The inaction of the country in the Middle East is not waiting for Qian to go on other battlefields.

In Tiannian and Jinnian, in addition to the Pacific battlefield and the Middle East battlefield, the Indian Ocean battlefield and the African battlefield are undoubtedly the two most important, "the secondary main battlefield, and it is also the battlefield where the two sides of the war are most fierce and the battle is cruel. More importantly, the Indian Ocean battlefield and the African battlefield are interrelated and have great interaction, making the situation particularly complicated. Fortunately, on these two battlefields, the dominant intensive groups led by the Republic, and the S.A. group led by the United States is basically running around.

In terms of importance, the Indian Ocean battlefield is definitely in front of the African battlefield.

According to statistics from the Republic authorities, the first two years of war refer to the first two years after the United States joined the war. That is, from the beginning of the year to the beginning of the year, most of the merchant ships and transport ships that were sunk by the Sjog Group submarines in the Indian Ocean were actually as high as 3 rapid transport ships of the Navy, with a total volume of more than 100 million blades and 100 million deadweight tons, so the loss of materials was as high as 100 million tons, and the crew was sacrificed, such as more than 0. This did not include the lost escort warships and warships that performed combat missions in the Indian Ocean. If calculated based on tonnage, the ships sunk in the Indian Ocean accounted for the total irrigation lost by the Republic in the two years before the war.

It can be seen from this that for the Republic, ensuring the safety of Indian Ocean routes is an imminent problem.

In fact, as early as the year of the year, the Republic's Navy regarded the Indian Ocean as a "severely affected area of ​​submarine warfare." Most of the escort warships built and put into service were sent to the Indian Ocean, and many old escort fleets were formed to provide direct protection for fleets on various routes in the North Indian Ocean. Many anti-submarine support centers were established in the North Indian Ocean, and hundreds of anti-submarine patrol aircraft and maritime patrol aircraft were used to strengthen the anti-submarine strength on various routes. Several large attack submarines were also deployed on the Indian Ocean to form a professional "submarine hunting submarine fleet." The problem is that when the troops were relatively limited and the scope of protection was too broad, these measures of the Republic's Navy did not achieve obvious practical results.

More importantly, the US Navy also strengthened submarine investment in Japan. For example, in Kanafeng, western Australia, the Ninth Submarine Fleet was established in Kanafeng, in order to make this place a submarine activity center, the United States also invested heavily in digging the submarine channel from Shaq Bay to Lake McLeod, so that submarines could enter Lake McLeod to avoid the Republic's long-range patrol aircraft and strategic bombers. The number of submarines deployed in the Indian Ocean increased to more than four to the end of the four years, and more than a few US submarines were active in the Indian Ocean. Several "wolf pack fleets were formed. That is, large attack submarines led the breaking fleet of several small attack submarines, specifically encircling and suppressing the Republic's fleet in the North Indian Ocean.

In short, with the Republican Navy strengthening its investment, the situation on the Indian Ocean battlefield did not change much. Instead, the US Navy continued to invest in a large number of small attack submarines, which caused the ship loss rate to soar. According to statistics from the Republican authorities, the annual loss of ships was only 4 times that of the year. Even if calculated based on the loss rate, that is, the number of ships lost in the year is more than twice that of the number of ships lost in the year, the annual investment is more than twice that of the year. It can be seen that the investment of the Republican Navy has not achieved any effect.

From another perspective, the main reason is not the Navy

You should know that the Japanese Navy is the most critical year of the Pacific War. Although the Republican Navy was fighting in the southern part of the Mariana Islands throughout the second half of the year and did not launch a large-scale strategic offensive, from the perspective of the entire battle situation, it was precisely because the Republican Navy's actions in the direction of the Mariana Islands that restrained the US Navy. It laid the foundation for the march into the southwest Pacific, that is, to launch the second round of strategic offensive. In this context, even if the Republican Navy knew that the North Indian Ocean route was very important, it was unlikely that it would add anti-submarine forces to the Indian Ocean. More importantly, the Republican Navy had to give priority to the construction of the main battleships, especially the "Han" class battleships, to ensure the absolute military advantage obtained in the following year, and to provide a material foundation for entering the Hawaiian Islands, so there was no way to build more escort warships, which even affected the construction of submarines.

Anyway, this situation changed in four years.

