Chapter 366 05.0365: "The Flame of Light and the Uncertain Darkness"

In the distance, the enemy's front-line airport was clearly visible after the smoke had cleared. Although there was a slight deviation from the coordinates marked in the intelligence, it had been corrected by Horatio.

The air raid corridor was also demarcated, with green guidance arrows flashing in front of each pilot's eyes, and all the furious fighters participating in the attack rushed straight to the enemy airport at an extremely fast speed.

"Remember, this is an aerial campaign to crush the Chaos Rebels' coordinated offensive aviation group.

I ask all pilots to perform their duties conscientiously and resolutely complete the four stipulated annihilation targets. I repeat them here again.

First, the two sides achieved an advantage of no less than 2:1 in the comparison of the quantity and quality of their air force forces.

Second, all enemy reconnaissance-assault integrated systems that were discovered were eliminated.

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

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

Using the communication equipment on the command aircraft, Horatio strengthened the fighting faith of each pilot on the wing mission screen and reviewed the main combat mission objectives of this air campaign.

The target airport covers a large area, much larger than expected. There are 20 quick-cement hangars that can accommodate the largest aircraft, and there are as many as 50 fighter jets parked in the open-air parking spaces beside the runway.

At this time, the Hell Claw fighter-bombers that were about to take off were arranged in an orderly manner on the hub runways. A squadron of fighter planes had already driven onto the main take-off and landing runway, and their engines had been preheated, preparing to take off.

Faced with the incoming enemy aircraft, the enemy airport decisively activated electronic warfare jamming facilities.

For a moment, Horatio's communication channel was filled with noise, and if you listened carefully, you could hear strange laughter.

He temporarily shut down the communication. Fortunately, before the attack, he had already explained everything he wanted to say to the pilots. Now everyone just had to do their job.

In addition, in order to deal with possible ground electronic countermeasures, he did not adopt any weapons that required augury radar assistance and guidance.

When the leading Hell Claw accelerated for a while, raised its nose slightly and prepared to take off, a high-explosive air-launched rocket rushed over and hit the lower abdomen of the fuselage directly, blowing it into thousands of pieces.

Whoosh whoosh!Whoosh whoosh!
Pilots relied on ballistic computers, a relatively primitive air-to-ground device, to accurately fire rockets at targets through inertial guidance.

The quick-concrete penetrating bullet hit the quick-concrete hangar at an angle.

boom!
The thick quick-concrete protective layer deformed, cracked, and shattered in front of the hard drill bit, with particles and dust flying everywhere. When the disturbing drilling sound stopped, a huge explosion followed. The enclosed space caused the violent shock wave to even destroy the heavy explosion-proof rolling doors in front and behind the quick-concrete hangar.

Horatio in the air could clearly see the broken wings of the destroyed aircraft flying out, rolling and scraping on the ground, leaving a bloody mess among the panicked fleeing rebel ground crew.

boom!
The next second, a louder explosion caught his attention.

It turned out that the promethium oil depot was hit by a high-explosive rocket. A fuel tower filled with refined aviation promethium suddenly burst into flames dozens of meters high. The burning promethium scattered all over the airport. The scene of fire raining from the sky was as terrible as the end of the world described in the Book of Revelation.

Horatio nodded with satisfaction. He thought that the damage caused by the Imperial Navy Air Force would stop there, but he didn't expect that there would be more masters.

A death strike missile hit an open space near the water tower. The pilot originally wanted to blow up the barracks facilities, but accidentally missed.

Before the pilot could feel aggrieved, there was an earth-shaking sound coming from the impact point. The hardened ground bulged and collapsed, and then the molten metal and plasma from the explosion gushed out from the ground.

Almost in an instant, the earth collapsed and the mountains collapsed!

Large areas of hardened ground shattered and surged up one after another, and large and small concrete fragments shot out thirty meters high along with hot molten jets.

The original rain of fire from the sky turned into an apocalyptic scene of "Jehovah punishing Sodom".

The missed death strike missile accidentally destroyed the rebels' underground ammunition depot. Melta bombs and plasma bombs with a yield of tens of millions of tons were accidentally detonated. Anyone stepping on the ground within a radius of hundreds of kilometers could feel the earth shaking.

The Hell Claws that were preparing to take off on the runway also lost control due to the strong external interference and veered off course. Several planes that had already started to speed up for takeoff broke their landing gear due to the twisting, and the fuselages directly slid off the runway.

