When the British Third Fleet and its maritime base were attacked, the small Sixth Fleet from the Atlantic Ocean had already reached the south of Digo Garcia. Because the Fourth Fleet and the Eighth Fleet turned south as expected, they met with the Sixth Fleet about a thousand meters southwest of Digo Garcia before dawn on the 6th.

At this time, the Third Fleet had been devastatingly hit and the US maritime base was also defeated.

The choice before the US commander was very cruel, either going north to fight the Republic fleet or turning south to abandon Magoggarcia.

In terms of force, the three US fleets have 7 aircraft carrier battle groups, and the seven carrier-based aviation wings have a total of various types of fighter aircraft. In addition, most of the vertical take-off and landing aircraft deployed on escort warships are vertical take-off and landing anti-submarine patrol aircraft that can carry anti-ship missile operations, with a total of more than 74 fighters. Even if calculated based on the normal dispatch rate, that is, one-third of the carrier-based fighter jets and half of the anti-submarine patrol aircraft launch an attack in two batches, they can still project nearly a thousand anti-ship missiles in the first wave of attacks, and use approximately one anti-ship missile to supplement the attack in the second wave. According to the intelligence mastered by the US military, two rounds of attacks are enough to defeat the Indian Ocean fleet of the Republic's Navy.

The problem is that the US fleet faces a problem that cannot be solved with its troops. After Digo Garcia suffered a devastating blow, the long-range patrol aircraft deployed on the island could not cooperate with the fleet's operations and could not find the Republic's fleet. Even though there were dozens of long-range patrol aircraft in Djibouti and Darwin Port, and could dispatch patrol and reconnaissance forces from other war zones, the patrol aircraft that took off from these two places were useless in the vast Indian Ocean.

In other words, before performing an attack mission, the US fleet had to use a considerable number of carrier-based fighters to perform reconnaissance missions. Because all carrier-based fighters of the Republic Fleet were replaced with heavy fighters, and the combat radius of heavy fighters when performing attack missions exceeded 4,000 meters. The combat radius of the US multi-purpose fighter jets when performing reconnaissance missions was less than 1,000 meters, so the US military could only use heavy fighters to perform reconnaissance missions. In this way, the air defense power of the US fleet would be severely weakened, which would have a negative impact on the attack operations.

Based on these factors, it is not difficult to draw conclusions.

Given the circumstances at that time, the only option for the US commander was to go south and sail east along the south wind belt to Perth, southwest Australia.

The problem is, just as the US military was about to retreat, a message changed the US commander.

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The battlefield time was around 7 o'clock. "The US maritime base module ship that was fleeing southeast was attacked by the Republic's naval carrier-based fighter jets. Before it was sunk, the rapid transport ship with a length of meter and displacement of more than 10,000 tons issued a battle report, and it was clearly mentioned that the attack was a heavy carrier-based fighter jet. Because the waters where the rapid transport ship was attacked were nearly 4,000 meters away from the nearest land, and the nearest Republic military base exceeded 1,000 kilometers. In addition, the Republic did not send charging aircraft to the East Indian Ocean at that time, so there was enough reason to believe that the attack on the US rapid transport ship was indeed a carrier-based fighter jet.

More importantly, the attack radius of heavy carrier-based fighter jets is about kilometers of merit. If you consider that you have to search for targets before attacking, the combat radius will inevitably be shortened to within kilometers of liver, or even within kilometers of mouth. Even if calculated based on merit, the Republic Fleet is exactly west of the transport ship. Its waters are about kilometers away from Digo Garcia, and the US fleet operating in the southern waters of Digo Garcia is about kilometers away. In other words, even if this Republic Fleet travels west at full speed, it will have to wait 7 hours before attacking the US fleet. If the US fleet sails west, it can always stay outside the strike range of the Republic Fleet.

Combined with various previous battlefield information, it can be concluded that the South China Sea Fleet is operating in the eastern waters of the Indian Ocean, not the Indian Ocean Fleet. In other words, the powerful Indian Ocean Fleet is still in a certain waters north of Digo Garcia. As long as the US fleet turns north, it can not only avoid the South China Sea Fleet, but also capture the Indian Ocean Fleet. Although the strength of the seven aircraft carrier battle groups may not necessarily defeat two fleets at the same time, it will definitely be able to defeat the Indian Ocean Fleet. Because the Indian Ocean Fleet has the most advanced navy of the Republic, and can even be said to be the three most advanced super aircraft carriers in the world. Therefore, the temptation to annihilate the Indian Ocean Fleet alone is undeniable.

