In the sixteenth year of ZTE, in mid-November. Just when the Pacific Theater launched a fierce offensive against the Central Pacific.

The Chinese Pacific Fleet is also ready to formally compete with the main force of the Japan-US Combined Fleet.

In the western Pacific basin, seven hundred nautical miles from the Mariana Islands, it was the absolute main force of the Allied fleet.

In the past few days, they have been overwhelmed by China's submarine forces.

The Chinese submarine force used practical actions to speed up the Allied forces, what is called the submarine wolf pack. Japan has nothing to say, their submarine forces are meant to play soy sauce. During the Atlantic Ocean and the original Japan-US Pacific War, the U.S. submarine force, which shone brightly, also truly understood the charm of submarine warfare.

Superior tactics usually require a certain superiority in equipment, and this is especially evident in modern warfare.

The US sonar detection equipment cannot be said to be very backward, like the Chinese submarine, which does not mean that it is completely undetectable. In particular, the destroyers newly built by the United States in the past two years are equipped with advanced sonar detection equipment in the nose bulb under the water in the bow.

However, many things in the world are always the same, as the saying goes, the road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high. The United States has advanced sonar, which the Chinese submarine force has realized since China entered the war. Since entering the war, the Chinese submarine force has also lost dozens of submarines, and without exception, these submarines were discovered by US destroyers, either killed by depth charges or destroyed by bombs dropped by seaplanes.

Japan, on the other hand, has made no achievements in this regard.

The Allies, so to speak, today. In the Pacific, the anti-submarine mechanism is held up by the United States alone.

However, the Chinese side is not stupid, and in the face of a large number of destroyers by the United States, China's submarine forces have also made many tactical modifications.

Sonar detection is generally to detect the sound of agitation of seawater when the propeller of an underwater submarine rotates, and of course, it can also detect the vibration and sound emitted by the submarine engine. These two points are the main targets of sonar detection.

The vibration and sound of the submarine engine are not a problem to solve, and it is not a problem to minimize them. But this propeller is not so simple.

A very simple example. The propeller of the submarine. Generally, there are more than three leaves, while the Chinese ones generally have more than five leaves. It is bent at a large angle in order to provide greater propulsion to the submarine itself.

However, as long as these blades are above. It can't be done with extreme smoothness. Even a small bump that you can't feel. Or a dimple smaller than a microorganism. These create blisters in the water, and once they appear, they can't be detected by sonar. Slow-moving submarines. Maybe it's a little better, once at high speed, with the speed of the blade, too many bubbles are generated, and the noise is bound to be large.

In later generations, how a country's precision industry is, very simply, is to look at the quality of the country's submarine propellers. In fact, even in later generations, countries and companies that are really capable of producing high-quality submarine propellers can be counted on one hand.

Germany has done a very good job in this regard, because Germany has inherited many of Germany's precision industries in World War II, coupled with the rigorous style of the Germans themselves.

And now, China has long surpassed Germany in terms of shipbuilding and industrial development. The German U-boats, in the Atlantic, caused countless problems for the Allies. China's submarines, in the Pacific Ocean, have also made the United States and Japan anxious.

Even if China's submarines are not really black holes in the ocean, once they approach the target, they all quietly approach at a speed of less than five knots. The sonar detection of the United States is also a smear. In addition, Chinese submarines do not need to float to determine the target of attack, and it is often only at the moment of discovering the inexplicable appearance of torpedoes that the Allied soldiers know that there is a lurking undersea killer around them. However, when I saw the fish, it was too late.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the submarines operating in the enemy's active waters today are at least Zhou-class submarines. As China's latest generation of conventionally powered submarines, and at the same time the most advanced in the world, it is a lingering nightmare for the Allies.

Not to mention the Typhoon-class attack nuclear submarines that China secretly exists, although this type of submarine does not have a vertical missile launcher, and China does not have the actual combat capability of submarine-launched missiles. However, a large number of characteristics, such as low noise, deep diving, no need to float and recharge, and long diving time, always appear in places that the Japanese and American navies often do not expect, shoot a few torpedoes, and then disappear again.