Many of the Modians and rebels who were fighting each other on the defense line fell, which also brought many advantages and reversals to both sides. However, in the life-and-death game, no one had time to think too much, and soon the roars and the sounds of swords and guns rang out again. "Wuhu~ It's so exciting! Hey, little Fasha, did you see it! The biggest firework was made by me!" Veronica shouted excitedly in the channel.

"Okay, okay, well done, Veronica. I think the commander will praise you." Fasha shrugged and smiled.

"The whole team will have an extra meal tonight. As for Veronica, you will have an unlimited supply of ice cream for the next three weeks." Horatio smiled and drew a line across the 'ammunition depot' on the combat indicator with satisfaction.

"Great!" The voice of the female pilot with short blond hair sounded full of energy in the channel.

The third batch of low-altitude penetration squadrons also arrived at the scene at this time, flew over the planes, lowered their altitude and rushed towards the target.

They passed less than 500 meters above the ground, and as their shadows were cast on the runway, the screams of death sounded piercingly.

Countless high-explosive bombs fell on the runway, leaving large pits not far apart on the runway.

Seeing that takeoff was impossible, the rebel crew members who had not yet integrated into the fighter plane began to jump out of the plane to escape, but they jumped from a height of four or five meters in a hurry, and their end was either to fall to the ground with their butts unable to move, or to break their legs.

The few lucky ones who could still run could only drag their lame legs and jump to the lawn nearby.

Hurry——!
The blast instantly blew the people away, spreading them unevenly on the ground.

Those aircraft parked in the open air and the fighter planes on the runway were also destroyed one after another along with the runway by the elastic bombs of the raiding squadron.

After dropping its bombs, the Fury interceptor turned back again and continued to sweep the ground with the revolving automatic cannon under the nose. The Advanced Thinker array quickly locked onto those fish that had escaped the net and opened their cans one by one.

The high-altitude alert Predator early warning aircraft used the ultra-high-definition camera mounted on its belly to broadcast the situation of the attacked airport to Horatio and the Indefatigable hovering in low-Earth orbit.

Captain Edward Perroux sat on the command throne, his lips tightly pursed. The firelight from the projection reflected in his calm eyes. He nodded silently, and admired the swift and destructive feat of the Imperial Navy Air Force with all the officers on the bridge.

"It seems that our rookie is doing very well in the Aviation Department." Horatio's old boss in the Communications Department, the one-eyed captain, nodded in praise.

"Captain Sterling, how long do you think it will take for Xiao Huo to reach the same rank as you?" The captain of the operations department, who was also an old acquaintance of Thomas Cochrane, nodded and smiled at Captain Sterling.

"I hope he can get here as soon as possible. The Imperial Navy needs people like him who are bold and meticulous." Lieutenant Sterling replied with a smile, "And I'm sure he will be more comfortable in the position of captain."

On the ground, the fighter jets that had completed the raid flew over the airport and began to turn according to the designated safe corridor.

Dozens of anti-aircraft missiles arrived late from the enemy's large anti-aircraft missile base. The EW electronic warfare Starhawk continued to suppress their lock, covering the high-speed escape of the Fury fighter jets that sprayed heat decoys, and also recorded the source location of the radar waves, that is, the location of these anti-aircraft missile positions.

Horatio immediately set these high-value targets as the second combat objectives of today's air campaign, 'Two Raids on the First Day'.

When the air force completes two rounds of raids on enemy aviation units today, the pilots will target enemy units on the ground and coordinate with the Valkyrie fighters that have been deployed to the battlefield for anti-armor operations.

Perform air-to-ground fire support missions and cover the left wing of the 1st British Brigade as it throws a right hook to the rebels, delivering an identical right hook to the enemy!
However, the rebels on the front line did not know that they had lost the air battle. The troops sent out to contain the First Brigade and prevent it from escaping, still according to the original plan, launched an attack on the First Brigade's front road defense line, trying to force Sir Wellesley to transfer the armored forces back to provide support.

At the same time, in the fields far away from the front line, the greenskin army was gathering in a mighty manner.

They were dismantling the scrap metal on the garbage ship, and under the amazing imagination of the big master, they were assembling some very terrifying things.

In the dark and cold void, the physical universe began to move again under the surge of the subspace storm. Majestic black shadows occasionally appeared in the deep void, and then disappeared into the darkness again in an ion storm.

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