To be precise, in the second half of the year, a turning point occurred.

It is precisely because on the Pacific battlefield that the two sides were in a stalemate in the battle for the Mariana Islands. The war of attrition that lasted for several months seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the US Navy. More importantly, due to this, the US Navy strengthened the headquarters of the Third Submarine Corps in Brisbane, eastern Australia, and was mainly responsible for the breaking and anti-submarine warfare operations in the southwest Pacific and the fifth Submarine Corps in Pearl Harbor. Most submarines are based on Midway Island and are mainly responsible for the breaking and anti-submarine warfare operations in the Western Pacific. More submarines have been invested in the Western Pacific to strangle the maritime routes from Naha to Saipan and prevent the Communist Party of China.

The Marine Corps of Heguo increased its troops to the front line, and at the same time forced the Republic Navy to use more types of warships for rear escorts rather than on the front line to fight with the US military. In this way, the Ninth Submarine Corps was weakened. According to the US military's combat record, by the end of the year, although the total number of submarines of the Ninth Submarine Corps increased to more than the assists, the large attack submarines among them were only 60% less than the beginning of the year. Because small attack submarines only have the ability to deal with surface ships, when performing a single mission of breaking the transaction, they are easily attacked by the opponent's submarines. The US Navy's breaking the transaction efforts on the Indian Ocean battlefield naturally decreased a lot.

Of course, the main factor is still the Republic Navy.

After the "dismal operation" of the year, the Republic's Navy established the "Indian Ocean Anti-Submarine Escort Operations Command" at the beginning of the year. This one-acting theater command was directly commanded by the Navy Command. The agency had only one task, namely, how to improve the anti-submarine combat efficiency in the Indian Ocean and effectively protect thousands of merchant ships on the route. At that time, there were more than four merchant ships on the Indian Ocean route. Seventy percent of them were different body clams of the Republic. "The other 30% of them were ships of the intensive group member states. After the establishment of the Zhuanye", the first thing they did was to deal with the anti-submarine operations in the previous year.

The war is summarized, the problem is found, and more effective anti-submarine tactics are found. After half a year of hard work, hundreds of submarine warfare experts, namely the command's staff, have summarized several very valuable experiences, and thus several effective anti-submarine tactics have been born, such as using segmented escort to improve the combat efficiency of escort warships, setting up fixed anti-submarine patrol areas in high-incidence submarine ambush areas to curb the attacks of enemy submarines, cooperating with the Sky Army to strike enemy submarine bases to reduce the combat efficiency of enemy submarines, deploying submarine fleets dedicated to anti-submarine missions on the round-trip routes of enemy submarines to sneak attack enemy submarines, etc.

These tactics were used in actual combat in four and six months, and had relatively significant effects. In a sense, the battle situation in the second half of the year was most closely related to the huge investment of the US Navy.

Take the combat exchange ratio of US submarines. You can find the key point. In the year of the year, the exchange ratio of US submarines in the break-up operation was green, that is, the average sinking of a ship and losing a submarine. In the first half of the year, this ratio remained at about strong. In the second half of the year, it quickly decreased to the induction. If you look at the tonnage exchange ratio, that is, the ratio of the tonnage of the lost submarine and the sunken ship, the US submarines were flying in the year of the year. In the year of the year Half a year is four. Because the large transport ships built in batches were put into service in batches at the beginning of the year of the year, the average tonnage of the transport ships increased a lot, so the number has increased. By the second half of the year, it was only concave. It can be seen that without huge military investment, the US Navy would not have been able to obtain a sinking blade in the year of the year. The achievements of many merchant ships are even more unlikely to force the Republic's Navy to the point where it had to increase its anti-submarine force investment.

Thanks to the preliminary preparations, especially the various anti-submarine tactics summarized, by the time of the year, the war potential of the Republic was fully utilized, and the construction speed of anti-submarine escort warships and submarines reached the "assembly line" level, the happy days of American submarines in the Indian Ocean were basically over.

In the first quarter of the 2nd year alone, the Republic's Navy dispatched anti-submarine escort warships to the Indian Ocean more than the whole year of the year, reaching a few. Among these warships, in addition to anti-submarine frigates built according to wartime standards, there are also large anti-submarine destroyers.

