Before dawn on the 26th, a rare peace appeared on the ground battlefield of the Sinai Peninsula.

At night, both Egypt and Israel focused on the air battlefield, continued to fight for air supremacy and attack the opponent's ground forces.

Because Egyptian troops had already broken into the Sinai Peninsula and escaped from the cover of the local air defense system, the Israeli Air Force's strike operation has achieved some results. Similarly, after the Egyptian Air Force recovered its confidence, it also made due contributions to the ground strike operation. [bsp;    Interestingly, the battle for air supremacy is not too fierce.

Several effective air battles were encountered by fighters on both sides on the battlefield by chance over the battlefield, and the duration was not long. After all, fighters on the attack mission did not carry too much air ammunition and did not have the patience to fight.

Of course, these small-scale air battles illustrate a problem, that is, in close combat, the maneuverability of fighters is crucial. At that time, the main forces of both sides were the fourth generation of multi-purpose fighters, namely the j-22 and f-35a. Because the j-22 paid more attention to air combat performance when designing, and the f-35a is a typical multi-purpose fighter that focuses on ground strikes, the proportion of Egyptian pilots winning in air combat is much larger. According to the post-war public official

According to the information of Bu, on this night, the Egyptian Air Force lost twenty-four J-22 and J-22m, while the Israeli Air Force lost thirty-nine F-35a. Among these fighters, 41% were shot down by air artillery, and 35% were shot down by fighting missiles, only seven were shot down by medium-range air-to-air missiles, and the other eight crashed on their return and were shot down by ground air defense weapons.

On this night, Captain Ibrahim, the third ace of the Egyptian Air Force, achieved three results by driving the j-22m, and all of them were the contributions of the air cannons. Captain Ibrahim was also the one who gained the most results with air cannons in this war.

Of course, this is just a case and it doesn't mean anything.

When both sides mainly use ultra-low altitude penetration, and most fighter jets only have two fighting missiles, and suddenly encounter the enemy, the air cannon is the most reliable weapon on the fighter jet and the most used weapon, so the results achieved naturally exceed other air-to-air ammunition.

In regular air combat with the purpose of fighting for air supremacy, air-to-air missiles are still the main ammunition.

By the early morning of the 26th, the First Army had crossed the Suez Canal, one of the divisions headed north along Highway 1, while the rest advanced east along Highway 4.

Qi Kaiwei's intention was very obvious: he forced the Israeli army to fight to the decisive battle near Highway 3.

If the Israeli army refuses to take the initiative to fight, the First Army and the Third Army will have enough preparation time to concentrate their superior forces to head north from Highway 3. However, the Israeli army has to keep a close eye on the Egyptian army at the fifth stop while guarding the defense line of Highway 2. In other words, the Israeli army can only fight against the main force of the Egyptian army with part of its forces, and can also fight on the defense line in a more passive way.

It can be said that the Israeli army has no choice.

The problem is that if the Israeli army takes the initiative to move south along Highway 3, it is not necessarily possible to gain an advantage.

You should know that the Third Army had arrived in Nehel and completed the assembly work, and had enough ability to block the Israeli army on Highway 3. As long as the Third Army bite the main force of the Israeli army, the First Army could intersperse from the flanks and did not have to join the frontal battle at all.

Don't forget that the Sinai Peninsula is a desert area, which is very convenient for armored troops to launch assaults.

Even without the support of the highway, the armored troops of the First Army can attack hundreds of kilometers. The total length of the Sinai Peninsula from south to north is only 200 kilometers. The distance between Highway 2 and Highway 4 is less than fifty kilometers, which is not a problem for the Egyptian army.

Fortunately, the deployment of the Egyptian army was not impeccable.

The most serious flaw is logistics support, that is, it is to rely heavily on the logistics supply channel of Highway 4. If this supply channel is cut off, the First Army and the Third Army are unable to fight, let alone pose a threat to the Israeli defense line. To cut off this supply channel, you have to set a fifth stop, then go south along Highway 1 and attack Shet, at least you have to cut off the traffic line from Suez to Shet.

On the morning of the 26th, the Israeli army launched a fierce attack on the fifth station.

This is the fifth stop of the third strong attack by the Israeli army after the war began.

The main force is still the second infantry brigade, namely the "Givati" brigade, and there are three armored brigades, and the reserve team is the 401st Armored Brigade.

The Israeli army fought extremely resolutely, but the troops were invested too little.

At the fifth stop, the Egyptian army not only had two regular infantry divisions, but also four reserve infantry divisions, with a total strength of more than 60,000, while the Israeli army invested only about 20,000. More importantly, after several days of continuous fierce battle, the combat effectiveness of the "Givati" brigade has dropped significantly.

According to the combat records of the Israeli army, the Second Infantry Brigade had only more than 3,700 officers and soldiers at that time, and some were slightly injured.

The other three armored brigades are slightly better and have relatively complete structures, but they are all reserve brigades and their equipment performance is not as good as that of the permanent brigades.

The 401 Armored Brigade, which acted as a reserve force, was the most serious.

