When the British Third Fleet and sea bases were attacked. 【】From the far crown of the Atlantic Ocean with a small Sixth Fleet has reached the south of Diego Garcia. Because the Fourth and Eighth Fleets turned southward as expected, they rendezvoused with the Sixth Fleet about a kilometer southwest of Diego Garcia before dawn on the 6th.

By this time, the Third Fleet had already suffered a devastating blow, and the US naval bases had also been routed.

The choice before the American commander was very cruel, either go north to fight the Republican fleet. Either turn south and abandon the forced Garcia.

In terms of troops, the three US fleets have seven aircraft carrier battle groups, and the seven carrier-based air wings have a total of more than seven fighters of various types, plus most of the vertical take-off and landing planes deployed on escort warships are vertical take-off and landing antisubmarine patrol planes capable of carrying anti-ship missile operations, totaling more than seven or four fighters. Even if calculated according to the normal sortie rate, that is, one-third of the carrier-based fighters and half of the anti-submarine patrol planes attack in two batches, they can project nearly 1,000 anti-ship missiles in the first wave of attacks, and use about one anti-ship missile in the second wave to carry out supplementary attacks. According to the intelligence available to the US military, two rounds of attacks were enough to crush the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Republic Navy.

The problem is that the U.S. fleet faces a problem that cannot be solved by force, that is, after the devastating blow of Diego Garcia, the long-range patrol aircraft deployed on the island cannot cooperate with the fleet's movements, and therefore cannot mobilize the Republican fleet. Even though there are dozens of long-range patrol planes in Djibouti and Darwin ports each, and patrol and reconnaissance forces can be deployed from other theaters, patrol planes taking off from these two places are of no use in the vast Indian Ocean.

That is, before the execution of the attack mission. The US fleet also had to use a considerable number of carrier-based fighters to carry out reconnaissance missions. Because all the carrier-based fighters of the Republican fleet have been replaced by heavy fighters, and the combat radius of heavy fighters when carrying out attack missions is more than 4,000 meters, but the combat radius of US multi-role fighters when carrying out reconnaissance missions is less than 1,000 meters, so the US military can only use heavy fighters to carry out reconnaissance missions. As a result, the air defense of the US fleet is bound to be seriously weakened, which will have a negative impact on the attack operations.

Combining these factors, it is not difficult to draw conclusions.

Under the circumstances, the only option for the U.S. commanders was to head south, sailing east along the southerly wind belt to Perth in southwestern Australia.

The problem is that just when the American army is preparing to retreat. A message made the commander of the American army change.

At about 7 o'clock in the battlefield time, "the US sea base module ship that was fleeing in the southeast direction was attacked by carrier-based fighters of the Republic Navy, and before it was sunk, this fast transport ship with a length of 10,000 meters and a displacement of 10,000 tons issued a battle report, and clearly mentioned that it was a heavy carrier-based fighter that attacked. Because the sea area where the fast transport ship was attacked was nearly four thousand meters away from the nearest land, and the nearest republican ** base was overcalled. kilometers, plus the fact that the Republic did not send charging planes to the eastern Indian Ocean at that time, there is enough reason to believe that it was indeed carrier-based fighters that attacked the US express transport ship.

More importantly, the attack radius of heavy carrier-based fighters is about 1,000 kilometers, and if we take into account the need to search for targets before attacking, the combat radius will inevitably be shortened to a meter or even a mouth. Within a kilometer. Even in terms of power kilometers. Moreover, the Republican fleet is directly west of the transport, and the sea area where it is located is about a kilometer away from Diego Garcia, and the U.S. fleet operating in the waters south of Diego Garcia is fierce. kilometers or so. In other words, even if the Republican fleet were to go west, it would have to wait seven hours before attacking the American fleet. If the U.S. fleet sails west, it will always stay out of range of the Republican fleet.