The addition of large anti-submarine destroyers is a suggestion put forward by the Indian Ocean Anti-submarine Escort Operations Command.

Like small attack submarines, anti-submarine frigates built according to wartime conditions have very obvious performance defects, such as a single mission capability and only have limited sea control and air defense capabilities. If you encounter enemy ships and enemy aircraft, self-protection is a very big problem. In some cases, even if you encounter large enemy attack submarines, several frigates are required to drive them out of the fleet. With relatively limited range of activities and relatively fixed companion escorts, that is, when performing escort tasks with accompanying fleet activities, these defects of anti-submarine frigates are not very prominent, especially when dealing with the enemy. When small attack submarines are mostly able to gain the upper hand, but when performing enlarged escort missions, such as encircling enemy submarine fleets in specific waters, or ambushing enemy boats in ferries in specific waters. These performance defects of anti-submarine destroyers are very obvious, and sometimes they are even very deadly. For example, in August 4, the Republic's Navy organized a key anti-submarine operation code-named "Zhuwahu". The anti-submarine frigates participating in the operation lost 7, of which 4 were sunk by anti-ship missiles launched by US patrol aircraft, and the other was sunk by large US attack submarines.

It can be said that these shortcomings of anti-submarine frigates are difficult to change. To be precise, on the premise of controlling the cost and facilitating large-scale construction, there is basically no way to comprehensively improve the comprehensive combat capabilities of anti-submarine frigates. To put it bluntly, if the cost factors are not taken into account, the Republic's Navy had no need to build special anti-submarine frigates, and only needed to build anti-submarine destroyers in large quantities.

The problem is also here, it is not cost-effective to improve the comprehensive combat capabilities of anti-submarine frigates.

In the final analysis, anti-submarine frigates are "consumer" warships, that is, the number of construction is huge and the losses are also amazing. According to relevant records of the Republic's Navy, the average service life of many anti-submarine frigates built during the war was only one year, while the average service life of other warships was more than one year, and the average service life of some large warships exceeded the blade year. It can be seen that if the displacement of anti-submarine frigates is increased in order to pursue comprehensive capabilities, the anti-submarine frigates will also be increased.

The construction cost is to waste valuable war resources. Although the comprehensive combat capability of the second-generation anti-submarine frigates that started construction at the beginning of the year has been improved, such as being equipped with heavy anti-ship missiles with a range of up to 4,000 meters, and having a comprehensive air defense system that can intercept dozens of targets at the same time, in order to control costs, this type of anti-submarine frigate is not equipped with a controllable fusion reactor, and is still powered by a composite battery and a fleet power transmission system, so the independent combat capability is still very limited.

The problem is that anti-submarine warfare requires some anti-submarine warships with strong comprehensive combat capabilities.

As early as before the war broke out, the Navy made it clear that in anti-submarine escort operations, there must be at least a large warship with limited comprehensive combat capabilities in the escort fleet. Affected by this, before the war broke out, the Republic Navy adjusted its shipbuilding plan and no longer built anti-submarine frigates with smaller tonnage. At that time, the main anti-submarine force in the Republic Navy aircraft carrier battle group was a frigate, not a destroyer. Instead, it was replaced with much larger tonnage anti-submarine destroyers. More importantly, the Republic Sea

The anti-submarine destroyers built by the army before the war were built according to the standards of "fleet-leading ships, that is, they all have relatively complete fleet command capabilities and can act as flagships of the fleet by adding flagship modules when necessary. Of course, in the contrary of comprehensive combat capabilities, anti-submarine destroyers with much larger displacement can obtain more complete combat capabilities by replacing mission modules. In fact, the Republic's Navy has not reduced the construction of anti-submarine destroyers.

By the beginning of the year, with the new generation of fleeing warships in service, the Republic's Navy began to have a plan to send anti-submarine destroyers to the "shuangyang" to enhance the anti-submarine power in the Indian Ocean. Never underestimate this anti-submarine destroyer. If it is incorporated into the escort fleet, even if the fleet needs two destroyers, it can form a blade support fleet with the concave anti-submarine frigates, and then cover the support fleet in segmented escorts, that is, about the Liekou merchant ship. More importantly, if this anti-submarine destroyer is used to perform key anti-submarine missions, it can set up old key anti-submarine areas in the waters of frequent US submarine activities to strengthen the strangulation of US submarines.

