Volume 8 A Hundred Years of Grudge Chapter 93 The time is ripe
After glancing around, Liu Haifeng nodded to Zhang Xuefeng and signaled to turn off the alarm lights. [Full Text Reading] !! Surpass! Speed! Head! hair
"Anti-submarine patrol plane, 2" When Zhang Xuefeng walked over, the flashing alarm light went out, and the command center returned to normal, "When we were ready to start, the anti-submarine patrol plane rushed over, and we really knew how to pick the time." ”
Liu Haifeng forced a smile and looked towards the tactical screen.
Because the interior of the submarine is limited, it is not equipped with virtual 3D display equipment.
The situation is clear at a glance, the anti-submarine patrol planes that began to pass by the "Finless Porpoise" have already flown south, the Japanese fleet is 25 kilometers northeast, the signal characteristics of the 2 medium-sized aircraft carriers are very obvious, there are also 2 cruisers, 6 destroyers and 6 frigates, and there are at least 5 anti-submarine helicopters in the direction where the "Finless Porpoise" is located!
It didn't seem strange, but Liu Haifeng felt that something was wrong.
"Brother Liu......"
"Come and see, isn't it a little strange?"
"Strange?" Zhang Xuefeng glanced at the screen and immediately frowned, "It's really a little strange, it seems to be ......"
"The formation of the Japanese fleet has a question:." Liu Haifeng smiled coldly and said, "The distance between the escort warship and the voyage is between seven and ten kilometers, the frigate is in front of the fleet, the destroyer is on the periphery of both sides of the aircraft carrier, and the cruiser is on both sides of the aircraft carrier. ”
"What the hell does the Japanese fleet want to do?"
Liu Haifeng glanced at Zhang Xuefeng. It seems that his partner has robbed him of his words.
"Did the dogs put a formation on us?"
"Array?" Liu Haifeng immediately laughed. "You're not a beauty. What do you do? ”
Zhang Xuefeng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
"The situation of the ground formation of the Japanese fleet is enough to illustrate. Dogs are not confident enough! Liu Haifeng sat down in a chair. No questions asked. Dogs know that our aircraft carrier battle group is somewhere to the south, but the exact location is not clear for the time being. Dogri also knows that there is our submarine nearby, but he doesn't know where it lurks. The point is. Dogs know the battle is coming. There is no escape. You can only fight hard. But he did not have the determination and courage to fight to the death. To put it simply, the commander of the Japanese fleet was well aware of the current situation. But hesitant. It's not that they don't have the courage to fight a decisive battle with our fleet, but they are afraid of being attacked by submarines. ”
"Brother Liu, you are too stinky and beautiful?"
"Stinky beauty?"
"You might as well say it clearly, it's just that you're afraid of being attacked by the 'finless porpoise'."
Liu Haifeng glared at his partner, then shook his head with a smile.
"Actually, I don't think it's that simple." Zhang Xuefeng stopped joking and said, "You are right, you know very well that the situation on the battlefield is a little incorrect, and you did not hesitate but made up your mind a long time ago, otherwise you would not take the initiative to go south to face the battle." ”
"But ......"
"The formation of the Japanese fleet is indeed strange and reflects ambivalence." Zhang Xuefeng operated on the fire control panel and enlarged the icon of the Japanese fleet a lot, "The commander of the Japanese fleet knows that the result of going south is a decisive battle with the aircraft carrier battle group commanded by General Mu Qingyun, and he also knows that there is an ambush circle of our submarine ahead.
The purpose of this formation is to dispatch carrier-based fighters to attack our aircraft carrier battle group at the first opportunity; second, to expand the antisubmarine search range as much as possible to prevent being ambushed by submarines; and third, to strengthen the fleet's air defense intensity and make good preparations for being attacked. ”
Zhang Xuefeng said it concisely and clearly, and Liu Haifeng also deeply agreed.
"So, we don't have any chance?" The armoryant listened to it for a long time, and finally came out with a sentence.
"It's not that there is no opportunity, it's that the opportunity hasn't come yet." Zhang Xuefeng smiled and said, "I was ready to take a torpedo, but I wasn't ready to take a torpedo." According to my guess, the Japanese fleet commander must have thought that we would strike as soon as we entered the ambush position and sink the aircraft carrier before the Japanese fleet could attack. In this way, the Japanese fleet will concentrate on submarines under the surface of the sea before attacking. After the start of the battle, the Japanese fleet had to concentrate its forces on the attack. Our aircraft carrier battle group has three large aircraft carriers, and the Japanese fleet has only two medium aircraft carriers. In order to ensure the success of the attack, the two aircraft carriers in the Japanese fleet had to dispatch carrier-based fighters with maximum efficiency. The fleet takes off between ten and fifteen minutes, and possibly even up to twenty minutes. During this period, the aircraft carrier had to sail at full speed against the wind, and it had to sail in a straight line, without any defense. In order to avoid accidental collisions, the distance between the escort warship and the aircraft carrier must be kept at least 10 kilometers, with many gaps in between. We enter at this point and try to reduce the attack distance to less than ten kilometers. Not to mention two aircraft carriers, even if it is three aircraft carriers, it will have to be dead. ”
Liu Haifeng nodded and said, "In this way, you must guess the time when the Japanese fleet will dispatch carrier-based fighters." ”
"You don't have to guess, you can make inferences based on what you know." Zhang Xuefeng called up the battlefield information received in the afternoon from the computer, "At about three o'clock in the afternoon, our aircraft carrier battle group is 1,600 kilometers away to the south, J15D
The maximum attack radius of carrying anti-ship missiles is 1,300 kilometers and goes south along the Z-shaped course, while our aircraft carrier battle group is covered by attack submarines and can go directly north at maximum cruising speed. From this, it can be calculated that General Mu Qingyun will send a group of attack aircraft around 1 a.m. As long as the commander of the Japanese fleet has a little brain, he will send reconnaissance planes or patrol planes to the south, and our aircraft carrier battle group will appear between the early morning and the morning to one o'clock in the morning. The F35J fighter jets carried by the Japanese aircraft carrier, carrying four anti-ship missiles, have a maximum attack radius of about 1,300 kilometers. That is, the battle will begin around one o'clock in the morning. ”
Liu Haifeng pondered for a while and said, "Maybe it will be in advance." ”
"In advance?" Zhang Xuefeng glanced at his partner and said with a smile, "If the Japanese fleet prepares to 'jade shattering', it is indeed possible to attack outside the strike radius of the fighters and exchange dozens of fighters for our aircraft carrier battle group, but General Mu Qingyun will not joke with the lives of the pilots, and will definitely not attack before one point." ”
"Mu Qingyun doesn't have to do it himself."
