The sun rises slowly from below the sea level,

Under the reflection of the morning sun, a huge ship broke through the waves, like a mountain, and the flag fluttering on the mast indicated that this was an aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy.

Ship number 091, the name of the ship "South China Sea".

This is the first large aircraft carrier built by China itself, with a standard displacement of 20,000 tons, a fully enclosed bow, and a lift on the front and rear decks of the bridge to lift combat aircraft, with 1,500 officers and men, and can be equipped with 70 fighters, torpedo attack planes, and dive bombers.

Since the war at sea entered the era of large ships and huge guns, the construction of warships has been pursuing a larger displacement and larger naval guns, compared with the current battleships with a displacement of 30,000 tons or 40,000 tons, the "Nanhai" aircraft carrier really cannot overshadow their momentum, but if we take into account the combat aircraft loaded on the aircraft carrier, then who is the king in modern naval warfare? There is no definite answer to this question at the moment, because since the appearance of aircraft carriers in the sequence of naval equipment, there has not been a single head-to-head battle between aircraft carriers and battleships in the history of human naval warfare, and are battleships outdated? Is the era of big ships and cannons coming to an end? None of this is yet known, and a definitive answer is needed.

The answer may be in front of us, and it depends on whether the "Nanhai" can seize this opportunity now.

"Ladies and gentlemen, whether we can rewrite the history of human naval warfare is up to us, I am willing to share this honor with you, I wonder if you have the same confidence?"

Standing in the officers' conference room of the "Nanhai" aircraft carrier, Shen Honglie asked a question to all the officers present very seriously.

"Have faith!"

One staff officer replied immediately, and the others nodded their heads, most of them couldn't hide the excitement on their faces, and a few of them had a little nervousness in their expressions.

Can you not be excited? Can you not be nervous? Seeing that a new concept of sea battle is about to be launched, everyone here has an inexplicable desire for battle, and at the same time, the desire is also a little cautious, after all, the opponent is the United Kingdom, known as the "empire on which the sun never sets", and the target of the "South Sea" is about to attack the British Royal Navy, Britain is an island country, relying on the navy to start, relying on the navy to defend its maritime interests, such a power that regards the navy as the lifeblood of the country, who dares to ignore it? I am afraid that even Japan, which is now ambitious to build a new "empire on which the sun never sets in the East", will not dare to easily challenge the British Royal Navy.

But now, the invincible British Royal Navy is about to encounter the challenge of an emerging power here, and this challenge is also a new concept, the sea war will develop from the plane to the three-dimensional, and the sea area of the battle will also develop from the line of sight to the line of sight, and the future sea war may be beyond the line of sight.

However, before the end of the battle, no one dared to pat their chests and say that the aircraft carrier would be able to easily defeat the battlefleet, after all, aviation technology is developing, but air defense technology is also developing, and the dense anti-aircraft artillery on the battleship is definitely not an ornament, and the battle must bear casualties.

In fact, so far, this expected battle has not officially begun, but Shen Honglie has made up his mind to intercept the British battlefleet off the coast of the Andaman Islands and cripple one leg of the British Royal Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet!

Last night, a Chinese Navy's "Shark-class" ocean-going submarine had successfully tracked the small fleet of the British Royal Navy, and just a few hours earlier, the submarine had reported its current location again, considering that it was now dawn and the submarine could no longer sail and track on the surface, then, if he did not want this prey to slip away, Shen Honglie had to make up his mind to start a war immediately.

Fifteen minutes ago, two reconnaissance planes had already taken off from the deck of the aircraft carrier in the morning light, and they were going to the predetermined sea area to conduct further aerial reconnaissance, and if all went well, in another half an hour, the reconnaissance planes would be able to transmit accurate information, which was the time when the attack aircraft group pounced on the target.

"Now, I order, all personnel in place, ready for battle, although the enemy fleet is not escorted by aviation, but considering that the Andaman Islands have the field airfields of the British Royal Air Force, therefore, in the event of a surprise attack, our aircraft group may be intercepted by the enemy's shore-based air force, and our fleet may also be reconnoitred and attacked by the enemy air force, and the necessary air defense alert must be strengthened. In addition, according to reliable information obtained by the General Staff, the British Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" left the waters north of Australia before the outbreak of fighting in Myanmar, and its whereabouts are currently unknown. Not certainly, but we must also pay attention to it. ”

Shen Honglie didn't dwell too much, at the meeting just now, everything that should have been said had been said, and the details that should be taken into account had also been taken into account, and all that remained was to wait for the attack aircraft group to be ready for battle.

"Woo———— woo————"

The piercing sound of combat readiness sirens sounded throughout the fleet's warships, and the officers and men of the fleet, who had already finished breakfast in advance, immediately entered their combat posts and waited for them, while at the same time, the naval aviation pilots of the fleet also completed their mission briefings, checked the time, and then rushed to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, which was now full of combat aircraft, and the ground crews on the deck were busy refueling the aircraft and loading ammunition.

