Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at the Chinese Air Force flying away at a low altitude, and the haze on his face became heavier. His mental activity was unusually contradictory, mixed with joy and sorrow.

"Poor Kou Mo chases, the whole ship turns to the southeast, and moves forward at full speed."

Leaving is the best choice for the Combined Fleet now, and Yamamoto Isoroku does not know how the Chinese fighters managed to get here, because the other party is not a naval carrier-based aircraft, and it is at least a thousand kilometers away from the Chinese mainland.

In World War II, when the combat radius of this aircraft was only four or five hundred kilometers, it was an unexpected thing that those Chinese fighters were able to come here.

However, this also shows that China's aircraft carriers are not in this vicinity, otherwise, according to the advanced degree of the communication system of Chinese fighters, a large number of aircraft groups would have arrived long ago.

Japan's naval strength is so strong that it can be said to be the third in the world, but the communication level of the navy's carrier-based aircraft is still at a low level. Since the return of the carrier-based aircraft, when they are very close to the fleet, they can be connected with the wing, which can directly explain a lot of problems.

Of course, the distance limit of airborne communication equipment is limited by all countries in the world, even China. Because the on-board communication equipment is not very developed, and because of the limitation of the fuselage capacity, some high-power radios cannot be installed on the plane. Carrier-based aircraft will not be able to contact the fleet unless they are within a communication distance.

However, China is far ahead in this respect, and with the cooperation of early warning aircraft and spy satellites, as long as the carrier-based aircraft can contact the early warning aircraft, the carrier-based aircraft can also communicate with all points in the country. It's just that this needs to be conveyed by AWACS. It has a vast airborne platform, and also has enough space, and the communication platforms on the AWACS aircraft are all high-power, which can contact distant friendly forces at any time. This is also a very important aspect of the AWACS aircraft being hailed as a multiplier of air combat strength. After all, wars with higher and higher technological content require more and more knowledge of oneself and the other to survive a hundred battles.

Yamamoto Isoroku naturally understands his own shortcomings, in fact, this phenomenon is similar all over the world, if the US carrier-based aircraft are kept away from the fleet, they will not be able to contact the fleet, and they generally rely on destroyers on long-distance vigilance on the sea and the basic quality of pilots, so as to smoothly return to the aircraft carrier.

Later in World War II. There is no shortage of reasons for the rapid advance of the fleet. And the carrier-based aircraft could not find their way back for a while, lost in the sea, and became a lonely soul at sea.

That's why Japan's Combined Fleet loites around here slowly, as they have to recover the attacking carrier-based aircraft. These carrier-based aircraft are the real combat strength of the Combined Fleet. He Yamamoto Fifty-six definitely can't afford to lose.

Of course, this is also the reason why Yamamoto Fifty-six is mixed at the moment. The joy is that the Chinese fighter only after going back. in order to report the specific location of the combined fleet. And by that time the combined fleet had already left here. What worries me is that the Combined Fleet may have to face the Chinese Navy cautiously in the coming period.

Because carrier-based aircraft are only half back. This is also further weakening the combat effectiveness of the Combined Fleet, and the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku, who is at full strength, is not very afraid of the Chinese Navy, provided that the Chinese Navy is not dispatched in a nest.

But now the combined fleet must leave and quickly replenish the lost carrier-based aircraft and pilots. In this way, even if he encounters the Chinese Navy on the sea, he Yamamoto Fifty-six is not without any chance of winning.

When all the ships of the Combined Fleet had left the area, all the returning carrier-based aircraft had landed, and the fires on the decks of the Akagi and Kaga had been extinguished. It all doesn't seem to be much different from what it was back then. The carrier-based aircraft on the thirty aircraft carriers still look so many, but the fighters in the hangar have shrunk by half.

At this time, Yamamoto 56 also received combat reports from various wings of carrier-based aircraft.

