(Today's three watches, the first shift)

The Soviet Union's serious warnings did not attract Japan's attention, and the director of the Defense Agency, Gen Nakatani, even took their warnings as a joke, and even ridiculed the Soviet Pacific Fleet in front of the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces at the pre-war mobilization ceremony.

"The Soviet Union today is as fearless as the Russian Tsarist Far East Fleet at the time of the Russo-Japanese Naval War, when the Japanese army defeated the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, which was far superior to itself in the Battle of Tsushima, and history repeats itself today. Our combined U.S.-Japan fleet will defeat the Soviet Pacific Fleet and recapture the four northern islands! ”

Although Gen Nakatani's mobilization was impassioned, in fact, very few people actually responded, and everyone knew how pathetic the security treaty limited Japan's naval power to the extent that it wanted to challenge the Soviet supremacy at sea. In addition to the United States, which has a series of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier battle groups, how can Japan, which has the largest Kongo-class Aegis destroyers, be the opponent of the Soviet Union, even if the commander of the year, Heihachiro Togo, is reincarnated, it is impossible to win the other side under such a huge disparity.

Of course, in order to show its strength, Japan dispatched all Kongo-class destroyers, including submarines and landing ships, to stop in port before the exercise departed, and the black and heavy combat ships covered almost all the port sea, and there were shipboards and flagpoles as far as the eye could see, as well as creepy naval guns. This is the most powerful of the Japanese Navy in recent years, but in the eyes of the Japanese themselves, the momentum is nothing more than a child's game in the eyes of the Americans.

In particular, in the face of the USS Washington aircraft carrier battle group, which has just been put into service, Japan looks even more pitiful. Even the Kongo-class guided missile destroyers are like a leafy foil for the USS Washington. USS Washington aircraft carrier David? Colonel Rothman stood on the deck, holding a cup of coffee and chatting with Executive Director, Colonel Daniel.

"The weather in Japan is just pleasant. If it weren't for this emergency, my vacation was canceled. I was able to enjoy a few more days of beach in Hawaii. Sunshine and beer bar. Colonel Rothman grumbled to Daniel. As commanders at the helm of the USS Washington together, they were close friends to the point of talking to each other.

"It's not those nervous high-level people in Washington, it's just a small Japanese island country, why care so much about their lives or deaths." Daniel shouted at Rothman. At this time, an F15 fighter jet took off from the deck, and the loud noise drowned out Daniel's words.

"I didn't hear what you just said." Rothman lip-synced to Daniel and motioned for him to repeat it.

Daniel had to lean into Rothman's ear and shout loudly. "I said that we don't care about the lives of these Japanese people, they are just pawns of the United States, but this group of hateful Japanese monkeys has disrupted my vacation, which also makes me very unhappy."

After the plane took off, the deck returned to calm, and after listening to Daniel's account, Rothman shook his head and denied his claim, "But the four northern islands of Japan are important to us, and if we can regain control of the four northern islands, there is a chance to form a defensive island chain and trap part of the Soviet military in the waters of Okhotsk." ”

"The current Sea of Okhotsk is simply a backyard swimming pool of the Soviet Navy. If the island chain plan succeeds, then all Soviet military bases along the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk will become meaningless garbage. This is also the reason why Washington will vigorously encourage the Soviet Union and Japan to dispute over the issue of the four northern islands. ”

"And the Russians occupied the four northern islands. But they can be used as a springboard to cut into Japan, and even into the Pacific Ocean. Once the four northern islands are established and a full-fledged military base is formed, I think the Japanese government will be even more restless. ”

"Even if the Japanese did not take back the four northern islands in the end, it also caused a long-term sense of oppression to the Soviets, making them always vigilant that there are still disputed sea areas in the south that must be resolved, which can be regarded as leaving a hidden danger for the Pacific Fleet." As for the maritime issue between Japan and Russia, Captain Rothman has done a good job. After that, the USS Washington aircraft carrier battle group will be stationed in Japanese waters for a long time to supervise the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.

After listening to what Rothman said, Daniel was a little silent, which also means that from now on, the USS Washington will intervene in the Russo-Japanese conflict in Japanese waters, which also means that in the Asia-Pacific region, Washington is also holding back its strength to compete with the Soviet Union.

"Alright, it's time for our Nimitz-class aircraft carriers to sail to the designated sea area." Rothman threw the paper cup into the sea and turned and walked towards the bridge. The USS Washington aircraft carrier battle group has sailed to the designated sea area, and they specially chose the location of the island-seizing exercise on Tsushima Island, also to mock the Soviets, where your Imperial Russian Navy was defeated in the first place.

