If Daoguo said that the US commander Mai was hesitating, then Zhang Xuefeng would appear calm and composed.

Although Zhang Xuefeng did not know the specific location of the Day Fleet on the moon and night, he did not have any concerns on this uneasy night.

Long before this naval battle, to be precise, it was before the outbreak of the war, that is, at the end of the year, Zhang Xuefeng, who was already the chief of staff of the Western Pacific Theater, participated in the simulated confrontation hosted by the Navy Command. It was at this time that he saw the "Qin" class main ship that was still under construction for the first time and mastered the main performance data of this type of warship. This simulated confrontation with extremely high density was centered around the "Qin" class main force.

The ship is launched and simulated confrontation is carried out in three situations: first, the aircraft carrier battle group has lost its combat effectiveness. The main fleet led by the Qin-level class can only be used to compete with the enemy for sea control; second, the aircraft carrier battle group has limited combat effectiveness, and the main fleet led by the Qin-level class seizes sea control power under the cover of the carrier-based aviation; third, the aircraft carrier battle group has perfect combat effectiveness, and the main fleet led by the Qin-level class participates in the combat operations to seize sea control power.

Because the atmosphere of the outbreak of the war was already very strong, the first batch of eight Qin-class navys made the decision to order the second batch of female Qin-classes before the New Year. It was only because of the limitations of the construction capacity of the shipyard and the doubts about the combat capabilities of the Qin-class. The second batch of construction work was arranged to be weakened after the first batch of water and know-how. Before the construction of the ship platform was completed, the Navy improved the second batch based on the performance of the first batch of Qin-classes in actual combat. This means that the later eight Tang-class main ships were almost impossible to complete before the outbreak of the war, so the Navy must consider the possible situations before it was put into service and prepare for the war in a targeted manner.

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Judging from the simulated confrontation, the Navy was not sure about the performance and tactical use of the "Qin" class at that time.

Of course, this does not include Zhang Xuefeng.

Although he came from the submarine force, and before becoming a brigade general, he served on the submarine for many years, leaving a person's most important youth on the submarine, and thus became an "submarine soldier" who is full of thoughts to habits, language to behavior, but no one can deny that the submarine soldier has always been known for his resilience and adaptability. Imagine who can live a few months of unsightly days in an iron can that may be flattened by hundreds of tons of sea water on his head at any time without going crazy? If so, it is a submarine soldier. Of course, one must add that even by the middle of the century, the submarine was the only ship that kept women out.

As the captain of the ace in the history of the Republic's Navy, the results Zhang Xuefeng won more than Hua Jianfeng and Liu Haifeng when he left the front line. Zhang Xuefeng's talent was not doubtful. It was such a proud record that after Zhang Xuefeng was promoted to brigade general, he got an opportunity that other officers dreamed of, that is, to return to the Military Academy through the navy's commissioned training and receive a two-year resignation training. You must know that Pei Chengyi accepted this training and management here.

He only got the opportunity to go to Pakistan to serve as a foreign military adviser, and he reached the peak of his military career as the commander-in-chief of the front line in the Indian War. In addition to Pei Chengyi, he also participated in this training, including Yuan Chenhao, Su Jinhui, Ling Yunxiao, Hua Jianfeng, Liang Guoxiang, Jia Baoguo and other famous generals. It is no exaggeration to say that when it was Zhang Xuefeng's turn, this military literacy training for two years, irregular, irregular, irregular, irregular military literacy training has become an important indicator to measure the identity and success of the Republic's military personnel.

It was the two years of training that Zhang Xuefeng gained the capital to become the highest commander of the naval naval in the theater.

More importantly, comprehensive military literacy training gives Zhang Xuefeng the opportunity to get in touch with the tactics of other military branches, and also gives him the ability to integrate the tactics of other military branches with submarine tactics, thereby forming his own tactical ideas that are in line with the actual situation.

It can be said that after receiving two years of training, Zhang Xuefeng is no longer a simple "submarine soldier".

According to a relatively reliable statement, Zhang Xuefeng was one of the first generals in the Republic's Navy to realize the important position of the main battleship in the naval battle. Although there is no direct evidence and Zhang Xuefeng himself did not admit it, at the end of the year, as the chief of staff of the theater who was specifically responsible for naval affairs in the theater, Zhang Xuefeng actually took the initiative to ask as the "Construction Chief" to be responsible for the construction of the main battleship and the formation of the main fleet, which is enough to prove that this general with brilliant achievements in the submarine battlefield has found a new stage of life.

It must be admitted that Zhang Xuefeng is very different from other generals who also come from the submarine force.

