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The army made a lot of mistakes in this battle, and the Russian army also missed a lot of opportunities. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

From a tactical point of view, there is no need for the Russian army to wait for the deployment of attack nuclear submarines in place, and more forces should be invested in air strikes. For example, behind the Tu-22M fleet, tactical attack aircraft were put in, and the first fleet of the Japanese army was used to resist the saturation attack of anti-ship missiles to expand the results of the battle.

The Russian army did not do this, not because of the lack of tactical fighters, but because the command system was too backward.

Guiding twenty Tu-22Ms at the same time, as well as eight Su-35s escorting them, is already the limit of the tactical command system of the Russian army. If more tactical fighters are to be put in, such as the Su-24 fleet to be dispatched again, or the Su-35 to carry out an attack mission with anti-ship missiles, a second A-50 AWACS aircraft will have to be put in, and more support aircraft will have to be used. With only two AWACS aircraft, the Russian army can only dispatch at most one at a time.

In fact, this problem can also be solved.

If the Russian army can mix the Su-35 with the Su-24, and the Su-35 is responsible for guiding the Su-24 in the formation, it can reduce the burden of AWACS aircraft to the greatest extent.

It is a pity that in the Russian army, the Su-35 belongs to the air defense forces, and the Su-24 belongs to the attack forces.

More importantly, the Su-35 only theoretically has the capability to attack the sea, but there are big problems in practice, mainly because the Russian pilots have not yet fully mastered the combat capabilities of this new fighter, and the first batch of Su-35s delivered to the Russian army are not equipped with the necessary equipment for sea attack.

In addition to air strikes, the Russian army can also make a fuss about the coastal defense forces.

As early as a few years ago, Russia developed the "Club" anti-ship missile with a range of up to 350 kilometers, and this missile was packed into a container and can be used as a shore defense missile. If this missile can be deployed to Shikotan Island, it will be able to strike at the First Fleet.

It is a pity that the Russian army is not equipped with such missiles.

In general, the Russian army missed a lot of opportunities, but the mistakes made by the army were more serious.

After discovering the MiG-31, the army misjudged the tactical intentions of the Russian army and let the E-767 turn to evade, so as to fail to detect the approaching Tu-22M bomber group in time. You know, with the detection capability of the E-767, these huge bombers can be spotted at a distance of 600 kilometers. As long as it is well organized, even if it cannot be intercepted in time, it can provide sufficient warning time for the fleet.

Subsequently, the army sent valuable air defense fighters to intercept anti-ship missiles that penetrated from high altitudes.

Although the Russian military did not dispatch tactical fighters, and it was not wrong for the army's air defense fighters to intercept anti-ship missiles, the interception effect would be even more ideal if the 12 fighters aimed at the anti-ship missiles that had penetrated the defense from low altitudes. It is not that low-flying anti-ship missiles are easier to intercept, but that these missiles fly more slowly, and military fighters have more reaction time and can launch missiles more calmly.

Judging by the subsequent anti-missile operations carried out by the fleet, it is also more meaningful for fighters to intercept anti-ship missiles that penetrate defense at low altitudes.

These mistakes cost the army extremely heavily.

Because the air defense destroyers were in the center of the fleet, the first to be attacked were a "Murayu" class and a "Takanami" class destroyer located north of the fleet.

At that time, the task of these two destroyers was air defense alert.

Although the military has early warning aircraft, and there are quite a few of them, three E-767s take turns to take off to patrol, and six E-2Cs are responsible for air defense alert in secondary directions, but due to the limitation of the command system, the Navy has not completely charged the air force. It is a pity that the Navy does not have AWACS aircraft, so it can only let the battleship go out on alert.

By the time the anti-ship missiles struck, two warships were already in combat condition.

Although there is only the "Advanced Sea Sparrow" with a range of 40 km, the anti-aircraft search radars on both warships can detect anti-ship missiles at a distance of more than 100 km.

As the missiles approached, two warships fired anti-aircraft missiles almost simultaneously.

At such a close distance, the destroyer had only time to carry out an air defense interception, and then it had to rely on the interception system at the end of the "phalanx".

The officers and men obviously did not trust the rapid-fire guns that could only intercept subsonic anti-ship missiles.

It is a pity that the interception capabilities of the "Advanced Sea Sparrow" are also very limited. It's not that this missile is not advanced enough, but the anti-aircraft fire control channel on the destroyer is very limited. The "Murayu" class can only intercept a maximum of two targets at the same time, while the "Gao Bo" class can only intercept four targets.

In the face of dozens of incoming anti-ship missiles, the two destroyers could not even count on luck.

Perhaps, the officers and men of the two destroyers only hope to attract more anti-ship missiles so that friendly ships can have more chances of survival.

And that's exactly what happened.

In just half a minute, the "Murayu" class was hit by five missiles, and the "Gao Bo" class, which was slightly behind, was hit by four missiles.

This amount far exceeded the necessary number to sink two destroyers.

