<h4>Chapter 476: Season 2 Book 19 New China’s Participation in War – 4-6 Battle of Strength</h4>
January 2nd, 2024, 00:40 (Russia time: 00:40)
Over the northwest end of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia
An hour after entering therge-scale aerial war, the New China’s various types of fighters were sortieing in the air above the northwestern tip of Hulunbuir as they joined the battle.
When the New China Air Force reached the northwest end of Hulunbuir half an hour earlier, the Korean Air Forceunched the 17th Fighter Wing from West Manchuria Anshan Air Base, the 8th Fighter Wing from Northern Zhou Sunan Air Base, the First Fighter Wing from Gwangju Air Base, and the 23rd Fighter Wing from Gimhae Air Base to greet the New China fighters.
It is possible to say that the Republic of Korea’s air forces mobilized approximately 7.5 percent of the total Korean Air Force’s air power.
The Korean Air Force fighters, which were dealing with nearly four times as many fighters from both countries, were busy handling various surface-to-air missiles soaring from the ground. It was a struggle because the stealth function was disabled as well.
As a result, over 50 Korean fighters were shot down. Although the majority of the pilots were able to escape and avoid death, there were 13 confirmed deaths.
In response, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Air Force Operations Command issued a strict order for pilots to unconditionally escape in the event of an emergency.
Meanwhile, Russia’s and New China’s fighters suffered significant damage. Until now, the number of Russian fighters that have been grounded has topped 300 with the remaining power of the Air Force as follows: 28 Su-50 Pak-Fa fighters, 55 Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters, 42 Su-30MK nker fighters, 18 Mig-37 MFI Siberian fighters, and 32 Su-25 Frogfoot fighters.
Moreover, New China’s fighters, who only joined the battle 20 minutes ago, have already had over 250 fighter jets grounded.
Even though they participatedter, they suffered significant damage from the start because, unlike Russian fighters, they did not receive detection information from the As reconnaissance satellites. Although they tried to detect using their radar by mobilizing all early aerial rms, it was a one-sided massacre, simr to what happened during the first Northeast Asian War. Theirtest stealth fighters, the J-20 and J-30, suffered the most, as the Republic of Korea Air Force prioritized them.
Therefore, only 33 J-30 fighters survived out of 100, while all J-20 fighters were intercepted. Furthermore, only 123 J-8 fighter jets from the previous generation, 102 of the fourth generation J-10 fighter jets, and 54 J-11 fighter jets survived.
When all fighters from Russia and New China, as well as the South Korean Air Force, ran out of mid- and long-range missiles, they engaged in full-fledged dogfights.
More than 600 fighters from the three countries jumped into the fist of death, relying only on their armed guns and short-range missiles.
It was just like during World War II when fighters attacked each other with their armed guns in a dogfight. Now, even though they were in the twenty-first century with different cutting-edge fighters involved in the battle, they had once again ended up in such a fight.
The only difference was that they were struggling to hit each other due to the differences in speeds and unexpected high-level maneuvers resulting from the jets’ engine.
Even though Korean fighters sessfully shot down over 400 Russian and New China fighters, they were still outnumbered. As a result, they engaged in unfavorable battles, with at least three enemy fighters attempting to catch each Korean fighter.
“ck Moon, East Point at distance 20. Ten enemies were confirmed! Check! Dogfight ready.”
The ck Moon squadron also joined the dogfight, and the voice of the squadron leader Major Oh Gil-sung was heard in the squadron’s control room.
They were up against ten Russian Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters, dubbed Mikoyan in Russian. Although they had no air-to-ground bombing capability, they had excellent aerial warfare performance, such as a high-performance interceptor with a maximum speed of Mach 2.83 and detection capability at a distance of 400 kilometers. It was also recently rumored that they now had air-to-ground bombing capability.
As such, with their high performance in such a dogfight, they fiercely approached the ck Moon Squadron as soon as they detected them on their radars.
Four of the ten Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters that arrived in less than a minute split up and flew to the ck Moon squadron’s left and right sides and attempted to catch their rear, while the remaining six advanced to the front of the squadron.
The ck Moon squadron had exhausted all of its short-range missiles, including the S-AAM-50 Magpie Viperine, a short-range missile with a range of 50 kilometers, and they were left with only their 12-millimeterser Vulcan beam. As a result, and under these circumstances, they were forced to make an emergency return to rearm, but unfortunately, they were caught in such a difficult situation.
They were outnumbered and their stealth performance was disabled, causing them more damage than expected. Furthermore, because there were tactical bombers and strategic fighter-bombers deployed on the battlefield, they did not have time to leave and rearm.
In such a situation, the ck Moon squadron could only ignore the four enemy fighters following them from behind and engage in a direct fight with the six fighters advancing toward them.
<Beep beep! Beep beep! Beep beep!>
The sudden rm from a Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) short-range missile sounded throughout the ck Moon squadron. It was thetest infrared-guided short-range air-to-air missile developed by Russia.
“This is ck Moon One! ck Moon Squadron Music On! After the evasive maneuver, start firing.”
“ck Moon Two! Copy.”
“ck Moon Three! Copy.”
“ck Moon Four! Copy.”
The ck Moon squadron increased the output power of the SECM (radio disturbance system) to its maximum and began preparing for a high-speed evasive maneuver.
<Chuwowowo~ Chuwowowo ~>
Twelve Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) missiles flew in a straight line, leaving a white smoke trail in the dark sky behind them. ordingly, the squadron’s four fighters began the evasive maneuver and sprayed chaff and res. The Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) missiles then collided with the res and exploded.
