Chapter 994 Annihilation of NATO's Combined Pacific Fleet on
Smart mines can control sea areas that require hundreds of ordinary mines to control, while advanced smart mines can control waters within a radius of five or six nautical miles. The update is the fastest and the fastest to the eye
In the face of Japan's excellent anti-submarine capability, the Red Guard Navy never intended to send its own submarine force to deal with the Japanese Navy.
Cheap mines, with careful calculations, were enough to deal with any warship, and from the very beginning, all the mines dropped were aimed at the Japanese Navy.
The sonar data and changes in the electromagnetic environment of each ship of the Japanese Navy are recorded in detail.
Such information is extremely valuable military information, and only the Americans in the world have the most detailed information on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.
It is a pity that on the Seawolf-class submarine back then, the data that the Americans collected for decades was cheaper than the Red Alert Navy, and of course, the most important detailed data on the world's oceans.
Coupled with the data collected over the years, it is no secret that all the data of the ships of the Japanese Navy has long been no longer a secret.
It is precisely because of this that this set of intelligent mine offensives has the basic conditions for its use.
Through the intelligent mines dropped by submarines, the concealment is the highest and almost impossible for the outside world to know.
The sinking intelligent mine can evade any sonar detection, nor will it change the environment of the earth's magnetic field, and the detection means cannot be detected at all.
This is also the tragedy of today's Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, which has always advertised itself as the world's number one anti-submarine Maritime Self-Defense Force, but it happened to lose to cheap mines.
A warship is worth hundreds of millions or even billions, and the cost of an advanced intelligent mine is not more than 100,000.
In terms of cost performance, it is much cheaper than missiles.
The Japanese Navy, which had just endured the hardships of the storm, could not have imagined that there would be mines in ambush on the ocean.
Straddling the frontal position of the Combined Pacific Fleet thousands of nautical miles, Japanese warships truly tasted the diversity of warfare.
One warship after another was detonated by mines without warning, and all the warships had no idea what was going on.
The only thing that is certain is that the attack came from underwater. The ship's sonar did not detect any suspicious sonar signals.
The Japanese Navy, which had already lost a large number of ships in a row, also quickly identified the source of the attack.
It's just that in the face of silent mines, what can they do?
Helicopters could not take off and could not drop decoy sonars. The long towed array sonar was drawn, although it also vaguely received the faint underwater mine sonar signal.
Depth charges began to be released on the ships in an attempt to destroy these approaching mines, but the time given to the Japanese warships was no longer enough for them to take countermeasures smoothly.
Ships that have already entered the mine group. Unless you stop for a moment and let your sonar signal disappear completely, you may be able to dodge the attack of mines.
However, even if the ship is motionless, it will not change its own changes to the earth's magnetic field environment, and such a means is not practical when it has intelligent mines that can distinguish changes in the earth's magnetic field environment.
Although some mines were detonated by depth charges, the mines were not alone, and now the ships had no route to follow, whether they were advancing or retreating.
A large number of mines still successfully found their target. And as warships sail in minefields, more and more mines are touched.
The Izumo, a helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, has a displacement of nearly 30,000 tons, making it the backbone of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Due to the Hurricane, the anti-submarine and lightning fighters on the straight-through deck, are in the hangar.
The Izumo, which does not have any defenses on its own, is at its weakest at this moment.
The Izumo's sonar signal was very strong, and many of the mines were set for these large warships.
Under the draft, two smart mines dropped together have already set their sights on this quasi-aircraft carrier. Under the rough water, two mines merged into the sea, and finally approached the Izumo after touching the waves.
At the moment when the waves crashed against the hull, two mines attached directly to the waterline stained with microorganisms.
Like two huge sticky bombs. Tightly clinging to the hull.
Three seconds later, the set fuse directly quoted the explosives inside, and a violent explosion sounded from one side of the Izumo's hull, and the whole hull shook violently and tilted to the other side.
