Tactical Nuke
The next day morning, a group of bombers formed by Tu-95 'Bear', and 4 Tu-22 'Blinder A' supersonic bombers appear in the sky of Minsk.
Accompany by another group of Mig-23 fighter squadron.
The 4 Tu-22 each carry 4 KH-22 cruise missiles, most of them are conventional warheads, and one of them is a nuclear warhead.
Apart from them, the TU-95 will launch a second round of bombardment with a carpet bombing of Riga after TU-22.
A voice sounded in the cockpit.
"Tu-22, you are cleared for engagement. Repeat, cleared for military operation. Proceed with your assigned mission. Over."
"Roger, control. Tu-22 acknowledges clearance for engagement. Initiating mission. Over and out."
The plane then controlled by the pilot, flies towards the north.
The pilot smoothly pushes the throttle to engage the afterburners.
The sudden surge of power transforms the hum into a roaring thunder, echoing across the sky.
Mach indicators climb steadily until the altitude of 15000m, and the Tu-22 transcends the speed of sound.
The sonic boom reverberates.
As the Tu-22 reaches Mach 1.7, the airframe experiences the dynamic forces of high-speed flight.
The aircraft's sleek design, coupled with its engines' raw power, allows it to pierce through the air with precision.
The KH-22 cruise missile that is carried by them, equipped with an inertial navigation system, separates from the Tu-22.
It streaks into the atmosphere, guided solely by its internal navigation capabilities and the ground-based information provided by the command post and the 24th Tank Training Division.
"Missile away, Navigator. Confirming separation."
"Copy that, the cruise missile is on its trajectory. Inertial navigation systems are online and functioning."
16 cruise missiles with 15 conventional warheads and 1 nuclear warhead equivalent with 350 kilotons of TNT flew towards Riga with a speed of 4.6 Mach.
In another five minutes, they will arrive there.
"Returning to base, navigator."
"Copy that."
The bombers then turn their direction 180 degrees to south, returning to their airbase.
When they returned, they also encountered the TU-95 bomber squadron which had a slower flying speed and the Mig-23 fighter squadron.
Except for the bomber squadron flying at an altitude of 10000m and the fighter squadron is ahead of them to clear all potential threats.
Meanwhile, a few four-aircraft formations formed by MIG-27, SU-24 and SU-25 are flying at a low altitude with only a few hundred meters above the different directions.
They will provide air support for the 5th tank army and 28th army.
Not only fighters and bombers in Minsk, Leningrad military district that just finished their battle yesterday and Moscow military districts also sent their plane to conduct similar operations in other directions.
Mostly in Estonia and east of Latvia.
Chernov and his KGB special forces after a short break, are again, sent to Tartu to participate in the counteroffensive.
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Outside Riga,
there is a base that is full of damaged airships and huge ballistas that have been applied magic by orc wizards.
Giving them to ability to destroy flying objects that are in few thousand meters high above the ground.
The orcs Marshal Aba Aba also set his command post in the base.
He has received many bad news from the front since yesterday.
The first is the news that the undead army and the dragon knights have been completely wiped out.
And then, the airship that survives the Soviet SAM strike also brings back that the news front troops are suffering heavy losses.
His subordinates also have a brief count on the airship and orcs they still own.
This gave him another bad news, they had lost at least 3 million orcs in just one day, in a situation that the Soviet forces did not expect the attack.
Deploying limited troops to fight against them.
The airships are even worse, 50% of them are lost, and another 50% of them are where they are now.
"Arghhh !!!"
He roars to the sky, expressing his emotions.
"Why haven't our army taken this city out? We have already lost more than ten hundred thousand men for the city."
"In one day!"
"These damm human armies."
"Useless, your guys are just a bunch of useless rubbish!"
Most of the subordinates do not dare to debate themselves, as what the Marshal says is correct.
"I haven't been in the military for so many years, and now I realize that our combat effectiveness has declined so much."
"Even a pig can command better than you all!"
A low EQ subordinates suddenly speak,
"Then Marshal why don't you find a pig to command our army?"
Aba Aba did not speak but gave this guy a big slap.
"And now you guys are thinking and comparing yourselves with the pigs!"
"That is the reason why the army is so suck and weak."
Aba Aba takes a deep breath to calm himself down.
A few moments later, he gives a new order to the army.
"Order all troops to stop attacking and defend in place."
