There are indeed not many military targets worth bombing on Socotra.

For three consecutive days, the carrier-based aircraft wing of the 12th Special Mixed Fleet dispatched almost 500 aircraft, but none of them were shot down during the battle. On the contrary, three crashed due to failures, and one "Sugu Bird" disappeared on the way back, and two crew members were sentenced to be killed.

By October 6, the landing war will begin.

It's actually inaccurate to say it's a battle.

In just half a day, the Marine Corps not only completed the mission of rushing the beach, but also advanced thousands of meters inland. The reconnaissance team that came out even reached the outside of the airport.

After confirming that the garrison in the airport had evacuated, the Marine Corps accelerated its advancement in the afternoon.

In addition, on that night, the Army arranged a transport plane and sent an airborne force to the airport, and occupied the airport in front of the Marine Corps.

This unplanned action almost led to an accidental attack.

In the early morning of the 7th, when the Marine Corps was preparing to enter the airport, they did not know that the Army Airborne Force had already arrived, and regarded the airborne force as the enemy and called for artillery fire.

Fortunately, the commander who supported the fleet was not confused and asked the Army's liaison officer before ordering the fire.

Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

All in all, the login operation went very smoothly.

To put it, the problem is that Socotra Island does not have deep water ports, so the Marines have to build several trestle-type docks at the landing ground near the airport to allow ships carrying equipment and supplies to dock. In order to avoid being sneak attacked by submarines, an anti-submarine network is also needed to be installed on the periphery of the landing ground.

Fortunately, these are all trivial matters.

Because the operation to march into Socotra was successfully completed, on the night of October 6, the two special mixed fleets acted according to the backup plan.

Go to the Gulf of Aden and dispatch carrier-based aircraft to bomb Kibu Fortress.

Simply put, it is to launch an action to attack Kibu Fortress in advance.

After one night, two special mixed fleets took action at the same time the next morning and each launched an attack around the early morning.

At the same time, the dispatch can not only increase the attack intensity and strive to make the garrison of the Kibu Fortress lose its counterattack ability after the first round of attacks, but also play a role in confusing the enemy, that is, it cannot speculate on the whereabouts of the special mixed fleet through the size and arrival time of the attack aircraft group.

With enough intelligence, there were not many garrisons in Kibbe Fortress, and the combat aircraft deployed by the Royal Bran Air Force here were far lower than expected.

After landing on Socotra Island, the Navy used forward-deployed patrol aircraft to monitor the Kitebu Fortress.

In just the past few days, the Royal Bran Air Force transferred a large number of combat aircraft from the Kibu Fortress.

The key is on the other end of the narrow sea.

In order to relieve the pressure on Malta and to support the Imperial Navy's attack on the Kibu Fortress, the Tyman Army launched a combat operation to march into the Xifan Canal on October 2, and also invested enough air force to force the Royal Bran Air Force to draw troops from the Kibu Fortress to deal with the attack of the Tyman army.

Because the sea route has not been opened and the Beixuan area is under the control of the Tyman army, the Royal Bran Air Force will send additional combat aircraft from the Tidao Fortress to the Xifan Canal, so it has to go south and bypass the Xuan Continent, and it will have to fly thousands of kilometers in a row, and there are not many airports with complete facilities along the way.

This difficulty is not ordinary.

According to early reconnaissance, there were less than 200 combat aircraft deployed in Kibu Fortress, and mainly fighter jets.

The key is that the garrison of the Kibu Fortress seriously lacks remote reconnaissance methods.

Previously, the Royal Brand Navy had deployed some long-range patrol aircraft on Socotra, and posed a large enough threat to the Imperial ships operating in the Muahai. After deciding to retreat from Socotra, the Royal Brand Navy sent all these patrol aircraft to Arisha Port for use in the direction of the Land Heart Sea.

It can be seen that the Bran army did not have the intention to defend the Kibu Fortress.

The combat operation went smoothly, and the air force at Kibu Fortress lost its combat capability in just one day.

Although he did not participate in the battle to attack Socotra and had sufficient ammunition, according to the plan, the 12th Special Mixed Fleet would withdraw on October 8 to replenish ammunition, and prepare for the subsequent combat operations, so he once again assumed the main task.

This arrangement can ensure that the 11th Special Mixed Fleet can always maintain a high combat effectiveness.

The result was that the 11th Special Mixed Fleet only launched two waves of attacks on that day, and mainly focused on air defense escort, and did not undertake many attack tasks.

In Li Mingbo's words, after a day of hard work, I was basically making soy sauce.

In fact, this also made many staff members feel dissatisfied.

As Zhou Yongtao said, the defense deployment of Kibu Fortress is so vulnerable. The 11th Special Mixed Fleet, commanded by Liu Xiangzhen, has been active here for several months. Are they all watching the fun?

Obviously, it is obviously a bit biased to say this.

Before this, there were more than 500 combat aircraft deployed in the Keybu Fortress for a long time, and many of them were new fighters with advanced performance, such as the "Spray Fire" fighter with a new engine, and the "Mosquito" bomber that can perform sea attack missions.

The key is that Kibu Fortress is located in the westernmost part of the Gulf of Aden.

Going east, until Socotra Island is narrow north and south, like the trumpet-shaped Gulf of Aden.

Even if the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft had enough range, the Special Mixed Fleet had to go deep into the Gulf of Aden to attack the Kibu Fortress.

Because the chance of a sudden battle is slim, I can only attack hard.

The 11th Special Mixed Fleet had only three fleet aircraft carriers in total, with less than 300 aircraft carriers, and there was no possibility of attacking the Kibu Fortress without conquering Socotra Island. It would be a big disaster to venture into the Gulf of Aden to attack the Kibu Fortress.

That's true. In the months before this, Liu Xiangzhen's 11th Special Mixed Fleet did not venture into the Gulf of Aden, but only went to the south of Muahai to move a few times.

It cannot be said that Liu Xiang is really timid, but there is really no need to attack Kibu Fortress.

In the past few months, the 11th Special Mixed Fleet patrolled the main cities and ports on the east side of the Muahai, which is the western coast of the Vanro region, and swore with actions that the national navy had returned, which also created huge psychological pressure on the local Bran garrison.

This is also the key reason why the Kingdom of Bran decided to abandon the Varo region.

It can be seen that the 11th Special Mixed Fleet made great contributions to destroying the colonial dominance of the Bran Kingdom in the Varo region without bloodshed.

On the side of Posa Bay, the 11th Special Mixed Fleet also played a key role.

According to the information provided by the Sixth Bureau, the Kingdom of Bran has been encouraging the country of Boy to send troops to attack Guadal. The authorities of Boy also had similar ideas and even assembled a ground force with more than 200,000 troops, of which 50,000 were camel cavalry who were very good at fighting in the desert.

However, this team never went out.

The reason is also very simple, no one can ignore the special mixed fleet that is operating in Muahai.

As long as the special mixed fleet arrives, hundreds of combat aircraft will be dispatched in turn, let alone 200,000, even a 2 million army will definitely not reach Guadal.

In the face of modern war machines, the cavalry that dominated the cold weapon era is definitely vulnerable.

It can be seen that during the Baizhi War attack on the Transit Island, the situation energy of Fan Yanyang remained stable, relying on the 11th Special Mixed Fleet commanded by Liu Xiangzhen.
Chapter completed!