The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

At the same time, Chen Ce also received Zhu Bin's latest location confirmation. They had already entered the Indian Ocean, about [-] nautical miles away, and within a day's journey, they could enter the Bay of Bengal.

The most interesting thing is that both Nimitz and Zhu Bin, because of the extreme secrecy, have kept the maximum wire silence for each other, and during the voyage, from time to time, they maneuvered regularly, even if they deliberately searched, Neither is that easy.

In order to cooperate with the suddenness of the Nimitz fleet's surprise attack, the coalition forces calculated the time in advance, and stopped all ships from the Arabian Sea, the western Indian Ocean, Africa, and Australia, or missed the time slot, so as to ensure that they would not encounter the fleet. Things that expose the target.

The reconnaissance planes in the air also maintain a radius of about [-] kilometers to search each. With Nimitz's approach, they can only be released, and those who do not come in will not return if they do not find the enemy's situation. The concealment of the aircraft carrier is strictly guaranteed.

Zhu Bin did the same thing.Even after entering the Java Sea, they let the "Xuanzhou" guided cruiser clean up a circle, and then took advantage of the night, they turned on the "mirage" camouflage.When crossing the strait, two elite troops were airborne into Jakarta and Palembang respectively, and a group of amphibious landing ships were mobilized to make a gesture of attacking Indonesia. The Dutch and British were so frightened that they had no choice but to respond with all their strength.

In short, Nimitz opened the way ahead and cleaned up all the unsightly things, and Zhu Bin followed behind, doing the same thing.As a result, neither of the two sides noticed each other's existence, and moved forward cautiously, lest they disturb the target, only a day's journey away, this strange scene.It continued until the South China Sea Fleet and the entanglement with the 19th Fleet reached a new round of peak!

Even before Tu Qiongdao sees you, you still have to be a good bait, don't scare away the big fish, Chen Ce still doesn't want to have the super-saturated attack of that night again!Not only he can't stand it, the fleet can't stand it either!

In order to cope with the overwhelming multi-level air strikes of the US military.All the auxiliary ships, anti-aircraft guns and interceptor rockets consume an astonishing amount, and after resupply, they are not very rich.

The artillery and interception weapons facing the sea were also damaged by the excessive torpedo attack and the desperate destroyer's approach, and they were in the fierce artillery battle between the two sides.All of them were injured, and their combat effectiveness dropped a lot. [

On the contrary, the wounded battleship is easy to say, the hole is directly filled with a high-expansion chemical liquid, which violently expands into a bubble-like colloid, filling all the cabins connected by cracks and gaps, and draining the water.If every inch of the gap is firmly blocked, and then the steel plate is temporarily welded, it will be able to cope with the end of the war, and it will be overhauled later.

But even so, they rested for two full days and two nights before they recovered.Checking the casualties, treating the wounded, picking up soldiers and pilots who fell into the water, etc., are complicated.Most of them.They are searching and rescuing US prisoners. I have to say that they are doing very well in humanitarian spirit.

Now that the U.S. military is fully prepared, it may not be easy to attack if it takes the initiative.The use of supersonic anti-ship missiles requires an early warning aircraft and air guidance in parallel, provided that.You have to lock the target from the densely packed ships first, this is not an easy task.

Zhu Bin was so smooth before, because the enemy ships at that time didn't know about it at all.There is also no defense. Now people are prepared, even interference, camouflage targets, and cross-fire intensive blockades have been done, which greatly reduces the advantages of advanced technology and equipment.

In addition, there is another reason that Chen Ce didn't know, and Zhu Bin himself ignored, that is, the construction of the Chinese navy is an unconventional fault-leapfrogging style, and the thinking direction is out of touch with the times, resulting in a series of inappropriateness.

Limited to China's current industrial strength, it is impossible to build a thousand destroyers, a hundred light aircraft carriers, and a hundred thousand aircraft a year like the Yankees. The abnormal number can only find a way out in high-quality products, which is not the same as the earliest introduction The German industrial spirit is inherited in one continuous line.