Although the flames of the two explosions were quickly extinguished by the seawater, the raging sea water still poured into the interior of the ship. The location of the waterline, for the Izumo, which was laden with fuel, ammunition and aviation fuel, the sealed capsule was already deep in the water.
The raging waters entered the interior of the ship, and the sealed cabin below was completely useless, and the Izumo began to tilt in the midst of countless screams.
The raging sea water quickly immersed the hangar, and it was a matter of time before it sank.
However, the disaster of the Izumo did not end there, perhaps because of the big wind of the tree, two more intelligent mines floated over, this time on the other side of the Izumo.
The violent explosion occurred again, and the Izumo, which had not traveled alone, suffered a heavy blow again, and the warship, which was already difficult to save, had no chance to save it this time.
Not far away, two other helicopter destroyers also followed in the footsteps of the Izumo, and the vanguard fleet group of the Pacific Combined Fleet of the NATO coalition was completely disabled.
After this incident, it will inevitably cause a new mine heat, because such a battle, the cost performance is really raised.
There is no more expensive mine that can easily destroy all the main forces of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, and there is no more exciting research in every country than such a naval battle.
This is also the super bad luck of the Japanese Navy, which entered the mine group without the right time and place, and was already a turtle in an urn.
And the underwater Japanese submarine is also quite a tragedy, and mines have long been a sharp weapon for anti-submarine purposes.
Against these icy underwater bombs of submarines, once detonated, it is fatal.
And these Japanese AIP submarines, with a displacement of three or four thousand tons, cannot withstand the attack of mines at all.
If it is a double-hull nuclear-powered submarine, it may be able to withstand several attacks by mines, but these conventional submarines, the displacement of which is simply not able to withstand the close explosion of mines.
At the end of the minefield, there are a large number of anti-submarine intelligent mines, and the Japanese submarines sailing almost close to the bottom of the sea are even more tragic than surface ships.
To detect the sonar signal of these submarines, after the mine is activated. It does not take too long to loite, and it is possible to get close to the submarine at the bottom of the sea.
The result of the detonation was naturally extremely tragic, no submarine could withstand such an attack, and one submarine after another became wreckage on the bottom of the sea.
On the rough sea. The surging bubbles brought up some buoyant submarine wreckage.
A series of attacks and losses completely disrupted the entire Japanese fleet, advancing or stopping. To retreat is to die, and it is almost a desperate situation.
The only remaining ships brainlessly dropped depth charges into the sea, hoping to detonate the surrounding mines, but this was useless.
The destruction of the mines still did not stop, which made every Japanese sailor almost crazy, because they had no idea whether the warship under their feet would also be attacked in the next second.
Waiting for an unknown death is the best test of people's ability to endure.
But in this situation. But it's also the most breakdowning.
However, before they collapsed, Katsutoshi Kono, who was at the rear of the fleet, learned that the fleet in front had entered the intelligent mine group, and that the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force had already suffered huge losses, and he almost couldn't help but vomit blood directly.
For a Japanese government-in-exile that no longer has a country, this navy has always been the hope of recovering the country, and he knows that even if he commits suicide now, he will not be able to obtain Abe's forgiveness.
"Regardless of casualties just yet, let the surviving Japanese warships move closer and clear a safe area with depth charges. We then felt. Harris was quite sensible and calmed Kono Katsutoshi's emotions as soon as possible.
At this moment, the two are already grasshoppers on a rope, just like the relationship between the United States and Japan has long been a relationship of dead lips and teeth.
The Japanese Navy is gone. It will be the turn of the entire fleet.
Although Katsutoshi Kono was in a very sad mood, he also understood that this was not the time to be sad, and immediately passed Harris's order to his fleet.
"And what about now? Is it just waiting to be beaten? Katsutoshi Kono asked, picking up his feelings.