The invisible enemy is the most terrifying.

As a result of a huge submarine battle waged by Chinese submarines against the Japanese-US combined fleet, the Japanese-US joint fleet was in a state of high tension at all times. In just three days, a total of tens of thousands of depth charges were dropped, and often the slightest inexplicable noise could make those sonar soldiers bow and snake shadows, and depth charges were naturally dropped.

Of course, this was not without gain, and in three days, at least twenty of the Allied submarines were killed under depth charges. This further led to the fact that the Allied fleet could not find a single submarine of its own under the sea.

On the other hand, the attack of Chinese submarines has made the huge fleet jump every day.

Another characteristic of the Chinese submarine forces is the attack hit rate. An oxygen torpedo is extremely dangerous, and with a wire-guided torpedo, the lethality is doubled.

A five-hundred-kilogram oxygen torpedo with a warhead is quite capable of depowering an American heavy cruiser with half a chance of sinking. If those light cruisers of several thousand tons are basically missed, they will sink, of course, this will take a certain amount of time. But on a destroyer, once an oxygen torpedo hits, even the sailors above will not be spared.

In addition, wire-guided torpedoes are often reoriented by sailors on ships who think they can avoid torpedoes, and it is precisely this suddenness that makes the destroyers and cruisers on the periphery of the Japanese-US joint fleet miserable.

For three days, not a single sailor slept well. Because no one wants to see God in a dream.

In particular, the sailors on the light cruisers and destroyers were always praying that they would not be the next targets to be attacked.

Of course. On the other hand, under high pressure, the Allies are also on high alert at all times. This also makes Chinese submarines unable to find targets for attack in many cases.

Actually, this is not very strange, after all, overhead, there are enemy warships everywhere. Every attack is extremely dangerous, and there is always a danger of being detected.

Although it is not necessary for the Chinese submarine to rise to the height of the periscope in order to attack, it cannot be less than thirty meters. Thirty meters, around the enemy's large fleet, is also a very dangerous number. Once spotted by a water patrol aircraft. Enemy destroyers will inevitably swarm. When the time comes. No matter how fast the submarine dives, it can't dodge the depth charges that are dropped over a wide area.

Because after being discovered, even if the specific location cannot be detected by the enemy, the approximate attack range is determined. within a certain depth. Drop depth charges over a wide area. The threat to submarines remains enormous.

So, every attack of the submarine was simulated and planned countless times, and a maximum of two torpedoes were fired at a time. After simple manoeuvring, the torpedo line will be cut off, and then quickly dived away, and for twenty-four hours, it will not be seen again.

The Japanese-US joint fleet, with its 1,000 warships, spans hundreds of nautical miles, which also provides a lot of combat range for the Chinese submarine force, and the space for maneuvering is also very ample.

The three-day attack caused heavy losses to the destroyers on the periphery of the Japanese-US joint fleet, which also led to the helpless narrowing of the alert circle. Whether it is Nagano Cultivation or Nimitz, the situation of the fleet at this time is the last thing you want to see.

It's not that they don't want to make changes, but the time is too short. As soon as the three days passed, and before they could make changes, the water patrol planes on air alert came with information that they had discovered Chinese surface warships and fighters. This news still came from three directions, and none of these seaplanes returned.

It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, which is really not good news. At least in the current situation.

This message from the seaplane alone says a lot. Surface ships plus aircraft, it can already be said that there are Chinese aircraft carriers around. Seaplanes patrolling in the front, left and right, and three directions all sent this message, which also shows that the Japanese-US joint fleet at this moment seems to have suddenly entered the pocket arranged by the Chinese fleet.

Without hesitation, the vigilant aircraft carrier immediately took off fighters, and the aircraft carrier formations preparing for war also began to prepare for the take-off of fighters in full swing. The aircraft carrier group, which was originally in a resting state, was also immediately in a state of readiness.

