currency. Millions of West Luosha people have fled to East Luosha in the past few months because they don't have enough to eat.

Lian Mingyang's partner, that is, the weapon operator Jiang Shanggui, also went to find the personnel in charge of logistics at the base and asked for a comparative translation dictionary of Liang Luo's characters.

In his words, if you are unfortunate enough to fall behind enemy lines, you can still use this thing to communicate with civilians.

Lian Mingyang thinks that it is better to bring more gold yuan cash.

In fact, in the pilot's life-saving equipment, there is a stack of gold dollars, a total of more than 1,000, which is mainly used to buy civilians when escaping.

Of course, no matter what, you have to be prepared.

If I had to say anything, I didn't have to wait long.

Just after 4 o'clock, the communication channel was lively, to be precise, there was a murmur.

Electronic jamming!

That's right, it's the electronic jamming carried out by the enemy.

Although after the end of the war, the Imperial ** team had never fought with the army of the Western Continent Group, but according to today's usual combat tactics, the implementation of electronic jamming when launching an offensive is actually the most basic, and it can even be said to be an indispensable tactical means.

Then, the alarm sounded.

Air raid alert!

The incoming missile is more likely!

Lian Mingyang didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately issued an emergency take-off order.

Three minutes later, at 4:05 a.m., the "Z-10A" piloted by Lian Mingyang took the lead in the air, and behind him were more than 20 armed helicopters.

In fact, in just a few minutes, the entire base woke up from its slumber.

When the helicopter flew away from the base, Lian Mingyang clearly saw that the first batch of more than 10 "Attack-9A" planes were in groups of two, dragging a bright tail flame into the night sky.

Apparently, front-line aviation has also long been combat-ready.

"Head, look ahead!"

In the night sky to the west, there was a bright light produced by dozens of meteors piercing the night sky. It wasn't a meteor, it was hundreds of times brighter than a meteor.

That's a ballistic missile coming from outside the atmosphere!

The global war, or the outbreak of the war!