.Before dawn, the Yellow River dispatched four air defense fighters.

After the two fleets met, the aviation operations were arranged uniformly by Yang Yufang. According to his deployment, two aircraft carriers of the First Fleet were dispatched to reconnaissance aircraft, while the Second Fleet was responsible for the fleet's air defense. This was mainly to reduce the combat burden of the Second Fleet and ensure the concealment of the Second Fleet.

No one can guarantee whether the Japanese Navy will make a misjudgment.

If the Japanese Navy believes that the first fleet is only going north, it will let the joint fleet move south voluntarily, and this is a great opportunity to annihilate the joint fleet.

As long as the joint fleet heads south, Yang Yufang is very sure to achieve a decisive victory.

Of course, the possibility of the Japanese Navy making misjudgments is very low.

For example, as long as the United States provides intelligence assistance, the Japanese Navy can grasp the whereabouts of the Chinese fleet and will not easily send the joint fleet to the south.

In fact, the attitude of the United States played a decisive role.

This is also what Mu Haoyang is most worried about.

Although China has a very obvious advantage in the space battlefield, Japan may gain support from the United States and can occupy a favorable position.

So, will the United States support Japan?

In fact, this is also the issue that Dongxiang Zuwang is most concerned about.

On the morning of July 2, he asked the joint fleet to turn eastward and head to the near Izu Islands to avoid sudden attacks by the Chinese Air Force in the open waters.

However, what Dongxiang Zuwang is most concerned about is the Chinese fleet.

Before this, Dongxiang Zuwang could still grasp the whereabouts of the Chinese fleet, know the approximate range of activities of the first and second fleets, and make basic judgments on the tactics of the Chinese fleet. As the satellite system collapsed, Dongxiang Zuwang could not obtain battlefield information in time.

For the next twenty-four hours, Dongxiang Zuwang was uneasy.

If the Chinese fleet headed north at full speed in the early morning of July 2, that is, after the Japanese reconnaissance satellite network was destroyed, it could shorten the distance to within 1,500 kilometers in the early morning of July 3. If the Chinese reconnaissance satellite discovered the joint fleet, the Chinese fleet would have the possibility of launching an attack before dawn.

This was definitely a disaster for the Joint Fleet.

Fortunately, this did not happen.

After dawn, Togo Zuwang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the joint fleet to cross the Izu Islands and sail towards the Yasuo Peninsula at a speed of sixteen knots.

Half an hour later, Dongxiang Zuwang received a message from the Ministry of Defense that the United States had agreed to provide intelligence support.

The problem is that the United States did not provide battlefield information immediately.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the United States is worried that the communication system has been invaded by China, so it will first transport a set of military confidential communication equipment to Japan. The problem is that the Chinese government will not open diplomatic special flight routes until the afternoon of July 3, so the United States can provide battlefield information to Japan as soon as possible on the morning of July 4. Before that, Japan can only rely on itself and do not expect to obtain help from the United States.

For Dongxiang Zuwang, this is definitely not good news.

One day is enough for the Chinese fleet to complete tactical maneuvers. If the Chinese Air Force can provide appropriate support, the Chinese fleet will definitely take the initiative to find a joint fleet to fight the final battle.

This worry pushed Dongxiang Zuwang into a dilemma.

If you fight against the Chinese fleet, the joint fleet should be as close to the local land as possible, especially the Tokyo strategic defense circle, and obtain cover from the local air defense system. The problem is that if you are too close to the local land, the Chinese Air Force bombers can launch anti-ship missiles over the Japanese sea without entering the Western Pacific. For this reason, the joint fleet should stay outside the sea to avoid long-range attacks from Chinese Air Force bombers.

Closer or farther?

Dongxiang Zuwang was unsure of his mind. After all, this was not the naval battle decades ago. China held the right to manage information and took the initiative in the battlefield.

In Dongxiang Zuwang's view, China's first space war was to kill the joint fleet.

It must be admitted that his judgment is not wrong.

After thinking about it, Dongxiang Zuwang decided to adopt a evasion tactic, that is, to avoid a decisive battle with the Chinese fleet before gaining the right to control information.

On the morning of that day, the speed of the joint fleet increased to 24 knots and headed north from the east to Honshu Island.

If the United States provides battlefield information on time, the Joint Fleet will turn south on the morning of July 4th, and with the cooperation of the Air Force, it will find the Chinese fleet to fight to the decisive battle.

The question is, is it so smooth?

On the afternoon of July 3, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the routes and flight schedules of diplomatic special planes, and also made clear regulations on the nature of diplomatic special planes.

The most severe one is that all third-party diplomatic planes must pass through China before entering and leaving Japan.

Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a promise to not restrict the free travel rights of Japanese citizens, because according to the international war law, wars between countries are not directed at individuals, even if China declares war on Japan, Japanese citizens have the right to decide whether to leave Japan. China cannot restrict the freedom of Japanese citizens' life on the grounds of declaring war, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also declares that diplomatic special planes are only used to pick up and drop off non-military personnel, and are not allowed to transport soldiers, and all materials that have war purposes, so it requires third-party diplomatic special planes to pass through China.

