"The radar and sonar systems of the US Navy are very complete, they are not Japanese, and it is difficult to sneak attack them!" Wang Xiu finally said cautiously.

He and his colleagues in the Navy Staff carefully deduced various situations, but against the veteran and experienced US Navy with a complete protection system, plus Spruance, a smart and cautious commander, it seemed that some of the tactics did not work.

Even though they still despise the Chinese Navy in their hearts, the heritage of the old navy makes the Americans dare not be careless. From Mumbai, where they were resting, to the vicinity of Cape Hafeng, it was difficult to find a big hole in the US fleet, whether it was the exploration of airships and reconnaissance planes in the sky, or the peeping of submarines under the sea.

"Then let's fight with dignity!" When the young Huaxia Navy was still a little hesitant about the Zhengqi dispute, Meng Xiang directly instructed, "Since you have been sharpening your knives for a long time, it is time to test the attack with the Americans!" Fight our prestige and break the confidence of the Americans! ”

"Just by virtue of our early grasp of the traces of the Americans and knowing ourselves and the enemy, we are already half the victory!" Shen Honglie, Chen Ce, Chen Shaokuan and others also nodded in approval.

The strength of the Huaxia Navy this time was in no way weaker than that of the attacking Americans' 5th Fleet. In the case of equal strength, as long as the enemy can be detected first and the first to attack, victory has already seen the light of day.

By the time the U.S. Fifth Fleet was resting in Mumbai, their overall strength had been clearly probed under the satellite system of the sub-bases.

Since Huaxia's first experimental satellite flew into the sky, although self-made reconnaissance satellites have not yet appeared, the base satellite system can be applied. The image transmission function, which was originally limited to the core area of the base, has finally spread to the direct jurisdiction of each base, breaking the fog.

Although Meng Xiang couldn't figure out why the satellites launched by a certain base would only cover the entire sub-base and not affect other places, it was enough to spy on enemy movements within the direct jurisdiction of the base around the clock for a little fee.

Even though the resolution of the first-level base satellites is a little small, it is still clear to detect the traces of those warships.

It's just that the Gulf of Aden is not covered by the direct jurisdiction of the sub-bases, and because of the restrictions of the direct jurisdiction of the sub-bases. This makes it mainly cover land and offshore water. In order to weaken the strength of China's army and aviation as much as possible, the Americans stayed away from the near sea. Luring the Huaxia Navy deep into the ocean halves the naval combat effect of the satellite, but with the intelligence of the clone spies, the Huaxia Navy is enough to find out the strength of the Fifth Fleet.

In the 5th Fleet, there are 3 Essex-class aircraft carriers and 1 Midway-class aircraft carrier alone. Because the logistics rely on the nearby India and other places to replenish, and also liberated five Casanblanca-class escort aircraft carriers to help, it is the excellent performance of these escort aircraft carriers. It made up for many loopholes along the way in the Fifth Fleet, otherwise the sea wolves of Huaxia would have pounced on it a long time ago.

Battleships, the Fifth Fleet had only 1 Montana-class Alaska and 1 newest Iowa-class battleship USS Illinois.

It is necessary to consider both the ability to pass through the Panama Canal, as well as the air defense forces and the time to enter service quickly, and the Americans, through constant calculations, still feel that the Iowa-class battleships are more cost-effective. The Iowa-class sank 3 ships. After being captured by Huaxia, four more docked on the slipway.

The prominence of the strength of the Navy made the Americans shift their focus to the manufacture of aircraft carriers. They thought that it was enough to keep the battleships only to the Iowa class, and even the Montana class only produced 3 units, plus the original 3 purchases, so the production was temporarily stopped.

However, in order to fight against Huaxia's dream-class super battleships, the two super Montana-class battleships that have been launched continue to be built.

Compared with the intelligence of the 2 super battleships of Huaxia detected by the Americans, even the weakest second-class dreadnought-class battleship. Iowa is still not enough to see. Needless to say, those North Carolina, Nanda, etc., even the Montana class does not have the upper hand. In order to make up for this shortcoming. The Americans sent 12 heavy and 17 light cruisers, as well as 63 destroyers and 27 submarines.

It can be said that, except for the somewhat weak battleships, the strength of the other battleships, the Americans believed that they were enough to form an overwhelming absolute superiority over the Chinese.

However, the surprise attack of Huaxia Hainan Airlines first made their aircraft carrier superiority lost.

The main force of the U.S. Fifth Fleet was approaching Cape Havon, and in front of it was Socotra, which the British were still holding. There was a British naval base there, and the Americans did not expect the Chinese to launch a raid here.