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Of course, another situation may occur.

When evaluating the battlefield situation, the US commander considered another extreme possibility. That is, the fighter jets attacking the rapid transport ships did come from the South China Sea Fleet, and the South China Sea Fleet was right west and was sailing west at a speed of 70 knots. The difference is that the Indian Ocean Fleet was not north of Mago Garcia, but west of Digo Garcia. At this time, if the US fleet headed north, it would definitely not be able to find the Indian Ocean Fleet immediately. Because the South China Sea Fleet interspersed westward, it would be possible to cover the southern waters of Biango Garcia with reconnaissance aircraft in the past few hours, so the US fleet headed north for more than an hour, and it would not be able to escape from the battlefield before the South China Sea Fleet completed its encirclement. To this point, the US military will be able to escape from the battlefield.

The only option for the fleet is to go north at full speed, return to the Gulf of Aden, enter the Red Sea under the cover of the shore-based aviation force in Djibouti, and then return to the Mediterranean from the Suez Canal. There is no doubt that this road must be very bumpy. Because the Republic's Navy can fully use the shore-based aviation force deployed in Pakistan, Iran and Yemen to monitor the entire Arabian Sea, and even use the shore-based aviation force deployed in Sudan to block the Red Sea and block the Red Sea very simple. The deployment of hundreds of mines in a relatively narrow waters can discourage any fleet. Therefore, the probability of survival of the US fleet going north is very low, and it is very likely that it will be surrounded by two Republic fleets from the rear, and then wiped out the entire army under the encirclement of the Republic's Navy's multiple forces.

If you think more deeply, the US military commander even has reason to believe that this is the opponent's fundamental intention.

As mentioned earlier, in terms of fleet strength, both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages, the number of US troops is superior, while the Republic's fleet has a quality advantage. Overall, the combat effectiveness of both sides is comparable. Although on the surface, after the sudden growth of Digo Garcia, the Republic's Navy gained the initiative, but in the central Indian Ocean, especially in the Tuhai Sea area, which is kilometers away from the Indian subcontinent, the role of the shore-based air force is very limited, so the Republic's Evening Federation has obvious advantages. The battlefield situation is relatively fair to both sides.

Any military strategist knows that in this relatively balanced battle situation, the least thing to do is to divide the troops.

Although on the surface, the Republic and the US Navy are splitting their troops, the tactical choices of both sides in the first phase are to let the main forces meet as soon as possible, and even sacrifice some secondary combat forces for this purpose. For example, the US military used the Third Fleet and the Maritime Base to lure the Republic's South China Sea Fleet, while the Republic's Navy used the method of attacking Digo Garcia to lure the US Fourth Fleet and the Eighth Fleet to fight to the decisive battle. It can be seen that in addition to trying to ensure that their own forces meet as soon as possible, the two sides are also trying to force or lure the other side to divide the troops.

There is no doubt that the US military has not been deceived.

So, will the Republic's Navy be fooled?

The answer given by the US commander to this question is very simple, that is, the Republic's Navy will never make such a low-level mistake. In his opinion, the actual situation on the battlefield is likely to be completely contrary to the battle reports he received. It is not that the US commander completely denied the battlefield information provided by friendly forces, but felt that the battlefield situation was not so simple. According to his analysis, after the Indian Ocean Fleet moved south from Guadal, it did not stay in the Maldives waters for a long time, but turned to the southeast and strive to meet with the South China Sea Fleet as soon as possible. During this period, a fleet bombed Digo Garcia, and another fleet was responsible for intercepting the Third Fleet and the maritime base. In other words, the Republic's Fleet was not north of the US fleet, but east and northeast of the US fleet, and was surrounding the south of the US fleet.

For the U.S. fleet, the situation is obviously much more dangerous than it seems.

The problem is that this does not mean that the US military has no chance to turn defeat into victory.

In the eyes of the US commander, no matter what the purpose of the Republic's fleet is, at least one thing is certain, that is, the South China Sea Fleet has not yet met with the Indian Ocean Fleet, otherwise it would not have attacked the fleeing rapid transport ship. The reason is very simple. No matter how you calculate it, "the rapid transport ship is not worth much money, and it is not as good as the huge fleet with 7 aircraft carriers and dozens of escort warships. Therefore, the Republic's fleet has no reason to alarm the snake for the sake of! or several rapid transport ships, scaring away the US fleet that was operating in the South Indian Ocean.

