After arriving at the satellite reconnaissance information, the general who took the time to have a midnight snack returned to the department.,

The result was still not ideal, and the reconnaissance satellite failed to detect the Japanese fleet!

Many people believe that with reconnaissance satellites, there is no secret on the battlefield. The fact is far from this. Reconnaissance satellites have expanded the army's horizons, but cannot achieve "insight".

Reconnaissance satellites are divided into two categories, namely radar reconnaissance satellites and optical reconnaissance satellites.

Radar reconnaissance satellites rely on satellite-borne high-resolution synthetic aperture radar to search ground and sea surface targets. The resolution is generally one order of magnitude lower than optical reconnaissance satellites. They are not limited by sunlight conditions and can perform reconnaissance missions at night. Optical reconnaissance satellites rely on satellite-borne optical equipment to search ground and sea surface targets. Among them, the resolution of visible light cameras is very high and can reach the centimeter level. However, due to sunlight conditions, they can only perform reconnaissance missions during the day. Therefore, most optical reconnaissance satellites choose sun-synchronous orbits.

Although reconnaissance satellites have the ability to change orbit maneuver, the orbital height of the reconnaissance satellite is relatively low.

Due to this limitation, the reconnaissance rate of reconnaissance satellites is very limited. Taking optical reconnaissance satellites as an example, when performing reconnaissance missions, they generally operate in fixed orbits, use wide-area optical sensors to scan large-scale areas, and use high-resolution optical lenses to focus on the targets. In a vivid way, optical reconnaissance satellites are like using an invisible broom to sweep across the surface of the earth in a fixed direction. Because the orbital height is low, in order to ensure resolution, the "sweep" area is very narrow, and the width is generally about 50 kilometers. Although the time-visiting satellites can turn the lens for horizontal scanning to increase the scanning range, the satellite's flight speed is too fast. Due to factors such as the atmosphere, the scanning range of satellites over key areas is still very limited.

According to the Republic's experience, the coverage rate of military reconnaissance satellites in a specific area will not exceed that of combined reconnaissance" to achieve a coverage rate of 1c0%. If you search for the target of the movement, you can only take your luck. It is precisely this that the military reconnaissance satellite system is characterized as a "strategic reconnaissance force" rather than a "tactical reconnaissance force".

The only way to enhance reconnaissance capabilities is to increase the number of satellites.

Military reconnaissance satellites are the most expensive satellite countries. The unit price of the "keyhole-22 reconnaissance satellite is as high as 40 yuan, but not including the launch cost of 5 yuan; the unit price of the "Hawkey-211" reconnaissance satellite of the Republic is as high as 120! To establish the most basic military reconnaissance satellite network, at least 16 "Keyhole-22" "Hawkey-211" is required, and at least backup satellites must be prepared. The total value of the 20 satellites is as high as 900 yuan, or 2,500 yuan! Even if the United States and the Republic are "not short of money", they can only barely form a military reconnaissance satellite network.

This shows that military reconnaissance satellites are not omnipotent.

Although the Military Intelligence Bureau had long received information. The fleet left Yokosuka Military Port after the war started and went to the Izu Islands to carry out combat readiness patrol missions. However, after a few days, the Military Intelligence Bureau's military reconnaissance satellites failed to detect the Japanese fleet and did not even catch the shadow of the Japanese fleet.

Here is another question, that is, how to avoid being discovered by military reconnaissance satellites.

The orbit of satellites is relatively fixed. Even if the orbit change technology is used, it is easy to be discovered by ground detection radar. As long as you master the laws of satellites, you can know when and what area the satellites will reach and make adjustments to military operations. In order to master the laws of US military satellites, the Republic not only deployed several specialized satellite radars on its own, and deployed the same ground radars at overseas military bases on leased areas. As long as the US military satellites change orbit, corresponding adjustments can be discovered in time.

Japan has the ability to detect Republican satellites. The United States also has the ability to detect Republican satellites.

As long as the Japanese fleet masters the laws of the Republican satellite operation, it can try to avoid military satellite reconnaissance areas when formulating patrol routes to avoid exposing their whereabouts.

Reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance are an eternal and unchanging topic of war.

"Have the Military Intelligence Bureau sent new news?"

"Not yet. Now it seems that we can only rely on our strength to find the Japanese fleet." Mu Qingyun sighed and said to Zhu Ronghui, "Arranging reconnaissance work as soon as possible, adjusting air defense deployment, and keeping early warning aircraft alert at all times. Tomorrow morning, we will enter the warfare area. Although the Japanese fleet's intention to avoid war is very obvious, the possibility of the Japanese fleet taking the initiative to fight with me cannot be ruled out."

"The Japanese fleet should not cross our submarine blockade line." Hua Jianfeng marked the location of the submarine cordon on the electronic map. "According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, after the war started, the Japanese fleet has been active within the cover of the shore-based aviation force, and there is no intention to take the initiative to move south. We sank three strategic nuclear submarines in Japan, and the Japanese Navy will definitely not ignore the submarine threat. I think the Japanese fleet is very likely to be active in a waters south of Sagami Bay and has not gone south to look for opportunities to fight. The key question is, how do we deal with it?

shore-based aviation.”

