"The Americans must be complaining that the East China Sea is too small, and that their big fleet, in this small bathtub, can only be big and inadequate. But they don't want to think about it, if even the East China Sea feels small, is it more beneficial for them to play in the 4V Strait? If we can't even beat the East China Sea, then how can we stop us from landing on the island?"

The 1st Naval Aviation Division, which was originally planned to be downsized, was retained because the threat from the north was lifted.

The backfire phobia in northern China was eliminated, and the originally deployed F-14s were not so necessary. The Air Force reluctantly handed over these planes to the HNA Air Force, and the 1st HNA Division that took over the planes was retained.

There are two regiments in the first division of the HNA Army, with 24 F-14s in each regiment, which really makes the corners of the mouth of the poor HNA Le unable to find it.

In the early stage, these planes were mainly deployed in the hinterland of the mainland, and the task of hide-and-seek with the US Navy was still undertaken by the Air Force. This is not because the HNA side does not dare to go to HNA, but the Air Force has not only handed over the planes, but has collectively transferred the entire establishment to the HNA Group. In the past six months, China and the United States have been testing each other, but in fact, it is mainly HNA that is carrying out emergency system upgrades and equipment support for these aircraft.

Now that the situation has reached the most critical stage, it is time for HNA to show its talents.

China's coastal military airfields are all over the place, and the initiative in this exercise was not in the hands of the Seventh Fleet from the very beginning. With the advantages of the mainland's terrain and electronic countermeasures, the continental direction is basically an information black hole for the Seventh Fleet.

The above complained that there was no early warning plane, and the information was restricted, and the Seventh Fleet was also on the verge of an abyss on the mainland, which could not get any information.

Robert Knat's approach was not wrong, and his tentative action of sending attack aircraft was indeed well received.

When two regiments of F-14s emerged from the direction of Nantong, Robert Nat thought he had finally touched the pulse of the Chinese.

"Don't the Chinese know that Sun Tzu's Art of War is a bestseller in the United States?" Robert Nat pointed to the cluster signal that appeared from the west, and said confidently: "This is the sound of the Chinese, the radar signal of 48 F-14s, which must be the main strike force." ”

"Order the 51 Falcon Squadron to go over and let the Chinese taste the F-14D!"

The 51st Falcon Squadron, which took over the Sunseter as the outer defense mission, has just been released, and I have to say that it really made the Americans feel that it was a good time. After receiving the order, the entire squadron of 10 F-14Ds quickly adjusted their direction and galloped towards the west according to the instructions of Hawkeye.

Falcon Squadron, Zeke Tilson as squadron leader is not as optimistic as the fleet commander.

Opposite him were a full 48 F-14 fighters, even if it was just an F-14A, it was enough for the entire aircraft carrier formation to drink a pot.

"Hawkeye, this is an impossible task. Zeke Tilson complained over the radio: "There are nearly five times as many people on the other side as we are, and our missiles may not be enough!"

"Falcon, don't worry. ”

Robert Nut's voice appeared in the communication loop, appearing a little brisk: "These F-14s are produced in the United States, do the Chinese expect them to pose any threat to us?" I have sent wanderers to support you, I hope the Chinese will like this surprise." ”

"Sir, but I heard that Chinese already has the ability to produce their own F-14s, will they ......"

"This is unlikely, even if the Chinese have the ability to imitate, but whether they can change our original design, I think it is very doubtful." I think you've probably heard the joke when the Chinese are copying the Su-27, right? They even equip the Su-27 with special soap, because when the Russians sold it to them, they threw a piece in it and forgot to take it!"

"And last year when we were fighting the F-14 on the Chinese side, we also tested the electronic warfare attack, and the Chinese did not upgrade their F-14's electronic countermeasure system, and our attack was very effective." ”

"So Falcon, you don't have to worry about the number of enemies, in the face of a group of blind and deaf people, an able-bodied person can beat them a group. ”

Robert Nut's joke made Zeke Tilson somewhat relaxed. And the commander of the fleet can personally explain to him, the squadron leader, whether there are any concerns at this time, he understands that he can no longer show it: "Falcon understands, Falcon squadron, go full speed, let's show the Chinese how powerful we are!"

“yes_sir！”

The Falcon Squadron's voice in the communication loop sounded quite formidable.

The world situation is turbulent, and I am afraid that Grumman himself did not expect that one day there would be such a scene as the Tomcat Derby.

On one side are the two regiments of the 1st Division of the Chinese Navy, and on the other side is the 51st Falcon Squadron of the Seventh Fleet. dog

The 51st Falcon Squadron and the 1st HNA Division turned on their fighter afterburner, and the distance between the two sides was almost fleeting.

So the situation becomes a classic elementary school problem, the two sides are 500 kilometers apart, at a speed of Mach 1.8 per hour, how long can they enter the 150 kilometers of combat range?