Combined with various previous battlefield information, it can be concluded that it is the South China Sea Fleet, not the Indian Ocean Fleet, that is operating in the eastern waters of the Indian Ocean. That is, the powerful Indian Ocean Fleet is still somewhere in the sea north of Diego Garcia. As long as the U.S. fleet turns north, it will not only be able to avoid the South China Sea Fleet, but also seize the Indian Ocean Fleet. Although the strength of 7 aircraft carrier battle groups may not be able to defeat both fleets at the same time, it is certainly capable of defeating the Indian Ocean Fleet. Because the Indian Ocean Fleet has the most advanced, if not the most advanced, class 3 aircraft carriers in the Republic Navy. So the temptation to annihilate the Indian Ocean Fleet alone cannot be said no

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Of course, there is also a possibility that another scenario may arise.

In assessing the situation on the battlefield, US commanders took into account another extreme possibility. That is, the fighters attacking the fast transport ship are indeed from the South Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet is directly west of it and is sailing west at a degree of 7o knots. The difference is that the Indian Ocean Fleet is not to the north of Diego Garcia, but to the west of Diego Garcia. At this time, if the US fleet goes north, it will certainly not be able to find the Indian Ocean Fleet immediately. Because the South China Sea Fleet is interspersed with westward movements, it will be able to cover the waters south of Pengo Garcia with reconnaissance planes in many hours, so the US fleet will not be able to escape from the battlefield before the South China Sea Fleet completes its outflanking of the South China Sea Fleet. At this point, the only option for the U.S. fleet was to go all north, return to the Gulf of Aden, enter the Red Sea under the cover of shore-based aviation in Djibouti, and then return to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. There is no doubt that the road must have been very bumpy. Because the Republic Navy can use the shore-based aviation deployed in Pakistan, Iran and Yemen to monitor the entire Arabian Sea, and even use the shore-based aviation deployed in Sudan to blockade the Red Sea, the method of blocking the Red Sea is very simple, laying a few hundred mines in a relatively narrow sea area can discourage any fleet, so the probability of survival of the US fleet going north is very low, and it is very likely that it will be outflanked by the two Republic fleets from the rear in the end, and then completely annihilated under the encirclement and suppression of the Republic Navy by various forces.

If you think about it a little deeper, the US military commander even has reason to believe that this is the fundamental intention of the opponent.

As mentioned earlier, the strength of the fleet alone. Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages, with the U.S. military having a numerical advantage and the Republican fleet having a qualitative advantage. Overall, the combat effectiveness of both sides is evenly matched. Although on the surface, the Republic Navy gained the initiative after the sudden attack on Diego Garcia, in the middle of the Indian Ocean, especially in the Tuhai Sea area thousands of kilometers away from the Indian subcontinent, because the role of shore-based aviation was very limited, so the Republic of the Republic had a clear advantage. The battlefield situation is fairer for both sides.

Any military strategist knows that in such a relatively balanced war situation, the last thing to do is to divide the troops.

Although on the surface, both the Republic and the U.S. Navy are splitting up their forces, the tactical choice of both sides in the first stage is to let the main forces join forces as soon as possible, and even sacrifice some secondary combat forces for this purpose, such as the U.S. Navy using the Third Fleet and sea bases to lure the Republic's South China Sea Fleet, while the Republic Navy uses the attack on Diego Garcia to lure the U.S. Fourth Fleet and the Eighth Fleet to a decisive battle. It can be seen from this that in addition to trying to ensure that their own forces converge as soon as possible, the two sides are also trying to force or induce the other side to divide their forces.

There is no doubt that the US military was not fooled.

So, will the Navy of the Republic be fooled?

The answer to this question given by the commander of the US military is simple, that is, the Navy of the Republic will never make such a low-level mistake. In his opinion, the actual situation on the battlefield was most likely diametrically opposed to the battle report he received. Not really. The U.S. commander completely denied the battlefield information provided by friendly forces, but felt that the battlefield situation was not so simple. According to his analysis, after the Indian Ocean Fleet moved south from Gwadar, it did not stay in the Maldives for long, but turned to the southeast in an effort to meet with the South China Sea Fleet as soon as possible. During this time, one fleet bombarded Diego Garcia, while another was tasked with intercepting the Third Fleet and sea bases. In other words, the Republic Fleet is not north of the American fleet, but to the east and northeast of the American fleet, and is making a move to the south of the American fleet.