"It was a hard night, and it was almost dawn. Let all the fleets report the latest situation, and if the situation allows, take off fighters as soon as possible, organize anti-submarine helicopters to concentrate on cleaning the southern seas, and all fleets adjust their routes to make it difficult to move in the Indian Ocean. Harris ordered.
The order was quickly delivered, and half an hour later, as the hurricane moved eastward, the wind over the fleet had dropped to the point where a fighter could take off.
However, at this time, everyone also knew that their fighters could take off, which meant that Somali carrier-based planes could arrive here to fight.
The early warning planes that took off at the first time soon formed a simple air defense network on the periphery of the fleet, and the communication between the fleets was basically restored.
However, before the NATO joint fleet could take off enough fighters, the early warning planes, which had only been in the air for less than 10 minutes, sent an urgent enemy situation.
On the command ship Blue Ridge, Harris and Katsutoshi Kono received the enemy report as soon as possible.
On the command map of the Blue Ridge, the airspace south of the fleet appeared with dense red dots.
"Are there so many carrier-based aircraft in Somalia? That's definitely no less than three hundred. Looking at the dense aerial radar signal, Katsutoshi Kono, who had recovered a lot, asked suspiciously.
"If an aircraft carrier takes off quickly and a carrier-based aircraft wing can form such a large group of fighters, they will take us by surprise." Harris nodded, and ordered as soon as possible: "Order all fighters that can take off to meet the battle as soon as possible, and immediately organize the take-off of the second batch of fighters." The whole ship sounded the first-level combat alarm. The battle is about to begin. ”
The order was given as soon as it was given to each warship, and the fleet, which had been tossing in the storm for two or three hours, also began to organize its defense in full swing.
The carrier-based planes that had just taken off also received the order to engage the enemy at the first time and assembled in the southern airspace of the fleet.
One after another fighter planes quickly catapulted and took off, and the NATO sailors, who had already held their breath, turned all the pain caused by the storm into combat effectiveness.
Twenty minutes later, as the fish belly white in the distant east slowly appeared, more than 100 carrier-based planes that had finally taken off had already gathered in the south of the fleet.
However, at this very moment, the signal of the enemy aircraft on the radar of the AWACS aircraft suddenly disappeared. The radar signal of the enemy plane, which had just been densely packed, seemed to evaporate in an instant.
Harris's face also changed instantly, and he didn't have time to think about it at all. Hurriedly ordered: "Damn, we were fooled, all the fighters will come back to help as soon as possible." ”
It's just that this order of his was too late, the signal of enemy aircraft in the south. It's just a bait.
Directly in front of the fleet and to the north, on the undulating seas, dense groups of aircraft were clinging to the surface of the sea, approaching the already scarred fleet.
At the same time as the virtual signal disappeared, the concealed magazine of the Sky Knight drone flying in front was directly opened on the surface of the sea.
Two supersonic anti-ship missiles hanging inside were released from the concealment magazine. In an instant, he pounced on the fleet.
The speed of the V-2FJ supersonic anti-ship missile, in just a few seconds, as the sonic boom cloud spreads out, the speed directly rises to Mach 5.5, leaving a ripple formed by the air flow on the sea surface.
Twelve aircraft carrier battle groups, with a total of more than 500 carrier-based aircraft, half of which are carrier-based drones, serve as the vanguard of the offensive aircraft group, striving to tear through the opponent's defenses in the first wave.
More than Mach five anti-ship missiles, for any fleet. are enough to inflict fatal damage.
Although its range is only less than 200 kilometers, such a range is absolutely enough for a surprise attack on fighters.
In the complex ocean environment, under the cover of the rolling waves, the US military's Hawkeye early warning aircraft in the sky have not yet discovered the incoming aircraft group.
The missile was not detected until it had already reached the periphery of the fleet less than twenty kilometers.
However, this distance only takes ten seconds for an anti-ship missile with a speed of Mach 5 to hit the target.
Ten seconds, even the most advanced anti-missile system. It's too late to react.