Just six minutes later, the sound of radar sirens in the cockpits of the F-14s on both sides was already ringing.

"Prowler, electronic jamming!"

"The Prowler is working, turning on jamming mode and initiating threat data processing...... Damn, what's going on? We haven't collected frequencies and codes like this!"

"Check the system, turn it back on and try again!"

The Americans did not know that what they had collected in the past six months was the data of the two regiments of F-14s in the hands of the Air Force, and the electronic systems had indeed not been transformed and upgraded. However, HNA's old F-14 has already completed the avionics transformation in the past six months, and the radar has not only been replaced with domestic goods, but also upgraded the digital system like the F-14D, which is not the AWG9 antique at all.

Listening to the chaos of the prowlers on the radio, Zeke Tilson felt as if he had eaten a little less "azithromycin" before getting on the plane. Think about the two lovely daughters of him and his ex-wife, you must know that this is not an internal exercise of the US military, although everyone tacitly agreed that live ammunition was not used, but who knows if it is really not fatal?

On the opposite side, there are a full 48 F-14s, which were unlucky to be smashed by empty bullets, and they can't live without warheads!

But then, something happened that made Zeke Tilson breathe a sigh of relief. The formations of the two regiments of the 1st Naval Aviation Division separated, one coming towards the Falcon squadron, the other directly towards the 15th destroyer squadron.

The 1st HNA Division and the Falcon Squadron still maintained a hedging posture, and threw a wave of AIM54s at the extreme range, and then began to climb rapidly, accumulating energy to prepare for missile attacks.

The HNA regiment did not hide its combat intentions, we just threw immortal birds at each other far away, no matter how good the engine of your F-14D is, it can be faster than the speed of the missile? There are 24 144 immortal birds on our side, and you have 60 of them, and I can't throw them at you!

However, the Falcon Squadron was embarrassed to find that it could neither rush over to enter the combat range of the medium-range bomb, nor interfere with the combat operations of the Second Naval Aviation Regiment. The opposite side has sufficient ammunition, and the Falcon Squadron dares to hedge against the undead birds, and this battle damage is definitely not something they can bear.

As for the Falcon Squadron, it is unrealistic to expect the undead birds of extreme range to achieve results.

However, this is not necessarily bad news for Zeke Tilson, so throwing out the missiles in each other, the Falcon squadron can go back justifiably. What, rushing over and throwing sparrows with the remaining 84 undead birds on the opposite side, it's better to enter the line of sight and play dog fights?

You can do it!

If the Eagle Strike 91 thrown by the flat-headed Eighth Master before was a false alarm, then this time the Second Regiment of HNA was not a false alarm after entering the firing range.

There are 24 F-14s in the 2nd Regiment of the HNA Regiment, and each of the modified Strike Cats is capable of carrying 5 YJ-91s. After a little more than a minute, the strike cats had already brought the 15th destroyer squadron into range, and then the overwhelming YJ-91 was thrown out.

The YJ-91 took a high-throw trajectory and sprinted towards the 15th destroyer squadron at a speed of more than Mach 3. The anti-ship YJ-91 took a low-altitude route, followed at speeds of more than Mach 2.

And don't forget, at this time, the granite and sunburn launched by the previous two Pacific fleets are also on the way.

This launch process, of course, was carefully planned. The entire course of the strike against the 15th destroyer detachment took three minutes, and the anti-radiation eagle strikes were numerous, but they did not need to occupy the fire channel, and they were extremely fast. Within two minutes, with the response capability of the 15th destroyer squadron, each round of 12 Standard 2 fire channels can hit three rounds in two minutes, that is, 36 Standard 2, and probably more than half of the anti-radiation YJ-91.

It is impossible for the 15th destroyer squadron to completely intercept this batch of anti-radiation YJ-91, and if it chooses to turn off the radar, electronic jamming and other tactics to evade anti-radiation missiles, then it is obviously impossible to continue to intercept anti-ship missiles in the three directions that are approaching.

In any case, the 15th destroyer detachment could not cope with a missile attack of this order of magnitude - this is the so-called saturation attack tactic. The essence of a saturation attack is not the number of missiles, nor is it particularly important to the tactical performance of the weapon, but the key to its success lies in "coordination."

Multi-platform, multi-weapon, and precise coordinated command within the battlefield can allow many weapons to form a three-dimensional related strike system. This kind of soft power is actually a necessary condition for saturation strikes. The speed of the missiles is slow, and the number of missiles is not so sufficient, but I can accurately hit them in a very short time and form a system, so that even the missiles with relatively backward performance can still form a fatal blow to the enemy's key defense targets.

This is a seemingly simple and crude tactic, but in fact it is a very delicate tactic. On the entire planet, the countries that can master this tactic are all powerful countries with the ability to determine the trend of the world.

In the face of such a powerful country, any country must give it enough respect.