The ensuing battle perfectly proved the great value of the combination of "Zhan-16AD" and KD-24A.

According to the battle report sent by the Silan garrison headquarters, within half an hour, the "Zhan-16AD" group, under the guidance of the "Attack-8FZ", used the KD-24A to destroy all the long-range air defense radars in the vicinity of Trivan, and did not encounter a counterattack from the enemy's air defense system from beginning to end.

With a firing range of 300 km, the "Zhan-16AD" does not need to risk entering the attack range of the enemy's air defense system, and will not give the enemy's air defense system a chance to fire.

Although a small number of field air defense systems survived, they were also destroyed by the "Zhan-10AD" that killed later.

By the time the third wave of strikes was over, Trivan's air defense system had been completely paralyzed.

At this time, it was not yet the early morning of the 24th.

In the following hours, the Imperial Air Force tactical aviation deployed in Slan, as well as the naval shore-based air force, poured out and taught the Nuland Air Force and the Van Rowe Air Force a lesson with their actions.

Of course, the tuition fees are very high.

By 5 o'clock in the morning of the 24th, when the first round of air raids was over, the combat planes of the Imperial Air Force and Navy had made a total of about 2,000 sorties, dropped more than 12,000 tons of bombs, and the proportion of precision-guided munitions was as high as 60%, destroying nearly 10,000 targets in total.

It is undeniable that there is some moisture in this, such as the number of destroyed targets, and there is a possibility of duplicate statistics.

It's just that this night's action fully demonstrated the Empire's strong military strength, especially the ability to dominate the battlefield far beyond the opponent.

This capability does not come from a certain type or a few advanced weapons and equipment, but is determined by the entire system.

In the Poshawan War, the advanced nature of "system warfare" was demonstrated, and the era of relying on a few advanced weapons to achieve victory was over!

On the contrary, even old equipment, as long as it is used in the right way, it can still play its due value.

For example, the "H-9D" and "Attack-8FZ" of the Imperial Air Force, the "Attack-5" and "Attack-6" of the Imperial Navy, and the unguided bombs, which account for 40% of ammunition consumption, are not only not advanced, but can even be said to be quite old, but still have very good performance.

By the end of the crackdown, the defense system in the southern Van Roe region, centered on Trivan, had been completely paralyzed.

However, it is not without regrets.

Because the first wave of attacks failed to destroy the field air defense forces near Trivan, and because the second wave of attacks was mainly based on supplementary bombing, and some time was reserved for the "Attack-11A" group to destroy the enemy's command center, the bombing operation against the air base and airfield was delayed for about an hour, and the combat planes of the Nuland Expeditionary Air Force all took advantage of this opportunity to escape.

This includes nearly 100 F-15s and F-16s, as well as four more valuable E-3Bs.

In addition, the Van Rowe Air Force lost nearly 100 F-4E(I).

If needed, Van Rowe Air Force could deploy hundreds of additional combat aircraft to the southern region in the short term.

After this battle, the Imperial Air Force temporarily seized air supremacy in the southern area of Van Luo, and the air strike operation entered the second phase on the 24th.

The main thing is to expand the scope of bombing and change from air assault to battlefield suppression.

With the increase in combat forces and the reduction of targets, the bombardment of ground forces in the southern region will begin as soon as three days later.

It can be seen that in the first few days, it is still necessary to focus on striking at the enemy's air defense forces.

Although the long-range air defense forces in the southern area of Van Lo had been destroyed in the first phase of the bombing, some field air defense units were still spared, and most of them were highly combat-capable, and many of them were deployed near Trivan, posing a serious threat to passing combat aircraft.

In the past, it would have taken at least a few days, if not half a month, for the Imperial Air Force to deal with these scattered field air defense systems, especially self-propelled anti-aircraft guns capable of fighting alone, as well as anti-aircraft missile launchers equipped with fire control radars. For example, in the Bosa Bay War, after the Imperial Air Force seized air supremacy, it spent more than a month searching for and destroying the Iraqi army's field air defense system.

Only this time, the Imperial Air Force did not do so.

On the afternoon of the 24th, the Imperial Air Force withdrew the "Zhan-16AD" and flew back to the mainland that night. The reason is that these heavy fighters have not completed all acceptance tests, their reliability is not very high, and they are not suitable for frequent sorties to perform combat missions.

In fact, the real reason is that the matching KD-24A has not yet been mass-produced, and there are only a few dozen pieces in stock.

Since only the KD-18C, which has a range of less than 100 km, can be used, it is better to use the "Battle-10AD", and there is no need to use the "Battle-16AD" at all.

In addition, when the northwest battlefield launches a counterattack, it needs a heavy combat platform like the "Zhan-16AD".