To put it bluntly, it is to undergo an examination.

Now, trouble is coming.

The confidential military communication equipment provided by the United States to Japan must be military supplies, and it cannot pass the inspection within the embargo list.

Although the US federal government protested that China's arrangements had violated the sovereignty of the United States, China's attitude was extremely tough and had no idea of ​​concessions. The result was that in order to ensure the safety of diplomatic personnel, all the diplomatic planes arranged by the United States had to fly to Shanghai first.

The air transport cannot be completed, so I can only think of other ways.

In the afternoon of the same day, Dongxiang Zuwang received a message from the Ministry of Defense that the United States had arranged an attack nuclear submarine and was ready to send it to Japan with submarine communication equipment.

The problem is that the submarine is much slower than the aircraft.

More importantly, when this arrangement was made, the communication equipment was still in the United States, and even if it was airlifted to Guam, it would take several days to arrive in Japan.

During this period, the United States could only provide some battlefield information to Japan through commercial channels.

Obviously, the information provided by commercial channels does not have much tactical value at all. Although theoretically speaking, commercial remote sensing satellites are enough to discover aircraft carrier battle groups and can locate the Chinese fleet, the processing speed of commercial information is very slow, which will be delayed by at least several hours.

In any case, the Joint Fleet could not rely on information from a few hours ago.

You should know that the aircraft carrier battle group can sail more than 30 nautical miles within one hour, and if it is delayed by four hours, it can sail more than 100 nautical miles. In sea attacks, the navigation accuracy of the attack aircraft group must be controlled at least within fifty nautical miles before it can launch an effective attack.

The error is too large, and the attack aircraft group cannot find the target at all.

In addition, there is a more serious problem.

Business information is generally open or semi-public, so China can also use commercial information to deceive and paralyze opponents.

If the joint fleet relies on wrong information to fight, it will be nowhere near failure.

Obviously, Dongxiang Zuwang had no choice but to continue to let the fleet head north and arrange more long-range patrol aircraft to expand the patrol range to 1,500 kilometers.

Fortunately, the Japanese Navy does not lack remote surveillance and reconnaissance methods.

In addition to calling the Air Force's large strategic early warning aircraft, the Japanese Navy also has nearly 200 anti-submarine patrol aircraft, and the patrol radius of these aircraft is more than 3,000 kilometers. If the patrol radius is set to 1,500 kilometers, it can patrol the outer waters for four hours.

Dongxiang Zuwang has enough reason to believe that the Chinese fleet cannot suddenly appear.

The problem is, this won't last long.

The Chinese Air Force is gradually expanding the bombing range, while the Japanese Air Force is exhausted and cannot organize effective defenses or even cover the main air bases. In time, the Chinese Air Force will definitely have the ability to destroy Japan's air bases and completely paralyze Japan's air force.

Among them, naturally, there are anti-submarine patrol aircraft deployed on the shore.

In fact, by the afternoon of July 4, the Japanese Navy had lost more than 20 anti-submarine patrol aircraft, only six were shot down by Chinese fighter jets in the air, and more than ten were all bombed on the ground. Three naval air stations in the state were bombed, causing heavy losses.

Fortunately, Dongxiang Zuwang only needs to wait a few days.

In his opinion, if the Air Force is not good, it will not be a problem to hold on for a few days.

It must be admitted that what Dongxiang Zuwang cares about is also Mu Haoyang’s biggest heart disease.

The task force did not head north at full speed, but was worried about exposing its whereabouts in advance. In any case, the Chinese fleet did not have a base to rely on in the Western Pacific and had to fight alone, so it was necessary to prevent possible blows. The best way was to conceal the whereabouts as much as possible.

Affected by this, Yang Yu's side made special arrangements for the reconnaissance operations, and all the dispatches were j-32.

In tactical reconnaissance, the real main force is not a carrier-based fighter jet, but a submarine that moves forward.

At that time, there were twelve attack nuclear submarines in the four aircraft carrier battle groups, four of which were accompanied by aircraft carriers, four were performing peripheral anti-submarine missions in the front, and four were patrolling the flanks. However, these were not all submarines entering the Western Pacific. At that time, there were as many as twenty-six submarines operating on the battlefield, four of which were Type 042 AIP conventional submarines, and twenty-two were three types of attack nuclear submarines.

All these submarines were deployed by Zhou Yusheng.

According to Zhou Yusheng's arrangement, four Type 042 AIP conventional submarines were active near the Okinawa Islands to monitor ships passing through the main waterways. Of the twenty-two attack nuclear submarines, ten were sent to carry out strategic blockade missions, namely patrolling places closer to Japan's mainland.

Of course, these submarines can perform other tasks at any time.

When reconnaissance satellites cannot provide accurate intelligence, submarines become the main means of strategic reconnaissance, or the main force in searching for the Japanese fleet.

On the afternoon of the third day, Mu Haoyang asked Zhou Yusheng to make adjustments.

According to his request, ten attack nuclear submarines will form a reconnaissance line in the southern and eastern parts of Honshu Island to closely monitor any suspicious ships.

This deployment played a role on July 4th.
Chapter completed!