Chapter 363 05.0362: "An air battle plan to crush the Chaos Rebels and coordinate with the aviation group"

The moon had set and the sun had not yet risen, and the sky was still dark. A warning-type Predator was roaring among the dark clouds in the night sky.

This is an early warning aircraft modified by the Imperial Navy using the body of a Predator bomber. It has a large number of highly advanced air defense plane search arrays built in. It is installed in small numbers, and there are only two on the Defiant-class of the Gothic Fleet.

The detector focused highly on observing the readings on the divination array and found that an air unit formation with an unrecognizable signal was detected 700 kilometers away from the aircraft.

"This is 'Dolphin'. We have detected suspected enemy aviation operations. Judging from the movements, it seems that they are transferring from the rear airport to the front-line airport."

"The Aviation Department received it."

The Alert Predator then began to turn its wings, drawing an elegant arc in the air and flying backwards.

The terminator passed through the position of the 1st Brigade on the Southern Front.

The First Brigade was building temporary positions day and night on the front line. Everyone knew that they would not stay here for too long, but they also did not know how fierce the enemy attacks would be in the next few days.

The loud engine sounds of the assembled British armored forces could already be heard around the camp.

"Greetings, it seems you slept well last night." Seeing Horatio walking out of the RV neatly dressed and radiant, followed by two pretty ladies with blooming faces and affectionate eyes, Lord Wellesley greeted him with dark circles under his eyes.

It looked like his arm was hurting all night, so he couldn't get a good rest.

"Salute to you too, sir. I hope our plane's early morning take-off did not disturb your rest." Horatio looked toward the sky just before dawn, the rumbling of cannons in the distance never stopped.

"It's a blessing to hear the engines of the Imperial Navy's planes. In such a large and deep battlefield, we have to run on our own two feet, and we have to rely on your men above our heads."

"No problem. I worked all night last night to plan the corresponding plan, and I have tried my best to include the entire fan-shaped battle line. There are several plans that require looking at the enemy's deployment first, and then I will make corresponding selections and adjustments."

"Aviation Commander!" The morning sunlight shone on Anya Fasha's body, making her stand out from the darkness. Her creamy chocolate skin exuded a delicate and attractive luster under the soft starlight.

"All pilots of the wing have assembled and are ready according to your instructions."

"Thank you for your hard work, Captain Fasha. Thank you for discussing the plan with me all night last night. It was really hard work." Horatio stepped forward and handed her one of the two cups of coffee in his hand.

"No big deal. I'm used to it." She took it with an exotic smile.

At dawn, the Aviation Department received a warning from the early warning aircraft. After clearly detecting that the enemy had air units accompanying the ground offensive, several lieutenants left on the Indefatigable's aviation bridge immediately encrypted the comprehensive analysis data and sent it to Horatio.

Using the remaining hours in the early morning, he and Anya Fasha clarified the next air control targets.

"Good morning, pilots of the 1st Gothic Air Wing." Horatio straightened his chest and looked at the tent in front of him that was filled with male and female pilots. All the pilots from the two squadrons were here.

"Ha, sir, long time no see. We haven't had dinner together for so long. We all miss you." Veronica said with her index finger raised and her nose blown, grinning.

"There will be a chance after this battle." Horatio chuckled and immediately got to the point.

"As you know, we will launch a large-scale air-to-ground mechanized advance campaign, with the main battlefield located on the agricultural plains west of the First Brigade."

He raised his hand and called up a holographic image, which showed the current position of the 1st British Brigade and the nearby battle lines. The red arrow was the Chaos rebels' offensive posture of a right hook, and the scattered dark green arrows next to it were the defense lines that might be attacked by the green-skinned orcs.

"According to the early warning aircraft's detection, the enemy has aircraft units and ground armored units working together."

The projection Horatio called up could only reveal a blurry black shadow.

Captain Anya Fasha, who had more experience in air defense combat, took over from Horatio and said:
"According to intelligence analysis, these aircraft should be the Hell Claw fighter-bombers that Chaos rebels often use in the atmosphere. They have a three-person crew and are capable of both air-to-air and ground-to-ground combat."

“Because of the existence of these enemy air units, this battle will be divided into two independent parts: ground and air.

Our Imperial Navy Air Force will fire the first shot of this battle, confronting the Chaos Rebels' aviation group and crushing the most important part of their coordinated attack." Horatio opened the tactical air situation map and said:
"Our planned goal is to change the balance of air power between the two sides within five days and nights at the beginning of the campaign, inflict heavy damage to the enemy's flight units, and completely seize air superiority. We must resolutely destroy the enemy's basic aviation groups on the ground and in the air, destroy the air defense system, paralyze the command system of the enemy's aviation and field air defense forces, destroy airports, the most important hubs, barracks camps, aviation fuel depots and ammunition depots, and eliminate the enemy's reconnaissance-assault integrated system!"