The reason is also very simple, fighting on the plateau, relying on a greater take-off weight, the combat efficiency of heavy fighters far exceeds that of light fighters.

Of course, the removal of the "Battle-16AD" fleet did not have much impact on combat operations.

Before dawn, two "Zhan-10AD" detachments arrived in Silan, and both of them were dispatched after dawn to participate in the morning combat operations.

Crucially, the Imperial Air Force has invested enough "Attack-8FZ", and the Imperial Navy has also dispatched dozens of "Attack-6CZ" to escort the attack aircraft group.

These Navy's electronic attack planes all came from Posha Bay.

The coalition led by the Imperial Army has captured Baghdad and is advancing north as planned, encircling and suppressing the remnants of the enemy who have fled to the north.

The Iraqi army has been defeated, and it is still a remnant of the defeated army that is still resisting.

By the afternoon of the 24th, there were more than 100 electronic attack planes stationed in Silan, in addition to almost 150 anti-aircraft suppression fighters.

It is precisely in this way that it is possible to arrange at least 2 electronic attack aircraft, as well as 4 anti-aircraft suppression fighters, for each attack aircraft group flying to the theater of operations.

The key point is that the effective range of field air defense weapons is not too long, generally only 20 kilometers, and even the more advanced ones will not exceed 40 kilometers. That is, an anti-aircraft suppression fighter can completely destroy it outside the range of an anti-aircraft missile.

Obviously, this is one of the main reasons why there is no need to use the "Zh-16AD".

In response to the possible slip through the net, especially those anti-aircraft missiles that can be deployed in maneuver and are carefully camouflaged, the Imperial Air Force has adopted a relatively simple but somewhat costly method, that is, to let the combat aircraft carrying out attack missions always fly at medium and high altitudes.

According to the regulations of the Imperial Air Force, after entering the theater of operations, combat aircraft should fly at an altitude of not less than 6,000 meters and drop bombs at an altitude of not less than 5,500 meters.

In fact, this is also the experience summed up in the Posha Bay War.

The main thing is that almost all small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and man-portable anti-aircraft missiles have an effective fire altitude of less than 5000 meters.

When being attacked by a short-range anti-aircraft missile, maintaining a sufficient flight altitude can give you more time to counteract, and the probability of getting rid of the missile is greater.

Actual combat has proved that as long as the flight altitude exceeds 5500 meters, the probability of being shot down can be reduced by an order of magnitude.

However, this also means that in order to ensure the efficiency of bombing, precision-guided munitions, especially laser-guided bombs, must be the mainstay.

If anything, this is where the confidence of the Imperial Air Force lies.

Although a few months ago, especially during the Poshawan War, laser-guided bombs have been in short supply, and can only be used against high-value targets, for example, in the early days of the Poshawan War, nearly eighty percent of laser-guided bombs were dropped by "Attack-11A" and "Zhan-16A", but after the outbreak of the war, especially after the military industrial system entered a wartime state, the value of laser-guided bombs suddenly plummeted.

The reason is that the production line began to run at full speed, and the production capacity of guidance components increased by a hundred times in September!

As for the ex-factory price, it is produced according to the plan in wartime, so there is no need to think too much.

As expected, it will reach a monthly output of 200,000 sets by the end of the year.

Even if it has not yet reached the level of adequacy, it has greatly eased the shortage of ammunition, and combat units can basically use laser-guided bombs as they wish.

In addition, the strike efficiency of precision-guided munitions is very high, so the demand for ammunition is much lower than in the past, thus greatly reducing the burden of logistical support. It is precisely for this reason that the Imperial Air Force gave priority to ensuring the use of precision-guided munitions by tactical aviation.

Comparatively speaking, strategic aviation is deployed in the rear, and the burden of logistical support is much lighter.

As a matter of fact, in the battle from the night of the 23rd to the early morning of the 24th, the amount of precision-guided munitions, including cruise missiles, accounted for 60 percent, which not only exceeded the average level of the Bosshawan War, but also exceeded the proportion of the mainland battlefield, and became the most important means of attack.

During the day on the 24th, the combat planes of the Imperial Air Force flew a total of 2,300 sorties, including more than 2,000 sorties of strategic aviation and tactical aviation, dropping more than 8,000 tons of bombs, and about 20,000 laser-guided bombs of 500 kg or less were used.

The largest consumption is actually a 250-kilogram laser-guided bomb.

The reason is also very simple, as long as the accuracy of the bomb is guaranteed, even if the power is smaller, it can destroy the target.

To be said, even a 250-kilogram bomb is obviously too powerful, and it is not only more than enough to deal with tactical targets such as anti-aircraft missile launchers, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and main battle tanks, but also seems a bit large and inappropriate, that is, it limits the loading capacity of the carrier aircraft.

