Chapter 869: Operation Scarecrow IV

First of all, Japan is one of the top 10 military powers in the world, and its armed forces are highly modernized, and its weapons and equipment are highly technologically advanced, so it is absolutely not easy to provoke."

"Secondly, any country has patriotic citizens, I saw the interview video on the news, there are a large number of young Japanese men and women who want to join the army to defend their country and people, this is the war potential, we are very short of such reserve resources, and if we reduce the number of troops, we will lose one less."

"Moreover, the economic foundation of the Golden Triangle Federation is too poor, and it has not yet completed the transformation of industrialization, although we can also manufacture bullets and shells, but the production capacity cannot be increased, and it is basically maintained by the old stocks purchased from Russia and the United States, and it cannot compete with such a world economic power, and it takes money to fight a war, and it is the most expensive, which is our shortcoming."

"For this difficult enemy, either we don't fight, or if we do, we must be killed with a stick, otherwise the subsequent development of things will be very unfavorable to us. The purpose of this exercise is, first, to test the combat capability of the troops, and second, to see how the Japanese armed forces will react in the event of a war between the two countries. ”

"Order the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to pay close attention to the movements of the Self-Defense Forces, and let those operational staff officers of the General Staff Department mark the key points and then start to conduct war deductions, from which they can obtain the basic ideas and tactics of Japan's military defense, which is a more important thing than $30 billion." Wu Chen was not overjoyed by this victory.

With the arrival of five Canglong-class arsenal ships and 12 Orca-class 10,000-ton stealth drives, the pressure on Japan's Self-Defense Forces has become even greater; according to the intelligence materials collected, this kind of arsenal ship is claimed to be loaded with 500 missiles, and it can be launched in more than 10 seconds.

At the moment, the best missile defense system in the world, that is, the American-made Aegis combat system, has nothing more advanced than this! However, the US Navy must also admit that when the Aegis combat system faces the arsenal ships, it can only stare dryly and admit defeat.

Let's not talk about whether it can withstand such a saturation strike of density and speed, that is, it can really be defended, and a missile destroyer only has more than 100 missiles, so how can it withstand the attack of hundreds of missiles from an arsenal ship?

"It's really worthy of the main battleship designed and manufactured by the mercenary legion, almost dreamlike shape, the performance is beyond our imagination, see no, this is an aircraft carrier-level heavy battleship, the radar actually only reflects such a small area, if you don't pay attention, you can't think of an arsenal ship at all." The U.S. Navy is now outdated, even mercenaries use stealth warships, and we are still boasting about how powerful our warships are, shame on you! "On a Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser, several naval ship specialists are working on arsenal ships.

In order to prevent the mercenaries from waging war against Japan, the Seventh Fleet was all deployed in the waters near Chiba Prefecture to closely monitor the movements of this two-carrier battle group, and the warships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force naturally gathered here.

"This is actually not difficult, if the Navy wants to build an arsenal ship, it is estimated that the design can be completed in one year, and it can enter service in three years, the scientific research strength and industrial strength of the United States are by no means comparable to the mercenary corps, the key is not to know the performance and indicators of the arsenal ship, what is the actual combat capability." said the fleet commander.

The arsenal ship was the first design proposed by the United States, but because of the disagreement within the United States, in the end it only stopped at the stage of talking on paper and did not put it into action, but among the big figures in the navy, there are also many people who support this kind of arsenal ship design.

"Originally, the focus of the argument between the opposing sides was that although the arsenal ships had strong firepower, they could not perform their tasks alone, and their own defense was weak, and they could easily be attacked by the enemy's concentrated attack, causing a huge disaster." Said a ship expert.

"Those people are just making jokes, the concept is not clear, who said that the arsenal ship must carry out the mission alone? This is a mobile firepower delivery platform, relying on the range and accuracy of missiles, stupidly running within the enemy's range to fight, isn't it crazy? ”

"It doesn't matter if the defense is weak, you can add a few Ali Burke-class missile destroyers to act together, there is an Aegis combat system, which can provide all-round protection against air, sea, land and underwater, what can be the problem?" The fleet commander scoffed at this and focused on the materials of the Naval Intelligence and the photographs provided by the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

Judging from the appearance, the length of the arsenal ship is nearly 300 meters, about 299 meters, the width has reached 378 meters, the volume is comparable to that of a medium-sized aircraft carrier, and the displacement of 45,000 tons is enough to meet the minimum standard. The hull is streamlined, there are very few reflections on the surface, there are no edges and corners, it is wrapped in a layer of special materials, and the four-sided phased array radar antenna can be seen on the bridge.

The arsenal ship adopts the technology of the US eight-pack universal missile vertical launch system, with 20 groups in front of the bridge and 40 groups in the rear, a total of 480 missiles of various types, and the lid of the missile compartment can only be faintly seen on the deck.

There are two 203 mm caliber naval guns in the front, which can be hidden in the fairing in peacetime, and there is a hangar and a helicopter platform in the rear, and because of the large internal space, the anti-submarine helicopter can be parked in the hangar, which further enhances the stealth effect.

"According to the information, because of its huge size, the arsenal ship itself has a powerful firepower configuration, plus the use of nuclear power, there is no need to consider the use of electricity at all, at least four Kashtan artillery integrated short-range defense system, four triple torpedo launch systems, in addition to heavy twin remote-controlled machine guns and manually operated large-caliber machine guns."

"There is also uncertain information, there is a special hangar for drones inside the arsenal ship, which can use mechanically powered catapults to launch specially developed drones, and there is also a frogman delivery system, equipped with offshore submersibles and pocket submarines of several hundred tons, which I think is a highlight." This was stated by the division commander of the 3rd Marine Division.

"Your Excellency Commander, look, the arsenal ship has launched missiles, my God, is the mercenary corps trying to start a war?" Receiving the alarm from the radar system, the captain of the ship was immediately shocked, and it could be seen on the monitor that the arsenal ship suddenly launched dozens of missiles, and the high-altitude Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft also sent back real-time pictures, and in an instant, many missiles soared into the sky.

Go to war without even saying hello? The Seventh Fleet, from aircraft carriers to destroyers, sounded the alarm, and the phased array radar of the Aegis combat system closely monitored the trajectory of the missiles, ready to intercept them at any time.

The generals of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force were also dumbfounded, the arsenal ships of the mercenary regiment launched missiles without warning, and did not set up a battle formation. The Ministry of Defense and the Prime Minister's official residence are also in chaos, there is a satellite data link, and at the same time the alarm sounds, and a group of bigwigs panicked, this is the conditions have not been negotiated to provoke a war.