.Mu Haoyang's premonition was very accurate, and the battle was not very smooth from the beginning.

According to Yang Yu's estimate, the two j15bs that were first launched will be sent back to the reconnaissance report at around 11:00. If there is still no feedback at 11:00, Yang Yu's side will have to arrange two j15bs to replenish fuel after the last batch of fighter jets are launched.

Until 11:20, the fleet did not receive a reconnaissance report.

At this time, the j25 aircraft fleet had already flew 1,400 kilometers and was about to catch up with the Indian fleet. If the enemy's early warning aircraft cannot be discovered in time, the j25 aircraft fleet will definitely encounter trouble in air combat. It must compete for air supremacy in less favorable circumstances, and combat losses are inevitable.

Fortunately, the j25 aircraft fleet did not encounter Indian fighter jets at this time.

Just when Mu Haoyang and Yang Yufang were a little anxious and were considering whether the attack should be cancelled, a J15b finally sent a reconnaissance report.

At this time, it was already eleven and twenty-five.

There is not only an e3g above the Indian fleet, but also a "Felcon". The e3g is about 250 kilometers east of the fleet, and the "Felcon" is about 150 kilometers northwest of the fleet. Two early warning aircrafts just covered all the airspace around the fleet.

Obviously, this situation is not much the same as what Yang Yufang expected.

That's why j15b failed to detect early warning machines within the scheduled time and could only expand the search scope as planned and spent more time.

Because when j15b discovered the early warning aircraft, the early warning aircraft also discovered j15b. Perhaps he mistakenly thought j15b for a fighter that performed an attack mission, the warships in the Indian fleet immediately activated the radar, so when reporting the whereabouts of the early warning aircraft, j15b also reported the situation of the Indian fleet.

Although it is not much the same as expected, it is within a controllable range.

The intelligence was transmitted simultaneously to the ballistic missile troops in the rear. What Yang Yufang had to do was to slow down the follow-up j25 aircraft group through the satellite communication network, and wait until the ballistic missile troops completed the attack, and then enter the battlefield to compete with the leaderless Indian fighter jets for air supremacy.

At 11:28, two ballistic missile battalions that had been deployed on Hainan Island completed the launch preparations.

Although according to the initial combat plan, one missile battalion first attacked the early warning aircraft and the other missile battalion was responsible for the second round of attacks, two early warning aircraft appeared at the same time, and both missile battalions received combat orders to attack one early warning aircraft respectively.

Two minutes later, the missile took off.

In order to ensure that the missile is consistent, four launch vehicles of each battalion launched missiles at the same time. Because there is no problem of transferring the launch position, after launching the missile, reloading operations will be carried out immediately to prepare for a possible second round of missile attacks.

Both battalions launched DF23f medium-range ballistic missiles with a maximum range of 2,500 kilometers.

As the most advanced medium-range ballistic missile of the Second Artillery, the DF23f was put into production in 2021, with an annual output of 50. It is expected that by the time of suspension of production in 2031, a total of 500 were equipped. When designing, the DF23f focused on conventional strikes. In the hands of the Second Artillery, the main mission of the DF23f was to threaten the US military base in the Western Pacific region and prevent US military intervention during the war. To put it bluntly, after serving, the DF23f targeted Guam, which was the main means for the Chinese team to attack Guam.

To break through Guam’s anti-missile defense system, df23f must have excellent tactical performance.

Because the new solid fuel is used, the infrared signal characteristics of the df23f are very weak when launched, which is comparable to the tactical ballistic missile of 500 kilometers. Therefore, the probability of being discovered by the US missile early warning satellite is very low. The use of a motorized launch vehicle greatly improves the deployment capacity of the missile. Because it is mainly for conventional strikes, the df23f is not equipped with bait bombs. Only when performing nuclear strike missions will it carry bait bombs to increase the penetration rate of the warhead. If a child warhead is used, there is no need to use bait bombs.

As a new generation of medium-range ballistic missiles, the biggest feature of the df23f is that it adopts relatively straight ballistics.

In addition to improving penetration efficiency, lower ballistics can also shorten the ballistic time, which also shortens the response and interception time of the enemy's anti-missile system.

After launch, it only takes ten minutes to fly 2,500 kilometers.

If the infrared radiation generated when the missile is launched cannot be detected in time, any anti-missile system cannot effectively intercept after df23f enters the middle section of the ballistic.

As for the final interception, it is useless to deal with ballistic missiles carrying conventional warheads.

At 11:40, eight df23fs fell almost at the same time.

To be precise, the eight 2000 warheads carried by DF23f were dropped.

Because the main purpose is to expel early warning aircraft, 2000 began to spread 40 grams of sub-munition thirty-five kilometers from sea level. The coverage range of a single warhead reached 500,000 square meters, which is equivalent to a circular area with a radius of 400 meters. Four warheads attacked an early warning aircraft and distributed along the flight route of the early warning aircraft, which could cover an area of ​​three kilometers long and three hundred to eight hundred meters wide.

Although e3g and "Felcon" discovered j15b that performed reconnaissance missions, they did not turn to avoid it.