In fact, in most episodes, the most effective anti-submarine weapon is submarines, especially more advanced submarines.

During the past year and four years, about 60% of the US submarines sunk by the Republic's Navy were the results of attack submarines sent specifically to perform anti-submarine missions. Surface ships accounted for only 20% and the other 20% were the results of anti-submarine patrol aircraft. More importantly, in the past two years, there were only ugly attack submarine missions in the Indian Ocean, and the number was far less than that of anti-submarine warships and anti-submarine aircraft. This is also easy to understand that most of the tasks of anti-submarine warships are escorts, that is, covering the fleet. In escort operations, the main value of the existence of anti-submarine warships is to prevent enemy submarines from launching attacks, rather than destroying enemy submarines. That is to say, as long as the fleet can reach its destination before being attacked, the mission will be considered successful. Affected by this, the escort warships are very important.

Relatively dealing with enemy submarines on the ocean. After expelling enemy submarines, they often take the initiative to leave the battle with the help of speed advantage. In comparison, anti-submarine submarine missions are much more direct. It can be said that no submarine is suitable for escort missions. Most of the time, submarines that perform anti-submarine missions are ambushed on the routes from the fleet based on intelligence to the fleet, waiting for the enemy submarine to appear. Then, when the enemy submarine attacks the fleet, sneak attacking the enemy submarines. After the anti-submarine escort tactics are improved, escort warships and anti-submarine patrol aircraft will also drive the enemy submarines into the ambush circle set up by their own submarines to increase the chance of sinking enemy submarines. It can be seen that the great achievements of anti-submarine submarines can achieve such great results.

The problem is that not all submarines can perform reverse missions.

To put it simply, only submarines with performance exceeding enemy submarines can be able to perform anti-submarine missions. That is to say, only the most advanced submarines are suitable for performing anti-submarine missions.

In Kun and Yue, the Republic Navy needed to deploy most large attack submarines in the Pacific Ocean to cooperate with fleet operations, especially when entering the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Because the span was too large, patrol aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft were unbearable, so the submarines had to perform long-range alert and peripheral reconnaissance missions. Affected by this, it was not until the beginning of Tianan, that the Republic Navy could draw more large attack submarines to the Indian Ocean to perform anti-submarine missions.

Affected by this, during the war, the Republic's Navy not only did not slow down the construction progress of large attack submarines, but also started construction of a new generation of large attack submarines in early Mengkou, and carried out batch construction in shipyards in Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, Fuzhou and Beihai. By the middle of the Tiannian year, this construction design work during the war began before the outbreak of the war, but after the outbreak of the war, it was adjusted and put into service one after another. According to the combat records of the Republic's Navy, by the end of the year, the number of large attack submarines sent to the Indian Ocean to perform anti-submarine missions had reached Qin, most of which were new generation of attack submarines.

Such a huge investment gives the Republic's Navy more choices.

Mu Yong doubted that submarines have been veritable assault weapons since the day they were born. Their value is to launch attacks actively, and even in anti-submarine operations, they have to launch attacks actively. In fact, submarines are not suitable for escort missions, especially for fast fleets with average speeds above Fengjie and even able to continuously sail at the speed of the force. This is easy to understand. Any attack submarine sailing at speeds above cleverens will not only make very loud noises, but also their own sonar cannot work normally. In this way, when performing anti-submarine missions, large attack submarines often lie in the seas where enemy boats often appear.

This anti-Chiang tactic gives the defense the initiative for the first time.

It can be said that it is the addition of large attack submarines. To be precise, submarines have become the main force in anti-submarine operations, which makes anti-submarine warfare operations very different from previous wars. The most prominent feature is that they have gained the ability to take the initiative to attack as the defense side. Tactically speaking, if the Republic's Navy can invest enough large attack submarines and even do not need to deploy escort fleets, all anti-submarine escort warships will be "unemployed".

Of course, before the bottom, the Republic's Navy could not deploy enough large attack submarines on the Edar Ocean. In the whole, anti-submarine escort operations were still mainly surface ships and anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Most of the time, it was accompanied escort to deal with the elusive US submarines. In order to weaken the intensity of US submarine activities, the Republic's Navy carried out several key anti-submarine activities from time to time. The most outstanding operation occurred in July of Tiannian. The Republic's Navy dispatched old anti-submarine destroyers and fell anti-submarine frigates. It also focused on the Sunda Strait as the center. It set up an anti-submarine area with a radius of 1,000 meters. It sank several small US attack submarines in less than a day, causing the next two months to reduce the intensity of US submarine activity in the Indian Ocean by two-thirds.

