Chapter 87: Accepting the Enemy

The aviation service personnel on the four aircraft carriers were busy. The pilots who performed attack missions and escort missions listened to the mission briefing at the Aviation Operations Center and confirmed the target of the attack, Mu Haoyang and Zhang Yuting could only wait patiently, praying that the first reconnaissance aircraft group was not released.

With hope, waiting is the most unbearable torment.

At the early morning of the fifteenth, at 0:25, the fleet communication station, which had been quiet for several hours, finally rang.

Mu Haoyang and Zhang Yuting reacted almost at the same time and looked at the three correspondents who were sitting side by side.

"The report sent back by the No. 3 reconnaissance aircraft group was discovered, with a number of about four."

Mu Haoyang's brow jumped a few times. At this time, the information was displayed in the three-dimensional projection area above the command platform, clearly marking the location of the reconnaissance aircraft group and the approximate location of the detected Indian fighter aircraft group. In addition, the trends of the reconnaissance aircraft group were also displayed.

Without the need for a communication consultant to explain, the information on the screen is already complete enough.

According to Mu Haoyang's deployment, after the early warning aircraft detected the Indian fighter fleet, the two j-32s had left the formation and approached the Indian fighter fleet at full speed. Before the early warning aircraft sent back the intelligence, the two fighters had already flew north for two hundred kilometers and approached the Indian fighter fleet.

Their mission is not to shoot down Indian fighters, but to look for Indian fleets.

Of course, if necessary, shoot down those Indian fighters.

About half a minute later, new information appeared on the screen, indicating that the two J-32s that came out fired two interceptor missiles at each of the four Indian fighters.

Mu Haoyang couldn't help but frown. These pilots were too eager for quick success and instant benefits.

Of course, he could only frown because the fleet could not break the radio silence until the attack aircraft fleet reached the sky above the Indian fleet and completed the first round of attack operations.

Judging from the information on the screen, the two j-32s did not turn after launching the missile, but continued to approach.

Fortunately, the pilots did not forget their main mission. Perhaps they took the initiative to attack Indian fighter jets to clear obstacles on the route.

In less than twenty seconds, four almost overlapping icons representing Indian fighter planes disappeared.

At the same time, a new set of information appeared on the screen, indicating that the two J-32s have activated fire control radars and are searching for the Indian fleet in the sea search mode.

This is a natural thing, because before the missile hits an Indian fighter, the j-32 has to start the fire control radar.

If the whereabouts have been exposed, there is no need to turn off the fire control radar.

The advantage of doing this is that it can greatly improve the detection range of fighter jets. When only passive detection equipment, such as infrared imagers, the forward detection range of the fighter jet will not exceed 60 kilometers, and the lateral detection range will be within 30 kilometers. When using fire-controlled radar, the forward detection range will be more than 150 kilometers. If you fly high enough and catch an Indian aircraft carrier, it can reach 300 kilometers.

Don't forget that the five aircraft carriers of the Indian Navy are all "Nimitz" class and have no stealth ability.

At this time, the other three reconnaissance aircraft groups also allowed two J-32s to come forward and expand the search range. However, these fighters did not start fire control radars.

Inside the No. 3 reconnaissance aircraft, the early warning aircraft and two j-32s accompanied by cover have turned.

The speed of early warning aircraft is too slow. If the Indian fleet is nearby, there will definitely be many Indian fighter aircraft that are very susceptible to attack. No matter how excellent the air combat capability of j-32 is, it is difficult to ensure that the early warning aircraft will not be attacked unexpectedly when there are only two.

It can be said that the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and many times the earth-shaking changes can take place in a few seconds.

In just a few seconds, several huge target icons appeared on the screen.

"The Indian fleet has confirmed that there are two aircraft carriers, which are the 'Nimitz' class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers."

Before the communications officer could finish his sentence, Mu Haoyang nodded to Zhang Yuting.

Zhang Yuting did not hesitate and immediately picked up the phone and microphone at hand and issued a combat order to the aviation combat staff at the other end of the line.

No matter what, Zhang Yuting is the commander of the fleet.

When Zhang Yuting put down the phone'>microphone, Mu Haoyang looked at the wall clock on the wall, and it was less than 30:00.

Judging from the data displayed on the large screen, the Indian fleet is 1,800 kilometers away, close to 1,900 kilometers. The specific location should be between the Madulu Atoll in South Malos and the Fadifulu Atoll, which is north of Male Island, and is sailing south.

Soon, a new message appeared on the screen, that is, the Indian fleet's speed was above thirty knots.

The two j-32s did not turn back, but continued to approach the Indian fleet. At 0:32, about 200 kilometers away from the Indian fleet, they encountered eight f-35m. Because the early warning aircraft had turned back, the tactical intelligence provided by the j-32 batch.

After less than two minutes of fighting, the two j-32s turned back and got rid of the f-35m by speed advantage.

