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Instead of stopping the red-faced staff, Wildert quietly left the fleet headquarters and went outside on the gangway.

When he received the order from the naval command, Wydt was a little surprised, and even wondered for a moment whether Fernandez was still loyal to his homeland. Although Wildert and Fernandez fought for several years, and the contradictions have long been irreconcilable, Wildert believes that Fernandez did not betray the motherland, because a real navyman would never betray the motherland.

For days, Wildert was speculating about Fernandez's intentions.

Wildert knew that Fernandez's ability to sit in the position of chief of staff of the Navy at that time had a lot to do with his political acumen, in addition to seeing the wind and turning the rudder to the United States. To put it simply. Fernandez was well aware of the Prime Minister's intentions in guiding the Congressional Leaders, while Wildett was a less empathetic military man.

After being "exiled" to the Western Fleet. Wildert only understood why he lost to Fernandez.

Fernández defended the opposition of dozens of generals. It is very likely that the resolute decisive battle with the Chinese navy is not his own will, but the will of the prime minister or some important members of the National Assembly.

The reason is simple, the temptation to defeat the Chinese Navy is too great.

If India wants to dominate the Indian Ocean and become a world power, it must defeat China militarily. Forcing China to recognize India's position in the Indian Ocean region and in the world. Finding opportunities on the battlefield at sea is even more significant than making a fuss on the land battlefield.

On the land battlefield, it is affected by the natural environment. India can only be strategically defensive. It is not that the Indian Army does not have the ambition to defeat the Chinese Army, but the actual situation is extremely unfavorable for the Indian Army. For the Chinese Army to attack, it only needs to improve the infrastructure in the rear. Over the Himalayas. You can go all the way into the Gangetic plain. When the Indian Army goes on the offensive, even if it doesn't have to worry about the infrastructure in the rear, it is more difficult to climb the Himalayas than to climb to the sky. In other words, even if the Chinese army is weak, it can use the Himalayas and the sparsely populated Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to block the Indian army, so that the Indian army will retreat in the face of difficulties.

There are no mountain peaks on the ocean, and the geographical location is very favorable to India.

Limited by the chain of islands in Southeast Asia, the Chinese navy must pass through several dangerous passages in the Indian Ocean, including the Strait of Malacca, the Sunda Strait and the Lombok Strait. Although the Indian mainland is more than a kilometre away from Southeast Asia, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are at the western end of the Strait of Malacca, only a kilometre from the Sunda Strait, and Australia is south of the Lombok Strait. Other words. The Indian Navy is in a favorable position to attack and retreat.

With its geographical advantage, what the Indian Navy lacks is a powerful fleet.

In fact, before the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the Indian Navy had already controlled the Indian Ocean. It's just that no one thought that the powerful Indian fleet would be planted in the hands of a Chinese submarine and lose all its money.

The vast majority of Indians, including Wildett, believe that as long as India has a strong navy, it can hold the Indian Ocean and keep the Chinese Navy out of it. As long as the Chinese Navy does not have access to the Indian Ocean, it will not be able to send convoys carrying arms to Pakistan. Perhaps it was because of the lack of confidence in the sea routes that China did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build a railway to Pakistan on the Pamirs. If a naval blockade can be imposed on Pakistan, India will have enough capabilities to defeat Pakistan and become the hegemon of South Asia. And then become the hegemon of the Indian Ocean.

The only way to prove that you have a strong enough navy is to defeat China.

Fundamentally, India's view is not wrong.

With a victory over the Chinese navy, India would be able to thwart China's war ambitions and thus avoid a larger ground war.

Tempted by this, Fernandez will definitely take a risk. Of course, the prime minister and key members of parliament are also likely to gamble with the Indian Navy.

If the bet is won, India can avoid disaster; The bet is lost, and India will suffer another crushing defeat.

The question is, is there a possibility of winning the bet?

The two fleets of the Chinese Navy departed from the port at sunset and sunset, and if they all went south, they would definitely be able to enter the Indian Ocean by July. More importantly, after the two fleets entered the sea, they disappeared without a trace, and even the US military reconnaissance satellites failed to show their whereabouts.

