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How the "War of the Four Northern Islands" or the "War of the South Kuril Islands" was fought, even Ikawa Kojiro did not figure it out. When he received www.biquge.info the news, a patrol ship belonging to the Maritime Guard Department of the Russian Navy, which was patrolling about 120 kilometers south of Shikotan Island, had been sunk by a Russian Navy missile boat, and the destroyer "Gao Bo", which had arrived later, attacked the Russian ship with anti-ship missiles.

This war fired the first shot in this state of loss of control.

Ikawa Kojiro immediately convened an emergency meeting of the cabinet, and at the same time personally ordered the three fleets deployed in the north to withdraw all warships to the side of the sea demarcation line, leaving all fighters ready for attack on the airfield, and only 12 additional fighters were sent to carry out anti-aircraft patrol duties.

It took hours for Kojiro Ikawa to figure out what was going on.

It was neither the Japanese army nor the Russian army that started this war, but a fishing boat that set off from the port of Baichan and carried dozens of militarist fanatics!

According to the report submitted by the Maritime Guard, after leaving Shiratan Port, the fishing vessel continued to sail eastward along the normal fishing lane, and when it reached the sea area about 250 kilometers south of Shikotan Island, it suddenly turned around and sailed at a speed of more than 20 knots to Shikotan Island.

There is no doubt that the fishing boat has been improved, with more horsepower engines installed.

The maximum speed of ordinary fishing boats is more than 10 knots, and it is difficult for even fishing boats operating in the ocean to reach 20 knots.

When the incident occurred suddenly, the Maritime Guard immediately dispatched patrol ships operating in nearby waters to the north in accordance with the previous method for handling similar incidents.

Because the Russian military had raised its vigilance, and an A-50 early warning plane happened to be patrolling over the northern part of the island at the time of the incident, two speedboats approached the fishing boat before it entered Russia's exclusive economic zone, preparing to intercept the fishing boat heading north to deal with the patrol ship of the Maritime Guard Department.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the past.

Under normal circumstances, the Russian Navy detains fishing boats and releases them after a few days. If a patrol ship from the Maritime Guard arrives first, it will confront it.

As long as both sides are more restrained, the problem will not be aggravated.

It's a pity that neither side restrained this time.

According to the Maritime Guard's report, after approaching the fishing boat, a Russian speedboat opened fire first, sinking the fishing boat, and then stayed behind to salvage the drowning fishermen and the militants on board, while the other speedboat continued south to prevent the Maritime Guard's patrol ship from approaching the scene.

It was also at this time that the two sides clashed.

As the patrol ship of the Coast Guard continued north, it collided with a speedboat of the Russian Navy. Because the displacement of the patrol ship is nearly 3,000 tons, while the displacement of the "Poison Spider" class missile boat is only a few hundred tons, the Russian army did not take advantage of the collision. What the officers and men on the patrol ship did not expect was that after the Russian speedboat took the initiative to withdraw, it launched an anti-ship missile about 15 nautical miles away.

Strictly speaking, a patrol ship is not a battleship.

To make a simple analogy, the Maritime Guard's patrol ships are more like police cars than combat vehicles.

In the face of incoming anti-ship missiles, several small-caliber machine guns on patrol ships were simply powerless, and could not even effectively counterattack Russian speedboats.

The result was obvious, the anti-ship missile easily hit the patrol ship.

By the time the destroyers arrived, dozens of officers and men had drowned, or had sunk to the bottom of the sea with the patrol ship.

In the face of the attack of the Russian Navy, the destroyer "Gao Bo", which was the first to arrive, immediately launched a counterattack and fired an anti-ship missile at the missile boat, which was evacuating after the attack was successful. As for whether the anti-ship missile hit the target or not, the navy is not clear. After being attacked by a missile, the speedboat fired a jamming bomb, which then exploded near the speedboat. By the time the impact of the jamming bomb was eliminated, the missile boat was no longer within the detection range of the destroyer's radar, and the early warning planes of the Air Force arrived two hours later.

The problem is, Kojiro Ikawa can't believe one-sided words.

At the time of his cabinet meeting, the Russian authorities were the first to announce the relevant information.

According to the Russian authorities, when the fishing boat entered Russia's exclusive economic zone to carry out illegal fishing operations, the Russian Navy's speedboat was hit with fire while carrying out the eviction mission, and two Russian officers and soldiers who were about to board the ship for inspection were killed by terrorists on the fishing boat, and then the attacked speedboat returned fire and sank the fishing boat with artillery. In accordance with international law, Russian authorities have resisted arrest of the crew members of the salvaged fishing boats and have seized dozens of weapons, including automatic rifles, heavy machine guns and rocket launchers.

If that were the case, it would be understandable that the Russian Navy opened fire and sank the fishing boat.

What happened next is also different from the description of the Coast Guard. According to the Russian authorities, when intercepting the patrol ship attempting to enter Russian waters, the Russian speedboat first gave a warning and accompanied the patrol ship for several nautical miles.