In order to ensure victory, Zhu Bin piled up advanced technologies without going offline, and the results can be reflected, such as battleships, guided cruisers, and aircraft carriers, which are stronger than each other. Basically, a ship with The prepared capital ship is not a big problem when it goes out to sweep an old naval force.

But he ignored a big problem, auxiliary ships!

If Zhu Bin's method is put in 50 years, there will be no big problem.Because in that era, destroyers were generally guided, and no one relied on naval guns to decide the outcome. The improvement of the air early warning and detection system allowed the combat radius to expand to [-] to [-] kilometers away. Attack, whoever has the chance of victory.

But now, all countries are still in charge of naval guns, and although the air force's strikes are getting stronger and stronger, it is not certain that they will win.Auxiliary ships are all about quantity, and it is common to pull out a large group of dozens of ships at every turn.Like Americans, rich and powerful, in order to get revenge at all costs, it is normal for a guy to create a spectacular fleet of [-] ships!

This leads to a big problem, the ants kill the elephant too much!

The destroyers and cruisers under his command did not show much advantage, and the two main battleships became a lone army. Under the siege of others, there would always be such a basket.This is completely different from the Japanese army back then!

Of course, in fact, the South China Sea Fleet is also relatively unlucky.You must know that the other fleets were established at the beginning of the struggle with the dilapidated Third Fleet of the Japanese army, upgraded step by step, and gained experience.Moreover, the original Japanese navy had outdated tactics, poor ships, unresistible aircraft, and a single type of weapon. Especially the Japanese army did not know how to use submarines at all. Including Americans, most of them are stuck at the level of the 20s.

But what they are dealing with now, after suffering a big loss, has gathered the essence of the world's strongest naval power, summed up experience, and produced a series of weapons and equipment that can fully support the end of the war or even the 50s in another time and space. !It is reasonable to deal with the ones that have been greatly upgraded, which are difficult to deal with.

Of course there are all kinds of problems.All were covered up by Zhu Bin's winning tricks that Zhu Bin could use at any time.Anyway, no matter how he fights, he can always find a way to turn the tables in the end, so unknowingly, dependence, carelessness, overconfidence, and all kinds of problems accumulate into disasters. [

Perhaps, this time Mitchell's raid paid off.It's unknown if it can remind them a little bit.

In short, Chen Ce's fiery heart has calmed down a lot. After serious thinking, he began to gradually change his action strategy, sending out a large number of reconnaissance planes before the battle happened again.Cruising around, he absolutely does not want to be "approached" by the enemy next time without sufficient defense.He even wanted to take the initiative to attack, so he let out a sigh of relief!

Major General Mitchell refused to confront him head-on.

A night raid, a fierce siege.He failed, and lost more than [-] ships, including two heavy cruisers. Such a loss made him feel heavy.

The loss of air power was even greater. Twice, more than a hundred planes were shot down, and more than [-] torpedoes were released.At least twenty or more ships caught fire.As for whether it has sunk, I haven't seen it yet.

Although his current results are the best compared to the previous battles of the coalition forces, but he really can't be happy!

Anyway, the damage to the New Jersey's gun was not too serious, and the loss of a secondary gun did not affect the overall situation.Hundreds of casualties can be replaced.The jammed main gun was also repaired urgently, and the gap was cracked.Temporary welding is blocked, and it is okay to continue fighting.

More carrier-based aircraft have been replenished via the Andaman Islands and Myanmar, and the "medicine" has been provided by the accompanying high-speed supply ship, and the combat effectiveness is relatively complete.But the enemy's guided bombardment is too scary. He doesn't want to be sunk from a distance. !

The reconnaissance planes of the two sides soon met in the air, indicating that the distance between each other is not so far away.Even through the monitoring of submarines cruising in the deep sea relying on their diving depth and concealment ability, Chen Ce quickly found the enemy ship that was trying to surround him. maneuvering stance.