So confidential. The war intentions of the Chinese Navy are very obvious.

Obviously, the Chinese Navy came prepared.

To defeat the well-prepared Chinese Navy, the Indian Navy is still far away.

Wildert's biggest concern is not the six carrier battle groups. After all, the Indian Navy has made great progress in this year, and the assistance provided by the United States is also in place. In a decisive battle in the case of reciprocity, even if the Indian fleet does not have a chance to win, it will not even have a chance to fight back. Wildert is worried about two other forces, one is the Chinese Navy's submarines. The second is the strategic strike force of the Chinese Air Force.

Needless to say, during the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the Indian Navy was planted in the hands of Chinese submariners. Since the Chinese Navy went out into the ocean, its submarine strength has been ranked in the top two in the world, not to mention the Indian Navy, and even the US Navy is not sure to defeat China's submarine forces.

The strategic strike force is one of the most rapid forces of the Chinese Air Force and a symbol of the strength of a great power. As long as the Chinese Air Force gains air access to the Indian Ocean, it can flood any fleet with hundreds of strategic bombers. During the Japanese War, the Japanese Navy was defeated by China's strategic strike force. Whitt has every reason to believe that the parliaments of Myanmar and Bangladesh are against China

Even if Burma and Shogar do not allow bombers from the Second Strike Army to enter the country, the Chinese Air Force can take action without greeting them, while Burma and Bangladesh basically do not have territorial air defense capabilities. Not to mention dealing with Chinese bombers, it is very difficult to even use Chinese bombers. Although this will lead to a diplomatic crisis. But China could well improve relations with these two countries after defeating India.

In the face of these two forces, does the Indian Navy have a chance of winning?

Perhaps some Indian admirals have some illusion that the Chinese navy, in order to prove its strength, will not cooperate with the air force, or even let the submarines go it alone, but will make the aircraft carrier battle group the main force of the navy through this war. That is, let the aircraft carrier battle group face the Indian fleet alone.

Is this a possibility?

Wildert had no illusions. War is not child's play, and the strong are by no means "warriors" on the battlefield. Moreover, China's military reform has been carried out for several years, and the main purpose is to integrate various military forces, establish a joint strike system, and weaken the independence of all branches of the armed forces. Defeating the Indian Navy is not the task of the Chinese Navy, but the task of the squadron.

At that time, for the Indian Navy, which basically did not have the capability to conduct joint operations, what hope could there be?

No hope is not the same as retreat.

Although Wydt was aware of Fernandez's political intentions, he had to admit that the naval command's battle plan was the most appropriate tactical arrangement at the moment.

Allowing the Western Fleet to lure the enemy forward and at the same time providing cover for the striking force is tantamount to being prepared to sacrifice the Western Fleet.

The real striking force is the Eastern Fleet with long-range aviation deployed on the Andaman - Nicobar Islands. As soon as the Western Fleet reaches the vicinity of the Sunda Strait, and the Chinese fleet is present, the strike will begin. At that time, the long-range air force will launch the first round of attacks, the Eastern Fleet will launch the second round of attacks, and the Western Fleet will dispatch escort fighters and carrier-based early warning planes to provide cover and guidance for the attack aircraft group during this period. During the two rounds of strikes, the forward submarine group, which is a supplementary force, will sneak up on the Chinese fleet and expand the results of the battle. As long as the strike operation is successful, the chance of annihilating the Chinese fleet is more than 8 and the chance of inflicting heavy damage on the Chinese fleet is more than 8. Although it is possible that the Indian Navy has been defeated by the gills, only the Western Fleet will be lost, and the Eastern Fleet remaining in the western waters of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will not be threatened. Because the Eastern Fleet is about to be located in the Sunda Strait! Thousands of kilometers away, about the Strait of Malacca! Milk kilometers are all outside the strike range of China's carrier-based fighters, so as long as the Eastern Fleet can retreat in time to the mainland, it can avoid the attack of the Chinese fleet. At that time, even if only the Eastern Fleet remains, the Indian Navy will be able to pose a threat to the Chinese fleet that has access to the Indian Ocean.

