force, Nan Yuan could be regarded as one of the generals of the Japanese Navy's Young Zhuang faction, and he could not be the commander of the fleet. [No pop-up novel network] ~~~ super ~ speed ~ first ~ hair

Japan's civil strife after the East China Sea War led to a large loss of talent in the Japanese Navy. 1. The Japanese Navy has been training young officers. As a young general who was promoted during the military junta, Minamoto was not only highly used, but also went to the United States in 20119 to study at the United States Pensarako Naval Academy's West Point Military Academy, and did not return home until Japan tested nuclear weapons.

At the beginning, the Japanese soldiers who went to the United States for further study with Minami Genmoto were all reused.

It can be seen that Nanyuan was originally the backbone of the Japanese Navy.

After the Dokdo War, Minami Genmoto, who was already a rear admiral, volunteered to serve as the chief assembly officer of the "Akagi" during the overhaul, actively participated in the "Akagi" overhaul work, and put forward many suggestions and suggestions for improvement to the shipyard. Nan Yuanben took the initiative to downgrade the corresponding military rank of the aircraft carrier assembly commander as Dazuo, which is inseparable from what he has seen and heard in the United States. It can be said that the strong strength of the US Navy left a very deep impression on Nan Yuanben, making him an out-and-out aircraft carrier faction. After returning to China, Nan Yuanben has been promoting the construction of aircraft carriers, and there has been a great contradiction with the submarine faction that actively develops strategic nuclear submarines. It is not that Nan Yuanben opposes the development of submarines, but believes that submarines cannot become the core combat power of the navy.

Minami's point of view is not wrong, because submarines are indeed not the core strength of a strong navy.

The main task of the navy is to "dominate the sea" is to seize and maintain sea supremacy, and the core value of sea supremacy is to obtain the ability to use the sea. There are only two ways to use the ocean, one is to exploit marine resources, and the other is to maintain shipping routes. A strong navy is built on a strong maritime power, and it is often the owner of maritime interests, and it is more important to maintain sea supremacy than to seize sea supremacy. All the tactical performance of submarines is not used to maintain and seize sea supremacy, but to undermine the sea supremacy held by the enemy. Only the surface fleet with aircraft carriers as the core has the ability to maintain and seize sea supremacy. Therefore, aircraft carriers are the core strength of the Navy!

This theory of military development has not only been pursued by the major navies, but has also been proved by the major navies with their actions.

The U.S. Navy is comparable, and since World War II, the U.S. Navy has been the most powerful.

What is really comparable is the former Navy and the Chinese Navy. Before they had the strength to compete with the United States for sea supremacy, the former Soviet Navy and the Chinese Navy both focused on submarines, with the main combat mission of destroying the enemy's sea supremacy. With the increase of national strength, the former Soviet Navy and the Chinese Navy have begun to build aircraft carriers on a large scale to build a powerful surface fleet. The difference is that the former Soviet Navy vanished before it could see hope, while the Chinese Navy persevered, eventually gaining a second only strength to the U.S. Navy.

Where is the strength of the Chinese Navy?

Certainly not one of the world's best submarines. Rather, it is capable of competing with the US Navy to fight aircraft carrier battle groups!

Nan Yuan could have seen the problem. But it doesn't solve the problem. This is because Japan does not yet have the national strength to build a first-class navy.

back then. Mura ordered a freeze on plans to build a large aircraft carrier. It is precisely because of Japan's serious overdraft of national strength. There is no guarantee that the completion of the construction of the aircraft carrier will be completed. It is also impossible to equip large aircraft carriers with advanced carrier-based aircraft and escort warships. If a large aircraft carrier is forcibly built regardless of the country's strength. The Japanese economy has long since collapsed.

For the admirals. A long-term vision is a direct manifestation of talent.

The Navy is a "strategic" service. There is no long-term vision. Even if it is not a good naval officer.

Needless to say, Nan Yuanben's ability is not bad.

When the fleet headed south, Nanyuan already realized that after leaving the predetermined route, the fleet would soon be discovered by Chinese reconnaissance satellites, and thus by the Chinese fleet.

With the cruiser's long-range warning radar spotting the long-range sea patrol aircraft to the south, Genmoto's speculation was confirmed.

Long-range maritime patrol planes are not tactical reconnaissance planes, and not only are they limited in number, but they can only take off and land at land airfields. China's long-range maritime patrol planes appeared near the Japanese fleet, with a round-trip range of more than 6,000 kilometers, and if the patrol lasted more than two hours, they needed to refuel at least twice in the middle of the flight. If the Chinese Navy had not known in advance the approximate area of activity of the Japanese fleet, it would not have been possible to send long-range sea patrol aircraft to search for the Japanese fleet!

Without asking, the Chinese fleet is nearby!

At night, Nan Yuanben issued a battle order to double the number of air defense fighters in the fleet, so that the early warning helicopters of the 2 aircraft carriers were dispatched in turn, and 2 air defense destroyers were dispatched to the south to expand the air defense alert range of the fleet.

It can be seen that the first thing Nanyuan did was to strengthen air defense.

Air defense alone is not enough to ensure the safety of the fleet, and it is even more impossible to defeat the Chinese fleet.

Air defense fighters must patrol in the vicinity of the fleet, and when patrolling, they cannot use fire control radars and cannot act as a vigilance. The detection capability of AWACS helicopters is very limited, and even at the maximum ceiling of 300 meters, it can only detect fighter jets at a distance of 150 kilometers or large warships at a distance of 150 kilometers. The warship's long-range warning radar is mainly used to detect air targets, and the detection range of sea surface targets will not exceed 60 kilometers.