To put it in the outside world, Zhang Xuefeng is a soldier born to fight, rather than a commander who stays behind the front line.

Regardless of whether this evaluation is objective or not, it at least shows one problem, that is, Zhang Xuefeng is a soldier who likes to charge.

From this perspective, it is not difficult to understand that Hua Jianfeng’s focus on cultivating Zhang Xuefeng has nothing to do with Zhang Xuefeng’s background.

In fact, the main battleship has many crazy similarities with the submarines familiar to Zhang Xuefeng, at least the "Qin" class is like this.

For example, like submarines, the Qin class attaches great importance to passive stealth rather than active stealth. Although the methods of stealth are not exactly the same, that is, the Qin class pays more attention to passive stealth of electromagnetic waves including radar, infrared, visible light and ultraviolet rays, while the submarines pay more attention to passive stealth of sound waves, but the result is the same. That is to quietly approach the enemy and then launch an attack unexpectedly. In this regard, from the weapons of the Qin class, the special

It can be seen that the ammunition equipment of the main combat weapon is. It can only consume the ammunition reserve of the old minutes, which is definitely not for protracted warfare. Affected by this, the Qin class and the submarine have one very significant common point when attacking the target, which is to strive for a single blow to kill. With just one move, it can completely eliminate the enemy, and at least it can make the enemy lose its combat effectiveness. Not to mention anything else, the power of the kilogram-level armor-piercing bomb is comparable to the field millimeter heavy torpedo.

This similar shape in fundamentals determines the tactical similar shape between the "Qin" class and the submarine.

It can be said that this is also the key factor for Zhang Xuefeng to be the commander of the first main fleet. In fact, the commander of the US Navy also comes from the submarine force, and is "professional"! They have worked on attacking and strategic submarines for many years.

By the same token, Zhang Xuefeng could see the power of the "Qin" level at a glance.

Before the simulation confrontation was over, Zhang Xuefeng gave a report to the Navy Command. While explaining the power of the "Qin"-class battleship, he also asked to set up a special institution to study the naval combat tactics of the battleship, and hoped that he would lead the institution himself.

Of course, what Zhang Xuefeng got was the assembly chief of the female "Qin"-class battleship, which is the position of the "construction chief".

According to the navy's convention, each warship will be ordered during the construction of the ship, and the assembly chief will be arranged when the construction reaches a certain progress. Generally speaking, the assembly chief will be appointed when naming the warship, and it must be the first captain of the warship. That is to say, when Zhang Xuefeng made the request, the eight "Qin"-class assembly chiefs had been determined. Moreover, as his major general, he was not "qualified" to serve as the assembly chief, so a new assembly chief was added. Although the Navy had not had a precedent for the construction of warships into a fleet before, judging from the situation at that time, unless a major change occurred, the assembly chief would definitely be the first fleet commander.

After receiving this appointment, Zhang Xuefeng and Quan Gaoxin devoted himself to his new work.

In other words, when he led the First Main Fleet to the battlefield, he had more than years of command experience. He not only knew all the tactical theories of the main ships, but also knew all officers, including Captain Ming. Because he served as the chief of staff of the Western Pacific War Zone, most of the escort warships assigned to the First Main Fleet came from the former Western Pacific Fleet, so Zhang Xuefeng also knew most of the captains and main officers in the fleet.

To be honest, the first main fleet is Zhang Xuefeng's fleet.

Of course, no one. The fleet officers and soldiers dared to underestimate this "super captain" who used a submarine to send three aircraft carriers and several escort warships to the bottom of the sea in an attack with a submarine. According to the traditional navy of the navy, a submarine captain who could complete the mission of the heart combat patrol alive and achieved results was definitely a lucky star of the fleet.

In any case, Zhang Xuefeng has all the qualities and basic conditions to become an excellent fleet commander and achieve greater achievements in this position.

More importantly, behind him, there is a supporter who has absolutely trusted him.

According to the combat records of the Republic's Navy, Hua Jianfeng's last order was issued at the old and old point of the Japanese. The main content of this order was to let Zhang Xuefeng make full decisions without asking for instructions on tactical issues. After that, Hua Jianfeng did not issue any orders when he knew that the first main fleet had issued a good news.

It can be seen that when it is dark, the combat operations of the first main fleet entered the tactical decision-making stage.

The problem is that by this time, Zhang Xuefeng can only be sure of one thing, that is, the first fleet has not yet entered the battle area of ​​the first main fleet and a thousand meters away.

.At the end of the month of the Infant Year, when eight "Qin"-class battleships were delivered to the Navy, the Navy Command approved the combat plan drafted by Zhang Xuefeng himself, that is, to fight the US military in the waters between the Mariana Islands and the Philippines, and to seize the absolute sea control of the Western Pacific.