It can be seen that in the second half of the year, with the increase in the number of large attack submarines to fight in the Indian Ocean, the Republic's Navy has been exploring new anti-submarine tactics, especially the anti-submarine tactics of using large attack submarines to launch concentrated attacks and hunt in waters where enemy boats frequently appear.

By the first quarter of 2018, the number of large attack submarines operating in the Indian Ocean exceeded, and when four were four, the Republic's Navy began to try to take the initiative, that is, several large attack submarines formed an "underwater fleet" to actively set up ambush on the enemy's submarine route, and even set up ambush circles outside the enemy's submarine base to attack those who have not entered the war zone and have not yet formed a powerful force on the Republic's fleet.

This tactical adjustment means that the Republic's Navy has gained the advantage of submarine force in the Indian Ocean. That is, the battlefield situation has become more beneficial to the Republic's Navy. It can be seen from the troop data of both sides that Jin can be regarded as the turning point for the Erduo Ocean to break and protect the war. According to relevant records of the US Navy, by the beginning of the year, the attack submarines operating in the Indian Ocean were still around the few, basically the same as the beginning of the fourth year. Among them, large attack submarines with anti-submarine capabilities are less than the strength of the

, the rest are small attack submarines. According to the relevant files released by the Republic's Navy after the war, at the beginning of the year, more than four submarines were active in the Indian Ocean, more than two times that of the first, and basically all are large attack submarines with displacement of more than ten tons. Although the number of US troops still dominates, according to the calculation that the combat effectiveness of large attack submarines is equivalent to 3 to 4 small attack submarines, the combat effectiveness of the Republic's Navy submarine troops has exceeded that of the US military.

There is no doubt that this kind of active encirclement and suppression is absolutely a huge deal for the US military.

Disaster.

At the end of the first quarter of the year, the Republic's Navy launched a combat operation code-named "Death Trap". First, it sent large attack submarines to Kanafeng. In Feng Tian's high-intensity anti-submarine operations, three "underwater fleets, each composed of many old large attack submarines, took turns to attack, sinking nearly fell small attack submarines and dozens of small anti-submarine ships in the waters west of Kanafeng. Before the end of the campaign, many submarines in the three "underwater fleets" also attacked Kanafeng and the cobalt docks in Lake McLeod, and blew up the submarine bases that the US military had worked hard to establish. After this active attack, the US military was forced to transfer the submarine base to Perth, and within the next month, no effective offensive operations were organized in the Indian Ocean.

It can be seen that taking the initiative is indeed the best method of anti-submarine warfare.

In the words of Rev. Wu Wei, the Republic's Rear Admiral who was responsible for anti-submarine operations in the Indian Ocean at that time, the best American submarine is the American submarine that will always stay in the port!

Since it is an active attack, another combat platform must be mentioned, namely strategic bombers.

In fact, before Jinnian, the strategic bombers of the Republic's Sky Army had already assisted the Navy in carrying out anti-submarine combat missions with proactive attacks on the Indian Ocean battlefield.

As early as the year of the year, when the US military retreated from the Indian Ocean and established the Ninth Submarine Corps, the Republic's Navy proposed a combat plan to bomb major ports in western Australia by the Sky Army to prevent US submarines from entering the Indian Ocean. Combined with the Maldives Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy's Navy quickly received support from the General Staff and Supreme Command. The problem is that even by the end of the eighth year, the Republic's Sky Army did not have enough bombers to expand the combat area, and there were many places where bombers were needed at that time, and it was impossible to place valuable combat forces on the anti-submarine operations in the Indian Ocean. Besides, it was not until the year of the year that the US submarine's crackdown on the Indian Ocean caused obvious pressure on the Republic.

