Huangdao was bombed, and Uesugi Tadataro was hit harder than Murakami Sadamasa

As an admiral, Uesugi Tadaro was well aware of the purpose of the Chinese Air Force's bombing of Ryuhuang Island. The Chinese team must be somewhere south of Liuhuang Island, heading north in a tactical search to find the Japanese fleet for a decisive battle. Although Liuhuang Island was hit by only more than 1C0 cruise missiles, most of the facilities were completely damaged, and the most important air base and long-range air search radar were blown up, temporarily losing the significance of perimeter vigilance. Without the threat of Liuhuang Island, the Chinese team can rest assured and boldly go deep into the western Pacific and annihilate the Japanese fleet at Japan's doorstep!

At 11:15 Tokyo time, 15 minutes after the bombing of Ryuhuang Island, Uesugi Tadaro sent a telegram to the commander of the fleet, Vice Admiral Minami Genmoto, asking him to prepare to meet the enemy.

At this time, Uesugi Tadaro played a "little clever" and did not give a clear order to meet or avoid the battle.

The question fell to the source itself, who, as the commander of the fleet, had to make a decision.

Although the Japanese fleet with the "Akagi" and "Kaga" as the core was in a state of concealment, the situation on the battlefield was very unfavorable for the Japanese fleet.

Compared to the Pacific War more than 80 years ago, modern warfare is much more favorable to the attacking side. ：〕

Before the voyage to the stage of history, in the decisive battle of the fleet with battleships as the core, the situation was often in favor of the defender. It was not until the advent of aircraft carriers, which were entirely offensive as a means of warfare, that naval warfare gradually became favorable to the attacking side. The Pacific War in World War II was not only a war in which aircraft carriers replaced battleships and became the hegemon, but also a war in which aircraft carriers fought majesticly and reached the pinnacle. After World War II, there were no naval battles dominated by aircraft carriers, or even wars in which aircraft carriers participated in the seizure of sea supremacy.

I have to say that the historical interval of 80 years is too long and long.

It was not until the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, when the 2 aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy was sunk by a Republic submarine, that the aircraft carrier was once again on the stage of war, and in a very dishonorable way. In the ensuing East China Sea War, several "quasi-aircraft carriers" of the Japanese Navy were sunk by the Republic's shore-based aviation and submarines in naval battles, and aircraft carriers once again became victims of naval warfare.

Since then, there have been voices of "the uselessness of aircraft carriers" in both the Republic and the United States. 〕

It was not until the Republic built the "Republic" and "Huaxia"-class aircraft carriers without hesitation, and the United States approved the purchase orders for one "Ford"-class aircraft carrier in succession, that the "theory of the uselessness of aircraft carriers" gradually disappeared. However, in the naval warfare of the new era, what role should aircraft carriers play and what changes have occurred in the tactics of naval warfare dominated by aircraft carriers have always been the main topics of discussion for naval powers, especially the Republic and the US Navy.

Not far behind, Japan began to explore the tactics of naval warfare in the homeland after the completion of the "Akagi" and "Kaga".

In World War II, there were cases of aircraft carriers being sunk by battlecruisers, and there were also many episodes of aircraft carrier engagements in the Pacific theater. In the final analysis, some of the abnormal manifestations of the mother in the Second World War were directly related to the backward reconnaissance methods of the time. In the absence of long-range detection capabilities, aircraft carriers can only dispatch carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft with a limited search range to engage the enemy in a "hide-and-seek" manner. The battle between aircraft carriers has become a battle of luck. The most representative of this is the "Battle of Midway," in which the Japanese Navy, with absolute superiority, suffered the most painful defeat because a reconnaissance plane on the cruiser "Tone" failed to take off on time and was completely defeated by the U.S. Navy, which was already at the end of its rope, and lost the Pacific War step by step.

In modern naval warfare, this question does not exist at all!

There are reconnaissance satellites in space, early warning planes carrying long-range detection radars in the air, long-range carrier-based reconnaissance planes with a combat radius of more than 1,000 kilometers, escort warships equipped with long-range warning radars with detection distances of hundreds of kilometers or even thousands of kilometers, and attack submarines under the sea that can detect enemy ships within a radius of more than 100 kilometers. From space to the sea, an all-round network of detection information covers the entire field, leaving the fleet with nowhere to hide.

For example, the carrier-based police plane, which is the core reconnaissance force of the team, can easily detect large warships hundreds of kilometers away. Even if the AWACS aircraft hovers over its own aircraft carrier, it can provide the team with dozens of minutes of alert time.

The active attacker has mastered the information potential and can easily defeat the passive defender!

Human society is progressing, and war is progressing. ：〕

The tactics of 80 years ago are no longer relevant.

Vice Admiral Nan Genmoto faced the question that if the Japanese fleet was to defend passively, sooner or later it would be discovered by the Chinese team that came to the door and suffer a catastrophe. If the Japanese fleet takes the initiative to attack, it will definitely be exposed, and it will be encircled and suppressed by the Chinese team and Chinese bombers.

Neither retreat, nor advance!

Looking at it from another angle, the Japanese fleet also had no way to retreat.

The Okinawa Islands in the west, if they enter the East China Sea, will definitely be attacked by Chinese Air Force bombers. To the north is the Japanese mainland, and if it enters the Japanese Inland Sea, it will also be bombed by the Chinese Air Force. To the east is the vast Pacific Ocean, and it is impossible to defeat the Chinese team near the mainland, let alone without the support and cover of shore-based aviation

Win over the Chinese team.

