Chapter 1,233 Rim of the Pacific Military Exercise
The Pacific Ocean is majestic, and two huge aircraft carriers are riding the wind and waves. Near the aircraft carriers are accompanied by other warships with flags of various colors flying above them.
The annual Rim of the Pacific exercise is so lively, with warships from all over the world coming to join in the fun, but this time, it is even more lively.
There are two Nimitz aircraft carriers as the main force, and the other warships look like children's warships. But in fact, one of the warships, which looks unattractive, is the core of the entire formation.
Its bridge is located in the middle of the warship, and there are straight decks at the front and rear. You can see some round balls on it, which look very ordinary and very special. Among the equipment of the U.S. Navy, it is a very special and unique type of equipment.
Replaceable equipment: USS Blue Ridge command ship.
If the navies of other countries have an aircraft carrier, they can just use the aircraft carrier as a flagship, but the U.S. Navy cannot do that because they have too many aircraft carriers, and how to command the aircraft carrier is also a big problem.
At the peak of the Cold War in the 1970s, the U.S. Navy had 15 aircraft carrier battle groups, more than 40 landing craft, more than 600 battleships, and more than 40 cruisers. Therefore, the U.S. Navy was unable to use ordinary aircraft carriers at all.
To command these warships, we must have professional command ships.
Therefore, they modified this command ship based on the Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship. They chose the amphibious assault ship purely for the ease of modification. They only needed to use the original vehicle on the deck and improve the dock into a command module.
Although the Marine Corps is independent, if it is to engage in large-scale amphibious operations, it still has to obey the unified command of the Navy. The Blue Ridge is the flagship of the Seventh Fleet.
Generally speaking, this kind of equipment would be cherished, but this maritime exercise was too important, so the Americans took out this command ship and used it as the command center of this exercise.
On the warship, Harris stood on the bridge and looked at the spectacular scene outside.
"It is an important milestone for us to invite Easterners to participate in this Rim of the Pacific military exercise." Harris said: "We can only defeat them by getting close to them and studying them. What kind of warships will they send?"
If it were an ordinary military exercise, the warships would have been decided as early as a year ago, but this time it was different. The Easterners did not tell them in advance, they just agreed on the time and sea area, and then joined in and participated in the exercise together.
"They shouldn't send 055. After all, that kind of warship is too important and too powerful. The Orientals will not take actions to irritate us." Clemings said: "They are very low-key. This may be the case with the Oriental ones."
Philosophy, I think they should send 052."
055 is too powerful. If 055 comes over, how can other warships do it? Even the Ticonderoga-class cruiser cannot compare with the Eastern ones!
If it can't be 055, then what could it be?
052 is the most suitable. This kind of warship is not only used by Easterners for their own use, but also exported in large quantities. Currently, Eastern's Aegis warships have expanded to many countries, causing them a deep headache.
"Yes, it should be 052. After all, this is their main warship. Although the Orientals want to keep a low profile, they also want to show their strength. A warship like 052 is the most suitable!"
"Report, the early warning aircraft has discovered the target at sea!"
"Send fighter jets over immediately!" Harris said excitedly: "Now, the answer to the mystery is about to be revealed. Let's see which one the Orientals sent, whether it is the Luyang 2 or Luyang 3."
The West is not used to talking about numerical numbers. They have their own set of standards. Whether it is 052C or 052D, they are all overseas grade, but the specific standards are different.
The two Super Hornets roared away, and soon they were approaching the formation of two warships on the sea, a destroyer and a comprehensive supply ship.
"Gum, we have to go down and take a look," a pilot shouted over the radio.
"Okay, Bullethead, let's go down. Hey, why are you diving like this? You only do this when attacking!"
A Super Hornet has already swooped down from the airspace of several kilometers and headed straight towards the formation on the sea, as if it was about to dive and attack.
On the 112th warship, the radar officer shouted: "Two targets are diving down and attacking us!"
"Damn it, are they just welcoming us like this?" Someone immediately cursed.
Captain Du Yu stood behind the porthole, looking at the waves rushing over the bow of the ship. There was no expression on his face. Before he came, he had already guessed that there might be such a scene. These Americans would not be sincere.
However, we don’t need to worry too much. The more rough and barbaric actions the Yankees do, the better.
"The camera must be pointed at them and the record must be clearer." Du Yu said: "We will also conduct a counterattack simulation. Be careful not to lock onto them."
This method of dive bombing has long been outdated. In modern naval battles, few fighters would use this method to attack warships. After all, it is impossible for fighter planes to get close to a warship within a few dozen kilometers, and would have long been blocked by anti-aircraft missiles.
Finished.
What the other party does is purely a provocation, and we just use them to practice our skills.
"yes."
