.Chapter 6 Missing the opportunity

The war broke out, which was more or less surprising.

In the eyes of most people, after years of "hype" in the early stage, the Sino-Japanese War must have been vigorous, rather than starting in such a dull way.

As early as the beginning of the year, some "prophets" predicted that the Sino-Japanese War would inevitably break out by the sudden attacks of one side on the other, and it is very likely that China has the initiative to raid the Japanese fleet's home port or other important military facilities.

At that time, some people believed that China would start the war with the "beheading operation".

What's more, some Western military strategists claimed that as long as China declares war on Japan on the nuclear issue, it will use nuclear weapons to conduct strategic assaults in the early stages of the war, striving to defeat Japan's will to resist in one fell swoop. Based on this judgment, these military scientists expect that the war casualties will reach 50 million.

Of course, there are other versions of "prediction".

However, before that, no one expected that China would be so "polite", and no one expected that Japan would be so low-key.

In short, after China declared war, major news media around the world did not react.

It was not until July 1, especially after Japan declared war on China, that with the Chinese Air Force starting a large-scale strategic bombing on Japan, the media realized that the war had indeed broken out, and as most people predicted, China held the initiative in the war.

By 2 p.m., the Chinese Air Force had launched three large-scale air strikes.

According to the first battle report released by the Chinese Ministry of Defense in the evening of the same day, before two o'clock, the Chinese Air Force dispatched a total of 168 types of wars, threw more than 2,000 tons of ammunitions at more than 400 military targets in Japan, shot down 42 Japanese fighters in the air battle, and blew up 164 fighters staying on the ground, and only lost 38 fighters and one bomber.

In view of many previous wars, the news released by the Chinese Ministry of Defense has high credibility.

Subsequently, the war report released by the Japanese Ministry of Defense was basically consistent with the news released by the Chinese Ministry of Defense, but there was a slight difference in the results and losses.

For example, Japan claimed to have shot down fifty-six Chinese fighter jets, but it only lost more than one hundred and twenty fighter jets.

Because the war is in progress and it is impossible for both sides to find out the specific situation within a few hours, it is normal for the slightest differences in the results of the war.

While the air strike was in full swing, Mu Haoyang was worried.

"You can't decide these things. After all, the Head of State and President Teng must have their reasons for doing this." Zhou Yusheng knew that Mu Haoyang was in his heart. "No matter what, the air strike has begun, and the losses did not exceed expectations, and were within a controllable range."

"Sixteen hours"

"No matter how anxious you are, these sixteen hours have passed."

Mu Haoyang sighed and lit a cigarette.

Perhaps, Zhou Yusheng did not think that 16 hours were critical, but in Mu Haoyang's view, these 16 hours were likely to change the course of the war. It was not that bombing sixteen hours in advance could reduce the losses, or achieve more results, but that within these 16 hours, Japan completed the necessary preparations before the war, thus gaining some initiative in the confrontation.

In fact, by the evening of July 1st, the impact had already emerged.

According to the battle report sent by the mother Qi Tie from the Air Force Command, the first day of the bombing achieved less than 50% of the results, and hundreds of key strategic goals were still not destroyed. Although the mother Qi Tie has adjusted the bombing plan and will increase the scale of dispatch on July 2, Japan's local air defense forces, especially the Japanese air base, suffered far less than expected. In the next battle, air control forces must be strengthened.

It can be said that this is the result that Mu Haoyang is most reluctant to see.

If the first day of the assault reaches the target he proposed, the Japanese Air Force will have more than half of the fighter jets, and mainly advanced fighter jets will be destroyed, and Japan's air defense will be greatly reduced. In this way, in the following bombing, the Air Force can use more power to air strikes and achieve strategic bombing purposes as soon as possible, rather than sending fighters to compete with Japanese fighter jets for air supremacy.

Because we have to compete for air supremacy, the Air Force's attack efforts will inevitably shrink significantly.

In the long run, this is basically an unsolvable problem.

The reason is very simple. Even if the female Qi Tie can increase the dispatch momentum and increase the bombing scale of the next day or even the next few days, it will consume the attendance time of the fighter jets, allowing the pilots to undertake more heavy combat tasks, and greatly reduce the air force's continuous combat capabilities.

Not only the Air Force, but also the Navy, to be precise, the Navy fleet.

If everything is carried out according to Mu Haoyang's plan, the fleet will head north on July 1st and July 2nd at the latest. Although the fleet will not participate in the bombing operation after the Japanese Joint Fleet leaves the port, it can create greater military pressure on Japan and force the joint fleet to evade.

Without effective cover from the Air Force, the Japanese Joint Fleet must evade the Chinese task force.

In this way, the joint fleet had to move towards Hokkaido and even headed to the North Pacific Ocean to leave the jiā war waters designated by China.