As a preliminary preparation for the battle, on the 2nd day of the year, the first batch of eight attack submarines set off from Zhoushan. When the Republic Navy moved the Western Pacific Fleet Command back to Zhoushan, they also moved the Submarine Command here to the western waters of the Mariana Islands, and set up a submarine cordon in the predetermined manner. On 2nd, 2014, before the first main fleet left Naha, the Republic Navy headed north of Saipan in the Mariana Islands.

Several straits have deployed attack submarines. The tasks of the submarines are the same, that is, they can even stop sailing when the scheduled low-speed patrol is necessary, and passive detection systems such as towed sonar and side sonar are used to monitor the surrounding waters, and report the situation when suspicious targets, especially large fleets, are discovered. In other words, when reconnaissance aircraft cannot be dispatched to the sea area for the time being, the Chinese Navy has established an invisible line of defense with submarines.

As mentioned earlier, it is actually difficult for submarines to ambush fleets with speeds above the knot. Moreover, submarines with scattered activities do not have the ability to ambush the main ships covered by many escort warships. Take 10,000 steps back, unless they are particularly close, it will be difficult for submarines to use passive sonar to determine the fleet's navigation and travel data. But one thing is certain, that is, the huge noise emitted by any large fleet can be discovered by submarines hundreds of kilometers away.

This is enough. Anyway, the mission of the Ao Submarine is to provide the most basic safety warning for the first main fleet.

Of course, in tactical operations, this safety alert can also become an effective tactical reconnaissance method.

The reason is very simple. "The submarines move in their respective special waters, so the position of the US fleet can be roughly judged based on the submarine that issued the alarm, and then dispatched reconnaissance aircraft, or the first main fleet uses "reconnaissance shells" to determine the accurate position of the US fleet. Because the distance between the submarine cordon in the southeast and the first main fleet is about kilometers. Even if the detection distance of the submarine passive sonar is added, when the submarine emits an alarm, the distance between the first main fleet and the suspicious target is within kilometers, the suspicious fleet is already within the strike range of the first main fleet, so using "reconnaissance shells" is more practical.

Affected by this, Zhang Xuefeng formulated a very simple tactic.

It is so simple that it is almost unbelievable: after using "reconnaissance shells" to determine the exact position of the enemy, let the warship automatically attack under the control of the central fire control computer.

To put it bluntly, this means there is no tactical arrangement.

The reason is very simple. The central fire control computer on the flagship is unique to the flagship, and it is also the most powerful computer in the fleet that will automatically analyze and process all battlefield information sent back by the "reconnaissance shells". If a suspicious target with characteristics consistent with the target database or several enemy ships is found, the computer will not only automatically distribute the fire control information to all warships in the fleet, but will also activate the emergency control system, that is, the flagship will uniformly control all warships that can strike the target. It is more important to the female tough team. At this time, the computer will issue a question to the fleet commander whether to try it. As long as the fleet commander or other officers with command authority, such as the longer value and the fleet commander chooses "Yes" computer, it can automatically launch an attack.

This advanced firepower control system minimizes human interference factors.

From this we can see that Zhang Xuefeng did almost nothing.

There must be a problem with this, because the fire strike tactics of the main ship and the main fleet, that is, those combat plans pre-set in the fire control computer, are almost all related to Zhang Xuefeng, and many of them were even thought of by Zhang Xuefeng alone. Mu Yong suspected that these pre-set combat plans have been simulated and tested, and have all been proved to be reliable, and are the most effective tactics in the corresponding specific situations.

Objectively speaking, when the fighting rhythm exceeds the human reaction speed, letting computers control combat is the only choice.

However, no one can deny that talent is the first element of war, and computers can only be counted as the first-ranked combat tool. Tools are always just weapons in human hands. Even in this era of using milliseconds to calculate the outcome, human role still exceeds that of computers.

It can be said that at some point, an idea that only the human brain can come up with is much more effective than any computer's logical analysis tactic.

Among them, naturally, there are reconnaissance tactics.

According to Zhang Xuefeng's arrangement, the fleet's reconnaissance mission is responsible for the accompanying cruisers and destroyers, rather than letting the main ship shoulder all the burdens.

This alone makes the tactics of the first main fleet more flexible and has the opportunity to make multiple choices.

Like the US Navy, the Republican Navy has also developed a variety of models of "reconnaissance shells" and can be assembled and changed the purpose of "reconnaissance shells". For example, after installing a high-resolution visible light camera, it is mainly used in good weather conditions during the day, and after installing a millimeter-wave synthetic aperture radar, it is mainly equipped with infrared and external sensors, and after nighttime, if a wide-angle camera is used, it is used for post-war strike evaluation.

