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In this assault, the army did not gain nothing, but the price was too heavy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the last round of attacks, two "Modern" class destroyers blocked most of the missiles for the "Kuznetsov", both lost their combat effectiveness, one of them was still on the way back because of the water ingress was too bad, the main generator was destroyed, and finally sunk by the Russian army, the other returned to the naval base on the Kamchatka Peninsula, but also failed to repair, docked on the dock for two years, and finally sold to a mainland shipbreaking yard in the form of scrap steel.

During the battle, the "Kuznetsov" also hit an anti-ship missile, but the anti-ship missile did not explode!

The anti-ship missile's hit point near the No. 1 elevator on the starboard side of the battleship pierced the hull of the ship, and after entering the hangar, it crashed into a fighter that was still preparing for takeoff, causing a fuel leak inside the fighter and causing a fire, in which at least two dozen aviation crew members were burned to death.

The fire was extinguished and did not cause more damage.

In comparison, the price paid by the army was significantly greater.

During the entire battle, fourteen P-1s were shot down, and one P-1 crashed on the way back, killing as many as 85 crew members, and only five were rescued by the Japanese army.

This incident later caused widespread controversy.

According to the Japanese army, the 14 downed P-1s were all in the vicinity of the Russian fleet, and most of the crew members successfully parachuted, so the Russian army should have salvaged the overboard pilots after the battle. In fact, instead of doing this, the Russian army dispatched helicopters and killed some officers and soldiers floating on the sea.

As for whether the Russian army killed officers and soldiers, I'm afraid no one can say clearly.

According to the Russian army, after the battle, because of the threat from under the sea, the two main escort warships lost their combat effectiveness, so the Russian fleet must leave the combat area as soon as possible, and there is no time to search for and salvage the officers and men, let alone kill them.

Comparatively speaking, the most painful losses of the Yue army were those fighters.

During the engagement, at least six F-15Js were shot down and all six pilots were killed. In addition to this, at least one F-22J was shot down, and three other F-22Js crashed on the way back.

That is, the army lost four F-22Js.

Although the two sides have their own opinions on the reasons for the loss of these four F-22Js, the Russian army claims to have shot down three in the engagement, while the army only admits that one was shot down, but this is not important, the important thing is that the myth of the invincibility of the F-22J has been broken, and this loss is equivalent to one-ninth of the F-22J fleet of the army.

You know, by this time, the myth of the F-22J's "golden body is immortal" has not been broken.

Although the situation is a bit extreme, at the end of the fight, the four F-22Js even ran out of machine artillery shells, while the Russian fighters had enough ammunition, but in any case, the F-22J was shot down in air combat, and it was shot down by fighters, which is enough to show that this fighter is not invincible.

This loss bleaked the results achieved.

You must know that the purchase price of four F-22Js is as high as more than one billion dollars, and the value of two "modern" class destroyers in the Russian military is only a few hundred million dollars. If you count six F-15Js and fifteen P-1s, the value of the army's battle-damaged equipment is several times that of the Russian army.

Of course, judging from the battle, the surprise attack of the Yue army was not worthless.

With the loss of two air defense destroyers, the damage to the aircraft carrier itself, the fact that more than two-thirds of the carrier-based fighters were shot down by the Chinese army, and the remaining anti-aircraft missiles on the other escort warships, the Russian army had no choice but to let the "Kuznetsov" leave the warring sea.

The problem is not so simple, because in the Far East there are not many ports where this aircraft carrier can dock.

The most ideal option is, of course, Vladivostok, but to get there, you have to go through the sea area controlled by the Japanese army, or enter the Sea of Tsushima from the Tsushima Strait. In the state of an aircraft carrier battle group, it is obviously impossible to take such a dangerous course. All that remains is the military port on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

It's not that there is no military port over there, and it's summer in the northern hemisphere, and the port is not frozen.

The main problem is that on the Kamchatka Peninsula there is no port where the "Kuznetsov" can be properly maintained and maintained, and it is not even possible to replenish the used ammunition for the cruiser.

Even if it takes 10,000 steps back, the "Kuznetsov" can be repaired in the military port on the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the two cruisers can be replenished, and in the Pacific Fleet, the Russian army will not be able to provide other escort warships for the aircraft carrier battle group, because the only few large warships are in Vladivostok and there is no way to go to the Kamchatka Peninsula.

With only three escort warships, "Kuznetsov" will definitely not survive.

In fact, after the end of the air raids, the fighting did not end.

According to the combat process later announced by the Chinese army, at least one "Canglong" class submarine arrived in the area of engagement at that time, and this was also confirmed by the Russian army.

After the battle, the "Kuznetsov" hastily left the area of war, which was related to the military submarine.

However, neither side announced the results of the submarine engagement.