This is a key factor in Mu Haoyang's realization of his strategic plan.

To put it bluntly, only by driving away the joint fleet can the task force have enough space for activity and use the vast Western Pacific Ocean. When the time is right, let the Second Fleet rush to the Indian Ocean to unexpectedly destroy the Japanese Indian Ocean fleet, and then return to the Western Pacific before the joint fleet finds the first fleet, and join forces with the First Fleet to encircle and suppress the joint fleet.

Now, Mu Haoyang has to consider the backup plan.

If he cannot advance north to Japan, the joint fleet will stay south of the land, and move under the cover of the air force, waiting for the Chinese fleet to fight to the decisive battle. As long as Mu Haoyang is still a little sensible, he will not fight the joint fleet at this time, because he is not sure enough to annihilate the joint fleet that has been covered by the air force. The result is that the task force must stay in the Philippine Sea, and its range of activities is very limited.

Next, Mu Haoyang either fought a decisive battle with the Joint Fleet or adopted the original plan.

If you choose the former, you will likely lose the ability to enter the Indian Ocean after a tragic victory, and watch the strategic route be cut off by the Japanese Indian Ocean fleet in half. Then India joins the war at the instigation of Japan, and China will choose to truce after insisting for a few months at most.

If the latter is chosen, the first fleet will have to bear the risk of being annihilated by the joint fleet, and the second fleet will not be able to defeat the joint fleet in an equal naval battle, and it will be impossible to seize the power of sea control. The Japanese Navy can maintain its advantage until the end of 2036.

It can be seen that the strategic bombing was delayed by sixteen hours and Mu Haoyang's war plan had been attacked.

However, Mu Haoyang did not give up, nor could he give up.

After receiving the war report, Mu Haoyang issued an order to his mother Qi Tie, requiring the Air Force to immediately adjust the strike plan and focus on attacking Japan's air bases. To be precise, it was to consume Japan's air control power as much as possible in the battle for air supremacy on the grounds of strategic bombing.

Mu Haoyang did this for only one purpose: to ensure that the fleet can head north at least before fifteen days.

As long as the Japanese Air Force is defeated, the joint fleet will not dare to stay in the south of the land, nor will it dare to fight the Chinese fleet in a decisive battle. It must evade northward.

In this way, after July 15, the task force could divide troops into the Indian Ocean according to Mu Haoyang's plan.

It must be admitted that the war broke out early, giving Mu Haoyang plenty of time to adjust his combat operations. If the war broke out around July 15, Mu Haoyang would not be so lucky.

However, doing so still cannot ensure that the goal is achieved.

After pondering for a while, Mu Haoyang breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhou Yusheng and Ma Mingtao: "The situation is very unfavorable to us. I think it is necessary to launch military space operations in advance to allow the Air Force to attack Japanese military satellites, otherwise we will not be able to go north as planned."

"I also think it's necessary." Zhou Yusheng made his statement first.

Ma Mingtao thought for a while, nodded, and said, "The war has broken out and there is nothing to worry about. If we don't attack Japan's military satellites, it will be a bit unreasonable. But Japan will definitely launch a counterattack, so the Air Force must expand the bombing scale as soon as possible."

"The question is, does the Air Force have this capability?"

Ma Mingtao smiled bitterly and shook his head. As an intelligence consultant, he was very clear about the current situation.

According to the plan, before attacking Japan's military satellites, the Air Force must bomb the military bases of the Okinawa Islands and open up the air corridors entering the Western Pacific. The reason is that Japan will definitely launch a counterattack and attack China's military satellites, making it impossible for China to use the power of heaven. In this way, a new communication and command system is needed. The key is to open up the air corridors, so that strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft, strategic early warning aircraft and large drones can reach the sky over the Western Pacific, and establish a high-bandwidth communication line between the local area and the fleet.

Unfortunately, the Air Force has sent most of its fighter jets to attack Japan.

"It's no point to consider these issues now." Mu Haoyang knocked on the table and said, "Let Mother Qi Tie launch an action first, and then report to the General Staff. If possible, the head of state will help us solve the problem, such as obtaining support from Taiwan and allowing us to fly from over Taiwan to enter the Western Pacific. If it really doesn't work, we will find a way to solve it. In any case, the situation will not be worse than now. At worst, play a game of cats and mice with the Joint Fleet in the Western Pacific. We are prepared, and the Japanese are not so lucky."

Ma Mingtao nodded, expressing his support for Mu Haoyang's decision.

Zhou Yusheng thought for a while and nodded because he couldn't think of a better way.

Fifteen minutes later, Ma Mingtao issued Mu Haoyang's combat order to the Air Force Command, asking his mother Qi Tie to launch a combat operation to attack the Japanese satellite system.

Afterwards, Mu Haoyang personally reported the situation to Teng Yaohui.t@.
Chapter completed!