"Captain, do you think the new system they are installing on the 331 ship will be able to detect us first?" When Zhou Yunhai was restless, the 369 ship was hiding in the extreme edge of the exercise area and cautiously moving opposite the 331 ship at low speed. ”

For Pi Chengjun's question, Mei Linkai also had no answer, "Who knows, it is said that this system is developed with the participation of Dr. Duke, and the performance should not be too bad." Merlin Kai replied while watching intently at the information from the various indicators on his ship. I heard that it is similar to the combat system of the Air Force and the Army, and it has achieved a high degree of informationization, unlike the indicators everywhere like we have now, which is much simpler and more beautiful. ”

"If you want me to say, you can't find out before the enemy, no matter how beautiful it is, it's a show." Pi Chengjun pouted and said, "Although our Kilo ship has been around for a long time, its performance is not bad, and it is not bad at all compared with the 331 ship. ”

It seems that Pi Chengjun is also a person who is very wary of the new system, after all, this system was taken out in a hurry, compared with the relevant systems of the army and air force, it has not been tested on a large scale and used directly, which is relatively rare in naval equipment, on the one hand, it is forced by the situation, and on the other hand, it is also because Duke has almost become a golden signboard, and the general assembly has a lot of trust in Duke.

However, this thing that has not been fully verified makes the front-line officers of the navy still have some drums in their hearts.

"Don't jump to conclusions so quickly, wait until we successfully escape their search this time," Mei Linkai said lightly, he didn't have as deep skepticism as Pi Chengjun, but now that the exercise is not over, it is true that he can't draw conclusions too early, this time he chose to cruise at low speed away from Zhou Yunhai at their end, completely using the battery on the boat, and the cruising range is more than 400 nautical miles at low speed, that is to say, they can use battery power throughout the exercise to maintain minimal navigation noise, Reduce the distance you can get detected by enemy sonar, so you can spot them first and sneak through the gap in their search.

The Kilo-class submarines are known as the black holes of the ocean and have a strong anti-submarine penetration capability, and of course Merlin Kai will use this greatest advantage to defeat the Red Army's search.

The current military exercise is not the kind of drama in which the victory or defeat was predetermined in advance, but after the preset battlefield and campaign objectives, the red and blue sides are allowed to play freely, and whoever can successfully defeat the opponent in the exercise will be rewarded by the higher authorities, and in the case that there is no actual combat opportunity on weekdays, this is the best opportunity for Mei Linkai and them to make meritorious contributions, so in every confrontation exercise, both sides are racking their brains to defeat the opponent.

It can be said that apart from the fact that no real weapons were used, there was almost no difference between the other aspects of this confrontational exercise and actual combat, and this was also a touchstone for truly testing the strength of both sides; when there was no opportunity for actual combat, the armed forces could be able to continuously enhance and maintain their combat effectiveness in the course of confrontation through such exercises, so the military regarded the victory or defeat of such exercises as an evaluation index second only to the performance of combat missions.

According to past experience, if the 369 ship does not start the main thruster and is powered by batteries, the 331 ship will not be less than 5 nautical miles if it wants to be discovered, and this must be the cruising position of the 331 ship in a favorable position. Before that, the sonar of the 369 ship should have detected the opponent at a distance of 2 to 3 nautical miles earlier, and then calmly avoided the opponent.

The two sides have conducted a number of confrontational exercises before, and in most cases the Kilo has won by virtue of this advantage.

This time, Mei Linkai is also ready to repeat his old tricks and use this advantage to defeat his opponent again.

The exercise headquarters of a certain fleet of the Navy watched the red and blue submarines on the big screen getting closer and closer, and the breathing of the officers at the rank of colonel began to become rapid, and the mentality of these officers and the two sides of the exercise was different, and they deeply felt that the current situation was grim, and they had high hopes for this new system; if this exercise proved that the performance of the new system was far from the performance indicators provided by the laboratory, then in the face of the joint efforts of the Japanese and the Yankees, the pressure on the navy would be very great.

Submarines, as the main combat force of the PLA Navy, are the winners and losers of the Navy when the sea surface strength is weak, and if they are unable to cope with the challenges of their opponents, the entire Navy may stage a tragedy of defeat after defeat in the maritime conflicts that are becoming more and more prone to occur.

We only have two aircraft carrier squadrons, and the main forces of destroyers and frigates are far inferior in quantity and quality to the sea forces that the Japanese and Yankees are now gathering in East Asia, and the Yankees have at least six advanced surface destroyers in one aircraft carrier battle group, and the six aircraft carrier formations are at least 36 or more.

Not to mention the huge maritime strength of 8 Kongo I/II class, 18 Murayu/Takanami class, 12 Asagiri-class destroyers and 2 20,000-ton helicopter carriers as the main force, and 2 Dadaofeng-class, 2 Qifeng-class destroyers and 12 Hatsuyuki-class as second-line substitutes.

In contrast, the three fleets of our advanced destroyers 052, 054 series and modern ships with comparable capabilities add up to no more than 30, supplemented by a large number of Type 022 stealth missile boats, and their strength is far lower than that of their opponents.

Therefore, purely from the sea surface, the navy is obviously at an absolute disadvantage, and can only rely on land-based air force support and shore-based anti-ship missiles to maintain coastal defense, and if the navy is completely unable to form effective resistance and do nothing, at that time, the combat pressure on the entire sea surface will be transferred to the air force, and for the air force, which is already effectively tight, it is necessary to not only compete for air supremacy, but also to seize sea supremacy, which is obviously a huge burden that the air force cannot bear. This will greatly change the strategic situation of the entire theater.

Otherwise, the current good situation may be reversed, and the process of returning to Taiwan Island, which has been promoted with great difficulty, will be greatly affected.

Therefore, officers at the rank of general and colonel who really have some understanding of the above situation are very concerned about this confrontational exercise. If the exercise proves that the new system can greatly enhance the combat strength of the existing main combat forces, can effectively confront the adversary at the bottom of the sea, and can effectively defend the coastal waters by relying on land-based forces, then the integration of the land and air forces will not be afraid of the combined forces of the Japanese and the Yankees.

15 nautical miles! 12 nautical miles! 11 nautical miles! As the distance got closer and closer, the hearts of the officers of the exercise headquarters were all tightened, and suddenly, from the command system of the Red Army, which was directly connected to the big screen, a flashing prompt came out that the new system had discovered the 369 ship with a low-speed submarine at a distance of a little more than 10 nautical miles!

The officers of the exercise command immediately burst into applause, and could no longer suppress their excitement, the new system is indeed very effective, and the effective detection range of low-speed submarines has been more than doubled. If the 369 ship is not battery-powered but diesel-driven, it is believed that the effective detection range will be greater than 15 nautical miles.

This effect is already slightly higher than the level of the Japanese Canglong-class and the Los Angeles-class submarines of the US military.

The tactics of the Shifeng detachment have also been recognized by the exercise command, and they are ready to be popularized to all submarine units of the Navy as a typical tactic of the new system.

Soon, a new submarine group with Shadow-class drones began a cluster of 4-6 submarine cruises, and a dark battle on the bottom of the sea began.

(Dizzy, the timing is wrong!) ）