The ck Moon squadron, which had sessfully avoided the first missile attack, increased their speed to the maximum to avoid any further missile attacks and reached the six enemy fighters in front of them. As soon as Major Oh Gil-sung issued the shooting order,ser beams were fired from the 12-millimeterser Vulcan.
The four redser beams prated the canopy of the four Mig-31BM Foxhounds in front and reached the rear engine area, causing them to explode.
In the blink of an eye, the four Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters fell to the ground as a huge fireball, while the two that survived passed by them.
At the same time, the other four Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters, who were following from behind, caught the rear of the ck Moon squadron and fired using their 23-millimeter GSH-6-23 Autocannon.
<Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!>
Tracer ammunition flew along the rear of the Back Moon squadron.
In response, Major Oh Gil-sung issued an evasive maneuver order to the squadron crew, which on many asions, had previously been issued by Lieutenant Colonel Choi Young-ho.
“This is ck Moon One! ck Moon Two, Three, and Four! Immediately catch the rear of the enemy with a straight rule-down maneuver.”
“ck Moon Two! Copy that.”
“ck Moon Three! Copy that.”
“ck Moon Four! Copy that.”
The ck Moon squadron, which had been avoiding the tracer ammunitions that had been following them by shaking the aircraft from side to side, lowered their output, rotated, and plunged toward the ground at a terrifying speed. When they reached a certain altitude, they immediately increased to the maximum output to center the aircraft and raise their noses.
While that was happening, the four Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters, who momentarily missed the rear of the ck Moon squadron, descended while turning at the narrowest possible angle. However, their tail was exposed to the ck Moon squadron.
<Jjyu jjyu jjyuung~ Jjyu jjyu jjyuung ~>
Then, the four ck Moon squadron fired their 12-millimeterser Vulcan beam again, directly prating the tail of the Mig-31BM Foxhound fighter.
<Kwang! Kwang!>
The fighters split into two and exploded into mes, almost like fireworks, and slowly fell toward the ground while emitting ck smoke.
Soon after, the ck Moon squadron was able to shoot down eight of the ten Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters, and when it was about to turn toward the remaining two, a warning from the Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) short-range missile rang again.
Thest two Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters fired theirst two Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) short-range missiles. Therefore, the only armament left was the 23-millimeter cannon.
Despite this, they chose to fight until the end rather than retreat. They were ready to shoot depending on the oue of the missileunch.
Meanwhile, the ck Moon squadron, which had been targeted by the Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) short-range missile, sprayed chap and re once more and began the evasive maneuver. The Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) short-range missiles, on the other hand, kept aiming for the ck Moon squadron.
However, the ck Moon Squadron’s CF-21P fighters were outfitted with a cutting-edge ACS system (anti-gravity control system). As a result, they were able to sessfully avoid the two missiles using extraordinary evasive maneuver techniques that ordinary fighters were unable to imitate.
ck Moon One and Two, which had avoided the short-range missiles, spun around and fired a 12-millimeterser Vulcan beam on the two remaining Mig-31BM Foxhound fighters, which were attempting to follow the tail of ck Moon Three and Four.
The canopy of the first Mig-31BM foxhound was prated by Major Oh Gil-sung’s redser. As a result, the canopy frayed and only the body of the pilot, whose head had vanished, was left in the cockpit chair, causing the fighter to lose bnce, crash into the ground, and explode.
The other one exploded as the side fusge was hit by theser beam fired by Captain Ha Young-ju, the deputymander of ck Moon Two.
The ck Moon squadron, which unterally won the four to ten dogfight battle, received an emergencymunication from Lieutenant Colonel Lee Jin-kyun of the 111th Fighter Squadron.
“This is Super Moon Zero! Contact ck Moon! Multiple enemies and military transport nes confirmed at 3-0-5 azimuth, distance 77! Check! ck Moon Squadron! Go Fight!”
Because the air battle was fiercer than expected, the military transport ne flying secretly from the rear was discoveredte.
“This is ck Moon One! Copy that!”
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January 2nd, 2024, 01:00 (New China time: 00:00)
Outside Area 15 of Beichen District Industrial Complex, Tianjin, New China
Team leader Park Gi-oong, who had safely escaped to the safety zone, took his smartphone out and turned the power on. It was turned off to avoid any unfavorable situations that might arise as a result of any unexpected calls.
As soon as the smartphone’s screen turned on, there were notifications of missed calls and text messages.
<Why are they calling me this much?>
He checked his text messages first, and as he did so, his face turned gray, urging him to tap the call button.
“Hello, it’s me. Is this for real?”
“Hey, you punk! Why did you turn your phone off? Where are you?” nagged Team Leader Youn Tae-jin over the phone.
“Stop nagging and answer me!”
“Would that be a lie?”
“Okay. Ah! Right. You! The two managers are alive.”
“Really? Really?”
“Yes, you punk! I was able to confirm that and their exact location.”
“That’s a relief. Then there’s a lot to discuss. Come in!”
“Okay.”
Team Leader Park Gi-oong waved his hands in delight after hanging up the phone. He felt like flying in the sky on his way back to the safe house after his worries about what would happen if he couldn’t save them had faded.
<‘It is a VIP rescue, which means the mobilization of all country resources. This would be more than enough!’> Team leader Park Gi-oong, who recalled the text from Team Leader Youn Tae-jin, walked faster..