What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 532 The Flames Reignite
The Empire doesn't have a good solution for the T6 drones for the time being, and the even smaller T4 drones have been rarely seen and have never been detected.

However, taking a cautious approach, Charles made a grand show of transporting a large amount of near-obsolete air defense equipment from the National Guard before launching the battle, while also organizing local contractors in Pakistan to build roads.

Meanwhile, Wayne and Marvel announced that due to the downgrade of operational security at Guyana Airport caused by the last major air raid, it would take two months to resume operations, and they were preparing to reduce the number of fighter jets stationed there.

It seems that the Empire is targeting the fortress as a long-term objective and there will be no attack in the near future.

Twelve rocket launcher vehicles secretly arrived, blending in with air defense equipment and engineering machinery, and were then disguised as engineers and deployed in forest positions.

Before the operation, a portion of the aircraft from the Guyana base were dispatched under the guise of training and patrols, while the rest flew towards the coast and then turned back to avoid detection, thus minimizing the risk of leaks.

As is customary, Itamar, an “ally,” was completely unaware of the attack until after a round of rocket artillery fire had been completed.

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"Damn it, Lockheed Martin doesn't care about army equipment at all."

After three rounds of launching more than 400 rockets, three extremely conspicuous fiery clouds were formed in the night sky.

Charles stared at the rocket's trail and muttered to himself about Lockheed Martin, who was actually capable of completing the mission alone.

The M270 rocket launcher can also fire the MGM-140 ATACMS tactical missile, but unfortunately the MGM-140 currently only has conventional warheads; the integrated bunker-buster warhead is just a plan and has not yet been studied.

Otherwise, if 12 launch vehicles could launch 72 tactical missiles and bunker busters in three rounds, even the toughest fortress would be leveled.
After the frenzied attack was completed, the launch vehicle was immediately moved, and Charles turned the radio sensitivity to the highest level, then blended into the dark surroundings.

Seven kilometers from the air defense tower, not only him, but also 700 people drawn from the combat personnel were divided into multiple small teams and infiltrated in advance under various pretexts. After arriving at the designated positions, they quietly endured the bites of mosquitoes in the darkness, looking up at the sky and waiting for the signal.

Less than two minutes after the second round of rocket artillery fire, two F-16s took the lead and rushed into the radar range of the air defense tower.

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"Is Old Mi on fire?"

Tang Wen could smell the suffocating stench of gunpowder in the air. At least a quarter of the first two rounds of rocket bombardment hit the anti-aircraft towers, but... with 1 million HP, the damage that the armor couldn't penetrate was just like scratching a thorn.

Although he didn't think the anti-aircraft towers could hold out for long, launching such a hasty attack seemed a bit odd.

Even if the US is determined to breach anti-aircraft towers, they would at least need tactical missiles; artillery and rockets alone simply cannot achieve this, or perhaps...

Enemy aircraft detected *2

Two F-16s entered the radar detection range of the air defense tower. Although the AN/SPG-49 anti-aircraft guns on the tower were bombarded by rockets, they were still preserved and functioned by a magical mechanism.

The radar has a detection range of 120 kilometers, and the "Bronze Knight" missile, which is paired with it, also has a maximum range of 120 kilometers.

The top of the air defense tower is equipped with eight twin-launchers, with a loading time of 120 seconds and a firing rate of up to eight rounds per minute.

However, because the "Bronze Knight" is so old, it requires full guidance to hit the target, which places high demands on the radar.

Unfortunately, the AN/SPG-49 tracking and SPW-2 guidance radars have very limited capabilities. Imperial data stated that they could guide up to eight targets simultaneously, but in reality, they could only guide four.

Eight loaded anti-aircraft missiles ascended into the air with plumes of exhaust trails thanks to solid-propellant thrusters, while the AN/SPG-49 radar attempted to lock onto the F-16.

The radar warning lights on both fighter jets immediately went off in a frenzy, and the F-16 immediately took evasive maneuvers, clearly having been prepared. Meanwhile, the forest on the ground, which had been teeming with anti-aircraft vehicles and man-portable air-defense missiles, was designed to attack fighter jets and posed no threat to the Mach 2.5 Bronze Knight.

However, the empire's preparations certainly did not stop there.

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"Strong signal source at target location!"

160 kilometers from the air defense tower, two EF111A Raven electronic jamming aircraft launched their pods.

At low altitudes tens of kilometers ahead of them was an EC130H electronic jamming aircraft, which worked in coordination with an EF111A. All three aircraft simultaneously activated their engines to suppress the radar of the air defense tower.

Radar countermeasures in the 50s were extremely poor; Tang Wen could only see the small print that appeared before his eyes:

[Encountering electromagnetic suppression, the warship's module functionality is limited]

The eight anti-aircraft missiles that had just been launched immediately became useless after losing their guidance, and their already low hit rate dropped to zero.

This also means that the two radar-based short-range air defense systems, "Tartar" and "Beagle," are both rendered ineffective, leaving only anti-aircraft guns!
The aerial fragmentation barrage consisting of 320 128mm shells per minute was not to be underestimated. Tang Wen immediately ordered all the anti-aircraft guns on the No. 2 anti-aircraft tower to open fire at full power and launch an attack directly in the direction of the incoming aircraft.

The heavy anti-aircraft guns roared incessantly, at a frequency comparable to machine guns, but this did not frighten the two F-16s.

The two aircraft simply used afterburners to split up, making it impossible for anti-aircraft guns to keep up with the supersonic target.

"These are the only methods they have. Strike them immediately before they can mobilize their fighter jets!"

After completing the fire test, the F-16s immediately moved away to distract the artillery. At the same time, a third round of 144 rockets followed, with continuous explosions sending up mushroom clouds that easily covered the flames of the anti-aircraft guns.

The fire from the saturation attack even illuminated the night sky, allowing the three F-15Es carrying GBU-28 missiles to spot the target with the naked eye, without needing laser guidance.

The Hans' anti-aircraft missiles were shut down by electronic jammers as soon as they appeared, and F-16s kept approaching to provoke and distract the anti-aircraft fire. The anti-aircraft towers were at a loss for what to do...?

The first to attack were eight Mirage 2000s. It wasn't that the Flying Chickens were particularly eager, but rather that they believed the Guyana base would be retaliated against after the Empire's operation, so if they didn't participate in the attack, wouldn't they just be getting beaten for nothing?
If it weren't for the colonies, they would have actually wanted to back down and not get involved in this mess.

According to the previous plan, the air defense tower can also launch fighter jets, and although there are ground-based air defense devices, it cannot guarantee that everything will be foolproof.

At this time, on the eve of the air raid, the ground air defenses had been shut down to avoid friendly fire, and the Mirage 2000s were the only means to lure the enemy.

Sure enough, after more aircraft were detected approaching, four low-altitude targets flew out of the air defense tower in a cross shape.

The nimble gnats once again took on a crucial role, launching missiles into the sky with a sudden pull of the nose upon ejection.

Tang Wen originally copied the much more advanced AIM-9L, but that required sending the ships back to the dock for modification and upgrading, so the aircraft launched from the anti-aircraft towers still carried the old AIM-9B, which had a poor hit rate.

But low altitudes are precisely where mosquitoes and gnats roam, and both sides are well aware of this.

The four Gnats were immediately regarded as a major threat by the Mirage 2000 as soon as they appeared. In order to avoid being ambushed by anti-aircraft guns, they were spread out over a wide area several kilometers away and intercepted from three directions.

(End of this chapter)