Chapter 1108 Next Year's Plan III
Air supremacy has at least three-quarters of the decisive factor in the victory or defeat of modern warfare, and although it is usually the army that wins the final victory and ends the war, if there is no air supremacy protection, the army's attack will be mortally threatened.
But will the mercenary enemy be able to gain air supremacy? It's the biggest joke in the world!
Look at the current air force of the mercenary corps, which is the second largest air force in the world after the United States, and the number of aircraft it has is extremely terrifying.
The quality and high-tech content of US combat aircraft ranks first in the world, and the mercenary regiment air force is mainly equipped with American fighters and bombers, followed by aircraft developed and manufactured by itself, and finally some classic models of the former Soviet Union.
In terms of fighter planes, there are 368 F-15 Eagle fighters, 1,196 F-16 Falcon fighters, 520 A-10 Thunderbolt attack planes, 120 F-14 Tomcat fighters, 540 F-18 Hornet carrier-based aircraft, 360 F-111 fighter-bombers and electronic warfare planes, and 38 aerial gunboats.
In terms of bombers, it is equipped with thirty F-117A Nighthawk fighter-bombers, which are the first generation of stealth bombers, as well as forty-eight B-1B strategic bombers and three hundred and one B-52 strategic bombers, which can take off and fight at any time!
"The General Logistics Department has not stopped the production and storage of ammunition, especially the joint direct attack ammunition that the Air Force likes to use, and we have transformed the heavy aerial bombs manufactured in the former Soviet Union, and the current reserve number is full of 300,000 units, but the age of these heavy aerial bombs is too long, and some of them can be digested through this war." Myers said.
The mercenary corps air force is equipped with a variety of air-to-ground munitions, aside from air-launched cruise missiles and air-to-ground missiles, the cost of laser-guided bombs of the Paveway series is expensive, and mercenary corps uses joint direct attack munitions as the main type of ammunition in the war.
Joint direct attack munitions are the main combat weapons of the US Air Force, and the advantage is that they can be modified with those aerial bombs of the Cold War era, and while the cost is reduced, it brings higher combat effectiveness. The United States came to the aid of a batch, the mercenaries bought a batch at a low price, and produced a staggering number of 300,000 of them.
The United States can modify the original aerial bombs, and the mercenary corps will learn American technology and modify a large number of former Soviet aerial bombs purchased from Russia to use the Atlantis satellite navigation system for precise guidance.
In addition, the warehouse also contains more than 16,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, MK-48 heavy torpedoes, Patriot surface-to-air missiles, Maverick air-to-surface missiles, AIM-120 and Sidewinder over-the-horizon air-to-air missiles, more than 30,000 joint direct attack munitions, and more than 40,000 Paveway laser-guided bombs.
"This war should be a test of the performance of those old equipment, the Air Force uses all reserve fighters and bombers to fight, and I also want to know whether the mechanical maintenance and support department of the General Logistics Department has done its job properly, and the Air Force Command will randomly check it."
"Waste is a shameful act, the General Logistics Department allocated ammunition in place at one time according to the predetermined plan, and all the expired ammunition was disposed of to avoid leaving potential safety hazards, we have multiple military bases in the DRC, and there is no problem with storage."
"The scene can be tossed as big as it can be, use drone aerial photography, show the bombing and attack scenes to the people of those African countries, whether the mercenaries can protect their safety, and also show the enterprises of European countries to compete with us for Africa's resources, is it a dream!" Wu Chen said.
It was decided that the 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions of the Afrika Kolps, the 6th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 5th and 6th Cossack Mechanized Infantry Divisions of the Eastern European Corps, the 4th Air Assault Division and the 2nd Airborne Division of the Mercenary Corps, plus the 9th and 10th Army Aviation Brigades would be transferred to the battle, for a total of 130,000 men, in addition to the combat units of the Air Force.
"Boss, the army side can also add bright spots, I suggest taking this opportunity to use a steel torrent tactic, after all, the mercenary corps is the army with the most main battle tanks in the world, and all the main battle tanks in the world combined, not more than half of us, the border area is flat, it is a rare good opportunity." Army Commander Herbert said.
The mercenary corps has purchased more than 58,000 former Soviet T-series main battle tanks from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and the United States has provided nearly 10,000 main battle tanks, plus Germany's second-hand main battle tanks, the mercenary corps now has more than 70,000 main battle tanks, which is one of the biggest miracles in the world.
These main battle tanks are the brainchild of human warfare history, but also the display of industrial power, there is no waste in Wu Chen's dictionary, the vast majority of the main battle tanks must be fully used, up to the current statistics, at least 60,000 main battle tanks are able to operate normally, and more than 10,000 will be dismantled into the steelmaking furnace.
Of the more than 60,000 main battle tanks, half will be converted into special armored vehicles, anti-aircraft missile carriers, anti-tank missile carriers, infantry transport combat carriers, and the remaining 30,000 or so can also form 100 armored divisions.
The mercenary corps and its subordinate Afrika Korps, Eastern European Legion, Golden Triangle Federal Defense Force, Atlantis Sea Defense Force, and Golden Triangle Federal Gendarmerie combined, a total of only 36 armored divisions, including the armored forces of the Marine Corps, is not too many four divisions.
The armored forces of the Kurd Corps in preparation, ten armored divisions are enough, this is the maximum, a total of fifty armored divisions, just half of the number.
The German military-industrial complex is producing 720 Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks, 150 self-propelled howitzers of the PZH-2000 type, 700 of the latest M1A2-SEP main battle tanks of the United States, 2,000 of the latest model M2A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, not to mention the fact that the mercenary corps themselves are also producing Tyrannosaurus Rex main battle tanks.
"Your suggestion is not bad, the number of armored troops is more than enough, there are already more than 1,500 main battle tanks in the participating troops, then add five more armored divisions, play a large, 3,000 main battle tank lineup, it is estimated that it is rare, and there is no problem with the General Logistics Department?" Wu Chen asked.
"There is no problem, many of the main battle tanks in our Titan base have become a disaster, and at present, all units are using M1 Abrams main battle tanks, Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks and T-80 main battle tanks, and some of the main forces have replaced the Tyrannosaurus Rex-1 main battle tanks."
"The focus of the maintenance of the base is on the two models of T-72 and T-64, especially the T-64 main battle tank, which has been replaced with depleted uranium armor, and 4,000 units can be used to fight at any time, and the T-72 main battle tank is equipped with the latest composite armor developed by Ukolan, and 3,000 units can be put into the battlefield at a time." Myers said.