In the temporary naval station, Zhu Xuefeng was looking at the map of the strait, looking at the comparison of the strength of the two sides. His heart was heavy, and things were uncertain. The tension in the strait did not drag on for a few more months as Zhu Xuefeng imagined, but took a turn for the worse. The crisis was imminent.
"Chief, the enemy broke through the buffer zone again, this time with more intrusions. We judge that this time friction will be inevitable."
Li Xiaojun reported in a deep voice that he had been in the Navy on and off for more than a year. He is now the de facto commander of the Navy.
"Well, I know. It seems that he wants to have a head-on confrontation with us this time. This is to defeat us."
In the past year, the other side has frequently breached the buffer zone, extremely arrogantly, and this time it has penetrated nearly thirty nautical miles. It is not a few ships before, but a huge fleet. This is no longer a provocation, but a silent declaration of war.
"Chief, let's fight!" Li Xiaojun took the initiative to ask for a fight. The other party's thirty-kilometer intrusion put the commercial route to Xiangjiang under serious threat again. If they were allowed to continue intruding, the channel would be blocked again. If they continued to intrude, the Golden Island would be destroyed. support lines will also be lost, which is unacceptable.
Looking at the group of longing eyes, Zhu Xuefeng was a little silent. He didn't express his opinion immediately. He had a headache. Things intensified a little too early, and our own preparations have not yet been completed. Alas, now is really not the time. The trump card that I have placed great hope on has now become available, but it has not yet completed production and has not been equipped to the fleet. It is too disadvantageous to fight now. The navy currently has less than 5,000 men, all of them are seeds, and he would feel bad if any of them were sacrificed.
But the opponent came with great force, basically bringing together all the main battleships that could be mobilized in Yecheng. The scale has reached more than 50, including not only giant cruisers, large destroyers, but also numerous medium-sized frigates, missile ships, submarines, etc., which are the above This time's main fleet was the main body, and the huge fleet that was put together was even larger in scale. It was far beyond what the autonomous region's current fleet could compete with.
"We must fight." Facing the crowd asking for a fight, Zhu Xuefeng took his eyes off the sea chart for a while and spoke slowly.
"But our head-to-head confrontation with them is exactly what they want. They want to cripple our navy in one go and completely avoid future troubles."
Everyone present nodded. The navy is a money-burning service. Although the officers don't know how the autonomous region managed to get this fleet together, they also know that the expenditure is definitely not small.
"Now the enemy is strong and we are weak. We will suffer too many casualties in a head-to-head confrontation. We will be at a disadvantage. If not, the entire army will be destroyed. This is extremely undesirable. Now we are in groups of three, discussing in groups, and thinking of ways to do it."
Zhu Xuefeng could not accept a direct confrontation without a trump card. He originally planned to use the trump card to make special artillery shells. A salvo of naval guns could paralyze the opponent face to face. The only thing left was to beat the drowned dog and take advantage.
It is a pity that the conditions are not mature now, so we can only use the backup plan. However, the backup plan will inevitably lead to a confrontation between the two fleets. The conventional bombardment of the two fleets will be a head-to-head confrontation. Even if the autonomous region's fleet is equipped with a large number of rockets, it can't The casualties are definitely not small.
Song Yan nodded. Indeed, during the period of waiting for the killer weapon to arrive, the fleet must have suffered a lot of casualties, which was extremely detrimental to the autonomous region's newly growing navy.
Seeing this, the officers present could only suppress their strong desire to fight and began an intense discussion.
Zhu Xuefeng looked out the window and carefully analyzed the current situation. Yecheng's proactive attack showed that they already knew the details of the autonomous region's fleet and had enough confidence to deal with it. They came prepared, which was different from being deceived twice before. , this time the other party made it clear that he wanted to eat him head-on, but he hated the bald eagle for secretly changing his mind.
The enemy is very likely to dispatch its air force. After all, this sea area is too close to the opponent. From this point, we are at a natural disadvantage geographically, and our fighters cannot form effective support.
The location of the sea area has exceeded the effective combat radius of the J-6. The effective combat radius of the J-6 is only 680 kilometers. It is destined to be unable to return after performing a strike mission.
Five days later, after a maritime encounter, several simple negotiations on radio waves between the two sides failed. As expected, the battle was about to break out.
The sun shines on the sparkling sea, but it is cast into a haze by the war that is about to break out. Zhu Xuefeng stood on the flagship of the autonomous region's fleet. This is the "Zhenhai". It is the largest destroyer in the autonomous region with a displacement of 6,500 tons. Although it is not as tonnage as the opponent's cruiser, it is safer than the helicopter carrier. In everyone's view, With unanimous insistence, this ship was designated as the flagship this time.