Jizaburo Ozawa, a staff officer of the fleet, read this report from the command tower of the Yamato, and the contents of it all have one thing in common, that is, the anti-aircraft firepower of the Chinese fleet is extremely powerful. There were even reports submitted by some wings that compared the intensity of anti-aircraft fire between the Combined Fleet and the Chinese Attack Fleet. One is a child and the other is an adult. To use such a metaphor to describe the difference in anti-aircraft fire between the two fleets.

"......, according to the research of many parties and the reports sent by all the wings, it can already be determined that the Chinese attack fleet has been basically defeated, one of the three aircraft carriers has been sunk, two aircraft carriers have been damaged, and most of the light and heavy cruisers guarding it have also been sunk. (Light cruiser = municipal anti-submarine destroyer) For this, the naval aviation of the Imperial United Fleet paid for the casualties of nearly 800 warplanes, and more than 1,200 heroic naval aviation soldiers were crushed for the imperial jihad. ”

"The empire has paid such huge casualties to obtain such a record, I don't know how the real victory or defeat of this battle will be." This is Yamamoto's assessment of this battle.

Compared with the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan undoubtedly made a profitless deal with such a record. And also almost put the entire wing in danger.

"Your Excellency, Commander, although the Empire has suffered huge losses in this battle, there are other very important aspects to the significance of this battle. This was the first time that the empire fought a shameful battle against China, which confirmed the determination of the empire and established the military spirit of the Imperial Japanese army.

Cripple a Chinese fleet, and this is also the Empire's demonstration of our power to the world. He believed that as long as the results of this time were announced, the empire's international prestige would be greatly improved in a short period of time, and it would be a shame. U.S. military assistance to us will come faster and more.

The main point is that this is the clarion call for our empire to take the initiative to attack China. It is undeniable that China, known as the land of miracles, is far ahead of the world in military terms, and the level of science and technology in both industry and all aspects is incomparable to the empire.

But as long as today's achievements are announced, this is not only a huge blow to China, but also an important evidence to break the myth of China's invincibility. And this undefeated record of China was still born in our hands. The significance of this for the Imperial Navy will become even more significant. ”

Jizaburo Ozawa said in a positive voice.

He saw the political interests shown in this war very deeply. When the Allies all over the world were in a state of passivity, Japan joined the Allies, which was a great incentive for the Allies. As soon as Japan joined the Allies, it crippled a Chinese fleet. This is a strong shot for the Allies.

You must know that since the battle for the founding of the People's Republic of China to the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has never suffered such a defeat. Whether it was the war against Japan, or against the British and French forces, or even the Sino-Soviet border war, these three battles were of far-reaching significance. China stands in the world as a victor.

Even if it was the outbreak of a world war. China also has a great grasp of the initiative, and the situation of the war is also a victory in all aspects. For the Allies, the existence of China was even more terrible than that of Germany. This is not just about China's land area, population base, and scientific and technological level. Rather, it is manifested in the strong combat effectiveness of the Chinese army.

And Japan, the former Chinese subordinate, was defeated. At this time, on the occasion of joining the Allied forces. With practical actions, it has broken China's undefeated record for more than ten years. This is not only a powerful vote, but also a very effective encouragement to the allies.

Japan used this war to tell the world: China is not terrible. Nor is it invincible.

This is the greatest benefit of Japan's sneak attack on the Chinese fleet, and it does not matter what kind of aircraft carrier and warship it sank in the face of such benefits. Now when the Allies officially need morale, an army without morale is not an army at all. And Japan is to bring morale to the Allied forces.

It can be seen that if Japan made these achievements public, the morale of the allies would be greatly improved. The fear of the Chinese army in my heart will also be greatly reduced.