In other words, when the missile drops, e3g and "Felcon" still fly along the patrol route.

Because the warhead falls almost vertically, and the phased array radar on the early warning aircraft has a detection blind spot in the zenith direction, the falling warhead is not discovered in time.

The strike came without any warning, and the pilot of the early warning aircraft did not react until he was hit by a tungsten alloy stick.

At this time, it is useless to do any evasion.

Because three engines were hit in succession and the left wing was interrupted, "Felcon" crashed immediately. The result of the e3g was not much better. Two engines were destroyed. The left horizontal tail wing broke when returning. Then the tail of the aircraft was broken due to structural damage and eventually crashed 350 kilometers southeast of Nellor. Four crew members were killed, and the remaining twenty crew members were rescued two days later.

The early warning aircraft was suddenly hit, and the Indian fleet was in chaos, and even Imai Rimura was very scared.

Although the pilots on the early warning plane did not know what weapon was attacking them, the officers and soldiers on the warship knew very well that the radar of the warship discovered ballistic missiles, also found warheads separated over the early warning plane, and even detected the spread of sub-munitions.

Even though no one could tell what was going on, it was obvious that the Chinese team used ballistic missiles.

"Felcon" was finished on the spot, and e3g was injured and removed, and the situation became very bad.

At that time, there were only two early warning helicopters that took off from the aircraft carrier. Although both of these helicopters were in the southeast direction of the fleet, that is, the direction where the attack was most likely to come, their detection capabilities were very limited, and they could not even compare to fighter jets, and they could not provide early warnings at all, let alone guide fighters to fight. If the Chinese fleet launches an attack, the Indian fleet will be doomed.

Soon, Imai Tatsumura's concerns became a fact.

At 11:47, four 30mkis that were heading southeast of the fleet were attacked and shot down by medium-range air-to-air missiles.

Half a minute later, four f22i in the rear were attacked.

Only one f22i avoided the missile and intercepted the radar signal of the j25.

Immediately afterwards, the air defense destroyer located at the southernmost side of the fleet intercepted the radar signal, confirming that the Chinese fleet's fleet had arrived.

At this time, the fighter planes in the Indian fleet were taking off urgently.

Before the early warning aircraft was attacked, the Indian fleet was replenishing fuel. None of the three aircraft carriers deployed fighter jets, but relied on air defense fighter jets provided by the Indian Air Force. After the early warning aircraft was attacked, Imai Tatsumura ordered the suspension of supply operations and allowed the carrier-based fighter jets to be launched in an emergency.

By 11:50, the Virat dispatched eighteen F35cs, the Virat dispatched six LCAs, the Virat departed twelve Mig29m, plus twenty F22i and twenty 30mkis, there were a total of seventy-seven fighter jets over the fleet.

In terms of quantity, the Indian fleet has an advantage.

Unfortunately, without early warning aircraft support, relying solely on air defense combat ships, it is difficult for air defense fighters to fight with all their might, and it is difficult to maintain air supremacy.

More importantly, behind the j25 aircraft cluster, there are thirty-two j15bs.

In other words, Yang Yufang invested a total of 80 air-controlled fighters, and all early warning aircraft operated in concert.

When fighting with j25, f22i and f35c can barely cope with it, and at least with its excellent maneuverability, it can continue air combat to the fighting stage. LCA, mig29m and 30mki have long been behind and have almost no chance to fight with j25.

In less than five minutes, after two rounds of out-of-sight attacks, the first batch of LCA, Mig29m and 30mki that were launched were shot down, and only six F35c and eleven F22i and J25 entered the fighting stage. Because the remaining F35c and F22i were broken up and had to fight alone, there was no advantage in front of the group of J25s, and there was no chance to fight back.

Before twelve o'clock, a F35c that was ordered to leave discovered the arrival of the J15b fleet.

Now, Imai Tatsumura was desperate.

In his opinion, the fighter jets that followed must be carrying out attack missions, and those J15bs must carry deadly anti-ship missiles.

Life and death are at stake, Imai Rimura didn't care about so many, and ordered all fighter jets to intercept the j15b aircraft group.

By this time, three Indian aircraft carriers dispatched twelve F35Cs, four LCAs and six MiG29Ms, which had the ability to intercept attack aircraft groups.

However, most of these fighter jets failed to break through the j25 blockade line.

You should know that there are forty-eight j25s in the air, less than half of them are dealing with those f22i and f35c, and the rest are all outside the battlefield.

The result was that the fighter jets that were urgently launched failed to encounter the j15b fleet.

At five o'clock, with the support of the two J15bs carrying out the reconnaissance mission, they used fire control radar to detect the Indian fleet.

In fact, before this, the location of the Indian fleet was roughly determined by tracking the carrier-based fighter jets that were urgently launched.

It is only according to Yang Yu's plan that the Indian fleet must be accurately locked to send out attack information, and this mission is undertaken by the j15b in the sudden front. In addition, there are a small number of enemy aircraft in the air, so they did not take risks and were active 400 kilometers away from the Indian fleet.

At about seven o'clock, j15b, who was responsible for searching for the Indian fleet, sent out an attack message.

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