When it came to the battle report of the East China Sea Fleet, Xiang Linghui did not feel happy

Five minutes ago, he received a report from the Air Force and the Naval Air Force that in the next 2 hours, the Air Force will be able to send up to 48 fighters, and the Naval Air Force will only be able to send 36 fighters, and after 2 hours, the Air Force will be able to send 24 more fighters, and the HNA will be able to send 1218 more fighters

The outcome of the first round of the battle was much worse than expected

"Report, just counted the results"

Xiang Linghui frowned slightly, and took the combat statistics report handed over by the staff officer

In the battle, which lasted for an hour, the Navy and Air Force of the Republic of China achieved remarkable results: sinking a Japanese warship, shooting down 54 Japanese fighters and three helicopters, killing 22 Japanese commandos, and sinking several Japanese submarines

"Report, Japanese AWACS aircraft returns"

"Order the 3rd AWACS Aircraft to go north and go to the 119 Air >>) Aircraft" Xiang Linghui did not hesitate and immediately made adjustments to the deployment, "strengthen air vigilance, contact the submarine units participating in the battle, and let them report the combat situation as soon as possible"

The order was quickly conveyed, and the participating units moved in response

"Report, the East China Sea Fleet sent a message requesting to go to the Diaoyu Islands"

"The request was denied, and the East China Sea Fleet acted as planned, covering the landing force to the island"

asked Lin Xiao, and Xiang Linghui did not give any face

Although the first phase of the battle was over, the battle was successfully achieved, but the losses were more than expected, and the Japanese were not defeated, and the fighting was more fierce in the future

At this time, a major officer ran over and "just received a satellite reconnaissance photo"

Xiang frowned and jumped a few times to look at the laptop screen brought by the officer

Hundreds of photographs had just been taken by ground reconnaissance satellites that had just skimmed over the Japanese mainland and the Ryukyu Islands, and after being screened and processed by the military intelligence bureau's ground intelligence analysts, only a few of the most valuable photos were sent to Xiang Linghui

"Japan is sending combat troops to the Okinawa area," the staff officer marked several military bases on the screen with an electronic pen, "the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet, which had previously arrived in Naha, are preparing to leave the port, and are expected to leave Naha Port Kadena Air Base this afternoon, or at the latest, this evening, and the situation shows that Japan is preparing to deploy a second batch of air power, and the Military Intelligence Agency clearly mentioned that Japan will launch a major counteroffensive between tonight and tomorrow morning."

Xiang Linghui nodded slightly, and his expression became more serious

"If we can't take out the Japanese AWACS aircraft, we will be very passive" The major officer hesitated a little and said, "With the forces invested now, it is difficult to threaten the Japanese AWACS aircraft, and we must try to turn the situation around"

"You mean ......"

"It is better to consult the Chief of the General Staff immediately and let the experimental troops participate in the war"

Xiang Linghui sighed and said, "I will contact the chief of the general staff immediately, you stay here, and if there is a situation, come to the office to find me immediately."

When Xiang Linghui returned to the office to ask Peng Maobang for instructions, Lin Xiaolei also returned to the flagship command center

"The command vetoed our request and let us cover the landing force as planned"

Lin Xiaolei had long expected this result, and he didn't care that Xiang Linghui was a "red man" personally promoted by the chief of the General Staff, and even the commander of the Navy, Admiral Ying Changhui, had to give him face, let alone the commander of the East China Sea Fleet

"The radar has not detected the enemy, do you want to disarm the combat state?"

"It's not the right time, we haven't contacted any submarines, although the performance of Japanese submarines is not very good, but they will definitely try to ambush us" Lin Xiaolei paused a little and said, "Immediately let the anti-submarine helicopter take off, comprehensively search the surrounding sea area and the fleet enters the state of anti-submarine warfare, all officers and men cheer up, don't capsize in the gutter!" ”

Yin Yuanqiao immediately went to give the order

"How's the situation with the 'Hangzhou'?"

"The main engine is damaged, and it can only be propelled by the auxiliary power system" Yin Yuanqiao sighed, "The fire is extinguished, and the casualties are still being counted"

"Let it return alone, contact the HNA patrol aircraft unit, and escort the 'Hangzhou'"

At this time, the Ka-27 antisubmarine helicopter piloted by Yan Yunxiang left the flight deck of the "Lanzhou," and when the other five antisubmarine helicopters also took off from the fleet one after another for air defense operations, in order to avoid accidental damage and interference with air defense operations, the carrier-based helicopters either stopped in the hangar or flew dozens of kilometers away, and could not stay over the fleet

"Understood, search Area 23, arrive in 5 minutes" After speaking, the co-pilot gave Yan Yunxiang a thumbs up

The Ka-27, after circling near the battleship for half a circle, flew in a southeasterly direction

After more than 10 years in the army, Yan Yunxiang was the first time to carry out an antisubmarine search mission in actual combatLast year, when he went to the Indian Ocean with the task force to fight, because the "Orca" attack nuclear submarine that accompanied him to the war was too "brave," Yan Yunxiang and other carrier-based helicopter pilots carried out the task of attacking and guiding during the battle

Looking at the sparkling sea, Yan Yunxiang controls the low-flying helicopter with a very standard movement

"Boss, arrive at the No. 1 drop-off point"

"Understood, ready to put down the sonar!"