More importantly, the "reconnaissance shells" of the Republic's Navy are also lightweight.

As mentioned earlier, when electronic equipment is advanced enough, there is no need to use shells weighing up to kilograms to perform reconnaissance missions. When using kilograms of bullets, the "reconnaissance shells" can not only be fired by the main battleship, but also by electromagnetic cannons on the escort warship. To be precise, this does not require increasing the range to fall more than 0 kilometers, and it is mainly fired by electromagnetic cannons on the escort warships.

The reason is very simple. The booster engine on the "reconnaissance shell" can increase its range to kilometers.

It can be said that this is a very critical episode.

As we all know, without using extended range ammunition, the first-generation spiral electromagnetic guns equipped on cruisers and destroyers can only fire standard-quality shells to a maximum of kilometers, which is much shorter than the second-generation spiral electromagnetic guns on the main ship. In fact, even when using extended range ammunition, the maximum range of Feng 0 kilogram-class electric collision cannon is difficult to reach kilometers. Affected by this, when the development of "reconnaissance shells" was specially prepared for the main ship's naval warfare, the development and design of "reconnaissance shells" will not be earlier than that of the main ship. When mass production was Henian, the Navy did not consider equipting it on the escort warship, but like the US Navy, using the electromagnetic guns on the main ship.

Launching. To obtain the necessary range and minimize development difficulty. After Zhang Xuefeng took over the development of the main battleship at the end of the year, he made new requirements for the performance indicators of the "reconnaissance shells", that is, it must be fired by the escort warship. The range must not be lower than the maximum range of the main gun of the main ship. Fortunately, when Zhang Xuefeng took over, the miniaturization of electronic equipment moved forward several levels. Thanks to the Tianjun's focus on the development of small military satellites, the electronic system of the Navy's "reconnaissance shells" can be made more precise, which can free up space and quality, assemble greater thrust, and work longer, so as to boost the engine of the rocket with a longer working time, thereby increasing the range of the "reconnaissance shells" to kilometers.

Of course, there is no reason to believe that Zhang Xuefeng encountered the naval battle at the beginning of the year, more than a year ago.

Judging from the situation at that time, Zhang Xuefeng changed the technical and performance indicators of "reconnaissance shells" and required that the main reason for increasing the range to at least 4,000 meters was not to make full use of the escort warships, but the ammunition depot of the "Qin" class main ship was too narrow, and changing the design of the main ship was definitely much easier than changing the design of the "reconnaissance shells". More importantly, starting from the actual situation. When first ensuring that the main ship can be put into service in time, the Navy Command would not approve any proposal to change the basic design and construction of the main ship.

Objectively speaking, Zhang Xuefeng's ability to do this is absolutely related to the Republic's strong foundation in the field of electromagnetic guns.

As mentioned earlier, due to various reasons such as technical restrictions, the US Navy developed a longitudinal electromagnetic gun for the "Long Beach" class. The US Navy has the problem that it cannot be used for ammunition with other electromagnetic guns. Therefore, the US Navy can only develop two heavyweight shells for it alone, and develops them specifically for it. "Reconnaissance shells" that cannot be fired by other electromagnetic guns. It can be said that if the problem of ammunition universality can be solved, the US Navy also hopes to use electromagnetic guns on cruisers or destroyers to launch "Reconnaissance shells" instead of occupying the precious space of the ammunition depot of the host ship. From a technical point of view, because the United States is not behind the Republic in the field of electronics and has obvious advantages in integrated circuits, the United States is fully capable of creating "Reconnaissance shells" with a range of about 1,000 meters.

It can be said that this small difference directly determines the tactical differences between the two fleets.

To put it clearly, when the US commander was in a dilemma, Zhang Xuefeng went to sleep. According to his deployment, unless he received tactical information from the alert submarine, he would wait until dawn to let the reconnaissance planes go south to find the First Destination Fleet. The first main fleet only needs to do one thing, that is, to wait for the First Destination Fleet to take the initiative to deliver it to the door in this place where the US tactical aviation force cannot reach.

Of course, other situations may occur, such as the First Fleet lacks the courage to come for a decisive battle, or finds a new target of attack. This is also true. When the First Fleet did not go to the battlefield, the First Fleet bombarded Tinian Island at the Shoujing Well, and then suppressed Guam, covering the Marines to land on Tinian Island.