"This is the original intention of the empire, how could I not understand. But after all, it is the defense strength of the empire that is lost, and we will face even more fierce battles in the future, and we need more powerful forces. ”

How could Yamamoto Fifty-six not understand this, but he had already thought about it very far, and from the moment the carrier-based aircraft set off, he was not worried that such a situation would not arise, but had been thinking about it, after this matter. How should the Combined Fleet face the Chinese Navy, whether to play hide and seek with each other, or to look for an opportunity for a decisive battle. This is where the real confusion of Yamamoto Isoroku lies, and it is to consider what kind of journey the Combined Fleet should take from the overall strategic situation of Japan in the future.

Looking out the window at the sky that was beginning to become gloomy, Yamamoto Fifty-six fell into deep thought. Jizaburo Ozawa didn't speak again, and there was a moment of silence in the fleet headquarters.

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Over the sea area 1,500 kilometers south of Taiwan, which is already very close to Guam in the Mariana Islands occupied by the Japanese army, eight large air tankers are moving at a constant speed of 6,000 meters.

At this time, half an hour had passed before the departure of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

High in the air behind these air tankers, many black dots suddenly appeared in the sky, and these black spots were rapidly approaching the eight air tankers.

The speed was fast, and in less than ten seconds, the black dots had already reached the heads of these tankers.

The light blue fuselage, the dazzling golden dragoon, representing the winged eagle of the Chinese Air Force, the graceful streamlined shape, the smooth fuselage, the two large air intakes under the belly, the auxiliary fuel tank sandwiched in the middle by the air intake, and various lethal weapons hanging under the wings. Let these eagles in the sky show the beauty of power.

Black Hawk fighters, Intruder fighters, these are high-tech weapons brought to the Red Alert base. The cost of 3,000 can only be described as super cheap. You must know that in the entire land of China, as long as there is a sufficient amount of minerals, there are definitely ore refineries. This also gave Chen Shao the ability to produce Red Alert weapons on a large scale in a short period of time, and if it were not for the difficulties brought about by logistics maintenance, I am afraid that the sky of China would have been full of Black Hawk fighters long ago.

The Black Hawk fighter is a heavy twin-engine fighter provided by the Red Police Base for Chen Shao. And the Intruder fighter, which is more like a single-engine medium fighter.

According to Chen Shao's criteria for differentiating the weight of fighters, fighters with a total combat weight of more than 20 tons are all heavy fighters. And those with a total combat weight of more than fifteen tons and less than twenty tons are medium fighters. As for fighters under fifteen tons, all of them are planned as light fighters.

This is the division of jet fighters, just like China's third-generation fighters, whether they are Seahawk-3 or Warhawk-3, they are all light fighters. It is not the main fighter of China at all, the real main force is the Black Hawk fighter. This is a heavy twin-flying single-seat fighter with a total combat weight of more than twenty tons.

And the Intruder is more of a match, with the Black Hawk fighter. After the Black Hawk fighters seized air supremacy, they cooperated with the Black Hawk fighters to carry out precision strikes against local targets in depth. Of course, the Intruder fighter can also perform aerial dogfights and interception missions, but the effect is not as good as that of the Black Hawk.

Both the weapon loading and the combat radius are completely no match for the Black Hawk fighters. This combination is very similar to the high-low combination of the F-15 or Super Hornet and F-16 in the United States in the future, and the heavy fighters and the second-level fighters are paired together to be responsible for their respective tasks.

Of course why there is such a configuration. Mainly due to the fact that some tasks can be completed with medium fighters. There is no need to use expensive heavy fighters to do this. After all, in terms of maintenance and consumption, heavy fighters can be consumed. Like later generations, ordinary countries simply cannot afford to use too many heavy fighters, this is the reason.

The same as the Navy. The same is true for fighter jets. The Navy is calculated in terms of displacement. And the fighter counts the take-off weight. The higher the tonnage of the ships of the Navy. It is also known that the ship is stronger. And the plane agreed that so, the battle was all high. It also means that it can carry more electronic equipment, aviation fuel and combat weapons, which is where the combat effectiveness of fighter jets lies.

And a little bit the same as the Navy. The greater the tonnage of the ship, the more cumbersome it is to maintain. The aircraft agrees to this, and the more electronic equipment there is, the more the cost and time of maintenance, the more troublesome it is.