You must know that the Russian army's supersonic anti-ship missiles are used against US aircraft carriers, and three missiles can disable the "Nimitz"-class aircraft carrier or sink a 10,000-ton cruiser. Against destroyers with a displacement of just over five thousand tons, only two at most are needed.

It is remarkable that before being sunk, two destroyers shot down seven anti-ship missiles.

That is, in total sixteen anti-ship missiles were consumed to deal with these two destroyers.

This result is not bad.

When the two destroyers exploded and sank, the flagship at the heart of the fleet and the "King Kong"-class destroyer, which had contributed to the neutrality of regional air defense, began to endure the test of life and death.

At this time, almost sixty more anti-ship missiles were searching for targets for attack.

This time, the first to be attacked was the destroyer "Yuxiang", which served as the flagship of the fleet.

The reason is simple, this destroyer has a full load displacement of nearly 20,000 tons and is more than 200 meters long, which is larger than the small aircraft carriers of some countries. In the eyes of anti-ship missiles, it is certainly the most important target. Although the full load displacement of the "King Kong" class destroyer is also about 10,000 tons, it is still much smaller than that of the "Yuexiang".

Because it is a flagship, and it is mainly engaged in anti-submarine missions, there are not even decent anti-aircraft missiles on the "Yuexiang".

In the face of the surging anti-ship missiles, the huge destroyer was powerless.

The results can be imagined.

After being hit by eight anti-ship missiles one after another, the "Yue Xiang" exploded and caught fire, and quickly tried to tilt to the left. Five minutes later, the destroyer, on which the army had high hopes, capsized and sank.

In the fleet, the fate of the "King Kong" class was not much better.

Although in the Mk41 vertical launch system, there are sixteen "advanced sea sparrows" in four launch tubes, which gives it the ability to read the inner layer of anti-aircraft and anti-missile capabilities, instead of using up the "standard 2" and only using the "phalanx" to intercept incoming anti-ship missiles. But in the face of dozens of anti-ship missiles, the destroyer quickly used up all the "advanced sea sparrows", and in the end had to rely on the "phalanx".

After shooting down ten anti-ship missiles in a row, the destroyer of the "King Kong" class was hit by anti-ship missiles.

Immediately after that, four more anti-ship missiles hit the destroyer.

Like the "Murayu" class, even if the displacement was doubled, the "Kongo"-class destroyer only held out for a few more minutes. As a result, thirty-four sailors escaped in time before the sunk, rather than all of them sinking to the bottom of the sea with the warship.

By this time, there were still forty anti-ship missiles that did not find their targets for attack.

In addition to the two destroyers on guard in the north and the two destroyers at the core of the fleet, the other four destroyers were distributed in other directions of the fleet and were separated by a relatively long distance, so when they were attacked by anti-ship missiles, two destroyers were outside the range of anti-ship missiles.

As a result, the two destroyers within the range of anti-ship missile attacks became substitutes.

In the last minute, 40 anti-ship missiles almost smashed the two destroyers located to the east of the fleet to the bottom of the sea, and none of the officers and men on these two battleships were spared.

This result is definitely beyond the expectations of the Russian army.

Although the Russian commander always believed that the counterattack would achieve a major victory, he only hoped to inflict heavy damage on the First Fleet, and did not think about annihilating the First Fleet in one fell swoop.

As for the sinking of the six main warships of the Yue Army at one time, it was even more unexpected by him.

Similarly, this result also surprised Yue Jun.

Although the First Fleet of the Chinese Army lacks one air defense destroyer, except for the "Yuexiang," the other seven destroyers have considerable air defense capabilities. Judging by the number of anti-aircraft missiles equipped on the warships, they even exceed the escort warships in the US aircraft carrier battle group.

It can be said that, in addition to the absence of air defense fighters, the air defense combat capability of the First Fleet is no worse than that of the US aircraft carrier battle group.

In just one attack, six destroyers were sunk by missiles!

It's just that by this time, the disaster of the Yue army has not ended.

The anti-ship missile attack was not over, and the "Gao Bo" class destroyer, located in the southernmost part of the fleet, was attacked and broke in two less than two minutes after the explosion.

Because the battlefield situation was relatively chaotic, the military did not immediately realize that it was not an anti-ship missile that attacked the destroyer.

About five minutes later, the destroyer of the "Murayu" class, located in the westernmost part of the fleet, was also suddenly attacked, first by a heavy torpedo in the stern, and then by a second torpedo in the middle of the port side. Like the "Takanami"-class destroyer that was attacked before, this "Murayu"-class destroyer was also blown in two.

It was only at this time that the army suddenly realized that there were Russian submarines near the battlefield!

Judging by the way the two battleships sank, it became known that it was torpedoes, not anti-ship missiles, that attacked them.

Only a torpedo that exploded under the keel of the battleship could blow the battleship in two. Most of the hit points of anti-ship missiles are above or near the waterline, and it is difficult to blow up the warship in two.

It is also certain that the first torpedo that hit the destroyer of the "Murayu" class used the wake self-guidance mode.

Apparently, it was the Russian submarine that fired the torpedo!

(To be continued)