Chapter 88 Luxury Hope

At 30:00, the first j-32b with an anti-ship missile took off from the Kunlun Mountains.

Because the takeoff weight of j-32b performing attack missions is two tons more than j-32b performing escort missions, and the cruise flight speed is slightly slower, the fleet aviation combat staff first arranges j-32b to take off. In addition, when each aircraft carrier is rated to dispatch for 48 j-32bs to perform attack missions, the aviation combat staff will also analyze the messages sent by the reconnaissance aircraft to determine which mission the eight additional j-32bs are dispatched.

Strictly speaking, there is nothing to analyze at all.

The intelligence sent back by the reconnaissance aircraft was very limited, and only the size of the Indian fleet was determined, five aircraft carriers were locked in, and dozens of air defense fighters were present over the fleet.

This information is difficult for aviation combat staff to make accurate judgments.

To be precise, it is difficult to judge the air defense power of the Indian fleet from this, so it is impossible to know for sure whether additional escort fighter jets are needed.

Faced with this situation, the aviation combat staff generally seeks the opinions of the commanders of each aviation wing.

In fact, it is impossible for the air wing commander to make accurate judgments. If only individuals make decisions, there will be no psychological burden.

To put it bluntly, the minority obeys the majority.

At that time, five of the four air wing commanders and four deputy commanders believed that escort forces should be strengthened.

As a result, all eight on-call j-32bs on each aircraft carrier were hung with air-to-air ammunition and arranged to be launched after four j-32s.

Because it is an improved type of j-32 and multi-purpose fighter aircraft has higher requirements for combat radius, the combat radius of j-32b when performing air combat missions is carried out. When carrying eight interception missiles and four fighting missiles, the maximum interception radius of j-32b can reach 2,200 kilometers. Of course, this is not much meaning in actual combat, because the interception mission does not require fighting with enemy aircraft. When performing escort missions, pilots often leave five to ten minutes of air combat residual oil, which is equivalent to flying 300 to 600 kilometers at cruise speed. That is to say, when performing escort missions, the maximum combat radius of j-32b can barely exceed 2,000 kilometers. Under the same circumstances, the maximum combat radius of j-32b can only reach about 1,900 kilometers.

Of course, this attack is enough.

Between 30 and 45, four Kunlun Mountain class aircraft carriers ejected sixty fighter jets at a speed of four per minute.

In fact, this is not the maximum dispatch capability of the "Kunlun Mountain" class aircraft carrier.

If the takeoff weight of the fighter is appropriately reduced, the electromagnetic catapults equipped with the "Kunlun Mountain" class can eject fighter jets at a speed of two per minute.

When the fighter jets take off at full heavy lifting, the ejection efficiency has been reduced to one aircraft every forty-five seconds.

Because the second group of reconnaissance aircraft that took off at zero gave up their reconnaissance missions, and formed the first air defense interception line about 600 kilometers away from the fleet within the 60-degree north of the fleet. Sixteen J-32s were enough to patrol in the air for three hours, and there were four carrier-based early warning aircraft to support it. In addition, the first batch of reconnaissance aircraft were returning, so Mu Haoyang did not rush to send additional fleet air defense fighter jets.

At that time, he just asked the aviation combat staff to deploy air defense fighters in the take-off standby area of ​​the flight deck without affecting the fighter's landing. In addition, all j-25p were loaded with only two-thirds of the fuel, ensuring the best thrust-to-weight ratio in air combat.

In fact, with accurate grasp of the enemy situation, air defense fighters often take off with half oil.

The reason is very simple. Half oil can reduce the takeoff weight of about four tons than full oil, which is equivalent to increasing the air combat thrust-weight ratio of fighter jets by more than 0.15. In fierce air combat, this gap is enough to determine the combat result, especially when the performance of fighter jets on both sides is comparable.

According to Mu Haoyang's deployment, the next thing to do is to recycle the reconnaissance aircraft that returned.

Because the air combat capability of j-32 is not a little stronger than j-25p, after landing, the reconnaissance aircraft will directly replenish fuel and ammunition on the flight deck, and then take off urgently. In this way, there will be thirty-two j-32s that can perform fleet air defense missions.

Unless the Indian fleet fights all its strength, these thirty-two j-32s are enough to form a solid air defense interception network.

It can be said that as long as there is no absolute necessity, Mu Haoyang does not intend to let J-25p perform air defense missions, because he has more arrangements.

As long as the first round of attacks hit the Indian fleet hard, he plans to launch the second round of attacks with j-25p.

To put it simply, as long as the j-25p is deployed in time, the second round of attack will start about an hour and a half after the first round of attacks. During this period, it is difficult for the Indian Air Force to provide sufficient air defense fighter jets to the Indian fleet, and it will not pose a threat to the j-25p aircraft fleet.