It is precisely this. At the beginning of the year, at the strong request of the Navy, the Sky Army bombed Kanafeng for the first time. Affected by this, the US military transferred a meter-drilling machine weighing 10,000 tons from the country. Two "undersea tunnels for attack submarine communications were dug south of Lake McLeod. Lake McLeod became the largest submarine cobalt dock for the US military in western Australia. In fact, throughout the year, due to the influence of combat operations in other directions, especially on the continental battlefield, the bombing operations of the Republic's Sky Army in the Indian Ocean were not very effective. Even in the second half of the year, the battlefield situation eased. Because we had to change the troops and prepare for a certain year of strategic offensive, the Sky Army did not make much contribution to the anti-submarine operations in the Indian Ocean.

It was not until this situation changed substantially.

As we all know, 2Yo years can be regarded as a "great harvest". In this year, in addition to the Republic's ** team reaping major results on various fronts, the Republic's military production capacity also reached a peak, creating one and another miracle that shocked the whole world. For example, in this year, more than 10,000 bombers were produced, almost twice that of the United States. It is precisely with such a huge production capacity that the strategic bomber troops of the Republic's Sky Army can blossom on all fronts and shoulder heavier combat tasks, including anti-submarine missions in the Indian Ocean.

According to the combat records of the Republic's Sky Army, in the Indian Ocean, the remaining bombers consumed about 10,000 tons of ammunition on the Indian Ocean battlefield. On average, each bomber dropped 0 tons of bombs. Even if it was calculated based on each order, it was equivalent to each bomber being dispatched every day. Judging from the intensity of the dispatch, the combat intensity of the strategic bomber troops in the Indian Ocean is no less than that of the southwestern Pacific. Such a huge investment has a very significant effect. From a tactical perspective, the active offensive operations of the bomber troops can be divided into two stages.

Before the year and month of the field, the main figures of the bomber force were bombing ports in the western part of Australia, as well as all areas where US submarines could be used.

To put it bluntly, at this time, the main tactic of the strategic bomber unit of the Republic's Sky Army was to use bombers to deal with submarines and submarine bases.

Judging from the bombing of submarine bases, the effect is quite good. In just a few months, in addition to the closely guarded Kanafeng and Perth, most ports in western Australia lost their operating capabilities, and even the McLeod Lake submarine base was severely damaged, which greatly reduced the dispatch efficiency of US submarines. The problem is that using bombers to deal with submarines is not a good idea. Tactically speaking, the US military only needs to improve the combat readiness level of the submarine force, that is, to put the submarines returning to the port in a state of security, and to submarines can urgently dive after receiving the alarm, which can turn the bomber's attack into vain. Of course, if you leave the port, the submarines can avoid bombers more easily. In fact, during the entire war, there were very few submarines sunk by bombers during sea activities.

Because the direct bombing effect is not good, starting from early 2...men month, the main mission of the strategic bomber unit changed from bombing to Jingzhuang: special anti-submarine mines are laid out in the main routes of US submarines, areas of frequent activities, and waters near the submarine base, especially intelligent anti-submarine mines.

In response to this combat operation, the Republic's Navy has also specially developed several intelligent anti-submarine mines.

Although this combat method consumed a huge amount. In the past seven months after 0 years, the strategic bomber of the Tianjun used about 10,000 mines. The total tonnage of bombs exceeded 10,000 tons, which was 50,000 more than the amount of bombs dropped in the previous bombing operations. However, the effect of this tactic was particularly significant. By the end of the year, in addition to sinking nearly 100 US submarines, the dispatch rate of US submarines was reduced by more than 60%, reducing the activity efficiency of US submarines by 40%, and reducing the efficiency of US submarines' operations in the Indian Ocean by more than half. Of course, the most significant effect of this tactic is the psychological blow to US submarine officers and soldiers. That is, when performing missions, US officers and soldiers have to be wary of ubiquitous intelligent anti-submarine mines. According to the combat records of the US Navy, this psychological pressure greatly reduced the combat efficiency of US submarines, missing many opportunities, and even led to many technical reasons.

In a sense, it was the first time that the Sky Army used mines on a large scale in anti-submarine operations in the Indian Ocean that provided a theoretical basis for the use of mines to block the ports when conducting strategic bombing in Australia. More importantly, with the huge orders in the early stage, when the Sky Army needed to order more mines, the Republic's arms plants had enough production capacity to produce ammunition and drug resources that were sufficient to meet the combat needs of the Sky Army.

