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Influenced by international public opinion, the mainland did not open its port to the Russian fleet. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After entering the South China Sea, the "Kuznetsov" rendezvoused with the amphibious fleet in the waters north of the Zhongsha Islands, and then two ocean-going supply ships went to Hong Kong to replenish fuel, fresh water, and affairs, and then rendezvous with the fleet. After resting for three days in the northern waters of the South China Sea, the Russian fleet entered the western Pacific Ocean from the Balintang Strait.

At this time, Yue Jun's nerves were completely tensed.

Although the landing fleet had already reached the predetermined sea area, the landing operation was postponed indefinitely while the upper echelons were still arguing.

As the Russian fleet entered the western Pacific, the Japanese army either met or retreated.

Taking the initiative is obviously not ideal.

At this time, the main forces of the air force and navy were concentrated near the four northern islands, and only the Fourth Fleet remained in the East China Sea, while there were less than 40 combat planes deployed in the Okinawa Islands. Although the army has many opportunities with its back to the mainland, it is useless to face a powerful aircraft carrier battle group.

Besides, of these forty fighters, thirty-two are F-15Js and eight are F-4Js, none of which have the ability to strike at the sea.

Even so, the Yue army did not sit still.

Shortly after the "Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier battle group passed through the Balintang Strait, a P-3C appeared near the aircraft carrier battle group.

Because this is not an area of engagement, the task of the patrol aircraft is to monitor the Russian fleet, not to engage it.

It is a pity that the Russian army behaved more actively.

Before the P-3C could get close to the carrier, two MiG-29s patrolling over the carrier approached and knocked down the unarmed patrol plane with machine guns.

Subsequently, the Russian authorities issued a statement claiming that the patrol plane had anti-ship missiles on board.

Although the P-3C is indeed capable of carrying anti-ship missiles, and can hang up to 12 of them, and has the ability to strike at the sea, the P-3C of the military does not have supporting fire control software, and the P-3C does not even have torpedoes, let alone anti-ship missiles. In doing so, the Russian army does not take the army in its eyes at all.

In the face of the provocation of the Russian army, the Japanese army immediately reacted and allowed the Fourth Fleet to enter the western Pacific.

Volleying the Russian fleet?

With the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Fleet alone, it is obviously not possible.

Although this fleet has the most complete establishment, not only two air defense destroyers, but also a "Yuexiang"-class through-deck destroyer, its sea-attack capability is quite unreliable, and apart from the guns on each warship, the only sea-fighting weapon is the less advanced anti-ship missile.

It is said that the main task of the military fleet is not to control the sea, but to fight against submarines.

In other words, even if the Fourth Fleet can withstand the attack of Russian fighters and get close to the Russian fleet, it will be difficult to launch an effective attack.

In fact, without air cover and support, the Fourth Fleet simply could not get close to the Russian fleet.

According to the order of the command of the Japanese army, the task of the Fourth Fleet was to block the northward passage of the Russian fleet and prevent the Russian fleet from approaching the mainland.

The Russian army has already attacked the patrol plane of the Japanese army without malicious intent, who can guarantee that it will not bomb the mainland?

Although the consequences of doing so are very serious, and in order to bomb the local area, the Russian army can completely use strategic bombers deployed in the Far East, and there is no need to let the aircraft carrier battle group bypass half the world, but the Russian army can attack the Japanese in other ways, such as declaring a certain sea area as a war zone and prohibiting the passage of any ships, thus cutting off the maritime lifeline of the Japanese capital.

Russia is not afraid of blockade because of its vast territory and abundant natural resources.

It is said that it is different, as an island country with poor resources, if it is really blocked, the consequences are unimaginable. Even if the blockade of the Russian army cannot be sustained, it will have a devastating blow to the national economy and the confidence of the people, so that the company has to sit at the negotiating table.

Fortunately, the Russian fleet did not go north, but sailed directly to the east.

After passing through the Northern Mariana Islands, the Russian fleet turned north.

This point is completely consistent with the tactical attempt of the Russian army, that is, the task of the aircraft carrier battle group is not to attack the Japanese fleet, but to cover the attacking nuclear submarines accompanying the operation.

According to this tactical idea, the sea area where the "Kuznetsov" will be deployed will definitely be east of the North Kuril Islands, within the cover range of Russian shore fighters and anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Only in this way can the Russian army provide cover for the aircraft carrier battle group with A-50 AWACS aircraft. What's more, it is thousands of kilometers away from the mainland, and even if it is still within the combat radius of the F-22J, it exceeds the strike range of the F-2.

Faced with this situation, the Chinese military can only send fighter planes to cover the anti-submarine patrol planes.

In a war of attrition with the Russian aircraft carrier battle group backed by the mainland, the advantage of the Chinese army is not obvious.

More importantly, with the deployment of the "Kuznetsov" in place, the MiG-29 carried by it can travel hundreds of kilometers south with the support of the A-50, thus posing a lethal threat to the anti-submarine patrol organs of the Chinese army, and giving the Russian army's attack nuclear submarines the opportunity to approach the Japanese army fleet assembled near the four northern islands.

