Inside the fleet. It is not only Hua Jianfeng who is under pressure. As an aviation operations commander, Yang Jinjie's pressure is no lower than Hua Jianfeng's.

The operation to attack the Indian Western Fleet was not considered successful. Judging from the reports of the fifth round of attack aircraft group, before the missiles came into the range of the forced electromagnetic jamming device, the aircraft carrier "Virat" was attacked by a submarine and was hit by at least several torpedoes. Yang Jinjie immediately concluded that if it were not for the timely attack of the submarine, the result of the fifth round of attacks would not be much better.

It's just that Yang Jinjie doesn't have time to think about it.

In addition to the dozens of small old aircraft that served as air supremacy missions, several fighters of the Fengbi attack group will return to the fleet one after another between 2 and 3 points. At this time, Yang Jinjie had already received a report from the reconnaissance plane. It was learned that the Indian Eastern Fleet was lying in ambush west of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

This is good news. gave Yang Jinjie a lot of pressure.

The battle had to end before dawn, that is. Only once against the Eastern Fleet of India.

Regardless of whether or not the Eastern Indian Fleet can be taken out. You have to concentrate all your forces to attack.

As a result, the attack aircraft group must take off before the 3-point edge. Between 4 points and 4 points, it reaches the sea area attacking the Indian East Fleet. Complete the attack between the 4 points and the mutual point, and then turn to return home. Enter the Gulf of Thailand at around 6 o'clock and leave the battlefield.

It was very hasty and not at all to organize a full-scale attack operation without thugs being inward

A solution must be found.

It's not that there is no solution, but there are certain risks.

2 points, that is, after receiving the reconnaissance report, the fighter returned to the aircraft carrier, replenished fuel as quickly as possible, and hung up auxiliary fuel tanks and air control ammunition. And leave the aircraft carrier before about 2 o'clock.

The East China Sea Fleet's 3 sharp air wings each have 8 aircraft, said Xiao Zhao. Enough to escort a group of attack aircraft.

Because each aircraft carrier only needs to pick up fighters from the mouth. The fuel replenishment operation can be carried out on the flight deck If the operation is strictly in accordance with the regulations, it must be sent back to the hangar for replenishment operations, and the work of attaching the auxiliary fuel tank can also be carried out on the flight deck, and all those who remain say that Xiao Zhao does not need to return to the hangar. After landing, they are towed to the waiting area, and after completing the replenishment and maintenance work, they go directly, and the whole operation process can be completed in a few minutes.

Degree is everything, and the time to test the aviation service personnel has come.

2 old points. The first said that Xiao Zhao left the "North Tower, the aircraft carrier."

The whole process took exactly a minute, and in the next 3 minutes, another 7 small fighters Zhao took off one after another. At 2 o'clock, the other aircraft carriers also completed the take-off of fighters.

The rack of small thugs aluminum carried 4 large external auxiliary fuel tanks. 8 interceptor missiles vs. 2 combat missiles.

In this case. Small: The ultimate flight distance of aluminum is more than 1,000 kilometers. When carrying out escort missions with a one-way distance of kilometers, in addition to fighting for minutes over the combat area. There are still 10,000 minutes of residual oil left.

Not too long, but enough to complete the escort mission.

As soon as the network of small thugs had taken off, the first group of attack planes was precisely the second group of attack planes, because the first group of attack planes sent out by the East China Sea Fleet was left behind and returned to the skies over the South China Sea Fleet, and then the attack planes sent out by the East China Sea Fleet also returned to the skies over the fleet.

The aviation crew on board the aircraft carrier continued their efforts and began to recover the fighters.

At this time. Yang Jinjie's mood was also extremely nervous.

Because the aircraft groups attacking the Indian West Fleet have returned one after another, at least the fighter fighters are carrying out air defense combat missions.

It is clear that the air defense of the fleet is reduced to a minimum.

