When the submarine quietly approached the Japanese fleet, the naval aviation took off from afar -

During the second military reform, the long-range bomber units of naval aviation were almost "snatched" by the Air Force. At that time, the Marine Corps "annexed" the amphibious forces of the Army and became an independent branch of the armed forces with budgetary powers, and the Navy purchased a large number of large warships to build a "first-class fleet", which made the budget very tight, and there were also questions within the Navy about the need for "long-range air strike forces". Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Air Force proposed that the long-range strategic air force of the HNA should be assigned to the Air Force, unify the strategic air strike force of the Republic, save money, and promise to provide long-range air support to the Navy in combat operations. If it were not for the setback of Lin Xiaolei's "fleet expansion plan," the delay in the approval of the application for the construction of a new type of airline, and the inability of the fleet to independently undertake ocean-going combat missions, I am afraid that the naval aviation would have suffered the greatest "loss" in history.

The long-range bombers of naval aviation were retained, only significantly reduced in size.

At its peak, naval aviation had hundreds of bombers, and even after the Peninsular War, it had more than 20 H-66 series bombers and more than 20 H-9 series bombers. After adjustments according to the program of the second military reform, naval aviation was left with only one wing of bombers of the Type 24H-9B.

Compared to the Air Force's H-9B bomber, the H-9BHH adheres to the naval tradition and attaches great importance to the ability to strike at sea.

Although the H-9B can also carry Cheng anti-ship cruise missiles, the C-609 heavy hypersonic anti-ship missile developed by the Navy can only be carried by the H-9BH and cannot be used by the H-9B. When fully loaded, the H-9BHH is capable of carrying 6 C-609s weighing 3~:, each in the bomb bay and under the wings. With the support of tankers, the H-9BH took off from airfields on the eastern coast of the Republic with a maximum strike radius of more than 6000 km (5000 km combat radius plus 000 km missile attack range) to attack targets in the waters west of Midway. Even if it takes off in standard bomb carrying mode, carrying only the H-9BH anti-ship missile in the bomb bay can deliver 1 anti-ship missile in a single attack, posing a lethal threat to a large carrier battle group with 3 aircraft carriers.

It can be seen that the army's long-range bomber attack capability is very powerful.

Because the radius of this attack is only 2,500 kilometers, even if it flies at low altitude all the way, it only needs to be refueled in the air when returning home, so the 24H-9BH is all equipped with ammunition according to the maximum bomb load, carrying a total of 288 C-609 hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

Most of the H-9BHH's powerful sea-attack capabilities come from the C-609 anti-missile.

This anti-ship missile, which can only be carried by heavy bombing, weighs 3025 kg with a total weight of 642 meters (the length of the bomb bay of H-99BH is 65 meters, which is 9 meters longer than that of H-9B), and the diameter of the bomb is 654 mm (starting from the third stage of hybrid attack submarines, the submarines of the Republic are equipped with 660 mm torpedo tubes), the maximum flight speed is Mach 8 / 25000 meters, Hz / 150, and the maximum range is 1C0C kilometers, the pilot was able to set the attack route for the missile with up to 12 attack modes.

Compared to numerous other anti-ship missiles. The C-609's most colorful is its unique warhead formulation.

In total, the C-609 had 5 warheads to choose from. A conventionally semi-armor-piercing warhead. Second, it is used to deal with electronic equipment, and the ground electromagnetic interference warhead is used to deal with radar and ground anti-radiation warheads. Fourth, it is used to deal with prefabricated fragmentation warheads in the superstructure of warships. Fifth, underwater warheads.

One of the most distinctive features is the "underwater warhead".

The so-called "underwater warhead" is a torpedo with a total weight of 550 kg, a speed of up to 75 knots, a range of 0 km, and a charge of 250 kg.

This is because warships of all countries are equipped with advanced performance and a range of less than 5 kilometers in the final stage of the interception system. Conventional anti-ship missiles need to deal with terminal interception systems after breaking through the outer air defense circle of the fleet. With the gradual replacement of conventional missiles and machine guns with various energy weapons and electromagnetic rapid-fire guns. The more powerful the combat capability of the terminal interception system. Take, for example, the US Navy ground-based "sea laser" MK111 interception system: interception from the same direction within 15 (horizontal firing angle 120 degrees. Vertical angle of fire 85 degrees) 5 targets on the ground. The interception rate is as high as 99%. The ground combat capabilities of the Republic Navy "tactical laser anti-missile interceptor" are comparable to those of the "sea laser" MK111. If 1 warship is equipped with 2 sets of interception systems (large warships such as aircraft carriers are often equipped with 3~, or even more interception systems). At least 11 missiles are needed to destroy it. 1 fleet has 1C ~ more than 1 warship. In total, the number of surface missiles needed will be very staggering.

Compared to a powerful ground terminal interception system. The means of fighting torpedoes by battleships are very simple.

Although the U.S. Navy tested a "small anti-torpedo torpedo" specifically designed to intercept torpedoes in 2020, the test results were not ideal, mainly because the accuracy was not high enough to achieve the effect of direct destruction. When warships of various countries are attacked by torpedoes, they still use jamming as their main means of defense.

Without asking, torpedoes were a greater threat to battleships.

