Chapter 702 - 703 Gods and Mortals
After the successful capture of Tsushima by the Korean Federal Army, the Japanese side raised the level of protection of the island a lot, while the North Korean side rejoiced because of the victory, and thought that greater victory and glory were within reach, naturally, even if the Korean side was the main force in the Japanese strategy, but the command was still in the hands of the Chinese generals, whether it was a Korean officer or a Far Eastern officer, they had to obey the dispatch of the Chinese PLA leadership. At first, North Korea had some opinions about this, but considering that the Korean federal army lacked the command experience and necessary capabilities at this level, North Korea had to obey this assignment.
The entire Japanese strategy plan was carried out step by step, and the SCO coalition forces did not risk directly attacking Japan's Honshu Island, but spread from the outer islands inward step by step, gradually landing on Honshu Island, and destroying Japan. After the capture of Tsushima Island, the Korean Federal Army and the Far East Army, with the assistance of the Chinese Navy and Air Force, attacked Iki Island and the Goto Islands. The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force must not sit idly by while the Chinese land on Japan's outer islands, and the Sea of Japan, without the support of the US military, launched a counter-operation against the landing fleet of the SCO coalition forces on its own.
Although Japan lacked large-tonnage capital-class warships, they did have a strange number of destroyers, and the combat performance of these ships was not inferior, to be fair, but they faced China and its allies, which were the most advanced in naval equipment.
The North Korean Navy is armed with a number of 052A destroyers purchased from China, and later the stronger D60 destroyers. The Far Eastern Republic also has quite a few F40 frigates and D60 destroyers that have been purchased from China in recent years. Among them, the D60 destroyer adopts a rotating phased array radar and is equipped with a primary Aegis system, which already has the combat power of the Aegis ship, and its air defense capability cannot be underestimated.
Of course, the Sea of Japan also has its own Aegis ships, that is, the Kongo-class and the Atago-class that have recently begun to be built, the Atago class on the main plane is more advanced than the Atago-class on the other plane, not only using more stealth modifications, but also the combat capability of the system has been strengthened because the US military hopes to use Japan to contain China, although the 96-unit vertical hair is not as good as the Type 055 cruiser, but it is still stronger than the 052D destroyer.
However, the cost of the Atago class is five times that of China's 052D, and even higher than the two 055 cruisers, so there is no comparison in terms of cost performance.
Katsutoshi Kono, the vice admiral of the Sea of Japan, instructed his fleet before the Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet lifted anchor with a pessimistic and stern attitude: "Gentlemen, today is a crucial battle for the survival of Japan, and the enemies we face may be ten times stronger than ours, they may have defeated many strong enemies, and the number of ships is heavy, but this does not change our determination to gamble our honor and lives and fight to the death. More than 60 years ago, the naval ancestors of the Great Japanese Empire could abuse the cowardly and ignorant Shina people, and today we must not do worse than our predecessors, and the dignity and safety of Japan will be guarded by our generation! Please! ”
"Hey!" All the self-defense officers of the fleet answered their commander in the same sad but strong voice.
Some of the sailors followed the tradition of wearing headbands painted with the Japanese red sun symbol and the word "victory" on their heads, and they encouraged each other, saying, "So-and-so, you must survive." "So-and-so, the mission of striking at the Shina fleet will fall on our heads, and we will win!" And so on. They also know that in today's naval battles, the chances of victory are slim to none, because their opponents have not found an opponent on the sea for too long. The Europeans were defeated cleanly, the Americans were beaten all over the ground, and the Japanese, although arrogant and arrogant, were not completely stupid, and the SCO task force escorting the landing fleet was more than twice the tonnage of the Haizi fleet, and not only had a large number of cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and submarines, but also an aircraft carrier Liaoning, as well as a super-giant aircraft carrier that had never been seen before.
This super-giant aircraft carrier is the Type 004 nuclear-powered super aircraft carrier that was put into actual combat for the first time, that is, the drone carrier of Red Alert. After being determined to completely solve this world war, Qi Yiming no longer has too many hidden thoughts, this aircraft carrier assigned the ship name "Shanxi" is also the only Type 004 aircraft carrier belonging to the Navy, her biggest feature is that she can use Air Knight-type unmanned fighters and sea-wing diving vehicles.
Even if the Sea of Japan has the greatest will to fight, and even reached the realm of super-level performance (in manga terminology, it has entered the "zone"), the gap between the Sea and the SCO Coalition Task Force is too great.
When the Sea Self Fleet set sail in the Tsushima Strait, the SCO Task Force discovered the coordinates of the Sea of Japan Air Squadron with the help of air knight drones that were conducting reconnaissance and intelligence gathering.
These drones have extremely high artificial intelligence, and after determining that the enemy is far from their opponent, the Sky Knights begin to attack the fleet in swarms. There are not only more than 30 air knights flying in the sky, but also the sword carrier-based unmanned attack aircraft carried by the Shanxi, which have more outstanding anti-ship capabilities than the multi-purpose air knights.
Almost instantly, the alarms on the ships of the Sea of Japan Fleet beeped loudly, thanks to the cloud combat capability, the unmanned fighters have a more powerful coordination ability than manned fighters, they can simultaneously launch anti-ship missiles at the enemy's ships in different directions without missing milliseconds, thus increasing the difficulty of the enemy's countermeasures and defenses.
Despite the best efforts in the Sea of Japan, thirteen ships were hit, most of them lost their combat capability, and some began to sink slowly.
And that's not all, the Chinese submarines in ambush in the Tsushima Strait also fired heavy anti-ship missiles at the enemy fleet after the air attack, which were more lethal than air-launched missiles. The Sea of Japan does not have as many and advanced anti-submarine aircraft as the US military, so there is nothing that can be done about these missiles.
The battle lasted about 20 minutes, and nearly half of the ships in the Sea of Japan sank in the Tsushima Strait, killing more than 7,000 self-defense officers. And from beginning to end, Haizi didn't even see the appearance of a single Chinese ship, let alone hurt any of them.
The navies of the DPRK and the Far East, which are fighting together with the Chinese Navy, are also amazed that this battle is no longer like an adult bullying a child, but like a god rubbing mortals.