The ships began to calculate the distance between them and form an interception and air defense network.

The radars were all turned on, and the lookout posts of the ships did not blink a single eye, and their hands were sweaty and clutched at the handles of the observation glasses. The entire fleet was suddenly on high alert, and everyone, whether it was ground crew, pilots, gunners, communications officers, commanders, and even sailors in the engine room, held their breath. The chatter, the chatter, all disappeared at the same time.

All that remains is the electronic devices, tick-to-click.

Yet ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, and half an hour passed. There was not the slightest movement, and the sky in the distance was still peaceful, with white clouds and a line of water and sky.

In the sky, except for the carrier-based aircraft that had taken off on alert for themselves, there was not the slightest surprise.

But the intelligence can't be wrong, after all, it comes from three sides at the same time. If it is a place, the information may be false, but the information transmitted at the same time in three locations is absolutely not wrong. The main point is that the seaplanes sent in these three directions will not return. This alone is enough to show that the enemy is all around.

Half an hour passed, and just as the other heavy cruisers were about to send out a second wave of water patrol planes, many pilots of the carrier-based aircraft group on alert at high altitude exclaimed on the radio.

"Oh God, it's missiles, a lot of missiles."

"Baga, China's missiles, what's going on."

"O God! What's going on. ”

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The radio channels suddenly became noisy, and before the command of the Japanese-American Combined Fleet below could send out an inquiry, the watchtower also exclaimed. In the middle of the water and sky, many dark shadows appeared on the sea level, and in a few breaths, these lookout posts could see what it was without the help of a telescope.

These slender cylinders with two wings, less than sixty meters above the sea, struck the fleet at a rapid speed.

"Missiles are coming, hurry up and dodge!"

A terrible shout came from the lookout whistle. At this time, they were also confused, but instinctively made them consciously shout out. In fact, the minds of these lookout posts are still blank, and they don't even have time to think. Seeing that these missiles were approaching at a rapid pace, their brains did not have time to react at all.

Missiles, the term in the minds of soldiers, is not unfamiliar. First the German V-1, V-2. Later China also had missiles. The United States also has the Minuteman family of missiles. When the round missile appeared, everyone had countless questions in an instant. But there were no answers to these questions, and there was no time for them to pursue them.

Destroyers on the perimeter alert, before they had time to react. One by one, the missiles passed through the intervals between the destroyers. There is no missile warning radar. There was no advance warning. When these anti-ship missiles, which are more than twice the speed of sound, appear in the eye. It's already late. (Double the speed of sound = 2450 km/h = 1322 knots = 680 m/s)

What concept of twice the speed of sound, that is, in the blink of an eye, can disappear from your sight.

The rapid sound of telegrams rang out in the command of the Japanese-American Combined Fleet. On the sea in the distance. There were still warships that were hit and exploded and caught fire.

No one knew how to dodge these things, even Nagano Shusei and Nimitz had a brief blank in their minds.

Through the porthole of the Montana, the two saw the fleet in the distance in the sea in a panic.

From the time the missile is discovered to the time it appears in the middle of the fleet, there is still two or three minutes of flight time in between. But for two or three minutes, everyone felt as if they were racing against death.

Nagano and Nimitz only gave the order to dodge, and there were no useful tactics to deal with the current situation. This can't be blamed on Nagano Shufu and Nimitz, because even they never dreamed of such a situation.

Even if the Chinese Black Hawk fighters attacked, they would not be so helpless, because they already had a tactical plan. However, in the face of unknown means of attack, it can only be said that it is difficult for strong people to think of a way to deal with it in just two or three minutes, after all, they are not gods.

However, things seem to have a bright side, except for those warships that dodged and did not hit the missiles in time, these terrifying-looking missiles did not hit other ships.

It would seem, these missiles are not terrible. The sailors on the outer warships of the Japanese-American joint fleet did not think about it.

But is this really the case?