Even if the raid was discovered by the Americans early, it was half a step away from the reaction, and even the advantage of being a minute faster was enough to change a lot of things. Moreover, the roaring speed of the Krakens far exceeded the imagination of the Americans, directly penetrating the interceptive fire of the American alert fighters, and throwing bombs into the sky above the American aircraft carriers.

In World War II, when the proportion of aircraft carriers was generally small and the long-range interception of air defense weapons was insufficient, the first enemy attack became the key to aircraft carrier operations. Even with a proximity fuse, even if the number of anti-aircraft guns mobilized around each aircraft carrier could reach 500, it would not be enough to block a sudden and deadly attack.

If you are one step too late, it will be difficult to stop the fall of the bomb.

The wooden deck of one Essex-class was first paralyzed after two large holes were broken, and the two escort aircraft carriers were also damaged by the raiding bombs due to weak air defense.

The Midway-class aircraft carrier also took 2 bombs, but it was equipped with deck armor that blocked the bombardment dropped by the Krakens. Although there were 2 breakages, it did not interfere with the normal use of the deck.

The sudden attack caused the three aircraft carriers to lose their air supremacy, which greatly frustrated the Americans.

According to the original plan, at least half of the US aircraft carriers were to be paralyzed, but the timely response of the US Navy made the results of the battle a little less.

However, the fighters of the Huaxia Navy did not run away with a single shot in a surprise attack, but continued to attack in the counterattack of the flying American fighters.

The reaction of the American anti-aircraft fire began to gradually exert its power, but the high speed of the Kraken jet aircraft took advantage of the superiority, and the American anti-aircraft artillery could not catch up with the Sirens at all, so they could only densely cover up the fire net, and use a wall of fire to block the Krakens who were constantly shuttling between the clouds and the sea.

Spruance's rapid maneuvering and arrangement made it less and less likely for the Krakens to attack the deck of the aircraft carrier again.

More and more American fighters rose in the sky, engaged in interception, and searched everywhere for the coordinates of the aircraft carrier in China.

"Boom! Boom! A series of explosions raised columns of flames and smoke directly tore through the tight defenses of the Americans.

"Oops!" Spruance exclaimed as he looked at the Skyraiders flying over a sinking Baltimore-class heavy patrol in the distance.

In his arrangement, the protection of aircraft carriers was taken first. Even battleships and heavy cruisers were incorporated into the aircraft carrier's anti-aircraft fire network system, and the burden of attack was handed over to the aircraft carrier first.

It was precisely this arrangement that allowed the Americans to react quickly, and densely spread a network of anti-aircraft firepower around the aircraft carrier, except for the successful surprise attack of Huaxia at the beginning of the half-step lead, after which only one escort aircraft carrier was damaged again. But the fighters on the other carriers were able to take off smoothly and began to control the sky overhead.

But this arrangement will inevitably make the air defense system of those battleships and heavy cruisers weaker by a little. Spruance pinned his hopes on the Chinese's eagerness to destroy America's most threatening aircraft carrier, ignoring this hidden danger. But the Chinese reacted quickly and grabbed the sore feet of the Americans.

It was too late to adjust the defensive formation of the battleship, and Spruance could only hope that the Americans' naval fighters would really hold the sky.

But the falling pirates and hellcats made Spruance more and more anxious.

With the technical cooperation with the British, the Americans' jet naval fighters have been built, but it is difficult to take off and land smoothly on the Essex-class aircraft carriers, and even the Midway-class take-off and landing requires a lot of adjustments.

Since the early appearance of the Midway-class aircraft carrier in China, the Midway-class aircraft carrier of the Americans has undergone some changes, but it still does not give much consideration to the take-off and landing of jet fighters.

The jet fighters were really taken into account by the American-class aircraft carriers under construction, and the new Midway-class, which had only produced two ships, carried the same Pirates and Hellcats that were already familiar to American Navy pilots.

Unlike Meng Xiang's profligacy of a large number of fighters and the training of jet fighters that were done in advance, even if the Americans have deep pockets, it is impossible for every pilot to become proficient in the new jet fighters. Besides, a pilot is always familiar with every inch of a certain fighter, so it is easier to exert the power of the trump card.

In the battle against Japan, the U.S. Navy has relied on Hellcats and pirates, allowing them to operate unskilled jet fighters, but instead there will be a lot of low-level mistakes during the adaptation period, not to mention the combat effectiveness.

So, this time even that Midway-class aircraft carrier was equipped with Corsair and Hellcat, with only 6 new jets to collect test data.

But they were soon drowned out by the whistling of the Kraken.

The generation difference of fighters made Huaxia HNA occupy a performance advantage from the beginning. The dispatch of more than 200 new fighters from the five aircraft carriers also caused the Americans, who had only three main aircraft carriers and three escort aircraft carriers to play a role, to lose their numerical superiority, and the US Navy was gradually disadvantaged. (To be continued.) )