As early as the 2C and 7C years, the former Soviet Union did the same effort, using torpedoes as missile warheads, and when attacking, the missiles sent torpedoes to the vicinity of the battleship, and then the torpedoes completed the final one

Due to the limitations of technical conditions, the "thunder bomb" of the former Soviet Union was not successful, and the mass of the mine was too large, and the missile had to be made very large, which reduced the maneuverability of the missile and weakened the missile's ability to penetrate defenses.

The advent of high-performance electric torpedoes provides the technical conditions for solving this problem.

The underwater warhead of the C-609 is comparable in quality to the conventional warhead, only there are differences in the combat process. When penetrating the defense, the ramjet motor is still thrown away first, and the terminal rocket motor is started to improve the maneuverability of the missile; When it is about 5 kilometers away from the target, the warhead is detached from the rocket engine, the retro engine is activated, the speed is reduced below the speed of sound, and then the drag parachute decelerates and finally enters the water. The next attack tactics were similar to those of self-guided torpedoes.

Equipping anti-ship missiles with a wide range of warheads is an inevitable consequence of the technology exhibition.

C-5 with 609 warheads in actual combat ~ is often mixed. First, missiles carrying electromagnetic jamming warheads will strike at the enemy's electronic systems, then missiles carrying anti-radiation warheads will attack enemy ships' radars, missiles carrying prefabricated fragmentation warheads will attack the superstructure of enemy ships, and finally missiles carrying semi-armor-piercing warheads and underwater warheads will strike lethally at enemy ships.

Because of the high penetration speed, the C-609 is very capable of penetrating defenses.

In the finalization test, the C-609 easily broke through the outer air defense network of the Republic's aircraft carrier battle group, forcing the Republic Navy to make great efforts to develop more advanced long-range air defense/anti-missile missiles with a speed of more than 8 Hz hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

After the successful development of C-609 in 2026, the United States has also accelerated the development of a new fleet air defense system.

Everyone knows that no warship can withstand the attack of this super-heavy missile.

According to the damage standards set by the C-609 when it was designed, one can sink one 10,000-ton destroyer or paralyze one large cruiser, two can sink one large cruiser or paralyze one small and medium-sized aircraft carrier, three can sink one small and medium-sized aircraft carrier or paralyze one large aircraft carrier, and five can sink one 10,000-ton supercarrier.

Strike the fleet with a saturation attack, only 80 C-609s can take out 1 aircraft carrier battle group!

In the face of such a "sharp weapon" of naval warfare, the fleet of any country will be afraid of three points.

It is precisely because of the excellent strike capability of the C-609 that the Navy reduced the number of H-9BHH purchases to 2 planes, and originally planned to purchase another 24 planes, and ordered more C-609s.

Of course, it didn't matter what missiles were used for bomber pilots.

Bombers are not fighter planes that can easily approach the enemy fleet, and only need to shoot anti-ship missiles at a distance of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers from the enemy fleet to turn and return.

Under normal circumstances, the outer air defense circle of the fleet will not exceed 550 km, and the strike distance will be about 000 km.

In order to ensure the safety of the bomber group, the naval aviation also dispatched one group of 24J-4D fighters.

All 24 fighters carried ammunition in accordance with the "air superiority standard", and additionally carried extra-large drop fuel tanks. Even so, all fighters still have to complete the escort mission, meet with the refueling machine on the way back, and replenish at least one-third of the fuel tanks with aviation fuel before returning to the Yilan base.

In order to cooperate with combat operations, HNA also dispatched one KJ-22C early warning aircraft, one KY-15B command and coordination aircraft, two DY-14C electronic jamming aircraft, and an 18JY-15B air tanker aircraft. Counting the 24J-14D fighters that provide cover for these support aircraft, HNA needs 72 combat aircraft and 22 support aircraft. If you include the transport aircraft responsible for logistics support, a total of 15C aircraft of various types need to be mobilized!

It can be seen from this that air strikes are combat operations that attach great importance to coordination.

In addition to the 24 bombers on attack mission, the remaining 1 or so aircraft were responsible for support and cover missions. On average, one aircraft on an attack mission needs to be supported by five to six other aircraft.

From ancient times to the present, war has been a highly systematic "race to death".

Technological progress has increased the destructiveness and destructiveness of warfare, and it has also made warfare more complicated.

After the bomber group reached the sky over the eastern waters of the island of Taiwan, it joined up with the fighter group that had taken off from Yilan.

Because the H-9BH can only fly at subsonic speeds after carrying external ammunition, the J-14D fighters with supersonic cruise capabilities are divided into two groups, 8 for accompanying escort missions and 16 for forward escort missions.

When the group of planes flew along the predetermined course towards the Japanese fleet, the support group also rushed over.

Under the guidance of early warning planes and command and coordination planes, more than 20 support planes were divided into three formations, followed behind the bomber group, and went deep into the western Pacific Ocean step by step.

Using tactical information provided by the fleet and long-range maritime patrol aircraft, the attack aircraft group can kill the target without any problems.

At 0:1C on the morning of the 27th, the H-9BH group lowered its flight altitude at a distance of about 800 kilometers from the Japanese fleet and prepared to launch missiles.

One by one, the C-609 broke away from the bombers and sounded the horn of attack! To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to idiam, more chapters, support work, support genuine reading!