Chapter 337: A New Xuanwu Fleet
The Xuanwu Fleet, as always, has a newly upgraded internal command system on the command ship Xuanwu, and after a month-long software and hardware upgrade, the Xuanwu has once again become the core flagship of the Xuanwu Fleet.
Vice Admiral Long Yun, commander of the Xuanwu Fleet, inspects the new fleet command system with several generals of the Xuanwu Fleet.
This time, the equipment was fully upgraded, and the first to be supplemented with new equipment were the Xuanwu Fleet and the White Tiger Fleet.
As the fleet's hardware improves, so does the software.
After the upgrade, the Xuanwu has been equipped with a large number of communication systems and radars, mainly focusing on satellite communications, and also updating all the display systems inside the battleship, adding an augmented reality projection system and a network warfare department.
The crew on the ship has also increased a part of the computer elite from the spy unit.
The brand-new command system has a response speed 100 times that of the previous one, and can get feedback on battlefield information in a timely manner, and the central computer has the ability to identify its own information, and can only select important information for display in a timely manner.
There has been a marked improvement in the overall command capability.
The Xuanwu, which was converted at the Guam shipyard, went to sea with many of the new warships of the Xuanwu fleet and is currently undergoing simple software testing.
Following the Xuanwu were two huge super battleships of Hades, the King of Qin Guang and the King of Chuzhuang.
On the periphery, there are two aircraft carriers that are not inferior to the Pluto-class battleships, a primary nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a new steam catapult device, a straight-through deck and a beveled deck, four catapult take-off lines, and the carrier-based aircraft on the ship, which are also all jet fighters, and they are third-generation jet fighters.
Because of the upgrading of equipment and hardware, the four major fleets of the expeditionary corps have also been reduced to a certain extent.
The four fleets will no longer have the size of seven aircraft carriers, and the fleet aircraft carriers that have taken a back seat will all be used by training aircraft carriers integrated into the garrison.
The Xuanwu fleet, which is the first to complete the upgrade, has only two of the three aircraft carriers in the plan, and one is currently in seaworthiness sea trials, and there is still a week before it enters service.
From the number of seven aircraft carriers to three, the strength of the four major aircraft carrier fleets of the expeditionary corps has not decreased in the slightest, but has increased by a high exponential.
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a full load displacement infinitely close to 100,000 tons, each of which has the capacity of dozens of jet carrier-based aircraft.
At present, there are only three types of carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier, early warning aircraft, tankers and fighters, and this configuration also increases the number of fighters carried by the aircraft carrier as much as possible.
The primary nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has a deck length of 333 meters, a deck width of 77 meters, a full load displacement of 99,900 tons, a maximum speed of 35 knots, and a crew of 4,300 people.
It is equipped with an anti-aircraft search radar, a plane search radar, an air defense system fire control radar, a tracking radar, a large number of advanced electronic systems, jamming missile launchers, electronic warfare systems, combat command systems, target search systems, and ship self-defense combat systems.
When fully loaded, it is capable of carrying seventy-six carrier-based fighters at one time, as well as five AWACS and eight anti-submarine aircraft, as well as sixteen Intruder fighter-bombers, and finally six large helicopters for integrated missions.
The total number of carriers, more than 100 aircraft, also has a very good self-defense anti-aircraft firepower, with six short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, and the Getter cannon system all over the deck, which can carry out air defense and anti-torpedo operations.
The combat effectiveness of an aircraft carrier is enough to crush the previous seven aircraft carriers, and even in the face of maritime opponents in this era, there is no need to have an escort fleet, and such an aircraft carrier can also gallop the ocean alone.
And the newly upgraded fleet is also a great improvement for other warships.
Although the total number of warships has been reduced, it has led to an increase in the overall combat capability.
However, so far, in the Xuanwu fleet, after replacing the main battleship, only eight new warships have been added.
Two Aegis air defense cruisers with a displacement of 15,000 tons, two multifunctional destroyers with a displacement of almost 10,000 tons, and a sea scorpion around it.
The original other warships in the Xuanwu fleet have not been replaced, because in this war, a large enough number of warships are needed to blockade the sea route.
After a three-day test at sea, the main forces of the Xuanwu fleet returned to the naval base in Guam.
Just when Long Yun had just set foot on the land of Guam, an order from the command center of the expeditionary corps reached his hands.
The Expeditionary Legion's order was very simple, which was to allow Tatsuun to create an opportunity to destroy the Japanese combined fleet and capture Iwo Jima and the Ogasawara Islands at the same time.
In terms of time, the command center of the expeditionary corps hoped to hear the good news of the Xuanwu fleet before the start of the Philippine battlefield on the Western Front.
As a matter of fact, the Xuanwu Fleet is completely intimidated by the location of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and with the current strength of the Xuanwu Fleet, even if it forcibly enters Tokyo Bay, it will not pose much of a threat.
Not to mention the threat of the Japanese native aviation, for the Xuanwu fleet, which has brand new fighters, Japan's defense is a paper tiger, or a sheep made of straw is more suitable.
However, Long Yun did not intend to force his move, and this kind of reckless behavior was not what a commander should do.
There are better ways to deal with the Japanese, and there is still plenty of time anyway.
"Inform all officers above the brigadier general level on Guam to assemble in the conference room in an hour."
Soon, the officers of the three armed forces on the island all gathered in the headquarters of Guam, and Long Yun was also waiting for everyone here with the orders of the command center.
At the beginning of the meeting, Long Yun said straight to the point: "When I come to the combat mission, I need to know whether all the air bases on the three islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian can cope with the next operational needs." ”
The commander of the air base on Guam, an Air Force Major General, stood up and said: "The air force units on the island can be dispatched on a large scale at any time. ”
"Has the Air Force's planned bombing operation against the Japanese mainland been completed?" Long Yun nodded and asked again.
"Because of the new equipment, the bombing plan was reformulated and the bombing of the Japanese mainland was ready to be carried out." The Air Force Major General replied.
Long Yun immediately ordered: "Then you don't need to be polite, prepare to bomb Japan immediately." ”
"I need satellites to monitor the position of the Japanese fleet in real time, and every five minutes, cross-update the latest information."
"The main force of the Xuanwu Fleet will depart in three days, and the Second Marine Corps will depart in a week, aiming for Iwo Jima."