It is also said that Nanyuan has no effective reconnaissance means!

Although he didn't have much hope for the Air Force, Nan Yuanben still called for air support.

The result made him very disappointed, the air force is making every effort to intercept the Chinese aircraft bombing the Japanese mainland, in the first 2 hours of fighting, 3 AWACS aircraft have been shot down, the remaining AWACS aircraft have all turned off the radar, fled the battlefield, and can not provide support to the fleet at all.

The Air Force itself is difficult to protect, how can it take care of the Navy?

It is a pity that the Japanese Navy does not have shore-based aviation like the Republic Navy, and its shore-based aviation is mainly composed of anti-submarine patrol aircraft and anti-submarine helicopters, and is not equipped with fighters and early warning aircraft.

Better than nothing.

Air support was not available, and only naval aviation could be sought.

Less than 20 o'clock the first anti-submarine patrol aircraft arrived in the air of the fleet.

The task assigned by Nanyuan to the anti-submarine patrol aircraft is not to search for nearby submarines, but to fly south and carry out tactical reconnaissance missions for the fleet!

In the case of searching for sea targets, anti-submarine patrol aircraft are no worse than AWACS aircraft.

All anti-submarine patrol aircraft are equipped with sea search radars, and they are all high-performance radars that can detect periscopes and snorkels at a distance of 100 kilometers, which can also detect surface warships at a distance!

In order to "encourage" the pilots of anti-submarine patrols, Genben provided 2 escort fighters for each anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

Escort is secondary, Nanben's intention is that after the anti-submarine patrol plane discovers the Chinese fleet, the fighter jets will break through the air defense network of the Chinese fleet at a faster speed, conduct close reconnaissance, determine the specific situation of the Chinese fleet, and provide the necessary tactical information for launching an attack!

For this purpose, all escort fighters carried only combat missiles for self-defense, as well as reconnaissance equipment!

After dispatching the reconnaissance force, Minami Genmoto personally discussed the attack tactics with the staff officer in charge of aviation operations and the commander of the carrier-based aircraft air wing.

There is no need to discuss, Nanyuan knows that the 2 aircraft carriers must exert their maximum attack capability in order to defeat the Chinese fleet!

After careful planning, Nan Yuanben determined the attack tactics.

"Akagi" dispatched 2 carrier-based fighters, of which 20 carried out attack missions and escort missions; "Kaga" dispatched 22 carrier-based fighters, of which 16 were on attack missions and 6 were escort. In total, 36 fighters carry 1 heavy hypersonic anti-ship missile, which is enough to tear through the air defense network of the Chinese fleet, and 3 large aircraft carriers pose a lethal threat. It is a pity that the number of escort fighters is on the low side. In addition, there are no early warning aircraft to assist, and the fighters that carry out attack missions are more than lucky.

The only hope is to attack before the Chinese fleet reacts!

Before 22 o'clock, Nan Yuanben issued an order to let the pilots on the attack mission enter the cockpit and stand by.

As soon as anti-submarine patrol planes and reconnaissance planes discover the Chinese fleet, they will immediately attack!

Whether the 50 fighters can return or not, Nan Yuan did not think about it at all.

The Japanese fleet had only one chance to attack, and it had to be the first to attack. If this opportunity is missed, not to mention that the fighters cannot return to the home, the team will lose the right to return. Nan Genmoto even realized that the contact of anti-submarine patrol planes and reconnaissance planes with the Chinese fleet meant that the Japanese fleet had already entered the strike range of the Chinese fleet, and it was very likely that the fighters of the Chinese fleet had already risen into the air and were even flying towards the Japanese fleet. In this way, the Chinese fleet can be severely damaged, and the Japanese fleet will also be more than lucky!

It was true that after the lack of reconnaissance planes and attack planes, the Japanese fleet had less than 30 fighters left.

In the face of the attack of 3 large aircraft carriers, at least 50 fighters are needed to ensure the safety of the fleet.

Nan Yuan didn't think much about it. Without AWACS, even if there are more fighters, the air defense of the fleet is useless. If the Chinese fleet cannot be annihilated in one fell swoop, the Japanese fleet will also be finished. It's a big deal, even if the Chinese Navy still has 1 medium-sized aircraft carrier, it will not be able to seize sea supremacy!

The Japanese Navy could not afford to lose, and neither could the Chinese Navy.

After arranging the offensive forces, Nan Yuanben adjusted the anti-submarine forces of the fleet.

When air defense is fighting, the greatest threat comes from below the surface of the sea. If Chinese submarines are allowed to break through the anti-submarine net of the fleet, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Fortunately, Nan Yuan does not lack anti-potential power in his hands.

2 aircraft carriers have 12 anti-submarine helicopters, 2 cruisers have anti-submarine helicopters, 6 destroyers have 12 anti-submarine helicopters, 6 frigates have 1 anti-submarine helicopter, a total of anti-submarine helicopters, enough to be divided into 3 anti-submarine helicopter formations, in front and on the left and right sides to build a perimeter anti-submarine network. 6 destroyers and 6 frigates are capable of building an inner anti-submarine network in 3 directions.

Around 23 o'clock, the second group of anti-submarine patrol aircraft arrived.

This time, Nan Yuanben left the anti-submarine patrol aircraft behind to carry out forward anti-submarine patrol missions in front of the fleet, that is, in the direction where Chinese submarines were most likely to be ambushed.

I have to admit that this deployment of Nan Yuanben is very appropriate.

Of course, Nan Genben did not know that his anti-submarine deployment extended the survival time of the Japanese fleet by several hours! To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the chapter for more, support the author, support!