Four hundred kilometers away, the Ugly Roosevelt aircraft carrier formation.

In the command room, the formation commander, the aircraft carrier captain, and the carrier-based aircraft wing were gathering in the control room to discuss what had just happened.

"...So, the opponent's aircraft carrier battle group is also going to the Xiong Kingdom? Is there any intention to contact us?"

The commander-in-chief of the aircraft carrier formation asked.

"No ----In addition, the opponent is actually not a standard aircraft carrier battle group, it is just a multi-functional ship formation."

"From the pictures we took, their formation has landing ships and minesweepers, which are probably temporarily formed to participate in this international military competition. All ships are prepared for the event."

"Their sailing is not a military operation, it's just a single, uh, maritime traffic operation."

"Are you sure? It's just a maritime traffic operation, and will it require full escort of early warning aircraft and air refueling aircraft?"

The commander-in-chief frowned, and his words revealed a natural vigilance and suspicion.

Hearing his words, the captain sighed.

In fact, any ship formation in any country has its corresponding combat power, even fishing boats - a warship in a certain country has been hit and sunk by a fishing boat.

Judging from the posture shown by the other party, he could not define the other party as a hostile opponent. He could not even define free navigation on the high seas as hostile behavior.

After all, both sides are going to go to Xiong Country to participate in the competition, and the other side is at least a fleet organized strictly according to the needs of the competition. What about them?

It is directly a battle group of aircraft carriers.

Whose hostility is more serious, isn't it obvious?

After thinking for a while, he answered:

"Of course, the other party has combat effectiveness. In fact, just one of their No. 002 aircraft carriers, plus two No. 055d, has extremely impressive combat effectiveness, but you have also seen that they did not make any extreme moves after discovering us, and the early warning aircraft did not approach the close reconnaissance---this is already a very friendly way of handling."

"If we discovered them first, I think our carrier-based aircraft should have already run to the opponent's fleet to go to the low-altitude open space, right?"

The commander-in-chief's face was still cold. He looked at the commander of the carrier-based aircraft wing on the side and asked:

"Have our carrier-based aircraft taken off?"

"No. I don't recommend provoking the other party now. There is no need or achieving any good results---this is on the high seas, and on a high sea that is not important at all. We shouldn't show our teeth all the time, right?"

“Why not?”

The commander of the wing was a little stunned by the commander-in-chief's words, and he subconsciously asked:

"Why?"

The commander-in-chief's face immediately collapsed. He waited for the command of the regiment and said in a stern tone:

"Mr. Smith, I hope you remember your duty. You are the commander of the carrier-based aircraft wing. Your duty is to ensure that the aircraft carrier-based aircraft is combat-capable and can protect our fleet at any time."

"Now, the enemy is only 800 kilometers away from us. Within our alert range, you also asked me why the carrier-based aircraft was launched?"

"But they are not enemies--at least not now?"

"At sea, any fleet that does not belong to us must be treated as an enemy!"

"You're just talking about theory, but I want to know, what's the point of doing this? Even if you pass the message to the country, the Supreme Commander won't agree with what you said."

"I have made it clear that there is no need to provoke the other party. We are going to participate in the competition. This is not even an exercise, or even a combat readiness cruise. Why do we need to do irrational things at such times?"

Looking at the stubborn expression of the commander in the corps, the commander-in-chief first opened his eyes wide, then became restless. After paced back and forth a few times, he finally sighed a long sigh.

Of course he understood the concerns of his subordinates. In fact, this concern was also common in this fleet.

As the main force of the navy, the area they cruise is always the front line and can always perceive the changes in the situation as quickly as possible. Everyone knows that the confrontation is becoming more and more tense.

However, no one wants to fight, and no one wants to fight.

So, a contradiction began to spread throughout the fleet.

On the one hand, they still retain the pride of the strongest naval force in the world, hoping to make their opponents retreat through the crushing of combat power; but on the other hand, when the opponents have not retreated, they do not intend to continue to put pressure at all, and only hope to stop the action in a timely manner to avoid becoming the fuse of a major event inadvertently.

As a commander, he was the first person to discover this emotion and to feel the danger of this emotion.