In other words, if the Republic fleet has successfully joined forces, it should advance west quickly, take advantage of the US fleet's hesitation opportunity to seize a favorable attack position, and then launch an attack before the US fleet to completely annihilate the US fleet. Only when the successful join forces will the Republic fleet attack the fleeing fast transport ship with great fanfare, deliberately create momentum, and make the US fleet feel as if it is facing a great enemy, so that in the case of relatively favorable situations, they will actively give up their easy results and escape from the Indian Ocean.

It has to be admitted that this analysis by the US military commander is somewhat reasonable.

That's why, after receiving this information, the US fleet did not turn south, but headed to Digo Garcia, and after half an hour, three brigades of Blade multiple heavy carrier-based fighters were sent to conduct a comprehensive search of the waters from Blade to Blade.

To be honest, the US military commander's analysis is correct, at least not completely wrong.

At that time, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet did not meet. The problem was that the Republic Navy did not consider letting these two fleets meet when formulating a combat plan. Judging from some data released after the war, the Republic Navy decided to let the two fleets operate separately from the beginning. The South China Sea Fleet's mission was to block support forces from Australia. After defeating the US naval combat forces in the direction of Australia, it turned westward and tried to go around the south of the US fleet, forcing the US fleet to go north to fight the Indian Ocean Fleet with no choice. Although this plan seems very bold and can even be described as crazy, this plan is feasible under the premise that the situation on the battlefield is opaque in both directions, that is, the US military cannot accurately grasp the activities of the Republic's fleet.

From another perspective, it was precisely because the South China Sea Fleet blatantly attacked Mago Garcia, intercepted the Third Fleet, and attacked the maritime base. The US commander believed that the Indian Ocean Fleet did not go to the waters of the Maldives Islands, but turned east shortly after heading south, met with the South China Sea Fleet, and moved near the South China Sea Fleet. In other words, as long as the US military went to deal with the South China Sea Fleet, it would be suddenly attacked by the more powerful Indian Ocean Fleet. Affected by this, the US military did not turn east or rush to south, but went north to Digo Garcia, preparing to avoid the "strength" of the South China Sea Fleet, and first found the Indian Ocean Fleet near the South China Sea Fleet.

From this deployment, it can be seen that the key is not the South China Sea Fleet, but the Indian Ocean Fleet.

According to the combat records of the Republic Navy, until the morning of the 6th, the Indian Ocean Fleet was in the waters of the Maldives Islands and headed south before noon that day.

In other words, the US fleet and the Indian Ocean fleet are just walking towards each other.

The difference is that the Indian Ocean Fleet did not dispatch reconnaissance aircraft. All forward reconnaissance missions were handed over to shore-based long-range maritime patrol aircraft equipped with professional reconnaissance equipment.

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It has to be admitted that the Republic's Navy is much more prepared for large-scale wars than the US military.

From the previous introduction, we can see that after the war between China and the United States started, both sides destroyed the other side's military satellite systems at the first time, so both sides lacked effective reconnaissance and surveillance methods. Although thanks to the ever-changing science and technology, modern detection methods are emerging one after another, such as strategic warning radars with detection distances exceeding kilometers of Liankou, ultra-high altitude detection balloons with flight heights exceeding kilometers and ultra-large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that fly higher, but relatively speaking, when performing tactical reconnaissance tasks, especially time-sensitive tactical tasks, the most effective reconnaissance equipment is still tactical reconnaissance aircraft equipped with professional equipment, as well as various large-range long-range patrol aircraft.

Everyone understands this principle, but few countries have truly implemented it.

Not to mention, before the war started, the US Navy had less than four long-range maritime patrol aircraft with reconnaissance capabilities, while the Republican Navy had approximately 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

At that time, there were as many long-range maritime patrol aircraft taken off from the Naval Air Station in southern India, the naval base in Sri Lanka, and the Maldives Fuamuraku Island Airport. Each patrol aircraft had a sea search radar with a detection distance of more than 1,000 meters and an optical radar with a detection distance of more than 2 kilometers. Because there were enough patrol aircraft, the routes of each patrol aircraft were carefully designed, not flying in a straight line, and overlapping each other to ensure that the reconnaissance operation would not be affected by a certain patrol aircraft or losing contact with the base. Of course, if two adjacent reconnaissance aircraft lost contact with the base at the same time, it was basically certain that it was not a fault, but a sudden attack by enemy aircraft.