For the U.S. fleet, the situation is clearly much more dangerous than it seems.

The problem is that this does not mean that the US military does not have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

In the view of the US commanders, no matter what the purpose of the Republic Fleet is, at least one thing is certain, that is, the South China Sea Fleet has not yet joined forces with the Indian Ocean Fleet, otherwise it will not attack the fleeing fast transport ships. The reason is very simple, no matter how you calculate it, "a fast transport ship is not worth a few dollars, let alone a huge fleet with 7 aircraft carriers and dozens of escort warships, so there is no reason for the Republic fleet to fight for!" One or several fast transport ships frightened away the entire U.S. fleet operating in the southern Indian Ocean.

In other words, if the Republican fleet has successfully joined forces, it should quickly advance westward, take advantage of the hesitation of the American fleet, seize the advantageous attack position, and then attack before the American fleet. Complete annihilation of the American fleet. Only in the absence of a smooth rendezvous will the Republic fleet attack the fleeing fast transport ships with great fanfare, deliberately creating a momentum, so that the US fleet will feel like a great enemy, and thus take the initiative to give up the low-hanging fruit and escape from the Indian Ocean when the situation is relatively favorable.

I have to admit that there is some truth in this analysis of the US commander.

Exactly, after receiving this piece of information. Instead of turning south, the U.S. fleet headed for Diego Garcia, and half an hour later sent 3 large groups of heavy carrier-based fighters. A comprehensive search was carried out in the sea area from the blade to the field.

To be honest, the US commander's analysis is not wrong, at least not entirely wrong.

At that time, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet did not meet. The problem is that the Navy of the Republic did not consider the two fleets to join forces when drawing up the battle plan. Judging by some data released after the war, the Navy of the Republic decided from the very beginning to let the two fleets operate separately, and the task of the South China Sea Fleet was to block the support forces from Australia, and after defeating the US naval combat forces in the direction of Australia, it made a roundabout maneuver to the west, trying to go around to the south of the US fleet, forcing the US fleet to go north for a decisive battle with the Indian Ocean Fleet when there was no other choice. Although this plan may seem very bold and can even be described as crazy, it is feasible under the premise that the situation on the battlefield is not transparent in both directions, that is, it is impossible for the US military to accurately grasp the activities of the Republican fleet.

From another point of view, it is precisely because the South China Sea Fleet brazenly attacked Garcia, intercepted the Third Fleet, and attacked sea bases. The U.S. commanders believed that the Indian Ocean Fleet did not go to the waters of the Maldives archipelago, but turned eastward shortly after heading south, joined forces with the South China Sea Fleet, and operated in the vicinity of the South China Sea Fleet. In other words, as long as the US military goes to deal with the South China Sea Fleet, it will be suddenly attacked by the more powerful Indian Ocean Fleet. Affected by this, the US military did not turn eastward, nor did it rush south, but went north to Diego Garcia, preparing to avoid the "edge" of the South China Sea Fleet and first find the Indian Ocean Fleet that was following the South China Sea Fleet.

It can be seen from this deployment that the key is not the South China Sea Fleet, but the Indian Ocean Fleet.

According to the operational records of the Navy of the Republic, the Indian Ocean Fleet was in the waters of the Maldives archipelago until the morning of the 6th and headed south before noon that day.

That is, the US fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet are moving in exactly the same direction.

The difference is that the Indian Ocean Fleet did not send reconnaissance aircraft. All forward reconnaissance tasks were entrusted to shore-based long-range maritime patrol aircraft equipped with specialized reconnaissance equipment.

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It has to be admitted that the Navy of the Republic is much more prepared for a large-scale war than the US military.

