The three Soryu-class attack submarines failed, and the blue team's joint staff headquarters was filled with sorrow.
At this time, the combat personnel of the intelligence and reconnaissance department continuously sent the three submarines the status of the sea area and the deployment of troops by the red side, instructing them to flee.
However, the weaknesses of the Soryu-class submarine have been completely exposed at this time.
That's slow.
The sailing speed is too slow.
If the speed exceeds 4 knots, the noise will reveal the position.
At a speed of less than 4 knots, although the chance of survival is greatly improved, it is difficult to quickly escape from the red side's submarine search range.
However, everything is planned.
The captains of boats No. 3 and No. 2 suddenly issued an order to the officers and soldiers of the submarine where they were -
Implement the "Golden Cicada Escapes" plan.
The officers and soldiers who received the order immediately began to implement it as planned.
At this time, everyone's face looked very solemn.
Because, in this plan, three submarines actually escaped in different directions, which made the red side's anti-submarine operations more difficult, and it might be possible to save one or two of the submarines.
Submarine No. 1 changed direction and fled south.
Submarine No. 2 maintained its course eastward in an attempt to enter TPY.
Boat No. 3 turned around and headed directly towards the wave base in the north.
In the sea with a depth of more than 200 meters, the three ships were not even able to conduct final radio communications to say farewell, and acted separately with a tacit understanding.
Not long after, the radio station received a message from the Blue Army Joint Staff Headquarters, which contained only three words - good luck!
Huang Fang had nothing to do about this.
They can't save these submarines.
Even if air power is sent, it cannot save these Soryu-class attack submarines that have fallen into the trap.
Because at this moment, the 204th Aviation Regiment has taken off the F15J, but their mission is not to attack the red side's carrier formation, but to intercept the J15 formation that the carrier formation has taken off.
However, for Wen Zhaohui, he could not ignore death.
The three Canglong-class submarines are Huang Fang's important combat assets.
Going to the training ground is like going to the card table. No matter what, we cannot just watch these submarines being dealt with by the red team.
So, he immediately issued an order to take off a mixed formation from Chongtiao Base——
A joint formation consisting of 8 F15Js, 8 F35As, and 8 F-2B multi-role fighters went to the sea area where the Soryu-class submarine formation was located to conduct rescue operations.
Among them, 8 F15Js and 8 F35As all choose to carry air-to-air combat missiles, while all F-2B multi-purpose fighters carry 4 ASM-3 anti-ship missiles.
Fighters provided escort cover, and F-2Bs launched a surprise attack on the No. 001 aircraft carrier formation.
When the F-2B multi-purpose fighter launched an attack on the ship, the F15J and F35A fought with the fighter formation sent by the red side to intercept, distracting their attention, and then taking advantage of the red side's unpreparedness, they took advantage of the F35A's stealth capability.
The two went south and entered the red anti-submarine area, killing all the Z-18F anti-submarine helicopters conducting anti-submarine operations there.
The Z-18F anti-submarine aircraft has no ability to resist in the face of stealth fighters like the F35A. Two F35As can solve the problem with just a few AIM-120D air-to-air missiles.
After taking down the red team's Z-18F anti-submarine aircraft, the two F35As returned to support air operations.
In fact, the entire rescue plan is nothing more than an attack in the east and an attack in the west.
On the surface, it was an anti-ship attack on the No. 001 Carrier Formation, but in reality it was an attempt to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, allowing the three Canglong-class submarines to escape the Red Army's anti-submarine network and enter the deep sea, avoiding the fate of being sunk at the bottom of the sea.
Confrontation combat is like playing chess. You play one hand and I play another to see who has better tactics and who can predict the opponent's next move more accurately.
It has to be said that Wen Zhaohui was helpless at this time.
He didn't know whether this plan would succeed.
If it can achieve the effect.
The three Soryu-class submarines may have a chance to escape.
But he also knew that Li Zheng was not an idiot, and it was still unknown whether this tactic would work.
At this time, he could only pray that the Soryu-class submarine with AIP power would be strong enough and not be discovered by the red team's anti-submarine fleet. Other than that, there was no other way.
Unfortunately, he also knew that his prayer might just be an extravagant hope, and in fact he didn't have much confidence.
Because the incident area is located on the derivative of the continental shelf, the average sea depth is only more than 200 meters, and it cannot dive too deep. The silent concealment effect of the Aip submarine is lost in this sea area, and the probability of being discovered is really too high.
Everything can only be left to God to decide.
Just when Wen Zhaohui ordered the yellow side to take off an air formation to rescue the Canglong-class submarine formation, the anti-submarine operations on the red side were being carried out in an orderly manner.
In order to increase the degree of anti-submarine warfare, Li Zheng even ordered the Red Army D Theater to take off two Gaoxin No. 6 fixed-wing anti-submarine patrol aircraft from the nearest airport along the coast to assist.