With such a dense reconnaissance network, there is naturally no need to dispatch carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft.

More importantly, by this time, the Indian Ocean Fleet has not participated in combat operations, so it retains complete aviation combat capabilities. In other words, each of the three aircraft carriers has a concave heavy fighter jet. Even if it is affected by excessive loading, it can only dispatch half of the fighter jets at a time. Considering that the recovered fighter jets are much less than the dispatched one, the lock-mounted carrier-based fighter jets can be divided into two attack waves, at least projected to the US fleet, and persuaded to issue anti-ship missiles. If the fleet air defense is not considered, the missile projection can also be increased to Jinshu.

In fact, when arranging tactics, the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet did not consider fleet air defense.

The reason is very simple. The fleet has been operating in the waters of the Maldives Islands. Even if it goes south, it will not leave the cover range of the shore-based aviation. That is to say, in the north of the Indian Ocean Fleet, there is always a shore-based fighter fleet above the blade frame that is performing air defense patrol missions, and it can be summoned to the fleet to intercept enemy aircraft at any time. More importantly, as the range of anti-ship missiles becomes longer and farther, when the fleet's air defense range is unable to expand, fleet air defense operations often evolve into "fleet anti-missile operations", that is, mainly intercepting anti-ship missiles launched by enemy aircraft. In this kind of battle, the real main force is the air defense and interception systems on each warship, rather than the air defense fighter aircraft patrolling over the fleet.

It can be seen that the commander of the Republic's Indian Ocean Fleet made a desperate choice.

From a strategic perspective, this choice is not a big problem. In any case, it must be admitted first. Naval warfare itself is a war of high attrition, and even the side that has the advantage must pay a high price for victory. For example, in the Battle of Midway in World War II, the price of the US military's complete victory was the loss of the USS York City aircraft carrier and hundreds of carrier-based fighters. In the battle to intercept the German Navy's USS Bismarck on the Atlantic, the British Navy had all the advantages, but the result was the loss of the USS Hood battlecruiser with the largest displacement at the time. With evenly matched, the losses in the naval battle would be even more astonishing.

As mentioned earlier, on the Indian Ocean battlefield, the Republic's Navy and the US Navy are basically the same.

It can be said that it is almost impossible for the Republican Navy to win without paying any price. From another perspective, even if the Indian Ocean Fleet is lost, if the Fourth Fleet, Sixth Fleet and Eighth Fleet can be wiped out, the Republican Navy can rely on the South China Sea Fleet to seize the absolute sea power in the Indian Ocean, and take advantage of the great opportunity of the US military's inability to increase its troops to capture Digo Garcia Island, Djibouti, and even attack Darwin Port and Perth, remove the US military's base in the Indian Ocean, and even have the opportunity to march into South Africa.

In short, it would be a good deal to exchange three US fleets with the Indian Ocean Fleet.

Of course, from the standpoint of the fleet commander, naturally hope to achieve a perfect victory.

Judging from the situation at that time, the Republic's Navy did have the opportunity to achieve a perfect victory.

According to the combat records of the US military, at about 3 o'clock, the left-handed operation was divided into 3 o'clock on the battlefield. The US fleet arrived in the northwest waters of the Digo Garcia Islands. At this time, it was less than 1,000 meters away from Gan Island, the southernmost end of the Maldives Islands, and only about 1,000 meters away from the Fuamulaku Road, which was stationed in the Republic Navy's long-range maritime patrol aircraft. Because the Indian Ocean fleet had not yet moved south at full speed at that time, the distance from the US fleet should be between four kilometers.

It was at this time that the first long-range patrol aircraft discovered the US fleet.

To be precise, it is not the US fleet, but the air defense fighter jet sent by the US fleet.

The US military's combat record is very clear. After the radio detection equipment in the fleet discovered the radio signals sent by long-range maritime patrol aircraft. Because the distance was too close and the patrol aircraft was approaching the fleet, the aviation officers sent air defense fighters in accordance with the combat regulations. In order to ensure the safety of the fleet, the fighter aircraft took off from the aircraft carrier, rather than allowing fighters patrolling near the fleet to intercept.