The Ka-27 helicopter quickly slowed down, at a height of about 15 from the sea

is in a hover state

As the crane at the right hatch activates, an active/passive sonar is slowly lowered into the sea

Because helicopters have limited ability to carry weapons and equipment, sonar buoys are expensive; Therefore, when conducting a wide-area search, the hanging sonar is first used to search for suspicious targets, and then the sonar buoy is used to track and locate it

The work of operating the sonar was carried out by an electronic officer among the members of the 3 anti-submarine warfare group

In general, it takes about 5 minutes to determine if a suspicious target has been found

"Lao Yan, it's okay to drop off point No. 1, go to drop point No. 2"

"Understood, go to 2 drop-off points"

After retracting the suspended sonar, the helicopter flew in the direction of 2 bells

There is a certain rule in anti-submarine search, in order to search for as wide as possible sea area with as few hovering times as possible, generally the three hovering positions are the three vertices of the triangle, and the distance between them is between 510 meters according to the actual situation

Having reached the 2 drop point, the helicopter hovered again, lowering the sonar

"There is contact!" As soon as the sonar entered the water, the electronic officer shouted, "Torpedo!" It's gone...... Direction...... Fleet direction"

Yan Yunxiang was startled and immediately said: "Raise the torpedo alarm, prepare to drop the sonar buoy"

The Ka-27 quickly pulled up, and the co-pilot gave the alarm of a torpedo attack as fast as possible

Flying about 5 meters to the east, the Ka-27 dropped the first sonar buoy; After turning and flying about 5 meters to the southwest, a second sonar buoy is dropped; It then flew about 5 meters to the northwest and dropped a third sonar buoy

All three sonar buoys search for submarines in the sea in an active working mode

When the Ka-27 returned to the center point of the area covered by three sonar buoys, the electronic officer raised a combat alarm

"The enemy submarine, azimuth 110, distance 4500, depth 330, speed 20, is escaping in a southeasterly direction"

"Holy shit, want to escape!"

Ka-27 immediately > :|

"Boss, get above the enemy submarine"

"Depth charges are ready, scare the dogs first!"

Immediately after Yanyunxiang gave the order, the weapon operator dropped 2 depth charges

While pulling up the helicopter, Yan Yunxiang said: "Prepare to drop the sonar buoy and release the torpedo insurance!" ”

"Sonar float ready"

"Torpedo deinsurance"

Two columns of water rose from the surface of the sea, and a dull explosion was heard

After another descent in altitude, the Ka-27 dropped a sonar buoy

"Enemy submarine was spotted, azimuth 125, distance 450, depth 360, speed 20, and it was escaping at full speed"

"No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo preparations" Yan Yunxiang did not intend to give the Japanese submarine a chance to escape, and operated the helicopter to fly southeast for 400 years and then "reached the target and dropped the torpedo"

The weapon operator immediately pressed the torpedo drop button: "Torpedo drop successful!" ”

After the 2 aviation anti-submarine torpedo detached from the helicopter, the parachute was quickly deployed, the falling speed was reduced, and at the moment of contact with the sea surface, the parachute automatically fell off, and the torpedo entered a combat state

"Drop passive sonar buoys to monitor engagements"

After dropping the passive sonar buoy, the Ka-27 pulled off and left the skies over the combating sea

"Reinforcements are coming" During the battle, the co-pilot was in charge of communication and liaison, "arriving in about ten minutes"

Yan Yunxiang nodded, and glanced back at the electronic officer

"The torpedo has locked onto the target and is in pursuit" The electronic officer gave the captain a thumbs up, indicating that everything was normal

The probability of killing two aviation anti-submarine torpedoes against an attacking nuclear submarine reaches 96%, and the probability of killing against a slower conventional submarine is only higher

As long as there is no "small probability event" and reinforcements are felt, the Japanese submarine will be buried in the belly of the "fish".

"Torpedo hit, 30 seconds!"

Hearing the report of the electronic officer, all crew members focused their attention

"25 seconds!"

Yan Yunxiang glanced at the co-pilot next to him, and sighed at the same time

"In 20 seconds, the submarine releases jamming bait"

The crew members all set their sights on the electronic officer

"Torpedo No. 1 hit the decoy...... Torpedo No. 2 misses target...... 2 torpedo research...... 2 torpedoes lock on the submarine again! ”

With the report of the electronic officer, the mood of the crowd fluctuated

"The submarine floated at full speed, southeast, 1500 miles away"

"Rocket preparation" Yan Yunxiang immediately adjusted the flight direction of the helicopter, "Fuck it!" ”

At this time, the Ka-27 was left with only a rocket launch nest hanging outside the right hatch, and in general, there was rarely a chance to attack a submarine floating on the surface with rockets

"Torpedo hit, 10 seconds...... 5. The end of the dog day! ”

Before the Ka-27 could get closer, a huge column of water rose on the surface of the sea, and the Japanese submarine was hit by a clenching torpedo before it could rush out of the sea

When the waves calmed down, a large amount of submarine debris and light objects inside the submarine appeared on the surface of the sea

At this point, Yan Yunxiang breathed a sigh of relief

Damn it*

The carrier-based helicopter was dispatched to smash the little devil's submarine with a monthly pass, and asked for a replenishment of the monthly pass! (To be continued)