From the previous introduction, it can be seen that after the start of the war between China and the United States, both sides destroyed each other's military satellite systems at the first time, so both sides lacked effective means of reconnaissance and surveillance. Although thanks to the ever-changing science and technology. Modern detection means emerge one after another, such as the detection of strategic warning radars with a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers, high-altitude detection balloons flying at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, and large unmanned reconnaissance planes that fly higher, but relatively speaking, when carrying out tactical reconnaissance tasks, especially tactical tasks with timeliness, the most effective reconnaissance equipment is still tactical reconnaissance aircraft equipped with specialized equipment, as well as various long-range long-range patrol aircraft.

Everyone understands this truth, but few countries have actually implemented it.

Among other things, before the start of the war, the US Navy had less than four long-range maritime patrol planes with reconnaissance capabilities, while the Republic Navy had about a strong aircraft. In addition, it is possible to make many anti-submarine patrol planes have ocean-going reconnaissance capabilities by adding reconnaissance equipment. It can be seen from this that long before the outbreak of the war. The authorities of the republic were mentally and materially prepared to lose their military satellite systems in the event of a war and to have to rely on traditional means to fight. Comparatively speaking, the U.S. preparations are more on the level of shutting down the field. It has not been translated into concrete action. heart

At that time, there were many long-range maritime patrol planes taking off from naval air stations in southern India, naval bases in Sri Lanka, and the airport on the island of Foamomuraku in the Maldives, and each patrol aircraft had a sea search radar with a detection range of more than 2 kilometers. Because there are more than enough patrol aircraft. Therefore, the routes of each patrol aircraft are carefully designed, not in a straight line, and overlapping each other, so as to ensure that reconnaissance operations are not affected by the failure of a patrol aircraft or the loss of contact with the base. Of course. If two adjacent reconnaissance planes lose contact with the base at the same time, it is almost certain that it will not be a malfunction, but a surprise attack by enemy aircraft.

With such a dense reconnaissance network, there is naturally no need to dispatch carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft.

What's more, up to this point. The Indian Ocean Fleet has not yet taken part in combat operations, and therefore retains full-fledged aviation combat capabilities. That is to say, each of the three aircraft carriers has a recessed heavy fighter, and even if it is affected by the load, it can only dispatch at most half of the fighters at a time, and considering that the number of recovered fighters is much smaller than the sortie, it is possible to divide the locked carrier-based fighters into two attack waves, at least projecting them at the US fleet, and persuade anti-ship missiles. If the air defense of the fleet is not taken into account, the missile projection can also be increased to a strong gargle.

In fact, when arranging tactics, the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet really did not take into account the air defense of the fleet.

The reason is simple, the fleet has been operating in the waters of the Maldives archipelago, and even if it goes south, it will not leave the cover range of shore-based aviation. In other words, to the north of the Indian Ocean Fleet, there is always a shore-based fighter group of the size above the blade frame that is carrying out air defense patrol missions, and it can go south to intercept enemy aircraft at any time at the call of the fleet. More importantly, as the range of anti-ship missiles becomes longer and longer, when it is impossible to expand the range of the fleet's air defense, the fleet's air defense operations often evolve into "fleet anti-missile operations," that is, they mainly intercept anti-ship missiles launched by enemy aircraft. In such battles. The real workhorse is the air defense and interception systems on the various warships, not the air defense fighters patrolling the skies over the fleet.

From this it follows that the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the republic made an all-or-nothing choice.

Strategically, this option is not much of a problem. Anyway, let's admit it. Naval warfare itself is a war of high attrition, and even the dominant side has to pay a high price for victory. For example, in the Battle of Midway in World War II, the price of the US military victory was the loss of the aircraft carrier "Yorktown" and hundreds of carrier-based fighters. And in the battle to intercept the battleship "Bismarck" of the German Navy in the Atlantic, the British Navy had all the advantages, and as a result, it lost the battlecruiser "Hood", which had the largest displacement at that time. In a close match, losses in naval battles will be even more staggering.