The missile swarm instantly took out several cruisers and destroyers on the periphery, and continued to fly towards the inner circle of the fleet.
Located to the north of NATO's Joint Pacific Fleet, the USS Ford aircraft carrier battle group immediately received the news of the destruction of the outer warship.
In the face of incoming missiles, the remaining warships around the aircraft carrier. It was also intercepted for the first time.
However, it is not so easy to intercept a missile with a speed of more than five times, let alone a missile flying close to the sea at an ultra-low altitude, and even if it is the most advanced Aegis system, the probability of interception will not exceed 50 percent.
At the moment, almost all missiles were aimed at the USS Ford on the first line of defense in the fleet.
The speed of the missiles was too fast, although the frigates on the side of the aircraft carrier had adjusted their course as much as possible. In front of the aircraft carrier, the small frigate can hold a few missiles.
The Ford was also sailing at full speed, making a sharp turn at the first opportunity, hoping to dodge the incoming missiles.
And the laser anti-missile and anti-missile missiles on the bridge began to save themselves.
There were a lot of missiles that could be attacked, and although the officers and men on the Ford had worked hard, they still did not change the whole situation.
The incoming missiles were directly under the layers of barrages, directly through the interception net, and had already hit the side of the aircraft carrier directly at a super-fast speed.
Although the violent explosion did not shake the body of the aircraft carrier, it also left a huge wound, and at five times the speed of sound, the lethality of the anti-ship missile is extremely great.
And there were many missiles flying behind, and the Ford directly became a target, and one after another missiles fell on the aircraft carrier.
Although the officers and men of the emergency response above had done their best not to extinguish the fire caused by the explosion, some of the missiles that commanded the aircraft carrier had even penetrated the heavy armor of the aircraft carrier.
Two of them even detonated directly in the hangar, causing the burning and explosion of the oil pipeline, and the entire aircraft carrier was already billowing with smoke in an instant, completely losing its combat capability.
As the saying goes, taking advantage of your illness to kill you, the follow-up missiles also focused on the Ford, and a missile was hit in the tail, which caused the aircraft carrier to lose power immediately, and in the end it was two missiles that really caused fatal injuries to the aircraft carrier.
The ship island, which happened to hit the aircraft carrier, and the ship island, which was already very compact, was destroyed in an instant, and the aircraft carrier, which lost all control and command capabilities, completely became a living coffin burning at sea.
The USS Ford suffered, and the other warships in the battle group were not having a good time, but in just a few minutes, the entire aircraft carrier battle group was completely destroyed.
And what caused this disaster was more than 100 supersonic anti-ship missiles.
Being able to destroy a formidable aircraft carrier battle group so easily, a sneak attack with the help of rough sea conditions is a key factor.
Another factor is that the Ford simply does not have a powerful means of air supremacy and an effective early warning network at the moment.
This is the main reason why the aircraft carrier battle group is so easily destroyed, if the aircraft carrier battle group has not experienced a storm, resulting in a decline in the fighter attendance ability, if you want to destroy such an aircraft carrier battle group, it will definitely take a hard battle, it will not be so easy at all.
However, this was the purpose of Lynch Mountain, and the reason why he asked Li Lan to use the weather controller to help him win the naval battle.
It is to be able to reduce their own casualties as much as possible and complete the strategic goal of total annihilation of NATO's Pacific Fleet.
Otherwise, in the face of a fleet with super combat effectiveness, no matter how outstanding Lynch Mountain's tactics are, it will be difficult to defeat them easily, let alone annihilate them all.
To completely annihilate this fleet with 100% combat effectiveness, the Red Alert Navy will have to pay at least half of the casualties, and this is still a very optimistic estimate.
After all, the NATO Combined Fleet, which has ten aircraft carrier battle groups, can take off more than two thousand carrier-based aircraft with twenty-four hours of extreme combat effectiveness. (To be continued.) )xh118