If the Indian attack aircraft group arrives before 3 o'clock. The problem is not very serious yet. Yang Jinjie can make the original escort combat mission say that the enemy plane is small. India's Eastern Fleet has only the aircraft carrier Zhang, and at most the carrier-based fighters of the left and right are dispatched at one time. If four of them can be driven out, the remaining Indian fighters will hardly pose a threat to the fleet.

The point is that if the Indian attack aircraft group arrives after 3 o'clock, Yang Jinjie will be helpless.

In the final analysis, Koguchi is a light multi-role fighter, and when it comes to fighting against medium-sized carrier-based fighters such as crucian carp, even if it can get the support of early warning aircraft and fleet air defense systems, it will not have much advantage. The Navy does not hesitate to spend huge sums of money, Zhan said, Xiao Xu, and scattered in 3 directions. It is difficult to ensure the security of the fleet.

Of course. Yang Jinjie had to bet on this.

If the attacking force cannot be organized as soon as possible, it will not be possible to complete the combat operation before dawn.

When adjusting the combat mission of aviation. Yang Jinjie took into account the worst-case scenario.

After the attack on the Indian Western Fleet, the Eastern Fleet, which remained west of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, immediately took action and dispatched carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft to find the Republic Fleet. Although the "foolproof" plan of the naval command will certainly make the commander of the Indian Eastern Fleet think that the Republic fleet has entered the Strait of Malacca, thereby wasting reconnaissance forces in the strait. However, it is very likely that Molovan will let the first four fighters on the reconnaissance mission continue to move forward when they reach the vicinity of Singapore, "help the Linga Islands and Pontianak!" The sea in between, because weeping is in addition to, Ma Liu and Zhao Wa Sea. The only sea area in Southeast Asia that can be used by the Republic Fleet to launch an attack on the Western Fleet at the same time. The Mega Wow Sea is too far away, even if Molowan has a heart. Mom Si can't fly over. In order to find the fleet of the Republic, Molovan is likely to let the reconnaissance aircraft fly a few hundred kilometers more. And so it goes. The whereabouts of the fleet of the Republic will be revealed. Because of the tight schedule, Molovan is likely to resort to another extreme tactic. That is, let the attack aircraft group take off immediately after the reconnaissance aircraft. And reconnaissance aircraft are used to guide targets for attack groups. Ma Si has excellent tactical communication capabilities, "Jia Miao Si can provide tactical information for similar fighters in the mouthframe. Although there is enough intelligence to prove that the first four Miao, which the United States sold to India, is a simplified version of Miao, and many of the necessary equipment has been removed, Yang Jinjie has reason to worry that Molovan will take a "suicidal style" in the case of a dog jumping over the wall. of the attack. What's more, the U.S. Seventh Fleet is in Singapore, and after the outbreak of war, its carrier-based AWACS aircraft will definitely take to the air before the fleet enters port. Carrier-based AWACS aircraft will be transferred to shore bases to help the Indian fleet find the Republic fleet. If the United States intervenes in this, it will not only take the initiative to search for the Republican fleet. Information on the activities of the Republican fleet was also made available to the Indian fleet. Then the Indian fleet will be able to find the fleet of the republic without mobilizing reconnaissance aircraft. In any case, there is certainly the possibility that the Eastern Fleet of India will send a group of attack aircraft immediately after the attack on the Western Fleet.

And so it goes. The attack aircraft group of the Eastern Fleet of India will arrive between 3 and 3 o'clock.

In this case, the fleet of the republic did not even have a chance to defend.

Unless Hua Jianfeng intends to sacrifice all carrier-based fighters and intends to give up the opportunity to attack India's Eastern Fleet, he will certainly not use the forced electromagnetic interference system in defensive operations.

Whether or not it can withstand the counterattack of the Indian fleet will determine the survival of the Republic's fleet.

Yang Jinjie's nervousness can be imagined.

All the means at your disposal have been used. The best way to defuse the danger is to speed up the sorties of attack groups.

At 2 points, the first small thug fighter aircraft landed on the aircraft carrier "Beijing".

Because there is not much fuel left for the returning fighters, and the fleet is returning one after another, it is impossible to collect one batch and release one batch of fighters as the escort fighters have been released, and they can only receive all the returning fighters first.