At this time, the pilot nicknamed Bullet continued to dive in the Super Hornet. In his field of vision, the two warships on the sea were getting bigger and clearer.
The length-to-width ratio of the ship is probably within 10, and there are numerous weapons on the bridge. I didn’t see the stealth shape or the iconic four-sided phased array radar. This is actually... the Luhu class?
Bullethead immediately lost all interest and pulled up the plane. This brigade was too backward. How could Dongfang send such an outdated warship to participate in the exercise?
"Bullet call, visual confirmation of the target, it is the Eastern Navy Luhu-class destroyer!"
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Everyone on the Blue Ridge was dumbfounded.
They prepared such a huge operation because they planned to see Dongfang's Aegis battleships and conduct joint military exercises together, so they had to let the Dongfang people reveal some secrets. However, they did not expect that the Dongfang people were so unwilling to give face, or were not afraid of losing face.
The old-fashioned Luhu class was sent out!
In fact, the Luhu class is not that old. Take the No. 112 for example. It was started in 1989, launched in 1991, and entered service in 1994. It has only been about ten years now. However, the equipment of the Eastern Navy has developed too fast!
In the coming year, No. 112 will be completely out of date.
There is no four-sided phased array radar, no universal vertical transmitter, various antennas on the bridge, and even the close-in defense gun is a double-barreled 37mm cannon. This kind of warship is only at the level of the West in the 1960s and 1970s.
Harris gritted his teeth: "Clemings, you are right. Orientals have always been low-key. This is their philosophy. However, I hate this philosophy of Orientals!"
"That's right, look at us in the United States. We just want to take out our most advanced things and display them to let others know how powerful we are. These Orientals will always hide their most advanced things!" Cleming
Si also complained.
The two of them didn't know that the most advanced things from the East had of course arrived, but they were a full 500 kilometers away from the entire exercise sea area, and no one noticed them at all, not even the E-2 Hawkeye.
The most advanced one of the U.S. Navy is the E-2D. This early warning aircraft is equipped with the most advanced active phased array radar. Like the Eastern carrier-based early warning aircraft, it also has a shoulder pole antenna, rotating search, and two methods of mechanical and electronic scanning.
The performance is far stronger than that of earlier models, and the search distance for warships at sea exceeds 500 kilometers.
However, this kind of early warning aircraft is still under testing and has not been adopted into the U.S. Navy on a large scale. The main early warning aircraft currently used by the U.S. Navy is still the latest modification of the E-2C early warning aircraft, the Hawkeye 2000. Although it is used on the early warning aircraft
The latest 8-blade propeller, but it still uses the old AN/APS-145 radar and the Yagi antenna. The search distance for ships at sea is only three to four hundred kilometers.
Since the early warning aircraft has to undertake the airborne early warning work of the entire formation, the task is very heavy, and it is impossible to notice a special-looking ship five hundred kilometers away.
There are many big balls on this ship. Even a layman can tell that there must be antennas inserted inside. However, they will not know that these antennas do not actively release electromagnetic signals, and the antennas mainly passively receive them.
At this time, inside the cabin, there were rows of workstations, each with three monitors. Someone was sitting in front of them, operating the keyboard and mouse from time to time.
"The X-band radar signal was detected. It is likely that the two Super Hornets used radar to lock onto our warships while they were diving."
"Okay, let's analyze the band characteristics!" Luo Qiang, an electronic warfare officer, said calmly: "Find its signal characteristics and prepare for our future electronic interference!"
Isn't it a dive? Isn't it about to attack? Okay, it's time for us to analyze the radar characteristics!
"The analysis has been completed and entered into the database!"
"So fast?" Luo Qiang was curious.
"Yes, the key is that our Loongson computer is too fast."
What is received is only some fragments of electromagnetic wave signals, which are not complete. Next, a powerful computer is required to analyze them to find the information contained in them and formulate relevant strategies.
This requires powerful information processing capabilities. Their electronic reconnaissance ship is equipped with an advanced Loongson computer, which makes processing this data a piece of cake.
"The UHF band information was received. I have never received it before. It was probably transmitted by the Blue Ridge."
"Analysis, it's best to decipher their system!" Luo Qiang continued to issue orders.
Unlike before, this time they were able to get close to the USS Blue Ridge. This warship is equipped with a large number of antennas. It is the brains of the US Navy. It is also quite fragile. It will release a large number of electromagnetic wave signals. On the battlefield,
Just one anti-radiation missile can kill it.
However, in addition to hard kill, soft kill is also required. If the signal on this warship can be deciphered, it will be of greater use. For example, if necessary, it can invade its command system and issue wrong orders.
, or simply monitoring their various orders can gain an advantage in the war.
Electromagnetic waves are constantly transmitted, entering various data antennas, and are constantly being analyzed and processed. The entire electronic reconnaissance ship has become the busiest warship at this time.