After the war, even most Western war historians had to admit that the anti-submarine operations of the Republic's Tianjun in Kou Nian provided a theoretical basis for later strategic bombing and strategic blockade, improved the tactics of strategic bomber troops, and accelerated the war process.

Compared with the vigorous strategic bombing, another kind of long-range anti-submarine aviation force is much more low-key.

This is the anti-submarine patrol aircraft unit affiliated to the Republic's Naval Air Force.

In terms of combat effectiveness alone, anti-submarine patrol aircraft may be regarded as the anti-submarine force with the largest dispatch rate, and the anti-submarine combat effectiveness is no lower than that of anti-submarine warships, but it is not as good as a submarine.

During the entire war, the Republic's Navy ordered 8 anti-submarine patrol aircraft, 70% of which were deployed on the rear battlefield to carry out patrol missions. Before the end of the year, the Republic's Navy had as many anti-submarine patrol aircraft placed on the Indian Ocean battlefield, about 60% of which were long-range anti-submarine patrol aircraft with a range of more than 1,000 meters.

If calculated based on the number of sunk submarines, the performance of anti-submarine patrol aircraft was not very ideal before the end of the year, and was only equal to anti-submarine warships, which was far lower than that of anti-submarine submarines. It was not until Jin's year that the performance of anti-submarine patrol aircraft had significantly improved, not only surpassing anti-submarine warships, but also surpassing anti-submarine submarines. Back then, nearly half of the many US submarines sunk by the Republic's Navy were sunk by anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

Although in a sense, such a remarkable record is not just the credit of the anti-submarine patrol aircraft. There are many other factors. For example, the overall reduction of the quality of the officers and soldiers of the US submarine force has greatly reduced the combat capability of the US submarine. For example, the US submarine is affected by the lack of infrastructure and cannot be effectively maintained for a long time. Various failures often occur when performing combat missions. These failures often become the direct cause of submarine burial in the sea. The most typical case of war occurred at the beginning of the year. "A U.S. submarine that was forced to float on the Shanghai area due to failure was surrounded by three anti-submarine patrol aircraft, and eventually had to surrender to the aviation troops on the anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Of course, the intelligence department of the Republic also made great contributions. For example, the captured submarines have mastered the US military.

Password. It provides help for the navy to arrange patrol tactics for anti-submarine patrol aircraft. In fact, this has a lot to do with the activities of other anti-submarine forces. For example, the minefields arranged by bombers limit the range of activities of US submarines, and the ambushing of anti-submarines forces US submarines to sprint at full speed when passing through dangerous seas, thus exposing their whereabouts and being caught up by faster anti-submarine patrol aircraft. However, these cannot be denied that anti-submarine patrol aircraft are the fastest and most responsive anti-submarine forces, that is, anti-submarine patrol aircraft have unparalleled maneuverability, which is not available to any other anti-submarine force. Affected by this, during the entire war, anti-submarine patrol aircraft played a crucial role in various anti-submarine battlefields.

There is no doubt that the Indian Ocean is the main battlefield for the Republic's naval anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

According to the combat records of the Republic's Navy, when Australia announced its surrender, various anti-submarine forces of the Republic's Navy sank and captured US submarines on the Indian Ocean battlefield, including 4 milk ships and 4 submarines. After occupying Australia, they also accepted the power of the US and the Royal Australian Navy. For this result, the Republic's Navy paid the huge price of losing submarines, including four anti-submarine warships, anti-submarine patrol aircraft, and strategic bombers. In addition, they also lost four merchant ships and transport ships with a total loading of 10,000 tons, with direct economic losses of 1 trillion yuan.

It can be seen from this that although the US military lost the Indian Ocean War, it took advantage of the economy. The problem is that the war is not about who takes advantage of it, but who has gained a strategic advantage. You should know that behind the huge economic losses is the huge benefits the Republic has obtained from the Indian Ocean route. That is, billions of tons of strategic materials obtained from Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America, and these materials are the solid foundation for supporting the Republic to win the war and laugh to the end.

In a sense, the failure of the US military in the Indian Ocean was a strategic turning point in the middle of the war, that is, the turning point in the republic gaining strategic initiative and launching a comprehensive strategic offensive.

Of course, no one can deny that the victory of the Republic has equally important value on another battlefield adjacent to the Indian Ocean. This is the war on the African continent!.
Chapter completed!