"Wait for the arrival of our heavy equipment."
"Bada division retreat to ..."
Order is given to every commander.
"We should win the war through attrition."
"Push slow but stable."
"Understand?"
"Understood!"
"Dismiss."
As the meeting comes to an end, all the commanders walk out from the command post.
Suddenly, the sound of a trumpet sounded.
"Human flying knight weapon incoming!"
"Everyone get into cover, air defence troop get into your position."
The order from the commander of the air defence force resounded throughout the base.
Some orcs quickly sit on their ballistas, aiming it to the sky, waiting for the human flying knight weapon to come.
Airships that have been repaired finish also start to lift off and prepare for the incoming battle.
Aba Aba walked out of his command post, spoke angrily,
"Got damm human!"
And then ride on his war beast and fall back to a safe place with his adjutant.
He will not risk his life for any human weapon.
This is the experience that he learns from the past war with the human kingdom.
Soon, 8 cruise missiles flew through the clouds but did not fly to their base, instead, fly towards Riga.
"Fire!!!"
The commander ordered to shoot down these missiles.
But how would they be able to shoot down a flying object with a speed of 4.6 Mach?
8 of the missiles, 5 of them have successfully hit their target, which are the buildings that believe are the command posts of the orcs in the cities.
Some are the places where many orcs gather in there.
Another moment, 7 more missiles fly through the cloud, this time flying towards the base.
These missiles are aimed at the ballistas that may intercept and threaten their missiles and planes.
Perhaps it's the final luck of the orcs, they have successfully intercepted 2 of them.
And the other five the missile, only 3 has successfully hit the target.
The other two missed the target and hit space with nothing, forming two big holes.
Finally, the last one has also arrived, flying towards the base.
The remaining ballistas continue to fire.
However, they use all their luck, and none of the arrows successfully hits the target.
Nyet.
It does not matter whether they can hit the missile, their fate has been determined.
In a blinding flash, the nuclear warhead erupts in a cataclysmic explosion, unleashing a shockwave that shatters the orc.
Magic that once shielded the orcs is rendered powerless against the overwhelming force of the nuclear detonation.
A mushroom cloud rises, casting a grim shadow over the battlefield.
The orc in the centre has been evaporated, leaving nothing in the world.
All the airships in the base have been destroyed, some have been crushed to chip by the shock wave, and some were reduced to ashes in the raging fire.
The base has been wiped out, just like it never existed before.
Aba Aba who just ran away with his war beast, has been knocked to the ground by the shock wave.
Looking at the base just now, his face was full of disbelief, and he said to himself,
"What... What happened?"
"Where? Where is my army?"
His adjutant quickly reacted and pulled him back to the war beast,
"Marshal, we have already been defeated in the war, we need to fall back to Octa."
"As long as you live, we still have the chance to defeat this human empire, to revenge for our brothers."
After saying that, regardless of Aba Aba still not reacting, he directly pulled him onto the war beast and took him to escape to Octa.
Similar emotions with Aba Aba also happened to the remaining orcs inside Riga.
They couldn't understand what had happened there.
The only thing that they can confirm is that the base has no one survive.
The commander quickly decided to send a group of orcs to the base to check for survivors, even though he did not believe there was.
A few minutes later, they realize in the air a few human flying knights have reached the battlefield, and hovering in the sky.
Another half an hour later,
on the horizon, a squadron of sleek and silver-winged Tu-95 bombers emerges.
Their turboprop engines, with a distinctive beat that reverberates through the very ground, herald their arrival.
A new and otherworldly sound—a symphony of mechanical might that sends shivers down their spines.
The groups of orcs that were still in the base decided to fall back to the city, which they didn't know was also a road to hell.
The bomber squadron soon reached outside of the city.
"This is the Tu-95 bombers squadron, we have reached Riga, ready to execute carpet bombing."
"24th Training Tank Division, please take cover if you have copied this message."
After dozens of seconds, they start dropping bombs.
The FAB-500s, each carrying the destructive power of half a ton of explosives, are released in rapid succession.
A few hundred of the bombs plummet earthward, trailing tails of smoke as they descend upon the city.
The first explosions rip through the city, creating shockwaves that reverberate through the orc.
Buildings crumble, and magic dissipates in the face of the overwhelming force.
The FAB-500s unleash devastation, their concussive blasts tearing through orcish defences, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.