It won't be long before the Chinese fleet will be able to spot the Japanese fleet.

There is no way to push, but to fight!

After receiving an order from Tadataro Uesugi, Minamimoto immediately gave the battle order. 〕

war, and there is not much chance either!

2 medium aircraft carriers against 3 large aircraft carriers, there is no chance of victory. The Japanese Navy has long proved in war games that medium-sized aircraft carriers are not on the same level as large aircraft carriers. Not to mention the number of carriers, only 20 to 30 carrier-based fighters are needed to complete an attack, and the aircraft-carrying capacity of 2 ~ medium aircraft carriers is not a problem. The key question is that there is no way for a medium-sized aircraft carrier to carry fixed-wing police aircraft!

After Murakami rejected the Navy's request to build a large aircraft carrier in 2024, the Japanese Navy had planned to import VC-22 rotary-wing aircraft from the United States as a carrier aircraft to develop a fixed-wing police aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities. After a comprehensive weighing, the Japanese Navy abandoned the idea, because the VC-22 asked too much. First of all, the endurance is limited, and it can only perform patrol missions for less than an hour at a distance of 150 kilometers from the aircraft carrier, and if it requires 24-hour uninterrupted patrols, it is necessary to equip each aircraft with at least 3 aircraft. Secondly, the improved maximum ceiling will not exceed meters, which cannot meet the tactical indicators of police aircraft. Third, the improvement is very complex, requiring the introduction of dozens of key technologies from the United States, plus the introduction cost of VC-22, the total cost is more than 300 yuan, which is not cost-effective. Finally, it is impossible to carry high-power detection radars, and the early warning capabilities are very limited, making it difficult to play a pillar role in the air defense of the fleet.

According to the plans of the Japanese Navy, fixed-wing police aircraft will be developed at the time of the construction of large aircraft carriers.

Because the construction of a large aircraft carrier has not started for a long time, the development of fixed-wing police aircraft has not yet begun.

More importantly, the catapults used by the "Akagi" and "Kaga" have limited power, and can only catapult light fighters such as the F-35J with a mass of 20~: below and cannot catapult carrier-based police aircraft with a mass of more than 25~, even if Japan purchases E-2D from the United States, it cannot be deployed to aircraft carriers.

There are no carrier-based early warning aircraft, and the mother can only operate within the cover range of shore-based early warning aircraft.

The Japanese fleet has remained in the near sea, and it is precisely because it has to rely on shore-based AWACS aircraft.

As the Japanese Air Force lost air supremacy and more and more early warning planes were shot down by the Chinese Air Force, Nan Yuan did not dare to pin his hopes on the Japanese Air Force.

Since it is not possible to ensure the air defense of the fleet, one can only count on taking out the Chinese team before it is hit!

Nan Yuan was not a gambler, and before a Japanese naval officer took up his service, he should focus on studying the classic examples of the Pacific War, learn from the lessons and lessons of his predecessors in the Japanese Navy, and avoid making the same mistakes.

Nangen knew that the Japanese Navy had to take risks and could not afford to take risks.

If the navy wins, Japan will prosper; If the navy is defeated, Japan will die!

The histories are strikingly similar.

After the Japanese militarist government decided to launch the Pacific War and start a war against the United States, the commander of the Japanese Navy, Isoroku Yamamoto, had to take the risk of attacking Pearl Harbor, thus opening the curtain of the Pacific War, pushing the Japanese Navy to the most glorious peak in history, and plunging the Japanese Navy into the abyss from which it will never recover.

Nanyuan is not Yamamoto Fifty-Six, nor is he as lucky as Yamamoto Fifty-Six.

At least Yamamoto 56 sent an attack aircraft carrier to attack Pearl Harbor that year, and Nangen only had 2 medium-sized aircraft carriers with poor combat effectiveness.

Like Yamamoto Fifty-six, Minamimoto has no choice.

Tokyo time: 125. After judging the situation, Nan Yuanben ordered the fleet to turn south and take the initiative to find the Chinese team for a decisive battle.

At this time, Uesugi Tadaro's intention of not giving a clear order was manifested.

As the deputy chief of the military in charge of naval affairs, it is impossible for Uesugi Tadaro not to know the way out of the Japanese fleet, and it is impossible not to guess what kind of decision Nangen would have made. If he gives the order to attack on his own initiative, he will be responsible for the combat operations of the team. Let Nan Yuanben make his own decisions, and he does not need to bear the main responsibility.

It's a pity that Nangen didn't know that he was a substitute for Uesugi Tadaro.

If Mu Qingyun knew that Nan Yuanben took the initiative to go south, he would definitely jump high.

There was no need to wait patiently, as an optical satellite that had just completed an orbit change maneuver passed over the Japanese fleet, thousands of high-resolution digital photographs were sent to the MIA Theater Information Transit Center in Busan, North Korea, and then transmitted back to the intelligence analysis department of the MIA headquarters, and the relevant information was quickly confirmed.

At 15:25, the theater communications center of the aircraft carrier "Huaxia" received the latest intelligence from the Military Intelligence Agency.

Dou Haikun, who was on duty, immediately called Mu Qingyun, Hua Jianfeng and Zhu Ronghui from the bed, and then issued a combat alert order.

Within 5 minutes, three generals came to the team headquarters one after another.

The intelligence could not be more obvious, the Japanese fleet was not far to the north, and the opportunity had finally come. (Read!) 〕