Warlord: Red Alert Base, I challenge the whole world alone

Chapter 352: Russian Night Attack, Patriot Air Defense Missile System Demonstrates Power

In an underground command post located 60 meters underground in Yekaterinburg, Chuikov, the commander-in-chief of the Yekaterinburg front, was responsible for all affairs of this battle.

This Chuikov is no ordinary person. He is the current Minister of Defense of Tsarist Russia.

Due to the urgent situation on the front line, he was urgently transferred to Yekaterinburg to serve as the commander-in-chief of the front line.

After taking office, he drove directly into the city without caring that Yekaterinburg was still under strategic bombing.

Then the front-line command post was rebuilt here.

He also knew that the ancient country had radio jamming technology.

So he laid a large number of telephone lines between the various troops.

Radio jamming technology can interfere with radios, but it cannot interfere with landline phones.

Because the two have different working principles.

Radio works by emitting electromagnetic waves, while wired telephones work by generating information through changes in electric current.

Therefore, unless the telephone lines are blown up, it is difficult to interfere with landline telephones.

"The ancients have arrived in Zarechny, and we must act as well."

Looking at the investigation report in his hand, Cuikov's deep eyes flickered with a trace of fluctuation, and his face became solemn.

"Comrade Commander, what should we do next?"

A general asked curiously.

Chuikov put down the report in his hand and looked at the generals surrounding him.

“The ancient country has just arrived and hasn’t established a firm foothold yet. They must be busy setting up camp now.

So I plan to launch a night raid on Zarechny, using both air and ground forces to catch them off guard."

Chuikov was well aware that the morale of the frontline troops was low and they believed that the ancient country was invincible.

He planned this night attack in order to rebuild the confidence of the soldiers and break the undefeated record of the ancient country's national defense army.

Only in this way can there be hope of defending Yekaterinburg.

Now is the best opportunity.

The generals looked at each other, and one of them nodded and said, "I agree with the commander's plan. We must strike a blow against the arrogance of the ancient people."

"We agree."

Seeing that everyone else agreed, Chuikov nodded and said, "Dispatch a tank unit and a motorized unit to form a night assault group.

At the same time, all available fighter planes on the front line were dispatched to attack Zarechny."

Zarechny is only about 40 kilometers away from Yekaterinburg, and there is a large lake next to it, which is a good water source.

Therefore, the Far Eastern Army chose to set up its camp here.

On the same day, the troops arrived in Zarechny one after another and began to build camps.

Xie Zixuan, commander of the Far East Army, directed the construction of the camp inside the camp.

“All troops must strictly follow the manual to build camps.

By the way, Brigade Commander Chu, are your air defense forces in place?

The frontline airport is still under construction, and during this period we can only rely on your air defense forces to provide security for the troops in this area."

Commander Chu of the 66th Air Defense Brigade of the Far Eastern Group Army immediately responded, "Commander, our air defense brigade is fully deployed, radars are on, and all launch vehicles are on standby. If we detect an enemy, we will launch a counterattack immediately."

Brigadier General Chu's tone was full of confidence.

His confidence naturally came from the powerful firepower configuration of the air defense brigade.

The 66th Air Defense Brigade, as a field air defense unit directly under the army group, is equipped with two Patriot surface-to-air missile battalions and four short-range air defense artillery battalions.

The Patriot surface-to-air missile battalion is composed of a headquarters company, six launch companies, and a service company.

The launch company is also the most basic firepower unit of the Patriot missile, equipped with a total of 4 Patriot air defense missile launchers.

In addition, there are supporting radar vehicles, power supply vehicles, command and control vehicles, antenna vehicles, transport vehicles, support vehicles, etc.

The six companies are equipped with a total of 24 launch vehicles, each of which has four launch tubes and can launch 96 Patriot air defense missiles at a time.

The two battalions can fire a salvo of 192 Patriot air defense missiles at a time.

The Patriot missile's 80-kilometer range can help troops build medium- and long-range, medium- and high-altitude air defense systems.

It is the core of the current military field air defense system.

The short-range air defense artillery battalion is equipped with the Land Shield-100 integrated air defense vehicle developed by the ancient country.

It is based on a tracked multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle, equipped with a 20mm six-barreled Gatling gun, and two quadruple Stinger air defense missile launch boxes on both sides of the gun shield.

A single air defense vehicle can independently complete search, tracking, and firing, with a maximum range of 8 kilometers. A total of 24 vehicles are equipped.

In terms of the density of air defense firepower, there is no one in the world who can tear through their air defense network, unless the enemy's number is astonishing.

In the night sky, one after another Tsarist Russian fighter planes flew forward in the darkness.

This time, Chuikov mobilized more than 400 fighter jets of various types to launch an air strike, which are all the fighter jets currently capable of combat on their front line.

Even old biplanes from the 20s came up.

The fighter jets did not adopt dense formations, but carried out air strikes in batches due to different speeds.

On the ground, a night attack force of more than 30,000 people was also speeding along the road to Zarechny.

The first to discover the enemy situation was the early warning radar vehicle of the 66th Air Defense Brigade.

"Emergency air situation detected, sounding combat alert."

"woo woo woo woo......."

The shrill sound of air raid sirens echoed throughout the camp.

All the soldiers who were resting suddenly opened their eyes, put on their clothes as quickly as possible, picked up their weapons and rushed out of the tent.

In the area where the 66th Brigade was located, a large number of soldiers rushed to their respective combat positions at the fastest speed.

Brigade Commander Chu also came to the brigade headquarters.

"what happened?"

"Reporting to the brigade commander, the early warning vehicle has detected a large number of targets approaching us. The current number detected is 197, and the number is still increasing."

Brigade Commander Chu hurried to the monitor and looked at it carefully.

"Pass on my order. Once the target approaches the 60-kilometer range, the first and second battalions will immediately launch a counterattack."

The detection range of the early warning radar vehicle is 100 kilometers, and the effective range of the fire control radar vehicle is 80 kilometers.

The optimal distance is 60 kilometers.

That is why he ordered a counterattack within a range of 60 kilometers.

A distance of 40 kilometers is still very fast for a fighter jet.

When all the soldiers were in place, the soldiers from each air defense unit were also ready for battle.

The launch tubes of each Patriot missile launcher have been raised high, and the fire control radar has also aimed its scanning position at the direction of the enemy aircraft.

"Target locked, fire!"

The multi-function phased array radar can monitor 125 targets and track 8 targets simultaneously. Each company is equipped with one fire control radar vehicle of this type.

The six launch companies lock targets according to the threat level of enemy aircraft.

"boom......"

One after another, Patriot air defense missiles soared into the sky like fire dragons, and after completing the turn, they roared towards the direction of the enemy aircraft.

Anti-aircraft missiles with orange-red tail flames took off one after another in the night sky, and the scene was extremely spectacular.