"The Air Force and HNA will provide support." Dou Haikun leaned against the platform behind him and said, "The Air Force and HNA have deployed at least two brigades of long-range bombers in the southeast region, and HNA will also deploy long-range air combat fighters in Taiwan. Our mission is to find the Japanese fleet. If the situation is urgent, long-range bombers will perform the first round of strike missions, and we are responsible for supplementing the bombing mission."

"The fleet's air defense must be guaranteed." Zhu Ronghui took the cigarette handed by Hua Jianfeng and said, "There is no secret of our whereabouts. As long as the early warning aircraft takes off, the fleet will be exposed. The Japanese fleet is in a much better situation than us. It can use large early warning aircraft deployed on land airports to keep radio silent. Although the Air Force will launch large-scale strategic bombings in the north to restrain the Japanese Air Force, the effect will not be too obvious. If the Japanese Air Force intends to fight us to the death, only one hundred to two hundred fighter jets will pose a fatal threat to us."

"And there is also the Japanese Air Force Base on Ryuhuang Island."

After Mu Qingyun said this, Zhu Ronghui nodded immediately.

Liuhuang Island is a volcanic island formed by a volcanic eruption. The Zhebo volcano on the island is still active. During World War II, in order to provide escort fighters to the B-29 bomber that carried out strategic bombing, the US military used the lives and blood of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers to capture Liuhuang Island and established an airport for escort fighters on the island. After the war, the United States returned Liuhuang Island to Japan and demolished the airport on the island.

Strictly speaking, it is not suitable to build air force bases on Liuhuang Island.

The main thing is the bad geological environment and the volcanoes that may erupt at any time.

In 20199, Japan began to build air force bases on Liuhuangdao. First, it provided support for nuclear tests (the mother island where the underground nuclear test was conducted was about 220 meters north of Liuhuangdao), and second, it extended the local air defense circle thousands of kilometers outward. If it were not for the volcanic eruption in 2023, Japan would likely expand the scale of Liuhuangdao Air Force Base and make it a military fortress guarding Japan's southern gate.

After the war broke out, Japan deployed dozens of combat aircraft to Ryuhuangdao, most of which were anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

"Do you want to bomb Liuhuang Island?" Dou Haikun asked Mu Qing.

"It must be, but we can't come out." Mu Qingyun looked at the electronic map, "Let the Air Force launch bombers to bomb Liuhuang Island, at least it will paralyze the air force base on the island."

"In this way, our combat intentions are very obvious."

"We have left the eastern waters of Taiwan and have exposed our intention to fight." Zhu Ronghui smiled coldly and said, "Only by blowing up the air force base on Liuhuang Island, we can go north with confidence and boldness. If the Japanese fleet continues to avoid war, we will cooperate with the air force to bomb the Japanese mainland, at least to restrain the Japanese air force. If the Japanese fleet actively fights, we will make a fuss and let the air force take the lead."

"This is just turning the elbow outward. If Commander Lin finds out, he will be so angry that he will explode!" Dou Hai~ shook his head with a smile.

"No matter how powerful the Air Force is, the main contributor is the Navy." Mu Qingyun smiled and said, "Without an aircraft carrier battle group, the Air Force's bombers are just decorations. Besides, there is also a squad of bombers from HNA."

"The Japanese fleet is not a good person, so we need to carry out additional bombing." Zhu Ronghui added.

"In that case, we took a big advantage."

"If you don't pick up the cheap ones, that's an idiot.

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"The Air Force is working so hard in the north, so we have to leave some chances for us."

...

The general discussed it with one word and another, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

Before dawn, the Fleet Command formulated a combat plan.

Facing the first dawn, three HJ-25 carrier-based early warning aircraft took off from three aircraft carriers. Before the early warning aircraft reached the patrol airspace, 36 j-15d fighter jets with sub-fuel tanks left the flight deck of the 3-aircraft carrier. Because of the modular design, after the j-15d replaced some electronic equipment and control software, they could perform tactical reconnaissance tasks, and there was no need to equip professional reconnaissance aircraft on the aircraft carrier.

The news of the aviation battle group arrived at the war zone and the operation began was quickly sent back to the General Staff.

At the request of the fleet, Pei Chengyi arranged a combat mission to bomb Liuhuang Island for the Air Force.

On the morning of the 26th, 12 H-9b bombers fully loaded with ammunition took off from an air force base in southern Fujian, passed over Taiwan Island, and entered the Western Pacific Ocean, directly reaching Liuhuang Island thousands of kilometers away.

This is the first time since its in service that the H-99 strategic bomber has carried out a "strategic bombing mission".

Before this, the h-9 had been performing combat missions over the Republic's mainland or surrounding areas. The combat radius rarely exceeded 3,000 kilometers, far from reaching the maximum design value of 750 meters, and it was not far from the cover range of the tactical aviation force, and it carried out bombing missions alone.

Of course, no one denies the long-distance raiding ability of h-9b! (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!