"Gaoxin No. 6" is the first dedicated anti-submarine patrol aircraft developed by the Red Army. It is equipped with a "gill"-shaped fairing on the nose, a search radar that can view the sea 360 degrees, and a long "tail spur" on the tail.
", a magnetic anomaly detector used to detect underwater submarines is installed. There are many knife-shaped high-frequency antennas densely distributed on the top and bottom of the body. In addition to communication purposes, they are more used to receive sonar signals floating on the sea.
signal sent back.
This type of anti-submarine patrol aircraft has a range of more than 6,000 kilometers, a flight time of more than 8 hours, and can carry more than 10 crew members, forming an anti-submarine system that integrates reconnaissance, analysis, and attack. It can conduct large-area searches and can patrol several patrols a day.
One hundred thousand square kilometers of sea area.
Due to the advantages of lift-off, the same radar installed on the "Gaoxin-6" is 500 times more efficient than when installed on a surface ship. Moreover, the "Gaoxin-6" can also provide attack target instructions for missiles, taking into account the functions of some early warning aircrafts.
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In terms of airborne equipment, the Gaoxin 6 is already comparable to Huang Fang's P1 and P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft, but its weakness is that it is developed based on the Yun-8 body and is not comparable to the Blue Fang's second-generation anti-submarine aircraft P-8A.
There are still some differences, such as the airborne time is not long enough, the flight speed is slower because it is a propeller aircraft, etc.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In comparison, Blue Fang's P-8A is based on a modified Boeing 737 jetliner with a large fuselage, an empty weight of more than 62 tons, and a flying speed of 907 kilometers per hour.
The cruise radius exceeds 2,200 kilometers, the practical ceiling reaches 12,400 meters, and it is equipped with more crew members and more sonobuoys than the Gaoxin-6. In addition, the P-8A can also mount the MK-54 large anti-submarine
Torpedoes and depth charges, and anti-ship missiles can also be mounted under the wings.
These properties make the P-8A more powerful than the Gaoxin-6. After all, it is modified based on a jet aircraft and has greater advantages over the Gaoxin-6, which is based on an improved propeller transport aircraft.
The Gaoxin-6 has a small bomb load and very limited space, so it cannot mount external anti-submarine weapons. This is an undeniable fact.
In the future, if the Red Army can use platforms such as the C919 and Yun-20 to develop new anti-submarine patrol aircraft, the gap between the Red Army's anti-submarine patrol aircraft and the world's most advanced levels will be greatly narrowed.
Southeast of Xianlai Island.
The four Z-18Fs that entered the joint anti-submarine zone first began to release sonar buoys. The four Z-18s and two Gaoxin-6s coordinated to delineate their anti-submarine ranges and began to release sonobuoys into the sea, one every 5 kilometers.
Just like a fisherman casting a net to catch fish.
Soon, the red team's anti-submarine aircraft had deployed various sonar and buoys on 1/3 of the area where the Soryu-class submarine was located, but still no information about the enemy submarine was found.
I have to say that the silent effect of the Soryu-class submarine is still very good.
In the Red Side's Joint Staff Headquarters, a staff officer came over and reported to Li Zheng, saying that according to satellite and radar monitoring, it was discovered that the Yellow Side had taken off a second batch of aircraft from Chongtiao Base and was flying towards Xianlai Island.
"The second batch of aircraft? What model are they?"
"8 F15Js, 8 F35A, 8 F-2B multi-role fighters."
Li Zheng came to the electronic map and glanced at the situation on it.
A batch of F15Js had already taken off before, and that batch of planes were headed for Xianlai Island. The target was obviously the J15 fleet taking off from the red team's No. 001 aircraft carrier formation.
The purpose is also obvious, it is to cover the patrol boats of the Haishang Department that have begun to retreat.
Is it worth sending the J15 fleet to attack those patrol boats that have little ability to fight back and are low-value targets? The serious view is that it must be done.
Because it was the friction caused by these patrol boats that was the initiator of this sea and air battle.
Now that they are here, we cannot let them escape unscathed.
What's more, they also sank a Red Coast Guard patrol boat.
If they were allowed to run back to the base safely and unscathed, there wouldn't be much loss from a military strategic perspective, but the government and public opinion would suffer a lot.
After all, this red-blue confrontation is made using an AI system as the referee. AI is not like a human being. It makes a judgment based on all current considerations from all parties, from geopolitics to military and public opinion.
No matter which party participates in the confrontation exercise, the AI will make judgments on the consequences of each action, which will affect the final score and victory or defeat.
Therefore, Li Zheng also agreed with the serious view.
Those Huang Fang patrol boats must sink to the bottom of the sea.
To be on the safe side, Li Zheng dispatched an Air Police 500 early warning aircraft to Xianlai Island to provide airborne early warning for the J15 fleet of Formation 001.
"These planes are probably going to rescue the three Soryu-class submarines."
Li Zheng stood in front of the electronic map for less than half a minute and had already made a judgment in his mind.
"They actually dispatched the F35A. I'm afraid the drunkard is not interested in drinking."
