The USS Eisenhower, the flagship USS Eisenhower, which is advancing in the Arabian Sea, is busy.

"George, our third mechanized infantry division in Africa has suffered a devastating blow. Except for the logistics support units, all combat units are all completed." Chief of Staff Mark Fitzgerald, who is in the command center, looked at the latest detailed report of the African battle that came a few hours later. Although the results were known before, Mark Fitzgerald was still very exciting after seeing the detailed battle. After reading it, he said to Lieutenant General George W. Nicholson with a worried look, "The combat power and tenacity of the PLA are indeed unimaginable. But the most surprising thing is that the PLA will always try to keep a hand. George, I am worried that the PLA's special mixed fleet may be the same, and there is still plenty of energy to fight against the Indian Eastern Fleet."

"They will definitely do this," Lieutenant General Nicholson also looked at the latest location information of the PLA's special-mix fleet from the satellite, and said very seriously. "The two Indian Kiro-class submarines were easily discovered by the PLA and then annihilated by the carrier-based anti-submarine helicopters. This shows that the PLA's special-mix fleet must have a large number of submarines escorted. The Indian submarines should have been discovered by the leading submarine before being attacked. Has the intelligence department transmitted the latest special-mix fleet's organizational information?"

"There has not been new news yet. The PLA has extremely strict control over intelligence this time. According to our inside information, all ships have accepted orders and set off immediately, which makes it impossible for some of the pieces lurking on the ship to convey the news at all. According to the early information of the CIA, a 039 Song-class submarine detachment of the PLA South China Sea Fleet has lost the news for a long time. Our detection device in the Strait of Malacca at Singapore base once detected the noise data of the PLA 039 Song-class submarine. I believe that this 039 Song-class submarine detachment should be the main force of the special mixed fleet. It is just unsettling that these 039 Song-class submarines seem to have been further improved, and the noise level has dropped a lot."

"The People's Liberation Army has been constantly improving their arsenal in recent years, and at the same time it has been constantly launching new weapon systems," said Lieutenant General Nicholson, frowning. "They actually completed advanced aircraft carriers like the Beijing-class in a very short time. It is conceivable that they will definitely not be idle in submarines. Don't just focus on the 039 Song-class submarines. If you want to find out whether there are the PLA's 041 Yuan-class submarines this time, it is said that the People's Liberation Army has nuclear powered all the 041 Yuan-class submarines. This is the opponent we are particularly worried about."

Since conventional submarines and nuclear submarines have insurmountable speed and submarine time differences, they cannot be compared in size, which leads to huge differences in combat power between the two sides. Therefore, Lieutenant General Nicholson does not take it seriously for the 039 Song-class submarine. Compared with the 7,000-ton Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine, the 2,000-ton 039 Song-class submarine is like a toy.

Only the 041-yuan-class nuclear-powered submarine of the PLA legendary 4,000-ton class will make Lieutenant General Nicholson feel very difficult. This big guy who has been scuba in the ocean for dozens of days is not only difficult to catch the trace, but also has a very fast speed. If he follows the PLA's special mixed fleet this time, he can pose a major threat to his Fifth Fleet.

"You're right, George, I will order the intelligence department to pay close attention, but I have an ominous premonition that our plan looks a bit unfavorable," said Rear Admiral Mark Fitzgerald with concern. "Especially our aircraft carrier battle group, if we stop 500 nautical miles away from the PLA as planned, I think it will definitely attract their attention and doubt."

"This is a problem," Lieutenant General Nicholson nodded, "maybe we should slow down and make things look less conspicuous, where is our submarine now?"

"We should go to the sea west of Jamu Nagar in India. They set out more than ten hours in advance. Now we should basically reach the planned lurking waters. According to our plan, eight Los Angeles-class submarines will form an S-shaped formation 60 nautical miles wide and about one hundred nautical miles long on the main channel. Even if there are any changes in the PLA's special mixed fleet at that time, the submarines behind can flexibly adjust their position to ensure the successful attack."

With the attack capabilities of the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, as long as there is a Mk-48 ADCAP heavy torpedo and submarine-launched Harpoon anti-ship missile that is close to 20 nautical miles to the PLA's special mixed fleet aircraft carrier, the Mk-48 ADCAP heavy torpedo and submarine-launched Harpoon anti-ship missile will cause a fatal blow to the PLA's aircraft carrier. The 12 vertical missile launch tubes and 4 533 mm launch tubes on the Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine are not decorations.

"Asking the submarine squadron, you must be careful. The submarine lurking ahead would rather miss it than expose the target rashly." Lieutenant General Nicholson said seriously. After so many frustrating news of defeat, a deep shadow had been left in his heart. For a high-level US general, it was simply incredible a few years ago, because at that time the US military was still a giant who was invincible all over the world.

