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As the war entered the stage of attrition with blockade and [***] as the main theme, even Ben and Russia realized that no one could be the real winner. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, before the ceasefire talks, neither side wants a hasty end, at least it has no intention of giving up.

It must be admitted that in escort operations, the strength of the navy has been brought into full play in the most effective way, and it has also demonstrated its strong ability to return to the sea.

According to the deployment of the army, the two routes to Australia in the south and to the United States in the east need to be guarded.

On the course southwest to the Middle East, shore-based antisubmarine patrol planes deployed in the Okinawa Islands are mainly used, and the escort area is only as far as the Balintang Strait, and no longer provides cover after entering the South China Sea. After all, the South China Sea is a sensitive area, and if Ben sends warships and warplanes to the South China Sea, it is very likely to drag another major country into the water. Besides, the mainland is a friend of Russia, so it is unlikely that Russia will attack those cargo ships laden with crude oil in the South China Sea. If an ecological catastrophe is caused, the mainland will definitely blame Russia.

To this end, the Navy dispatched two fleets.

The Fourth Fleet was responsible for covering the route to Australia, while the Second Fleet was covering the route to the United States, and the Third Fleet remained near the four northern islands to continue preparations for landing operations.

In order to make full use of the escort fleet, the Chinese army set up two ship assembly places outside the attack area demarcated by the Russian side.

All the ships heading to the city will assemble here and sail with the fleet.

It must be admitted that the role of the escort operation is very obvious.

In the following month, the two fleets of the Chinese army made seven round-trips on each of the two routes, providing cover for a total of nearly 1,000 ships, transporting tens of millions of tons of ore, tens of millions of tons of crude oil, millions of tons of grain, and tens of millions of tons of industrial manufactured products to foreign countries. During this period, only four merchant convoys were attacked, and under the cover of escort warships, only five merchant ships were attacked, two of which were torpedoed and three damaged. During the escort operation, the army also sank two Russian submarines, but both were conventionally powered submarines.

The war had reached this point, and the situation had once again become favorable to him.

Although the combat operations of the Chinese army landing on the four northern islands have been repeatedly postponed and may even be completely bankrupt, as long as the Chinese army holds the life route, Russia will have no choice but to sue for peace under relatively unfavorable circumstances, and this is very likely to be the fundamental purpose of the life route that the Japanese army is desperately trying to protect the life route.

What's more, by this time, Russia has no cards to play.

The "Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier battle group trapped in Petropavlovsk has not been able to regain its combat effectiveness because it has not obtained escort warships and it is difficult to replenish carrier-based fighters, so it has not been able to pose a threat to the Third Fleet remaining in the waters near the four northern islands.

There is no way around it, because the production line for the MiG-29 has long been closed.

Russia closed the production line after the production of several dozen MiG-29s for India, and the MiG-29s supplied to the Russian Navy were improved on the basis of existing fighters. Having lost two-thirds of its carrier-based fighters, Russia could only continue to improve the existing MiG-29.

In fact, even if the production line is restarted, it will be difficult to create enough carrier-based fighters in a short period of time.

To solve this problem, the Russian Navy had to send partially mothballed Su-33s to the Far East, which were used to fill the gap in carrier-based fighters.

The problem is that "Kuznetsov" will not be able to go to sea until a sufficient number of escort battleships are obtained.

For this, the Russian Navy had to again draw forces from the Northern Fleet. It is a pity that the Russian Navy does not have many large warships in the first place, and most of the warships in the pipeline have been lacking proper maintenance for many years and are not in good condition. So it wasn't until a month later that the Russian Navy assembled one "Glorious" class, one "Brave" pole and two "Modern" classes to form a new escort fleet and go to the Far East.

This time, the Russian fleet took not the Indian Ocean route, but the Arctic Ocean route.

Even then, it would take half a month for the four battleships to reach Petropavlovsk.

In this way, only Russian submarines are really capable of fighting at sea.

Although the most concerned are the attack nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy, according to some information revealed by the US news media, at least six attack nuclear submarines are operating in the Pacific Ocean, including the "Severodvinsk", and of the other five, at least three are modifications of the "Akula" class, and the others are one "Akula" class and one "Serra" class, and these six attack nuclear submarines are capable enough to paralyze a medium-sized country. However, in a blockade operation, the real main force is not a powerful attack nuclear submarine, but a large number of conventional submarines.

According to information released by the Russian authorities, at least 12 Kilo-class and two Lada-class ships were operating in the Pacific Ocean and were responsible for the main tasks of the blockade operation.