The relaxed and cheerful atmosphere on the pilots' faces faded away, and everyone sat upright with a serious look on their faces.

"Pilots, this time we will penetrate deep into the enemy's territory. Aviation Commander Captain Cochrane has planned a relatively safe breakthrough zone and flight corridor with a depth of about 100 to 300 kilometers. We must destroy no less than 20% of the enemy's air defense targets in the designated breakthrough zone." said Captain Anya Fasha.

"Relying on the identification of our Imperial Navy's advanced orbital observation and reconnaissance system, the enemy's aviation group has a medium-sized front-line airport 200 kilometers away from here and a large airport about 800 kilometers behind the battle line. The confirmed air force is estimated to be the size of at least an aviation brigade.

Of course, this is definitely not the enemy's entire air force on this planet, but it is most likely all the available force they have sent to this armored assault team.

This location is their front-line field hangar, capable of storing up to two squadrons.

Our main target is this front-line field airport. As long as we can thwart the enemy's attempt to quickly reinforce the front line, the armor losses of our colleagues in the Astra Militarum are expected to be reduced by 70%.

To achieve this tactical purpose, we will increase the number of assaults to five. First, we should destroy the anti-aircraft weapons covering the airport, then destroy the take-off and landing runway and the main taxiway, and destroy the enemy aircraft on the open apron.

Next is the enemy's aircraft on duty squadron, and finally destroy the aircraft parked in earthen bunkers and reinforced concrete bunkers, ammunition depots and aviation fuel depots. In order to destroy the enemy aircraft in the bunker, various tactical deception methods can also be used to lure the enemy aircraft out of the bunker and destroy it when it takes off or lands. "

Horatio choreographed in a very professional tactical tone.

"Today, the first day, we will conduct two assaults on the base. In the following days, it will be once a day.

The intervals between each intensive assault, the time between each wave, and the subsequent intensive assaults will be modified based on the effectiveness of the first assault, and will be implemented in the shortest possible time to deprive the enemy of the opportunity to repair the airport and regroup!
At the same time, an accompanying air control and emergency squadron is reserved, with the goal of destroying newly discovered or revived targets within a depth of 300 kilometers. "

Such were the results of her and Horatio's painstaking research into fleet-level intelligence.

The Imperial Navy, which has orbital air supremacy, has dispatched a Cobra-class destroyer close to suborbital space in accordance with the request of the flagship aviation minister and fleet liaison officer to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance and explore possible key enemy buildings around the preset battlefield where the battle is about to break out.

After obtaining intelligence on the possible location of the enemy's airport, Horatio and his air wing commander spent several hours modifying the tactical arrangements that they had been arranging day and night in the previous week in order to implement them into real tactical arrangements.

“My ideal expectation for this air campaign is:

2. The quantitative and qualitative comparison of the air forces of both sides has reached an advantage of no less than 1:.

Two! Destroy all enemy reconnaissance-assault integrated systems that were discovered.

3. Destroy or suppress the enemy's air defense system targets around the airport by using firepower and radio electronic warfare equipment within the designated assault aircraft group flight zone and activity area.

Fourth! Destroy the enemy's infrastructure, including airfields, artillery positions, garrisons, front-line combat logistics bases, command systems, transportation lines, and oil pipelines, to such an extent that the intensity of enemy aviation activities can be reduced by one-third to one-half. "

Horatio took a deep breath, looked at the men and women in front of him, and said solemnly:
"If the above four quantitative indicators can be achieved, the total assault power of the enemy's aviation can be reduced by two-thirds to three-quarters, and the losses of our ground units can be reduced by 80%, which is crucial to the entire campaign."

This was the inspiration that came to him in bed last night: as long as I gather all my strength and attack directly, and launch a heavy assault on the enemy's nearest air force birth point, paralyzing the core of the front-line airport and the main force of the enemy's air force, I can reduce the number of air reserves for tactical support by more than half!

If the enemy wants to support the front line, they can only fly from the rear for several hours and fly hundreds of kilometers to reach the battlefield. Considering the fuel consumption problem, its mount capacity will be greatly reduced, and the support response time will be greatly extended, and it will be more likely to be intercepted by the Imperial Navy's air interception squadron.

"Gothic Fleet's First Fighter Wing, can you do it?!" Anya Fasha revealed her extremely serious and heroic side as a Talan.

"Make sure you complete the mission, sir!"

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