Zhang Xuefeng was stunned for a moment and said, "Do you want us to do it first?" ”
Liu Haifeng shook his head and said, "It's not us, it's shore-based aviation." ”
"Shore-based aviation?"
"We received battlefield information from long-range coast guard aircraft." Liu Haifeng felt in his pocket and only took out an empty cigarette case. Zhang Xuefeng immediately took out a cigarette and handed it to the captain. Liu Haifeng shook his hand, he didn't want to smoke, he was just addicted to smoking. This situation shows that Liu Haifeng has entered the state. "Although the nearest air base here is also thousands of kilometers away, and the detour range is definitely less than 5,000 kilometers, relying on air refueling support, long-range coastal patrol planes can come here to carry out patrol and reconnaissance missions. The question is, why did Mu Qingyun let long-range maritime patrol planes look for the Japanese fleet, instead of sending carrier-based reconnaissance planes and AWACS planes? ”
Zhang Xuefeng put away the box and was also thinking about this problem.
"It's very simple, Mu Qingyun doesn't want the whereabouts of the team. As long as the distance is maintained at less than 1,000 kilometers, Japan's passive detection equipment will not be able to reach our aircraft carrier battle group. If I'm not mistaken, General Muqingyun wanted to take out the Japanese fleet with a sudden blow. Liu Haifeng pondered for a while and said, "With the strength of the fleet itself, Mu Qingyun can be said to be nine out of ten. The point is that we cannot afford losses and must rely on shore-based aviation. Long-range sea patrol aircraft will be able to fly over, and heavy bombers will definitely be able to fly over. If I were a curtain boy, I would first ask the Navy and Air Force to send heavy bombers to bomb the Japanese fleet for the first time, and then use carrier-based fighters to clean up the remaining Japanese warships. ”
Zhang Feng nodded slightly and said: "If the carrier-based fighters are dispatched at one o'clock in the morning, the bombers will definitely attack the Japanese fleet before one o'clock in the morning, and the interval between attacks is best controlled at less than thirty minutes to ensure that the two attack forces will not affect each other, leaving enough screening time for the second round of attacks to maximize the use of attack forces." ”
"That's right, and there's a good chance that the bomber will arrive between thirty and one o'clock in the morning." Liu Haifeng let out a long breath and said, "Mu Qingyun will definitely send carrier-based reconnaissance planes to carry out battlefield screening tasks, determine the intensity of the second round of strikes, and assign attack targets." Thus, the bomber's attack time will be at least an hour, or even an hour and a half, in advance. From this, it is possible to roughly deduce the time when the battle began. ”
"I have less than two hours left."
"Immediately adjust the course and try to get into an ambush position when the bombers arrive."
Zhang Xuefeng didn't say much, and immediately set about setting a new route.
An ambush is not a simple tactic that can be achieved overnight, but the most complex and tricky of the various tactics of submarines.
When the "Finless Porpoise" turned south, in the southwest direction, another submarine was sailing eastward.
It was none other than the "Thorn Dolphin" attack submarine commanded by Du Xinghua.
Like Liu Haifeng, after completing the "strategic mission" and escaping from the attack range of the Japanese anti-submarine patrol plane, Du Xinghua did not give the order to return home, but switched to the "free hunting" mission. According to the rules of the submarine force, as long as the submarine command does not issue a return order, the submarine still has enough supplies and materials, and there is no problem of endurance of the hybrid attack submarine with unlimited endurance, the captain can decide for himself whether to return to sea or stay to perform other combat missions after completing the main mission.
The trajectory of the "Thorn Dolphin" is not as tortuous as that of the "Finless Porpoise", but its luck is not much better than that of the "Finless Porpoise".
It was not until the afternoon of the 26th that the "Thornfish" used a towed sonar to spot the Japanese fleet more than 1 kilometer away, and then turned to the ambush site, preparing to attack the Japanese fleet by surprise.
Because the silence performance is too good, neither the "Thorn Dolphin" nor the "Finless Porpoise" show each other!
2 attack submarines, in accordance with their respective tactical attack plans, quietly approached the target.