If the equipment of the army can wait slowly, then the equipment of the navy can not afford to wait, Xu Jie believes that the Chinese navy will only have 4 to 5 years of preparation time at most, the Germans will not let the Entente wait too long, the Germans' increasing military spending year by year has told the world that they intend to fight a big war. In this great war, none of the major powers can avoid it. Huaxia must also prepare as soon as possible. As a navy background, Xu Jie naturally paid great attention to naval construction, and after ending the discussion of the army's tank replacement plan, Xu Jie met with the senior officers of the Chinese Navy headed by Yang Yonglin. and Su Mo and others, who have just returned from the United States.

As a traverser, Xu Jie highly admires the U.S. Red Flag military exercise in that plane, using an elite unit to simulate the opponent's tactics as the blue army, and then tempering the troops, which is an efficient and targeted exercise. Therefore, Xu Jie also ordered all branches of the Chinese military to become blue army units, and imitated the practice of the Red Flag military exercise to train their own troops. Naturally, the navy also organized a professional blue army unit, and based on the collected intelligence and Xu Jie's guesses and guidance, it simulated the tactics of the German Navy's high seas fleet in the future. Based on its own situation and the intelligence gathered, the Chinese Navy had already taken into account that the Germans, who had larger aircraft carriers, might deploy larger combat aircraft and guided weapons on aircraft carriers. In addition, combined with the emergence of a new fast fighter (FW190) in the Luftwaffe at the end of the Iran War, the Chinese Navy has a certain understanding of the future tactics of the German Navy.

"The Germans are trying to increase the speed of attack of aircraft carrier formations. The new German aircraft is fast and fuel-rich, and although it looks smaller, I think its payload should be about the same as our Ishcha Falcon fighter. These aircraft, with a few modifications, can become a fairly decent dive bomber, positioned somewhat similar to our Seagull fighters. Speaking of this, the corners of Yang Yonglin's mouth couldn't help twitching. Because in his eyes, the Seagull has always been a bomber, and after being replaced with a new double-row 18-cylinder engine not long ago, the Seagull's flight performance has skyrocketed, and even has a performance similar to that of the Stone Tea Falcon! This is probably the only single-engine aircraft that has changed from a "bomber" to a "fighter"!

"It may be difficult for a single-engine torpedo aircraft to achieve high-speed cruising, and the weight and volume of the torpedo have a great impact on the cruising speed of the aircraft. So if they don't want to slow down the formation, then they will definitely use twin-engine aircraft. And the new aircraft carrier of the Germans could fully accommodate the operation of twin-engine aircraft similar to the size of the Mosquito. If in the future we fight the German Navy. It could take only 90 minutes from the time they spotted us to the time their bomb landed on top of our heads! This is a huge challenge for our defenses. Yang Yonglin's words were full of worry.

"The threat of twin-engine carrier-based aircraft is far from simply increasing the flight speed of the fleet. The Germans could have added guided bombs to twin-engine planes, or added electronic equipment and radar, to increase the aircraft carrier fleet's early warning capabilities and electronic warfare capabilities. The level of electronic warfare of the Germans has increased considerably, which has made their fleet more sensitive and stealthy. The effect of these non-combat aircraft is even more terrible than that of attack aircraft laden with bombs. The opponent's electronic warfare aircraft can directly cut our radar warning range. Coupled with their high-speed fleet, our defense preparation time was greatly reduced. Ye Ming added on the side. Ye Ming, who once shouted at the British in a war game and then lost to Su Mo, is now the commander-in-chief of the Blue Army of the Navy, specializing in studying and analyzing the tactics of the Germans.

"So if the two sides are engaged at a distance of 350 kilometers, under the same fleet size, if we find each other at the same time after changing to Seagull fighters, can our aircraft carrier self-defense aircraft group effectively defend against the opponent's attack? If the Germans had used new fighters and fast bombers. Xu Jie asked.