Although the maximum speed of the f-35m reaches Mach 2 after the engine is replaced, it is still not a qualified air-control fighter based on the standards of the fifth-generation fighter. You should know that the j-30 and j-32 can easily increase the speed to Mach 3 at an altitude of 10,000 meters. More importantly, the acceleration performance of the j-32 is much better than the f-35m. It only takes fifty-six seconds to accelerate from Mach 10,000 Mach 10,000 to Mach 2, while the f-35m takes ninety-seven seconds to accelerate from Mach 10,000 Mach 10,000 Mach 10,000 Mach 10,000 Mach 10,000 Mach 10,000 Mach 10,000 Mach 2.

To put it bluntly, even if you can't beat it, j-32 has the ability to get rid of its opponents.

On the contrary, if the f-35m cannot beat it, there will be no chance of escape.

At this time, Simba must have been in a dilemma.

According to the recollection of the surviving staff officer of the Indian Fleet Command, at around midnight, the Indian Navy Command sent a message that the assembly and deployment of anti-submarine patrol aircraft were affected and could not be dispatched in full according to Simba's request. At most, forty anti-submarine patrol aircraft could be dispatched on time.

At that time, Simba hesitated whether to continue sailing south.

Although forty anti-submarine patrol aircraft are not a fatal threat to the task force, the role it plays is not very prominent. In this way, the two attack aircraft groups dispatched by the Indian fleet may not be able to paralyze the task force, and may be counterattacked by the task force.

It can even be said that if the task force had been prepared for a long time, it could still dispatch attack aircraft groups before the Indian fleet.

Obviously, this won't have a good result.

However, Simba did not make a decision immediately.

To be precise, when the task force's reconnaissance aircraft arrived, Simba was still considering whether to turn the fleet.

As a result, the fleet was discovered before he could think of it.

At this time, the first batch of reconnaissance aircraft sent by Simba had been dispatched for more than an hour, that is, at around 11 o'clock on the night of the 14th, these reconnaissance aircraft set off.

However, all these reconnaissance planes headed southwest.

In other words, the reconnaissance planes of both sides were not on the same route, so they did not encounter them in advance.

Based on the situation at that time, Simba had to first consider whether the task force was in the southwest direction, that is, whether it was advancing towards Digo Garcia at full speed.

If so, the reconnaissance plane he sent could detect the task force within half an hour.

Maybe it won't take half an hour.

In this way, he should organize an offensive operation immediately. To put it simply, he had about two hours to organize an offensive, because after the task force discovered the Indian fleet, it would take at least forty minutes to get the attack aircraft fleet to set off, and then spend more than an hour flying more than a thousand kilometers.

At that time, Simba didn't have to consider whether he had a chance to attack the task force because he had exposed his whereabouts.

For him, the only option was to organize the fleet's air defense with all his might, or to send the attack aircraft team out to deal with the task force before being hit.

This is not a difficult decision for a general who has served in the U.S. Navy for more than 20 years.

You should know that the US Navy has always paid attention to offense and has always regarded offense as the best defensive means.

In fact, this is also a characteristic of the navy, or of the aircraft carrier battle group.

The result was that Simba decided to wait for a while. Of course, he had made the worst plan, that is, the reconnaissance plane failed to find the task force.

To this end, the first thing Simba did was to prepare the escort fighter for takeoff.

Regardless of whether the reconnaissance aircraft discovers the task force, the escort fighter must first be allowed to take off, because the task force will definitely be able to dispatch attack aircraft groups in advance, so the escort fighter can use forward escort tactics to impact the task force's attack aircraft groups, or stay to perform fleet air defense missions.

However, in the next arrangement, Simba was in trouble.

If the attack is the main focus, the remaining fighter jets must be hung with anti-ship ammunition and standby on the flight deck so that they can be launched in time. If they are forced to conduct fleet air defense operations, the fighter jets must be hung with air ammunition, and these fighter jets must be launched in time.

Obviously, these two tactical arrangements are completely different.

At around 0:45, Simba made a decision, that is, to let twelve fighter jets performing air defense missions stand by in the take-off area of ​​the flight deck, and all other fighters are equipped with anti-ship ammunition in the hangar. If at 1:00 a.m., the reconnaissance aircraft still did not send a message, the air defense fighter jets would be allowed to take off the air first, and the escort fighter jets would be taken off at 1:30 a.m. During this period, the air service personnel had to replace ammunition for the fighter jets in the hangar, ensuring that more fighters could perform air defense missions within the next fifteen minutes.

In Simba's view, two o'clock in the morning is the last moment.

After this, the task force's attack fleet may arrive at any time, so before two o'clock in the morning, enough air defense fighters must be dispatched and the fleet's air defense network will be expanded beyond the maximum range of anti-ship missiles. As for whether the task force can be attacked in time, it is no longer a key issue.

The question is, will Mu Haoyang give him so much time?

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