Do you want to repeat the same trick, make a detour to break through the siege, attract yourself to pursue, and then suddenly counterattack?

Major General Mitchell was thinking nervously, not daring to make a clear decision.However, he is not very worried. After all, the current exit has been blocked by Nimitz's 20th Task Force. The opponent has become a turtle in the urn. Since they like hide-and-seek, they might as well play with them first. .

So the 19th Fleet changed direction again and continued to chase the tail of the South China Sea Fleet.That posture is like a game of two puppies chasing each other's tails.It's just that if you don't play this game well, many people will die!

"Huh? Are you really catching up?"

Chen Ce was rather surprised. According to common sense, the U.S. military should take a defensive position and maintain their presence and defense in the Bay of Bengal, according to common sense, to truly meet their overall strategic requirements. Now it seems that it is not so simple!

Could it be that they are still thinking about eating themselves in one fell swoop?

After careful consideration, Chen Ce ordered the fleet to form an S-shape with a diameter of [-] nautical miles, close to the periphery of the Andaman Islands and turn back westward.

It took half a day to come and go. The figure of the Nimitz Fleet has already "pressed" into the main channel of the Indian Ocean. The reconnaissance plane that came out can see Sri Lanka and Port Blair from the air, officially entering the closing stage. net stage.

Mitchell decisively let the fleet avoid the edge, headed east, and shot the battleships and cruisers at the core of the dense formation, like a super jujube core across the ocean, cutting diagonally!

Stop playing?

Chen Ce instinctively smelled a conspiracy, and ordered the fleet to completely abandon hiding its whereabouts, maneuver towards the south in an open and straight manner, and sent reconnaissance planes to expand the search area, focusing on monitoring the trajectory of the enemy's reconnaissance forces, and Let the submarines deployed near the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal look for suspicious signs.

really!When he really accelerated to go south, unexpectedly, the enemy ship did not intercept again, and it seemed that he was not worried about his departure, or gave up the entanglement battle.This is very inconsistent with the usual style of the US Navy!

The Americans also inherited the style of the British Navy. As long as the ship has not sunk, they must fight to the end!Give up now.There is clearly a problem!

Not long after, the submarines at the southern tip of the Nicobar Islands also used radar to search the sky one after another, and the number of reconnaissance planes flying by was abnormal!There is not a single ship on a route that is too dense and should have been very busy!

Something is wrong!

Chen Ce immediately called Zhu Bin: "I suspect that the enemy may have another fleet secretly rushing to the waters of the Bay of Bengal. Its purpose is very likely to attack the current enemy inside and outside and seek to annihilate our troops. Please check carefully! "

Zhu Bin was really taken aback: "Hey! So, someone really thought of something with us? It's interesting! Who is this? Such a good brain can actually plan a big plan similar to that of Lao Tzu. No way. , have a good time meeting him!"

In fact, he was also surprised. It felt so easy to come all the way!The reconnaissance plane didn't see many targets that needed to be chased away, the submarines that came forward, and no unsightly ships that needed to be sunk, like the entire Indian Ocean.All of a sudden calm down.It turned out that someone was ahead!

This deliberate search is a bit unusual.Taking the ocean-going fleet he led as one end and the area where the South China Sea Fleet is located as the other end, a circular reconnaissance contraction was made. The early warning aircraft focused on scanning, and at the same time the following reconnaissance satellites focused on searching. Soon after, a densely packed group of people was photographed. Battleship, blurry image heading north!

In addition, the reconnaissance plane passed by at low altitude.The abnormal track that has not completely dissipated was found, and it can finally be confirmed that there is a big fish ahead!

Instead of being surprised, Zhu Bin was overjoyed, and laughed loudly: "Good guy! I wanted to hang a big shark, but I didn't expect even a giant whale to come out! Our luck is so good!"

