As the sun rises, a sudden roar breaks the silence of the early morning. 【Reading.com】

In the southern sky, the black-pressed helicopter fleet came from far and near.

Cannonballs screamed and fell from the sky, aimlessly smashing into the deserted hills, throwing up dust and suffocating smoke. The shelling was regular, and every hill on the open plateau, which could be regarded as a mound, was subjected to a few to dozens of shells. The barrage stretched north, and the helicopter fleet slowly arrived.

At the forefront are dozens of AH1Z Super Cobra helicopter gunships.

The Peninsula War will be the last war in which the world's first specialized helicopter gunship, born during the Vietnam War in the 60s of the last century, will participate. According to the exhibition plan of the United States Marine Corps, starting in 2025, all AH1ZZs will be gradually replaced by AVC22A "Strike Hawks", and the last AH1Z will be retired by 2030. For more than half a century, the 11 series of armed helicopters have accompanied the US military on the battlefield and participated in more campaigns and wars than any general of the US army. As the ultimate modification of the AH11 family of gunships, the AH1Z is no better than the AH64D|||, which plays a major role in the armytype of helicopter gunship poor.

The AH1ZZ fleet was followed by more than 30 SH60K Black Hawk transport helicopters and more than 20 VC22A Osprey tiltrotor aircraft carrying hundreds of Marine Corps officers and soldiers.

Before each landing, AH1ZZ will "clean" the landing site again with machine guns and rockets.

The "Black Hawk" and "Osprey" did not land, but hovered at an altitude of 2 to 3 meters above the ground, dropped the carrying Marine officers and men, and immediately flew south.

The U.S. military is gradually taking control of each mountain pack in preparation for the upcoming decisive battle.

It's just that it's not just the U.S. military that's moving on the battlefield.

Several white plumes of smoke suddenly rose from behind the hills thousands of meters to the north. No. That's not soot. It is the wake of the air defense missile that leaves in the middle of the air when it takes off, and is formed by the condensation of water vapor.

The AH1Z fleet has not yet responded. Dozens more anti-aircraft missiles rose from the ground.

The US military planes, which had been in good order, were suddenly in a mess. Whether it's a gunship, a transport helicopter, or a tiltrotor aircraft. All are desperate to reduce the flight altitude. Release radar and infrared jamming bombs. Evade ground-based anti-aircraft missiles that dive down from a high altitude.

Helicopters are not models that excel at speed. Tiltrotor aircraft have difficulty changing flight status in a matter of seconds.

Under the guidance of millimeter-wave radar and passive infrared ultraviolet guidance. The missile is like an arrow with eyes. Shoot exactly at the group of hastily evasive ground machines.

Although more than half of the ground helicopters avoided the missiles. But there are still dozens of helicopters that are not so lucky.

The missile attack did not end, and the second batch of anti-aircraft missiles came one after another, and there was a great momentum of vowing not to give up until all enemy planes were shot down.

The helicopters that had dodged the first missiles clinged to the ground and fled in a panic to the south. Even helicopter gunships carrying ground-attack missiles are no exception, because the US pilots on the helicopters do not have an existing anti-aircraft missile position at all, so naturally they cannot carry out counterattacks.

No sooner had the US helicopter left than the shells whistled again and smashed to the ground.

It's just that the shells are not coming from the south, but from the north and east. The target of the shelling was very clear: hills and dirt bags under the control of the US Marines.

The shelling was very intense, to the point of no cost.

The situation on both sides of the war fell into the "eyes" of the large "Condor" unmanned aircraft hovering over the battlefield at an altitude of 18,000 above the ground. Through the tactical data link, the "Condor" sent the tactical information to the brigade headquarters of the armored 5411 brigade, and to the participating units through the tactical information exchange center of the brigade headquarters.

Li Wen, who was sitting in the position of commander of the DZ211 main battle tank in the numbered 541111301, could also grasp the battlefield situation in real time.

The first to be the air defense battalion's FM211 mobile medium and short-range anti-aircraft missile system. With a maximum range of 25 kilometers and a minimum altitude of less than 5 meters, the FM211 anti-aircraft missile is best suited to deal with ultra-low-flying helicopters and fighter jets, and can even be used to intercept cruise missiles and guided bombs if necessary. As long as they are under the protection of the FM211 air defense system, the armored units do not have to worry about air strikes.

Next up was the artillery battalion, a 155-mm howitzer with the power of long-range artillery directly under the corps. A few years ago, the artillery battalion directly under the brigade was armed with 122-mm howitzers. When the equipment was replaced, the army canceled the support artillery of other calibers and retained only one caliber of 155 mm, which played a role in improving the combat effectiveness of artillery and reducing the pressure on logistics support. Against "several" infantry with a 155-mm high-explosive grenade is like a knife.

"Platoon commander, have you received the order?"

"Nope." Li Wen replied angrily.

Fang Weimin, who was sitting on the right, pouted and didn't dare to say anything.

The officers and men of the entire platoon and even the officers and men of the entire company knew that Li Wen had been "on fire" in the past few days. If it was another platoon commander, he would have been called by the company commander to give a lecture. Li Wen is different, he is the oldest platoon commander in the whole brigade, and the deputy brigade commander and the brigade chief of staff are his classmates, and no one does not give him face.

The reason why Li Wen "became popular" is well known to everyone.