During this time, Russian speedboats came under fire from patrol ships and were hit by dozens of shells.

The next counterattack is also reasonable.

To the surprise of Kojiro Ikawa, the Russian authorities did not mention that the destroyer had attacked with anti-ship missiles, nor did they admit that a speedboat had been lost in the firefight.

Regardless of whether the speedboat sank or not, the destroyer did launch an anti-ship missile.

It can be seen that Russia is not willing to expand the conflict.

It's just that at this point, it is no longer up to Russia to decide whether to expand the conflict or not.

With the loss of a patrol ship, the death of dozens of officers and men, and the sinking of a fishing boat with at least 100 civilians on board, the Cabinet would surely fall within 24 hours if the authorities swallowed their anger. The best option for Kojiro Ikawa was not to wait for impeachment by parliament, but to take the initiative to announce the dissolution of the cabinet.

If this solves the problem, Kojiro Ikawa will not hesitate.

Unfortunately, even if he dissolves the cabinet, it will not stop the militarist clique from expanding the conflict.

What's more, even if he wants to dissolve the cabinet, the other cabinet members will not agree, because at this point, almost everyone thinks that it should be a-for-tat!

An emergency cabinet meeting lasted two hours, and the decision was finally made to allow the First Fleet to go to the area where the incident occurred, with only two objections.

This is not an easy decision, because it means that the Navy will enter Russian waters.

The result is clear that as long as Russia refuses to budge, war will break out.

It has been proven that Russia will definitely not budge.

Of the two people who opposed the decision, Kojiro Masakawa was.

He had made a last-ditch effort to avoid war, and when he couldn't prevent it from breaking out, he could only focus on how to win it.

After issuing an operational order to the Fourth Fleet, Kojiro Ikawa also issued an operational order to the air forces deployed in Hokkaido and Kita.

Without air supremacy, there is no sea supremacy.

In such a naval conflict with its back to the homeland, air supremacy is decided by the air force.

Three hours after the incident, the first batch of twelve F-2 fighters carrying anti-ship missiles rose into the air under the cover of four F-22J fighters and headed for the sea area where the incident occurred. At the same time, a support fleet of aircraft, including one E-767 and three E-2Cs, has reached the waters southeast of Hokkaido.

While enhancing its ability to strike at sea and preventing the Russian Navy from going to sea, the Air Force has invested more air supremacy.

The main force is the F-22J that has just been introduced from the United States, although the number is not very large, among the thirty-six F-22Js, only one squadron of twelve has formed a combat effectiveness, and the other two squadrons are still training, but for this maritime conflict in which neither side has invested too many troops, twelve F-22Js are enough to determine the ownership of air supremacy.

The superiority against the Su-35, F-22J of the Russian Air Force is very obvious.

More importantly, the Air Force has a fairly complete tactical support system. In addition to several AWACS aircraft in the rear to provide battlefield information for the F-22J fleet, it is said that there are four reconnaissance satellites closely monitoring air bases in the Russian Far East, and two EC-2 electronic warfare aircraft are used.

In contrast, the Russian Air Force is larger, but it does not have sufficient tactical support.

Behind the thirty-six Su-35s, there were only two A-50 AWACS aircraft, and only one was lifted into the air, the other was on the rear airfield.

To a large extent, the A-50 AWACS aircraft is also a non-existent aircraft.

The reason is simple, in the face of the F-22J, which can be equal in stealth surname to the F-22A, the maximum detection range of the Doppler radar equipped on the A-50 will not exceed one hundred and twenty kilometers, while the E-767 can detect the Su-35 flying at high altitude at a distance of six hundred kilometers, or the Su-35 flying at a low altitude at a distance of three hundred kilometers. Although the F-22J does not use the original radar of the F-22A, it still has very obvious advantages under the guidance of AWACS. In comparison, the radar of the Su-35 does not have any advantages. Even if the Russian Air Force equips it with the first active phased array radar, the detection range is very limited. In order to avoid premature exposure, detected by the army's electronic warfare aircraft, the Su-35 could not activate the fire control radar in advance. In the case that the AWACS aircraft is unreliable, it must be very passive.

What is commendable is that the Russian army does not lack the courage to take to the skies to fight.

When the fighters of the Japanese army rushed to the sea area where the incident occurred, four Su-35s of the Russian Air Force had also taken off and flew from the air base on Sakhalin Island to their destination.

It's just that at this time, the Russian army did not realize that the army would take the initiative to expand the conflict.

You must know that in the past few decades, the Russian army has sunk many fishing boats that have illegally entered Russian waters.

In the eyes of the vast majority of Russian soldiers, this time will not be an exception.

They have already taught Xiao Yuben a lesson, and as long as Xiao Yuben is still a little sensible, he will not rashly expand the conflict.

As a result, Russia quickly went from being a winner to a loser.

(To be continued)