The highlight of the exercise was an attack on the sea, and the target was a target ship. The target ship used this time was a decommissioned cruiser!
After World War II, the United States had a large amount of surplus materials. They used those artillery cruisers from the World War II era to improve the first batch of guided missile cruisers. However, they were not professional after all. Many of them were retired in the 1980s. Some were sealed and some were dismantled.
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But it was not enough to just use the old warships of the past. They had to build brand new warships. After entering the 1950s, with the advent of the jet aircraft and missile era, they began to build guided missile frigates equipped with anti-aircraft missiles. First
The first batch is the 5,000-ton Farragut class, and the second batch is the Leahy class.
In 1975, the U.S. Navy reclassified its warship standards, with the first batch becoming destroyers and the second batch becoming cruisers.
The Laihi-class guided missile cruiser became the first-class guided missile cruiser built by the US military after the war. In the 1970s and 1980s, it also fought on the battlefield and made great achievements.
However, in the 1990s, this guided missile cruiser was already very outdated. After all, the U.S. Navy began to focus on Aegis warships, so these warships were retired one after another.
Now, it has been more than ten years since they were decommissioned. These warships are not in good condition. It is a routine operation to use one of them as a target ship. After all, the U.S. Navy often does this.
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The aircraft carrier's ability to withstand strikes.
For example, although the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS America has made great contributions in the past, in order to test the anti-strike ability of this monkey or that aircraft carrier, they decided to sink it. They installed cameras and sensors in various parts of the warship, and then used various weapons to attack it.
After 25 days of indiscriminate bombing, the aircraft carrier was fine!
In the end, the Americans installed explosives on it to sink the aircraft carrier. After a lot of trouble, the ammunition cost more than 20 million US dollars, but dismantling it cost 80 million US dollars, so it was still cost-effective. What's more, the Americans passed this
After the attack, he was full of confidence and felt that his aircraft carrier was as indestructible as a battleship.
The one responsible for the target ship mission this time is the USS Reeves. This warship is the last of the Lahi-class guided missile cruisers. In fact, it is in pretty good condition and does not need to be pulled out to be bombed. The reason why it was chosen is because this warship and
It has a lot to do with the East.
In 1986, the U.S. Navy, under the leadership of Lyons, used this warship as its flagship and led two other warships on a goodwill visit to the East, and received a warm welcome from the East.
This warship bears witness to the friendship with the East in the past, but now, this friendship has long disappeared, so this warship must be sunk!
"The Reeves is a warship with a displacement of more than 8,000 tons. The Oriental 112 warship is equipped with their YJ-81 missile. This missile has a history of 20 years. At that time, as the Oriental Flying Fish, it was also
There is a certain threat, but now, this kind of missile has long been outdated." Clemings said: "They fired first and were unable to sink the target ship, which just made us laugh."
The YJ-81 is exported in large quantities with the serial number C801, so the Americans also know the performance of this missile. They have determined that one missile of this kind can destroy a warship of up to 1,000 tons, and two missiles can destroy a warship of 3,000 to 4,000 tons at most.
, it is impossible to kill an 8,000-ton target ship.
Let the Orientals make a fool of themselves, and then let them do the final show, letting the Orientals see how powerful their firepower is!
While they were discussing, a group of leaders in the eastern capital were also discussing.
"We don't need to reveal our strength. Let's just say that our warship does not carry anti-ship missiles." A leader said.
"That's right, we don't care about the cost of hundreds of thousands, the key is not to expose our strength."
While everyone was discussing, Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao: "Taozi, what do you think?"
"Dad, I'm not from our navy. I'm here just to be a liaison. If something goes wrong with the electronic reconnaissance ship, I can just use the name of our Mingzhou Group Starship Company to cover it up. I won't participate here.
discussion."
"Just say what you say, why are you talking nonsense?"
"Dad, I think that since the Yankees asked us to fire, we will obey their wishes and sink the target ship into the sea with one missile, leaving everyone else dumbfounded!"
Qin Tao is full of expectations.
If the Americans want to see our show, let's watch the Americans' show. They also want to wait behind and bombard us indiscriminately to show off their muscles in front of us? Let's sink the target ship directly for them!
Outsiders think that No. 112 is equipped with an ordinary Eagle Strike 81. This is actually a big mistake. During the last mid-term life extension upgrade, the Eagle Strike 81 had been replaced by the Eagle Strike 83!
The Eagle Strike 81 is a subsonic anti-ship missile with a range of only 40 kilometers. It is simply unable to undertake the attack mission on the modern battlefield. After all, the 112 ship cannot get close to the enemy and launch missiles at a distance of 30 to 40 kilometers. Therefore,
The YJ-81 has been eliminated, and the YJ-83 is one of the navy's new generation main anti-ship missiles!