"Platoon commander, there's news." Shi Jinyong, the driver sitting on Li Wen's left, yelled loudly.

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Cease? Li Wen was excited for a while, seeing that the information that appeared on the screen was splashed with water.

Not a sortie order, but an air raid alert.

Less than a kilometer to the east, dozens of long-range air-launched cruise missiles are flying at the speed of Mach C and at an altitude of 50 meters toward the western shore of Changjin Lake, striking at an armored cluster gathered 15 kilometers north of Linshanli.

It must be a cruise missile carrying an anti-armor sub-mother warhead!

Before the missile group reached the sky over Changjin Lake, the long-range air defense battalion directly under the army deployed in Wenyueli took the lead in the battle, and the air defense system continuously fired HO-21 range air defense missiles at a speed of 17 every 17 years, guided by the phased array tracking and irradiation radar, and crashed head-on into the incoming cruise missiles in a 2-on-1 manner.

Cruise missiles are not ballistic missiles, and the key to shooting down cruise missiles is to present them, not to intercept them.

As long as it is present, cruise missiles can easily be shot down by anti-aircraft missiles.

In the first round of interception, 22 cruise missiles were shot down, with a hit rate of more than 90%.

When the missile group reached the sky over Changjin Lake, it was accompanied by an air defense battalion directly under the armored cluster ground brigade. The 12 FM211 air defense system with independent combat capability was again put into battle, firing anti-aircraft missiles in the direction of incoming cruise missiles at a rate of 1 per second. 1 set of FM211 is ideally capable of intercepting 3 low-altitude targets at the same time, with a single hit rate of more than 80% and a double hit rate of more than 95%.

In order to ensure the safety of the armored cluster, no one will calculate the cost of the battle at this time.

Not to mention anything else, even if only 1 cruise missile drops anti-armor submunitions over the armored cluster, it means that dozens of tanks and armored vehicles will be turned into scrap metal and hundreds of officers and soldiers will shed blood and die!

Compared to dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, hundreds of officers and soldiers, what is a few anti-aircraft missiles?

The interception was very successful, and of the 32 cruise missiles that broke through the first line of defense, not a single one reached the left bank of Changjin Lake.

Although they could not see the battle outside, the information transmitted through the tactical data link made Li Wen and other tankers very aware of the outcome of the battle.

The US strategic bombers flew in vain, burning tens of thousands of gallons of fuel, not to mention wasting dozens of missiles.

"Platoon commander, isn't it time for us to get on?"

"Up? Last Bird! ”

Fang Weimin was stunned for a moment, and then new information appeared on the screen.

On the battlefield, the artillery fire, which was still "named" by the US Marine Corps scouts, began to extend southward.

Equipped with a 55 times diameter 155mm howitzer, the maximum range can reach 30 kilometers when using ordinary shells, 39 kilometers when using bottom-row extended-range shells, and when using bottom-row rocket extended-range shells, and if you use the latest "long-range strike shells", the range can be increased to an astonishing 59 kilometers!

To equip the brigade artillery battalion with such powerful artillery, probably only the Republic Army has the courage to do so.

The shelling continued, and the order to attack never appeared.

As time passed, Li Wen gritted his teeth in anger. If they continue to fight like this, by the time they go into battle, I'm afraid there will only be some shrimp soldiers and crab generals left.

"Platoon commander, the air defense battalion is up."

"Air defense battalion?" Li Wen's eyes widened and he looked at the main screen in the center, "What are they doing here?" ”

"It must be against the US military's unmanned reconnaissance aircraft." Fang Weimin smiled bitterly, "Perhaps, we have several US military unmanned reconnaissance planes on our heads." I have to say that we have to thank that old fellow Rumsfeld. ”

"Who is Rumsfeld?"

"During the Bush administration, it was he who proposed the transformation of the US military and cut many projects of RAH-66, AGSS, and 'Crusader' self-propelled howitzers in the mainland, which greatly reduced the firepower of the US Army and Marine Corps. Without him, we would have to face hordes of 'crusaders' at this time, and life would certainly not be easy. ”

"Is it powerful with our 'God of War'?"

"That's not for sure."

Li Wen smiled coldly, not quite believing Fang Weimin's words.

On the battlefield, the forward FM211 missile vehicle stopped about 2 meters away from the armored cluster, and the fire control radar antenna set on the top of the turret quickly pointed at the southern sky. After a while, several anti-aircraft missiles rose from the vertical firing system in the rear of the turret and turned to several "birds" that flew straight into the air.

The unmanned reconnaissance plane, operated by US officers and men in the rear, had no time to dodge the incoming anti-aircraft missiles.

The biggest problem in dealing with unmanned reconnaissance planes is the same as dealing with cruise missiles, and the difficulty of shooting down them is far greater than that of shooting them down, and as long as they can be spotted and shot down, they will become very easy.

One of the "eyes" of the American army was knocked out, and the situation on the battlefield became extremely favorable for the Army of the Republic.

While the radar of the air defense system was still searching for air targets, the brigade headquarters gave direct orders to the participating units to attack.

Seeing the information that appeared on the screen, Li Wen took a deep breath and paid special attention to the time.

7:33:01 p.m.

Only 311 minutes elapsed between the armoured group's entry into the offensive position and the start of the attack.

For the fiercest tank battle of the Korean War in the war, half an hour of preparation was not a long time