The recovery effort was very intense, and the aviation crew did their best.

Relatively speaking, 3 ships "Beijing. The situation with class carriers is much better.

Compared with the "Huaxia" class aircraft carriers, the "Beijing" class aircraft carriers have two very significant changes on the flight deck. First, the navigation bridge located in the left front of the flight deck was abolished, and the navigation bridge and the aviation bridge were combined into one, and it was set on the right rear side of the flight deck, about three lengths from the stern. And a tower-shaped layout was adopted. The size of the island has been reduced. Second, two of the aircraft lifts were deployed in the three elevators of the "Huaxia" class in front of the island, with the two on the right side in front and behind the aviation bridge respectively, and the other one behind the port side. These two catties, the change has greatly improved "Beijing." The deck utilization efficiency of the class aircraft carrier, and the area of its waiting area, which is also the parking area, has been expanded by more than paste. In addition, the degree of transporting fighters to the hangar has increased the time for the number of fighters to be in the number of seconds, and the average operation time is about the regiment, that is, an average of 4 fighters are sent into the hangar every 4 minutes. The average degree of aircraft carrier recovery fighters is the nominal index of fat per minute per second, but it will definitely not be reached in actual use, just enough for the elevator to transport the recovered fighters to the hangar in time. "Huaxia. The recycling efficiency of the class is only half that of the "Beijing" class. When a large fleet returns, some fighters must be allowed to stay in the parking area. And so it goes. The size of the parking area is on the "Huaxia." The air sortie capability of the class aircraft carriers has had a very noticeable impact.

3 Beiji-class aircraft carriers need to recover 48 fighters.

Whiplasher "Huaxia." Class carriers need to recover the Shell fighters.

Because the "Huaxia" class waiting area can be parked to play the question, it is not very.

It can also be seen from this that when formulating the attack mission, Yang Jinjie had already taken into account the thug Huaxia. The ability of class carriers to recover fighters. As a result, the number of sorties of the "Huaxia" class aircraft carriers was reduced.

Of course. The problem is not that simple.

Although in wartime situations, aviation operations, including ammunition replenishment, can be carried out on the flight deck. But the flight deck of the "Huaxia" class has only a shackle ammunition supply system, which can only replenish ammunition for 3 fighters at the same time. Calculated on the basis of the average number of old minutes of replenishment operations per fighter. In order to complete the replenishment operation of the Crocker fighters in a matter of minutes, only 6 fighters could complete the replenishment operation on the flight deck, and 6 fighters had to return to the hangar. While transporting fighter jets to the hangar during replenishment operations is not a hassle, transferring fighter jets can certainly be a very cumbersome affair when the parking area is packed.

The busier you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes.

Around 3 o'clock. The "Yellow Emperor" aircraft carrier had a problem, and when the aviation crew transferred the fighters in the parking area, they sent the thugs to the No. 3 elevator behind the aviation ship island, causing chaos on the flight deck. There was a lot of delay.

Yang Jinjie had no choice but to readjust his air combat calculations again and put the "Yellow Emperor" fleet at the rear.

There are many similar problems, and when the flight deck is full of aviation ammunition and packed with ammunition and fueled fighter jets, the slightest mistake can lead to catastrophic consequences.

Thankfully, there were minor problems and no major problems.

At 3 o'clock, "Hebei" and "Henan." Voyage

Yang Jinjie did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the broken aircraft carrier to let the fighter take off.

This. Yang Jinjie did not send a small thug, and the old fighter remained. In any case, he must leave a reliable air defense force for the fleet, and must not fall behind when he has already won.

The "Hebei" and "Henan" took the lead in completing aviation preparations. It also makes sense

Feeling.

Compared with the "Beijing", these two aircraft carriers were targeted during the construction of the plan, saying that the top of the taxiway through which Xiao Zhao passed was increased by meters, while the other aircraft carriers of the same class had two taxiways, so that Xiao Zhao's fighters could be mobilized more flexibly and conveniently in the hangar, and the efficiency of the fighters' preparation for duty was improved.