It's just that judging from some information released one after another after the war, this military submarine failed to seize the opportunity, and was not killed by the Russian submarine that accompanied the aircraft carrier operation. Perhaps, at that time in the "Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier battle group, there were no attack nuclear submarines accompanying activities at all. It was only due to the influence of the previous naval battle that the military submarine was too afraid of the Russian army's attack on the nuclear submarine, so it did not dare to attack the returning aircraft carrier.

Whether this is the case or not, only Yue Jun knows best.

After the end of this naval battle, the army was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, but the landing on the four northern islands was still postponed indefinitely.

The reason is simple, less than twelve hours after that, the Second Fleet, which was responsible for anti-submarine cover on the periphery, ran into big trouble.

According to the results of the engagement announced by the Japanese army, at least two Russian attack nuclear submarines entered the anti-submarine patrol area of the Second Fleet at that time, and were attacked by anti-submarine patrol aircraft and anti-submarine helicopters, one of which was sunk by a torpedo dropped by an anti-submarine helicopter during the engagement.

It's just that the Russian army did not admit that it lost an attack nuclear submarine in a naval battle.

Under the threat of Russian submarines, the landing fleet of the Japanese army did not even dare to leave the coastal waters, let alone close to the four northern islands.

This is also very understandable, among the Russian army's attack nuclear submarines, except for the "Severodvinsk", which is newly built, the other ones are all inherited from the former Soviet Union, and they are all designed to fight the US military in the ocean, attach great importance to deep-sea combat capabilities, and have little use in shallow sea waters.

Suitable for shallow sea operations are conventional submarines.

Obviously, the Chinese army did not dare to underestimate the conventional submarines of the Russian army, and the landing fleet was close to the four northern islands, and it was very likely that it would be attacked from under the water.

It's just that the army's conventional submarines have not rested.

In previous battles, the Army's conventional submarines had performed poorly, with little decent, except for the sinking of some non-combat ships during the blockade operation, and instead two of them were killed in a confrontation with the Pacific Fleet's Akula-class attack nuclear submarine.

This result is very embarrassing for the submarine force.

It didn't take two days for them to find their chance for revenge.

After the "Kuznetsov" arrived at the Petropavlovsk military port, the Russian army immediately began to repair the aircraft carrier, and at the same time tried to replenish the cruiser's ammunition.

To this end, the Russian army even dispatched more than a dozen An-124 transport planes to deliver anti-aircraft missiles and maintenance equipment to the military port.

It's just that escort warships cannot be delivered by transport aircraft.

In order for the "Kuznetsov" to go to sea again, the Russian army must replenish its escort warships, and even have to transport some large equipment by sea.

The transfer of warships from the Northern Fleet is clearly not very suitable.

The only way was to transfer warships from the Pacific Fleet and let the cruisers and destroyers huddled in Vladivostok go to Petropavlovsk.

Among them, there is a cruiser of the "Glorious" class, a destroyer of the "Brave" class and a destroyer of the "Modern" class.

After the outbreak of the war, all three warships were replenished with fuel and ammunition, and during the port stop, they were fully maintained, and they were all in good condition.

It's just that how to get these three warships to rendezvous with the aircraft carrier has become the biggest problem.

It is obviously not realistic to go through the Soya Strait, which is where the Japanese military submarines are infested, and a "brave" class destroyer cannot deal with the Japanese military submarines at all. If we take into account the threat of the Air Force, we are even more self-defeating.

The only way is to sail along the near shore, from the Tatar Strait north, into the Sea of Okhotsk, and from the North Kuril Islands into the Pacific Ocean.

On this route, the warship will be able to receive air cover throughout the route, as well as the protection provided by the air defense forces deployed in the coastal zone.

Because it is in Russian territorial waters, the underwater threat is not serious.

At least at this time, the military submarines had not yet entered Russia's territorial waters, let alone attacked ships sailing in Russia's territorial waters.

The three battleships did not immediately go out, but left Vladivostok with them only after all the equipment used to repair the "Kuznetsov" was loaded onto a large transport ship.

There were no problems with the first half of the voyage, and the fleet had been sailing inshore less than ten nautical miles from the coast.

It's just that after entering the Tatar Strait, the Russian fleet was not so lucky.

According to the recollections of the surviving Russian officers and soldiers, first two destroyers were attacked, each hit by two torpedoes, and then the cruiser, which turned to evade, was hit by three torpedoes one after another. Before the merchant ship could accelerate, it was also torpedoed. In just fifteen minutes, all four ships were attacked.

Half an hour later, the anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the Russian army arrived.

By this time, the two destroyers had sunk, but fortunately, most of the officers and men escaped in time. The cruiser, which held out for less than two hours, also sank. The freighter, with a displacement of up to 40,000 tons, floated on the surface of the sea for a day, and after unloading some expensive equipment, was abandoned by the crew.

The attacker was none other than a "Qinchao" class submarine of the Navy.

(To be continued)