"If both sides find an opponent at the same time. Then if the first wave of attack aircraft were taken off by each other, the two sides would almost destroy each other, because it would take about half an hour for both sides to start. 350 kilometers was 55 minutes for a fast fleet of Germans (including the entire air fleet). During this time, each of our aircraft carriers can only prepare at most one squadron of fighters and complete the launch, even if the number of fighters that have previously risen into the air is too small to intercept the opponent. Moreover, the speed of the opponent's bombers is also very fast, and our interception opportunities will be greatly reduced, and under the interference of the opponent's fighters, it will be difficult for us to carry out tail pursuit interception, because this will put our fighters in an extremely dangerous state. ”

"And that's when our early warning wasn't disturbed. In this setting, we can detect the opponent's aircraft group at a distance of 180KM, and then arrange for the aircraft to enter the high-altitude standby, if the opponent deploys jammers or feints, then our interception efficiency will be further reduced. Ye Ming's words revealed a sense of helplessness, the speed of the Germans' fast fleet was too fast, and even with the help of radar, the interception depth and warning time were greatly compressed.

"Is it possible to improve the efficiency of interception by increasing the dispatch capability? For example, the direct guidance of fighters by carrier-based AWACS aircraft? Xu Jie thought for a while and asked.

"It's difficult. Although the Air Force's Watchtower-type early warning aircraft has greatly improved the interception efficiency, this point cannot be directly copied to the Navy. First of all, from the point of view of efficiency. Our aircraft carrier cannot accommodate four large aircraft, and the watchtower-type early warning aircraft has a high-power radar, communication equipment, and a large number of guides on it, which is itself a complete guidance system. And our twin-engine aircraft is too small, it would be nice to be able to fit 3 people. They are the driver, the radar operator, and the radioman. It is simply impossible to guide hundreds of planes with three people! Therefore, our current guidance method is that the twin-engine AWACS aircraft will report the coordinates of the other side to the warship after discovering the target, and then the personnel on the aircraft carrier will be responsible for allocating air defense forces. There is a delay in this mode of working, but we don't have a better way. In addition, even if we are operating in the coastal zone, we can get help from watchtower AWACS. The actual guidance effect will not be very good. Because this is determined by the nature of the target and the characteristics of air combat that we need to defend! ”

"I have looked through the records of the early warning aircraft of the watchtower to participate in the war, and the early warning aircraft has indeed greatly increased the efficiency of our air defense. There were far fewer bombs thrown over our heads. But that's a cumulative. To put it in layman's terms, if the opponent attacks with 100 aircraft, under normal circumstances it can drop 20 tons of bombs on the first day, 18 tons on the second day due to losses and attendance, and 15 tons on the third day. And because of the AWACS aircraft, the opponent may be able to drop 19 tons of bombs on the first day, and only 14 tons on the second day. Because of the existence of AWACS, we inflicted heavy damage on the opponent on the first day, but in fact, because the response of AWACS is still a little slow, the weakening of AWACS to the first wave of attacks is very limited. Although it can be improved with tactics and command systems. But it's hard to say how much the effect will improve. After finishing speaking, Ye Ming looked at everyone present. He continued, after some people suddenly came to their senses.

"The Army has plenty of units to withstand the first day's blows, and in fact air strikes rarely have a day when they can crush the opposing side. But the Navy is different. Don't talk about the first day, maybe the first wave of attacks can determine the victory or defeat of both sides, and the second wave is to make up the knife. The third wave may not happen at all. So our current dilemma is that our sea-based early warning capability is much weaker than that of the Air Force, but we face no less attack than the Luftwaffe, the spear is too sharp, and the shield is too weak. And the defense of armored aircraft carriers is not so reliable. A 1-ton armor-piercing projectile can penetrate almost the defenses of all armored aircraft carriers of the current countries. Ye Ming said.

Speaking of this, Xu Jie and others finally understood the problems faced by naval aircraft carriers. It's like playing a tower defense game in the future. The situation of the Air Force is easy difficulty. It doesn't matter if a channel is long and a screen misses 20 units. And the situation of the navy is difficult and difficult, a passage is half a screen long, and if you leak 5 units in the past, you will lose! The depth is too small, the opponent is too fast, his reaction is a little slow, and the gap between the planes of the two sides is not very large. It's like playing WOW in the future, and after the Terrans buy the acceleration scroll (don't ask me how I did it), they directly pull the militia to open the scroll and rush over. The attack is too strong, directly saturating the opponent's defense!