"Reporting to the commander, the Yecheng naval fleet is still 35 nautical miles away from us, with a speed of 20 knots, and is expected to enter the combat range in seventeen minutes." The voice of the communications soldier suddenly sounded in the command room, breaking the original solemn silence.
Zhu Xuefeng nodded slightly, turned to face the officers in the command room, with a serious and firm expression: "Each ship is ready for battle, maintain the formation according to the predetermined battle plan, and do not panic. Be sure to stick to your post."
"Yes, chief!" the officers responded in unison, with determination in their voices.
"Deputy Commander Li, you will be in command this time!"
"Yes!" Li Xiaojun silently took over the command. Zhu Xuefeng waved again. The officers stood at attention and saluted, and then each rushed to their respective posts to convey combat instructions.
In the command room, Zhu Xuefeng, who was tall and straight, with piercing eyes, was staring through the porthole at the distant sea level, which was the direction in which the main fleet of the Yecheng Navy was heading.
"Husband, the enemy is coming soon." Qiu Hong reminded in a low voice behind him.
"Well, I came just in time." Zhu Xuefeng nodded.
On the sea in the distance, invisible to the naked eye, there was a dense shadow of ships, like a group of steel giants with teeth and claws, approaching them menacingly.
At this moment, the twelve armed helicopters on the deck of this iron-clad pseudo-helicopter carrier have completed their final inspections. The pilots were sitting in the cockpit, looking nervous but full of fighting spirit. They held the control stick tightly, and their heartbeats gradually accelerated with the coming battle.
The pilots of the two helicopters looked at each other and said, "Brother, today is a battle of life and death, are you afraid?" The other grinned: "Afraid? What is there to be afraid of! Didn't you hear what the leader said, only soldiers who are not afraid of death are qualified to join the military? Walking away from the battlefield alive, haha, it comes to my heart, these damn bastards can finally vent their anger again. "
The muzzles of the two 5,000-ton destroyers slowly rose up, pointing in the direction of the enemy's attack. The gun barrels shone with a cold metallic luster under the sunlight, as if telling the story of the cruel battle that was about to begin.
Several frigates are scattered around the destroyer, and six 62-type 100-ton small gunboats are like agile hounds, scattered in the gaps between the fleets. Although their tonnage is small, their flexibility can not be underestimated in this complex naval battle battlefield. effect. The two submarines "Wolf Fang" and "Seal" have already quietly dived into the water, like ghost killers hiding in the dark, waiting for the perfect opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.
Zhu Xuefeng once again looked at the enemy ships in the distance, silently calculating the strength gap between the two sides. Putting aside various supply ships, the Yecheng Navy's fifty large and medium-sized ships have a significant advantage in quantity and firepower. Its warships are equipped with advanced naval gun systems and missile launchers. This will undoubtedly be an extremely difficult and tragic battle. battle.
However, Zhu Xuefeng had no intention of shrinking in his eyes. The officers were right. We try to avoid sacrifices, but an army needs to grow. It is impossible to sharpen an iron army without experiencing the baptism of blood and fire.
As the Yecheng naval fleet gradually approached, the tense atmosphere was like an invisible net, covering the entire sea area. Zhu Xuefeng's eyes flashed. He saw a few nautical miles ahead of several destroyers in the enemy fleet. White water splashes suddenly appeared. That was a danger signal from torpedo launches. The enemy actually lurked a submarine team and kept silent. After the sonar search, unfortunately I was still too timid and lost my composure when we were still far away, so I took action first.
"Attention, the enemy is launching torpedoes!" Li Xiaojun shouted loudly on the intercom. His voice echoed in the command room, like the sound of a bell, shaking everyone's hearts.
In an instant, several torpedoes shuttled through the sea water at high speed like arrows. Wherever the torpedo passed, the seawater was stirred up and rolled violently, leaving eye-catching white trails, like the sickle wielded by the god of death, approaching the autonomous region fleet.
The autonomous region has even revealed its financial resources this time. There are twenty-one large and small ships in the fleet. The torpedoes at this distance may be avoided by the ships in the front of the fleet through maneuvers, but the ships in the back cannot see the torpedoes. The ships in the front cannot see the torpedoes. After the ship dodged, they had no chance at all. Li Xiaojun was sweating on his forehead. After all, he was not a professional naval commander and was caught off guard.
