Chapter 121: Leveling Off
"All right, gentlemen." Palmer looked at his aides and said, "China has made a gesture, and now it's up to you to tell me what China is planning." ”
"Mr. President." Tony, a homeland security adviser, turned his head to look at Palmer and said, "We have just agreed that China cannot choose war at this time, which is not in line with China's long-term development strategy." This air engagement should be regarded as a sudden, independent incident. ”
"I understand that, please continue." Palmer said.
"Yes, Mr. President." Tony nodded, and then said: "In addition to raising the combat readiness level to Level 2, the Chinese government is also working with Russian aircraft carriers to form a mixed formation, in order to create a strong military force in the East China Sea, so as to deter Japan and us, there is no doubt about that. But ......"
After a pause, Tony continued: "Judging from the information that the Chinese government has revealed that it may sell dollars, I think the Chinese government is hoping that we can put some pressure on the Japanese government to be willing to negotiate with them to resolve this issue. Because as far as I know, the Japanese side seems to have refused to negotiate with the Chinese government until the Chinese government sent these messages. ”
Palmer was stunned when he heard this, and said, "The Japanese are crazy? Or is it the Japanese government that wants to go to war? ”
"No, it is said that it is because the Japanese want the Chinese government to take all responsibility for this conflict." Tony shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "Of course, the Chinese government can't agree to this condition, after all, we all know that the two active fires in the air were both Japanese F2 fighters, and the Chinese carrier-based aircraft were just defending, but the Chinese plane's counterattack was a little sharper, that's all." ”
Palmer rolled his eyes, the US reconnaissance planes and early warning planes had always maintained a monitoring of the air situation, and he naturally knew about what had happened between the Chinese and Japanese fighters; in Palmer's view, the Japanese Government obviously had no intention of holding peace talks, otherwise it would not have said anything demanding that the Chinese Government take full responsibility.
"Is the Japanese government ready to drag us into the water?" "Using the Japan-US Security Treaty to get us involved in the war, if we do fight, there is no doubt that we will be behind this conflict between Japan and China," Palmer mused. Guys, are we sure we have to carry this black cauldron? ”
"Fighting China now is very detrimental to our global strategy." "I'm not going to make an act of war with China, Mr. President," Tony said. ”
"Then we need to put some pressure on the Japanese government." "Just as the Chinese government wants, right? ”
"I'm afraid so, Mr. President."
"Well, I'll put a little pressure on the Japanese government to get them back to the negotiating table. However, we need to take a stance to fulfill the contents of the Japan-US Security Treaty. Raising his head, Palmer said, "Let the USS George Washington Carrier Battle Group move to the side of the combat airspace, raise it to Level 4 alert, let the carrier-based aircraft rise into the air, and tell all the planes in that airspace at the same time, we are coming." ”
"I see, Mr. President."
Just as Palmer gave the order, and the USS George Washington aircraft carrier battle group stationed in Japanese waters began to move to the airspace of engagement, the Jiangsu aircraft carrier battle group had also begun to form a mixed formation with the Russian Kuznetsov aircraft carrier battle group. And the carrier-based aircraft of the Kuznetsov, 12 Su-33 and 8 new MiG-29Ks also began to rise one after another, ready to join the air formation of the J-15.
In fact, the fighting nation is very happy to have some fun with the Japanese, especially some time ago, the Japanese actually made a fuss on the four northern islands, which provoked the anger of the fighting nation. On the territorial issue disputed by both sides, the fighting nation has always been very tough, and in the face of territorial disputes, even their tough guy president has said that Russia is the largest country in the world, but not an inch of land is superfluous.
Assembled, dispatched, in just half an hour, all the preparations for war have been made, and the planes of China and Japan that are fighting in the air have basically come out, and Japan's F2 fighters have been separated by China's J-15 carrier-based aircraft, and are chasing the world.
"Bastard, I'm locked again, they didn't fire, the Chinese planes are playing with us!" An F2 pilot shouted in anger: "How are you doing? ”
"It's the same with me, they have more planes than us, and we're surrounded by divisions."
"What are we going to do? Keep fighting? I didn't have a chance to lock on to the Chinese planes. ”
"What about our support? Where's the support? ”
“……”
It was not that he did not have the opportunity to shoot down the Japanese plane, but that Xia Yu received an order from his superiors after knocking down Kazuki Koda with a missile, and if he was not threatened with mortal threats, he did not take the initiative to use force to solve the opponent, and Xia Yu had to do so.
In fact, what Xia Yu wants to ask is, what is a deadly threat? Combat in the air, as long as it is irradiated by the fire control radar, it is equivalent to the other party is ready to use weapons that can kill you against you, which is equivalent to being mortally threatened, because people only need to press their fingers, and the air-to-air missile can be activated, who dares to say that they will never be beaten down by a missile? No one dared, or at least Xia Yu didn't dare to play this package ticket.
Therefore, when Xia Yu asked all pilots not to take the initiative to fire, he himself also needed to pay attention to the air situation at all times and support all J-15s in the entire airspace. Fortunately, the number of J-15 was originally more than that of F2, and Xia Yu was still busy, and did not let any J-15 be successfully locked by Japan's F2 fighters.
In modern air combat, as long as there is not much difference between the generation difference of aircraft and the personal quality of the pilot, even if it is just one more aircraft, it is an unparalleled advantage. As long as air commanders and pilots don't make any stupid mistakes, it is only natural that the advantage will be turned into a victory.
So although Xia Yu needs to command multiple J-15s at the same time to complete the air tactical action, he still managed to divide the Japanese fighter formation one by one and surround it, and after fully occupying the air superiority, Xia Yu breathed a heavy sigh of relief, this firefighter is not easy to be, let alone concurrently serve as a commander when fighting fires, it is too brain-dead.
handed over the control of the flight to Tian Tian, and Xia Yu began to shout on the public channel, indicating that the Chinese fighters would not take the initiative to open fire and attack, but hoped that the Japanese fighter pilots would exercise restraint and not make things that would mislead the J-15 pilots.
All in all, the Japanese F2 fighter group is now no longer a threat to the J-15 group, because once they make any abnormal flight maneuvers, they will be irradiated and locked by at least three J-15s with fire control radars.
The Japanese government also did not expect that the F2 fighter group in the air did not survive until the support arrived, and it was already in a vulnerable position, and if the support fighters recklessly entered the battlefield at this time and caused chaos, this batch of F2 fighters that had been locked was likely to lose more than half.
This is not what the Japanese government wants to see, because once the situation develops to such a point, Japan must take the initiative to wage a war to win public opinion, otherwise the current government will collapse. The problem is that if Japan takes the initiative to initiate an act of war, the Japanese government will not have the support of the United States, and the Japan-US security treaty does not say that the Americans will act as thugs for the Japanese.
In order not to make the situation uncontrollable, the Japanese Government had no choice but to push the boat down the river, show that it was willing to obey the demands of the US Government, and issued an order to cease fire and retreat.