In the last battle, that is, the Egyptian army's active counterattack, the 401st Armored Brigade acted as the main force and the main target of the Egyptian army's attack. Almost one-third of the main battle tanks suffered permanent losses, and one-third of the tanks were damaged and did not receive timely repairs.

Like the Israeli army, the Egyptian army fought extremely tenaciously.

At that time, the commander of the Second Army even rushed to the front line and personally directed the battle.

The commander of the Egyptian army was very clear that the fifth stop was the key battlefield. If it was lost, the Egyptian army's logistics support would be over, and both armies on the front line would collapse.

In this case, will becomes a secondary factor.

In order to compete for the fifth stop, both sides fought for all their capital, and each square meter of position had to be repeatedly fought for several times, and took several lives.

At noon, when the attacking troops suffered heavy losses, the Israeli army had to use the reserve team.

Unfortunately, the Egyptian army's reinforcements arrived in time at this time, and were ordered to go north of the First Army from Shet to the north along Highway 1.

It was just that afternoon that the warring sides started the third armored battle after the war began.

At about three o'clock, about twenty-five kilometers east of Highway 1, the 217th Armored Brigade and the 247th Armored Brigade of the Israeli Army, which were attacking south, encountered the 1st Armored Division and the 11th Infantry Division of the Egyptian Army's First Army heading north. The two sides immediately opened the front line and started a melee.

It was definitely a melee.

Although both sides sent scouts and small unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, the propulsion speed of the armored troops reached 30 kilometers per hour, almost the limit of off-road marching. As a result, after the scouts discovered the enemy situation, neither side was able to launch it in time.

Retreat, obviously impossible.

The front-line commanders of both sides knew that encountering here meant that the other party adopted the same tactic, that is, bypassing the fierce fifth stop in the form of off-road marches, bypassing the opponent's main defense line, directly interspersed into the enemy's rear, attacking the enemy's logistics department's extreme line, and dismantling the enemy's front-line troops. Retreat at this time is equivalent to handing over the initiative and giving up the assault operation.

More importantly, it is almost impossible to get the armored troops who are marching immediately to stop.

If handled improperly, it will definitely cause chaos and then be defeated by the enemy by chance.

If you can't retreat or stop, you can only rush forward with your teeth.

On the front front line of fifteen kilometers wide, the Israel Defense Forces invested nearly 200 tanks, and the Egyptian Army invested nearly 300 tanks. Both sides also automatically used hundreds of armored combat vehicles to carry infantry to support tanks in combat, while the artillery of both sides deployed in the rear.

When five kilometers apart, the Egyptian army's main battle tanks opened fire first.

The main force of the First Armored Division is also the Type 24 main battle tank, and it is the first unit to replace the Type 24 tank, so it is more familiar with this tank.

Because of its superiority in terms of military strength, the Egyptian army took the lead in opening the front line and allowed two tank battalions of the First Armored Division to assault on both wings. The three battalions of the 11th Infantry Division were in the center of the front line, and the tank battalion equipped with Type 04 main battle tanks acted as the vanguard, and set out to encircle and annihilate the Israeli army.

The main force of the two armored brigades of the Israeli army are the "Mekava 5" main battle tanks.

Faced with the Egyptian army's tactic of encircling the two wings, the Israeli army had to open the front line. More importantly, the performance of the "Mekava 5" type is different from that of the Type 24 and Type 04, so the Israeli army did not dare to adopt the tactic of central breakthrough, and the two armored brigades basically advanced side by side.

The battle ranged from five kilometers to five hundred meters, and it was extremely cruel.

Although the quality of Israeli tankers is better, and some "Mekava 5" are replaced with a 140-mm tank gun, which has enough power to penetrate the front armor of Type 04 at least three kilometers away. Within 1,500 meters, it has a penetration rate of nearly 80% against the front armor of Type 24, but Type 04 and Type 24 can penetrate the front armor of "Mekava 5" by 4,000 meters away, and the Egyptian army has the advantage of force.

After entering the stage of close combat, the Israeli tankers even turned the tank into ammunition.

At that time, a "Mekava 5" was penetrated in the turret. After the commander, the turret and the loading hand were injured, the driver drove the tank desperately and crashed into a Type 24, causing the three tank hands to be injured in the Type 24, the front armor of the vehicle body was deformed, and the front skirt of the track fell off.

In some places, the tank hands on both sides even fired at the same time with machine guns, submachine guns and pistols after the tank was destroyed.

The battle lasted until the evening, and the Egyptian army won the final victory after the 217th and 247th Armored Brigades were almost wiped out.

According to the combat records of the Israeli army, both brigade generals and brigade commanders died for their country, and 70% of the officers were killed.

In fact, in previous Middle East wars, the proportion of Israeli military officers was much higher than that of soldiers. Many times, Israeli military officers set an example to charge on the front line.

The Egyptian army won the victory, but also suffered extremely heavy losses.

At the end of the battle, the two ace divisions almost lost their combat capabilities.
Chapter completed!