At the critical moment, Zhu Xuefeng had closed his eyes and secretly gave the order: "Big Hui, Xiao Hui, lead the attack!"
I saw a group of dolphins appearing on the back side of the flagship, moving forward quickly. The struggling dolphins quickly reached a speed of about seventy, which was far faster than the incoming torpedoes. Many naval soldiers saw this strange scene.
Their bodies are strong and flexible, and their skin shines silver-gray in the sea water. Quickly swimming in the direction of the torpedo attack, they received instructions from their master to change the course of the torpedo.
Big Hui was the fastest and was the first to approach the torpedo at the front. He saw the right moment and slammed his head into the torpedo from the side. With its strong force, he continued to push the torpedo to change its course, and the torpedo was knocked away. After returning to its original orbit, Dahui did not stop until the torpedo was continuously pushed, constantly changing its course, and finally turned around completely before targeting another torpedo.
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Explosions sounded from time to time in the distance on both sides of the fleet. This was when Xiao Hui and other dolphins knocked the torpedo off course and hit the islands and reefs in the distance. The huge impact caused a huge wave.
In the command room opposite, the commander was staring at the radar signal in a daze, his hands clenched tightly, his knuckles turning white. Five loud bangs and a torpedo returning quickly meant that the first wave of six torpedo sneak attacks failed. .
"Damn, how could this happen?"
"General, the opponent's anti-submarine helicopter has moved!"
The adjutant's report made the general sweat on his forehead. This damn small fleet actually has advanced anti-submarine helicopters. As the most powerful naval fleet in Southeast Asia, he didn't even have it. This is a shame. It was him last time. He shamelessly killed his own. A submarine.
"Let the submarine dive quickly, hide, and look for combat opportunities independently!"
"Attention all ships, prepare for the first rocket salvo!"
Seeing that the opponent entered the range of rockets, Li Xiaojun issued an order. The effective range of the opponent's naval guns was far lower than that of rockets, with a maximum range of only six nautical miles. This was very suitable for flying kites in the autonomous region.
The first batch of 500 rockets soared into the sky and attacked the enemy fleet more than ten nautical miles away. Although the error on the sea surface would be more than one kilometer, making it impossible to strike accurately, it could cover a large area and deal with the dense fleet. It still has a certain effect.
Sure enough, the commander on the opposite side was confused. Although he had known that there were a large number of rockets on the Hummingbird in the autonomous region, he had never experienced it personally, and what was the concept of being so densely packed? It was even denser than naval guns. After a baptism of rockets , the fleet inevitably damaged several ships. Watching the ships in the distance burst into flames, the general roared.
This yield was incomprehensible to him. Even the Bald Eagle aircraft carrier formation could not face it.
"Call the airbase, I need support!"
At this distance, his own powerful fleet could only be beaten passively. This was something he could never accept. The opponent could actually fire so many rockets in a salvo, and who knew how many more there were. Intelligence suggested that the opponent's last one-time salvo was only There were only dozens of them. It was incredible that such powerful and weird rockets could cover the entire sky.
"Split the fleet into two, outflank them, don't let them escape!"
The general gave the order viciously. It is conceivable that in the face of our own powerful air attack, the enemy could only flee in all directions and must be encircled and annihilated in order to vent their hatred.
"Ask the missile ship if it can lock the opponent's flagship. Just lock it and sink it for me!"
The opponent's ships are much fewer than our own. As long as we kill the opponent's flagship, the opponent without unified command will be a mess. At that time, we will still be able to slaughter it by ourselves. The general seemed to see victory and raised the corner of his mouth.
Although the autonomous region side inexplicably avoided the torpedo attack, the battle had obviously just begun. Seeing that the torpedo attack was ineffective, the Yecheng Navy launched a large-scale mobile outflank without hesitation. After several kite tactics, the effect became worse each time, and Li Xiaojun frowned.
"Report, a group of enemy aircraft has been detected on the radar, and the enemy is expected to arrive on the battlefield in fifteen minutes."
Li Xiaojun glanced at the commander. The most severe moment has arrived. If he uses kite tactics at this time, he will only become a living target for the opponent's air force. In order to avoid this situation, he can only fight hand-to-hand, entangle the opponent, and make the enemy's air force unable to do anything. There is a huge gap between the number of enemy and our warships. This kind of close-to-the-face fight will definitely cause heavy casualties. But if it does not lead to a melee, it will only become a living target for the opponent's fighter planes.
"Report! The enemy launched two missiles!" (End of Chapter)