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The day after the conflict broke out, the US authorities issued a less strongly worded statement, urging the two sides to immediately cease fire and resolve the issue through negotiations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, many countries, including the mainland, have issued statements urging the two sides to negotiate a ceasefire.

It's just that the arrow is off the string, and it's not easy to stop.

During the day the next day, a second air battle broke out between the two sides.

This time, the Russian army took the initiative to be primary, not the army.

I probably feel that doing nothing is too shameful. At noon on the same day, the Russian Air Force dispatched eight Su-24s, under the cover of four Su-35s, to attack the First Fleet of the Chinese Army.

By this time, the army had deployed three of the four E-767s to Kita-Honshu to ensure that one E-767 was patrolling the rear of the battlefield at all times.

It's not that the army doesn't believe in the E-2C, but that the E-2C's battlefield command capability is very limited.

Although in exceptional cases, the E-2C is capable of guiding more than a dozen fighters, for the vast majority of the time, the E-2C can guide a maximum of four fighters. Due to the lack of a tactical data link, the E-2C will often send the detected situation to the ground command center, which will then guide the combat aircraft.

In comparison, the E-767 is not so much troublesome.

As a high-tech equipment purchased from the United States at a high price, the E-767 has the same surname as the U.S. military's E-3A. Because of its larger body and longer range, the E-767 has a slightly better ability to patrol continuously than the E-3A. It's just that the military does not have tankers, and the E-767 does not have air refueling equipment, so it cannot extend the patrol time through air refueling like the E-3A. After takeoff, they can only patrol over the battlefield for a maximum of eight hours. Counting the maintenance time after returning to base, it would take at least three E-767s to maintain uninterrupted air patrols.

The E-767 was accompanied by four F-22Js from the Air Force.

Because the Russian counterattack may come at any time, there are at least four F-22Js on standby at the air base in Hokkaido, which can take off immediately after receiving the order. With the cruising flight speed of the F-22J, it only takes fifteen minutes to reach the battlefield.

After the E-767 spotted the Russian aircraft group, the four F-22Js immediately turned to meet them.

Subsequently, four F-22Js in the rear base took off urgently to fill the hole in the air defense network.

Presumably worried that the Russian army would have a back-up move, so after four F-22Js took off urgently, eight more F-15Js took off from a nearby air base and joined the fight.

This time, the military pilot did not hold the big one.

The war has broken out, and how to fight it is no longer a problem.

When it was about 80 kilometers away from the Russian aircraft group, four F-22Js activated the fire control radar, locked on to the target, and each launched two AIM-120Ds.

I have to say that the military pilots were too anxious.

Although the AIM-120D has a maximum nominal range of 120 kilometers, in actual combat, US pilots often shorten the firing distance to less than 60 kilometers. Farther away, enemy aircraft can easily escape from the missile interception zone. Or jam in time to make the missile effective.

Instead of using jamming equipment, the Russian fighter chose to turn to evade: to perform a tangential maneuver.

The four Su-35s that were attacked quickly turned ninety degrees, evading them in a direction perpendicular to the missile attack.

The military pilots made another mistake at this time, they did not activate the fire control radar to lock on to the target, and then use the relay guidance method to guide the missiles that had been launched, but followed the Russian fighter to turn, preparing to use the speed advantage of the F-22J to go around to the front of the Russian fighter and launch another attack.

As a result, all eight AIM-120Ds that had been launched were lost.

The reason is simple, the AIM-120D has two midcourse guidance modes when attacking targets outside the visual range, one is habitual guidance, and the other is radio relay guidance. The former relies entirely on the customary navigation equipment on the missile, allowing the missile to fly along a pre-set line, and then activating the missile's on-board fire control radar after reaching the area near the target. In the latter, the fire control radar on the fighter provides the flight parameters of the target, allowing the missile to follow the target and adjust the flight route, and finally guides the missile to the vicinity of the target, and the missile completes the attack independently.

It can be seen that the second guidance mode has a much higher attack efficiency.

The problem is that when using the relay guidance mode, the carrier aircraft must activate the fire control radar, continuously illuminate the target, and send guidance signals to the missile.

That is, the vehicle will reveal its whereabouts.

It was precisely with this problem in mind that the military pilots did not activate the fire control radar.

If you are only faced with four Su-35s, there is nothing wrong with the tactical choice of the military pilots.

The F-22J has supersonic cruising capabilities, while the Su-35 will have to turn on the afterburner in order to break through the sound barrier, and the flight range in this case will be significantly reduced. In other words, fighting for speed with the F-22J, the Su-35 does not have much chance of winning, and in the end it will either run out of fuel and return home, or be caught up by the F-22J. There are also four AIM-22Ds on each F-120J, which is enough for two long-range interceptions. Even within visual range, the fighting surname of the F-22J is much better than that of the Su-35, and the chances of victory of the Japanese army are still much greater than that of the Russian army.

The problem is that the interception target of the F-22J is not the Su-35, but the Su-24 flying at low altitudes.