Already mentioned, on the Indian Ocean battlefield. The Navy of the Republic and the Navy of the United States are basically in between.

It can be said that it is almost impossible for the Navy of the Republic to achieve victory without paying any cost. In other words, from another point of view, even if the Indian Ocean Fleet is lost, if the Fourth, Sixth, and Eighth Fleets can be completely annihilated, the Navy of the Republic of China can rely on the South China Sea Fleet to seize absolute sea supremacy in the Indian Ocean, and take advantage of the great opportunity of the US military being unable to increase its forces to capture Diego Garcia Island, Djibouti, and even attack Darwin Port and Perth, uproot the US military bases in the Indian Ocean, and even have the opportunity to enter South Africa.

All in all, if you can exchange the Indian Ocean Fleet for 3 US fleets, it is definitely a good deal.

From the position of the commander of the fleet, of course. Naturally, they want to get a perfect win.

Judging by the situation at that time, the Navy of the Republic did have a chance to achieve a perfect victory.

According to the U.S. military combat records, at about 3 o'clock in the battle time, the U.S. fleet reached the northwest waters of the Diego Garcia Islands, which was less than 1,000 kilometers away from Gan Island, the southernmost point of the Maldives archipelago, and only about 1,000 kilometers away from the Foamura Kudao, where long-range maritime patrol planes of the Republic Navy were stationed. Because the Indian Ocean Fleet had not yet gone south at that time, the distance from the American fleet should have been between 4,000 meters.

It was also at this time that the first long-range patrol aircraft appeared in the US fleet.

To be precise, not the US fleet, but the air defense fighters sent by the US fleet.

The U.S. military's combat records make it very clear that the fleet's radio detection equipment has shown radio signals from long-range maritime patrol planes. Because the distance was too close, and the patrol planes were approaching in the direction of the fleet, the aviation officers sent anti-aircraft fighters in accordance with the combat doctrine. In order to ensure the safety of the fleet, the fighters took off from the aircraft carrier, instead of sending the fighters who were patrolling near the fleet to intercept them.

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This unsuspenseful air battle ignited the naval battle of the sheep on the 6th.

Although it was impossible for the Navy of the Republic of China to determine the specific position of the US fleet under the circumstances of the time, the reason was very simple: the US air defense fighters attacked in a passive homing manner and did not emit radio radiation, and the long-range maritime patrol planes were attacked only before they were hit by missiles. But one thing is certain, and that is that the U.S. fleet is definitely nearby, and not too far away. Theoretically speaking, the passive detection system on US warships can detect radio waves from long-range maritime patrol planes searching for the sea at a slightly farther distance than the radar on warships, but it will not be too far, after all, the radio waves from radar are affected by the curvature of the earth's surface and cannot travel too far. What's more. The U.S. Navy should have specific performance data on the sea-based search radars used by the Republican Navy's shore-based long-range maritime patrol aircraft, since the U.S. fleet is already very close to Agogarcia. It is also within the strike range of the Indian Ocean Fleet. Therefore, there is certainly no reason to take the initiative to attack a patrol aircraft in the absence of a threat, i.e., without entering the range of the patrol aircraft, or that it will not enter the range of the patrol aircraft. It can be inferred from this that the US fleet was at the point where the downed patrol plane was extended, and it was more than a kilometer away from the place where the patrol plane was shot down, but it would not be more than a kilometer. Counting the detection range of the sea search radar on the patrol plane's lateral area, we can roughly determine the approximate sea area where the US fleet was at that time. Considering that the U.S. fleet will be threatened. Adding the degree of navigation of the fleet, we can get an equation for the area of activity of the Celestial Fleet as a function of time.

To put it simply, with this base, it will be possible to redeploy reconnaissance forces.

At about the point of Fengfeng, the command center of the Navy of the Indian Ocean Theater adjusted the search range of the patrol aircraft. Let a number of old patrol planes in the vicinity change course. All of them rushed towards the sea where the American fleet was located.

There is no doubt that these patrol aircraft are likely to be attacked.

