Chapter 279 The Target Is the Entire Island Nation

The Soviets' goal is to occupy the entire island nation! The Soviets are not satisfied with just Hokkaido! If more troops are mobilized now to land in Hokkaido and fight with the Soviet army, it will only create an opportunity for the Soviets to land in Tokyo!

Hokkaido is just a piece of territory of the island country. For many years, as a land used to defend against Soviet attacks, Hokkaido's economy has not developed much. Even if the Soviets get it now, it is just a piece of territory.

Tokyo is different. The island nation’s main industries are all distributed in the Pacific industrial belt near Tokyo. It can be said that the lifeline of the island nation lies here!

Now, although the island country is a dwarf in politics, it is a giant in economy. After World War II, the island country's economic development was very rapid and has now surpassed Western Europe!

If the Soviet Union's real intention was to occupy Tokyo, the island nation must not mobilize all its troops to Hokkaido!

Are they going to give up the entire Hokkaido this time? No wonder Vice Admiral Paul was depressed. When Shigeo Kuma got the information, his hands also began to tremble.

Damn the Soviets! A hungry polar bear!

"Order our Seventh Fleet's double-carrier battle group to leave its current route, sail eastward, and block the route from the Kuril Islands to Tokyo!" The first order issued by Lieutenant General Paul was to block the Soviet Union's way out.

In three days, the Soviets will definitely still be struggling in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, but at the latest tomorrow, they will be able to get out of it! The four northern islands are within the surveillance range of their own land-based early warning aircraft. The Soviets should go to the Kuril Islands further east and come out from an unknown channel.

The Seventh Fleet was under great pressure. They had to find the Soviet fleet in the vast sea and block their voyage. Moreover, they could not launch the first attack! After all, those were civilian ships. Attacking civilian ships, especially Soviet ships, might really trigger a world war!

Originally, the Seventh Fleet's dual-carrier battle group was to blockade the southern waters of Nemuro and keep the Soviet Pacific Fleet in its base in Shibetsu. Moreover, the F-14 fighters on the carriers could also support the air battle that was about to break out over Hokkaido.

But now, the Seventh Fleet has a more important mission, it must intercept the Soviet landing force! The Soviets actually want to repeat the same trick and land in Tokyo! Are those guys in Moscow crazy?

Brezhnev is an old guy and is easier to deal with. The newly appointed Andropov is said to be so close to Ustinov that they can wear the same pants!

And that Ustinov was a typical Stalin-like guy who was fanatical about the use of force and who attempted to establish a thousand-year foundation for the Soviet Union!

We can’t let the Soviet conspiracy succeed!

"Our Air Force will fully support the sky over Hokkaido and must seize air superiority! The Army's armed helicopters, go and deal with the Soviet tank units!" Lieutenant General Paul's second order was to attack the Soviet armored cluster. It would not work relying on ground vehicles. Only armed helicopters in the air could stop the Soviet advance!

A large number of Cobra attack helicopters will definitely play the greatest role! In Western Europe, NATO also hopes to rely on attack helicopters to stop the Soviet armored torrent.

However, all of this must be guaranteed by air superiority!

Since it is impossible to provide more support on the ground, the US Air Force stationed in Japan must make 100% effort to seize air supremacy over Hokkaido!

On March 6, 1978, the eyes of the world once again turned to the island country, and a war broke out suddenly.

Regarding the cause of the war, both sides have their own opinions. The island nations severely protested against the Soviet Union for violating the agreement and launching a war, while the Soviet side accused the island nations of being the executioners who started the war. The island nations first launched an attack on Kushiro, and now the Soviet army's actions are only to defend their own rights!

The wreckage of the tanks of the island countries outside Kushiro is the best evidence! These tanks with plaster flags have crossed the dividing line between the two sides!

All this is no longer important. Now we can see that the Soviet armored group is advancing rapidly to the south, and the Urahoro defenders surrendered without a fight. Giving up the advance to the southern mountains, the Soviet armored group began to advance westward.

At the same time, the army in the west also began to move out, marching southward from Asahikawa. The two armies would meet in Chitose. After a year, the battle in Hokkaido entered a white-hot stage again.

The situation is favorable to the Soviet Union, and all this is just the beginning! The United States will never sit idly by! The United States must help the island countries overcome this difficulty!

From the field base behind the front line, a large number of Cobra armed helicopters flew at low altitude towards the war zone, with heavy TOW anti-tank missiles mounted under the short wings on both sides.

Kill the Soviet tank troops from the air!

Relying on the concealment of ultra-low-altitude flight, several Cobra helicopters of the 5th Squadron were rapidly approaching the war zone. The captain of the leading squadron, Jiro Inoue, cast his sharp eyes into the distance.

As a helicopter pilot, the king of a tree, and the pilot of an armed helicopter, one needs to develop quick eyes and hands. When he nimbly climbed over a slope, there was already smoke and dust billowing on the opposite side.

The Soviet armored forces just rushed over like that!

"Attack, attack!" Inoue Jiro gave orders on the radio while pushing the nose of the helicopter forward. At the same time, the weapons operator in front had already locked onto a T-64 tank in the front through the sight.

Why are those tanks covered with bricks? The weapons operator thought as he was about to press the launch button.

"Attention, there are self-propelled anti-aircraft guns!" At this moment, Jiro Inoue discovered some tall guys in the opposite armored forces, with their mouths wide open.

As the most advanced representative of the world's army, how could the Soviet armored forces ignore the threat from the air! And to deal with the natural enemy of tanks, the tree-high armed helicopters, the Soviet armored forces have special equipment!

ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" four-barrel 23mm anti-aircraft gun!

The barrel of the AZP 23mm 4-barrel automatic gun has been raised, and the fire control radar antenna at the rear of the enclosed turret has quickly flipped up from the marching state to the combat state. While continuing to move forward, this automatic anti-aircraft gun has begun the battle to defend its own tank cluster!