The clock went back to ten minutes ago, just twenty minutes after the seaplanes of the combined Japanese-American fleet reported the discovery of the enemy. The major formations of the Chinese Pacific Fleet officially entered the optimal attack positions.

Among them, 12 Aegis air defense cruisers and 24 anti-submarine destroyers (Red Alert units) broke away from the aircraft carrier formation under the cover of carrier-based aircraft, and approached a position less than 100 nautical miles from the outer destroyer alert circle of the Japanese-American combined fleet.

It's an excellent position to attack, certainly for the weapons on these advanced ships. The countdown to the attack began when all the ships turned their sides to the combined Japanese-American fleet a hundred nautical miles away.

Each of these 36 warships is very separate, forming a huge arc towards the Japanese-American combined fleet, and without exception, the sides of these warships are facing the center of the Japanese-American combined fleet. The same position as the battleships of World War I used to fight for maximum firepower.

It's just that these warships don't have huge cannons on them, and even the main guns are only one, and it's still a single-barreled rapid-fire gun with only 105 mm. Even the Aegis air defense cruiser with a displacement of up to 15,000 tons has only one such main gun.

However, at the back of the bridge, between the chimney and the bridge, there are many large square cylinders neatly arranged. Two rows up and down, four in a row, on both sides. That is to say, on an Aegis air defense cruiser, there are sixteen such large square cylinders.

The layout of the destroyer is also similar to that of the cruiser, except that the square barrels are a little less, only twelve.

If these warships appear in the later generations, everyone will not think it is strange, because many of the warships in later generations will look like this. There is no mystery about what is inside. Ask anyone casually, and everyone knows that there are missiles inside.

But during World War II, it was an unprecedented weapon.

Long before occupying the best launch position, the combat service centers of each ship began to get busy. Clear photos appear in the computer. Under the operation of the fire control officer, the photographic data was entered into the computer of the missile fighter.

If an Allied Navy soldier saw these photos, he would have been shocked. Because these photos are all the main warships of the Japanese-American combined fleet. Especially those aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons, there are not a lot of them. And there is not just one photo of each warship, but several photos taken from all angles. A group of photographs of a warship was quickly entered into the missile warhead.

The Montana had the most photographs and was entered into the computer of ten missiles at the same time. That is, there are ten missiles aimed at the Montana.

Some other large aircraft carriers are also locked by at least three missiles. Other light aircraft carriers or battleships. They all took their seats in turn.

A total of four hundred and eighty anti-ship missiles. All aimed at the most valuable goals.

When everything is ready, the countdown is over, and the missile is launched.

First two hundred and forty, after which the ship turned. Two hundred and forty more were fired on the other side. These four hundred and eighty missiles. It is the trump card of the Chinese naval battle. Even in the whole of China, there are no more than a thousand such missiles. Most of them are in the Pacific Fleet, the rest are scattered in the shore defense forces of the Navy. And the entire Pacific Fleet. There are only six hundred, and the remaining one hundred and twenty are still on the supply ships.

The 36 warships that had fired all the missiles retreated at full speed and joined up with the aircraft carrier formation behind.

The missiles that were launched, they did not have the ability to control, the fire control radar and the computer of the missile warhead were already working, and the tasks of the warship itself were fully completed.

These anti-ship missiles are completely different from the air-to-air missiles used by the Air Force, the first is the range, and China's current air-to-air missiles can hit up to 15 kilometers, while anti-ship missiles can hit 150 nautical miles, which is converted into 277 kilometers. Airborne radars can control air-to-air missiles within 15 kilometers, but shipborne radars cannot control missiles at a distance of 150 nautical miles.

So, this requires the missile to control itself. Of course, if there are advanced satellites, there is no need for such trouble, but this is not the era of precision guidance in later generations. China is not so advanced either.

Just like the cruise missiles in the early days of the later generations, do you know how troublesome the early cruise missile guidance was?

