There was nothing much to describe. The Island Nation Air Force and the Australasian Air Force engaged in an aerial battle over the airfields of the Ryukyu Islands, and it was practically a one-sided massacre.
Australasia lost only one aircraft, and that was due to engine failure. There was certainly an element of luck involved.
Aside from that, the Island Nation's aircraft never posed any threat to the Australasian Air Force again—not even enough to seriously wound it.
Of course, if one counted the scratches caused by bullets grazing metal frames and the chipped paint, quite a few Australasian aircraft had indeed been damaged, especially their pilots.
It was like taking a brand-new car onto the road for the first time and scraping it. Anyone would feel a pang of distress.
The army on the Ryukyu Islands was not surprised by the failure of this aerial battle. The Island Nation's air force was not very large to begin with, and it had been split into two factions by the army and navy, so it had been severely affected.
Although the Ryukyu Islands were the large archipelago closest to Australasia, they were still less important than the Island Nation Mainland.
In the Island Nation Government's plans, the Ryukyu Islands naturally had to be defended. However, the main force defending them was the nearly 100,000 troops in the four divisions stationed there, not an air force with fewer than 100 aircraft, many of which were not even the most advanced models.
After all, in an amphibious assault on an island, the attacking side had to suffer losses several times greater than those of the defending side.
Even an exceptionally elite army could not avoid massive casualties when conducting an amphibious assault.
To seize a beachhead, they had to land on a heavily