It is important that the more patrol aircraft are attacked. You can use overlapping methods to narrow down the search. Theoretically, if a patrol plane is attacked at the same time or during the same period of time, it can narrow the area of activity of the US fleet to the range of attack of carrier-based fighters. In other words, even if the patrol aircraft did not be able to catch the US fleet with radar. It is also possible to determine the exact location of the U.S. fleet in a reckoning way, so that the Indian Ocean Fleet ambushed in the waters of the Maldives archipelago can attack.

The US military commanders also understand this truth.

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Now that more and more patrol planes were surrounding, the US commander did not panic and give the order to turn back to the sea, but made the carrier-based fighters on the attack mission ready to take off.

For the US commanders, the situation is already clear.

In the same way that intelligence officers in the Republican Navy need to predict the waters in which the U.S. fleet is located, the commander of the U.S. fleet has to deal with the Republic fleet in the absence of sufficient information. Predict the general location of the main forces that will attack. Of course, some people may say that the US fleet should first consider the threat of shore-based aviation, after all, in the coastal area of the northern Indian Ocean, the Republic Navy has dozens of bases capable of deploying thousands of aircraft, and so many shore-based fighters are enough to drown the US fleet. But the reality is that the Navy of the Republic has not yet had time to deploy heavy forces to the northern Indian Ocean region, and at the beginning of the war. The Navy of the Republic also did not have enough fighters available. What's more, all the bases near the Maldives archipelago are used to deploy long-range maritime patrol aircraft, and there is no way to accommodate enough fighters. Of course, the Navy of the Republic can make a request to the Space Army, that is, the Space Army will dispatch strategic bombers. However, in addition to the Navy's refusal to easily ask for help from the Celestial Army, the Celestial Army had no way to support the Navy at that time, because its strategic bomber force was supporting the Army on the northern battlefield. Help the army advance in the direction of the Urals.

Returning to reality, from the standpoint of the US commander, we must first consider the threat of the Indian Ocean Fleet.

Of course, from the point of view of time, the South China Sea Fleet must be on the edge of Diego Garcia at this time. More than a kilometer, maybe even about 4 kilometers to each other. Even if the return of carrier-based fighters on attack missions to the fleet is not considered, the threat to the U.S. fleet is very limited.

Like the Republican Navy, the U.S. military relied heavily on computers when analyzing the war situation.

According to the combat records of the US military, the results of computer simulation analysis show that there is a more than 80 percent probability that the Indian Ocean Fleet is hiding in the waters of the Maldives archipelago. However, the possibility of the fleet's activities in the waters southeast of the Maldives archipelago, that is, east of Diego Garcia, cannot be ruled out.

Ke Ran said that this analysis, which is completely based on logic and probability, is very close to the actual situation.

You must know that at that time, the US reconnaissance plane had already flown 1,000 kilometers eastward, and the interval between the reconnaissance planes at the end of the reconnaissance route would not be more than half the detection distance of the passive detection equipment. Other words. The fact that the reconnaissance planes flying to the east did not have the Indian Ocean Fleet was not present is sufficient reason to believe that the Indian Ocean Fleet was not in the east. Judging from the area covered by the US military reconnaissance planes, only the waters of the Maldives archipelago are not within the reconnaissance range. It is understandable that the Navy of the Republic has deployed long-range search radars and several electronic intelligence stations on the Maldives archipelago, in addition to an air station. Even if the US military reconnaissance plane uses a passive detection system to conduct a search, it does not produce an electromagnetic signal of its own, as long as it is close to the Maldives islands. It is possible to be detected by the radar on the island.

From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand the reaction of the US military commanders.

The U.S. fleet is close enough to the Maldives Islands, so close enough to the Republican Navy fleet, and the battle could break out at any time. By all circumstances, it is unlikely that the U.S. forces will attack first, so the only chance for the U.S. forces to achieve victory is to use the radio signals from the Republican fleet at the time of the attack. Determine the general direction of the Republican fleet, get ahead of the opponent's anti-ship missiles, and let the carrier-based fighters on the attack mission take to the air and launch a counterattack against the Republican fleet. Anyway. The commander of the US fleet has reason to believe. A fleet of 7 carrier battle groups is certainly much stronger than a fleet of 3 carrier battle groups. If you can withstand the opponent's attack and defeat the opponent in the counterattack, you will win!