After all, what should I do.That can't be sloppy.

Since the enemy has made such an arrangement, it can be concluded that the changes of the enemy ships face to face are actually the same as the mission of the South China Sea Fleet.Super big bait!

Zhu Bin then ordered the fleet: "Launch a battle formation. Speed ​​up the speed. We can't let them take the lead and launch a siege to the South China Sea Fleet. We can't afford to lose!"

On the flagship, the signal flag was immediately hoisted, and the densely marching fleet spread out in all directions, gradually expanding the original ten-kilometer-wide formation to an olive-shaped formation about thirty kilometers long and fifty kilometers long. "Yingzhou" guided cruiser!

Ahead, 20 kilometers away, the Nimitz [-]th Fleet slowed down and slowly unfolded its array. After three days and three nights of high-speed sailing, all the machinery and equipment needed to rest for a while in order to face the wear and tear of the fierce battle that followed.

Chen Ce's headquarters, which was sandwiched between them and the 19th Fleet, after confirming the news, resolutely sped up and headed south, regardless of the enemy behind him. He knew very well that if he didn't quickly increase the distance, once it was blocked, it might not be possible. , It is difficult to persist until Zhu Bin rushes to the rescue!

He moved, and it wasn't long before Mitchell found out. Mr. Major General sighed: "They found it! But it's too late to be alert now. Hmph, chase at full speed! Don't let them run away!"

Afterwards, Nimitz confirmed the news, looked back at the aircraft carrier that had completed the acceleration on the windward side, took a deep breath, and waved his arm fiercely: "Attack, start!"

Five aircraft carriers sounded the signal at the same time!Clusters of carrier-based planes, light and heavy, mixed with black and ash, the propellers humming and roaring, took off one after another and rose into the air. After 10 minutes, the first formation converged, and a f7f lead plane swung its wings, took the lead, and accelerated towards true north!The rest of the fighter planes followed closely behind, marching and converging, gradually forming a huge triangle, densely packed, rushing to the sky!

Another 10 minutes later, the second wave took off, followed by the third, the fourth... .

Five fully packed aircraft carriers did their best to carry more than 300 fighters of various types!Nimitz didn't hold back at all, and released more than 200 at one time!He wants to repeat the old trick and use a dense array to break through the opponent's defense line in one fell swoop!

This movement is so loud that it's hard not to see it!The early warning aircraft of the Ocean Fleet and the air-to-air radar of the South China Sea Fleet discovered the most obvious target in the sky at the same time.

This time, Chen Ce couldn't hold back, and ordered all the carrier-based aircraft to take off together to meet the enemy!

The chief of staff asked in surprise: "Then what about our protection?! The enemies behind will definitely take advantage of the fire!"

Chen Ce gritted his teeth and grinned: "Of course someone will take care of them! Don't forget, the equipment of the ocean-going fleet is much better than ours!"

The chief of staff suddenly realized, that's right, the ocean-going fleet, all jet fighters, only a few hundred kilometers away, is only a ten-minute flight for them, and they can even go around in circles and play a trick to catch them by surprise!

In fact, that's what happened!Zhu Bin couldn't wait, and first sent out 24 "Flying Dragon" fighters one after another. After turning on the afterburner, they quickly broke through the speed of sound, pierced the sky like a sharp sword, and rushed to the top of the South China Sea Fleet!

Then, there was another formation of 24 Skyhawk attack aircraft, but after speeding up, they followed another arc trajectory, spanned hundreds of kilometers, and rushed from the side to the Mitchell fleet, which continued to go south. The target was exactly The opponent is always hovering behind, an aircraft carrier protected by a bunch of ships!

At this time, the four aircraft carriers of the Mitchell fleet also swarmed to take off more than 100 fighters of various colors. This adds up to four air forces, each aiming at different targets from four directions and heights. On the [-]-kilometer ocean battlefield, the prelude to the unprecedented battle officially kicked off!

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