In a sense, the task of those four Su-35s was to divert the F-22Js patrolling north of the fleet and create opportunities for attack aircraft behind.

As the F-22J, which was on anti-aircraft patrol duty, left the patrol area, the situation became extremely critical.

It didn't take long for the E-767 to spot a fleet of Su-24s flying at ultra-low altitudes.

Although the First Fleet has a strong air defense capability, and seven destroyers equipped with anti-aircraft missiles can intercept dozens of targets at the same time, which is enough to deal with an attack launched by eight Su-24s, the military will not risk testing the fleet's air defense and anti-missile capabilities, and the best option is to shoot down enemy planes before they launch missiles.

Fortunately, four F-22Js arrived in time for reinforcements.

After receiving the enemy information from the E-767, the four F-22Js immediately went into battle, firing four AIM-24Ds each at a distance of about seventy kilometers from the Su-120 group.

Because it was faced with an attack aircraft that did not have much air combat capabilities, and perhaps did not even have air-to-air missiles, the F-22J did not turn off the fire control radar, but used the radar to guide the missiles all the time.

The attack was accurate and sharp, and the hit rate of the 16 missiles was more than 90 percent.

Seven of the eight Su-24s were shot down before they reached the area where the missiles were launched, and the last one also hastily threw away all its ammunition and accelerated its escape from the battlefield.

After the failure of the attack operation, the four Su-35s did not stay and immediately accelerated to flee the battlefield.

In this battle, the army won again, and there was no loss.

After all the Russian fighters fled, eight F-22Js returned one after another, replaced by F-15Js, and continued to carry out air defense patrol missions in the airspace north of the fleet.

This small victory greatly boosted the morale of the army, and even made some generals think that the Russian army was not enough to suffer and victory was within reach.

If the Russian army can't even maintain air supremacy, how can it control the sea?

Without sea dominance, the Russian army will not want to hold the four northern islands, and it will be easy to regain the lost territory.

Affected by this, the army hastened preparations for the landing.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Second Fleet, which had been staying in Nepu Bay and was about to set off with the landing fleet, took the lead and went to the engaged waters to rendezvous with the First Fleet to strengthen the naval superiority of the Japanese army.

I have to say that Yue Jun was happy too early.

At this time, the Russian army has only dispatched tactical aviation, and has not yet invested real counterattack forces.

Although the Russian Pacific Fleet is not worth mentioning, the only cruiser is hiding in Vladivostok and does not dare to go out of the port to fight, and the rest of the destroyers are not in good condition. As for the mainland navy, which had promised to send warships to participate in the parade, it did not say a word. However, as long as the Russian army completes its dispatch and deployment and invests in strategic forces with strong strike capabilities, the army's good life will come to an end.

And that's exactly what happened.

Less than six hours after the end of the air battle, in the evening, the Second Fleet, which had left Nep Bay, encountered a suspicious target while sailing.

Immediately after judging a conventional submarine from Russia, the Second Fleet slowed down and launched an anti-submarine search.

Although the Second Fleet does not have "Yuexiang"-class destroyers, its nine warships carry a total of 12 helicopters, eight of which are relatively advanced "Sea Hawks" and the other four are "Sea Kings," and their antisubmarine capabilities are very powerful. What's more, after determining the threat from submarines, the Second Fleet called for support. Only an hour later, two P-3Cs arrived one after the other to join the anti-submarine search.

The pace of anti-submarine warfare is much slower compared to air combat.

Even if you are dealing with a conventionally powered submarine that relies on battery submarines, it can take hours, if not days, to make a difference.

In fact, the anti-submarine search did not go well.

Twelve helicopters and two anti-submarine patrol planes searched for four hours, but still did not find the submarine with the periscope sticking out of the sea.

It took another two hours for the Second Fleet to lift the anti-submarine alert.

As a result of this, the Second Fleet will certainly not be able to rendezvous with the First Fleet at night, and it will not be able to reach the operational sea area until the next morning at the earliest.

At that time, Yue Jun did not realize how big the impact would be.

It was only a few hours later that the Second Fleet's delay of several hours on the way to the ferry finally changed the fate of the First Fleet.

In fact, at that time, the army had already received a warning.

Before dark, a reconnaissance satellite passing above the Far East spotted the Russian strategic bombers stationed there, and also took photos of the Russian ground crews loading ammunition for the bombers. When this information was being processed, the Intelligence Headquarters promptly alerted the Air Force and Navy.

The problem is that at this time, the army still does not realize that the Russian army's counterattack is not only from the air.

The precautionary measures adopted by the PLA have only increased the air defense range by 150 km, increased the number of fighter planes carrying out air defense patrol missions from four to eight, and doubled the number of fighter planes on standby at the airport. Because the Russian attack nuclear submarine has not been found, and the First Fleet has been conducting an anti-submarine search, the military does not think that the Russian submarine can sneak attack the First Fleet.

It wasn't until the Russian counterattack arrived that the army knew that their judgment was completely wrong.

(To be continued)