The Indian Navy is already invincible.

Is that really the case?

Wildert was a little uneasy.

There are three prerequisites for the naval command's operational sentencing. First, the Chinese fleet entered the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait, second, the Chinese fleet was able to enter the attack range in time, and third, the Chinese navy did not use other forces to deal with the Eastern Fleet that remained behind.

As long as any of these conditions are not true. The Indian Navy's chances of victory are very slim.

To reach the first level, the Indian Navy must rely on military intelligence provided by the United States. This problem is not a big deal, the US Seventh Fleet is "stationed" in Singapore, not to mention the huge fleet of dozens of warships, even a speedboat cannot pass through the Strait of Malacca from under the noses of the US military. As long as the commander of the Chinese fleet has a little brains, he will not venture through the Strait of Malacca, but will enter the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait. It was precisely for this reason that the Indian Navy command concluded that the Chinese fleet would appear in the Sunda Strait.

Achieving the second condition is also not very difficult. The narrowest part of the Waita Strait is tens of kilometers long, and the surface warships are not submarines, and the noise is very loud, and it will definitely be discovered by nearby submarines. Although it is quite possible that the Chinese Navy will deploy submarines near the Sunda Strait in advance to clear the way for the arriving fleet. However, the United States has mobilized reconnaissance satellites to monitor the Sunda Strait, and any large ships that appear in the strait will be spotted by satellites. No matter how strong the Chinese fleet's anti-reconnaissance capability is, it is impossible for a few Fu-type warships to quietly slip through the strait, which is only a few kilometers wide.

The last question is the most troublesome, the Chinese Navy will definitely use support forces in order to ensure the safety of the fleet.

Not to mention anything else, several submarines of the Chinese Navy have long left port, and some of them must have entered the Indian Ocean ahead of schedule. Although it is impossible for surface warships to pass through the Straits of Malacca and Sunda Strait silently, those advanced submarines have a good chance of avoiding U.S. surveillance and appearing anywhere in the eastern Indian Ocean.

To Wydt's comfort, the war would break out in the early hours of August Day.

One day earlier and one day later, the influence of the Indian Navy was very great.

If the war breaks out in the early hours of July. At most, the Western Fleet could only reach Simelu Island, which is about a kilometer west of Sumatra and a kilometer from the Sunda Strait. Even if the Ma-4 fighter carries weapons and ammunition in accordance with the air superiority mission and uses four external pylons to carry auxiliary fuel tanks, it can only fight over the battlefield thousands of kilometers away, and cannot provide sufficient cover for the attack aircraft group. One day later, the Western Fleet will be able to shorten the distance to about one kilometer, allowing the Ma-4 fighters to fight in the Sunda Strait for at least a few minutes without carrying auxiliary fuel tanks, so as to provide sufficient cover and support for the attack aircraft group.

Whether or not enough escort fighters can be put in will determine the ultimate success or failure of the attack.

Obviously, when the 10th Command Department was formulating the operational punishment and issuing the battle order, the "22" was the "ultimatum" issued by China.

The question is, will China play by the "rules of the game"?

Wildett was a little worried, but he couldn't find a reason for China to break the "rules of the game".

The "ultimatum" was made by China, which means that as long as India responds to the Sikkim issue before then, there is no breach of peace. If China goes to war before then, then China will lose its justice and thus the support and recognition of the international community.

Ever since, China has found ample justification for every war.

As long as China intends to defeat India outright, it will need a good reason.

The thought made Wildert no longer have any worries. As long as the war breaks out in the early morning of August Day, the Indian Navy will face the Chinese Navy from afar with the strongest lineup, and the probability of victory is above the spider. As long as this opportunity is seized, the Indian Navy will be able to fight a very beautiful turnaround. Become the second largest navy in the world.

The sudden burst of confidence made Wildett excited.

Returning to the fleet command, Wydt silenced the staff officers, who were still arguing, and then ordered to intensify anti-submarine patrols.