If delayed, the Indian Air Force will definitely provide cover for the Indian fleet at all costs, and will have to arrange enough escort fighters for the second attack aircraft fleet. In this way, either let the air defense fighters return to refuel, or wait until the first attack aircraft fleet returns before organizing the second round of attacks.

Obviously, neither is ideal.

If air defense fighters are allowed to return, the fleet's air defense will definitely have serious loopholes, and Mu Haoyang must consider the sudden attacks that may be suffered during this period, such as the sudden appearance of the Indian Navy's anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Without air defense fighters, the fleet's safety will not be guaranteed.

If a second attack is organized after the first attack fleet returns, even if the pilot's status is not considered, the fighter's status must be considered, that is, the excessive dispatch intensity will definitely have many potential problems. In addition, you have to face the ready Indian Air Force.

Obviously, Mu Haoyang does not intend to take such a big risk.

Even after calculating from 0:45, the last j-32b that performed an escort mission took off, with its cruising speed of Mach 1,800 kilometers, it only takes one hour to fly 1,800 kilometers. To be precise, it should be about fifty-five minutes.

In other words, at around 1:40, the attack aircraft fleet will reach the sky above the Indian fleet.

Because the j-32b aircraft group that undertakes the first round of attack mission will launch anti-ship missiles at 500 kilometers from the Indian fleet, and the cruise flight speed of the anti-ship missile is Mach 6, so at around 1:20, the Indian fleet will have to conduct the first round of long-range air defense operations, and intercept the approaching anti-ship missiles at around 1:25, and then intercept the second batch of anti-ship missiles at around 1:30. By 1:40, the j-32b aircraft group that undertakes the main attack mission will reach the sky above the Indian fleet.

It can be said that Simba couldn't wait for two o'clock.

It can be seen that Simba made an extremely wrong judgment at that time, that is, he believed that the task force had to organize an attack after discovering the Indian fleet. Unexpectedly, Mu Haoyang had already made the attack aircraft ready for takeoff and could immediately let the aircraft group take off after receiving the information.

Just as the attack aircraft group left the task force, the air defense fighter jets in the Indian fleet also took off one after another.

Although Simba was reluctant to admit it, he had to believe that the task force was likely not in the southwest direction, but to the south. Otherwise, before 0:45, the reconnaissance planes should have discovered the task force, and it is unlikely to be dragged to about a little.

At this point, Simba had to focus on air defense operations.

At 0:50, when it was the turn of escort fighter jets to take off for air defense missions, Simba broke the radio silence and generated electricity to the Indian Navy Command and the Air Force Command, reporting that the Indian fleet had been exposed and was about to be attacked by the task force, and asked the Air Force to provide air cover immediately.

His request was met, but not immediately.

The reason is very simple. At this time, the Indian Air Force fighter jets were trying their best to protect the air bases in the southern region, and there was no way to immediately dispatch air defense fighters to the fleet.

Of course, Simba did not forget the more important thing: ordering several reconnaissance aircraft that took off at 11 o'clock to search southeastward.

Although he knew that it was too late and there was no time to stop the task force from dispatching an attack aircraft group, as long as the task force could be discovered in time, it could provide tactical information for the anti-submarine patrol aircraft that was about to take off and counterattack before the task force launched a second round of attacks.

This also proves that Simba had a glimmer of hope at that time, that is, to withstand the first round of attacks from the task force and counterattack.

It is precisely this hope that makes Simba retain something.

According to some information disclosed after the war, especially the war reports between the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, the Indian Air Force also had an impact on Simba at that time.

In this call to the Indian fleet at 0:55, the Indian Air Force promised to provide the fleet with sixty fighter jets by 2 a.m., and at least forty of them were F-44s just obtained from the United States, and to arrange two large early warning aircraft to command air defense operations.

In this way, Simba had enough reason to think that he could withstand the first round of attacks from the task force.

Don't forget that according to his previous judgment, the task force's attack aircraft group must arrive after two o'clock, so the air defense fighter jets dispatched by the Indian Air Force will arrive in advance.

As a result, after the five aircraft carriers each dispatched twelve air defense fighters and twelve escort fighters, Simba did not send any more air defense fighters. Including the twenty-four air defense fighters that took off after eleven o'clock, there were a total of 144 air defense fighters over the Indian fleet.

In terms of quantity, it is definitely enough.

But the problem is that among the attack aircraft group sent by Mu Haoyang, there are a total of sixteen J-32 and thirty-two J-32bs performing escort missions. In addition, the ninety-six J-32bs carrying anti-ship missiles each carry four air-to-air missiles, which can perform air-to-air combat missions after reflecting anti-ship missiles.

Obviously, there are more fighter jets in the attack aircraft group that can perform air combat missions than the Indian fleet's air defense fighter jets.

If the performance gap between the fighter jets of the two sides, the performance gap to air ammunition, the quality gap of pilots, and the support capabilities provided by carrier-based early warning aircraft are taken into account, 144 F-35m are not enough, and there is even no chance to intercept the J-32b aircraft group that performs the main strike mission.

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