Chapter 1054: Sea and Sky Arrive
We can return to our own island anytime we want, and since the island is now empty, this will naturally attract the actions of the enemies, who will certainly want to stop us.

This is what we call you fight yours and I fight mine, but in the end you all have to listen to me.

For us, following the pace of others is the thing we hate most.

Mobilizing the enemy is what we have always done.

Time passed little by little as both sides deliberately delayed.

A small fleet came from the direction of Jiuxing Island, with seven ships (2+2+3), some large and some small. The small artillery escort boat was very cute among them. It would take about 100 hours to travel less than 5 kilometers, mainly because the three landing craft in the formation could not go fast, the fastest of which was less than 3 knots. The other four "sword-wielding guards" had to reduce their speed to cruising speed and follow it.

Although this small fleet is not large, its anti-ship firepower alone shows that it has 6 anti-ship missiles, which is quite impressive.

Of course, the numerous tubes on the artillery escort boats are mostly prepared for the enemy's island troops.

Until this point, the enemy had not realized that the seemingly small boxes on the tail of the large escort boat were our real death warrant and trump card at sea.

All their attention was on the two torpedo tubes of the escort boat.

People cannot imagine things they have not understood. This saying is vividly reflected here. The torpedo tubes that were inadvertently retained actually became a kind of camouflage. This was really unexpected for the comrades in the Naval Equipment Bureau.

In addition, what they are most concerned about are the planes in the sky.

"Have you spotted Mr. Dong's plane?" This is the most common question asked on the enemy flagship.

Unfortunately, these "military surplus supplies" of theirs did not have such good radars, and were completely unaware of our planes cruising 80 kilometers away.

Moreover, in this kind of friction mission, the enemies are gathered together, and there are no radar sentinel ships forward like in formal combat, which makes the weak detection capability of the enemy ships even worse.

It can only be said that they were concentrating on creating friction and did not treat the conflict they were preparing to provoke as a serious war. When they said they were going to cause trouble in the southwest of the Key West, they only focused on this point.

"No, the Dongda people's planes are probably at high altitudes and they are afraid of being discovered by us. If they want to come over at low altitude, the combat radius is not enough. If the fighters can't come over, the bombers won't dare to come over either."

It is well known that the low-low-low combat radius of the Russian aircraft is not large.

The enemy had 8 fighters in the air, 4 Mustangs and 4 F-86s.

As the most outstanding propeller fighter, the Mustang's performance in S2 is unquestionable. However, in 63, its biggest role was undoubtedly to make up the numbers. It was even difficult for this thing to cause real-time damage to a small boat of dozens of tons. Its bombs were not very accurate and its machine guns had limited power.

The gun on the gunboat is much more powerful than the small water pipes it carries, so it has no problem protecting itself.

I have to admit that Citigroup’s guys are quite good at cheating people.

These eight aircraft cannot be kept in the air at all times, firstly because their time in the air is limited, and secondly because they cannot be deployed at night. Unlike us, we have at least one Be-8 in the air even at night. Although it looks fat, it can play a big role when necessary.

As for the radars of these eight aircraft, it is unclear whether the Mustang has one or not, and the one on the F-8 is almost the same as not having one.

Wrong intelligence gave the enemy a false sense of optimism.

Sure enough, the Dongda people’s plane could not come over, and there was no airport on Jiuxing Island.

They guessed half right. The airport on Jiuxing Island had indeed not been repaired yet. However, the radar on Jiuxing Island could detect their planes at a distance of more than 150 kilometers.

Although our radar has undergone some modifications, these aircraft are much smaller than bombers and reconnaissance aircraft, and their detection distance is closer.

With this detection distance, even if they hide 30 to 50 kilometers behind the fleet, they can still be seen clearly by our radar on Jiuxing Island.

"The enemy has four aircraft in the air. Judging from their speed, distance, and radar echo intensity, they should be two jet fighters and two propeller fighters."

The radar station on Jiuxing Island reported forward.

Propellers cannot fly fast, and jets cannot fly slow. Each has a most comfortable cruising speed. If you want to extend your time in the air as long as possible, their respective flight states are different.

"understood."

The commander turned to his partner and said with a smile: "These four enemy fighters are like whistling on the road at night - to give yourself courage."

Another laughed and said, "That being said, we still need to pay attention to it strategically. After all, there are still a few fighter planes. If they come up and shoot at our ship, there will still be losses. Where are our planes?"

“就在大约80公里外，4架战-7，一架挂了4枚反舰弹的别-6巡逻机。”

"Well, that's good. Now we just have to wait for the fleet from Jiuxing Island to arrive at the scene." At this moment, our comrades had only one feeling in their hearts.