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This air battle without any suspense ignited the naval battle of Xiayang on the 6th.

Although the Republic Navy could not determine the specific location of the US fleet at that time, the reason was very simple. The US air defense fighter launched an attack in a passive manner and did not emit radio radiation. The long-range maritime patrol aircraft discovered that it was attacked before being hit by a missile. But one thing is certain, that is, the US fleet must be nearby and not too far. Theoretically, the passive detection system on the US warships' detection distance of the radio waves emitted by the long-range maritime patrol aircraft to the sea search radar is slightly further than the radar's detection distance of the combat ship, but not too far. After all, the radio waves emitted by the radar are affected by the curvature of the earth's surface and cannot be transmitted too far. More importantly, the US Navy should have mastered the sea search used by the Republic's naval shore-based long-range maritime patrol aircraft to the sea search used by the Republic's navy's shore-based long-range maritime patrol aircraft, but not too far.

The specific performance data of the Soradar is that the US fleet is already very close to the striking range of the Indian Ocean Fleet. Therefore, if it is not threatened, that is, it does not enter the rope range of the patrol aircraft, or does not enter the rope range of the patrol aircraft, there is definitely no reason to actively attack the patrol aircraft. From this, it can be inferred that the US fleet is at the extension point of the route of the downed patrol aircraft, and is more than a few kilometers away from the place where the patrol aircraft was shot down, but it will not exceed kilometers. Including the detection range of the sea search radar on the patrol aircraft to the lateral area, it can roughly determine the rough sea area where the US fleet is located at that time. Considering that the US fleet will be threatened, plus the fleet's navigation speed, a celestial fleet activity area equation can be obtained with time as a function of time.

Simply put, with this foundation, you can redeploy the reconnaissance force.

At the left and right, the Indian Ocean Theater Naval Command Center adjusted the search range of patrol aircraft, allowing many nearby patrol aircraft to change their courses and all rushed towards the waters where the US fleet was located.

Mu Yong suspected that these patrol planes could be attacked.

What is important is that the more patrol aircraft are attacked, the search range can be narrowed by overlapping. Theoretically, if a patrol aircraft is attacked at the same time or within the same time period, the activity area of ​​the US fleet can be reduced to the attack range of the carrier-based fighter aircraft. That is to say, even if the patrol aircraft cannot capture the US fleet with radar, the exact location of the US fleet can be determined in a calculated manner, so that the Indian Ocean fleet ambushed in the waters of the Maldives Islands can launch an attack.

The US military commander also understands this principle.

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After discovering that more and more patrol aircraft were surrounding them, the US commander did not panic and issued an order to turn back, but instead made the carrier-based fighter aircraft performing the attack mission ready to take off.

For the US military commander, the situation has become clear.

Just as intelligence officials of the Republic Navy need to judge the waters of the U.S. fleet in a predictive way, without sufficient information, the U.S. fleet commander must also make a prejudice to the general position of the main force that launches the attack. Of course, some people may say that the U.S. fleet should first consider the threat of shore-based aviation. After all, in the North Indian Ocean coastal areas, the Republic Navy has dozens of bases and can deploy thousands of aircraft. So many shore-based fighters are enough to flood the U.S. fleet. But the reality is that the Republic Navy has no time to go.

The North Indian Ocean region was deployed, and in the early stages of the war, the Republic's Navy did not have enough fighter jets to be available. More importantly, all bases near the Maldives Islands were used to deploy long-range maritime patrol aircraft, and they could not accommodate enough fighter jets. Of course, the Republic's Navy could make a request to the Heavenly Army, that is, the Heavenly Army dispatched strategic bombers. However, except for the Navy's unwilling to ask for help from the Heavenly Army, the Heavenly Army had no way to support the Navy at that time, because its strategic bomber troops were supporting the Army on the northern battlefield and helping the Army advance towards the Urals.

Back to reality, from the standpoint of the US military commander, we must first consider the threat of the Indian Ocean Fleet.

Of course, from time to time, the South China Sea Fleet is definitely more than kilometers away from Digo Garcia at this time, and may even be about 4,000 meters away from each other. Even if the carrier-based fighter jets carrying out attack missions return to the fleet, the threat to the US fleet is very limited.