Even against military bases, 250 kg of bombs are enough.

When bombing large targets such as airfields, it is often necessary to use special munitions, such as cluster bombs and submunitions, rather than larger bombs.

Herein lies the problem.

At the time of the development of the laser-guided component, the smallest of the Imperial Air Force's conventional bombs was 250 kg, so there was no requirement to fit smaller bombs.

At that time, the Imperial Air Force did not think of procuring and equipping smaller bombs.

In the era when the deviation of bombs was as high as tens of meters, or even more than 100 meters, there were high requirements for the power of bombs, and bombs that were too small were not welcome.

It was not until the outbreak of the Great War that the Imperial Air Force raised the need to develop "small-sized guided munitions".

Of course, it is not enough to produce some small bombs and develop an adapted laser guidance component, but the Imperial Air Force has put forward higher and more demanding requirements, such as an unpowered range of at least 60 kilometers, and the ability to change the use by replacing the fuse.

The requirements are not low, and the development difficulty is not small, which means that it cannot be put into production in a short period of time.

Although the Imperial Air Force fought during the day on the 24th, the protagonist of the day was not the Air Force, but the Imperial Naval Aviation, which was also deployed in Silan.

During the night battles, naval aviation took on part of the strike mission, but it was more like a warm-up exercise.

In addition, all the combat planes that flew at night were transferred to the airfield in the southern part of Pakistan Railway after completing their missions, ready to participate in the fighting there.

By the morning of the 24th, four carrier-based aviation wings from the Guia Fleet were stationed in Silan.

According to the original plan, these four wings were supposed to be reinforced to the 41st and 61st task forces, but after the end of the offensive and defensive battle on the Khowaii Islands, there was no longer such a need, and the naval command sent these four carrier-based aviation wings over.

In addition, each of the four wings has two heavy fighter groups and two heavy attack aircraft groups.

As for the multi-role fighter group, it remained in the city of Lion Springs for the time being.

The reason is also very simple, the airfields and military bases on the Slan side cannot accommodate more combat aircraft, and there is no need to send additional tactical aviation for the time being.

On the afternoon of the 24th, all the combat planes of the four wings were dispatched, and with the support of the Air Force tankers, they rushed to attack the home ports of the Eastern Fleet and the Western Fleet of the Van Luo Navy, that is, the Visa Military Port on the east coast and the Mumbai Port on the west coast, and annihilated the Van Luo Navy in one fell swoop.

Comparatively speaking, the operation of rushing to the Visha military port was much easier and hardly challenging.

It is precisely because the military ports on the east coast are difficult to defend that the Van Rowe Navy has always paid little attention to the Eastern Fleet, and its main force is 3 small frigates with a displacement of less than 2,000 tons. The mission of the Eastern Fleet was to rely on a large number of missile boats and torpedo boats to prevent the landing of the Imperial Navy on the east coast. After the outbreak of the Great War, especially after the participation of the Van Luo Kingdom, the Eastern Fleet has been cowering in the Visha Military Port, not to mention the three frigates, even missile boats and torpedo boats, which rarely leave the port, let alone come to provoke the Imperial Navy.

In fact, at the beginning of October, the Imperial Navy launched an air strike on the Visha military port.

However, the target was not the ships parked in the harbor, but the infrastructure of the harbor, and hundreds of mines were laid outside the harbor.

A few days later, a large missile boat was sunk by a mine outside the harbor.

While trying to clear the course, a minesweeper that was originally a mine buster was sunk by a mine!

Since then, except for the occasional dispatch of torpedo boats of only a few dozen tons out of the harbor for patrol, the other ships of the Eastern Fleet have never left the port of Visha.

The reason is also simple, the Van Rowe Navy does not have minesweepers capable of dealing with smart mines.

As for the air defense forces deployed in the vicinity of the Visha military port, they are basically negligible.

It is not that the Van Luo army does not have air defense systems available, but that the long-range air defense units are grouped under the name of the Air Force, and the field air defense units are grouped under the name of the Army.

That is, the air defense forces have nothing to do with the Navy.

After more than 20 days, the Van Luo Navy has not repaired the damaged infrastructure in the Visha military port, and the only large shipyard is still closed.

It is precisely for this reason that the bombing campaign was mainly aimed at the ships in the military port.

Although none of those ships are worth mentioning, let alone being trapped in the military port by mines, even if they break through the mine blockade, they may not be able to escape from the submarines ambushed outside the port, but for the upcoming landing operation, these ships have more or less some impact.

Of course, the Imperial Navy had always believed that sinking enemy ships was the most reliable means of neutralizing the threat.