Serenity was still sitting in his seat, looking at his capable general with a smile.
In this exercise, he rarely made decisions personally from the beginning, leaving all decisions to Li Zheng.
If Li Zheng is undecided on a key issue, he will take the initiative to ask for serious instructions.
But in most cases, Serious will nod in agreement.
This time is no exception.
He did not make the command decision himself, but asked Li Zheng: "Then who do you think their target is?"
Li Zheng reached out and clicked on the anti-submarine area on the screen.
"They are probably going to attack our anti-submarine aircraft."
"Then we must send fighter jets to protect the anti-submarine fleet. They have no air defense capabilities. If even two aircraft are separated from Huang Fang's mixed formation, all our anti-submarine fleets will splash into the sea."
He seriously gave his opinion, but did not make a decision.
"right."
As Li Zheng spoke, he turned to the staff officer who was still standing beside him waiting for the commander's decision: "Let 8 J20s and 8 J10Cs take off from the D theater area, and tell them to rush to the anti-submarine zone as quickly as possible to protect the anti-submarine fleet.
, if the yellow fighter enters our anti-submarine zone, it will be shot down directly without asking for instructions. In addition, if there is no blue fighter in the anti-submarine zone after arriving or the yellow fighter that invades the anti-submarine zone is shot down, it will maneuver north to join the J15 formation.
Let’s work together to attack Huang Fang’s two fleets.”
"yes!"
The staff officer saluted, turned around and left quickly.
Li Zheng's deployment is very targeted.
First of all, the second batch of aircraft sent by Huang Fang this time included 8 F15Js. This type of aircraft is one of the main fighter jets currently used by Blue Fang and Huang Fang. It is a third-and-a-half-generation fighter jet. The Blue Fang sold only F15J to Huang Fang.
It is an older F15J model, so some key equipment, such as radar, weapons, avionics and other systems are not as good as the latest J10C.
Huang Fang has purchased a total of 200 F-15Js. Currently, they are all using the old AIM-7 Sparrow medium-range ammunition with a range of only 70 kilometers. Only the 15Js that have experienced J-MSIP have AAM-4 active ammunition, and the J10C has been replaced with
It has a new AESA radar, electronic warfare system, antenna and new engine, and has the ability to launch PL-10 and PL-15 air-to-air missiles. The range performance of the PL-15 air-to-air missile exceeds the AIM-120C/D equipped with the F-15J.
Medium-range air-to-air missiles, therefore, still have an advantage even though both sides have early warning aircraft.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Among the current F-15 series, only the latest improved F-15EX fighter from Blue Team can overpower the J10C.
The F-15EX has replaced the APG-83 active phased array radar, helmet sighting and avionics system that are better than the F-22 fighter jet. Its overall strength is not inferior to the red team's J16. Even the AIM-120D missile it carries is not as good as the J10C.
It is equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles, but the number of medium-range air-to-air missiles that the F-15EX can carry is three times that of the J-10C. It is very excellent in this regard.
However, the fighter jets purchased by poor Huang Fang and Lan Fang did not include the latest F15EX model, so sending the J10C was enough to cope with it.
As for the J20, it was aimed at the eight F35As sent by Huang Fang.
Li Zheng predicted that if Huang Fang really sent out fighter jets to attack the anti-submarine fleet, the F35A would undoubtedly be the best choice.
But Wen Zhaohui cannot devote all his fighter jets to attack anti-submarine aircraft, which means he will divide his forces.
Once the troops are divided, the J10C and J20 fleets sent by the red side this time will be encountered, and it will be a mouthful of meat.
Based on my understanding of Wen Zhaohui, he will definitely use this kind of underhanded trick.
Then just wait for him to make a move!
Just as the red and yellow sides began to take off fighter groups from their respective airports and headed for the battle waters, to the south of Xianlai Island, the red side's anti-submarine work was still going on as planned.
At present, the red side's anti-submarine fleet has deployed sonar in more than half of the anti-submarine area, and still has not discovered the opponent's submarine!
This made the commander of the formation feel a bit superior.
It seems that the blue submarine may have lowered its speed and is crossing slowly with very low noise.
"Order the anti-submarine fleet to speed up and continue to release sonar until it covers the entire joint anti-submarine area. Huang Fang has sent two fighter formations. They are coming to rescue people! Before they arrive, kill at least one of their Canglong-class submarines.
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The order was passed on, and the Air Police 500 early warning aircraft already in place joined the command sequence, through which all airborne aircraft were coordinated, and the order and sequence of sonar launches in the anti-submarine zone were re-planned.
Suddenly, exciting news came from the 039C submarine in the No. 001 aircraft carrier formation that was participating in the search in the waters near the north of Xianlai Island!
"Reporting to the formation command room, the active sonar report found that the unknown underwater target has a bearing of 151 degrees, a distance of 31.7 kilometers, and is approaching at a speed of 4 knots..."
"4 knots?!"
The formation commander's eyes lit up.
Isn’t this the most typical Soryu-class silent driving speed?!