"Send me a few of your deduction battle reports, and I'll take a look." Xu Jie understood what Ye Ming said very well, and he didn't even need him. Xu Jie can also think clearly. Because before Ye Ming's report, and even before Su Mo participated in the Iranian fleet, Xu Jie and Su Mo had roughly deduced the relevant offense and defense, but they were not detailed to the number, and this time, with first-hand information sent by his subordinates, Xu Jie could finally see how the two sides of the exercise were fighting. These battles are still simulated on the ground, because to put it mildly, the largest aircraft carrier in China is not as good as the Germans. The aircraft carrier Europa for the Germans had a larger deck and hangar. It is enough to operate an aircraft the size of the Mosquito, while the 30,000-ton armored aircraft carrier of Huaxia is more difficult. And now Huaxia has not yet added twin-engine aircraft to the sea-based aviation. This is also a bit slower than the Germans. Simulations of the operation of carrier-based aircraft have also been initiated, but most of them will be single-aircraft and small-scale crews. Large-scale training has not yet begun.

Considering that the scale of the future aircraft carrier engagement situation is relatively large, Ye Ming and others arranged the scale of up to 4 aircraft carriers for each side when setting. That is, the number of aircraft on each side of the Red Army and the Blues will reach more than 400 units! Such a large number of people can already avoid some accidents, for example, a pilot was very lucky today, and he shot down a lot of planes during the exercise, which affected the judgment of the battle situation. 400 planes heralded at least 180 planes in a wave of attack, and the results of an attack of this magnitude were definitely not something that could be solved by a few pilots bursting into combat power. The Blues, for their part, completely simulated the formation of the Germans, replacing the new aircraft and dive bombers of the Germans with Seagull fighters, and replacing the possible twin-engine bombers of the Germans with the Mosquitoes. The ratio of single-engine aircraft to double-engine aircraft is 4 to 1. Red's task is to block Blue's attack while attacking it. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES IS 350KM TO 450KM. Now that the setup has been completed, let's take a look at the results of several encounters between the two sides.

In the first game, both sides spotted their opponents at the same time and attacked. The 200 planes that took off from the Blue Army aircraft carrier formed a huge formation and flew towards the target. At a distance of about 190 kilometers from the Red Army aircraft carriers, the Red Army's airborne early warning aircraft spotted the Blue Army aircraft group and began to concentrate the direct guard fighters and fighters that had just taken off from the aircraft carriers to intercept the opponents. And when the Red Army completed the interception deployment, the actual combat distance between the two sides has been shortened to about 80 kilometers, yes, you read that right, just when the Red Army saw the opponent and transmitted the information back to the aircraft carrier, and then the aircraft carrier concentrated the aircraft during the period when the German fleet broke through about 100 kilometers! Huaxia's defense performance is already very good, because it only took about 15 minutes for the Huaxia Air Force to complete all this work! And 15 minutes was enough for the Germans with a cruising speed of nearly 500 kilometers to break through about 120 kilometers! If Huaxia can intercept the opponent at 80 kilometers in actual combat, it will really burn high incense! Then about 100 fighters of various types in Huaxia pulled out their positions and prepared to intercept!

'The first time I saw the opposition group I knew we had failed and the Blues guys must have put a lot of thought into the formation. The Blues were flying towards us like a wall, and their formation was divided into two groups, one high-altitude and one low-altitude. The high-altitude group consisted of about 30 fighters and 60 dive bombers, who flew at an altitude of about 6000 meters. With the fighters in front and the bombers behind, the fighter units crashed into our interceptor net like a spearhead. Our interception altitude was about the same as that of our opponents, and we quickly got tangled in a dogfight, and then the bombers behind took advantage of the situation and rushed over. 80 kilometers may seem like a long way, but it's less than 10 minutes for a speeding Seagull! In 10 minutes, my teammates and I had to shoot down 60 dive bombers! It's simply an impossible task! In the end, the 60 fighters responsible for intercepting at high altitudes took down less than 20 bombers! We even had two of our comrades bitten back by a bomber who threw away the load! I think they forgot that the other side called it a bomber only because it was hung with bombs! That's all! Said a squadron leader in charge of high-altitude interception.

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