Under the escort of the cruiser USS Normandy, the destroyer USS Brisk, the destroyer USS Canon, and the destroyer USS Simpson, the Washington aircraft carrier battle group sailed towards the designated sea area like an unscrupulous maritime hegemon. And neatly prepared carrier-based aircraft were waiting to take off, and the aircraft carrier aimed its guns at the designated target.

The main content of the exercise was the assumption that Japan would retake the designated islands, and that American carrier-based aircraft would provide air cover against enemy ground forces. After prior intelligence reconnaissance, Japan first destroyed ground anti-aircraft weapons with artillery, and then the US military urgently dispatched fighter jets to carry out air-to-ground artillery attacks on ground targets.

After the clean-up, the landing ships began to play, the Type 74 main battle tank under the cover of the barrage and a powerful fire network, braved the danger of the enemy's artillery fire and began to land on the beach, the members of the Self-Defense Forces quickly controlled the coastal area, and established a series of fortifications, the Self-Defense Forces in the 90s still had a certain combat effectiveness of the team, they quickly broke into the enemy's strategic points during the exercise, and took the way of airdrop of paratroopers behind the enemy's rear assault, rioting the enemy's military base and occupying the communications command post, We've reached the point where we have a head start.

However, the US military intelligence observation experts shook their heads with some regret about the performance of the Self-Defense Forces, and they privately discussed that Japan's tactics were too rigid, not to mention that they were all targets that stood still and waited for your artillery to fire, and they took much more time than the US military.

After a long period of picking, the experts finally came to the conclusion that Japan's Self-Defense Forces do have combat effectiveness, but they may play at the level of half a kilogram or a tael in the face of countries such as South Korea or North Korea. But in the face of the Soviet Union, which was experienced in the war, it was only a part of being beaten.

Of course, after hearing such an answer, the first person who was upset was Nakatani, and even before the exercise ended, he blamed the US military's military intelligence observation experts, "I don't think what you are saying is an evaluation of preparation, although the size of the Self-Defense Forces has not expanded in recent years, this does not mean that we have not trained a high-level combat Naval Self-Defense Force." ”

"We are not negating the achievements of the Self-Defense Forces, Mr. Gen Nakatani. It's just that you still have a gap compared to the naval power of the USSR. "The Soviet Navy is currently the second largest fleet in the world after the United States, and although their aircraft carrier battle group has only formed a real combat capability in the past few years, this does not mean that it is not an amazing combat force." In fact, it is also another formidable opponent since the British Royal Navy, and the rapid development of the Soviet Navy in the past few decades has also allowed them to change from the initial saturation strike tactics to the same carrier battle group attack as the United States. Their armed forces are getting closer and closer to our level. ”

Observers are neither boasting nor exaggerating their lines, and for more than a year, the launching and commissioning of the Varyag and the overtime construction of the Ulyanovsk have shown that the Soviet Union has not given up the construction of maritime forces, but has actively competed with the United States for hegemony in the Pacific Ocean. It is not easy for a country with land power to have such a mentality.

"But don't forget that the Japanese Navy is a force that can compete with the American army in the Pacific War!" Feeling humiliated, Gen Nakatani said angrily, even going so far as to provoke a taboo topic between the United States and Japan, a discussion about the Pacific War. Sure enough, the American expert also had an embarrassed silent nose and did not know how to answer for a while.

And Nakatani Yuan walked out of the observation room directly, and just like that, a group of US military experts were hung in the combat command room. But as soon as he stepped out of the door, a fiery figure ran towards him, he walked in front of Nakatani, panting and handing a document to Nakatani.

"The Soviet Union, they held joint military exercises off the coast of Okhotsk, and dispatched two aircraft carriers, one was the Varyag, which had just been launched, and the other was a Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier seconded from the Northern Fleet."

"You mean that the USSR sent two aircraft carriers, one of which was the Varyag, which had just been launched?" The corners of Nakatani's mouth twitched, he thought that the retaliation that the Soviet Union said would be to hold exercises in the waters of the four northern islands, but he didn't expect that it was just the waters of Okhotsk.

"But there is also news that after the Soviet fighter jets took off from the Sea of Okhotsk, they approached the Japanese waters several times, and we sent fighter jets to make emergency interceptions. But just now, another piece of information was received. ”

"What information?" Nakatani Yuan's eyebrows were raised, he thought that the other party would say that the Soviet Navy had made another fuss, but who knew that the next words made Nakatani Yuan's heart instantly cool in half.

"The Soviet Air Force sent strategic bombers of the Tu series, which are approaching the waters of the Japanese mainland, and there is no intention of stopping." (To be continued.) )