There is only one key, "that is, whether carrier-based fighters can be lifted into the air in time."

Of course, to make the victory more meaningful. You have to withstand local attacks to minimize your own losses.

It is precisely for this reason that after ordering the carrier-based fighters on the attack mission to prepare for takeoff, the US commander adjusted his tactics and let the heavy fighters on the escort mission take off ahead of schedule to carry out the fleet's air defense mission, while sending the fighters who remained behind to carry out the fleet's air defense mission to carry out the escort mission.

At this time, about a kilometre to the north, in the central waters of the Maldives archipelago, the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Republic Navy was making similar preparations. However, the Indian Ocean Fleet did not send additional fleet air defense fighters, and the number of attack aircraft in the first wave was set at "Fierce Fighter", that is, the number of aircraft carriers dispatched by each aircraft carrier. And so it goes. The first wave of attack planes can take off within the bell of anticipation after receiving the order and pounce on the US fleet as quickly as possible.

On top of that, the first wave of attack aircraft had one more task, which was to advance the escort.

It has already been mentioned earlier that the Indian Ocean Fleet has only heavy fighters, not multi-role fighters. In this way, the fleet commander can more flexibly decide on the attack and escort forces when arranging the attack force, and even be able to switch between the attack and the escort force. It is precisely because of this that the Indian Ocean Fleet did not arrange special escort fighters, but let the fighters of the first attack group carry only 2 anti-ship missiles, and then carry anti-aircraft ammunition in the maximum way. When arranging combat missions, the fleet", Zhan also said very clearly, that is, when attacking the US fleet, if it encounters the continuous rush muscle group. It is possible to abandon the attack mission and go all out to intercept US fighters, especially US air defense fighters.

As a result, the size of the second wave of attack planes, which determined the success or failure, reached six, that is, each aircraft carrier dispatched knife fighters. In order not to affect the take-off operations of the first attack group, more than half of the fighters in the second attack group were preparing for take-off in the hangar. The remaining half of the fighters were at the tail end of the flight deck ready for takeoff. In accordance with the "Chongqing. The efficiency of the aviation operations of the aircraft carrier, as long as it is ready for take-off in advance, it can get all the fighters into the air in the old minutes.

Unlike the first wave of attack aircraft, the fighters of the second wave all carried 6 anti-ship missiles, 2 auxiliary fuel tanks and 2 combat missiles, and abandoned long-range anti-aircraft ammunition. According to the judgment of the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, even if he is facing a US fleet with seven aircraft carriers, as long as the first wave of attack fighters can faithfully complete their mission, they will have a great deal of confidence in breaking down the US air defense network. The reason is simple, every US aircraft carrier has only Mi Mi heavy fighters. The reef aircraft carrier is also an ugly heavy fighter. Even if we do not take into account the 10,000 reconnaissance planes that have already been dispatched before, the US military can only use half of its fighters, that is, six of them, to carry out the fleet's air defense mission, and the other West Plane will either escort the attack aircraft group or stay on the flight deck to stand by. Because the task of the forward escort fighters is to disperse the opponent's air defense fighters, not to seize air supremacy above the opponent's fleet, they use the stunned escort fighters to challenge the stone frame air defense fighters. It is not an uncommon thing, and the certainty of completing the combat mission will not be small.

It must be admitted that after Lin Xiaolei and Hua Jianfeng's training, the commanders of the Republic Navy are all ruthless.