There is no backwardness in technology and no backwardness in combat literacy, but the fighting will has begun to collapse, which is often the beginning of a decline in combat effectiveness of an army.

And if this momentum is allowed to develop, the decline in combat effectiveness will be extremely terrible in a very short period of time.

He couldn't figure out why this happened.

Is it because of the opponent's successive technical breakthroughs?

This is probably the most credible explanation, but the problem is that the opponent's technological breakthroughs do not really threaten this fleet.

Whether it is electromagnetic guns, carrier-based aircraft, early warning aircraft, or strategic bombers, they are actually just leaving the production line, far from reaching the level of large-scale hunting equipment, and the improvement of the opponent's strength is extremely limited.

More importantly, in addition to the electromagnetic cannons that Congress has always considered to be useless, they not only have several other equipment, but also have more advanced ones.

How can such equipment comparisons hurt one's confidence?

Maybe it's not the reason -- maybe it's because the living conditions on the aircraft carrier are really too poor?

Yes, due to long-term ocean voyages, no matter which aircraft carrier formation has lived, his life is not much better. The food supply is fixed and the sanitation conditions have become worse. He has heard grassroots soldiers complain more than once.

In their mouths, it was almost impossible to find a place on the boat where you can sleep quietly, and there was frequent power outages, no hot water, and poor ventilation. What's more, the huge metal structure of the hull amplifies the temperature outside, making it unbearable.

In just a few months, more than a dozen suicides have occurred in major aircraft carrier formations, but I am completely unable to understand such extreme behavior.

Because these difficulties are not worth mentioning in my eyes.

At least they don't live in foxgloves, aren't they?

The commander-in-chief shook his head and dispelled the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and spoke:

"I know what you are worried about, and I know why you are unwilling to perform tasks, but what I have to tell you is that this is not just a routine reaction, but also important, a way to show our determination."

“In the past, we showed an extremely radical attitude every time we met them, and the other party responded to this attitude.”

"One of us is a tacit opponent, and both sides are playing a fixed role-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"It's like a Texas card game. We've been doing bluffs all the time. Now if we suddenly show weakness, even if we have good cards in our hands, the opponent will raise us without hesitation."

"What can we do then? show    hand? You won't know what the ending of show                                                 

After hearing his words, the wing commander and the captain fell silent.

They also realize their blind spots.

Yes, the reason why I am unwilling to make any moves is essentially to avoid conflict, but I ignore it. It is this retreat that is more likely to cause greater conflict.

The commander-in-chief's method seems radical, but it is a real way to avoid conflicts within the rules.

Just like two cowboys facing each other with guns, the best way to maintain peace is to always keep aiming even if there are no bullets in the gun.

Thinking of this, the carrier-based aircraft wing commander spoke:

"Okay...you're right. Give your orders and I'll notify the carrier-based aircraft wing to prepare immediately."

Hearing his answer, the commander-in-chief finally nodded.

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"clear!"

The commander of the corps salute him, then turned around and approached the podium to start giving orders.

The captain on the side shook his head helplessly, and could only follow the other party and start dispatching other support and preparation forces on the aircraft carrier.

A few minutes later, two fa/18 fighter jets roared into the air, maintaining the optimal radar discovery altitude of 4 kilometers, and openly broke into the air defense area of ​​the opponent's fleet.

.........

In the command room of the aircraft carrier No. 002, a man frowned and looked at the height that had been lowered. F/a18 flying around his head was flying, and spoke to the people around him:

"So what's the point of these ugly gangsters happening like this every time? It's like his mother playing a duo, and it's too much oil and burns?"

"That's not that there is too much oil. The international oil prices have fallen so hard recently. They are so anxious that they almost pour the oil back into the oil well. Now if you have the chance to burn more, you must catch it---we must also play with them, otherwise we will be timid."

The man sighed and said helplessly:

"Then let's play with them. What's the solution? Take off two J-15s and don't hang weapons------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.........

On the deck, two j-15s soared into the sky from the ski jump deck, and then instantly activated the extra force and chased in the direction of fa/18.
Chapter completed!