I'm waiting for the landing troops to arrive, what are you waiting for?
People from Southern Jiaozhi: Me too!
The small fleet rushed and finally arrived at the scene before 3 pm. During this process, two groups of fighter jets in the air were replaced, both enemy and friendly.

"There are only two enemy fighters in the air," the radar station reported.

"Huh? What do they mean? The tactic of increasing troops and reducing stoves?" The commander who had expected the enemy to be lenient was confused.

"That's not necessary. There's no stove in the air to reduce the heat." Another one was also a little confused.

"Comrades at the front, pay close attention to low altitudes and see if the enemy is launching a surprise attack from low altitude." The commander requested the comrades in the headquarters.

If they attacked from low altitude, the radar station on Jiuxing Island would not be able to see them.

In this situation, it is always a good idea to let comrades at the front be more vigilant.

"The fleet ahead understands." Could it be that the enemy saw our fleet coming to reinforce and lost their patience, preparing to launch a low-altitude breakthrough attack?

It’s a double happiness! This is the mood of the comrades on the escort boat. How can they fight the enemies in the air?

The Changying-62 on the escort boat is not the "improved version" of the Changying-62E. The Changying-62 is a solid cooled mercury cadmium telluride and orthogonal quaternion detector that can attack head-on without any ambiguity.

However, the comrades guessed wrong. The enemy did not think so much, and the whole operation felt like a makeshift team.

There is actually only one reason why there are not enough enemy planes in the sky.

——Save fuel.

Since the last troop transport ship had not arrived yet because it was too far away, this "long-range cover" did not require so many planes. After calculating the fuel consumption, the enemy, who felt a little distressed, sent out two fewer planes, calling it "launching an operation and then concentrating superior forces."

Why would a poor person fight a war? It's like a few decades later, when the Jiaozhi people, one of the "five permanent members of the Internet", clamored to fight their way to Beijing, our netizens said: "Poor person, can you afford the toll from western Guangdong and Caiyun to Beijing?"

Even when we are poor, or when fighting, we are still willing to give up when necessary.

In any case, this made the air defense radar on our frigate run in vain, as it is linked to air defense missiles.

"The landing craft is coming. The other two escort boats and the artillery escort boats are also following." On the escort boats 6303 and 6304 in front, the captain of boat 6304 and the commander of the Jiuxing Island Maritime Garrison District, who is also the commander of the front-line operations at sea, received the report from the communicator.

The frontline commander was overjoyed: "Great, they are finally here. Notify the Jiuxing Island Command Center, we are ready to take action."

Soon, the voice of the commander of the headquarters came: "Permission to move, deploy as planned."

At this time, the enemy became extremely nervous when they saw our reinforcements coming.

"The Dongda people have a total of 11 combat ships, 4 large torpedo boats, 4 gunboats, and 3 landing craft. Can we defeat them?"

The enemy still mistook our four escort boats for large torpedo boats, but they did not think about why such a large boat had only two torpedo tubes.

"What are you afraid of? Their eight combat ships combined are not as big as one of our ships."

This statement is indeed true. The total weight of our eight boats is only about 8 tons. Their two largest "destroyers" are both 2500-ton ships, and they also have a 2800-ton "destroyer" and two 1700-ton "frigates".

As soon as we said this, they saw that our formation had changed significantly.

Two gunboats that had just arrived came up to confront them, while the two "large missile boats" began to retreat, driving in reverse, still keeping their bows pointed at them, retreating further and further.

"Lord Dong is scared! Did you see that? They want to use the small gunboat to maintain the 'face' that they value most, but the main boat is retreating." The enemy leader was overjoyed when he saw this.

"This is not like the style of Dongda University." An assistant beside him expressed doubts. They never backed down in the face of the Citigroup guys, so why would they retreat in the face of us?
"People are always afraid of death. It's normal for them to be afraid given the huge disparity in power." The enemy chief had his own understanding.

At this time, the frontline commander on our No. 6303 boat was muttering: "This missile is good in every way, but it has a minimum range. It is really difficult to fire without a wide range."

The captain laughed and said, "Leader, this missile was originally prepared to strike the enemy from dozens of kilometers away. I never thought it would be used in a bayonet fight."

This is the reason why the missile boats were left on Jiuxing Island. In addition to landing fire support, this kind of friction conflict requires close bayonet fighting or blocking operations, and the missile boats' body and configuration are not as useful as the artillery boats.

Looking at several artillery escort boats not far away that had already taken off their gun covers and turned their gun muzzles towards their own side, the enemy chief on the tall bridge of the large ship showed a smug smile.

What’s the use of these small cannons? Today is my battle to become famous!
(End of this chapter)