If the "Kuznetsov" cannot be killed or forced to leave the warring waters, it will be very good if the army can maintain its sea supremacy, let alone land on the four northern islands.

You must know that after the "Kuznetsov" set up an air defense cover circle, the Russian strategic bombers could move south from the Kamchatka Peninsula to avoid the air defense fighters of the Chinese army and attack the Japanese fleet from the east. Even if the military strengthens its air defense deployment, the Russian army can also dispatch fighters on aircraft carriers to provide cover for bombers.

All in all, the army will either do something or cease fire in time.

If it drags on, the army will quickly lose the initiative.

A ceasefire is clearly unrealistic. After gaining the advantage, Russia will certainly not make concessions at the negotiating table, and will not even return half of the four northern islands to Yuben, as previously promised. Besides, what is the difference between begging Russia for a cease-fire after he has already rejected Russia's cease-fire demand with his actions, and then he has taken the initiative to put down his position and ask Russia for a cease-fire.

The army must do something!

As a matter of fact, before Russia announced that it would send the "Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier battle group to the Pacific Ocean, the Chinese military began to make preparations.

At that time, the army had already obtained information that the Russian aircraft carrier had left the home port of the Northern Fleet.

What the military should do is to improve the air force's ability to strike at sea so that more fighters and patrol planes with a longer range have the ability to launch anti-ship missiles.

The significance of refitting fighters is not obvious, after all, there are not many fighters in the army, and they have to be used in air supremacy operations.

What's more, most fighters do not have a long enough range, and after attaching anti-ship missiles, they are even more unable to attack fleets thousands of kilometers away.

Only by modifying patrol planes can the Chinese military obtain an effective naval strike force in a short period of time.

This heavy task fell to the P-1 anti-submarine patrol fuselage made by Yu Ben.

As an anti-submarine patrol aircraft developed on its own and improved on the basis of tactical transport aircraft, the P-1 has a much faster flight speed than the P-3C, a slightly longer range, and the disadvantage is that the endurance time is much shorter. So when performing anti-submarine patrol missions, the P-1 behaved worse than the P-3C. In the combat sequence of the Japanese army, the main task of the P-1 is anti-submarine attack, that is, after the P-3C discovers the submarine, the P-1 will go to complete the attack, or supplement the lack of the P-3C's attack capability and enhance the strike force against the enemy submarine.

There is another very important reason why the military chose to modify the P-1, that is, this kind of patrol aircraft is completely produced by the company, so it is very convenient for the company to upgrade the fire control software for it, so that it can be mounted with anti-ship missiles and carry out naval control combat missions. The P-3C imported from the United States needs to be authorized by the United States to upgrade the fire control software, and air-launched anti-ship missiles must be purchased from the United States.

By the time the "Kuznetsov" entered the western Pacific, at least twenty P-1s had completed the modification.

Subsequently, a dozen more P-1s received the ability to launch anti-ship missiles.

In this way, the army can organize up to 30 P-1s and launch more than 200 anti-ship missiles in a single attack. However, in order to achieve this maximum, the army still has to work the command and control system, especially in the fire control channel and tactical reconnaissance.

Comparatively speaking, the problem is greatest on the chain of command.

Although there are quite a few E-767 and E-2C in the Chinese military, these two types of early warning aircraft are mainly anti-air, and their sea detection capabilities and detection range are relatively limited. More importantly, the P-1 did not have a data link with the AWACS counterpart, so it was not possible to make full use of the tactical intelligence provided by the AWACS.

Without effective command, organizing thirty patrol aircraft to launch an attack is obviously a very difficult thing to do.

You must know that it is impossible for these 30 patrol planes to be deployed at the same airfield, so it is impossible for them to take off at the same time, it is impossible for them to fly along the same route to the target, and it is difficult to synchronize the timing of missile launches. Against an aircraft carrier battle group, if a saturation attack is not possible, the effect will definitely be limited.

As for reconnaissance, it is relatively easy to solve.

The F-22J can become an ideal reconnaissance aircraft when it is replaced with reconnaissance equipment.

In the face of these difficulties, the army can only rise to the occasion.

From the standpoint of the army, there is no choice. More importantly, in the opinion of the Chinese military, the air defense strength of the "Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier battle group is not very strong, and as long as an effective attack is organized and 30 patrol planes successfully launch missiles, there is a great certainty that the Russian fleet will be severely damaged.

As for whether the "Kuznetsov" can be sunk, the army does not have much hope.

After all, none of the military's anti-ship missiles are very powerful, and they are not designed to strike aircraft carriers. As long as it is possible to inflict heavy damage on the "Kuznetsov" and force it to return to port.

As the Russian fleet turned to sail north, the army's operational preparations were also in full swing.

In order to cover up the campaign attempt, the Chinese army carried out scattered deployments, and those patrol planes with the ability to control the sea were integrated into the anti-submarine patrol plane unit, and the fighters for cover and reconnaissance missions were also deployed in several bases.

(To be continued)