Because the Indian Ocean Theater Command had already received news that shore-based fighters had been dispatched and would soon be able to reach the skies over the Indian Ocean Fleet to provide air defense cover for the fleet, the fleet commander mobilized the remaining Frame fighters and formed a third wave of attack planes. Affected by the operating space of the aircraft carrier. For the time being, the fighters of the third wave of attack aircraft can only remain in the hangar, and they will not be able to make preparations for take-off until the first wave of attack aircraft has taken off. Because the second wave of attack planes will definitely take off immediately after the first wave of attack planes, because of the large load and slower cruise flight, it will not reach the airspace over the US fleet at the same time as the first wave of attack planes, so the third wave of attack planes can only take off in minutes after the second wave of attack planes takes off.

In any case, investing all aviation forces at once is definitely a "big deal".

You know, "Chongqing. At most, the aircraft carriers can only carry fighter planes, and they are still spare planes stored in the hangar in the form of "parts", and only the dismantled fighters can be used at any time. Of course, the three carrier-based fighters on the "Chongqing" class aircraft carriers were dispatched together, and even if they were divided into three attack waves, their strike capabilities were very amazing. Considering that it is all heavy fighters on board, when performing sea attack missions. If operating in the maximum radius, a heavy fighter can carry 6 anti-ship missiles, and a multi-role fighter can carry only 4 anti-ship missiles due to range limitations, and there is reason to believe that the attack power of the Indian Ocean Fleet is not below that of the US fleet.

Relatively speaking, the US military has only one advantage. That is, the sortie rate of 7 aircraft carriers is definitely higher than that of 3 aircraft carriers.

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The second long-range maritime patrol aircraft was shot down by US fighters.

In the next few minutes, three more long-range maritime patrol planes were attacked, and all of them were shot down by interceptor missiles fired by US fighters.

By this time, the Indian Ocean Theater Naval Command Center was able to roughly calculate the sea area where the US fleet was located.

The Indian Ocean Fleet received information about the attack.

Because the exact location of the U.S. fleet had not yet been obtained, the Indian Ocean Theater Command did not issue an order, but handed over the decision to attack to the fleet commander. This is also a regulation of the Navy of the Republic, that is, without fully grasping the target information, the commander of the theater of operations cannot give combat orders beyond the ranks. Of course, as a battlefield commander, you have the right to decide on the operation according to the actual situation

Move.

I have to admit that this is one. A great test.

Fortunately, the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet does not have to face this test.

At the old point, a long-range maritime patrol plane that reached about a kilometer south of Gan Island broke the radio silence and used a longwave radio to send out a set of signals with special meanings.

The telegram was very short, but the content was extremely important.

In any case, a set of bearing information certainly doesn't need too many characters to represent.

Because the telegram was sent through the naval reconnaissance communication channel, the Indian Ocean Fleet received the message directly and did not need to be provided by the Indian Ocean Theater Command.

Old Point 4! minutes, the first fighter of the first wave of attack aircraft took off from the "Chongqing".

In the next few minutes, two waves of fighter jets took off one after the other. Because there were 2 combat pines that broke down after takeoff. was forced to make a forced landing at sea, so Mao only had New York fighters to the US fleet. As mentioned earlier, because the fighters of the second wave of attack aircraft took off at maximum weight, and the fighters of the first wave of attack aircraft group took off several tons less than several tons in order to cope with possible air battles, and the flight degree was much faster, so it was shortly after takeoff. The first wave of attack aircraft distanced itself from the second wave of attack aircraft.

At this time, the battle alarm was also sounded in the US fleet.

It is not that the radio detection equipment of the US military shows the radio signal from the fleet of the Republic. Rather, it was the radio signal from the patrol plane. Although it is impossible for the US military to decipher the telegram sent by the patrol plane, it can be seen from this set of regular radio signals that the patrol plane has already installed the US fleet. Moreover, the general size of the US fleet was reported.

It can be said that it is the US military commanders who are really facing the test.

There is no doubt that the attack of the fleet of the Republic is coming, and the fighters of the US military are on the aircraft carrier. If a decision cannot be made quickly, the US military will not even have a chance to counterattack! If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to Muscle Ratio. More chapters. Support the author, support genuine reading!