In other words, if the first leaping fleet does not come, the first main fleet will go to trouble the US Marines. Because the greatest value of the first leaping fleet is to ensure the sea control in the Western Pacific and defend Tinian Islands and Guam, unless the US military is ready to abandon the Mariana Islands and retreat to Hawaii and Australia, the first leaping fleet will not be allowed to hide far away. Besides, before the "Long Beach" class had time to complete all the tests before serving, it was handed over to the US Navy and was sent to the Pacific, which was enough to prove that the US Navy did not want to lose sea control in the Western Pacific at this time.

Some people may say that the First Descendant Fleet can be completely guarded near Guam, and wait until the First Main Fleet goes to shell Guam before coming out, and accidentally attacking the First Main Fleet. This is obviously the most reasonable tactic. The problem is that the First Main Fleet set out from Naha for 7 months and heads to the western waters of the Mariana Islands. The strategic task is to shell Guam, rather than to visit the Philippine Sea. In other words, the First Main Fleet hovers in the northern waters of the Yap Islands, which can be seen as waiting for the First Descendant Fleet to come to fight, or as an amphibious fleet and transport fleet behind the cover. How to see it depends on the actions of the US military, not the actions of the First Main Fleet.

After understanding this point, it is not difficult to understand why the first fleet will continue to sail westward when the U.S. military’s first fleet will not be able to find out when it is difficult and dangerous, rather than staying in the relatively safe waters near Guam, waiting for the first main fleet to come to us.

In terms of naval combat tactics, if the first main fleet comes to us, it means that the US military completely loses the initiative.

It can be said that in the marine battlefield, the initiative to lose poison is synonymous with defeat.

Because the first naval fleet did not stop moving westward, Zhang Xuefeng could not sleep until dawn. The moon and sun flew around Feng Fen, and a Republic Navy attack submarine patrolling about a thousand meters west of Guam received huge noise from the first naval fleet. Although the distance was so far that it could not be accurately measured, the towing noise interference system in the US fleet disrupted the noise source. It made the passive sonar on the submarine unable to accurately measure direction, and could only roughly measure the US fleet in the direction of Guam, and there must be several new warships that had not been contacted before.

This information is enough!

About an hour later, at around 0:00 on March 2018, the attack submarine had turned and headed northwest near the bladed sea to slow down and released a tow line of up to kilometers. At about 10:00 am, the submarine sent a very important telegram with a towing long wave antenna, namely the tactical intelligence encountered by the suspicious US fleet on the west side of Guam.

In just a minute, this intelligence point was sent to the communication center of the flagship of the First Main Fleet.

It was early in the morning of the lunar month, and Zhang Xuefeng, who had just arrived at the commander's bridge, issued a turning order.

The question before Zhang Xuefeng was whether the suspicious fleet discovered by the submarine was the first destiny fleet. Although the report issued by the submarine clearly mentioned that there were at least several large warships with unknown identity in the fleet, the specific number was not mentioned. The specific situation of the large warships was not mentioned. As a general from the submarine force, Zhang Xuefeng knew the situation of the vigilant submarines ahead. He could understand the meaning of this report. The problem was that he was also very clear that modern noise interference equipment could minimize the working efficiency and reliability of passive sonars, otherwise the attack submarine would not be equipped with active sonars, and would not be equipped with advanced fire control computers.

If the US military wants to deceive its opponents, it will definitely not be difficult to build several "large warships".

After only a few minutes of hesitation, Zhang Xuefeng didn't think much about it. After the combat staff and the military commander arrived, he issued a combat order.

In any case, the US Navy has no reason to place a bait fleet dedicated to seducing the First Main Fleet as close as Guam. You should know that if the purpose of seducing the First Main Fleet is to be fooled, the bait should be far away from Guam, so as not to scare the First Vicious Fleet away.

At the same time, about a thousand meters away, the first fleet also received an emergency telegram.

Although it was found that the attack submarine of the first fleet used low detectability long-wave radio stations, because of the low working frequency, it was difficult to accurately determine the orientation, and used frequency transmission technology, sending telegrams in a sea area only a thousand kilometers away from Guam would definitely not be kept confidential. To be precise, when the Republican Navy received the telegram, the monitoring station located on Guam and several islands south of the United States also received the telegram. Although the US military could not destroy the content of the telegram. After all, the telegram using electronic encryption technology was used. Unless the original code was obtained, the possibility of decryption was almost zero, but the US military could be sure that the telegram was sent by the Republican submarine. It could also roughly determine the telegram's sending waters, and even send several anti-submarine patrol aircraft to the sea area in time.

In fact, there is no need for the US military to break the content of Chiang Kai-shek's telegram.
To be continued...