In the cruise missile planning route, it is necessary to take a clear photo of the whole group, and those fixed markings and buildings must ensure absolute clarity, that is, before the missile is launched, the missile route must be completely photographed. Then the footage is fed into the warhead of the cruise missile, and the computer compares the photos to find the flight path. Let the missile know when it should rise, when to correct the direction, what target to determine.

And there is an important first point, cruise missiles at that time could not attack moving targets. To finalize the target of the strike, there must be a fixed reference. When the radar of the missile warhead finds a target that meets the target, it will notify the computer in the warhead, and the computer will control the missile to start lifting, and from the data that has already been entered, it will make a decision on whether to start launching into the air to carry out a vertical strike from a distance, or to attack directly from a low altitude. (I've only heard of this gorgeousness, after all, gorgeous can only be regarded as a pseudo-military fan.) Perhaps, probably, that's pretty much it. ）

Today, China's anti-ship missiles are much the same. There is no need for any fixed reference on the sea surface, and the route of the missile's flight has been largely determined a long time ago. The target is just before the missile's calculated flight trajectory, and as long as the missile's radar finds a target that matches the picture in the computer, it will also notify the ballistic itself to correct it and directly skim the sea to attack. (For a reason, the world's first anti-ship missile was the Hs-292 anti-ship missile developed by Germany at the end of World War II, which was put into actual combat at the end of 1944 and sank many Allied transport ships.) In fact, in addition to its speed exceeding the speed of sound, its low flight altitude and long range, its guidance function was available a few years after World War II. ）

The lethality of this missile is very amazing, and the speed and warhead are enough to make any large warship incapacitated. The length of the bomb is 6.5 meters, the diameter of the bullet is 0.76 meters, the wingspan is 2.4 meters, the total mass of the bomb is 2500 kilograms, plus the destructive power under kinetic energy, even a big guy like a Montana-class battleship can make it withdraw from the battle with one shot.

Of course, missiles flying over the sea are not 100 percent capable of hitting their targets.

The large main warships of the Japanese-US joint fleet are surrounded in the middle of the fleet inside and out, and many of the anti-ship missiles that mainly come to these main warships have encountered substitute ghosts.

When the 480 missiles arrived at the Zhongxing position of the Japanese-US Combined Fleet, less than half of the missiles remained, and except for a few missiles that malfunctioned and plunged directly into the sea, the other missiles all hit the cruisers or destroyers on the periphery as they slowly descended in altitude.

However, the remaining 200 or so missiles still dealt an extremely fierce blow to the Japanese-US joint fleet.

A series of explosions sounded on the sea, and many of the warships on the sea were pierced through the hull. Many cruisers and destroyers were directly blown into two pieces and bubbled into the sea.

Missiles that accurately hit targets have also achieved fruitful results.

Thousands of warships were panicked, and many warships collided with each other. The formation was already in disarray, and countless anti-aircraft fires shot up indiscriminately, trying to defeat these flying Grim Reapers. However, the explosions continued to sound.

The breath of death permeated the sea, and only thousands of carrier-based aircraft in the air watched the wonderful and magnificent pictures of the sea. Their cameras will record this scene very well, and the camera data that can be preserved after the end will be a good explanation of how the most powerful fleet in the history of mankind was destroyed.

Fireworks of death bloom on the sea, the fragility of life withers like yesterday's yellow flowers, and the wreckage and debris tell the suffering of war.

PS: These days, Gorgeous is tormented by her own teeth every day. The innermost big teeth in the lower row are half grown, and half are still in the flesh, and they used to hurt only occasionally, and these days, they have been convulsing every day.

I really want to pull out the teeth directly with a pair of tweezers, but Gorgeous can't be ruthless to herself. In the past, I often heard people say that toothache is not a disease, but a pain that kills people. Now Huali understands this sentence very deeply, it really hurts.

The message in the book review area, gorgeous also went to see it. Gorgeous feeling is also ashamed, and I say sorry to everyone, it will be finished soon. (To be continued......)