This is a common problem, the more advanced the weapon, the more money it costs. As the combat effectiveness increases, the more complicated the logistics become.

In a modern sentence: it is easy to buy a car and difficult to maintain a car.

Of course, Chen Shao was not reluctant to take on the attendance of Black Hawk fighters because of these aspects, and this factor is also related to another issue. The more advanced the combat weapon, the more demanding it is to use.

Just like the previous propeller fighters, there were not much driving requirements at all. When it came to jet fighters, strict requirements began to be placed on pilots. When it was the turn of such a high-tech fighter as the Intruder and the Black Hawk, the piloting requirements were taken to a new level.

Although China's education industry is developing rapidly every year, it is not so easy to find a group of top pilots. Coupled with the follow-up training and training, it is basically difficult to fully bring out the performance of the fighter without a few years of effort. Of course, this also excludes some of the top learning talents, after all, everyone is different.

This is also why four years have passed since 11 years of ZTE, and Chen Shao has begun to use these most sophisticated weapons. It's all about enabling the fighters to bring out the best in all of these weapons and equipment. Of course, four years is not enough, but there is no problem in ensuring a certain combat effectiveness.

In-flight refueling is a skill that every jet fighter pilot must master, and there are no exceptions to this in the Chinese Air Force. Jet fighter pilots who can't refuel in the air are basically non-existent in the Chinese Air Force.

Sixteen fighters at a time, when the altitude was lowered, two refueling pipes protruded from the wings of each tanker, and each time two Black Hawk fighters refueled together. When all the Black Hawk fighters had finished fueling, the Black Hawks left the area again.

Climbing, maintaining an altitude of 10,000 and all increasing the speed to a thousand kilometers per hour, cruising at subsonic speeds, moving quickly in the direction of departure of the Japanese fleet.

And the eight air tankers turned around and left, and when they returned, the next batch of tankers refueled them. Because there is not much aviation fuel on these eight tankers, they simply cannot complete the next refueling task.

This is still an air tanker modified from the huge fuselage and payload of the Kunpeng transport aircraft, and eight such air tankers can carry at least 400 tons of aviation fuel, but these 400 tons of aviation fuel, under the refueling of these Black Hawk fighters, there is already a little bit of fuel left.

This is just a large group of Black Hawk fighters, and there are only seventy-two Black Hawk fighters. However, it was these 72 fighters that directly divided up more than 300 tons of aviation fuel, an average of nearly five tons of aviation fuel per fighter. This can only be described as terrifying. If this is a long-range bomber, this is not surprising, but these are just fighters, such a fuel load, really powerful. (This data was strong in World War II, but in modern times.) It can only be said that it is normal. ）

No wonder they dared to float across the sea and cross the Mariana Islands to pursue the Japanese Combined Fleet that had entered the Pacific Ocean. In addition, the auxiliary fuel tank carries more than three tons of fuel, and the aircraft clone can carry five tons of fuel, and finally add nearly five tons of fuel delivered by the tanker. Upon returning, apparently there was another in-flight refueling. If this trip is completely completed, it will be equivalent to China providing 18 tons of aviation fuel for each fighter.

If we really relied on China's science and technology at this time, it would never be able to create such a war machine. According to Chen Shao's estimate, it will take at least 20 years for China to develop science and technology before it can be manufactured.

Because of the data of the Black Hawk fighters. It can be said that it has exceeded the world's science and technology by at least 20 years.

Black Hawk Fighter Exterior Data: Seventeen meters long. The height of the aircraft is 4.5 meters, the wingspan is 12 meters, (including wingtip missiles) 13 meters, (carrier-based type, wing folding) 8 meters, and the wing area is 38 square meters.

Weight data: ten tons empty. The take-off weight is 1.7 tons (air combat mission) and 22 tons (ground attack mission). The maximum internal fuel is five tons. The maximum external fuel is three tons (drop tanks), and the maximum take-off weight is twenty-eight tons (full ammunition and full fuel).