Like the Republic Navy, when analyzing the situation, the US military relies heavily on computers.

According to the US military's combat records, the computer simulation analysis results show that the possibility of the Indian Ocean fleet hiding in the waters of the Maldives Islands is more than 80%. However, the possibility of the fleet operating in the southeast of the Maldives Islands, that is, the waters east of Digo Garcia is not ruled out.

But Ran said that the analysis results obtained based on logic and probability are very close to the actual situation.

You should know that at that time, the US reconnaissance plane had already flew eastward for a kilometer, and the interval between the reconnaissance planes at the end of the reconnaissance route would not exceed half of the detection distance of the passive detection equipment. In other words, the reconnaissance planes flying eastward did not find the Indian Ocean Fleet, so there was enough reason to believe that the Indian Ocean Fleet was not eastward. Judging from the coverage area of ​​the US reconnaissance plane, only the waters of the Maldives Islands were not within the reconnaissance range. This is understandable. In addition to having an air station on the Maldives Islands, the Republic's Navy also deployed long-range search radars and several electronic intelligence stations on the Maldives Islands. Even if the US reconnaissance planes use passive detection systems to search, they do not send out electromagnetic signals themselves, and as long as they are close to the Maldives Islands, they may be discovered by the island's radar.

From this perspective, it is not difficult to understand the reaction of the US military commander.

The US fleet is close enough to the Maldives Islands, so it is close enough to the Republic's Navy fleet, and combat may break out at any time. From various circumstances, the US military is unlikely to take the lead in attack. Therefore, if the US military wants to win, its only chance is to use the radio signal sent by the Republic's fleet when launching an attack. Determine the general direction of the Republic's fleet, and before the opponent's anti-ship missile missile, let the carrier-based fighter aircraft performing the attack mission take off and launch a counterattack against the Republic's fleet. In any case, the US fleet commander has reason to believe that a fleet consisting of 7 aircraft carrier battle groups must be much stronger than a fleet consisting of 3 aircraft carrier battle groups. If it can withstand the opponent's attack and defeat the opponent in the counterattack, the winner will be

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There is only one key, that is, whether carrier-based fighter jets can be launched in time.

Of course, if you want to make victory more meaningful, you have to withstand the attack from the local area and minimize your own losses.

That's why, after ordering the carrier-based fighter jets that perform attack missions to prepare for takeoff, the US military commander adjusted the tactics to allow heavy fighter jets that perform escort missions to take off in advance to perform fleet air defense missions, and sent fighter jets that remained in performing fleet air defense missions to perform escort missions.

At this time, about a thousand meters north, that is, the waters in the central Maldives Islands, the Republic's Navy Indian Ocean Fleet was also doing the same preparations. However, the Indian Ocean Fleet did not send additional fleet air defense fighters, and set the number of the first wave of attack aircraft fleet as a murderous frame, that is, each aircraft carrier dispatched Mijia fighter jets. In this way, the first wave of attack aircraft fleet can take off within the bell after receiving the order and rush towards the US fleet as fast as possible.

The most important thing is that the first wave of attack aircraft has another mission, which is to advance and escort.

As mentioned earlier, the Indian Ocean Fleet only has heavy fighter jets and no multi-purpose fighter jets. In this way, when arranging attack forces, the fleet commander can more flexibly decide the attack and escort force, and even convert the attack and escort force. It is precisely because the Indian Ocean Fleet did not arrange special escort fighter jets, but let the first batch of attack aircraft fighter jets carry only 2 anti-ship missiles, and then carry air-to-air ammunition to the maximum extent. When arranging combat missions, the fleet "has also made it very clear that when attacking the US fleet, if it encounters the escort muscle group, it can give up the attack mission and intercept US fighter jets with all its strength, especially US air defense fighter jets.

Affected by this, the scale of the second wave attack aircraft group that determines success or failure reached 6, that is, each aircraft carrier dispatched a knife-mounted fighter jet. In order not to affect the takeoff operation of the first wave attack aircraft group, more than half of the fighter jets in the second wave attack aircraft group prepare before takeoff in the hangar. The remaining half of the fighter jets prepare for takeoff at the tail end of the flight deck. According to the aviation operation efficiency of the Chongqing-class aircraft carrier, as long as the takeoff is prepared in advance, all fighter jets can be launched in the old minutes.
To be continued...