This figure is not necessarily accurate.

The American media have long declared that in the Russian Navy, there will be no more than eight truly combat-capable conventional submarines of the "Kilo" class, and four are in the Northern Fleet, one in the Baltic Fleet, and the remaining three in the Pacific Fleet. As for the more advanced "Lada" class, although two ships have been built, they have not been able to meet the service standards, and they have not formed combat capability.

It's just that Russia was really able to come up with so many submarines.

At that time, Russia had at least four conventional submarines that had been built but not delivered, two of which were built for Iran, one for India and one for Vietnam. In addition, two Iranian Kilo-class ships are being modernized in Russia.

If Russia had requisitioned these submarines, it would have been able to get together twelve.

One thing is certain, and that is that the four Iranian submarines left the port shortly after the outbreak of the conflict, but did not appear in the Iranian port until more than a month later. Although Iran claims that the four submarines are undergoing sea trials, followed by a three-month operational deployment, it is widely believed that Russia has reached some agreement with Iran to lease Iranian submarines.

If this is the case, Russia's submarine strength should definitely not be underestimated.

In addition to a large number of conventional submarines, the Russian Navy has also activated a big killer: the "Oscar" class cruise missile nuclear submarines.

Although as early as three years ago, the Russian Navy announced the retirement of all the "Oscar" class, and then mothballed two "Oscar" improved models and one "Oscar" class was dismantled, but after the outbreak of the conflict, the Russian Navy secretly maintained two mothballed cruise missile nuclear submarines.

After the Russian president announced a strategic blockade of the two submarines, the two submarines left the port one after another.

Where it went, everyone knows.

What scared him the most was these two cruise missile nuclear submarines.

You know, one "Oscar" modification has twenty-four powerful supersonic anti-ship missiles, as well as more than thirty heavy torpedoes. According to the Russian Navy, only four "Oscars" are needed to bury an aircraft carrier battle group of the US military.

If you count the six attack nuclear submarines operating in the Pacific Ocean, the submarine strength of the Russian army is indeed very strong.

Two "Oscars", plus several attack nuclear submarines, are enough to completely destroy nine destroyers and dozens of merchant ships in an escort fleet.

This nightmare soon befell Yue Jun.

On the thirty-fourth day after the convoy began, the army suffered the darkest day since the start of the war.

According to the situation of the engagement announced by the authorities, in the early morning of that day, the "wolf pack" of the Russian army attacked the merchant fleet sailing from the United States to the city, and the Fourth Fleet, which was on the escort mission, was destroyed. In less than five minutes, 48 supersonic anti-ship missiles and nearly 60 flying anti-ship missiles attacked the escort fleet in two waves, seven of the nine destroyers were immediately sunk, and the other two sank shortly after daybreak.

The Russian submarines that succeeded in the assault did not stop, and then a massacre was carried out on the merchant ships that had lost their protection.

Because it was too far from the mainland, by the time the anti-submarine patrol planes arrived two and a half hours later, 42 of the 78 merchant ships in the fleet had been sunk or were in the process of sinking, and 16 had been severely damaged, and only 20 had escaped.

It is not an exaggeration to describe this broken war as a "massacre".

Subsequently, the Russian authorities published more detailed details of the engagement. According to the Russian military, two cruise missile submarines, five attack nuclear submarines, and eight conventional submarines participated in the attack, consuming a total of 126 anti-ship missiles and 278 torpedoes, sinking nine warships and 53 merchant ships.

It was an absolute disaster for him.

Interestingly, six of the merchant ships attacked belonged to a shipping company in the United States, but the Federal Axe later said that the six merchant ships had been leased to Yue Ben a month earlier, and the sailors on board were all Yue himself, so they had no direct relationship with the United States.

Four days later, the Russian submarine arrived in Petropavlovsk and received a heroic welcome.

While Russia is celebrating its victory, he is thinking about how to end it.

The loss of a fleet and dozens of merchant ships may not be a big deal, after all, there is a strong enough industrial strength and enough merchant ships, but the resulting uneasiness is enough to make any person collapse. You know, as long as those submarines leave the port again and enter the Pacific Ocean, the maritime lifeline of the Zoben will become even more fragile, and no merchant fleet will dare to go to the Yamaben at that time.

In the face of Russia's "wolf pack", is there a way to deal with it?

The answer is very realistic, and it is also very cruel. With the strength of the navy alone, it is impossible to deal with so many submarines, let alone advanced nuclear submarines.

It's just that he didn't give up immediately, because there was still a glimmer of hope, hope from across the Pacific.

(To be continued)