Performance data: maximum level flight speed (altitude) 1900 km/h, practical ceiling 15000 meters. The transfer range (without air refueling) is 3500 km, the combat radius (ground attack) is 1200 km, (air combat) is 800 km, and the ultimate range is 4200 km (air refueling). 11 pylons with a maximum bomb load of 7 tons.

The tail adopts a cantilever structure, with a sweep angle in both the flat rear and the vertical tail, and the flat tail is lower than the wing, so that the aircraft has good longitudinal stability when flying at a large elevation angle. The slightly outward-cambered twin riser tails are located on either side of the fuselage between the full-motion flat tail and the machine.

The landing gear is of the front three-point type, and the nose landing gear has a tow bar for catapult take-off. The cockpit adopts an airtight, air-conditioned cockpit with ejection seats, and the windshield and canopy open forward and backward respectively. The air intakes are of the fixed ramp type, which are located on both sides of the fuselage under the wing roots. The aircraft can carry 4990 kg of fuel, and can also hang three auxiliary fuel tanks, and the total fuel load of the aircraft can reach 8 tons. There is also a collectible in-flight refueling hose on the upper right side of the nose.

Airborne equipment: digital air-to-air and air-to-ground tracking radar, which can track 6 targets and display 4 targets to the pilot when the air-to-air operation is in the working state. In addition, there is a radar warning receiver, a flight control system and two digital computers, as well as an inertial navigation system, two multi-function displays and a central screen display and visual display.

These data are not something that Zhonghua's technology can fully understand, and even Chen Shao has no way to fully understand such things. From the time when Chen Shao pressed to produce the Black Hawk fighters, when the fully enclosed factory shipped these fighters out, the data was like this.

Although the fighters are very advanced and powerful, there is a big shortcoming, that is, China has no way to improve these fighters at all, unless the level of scientific and technological development reaches such a standard. Otherwise, what these fighters are now and will be in the future.

Of course, there is absolutely no way for the Intruder fighter to compare with the Black Hawk. Chen Shao can say that these Black Hawk fighters are the most advanced fighting machines in the world, and there is no one. The measure is that it will take at least 20 years for China to be fully built.

Even if it is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and a nuclear bomb and missile, Chen Shao did not say such a thing. Because now China has the ability to make these things, even if the performance is average, but at least it can be made.

However, if it is replaced with some parts on the Black Hawk fighter, it will be given to China, and China will not be able to produce it. If it weren't for the fact that there would be matching maintenance equipment and replacement parts at the Red Alert base, these Black Hawk fighters would also be a one-time consumable. If you have a headache and brain fever, there is no way to fix it.

In this regard, Chen Shao's evaluation is: Such a fighter can definitely be used for several generations and will not be outdated.

And it is such high-tech weapons that are heading towards the Japanese Combined Fleet. Even if it could not stay in the air for a long time because of the voyage, it was enough to teach the Japanese Combined Fleet a hard lesson.

ps: After writing this chapter, Gorgeous has a kinship. The Black Hawk is just too much of a balancing balance. The above data was determined by Gorgeous a long time ago, but it was just used for use. Originally, it was going to weaken a little, but in the end, Huali didn't change the data.

These data are modifications to the F-14, and in terms of its performance, it has been reduced and changed a lot. The variable sweep wing did not appear, and it changed from a two-seater to a single-seater, which is what you can see, and the ceiling and empty weight have also decreased a lot.

In fact, at the beginning of the book, Hua Hua was not well grasped, and it was originally planned that the weapons that would be the main equipment of the sixties would appear at most in World War II have now become weapons developed in the sixties.

Don't worry too much about this, it's very likely that Gorgeous will put some of the things of the American imperialists in the fifties on the United States in the book to balance it. I don't know if you have any opinions on this? (To be continued......)