Before reaching the theater of operations, the greatest threat to the Western Fleet is the submarines under the surface.

After instructing the aviation operations staff officer to arrange escort combat missions as soon as possible, Wydette left the fleet headquarters.

At this time, it happened to be ugly and hurried.

A kilometer away from Jiukou, on the sea surface of 10,000 meters west of Pontianak, Indonesia, six aircraft carriers are slowly removing the combined camouflage curtain wall covering the hull, but the four anti-reconnaissance electronic equipment installed on both sides of the aircraft carrier's flight deck are still working. The electronic signals used to deceive the enemy's reconnaissance system are continuously fired.

Seeing the aircraft carrier that had returned to its true face, Hua Jianfeng looked at Yang Jinjie who was standing behind him.

Yang Jinjie smiled and glanced at his watch. said: "Time net is good. ”

"Go and prepare, don't miss tonight's feast."

Hearing Hua Jianfeng's words, the staff officer waiting on the side immediately conveyed the combat order.

As the elevator was raised, the first combat-ready fighters came to the flight deck.

The old years of hard work were exchanged for only a few hours of fighting.

As early as the annexation of the Korean Peninsula War, the Navy of the Republic invested heavily in the development of an anti-reconnaissance system specially designed to deal with reconnaissance satellites and reconnaissance aircraft.

Initially, the Navy focused on "3D laser virtual scene technology".

It turns out. Camouflage an aircraft carrier is very difficult. It's not that there is no basic technology, but that the aircraft carrier is too large and requires higher basic technology.

It is difficult to determine the "virtual scene technology" after it has practical capabilities before the force year. The Navy is back on the old ways.

The simplest approach is often the most applicable approach.

Camouflage facades made of lightweight composite materials are not only inexpensive but also very easy to use. Even if you want to disguise an aircraft carrier with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons as a thug, the cost is not too much. Although the close-range camouflage effect is not very good, and it is easy for the naked eye to split the camouflage curtain wall, but for reconnaissance satellites in space and reconnaissance aircraft hundreds of kilometers away, the camouflage curtain wall does not need to consider the visual camouflage effect, and only needs to deal with radar, infrared cameras and visible light cameras with a resolution of about a meter planer.

The biggest problem with using camouflage facades is that fighter jets cannot be parked on the flight deck.

For 3 aircraft carriers of the "Beijing" class, this problem is not very big, because at the time of design. It was required to be able to put the knife frame fighters of the three tactical aviation groups and the aircraft of the other fighters into the hangar, and there was no need to moor the fighters on the flight deck. The problem of the "Huaxia" class aircraft carrier is quite serious, and it can only store Zhao's carrier-based fighters and eight other carrier-based aircraft in the hangar, and the rest of the carrier-based aircraft must be tethered to the flight deck. As a result, the three "Huaxia"-class aircraft carriers attached to the South China Sea Fleet can only carry Zhaojia fighters, four early warning planes, and four antisubmarine patrol planes.

If the fleet's whereabouts are revealed, even the extra Knife Fighters will not help.

As the first carrier-based AWACS aircraft performing the tasks of the air defense of the fleet rose into the air, the first carrier-based fighters were dragged to the ejection point, and the motive spewed a bright tail flame.

Hua Jianfeng left the gangway, went around the aviation operations center of the "Beijing", and then went to the fleet headquarters.

Yang Jinjie is solely responsible for aviation combat missions. There is no need to play Hua Jianfeng to intervene, and Hua Jianfeng can't intervene.

After asking the communications staff officer and confirming that he had not received a new order from the Navy Command, Hua Jianfeng let out a sigh of relief, and his hanging heart was also relaxed.

According to the sentence, if there is a change in combat operations, the command of the Navy will send a message before the ugly point is divided.

In other words, as long as no message is received before the mutual point is divided, the attack will be carried out according to the predetermined plan.

For Hua Jianfeng, there is no news at this time. That's the best news.

It's just that for Pei Chengyi, who is thousands of kilometers away, no news at this time is the worst news.