The weather was fine and the sea conditions were quite good, which made it ideal for a naval aviation assault.

Shen Honglie, surrounded by his staff officers, boarded the air defense guard post on the bridge side of the "Nanhai" aircraft carrier, stood there, holding a telescope, and looked out at the rear of the fleet; there, just a few nautical miles away, on the left flank, another aircraft carrier "Donghai" was sailing, which was the sister ship of the "Nanhai" and a new ship that had just been completed for less than half a year, and had just completed all the sea trial tasks last month. The seventy combat aircraft on board the warship are also the latest equipment to guarantee the best combat condition.

In addition to the two aircraft carriers, the fleet under Shen Honglie's current command is an ocean-going attack fleet with two aircraft carriers as the core of the battle, including a number of auxiliary ships, the most combat-effective of which are four light cruisers built by China itself, followed by the 16 destroyers, and two "Shark-class" ocean-going attack submarines, and the rest are some supply ships.

Now that the fleet had been ordered to move from a sailing state to a combat state, the formation had changed, with four light cruisers escorting two aircraft carriers at the innermost part of the formation, while the sixteen destroyers were sailing on the outermost side of the formation, and the slower supply ships were sailing between the destroyers and the light cruisers, protected by two submarines in surface navigation, and in order to ensure that these supply ships were not left behind, the fleet at this moment barely reached a speed of twenty-two knots.

When setting sail from the Bangka Island Naval Base, a staff officer suggested that he bring the two old battleships that he had purchased cheaply from Japan, but this suggestion was rejected by Shen Honglie, because the two old battleships were too slow and would drag down the entire fleet, so it was better to stay at the base to attract the attention of the British Royal Fleet.

Without the escort of battleships, how do you think that the defense of this fleet is not strong, even Shen Honglie thinks so, he once wanted to wait for the two heavy cruisers from Hainan Island to rush to the Bangka Island Naval Base before setting sail, but the General Staff was in a hurry, and he could only bring more destroyers to protect it.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, after releasing the "Nanhai" reconnaissance plane, Shen Honglie also ordered the "Donghai" to fly a reconnaissance plane to guard the nearby waters.

At half past seven o'clock in the morning, two reconnaissance planes heading to the Andaman waters to carry out outpost reconnaissance missions sent telegrams one after another, confirming the current position of the British battlefleet, and the other side was obviously uneasy about the reconnaissance planes flying overhead, and had now accelerated its voyage westward, apparently intending to go to Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

According to the information confirmed by the pilots of the reconnaissance planes, the main force of this British battlefleet was two battleships, namely the "Royal Oak" and the "Rodney", in addition to a number of auxiliary ships, among which the more valuable targets were the heavy cruisers "Exeter" and "Cumberland", and the light cruisers "Ajak" and "Echillis".

This British battlefleet was cobbled together from different fleets of the British Royal Navy, and was transferred to West Borneo from various British naval bases during the "Second South Sea War", the original strategic attempt was to deter China, but because the Chinese Navy did not act alone in the "Second South Sea War", but jointly implemented a blockade operation against the Dutch sea transportation line with the Japanese Navy, in the face of the powerful Sino-Japanese combined fleet, this British fleet has not played an important role in the war, Even at the end of the war, the final assembly had not been completed, and when the war ended, the British Royal Navy's battlefleet had been stationed in West Borneo until the British government decided to formally declare war on China, and this fleet was transferred back to Singapore, and then transferred to India, not wanting to be discovered by the Chinese Air Force halfway, so it became the prey in the eyes of Shen Honglie.

After receiving the information sent back by the reconnaissance plane, Shen Honglie immediately decided to launch an attack immediately.

The core forces of the attack were torpedo attack aircraft and dive bombers, with fighters acting as cover.

All the combat planes loaded on the "Nanhai" and "Donghai" are special models for the Navy, the fighter is the "Falcon" Navy improved "Sea Hawk", the dive bomber is the "Falcon" Navy improved "Sea Falcon", and the torpedo attack aircraft is the latest "Exocet" type, all of the above models all use foldable wings in order to maximize the use of the hangar volume of the aircraft carrier, and all torpedo attack planes and dive bombers also use retractable landing gear like fighters to ensure the maximum flight speed.

The two aircraft carriers carried a total of 140 aircraft of various types, and in this attack, it was decided to use all attack aircraft and all dive bombers, leaving only 20 fighters to defend the aircraft carrier.

At 7:45 a.m., the first attack echelon took off from the flight deck of the "South China Sea" aircraft carrier to the sound of the "Naval Assault" music played by the aircraft carrier's loudspeaker, and 15 minutes later, the second attack echelon took off from the flight deck of the "East China Sea" aircraft carrier.