3 points "Beijing." The little thug on the Yellow Emperor began to take off.

Because the "Huaxia" class aircraft carriers all carried two fighter groups, they were dispatched to carry out attack missions, and Xiao Cao and Xiao Xu carried out attack missions, which became the main force in this round of strikes.

From this, it can be calculated that in addition to the aircraft that carried out the escort mission, the Xiaoxu fighter jets dispatched a total of more fighters.

Because the timing of sorties is different for each aircraft carrier. Therefore, Yang Jinjie could only arrange the order of attack in the way of an aviation wing.

Compared with the attack on the Indian West Fleet, when attacking the Indian East Fleet, Yang Jinjie paid more attention to escort fighters.

This is not a strange thing, after all, there is no suddenness in the attack.

Unless Molovan fights back, the Indian Eastern Fleet will leave all of the Flutes behind to carry out the task of air defense of the fleet. And expand the air defense circle of the fleet to more than a kilometer in order to intercept the approaching attack aircraft group in time. More importantly, it is quite possible that the Eastern Fleet of India will be covered by shore-based aviation.

It can be calculated from this. The number of anti-aircraft fighters over India's Eastern Fleet is not necessarily able to seize air supremacy. Of course, the task of the escort fighters is not to seize air supremacy, but to allow the attack aircraft group to successfully complete the attack mission. In other words, the escort fighters only need to entangle the enemy's air defense fighters before the attack group attacks, so as to buy precious time for the attack group. And so it goes. The knife holder Xiao Zhao is capable of dealing with about 3 times as many air defense fighters.

In order to insure the period, Yang Jinjie also asked Zhao, a small fighter of the South China Sea Fleet, to bring more interceptions.

Of course, Yang Jinjie did not forget the most important thing, that is, to let the stunned carrier-based early warning planes that had patrolled the west of the fleet follow the escort fighter group to attack the Indian East Fleet.

There is one thing that Yang Jinjie did not expect. That is, when the group of planes he sent left the sky over the fleet, the Indian carrier-based reconnaissance planes that had come to look for the fleet of the Republic had already returned. What's more. Yang Jinjie did not expect that Molovan would lead the Indian Eastern Fleet to return to the northwest without the current Republic fleet.

Because the escort fighters came out at about 3 o'clock, and the three AWACS planes acting in concert entered the Strait of Malacca before 2 o'clock, so it was around 4 o'clock. AWACS aircraft and escort fighters reached the sea east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The news returned by the AWACS aircraft surprised Yang Jinjie that the Indian Eastern Fleet did not appear in the predicted sea area!

Half an hour later. The first wave of attack aircraft will arrive, and if the Indian Eastern Fleet cannot be found within this half hour, all attack aircraft will return with anti-ship missiles and throw anti-ship missiles into the sea before landing, and carrier-based fighters cannot land on aircraft carriers with heavy ammunition. What's worse is that the flight distance of the group exceeds the maximum combat radius, and not only will all the fighters have to go to the sky over the Gulf of Thailand to join the refueling machine after completing the attack mission. AWACS aircraft on support missions can only land at air bases in Thailand. In other words, there is simply no surplus fuel to allow escort fighters and AWACS aircraft to search for India's Eastern Fleet in the open sea.

Did the attack fall short?

Yang Jinjie did not give up the last hope. Half an hour is enough to do a lot of things. Even the hope of finding the Indian Eastern Fleet is very slim. Nor can you do nothing.

Just when Yang Jinjie was about to go crazy. "Killer whales. The information was so crucial.

After the transfer between the submarine command and the naval headquarters, at about 4 o'clock, the information was sent to Yang Jinjie's hands.

It has to be admitted that the Navy of the Republic processes tactical intelligence very quickly.

The bells had little effect on the entire attack.

Yang Jinjie did not hesitate, and immediately sent the news to the early warning aircraft in front through the satellite communication tactical communication channel.

Since the Indian Eastern Fleet is still within the strike range of the aircraft group, it cannot be allowed to slip away!