The speed of the US Fifth Fleet's movement suddenly dropped from 20 knots to 10 knots. When the PLA's military reconnaissance satellite sent this information to the command center of the Special Mixed Fleet, from the fleet commander Xue Chenguang to the chief of staff, the captains of each ship were a little confused about what the US Fifth Fleet meant.

"Commander Xue, will the Fifth Fleet be a little timid in the battle?" Everyone had no idea after discussing for a long time. Colonel Gao Yang, the captain of the "Chengdu" destroyer, suddenly proposed such a shocking assumption, which made the People's Liberation Army generals who participated in the discussion quiet down suddenly.

This assumption is too bold, which makes the PLA generals who have always been accustomed to the US military's strength unacceptable for a moment. When did the senior US generals actually have a timid attitude to fight? Isn't this a fantasy?

After a while of peace, the command center meeting soon fell into a heated discussion. Although most captains questioned Colonel Gao Yang's assumption, as these doubts were constantly raised by a few captains who accepted the assumptions, they suddenly discovered that Colonel Gao Yang's assumption was very likely, because recently, whether it was the Korean battlefield, the Pakistan battlefield, or even the African battlefield, the US military did not gain any advantage, but instead suffered a lot of heavy losses!

Since most of these were done by the Army brothers, the Navy has not yet had a real tough dialogue with the US military, and no one knows what level they are now compared with the US military. In the early tactical analysis, they analyzed the advantages of the US military, especially the gap in equipment, but deliberately or unintentionally forgot their own advantages.

"Don't forget that our joint combat tactical system of the theater can maximize our equipment and combat effectiveness. It is no exaggeration to say that under the same firepower, the joint combat tactical system of the theater can exert at least double the combat effectiveness. This has been fully verified in the battle between the army and the air force. Perhaps, the US Fifth Fleet was afraid of us due to the many defeats of the army, which has developed a fear of avoiding war. This can explain why they slowed down after leaving the Gulf of Oman. I think it is very likely to avoid meeting our army on a narrow road.

You should know that the US military is only the Fifth Fleet left in the Indian Ocean. If the Fifth Fleet is lost in our battle, the US military will not be able to draw new forces to fill this gap. In this way, if our army uses the ports of Guadal and Karachi in Pakistan as a base and sends several submarines, the US Gulf oil tankers and military supply transport fleets will lose their security umbrellas. This is extremely deadly for the US Air Force and Army stationed in the Gulf and the US Afghan U.S. Army. You should know that the US military relies on logistics supply very much, and land transportation and air transportation cannot support their huge number of army and air forces in the Gulf and Afghanistan. "After opening up the idea, Colonel Li Hongcheng, another "Nanjing" destroyer captain who strongly supported Colonel Gaoyang's assumption, pushed his idea to a higher strategic level.

After hearing Colonel Li Hongcheng's assumption, Xue Chenguang and Tang Deen couldn't help but look at each other, and a little light flashed in their eyes. It could be seen that both of the chief officials were slightly moved by Colonel Li Hongcheng's assumption.

"But why did the US Fifth Fleet still be dispatched? According to their current location, they can rush up when we are close to Pakistan at any time. How do we know that they are not waiting for a better fighter jet?" Colonel Mai Jiahan, the captain of the Hefei destroyer, asked, "Don't forget that no matter what, the carrier-based aviation combat force and air defense force of the US Fifth Fleet are still far above us. If we try our best, our chances of victory are not very high."

"But the problem now is that even if we only have 20% or 30% of the chance, I am afraid that the US Fifth Fleet will not be able to afford to lose," said Colonel Li Hongcheng. "As long as the Fifth Fleet is defeated, the US military's oil interests in the Gulf and the security interests of hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Afghanistan will be very dangerous. Relatively speaking, the US military's logistics supply is thousands of miles away, and its logistics pressure is many times greater than that of our army. Even if we fail this time, we can still provide sufficient weapons and ammunition for the Pakistani battlefield by land after winter. Therefore, I think the Fifth Fleet dares not fight with us at all."

"Then do you think the Fifth Fleet is completely meaningless to be dispatched now? We will not encounter any risks this time?" Colonel Mai Jiahan continued to ask back.

"No, I guess they are preparing for both opportunities. If they have the chance, they will definitely pounce on us and bite us." Colonel Gaoyang shook his head and said, "This time we still have an difficult undersea battle. I'm afraid the US nuclear submarines will be dispatched and waiting for us in front. As long as our aircraft carrier is sunk by their nuclear submarine, I think they will pounce on us without hesitation and tear us to pieces! Don't forget our tactics against the US aircraft carrier battle group before."

Xue Chenguang was shocked. He focused on how to deal with the sea and air forces of the US Fifth Fleet along the way. He did not pay much attention to the submarine attack tactics proposed by Colonel Gao Yang. Now he was reminded by Gao Yang, combined with the current strange movements of the main force of the US Fifth Fleet, this possibility is indeed very great.
Chapter completed!