Ballistic Silence of Special Years

The three Canglong-class attack submarines failed, and the blue team's joint staff department was filled with sorrow.

At this time, the combat personnel of the intelligence and reconnaissance department continuously sent the three submarines the status of the sea area and the deployment of troops by the red side, instructing them to flee.

However, the weaknesses of the Soryu-class submarine have been completely exposed at this time.

That is slow.

The speed is too slow.

If the speed exceeds 4 knots, the noise will reveal the position.

At a speed of less than 4 knots, although the chance of survival is greatly improved, it is difficult to quickly escape from the red side's submarine search range.

However, everything is planned.

The captains of boats No. 3 and No. 2 suddenly issued an order to the officers and soldiers of the submarine where they were -

Implement the "Golden Cicada Escapes" plan.

The officers and soldiers who received the order immediately began to implement the plan.

At this time, everyone's face looked very solemn.

Because this plan actually involves three submarines escaping in different directions, which makes the red side's anti-submarine operations more difficult, and it may be possible to save one or two of the submarines.

Submarine No. 1 changed direction and fled south.

Submarine No. 2 maintained its course eastward in an attempt to enter TPY.

Boat No. 3 turned around and headed directly toward the wave base in the north.

In the sea with a depth of more than 200 meters, the three ships could not even conduct the final radio communication to say goodbye, and they acted separately with a tacit understanding.

Not long after, the radio station received a telegram from the Blue Army Joint Staff Headquarters. There were only three words in it - good luck!

Huang Fang was helpless about this.

They couldn't save these submarines.

Even if air power is sent, it cannot save these Canglong-class attack submarines that have fallen into the trap.

Because at this moment, the 204th Aviation Regiment has already taken off the F15J, but their mission is not to attack the carrier formation of the red side, but to intercept the J15 formation of the carrier formation taking off.

However, for Wen Zhaohui, he could not ignore death.

The three Canglong-class submarines are Huang Fang's important combat assets.

Going to the training ground is like going to the card table. No matter what, we cannot just watch these submarines being dealt with by the red team.

So, he immediately issued an order to take off a mixed formation from Chongtiao Base——

由8架F15J和8架F35A，外带8架F-2B多用途战斗机组成一个联合编队前往苍龙级潜艇编队所在的海域进行救援。

其中，8架F15J和8架F35A全部选择空空格斗弹挂载，而F-2B多用途战机全部挂载4枚ASM-3反舰导弹。

Fighters provided escort cover, and F-2Bs launched a surprise attack on the No. 001 aircraft carrier formation.

When the F-2B multi-purpose fighter launched an attack on the ship, the F15J and F35A fought with the fighter formation sent by the red side to intercept, distracting their attention, and then took advantage of the red side's unpreparedness to take advantage of the F35A's stealth capability. The two went south into the red anti-submarine area and killed all the Z-18F anti-submarine helicopters conducting anti-submarine operations there.

Z-18F反潜机在F35A这种隐身战斗机面前是根本没有反抗能力的，2架F35A只需几枚AIM-120D空对空导弹就能解决问题。

After taking down the red team's Z-18F anti-submarine aircraft, the two F35As returned to support air operations.

In fact, the entire rescue plan is nothing more than an attack in the east and an attack in the west.

On the surface, it was an anti-ship attack on the No. 001 Carrier Formation, but in reality it was an attempt to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, allowing the three Canglong-class submarines to escape the red side's anti-submarine network and enter the deep sea, avoiding the fate of being sunk at the bottom of the sea.

Confrontation combat is like playing chess. You play one hand and I play another to see who has better tactics and who can predict the opponent's next move more accurately.

It has to be said that Wen Zhaohui was helpless at this time.

He didn't know whether the plan would succeed.

If it can achieve the effect.

The three Soryu-class submarines may have a chance to escape.

But he also knew that Li Zheng was not an idiot, and it was still unknown whether this tactic would work.

At this time, I can only pray that the AIP-powered Soryu-class submarine is strong enough and will not be discovered by the red team's anti-submarine fleet. Other than that, there is no other way.

Unfortunately, he also knew that his prayer might just be an extravagant hope, and he actually didn't have much confidence.

Because the incident area is located on the derivative of the continental shelf, the average sea depth is only more than 200 meters, and it cannot dive too deep. The silent concealment effect of the Aip submarine is lost in this sea area, and the probability of being discovered is really too high.

Everything can only be decided by God.

Just as Wen Zhaohui ordered Huang Fang to take off an air formation to rescue the Canglong-class submarine formation, the anti-submarine operations on the Red side were being carried out in an orderly manner.

In order to increase the degree of anti-submarine warfare, Li Zheng even ordered the Red Army D Theater to take off two Gaoxin No. 6 fixed-wing anti-submarine patrol aircraft from the nearest airport along the coast to assist.

"Gaoxin No. 6" is the first dedicated anti-submarine patrol aircraft developed by Hongfang. It is equipped with a "gill"-shaped fairing on the nose and a search radar that can view the sea 360 degrees. There is a long "tail spur" on the tail. ", a magnetic anomaly detector used to detect underwater submarines is installed, and there are many knife-shaped high-frequency antennas densely distributed on the top and bottom of the body. In addition to communication purposes, they are more used to receive sonar signals floating on the sea. signal sent back.

This type of anti-submarine patrol aircraft has a range of more than 6000 kilometers, a flight time of more than 8 hours, and can carry more than 10 crew members, forming an anti-submarine system that integrates reconnaissance, analysis, and attack. It can conduct large-area searches and can patrol several patrols a day. One hundred thousand square kilometers of sea area.

Due to the advantages of lift-off, the same radar installed on the "Gaoxin No. 6" is 500 times more efficient than when installed on a surface ship. Moreover, the "Gaoxin No. 6" can also provide attack target instructions for missiles, taking into account the functions of some early warning aircraft. .

In terms of airborne equipment, the Gaoxin 6 is already comparable to Huang Fang's P1 and P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft, but its weakness is that because it is developed based on the Yun-8 body, it is not comparable to the Blue Fang's second-generation anti-submarine aircraft P-8A. There are still gaps in comparison, such as the airborne time is not long enough, and the flying speed is slower because it is a propeller aircraft.

In contrast, Blue Fang's P-8A is based on a modified Boeing 737 jetliner with a large fuselage, an empty weight of more than 62 tons, a flight speed of 907 kilometers per hour, a cruising radius of more than 2200 kilometers, and a practical ceiling of 1.24 meters. , equipped with more crew members and more sonobuoys than Gaoxin-6. In addition, the P-8A can also carry MK-54 large anti-submarine torpedoes and depth bombs, and anti-ship missiles can be mounted under the wings.

These properties make the P-8A more powerful than the Gaoxin-6. After all, it is modified based on a jet aircraft and has greater advantages over the Gaoxin-6, which is based on an improved propeller transport aircraft.

The Gaoxin-6 has a small bomb load and very limited space, making it impossible to install external anti-submarine weapons. This is an undeniable fact.

In the future, if the Red Army can use platforms such as the C919 and Yun-20 to develop new anti-submarine patrol aircraft, the gap between the Red Army's anti-submarine patrol aircraft and the world's most advanced levels will be greatly narrowed.

Southeast of Xianlai Island.

The four Z-4Fs that entered the joint anti-submarine zone first began to release sonar buoys. The four Z-18s and the two Gaoxin-4s coordinated to delimit their anti-submarine ranges and began to release sonobuoys into the sea, one every 18 kilometers. Just like a fisherman casting a net to catch fish.

Soon, the red team's anti-submarine aircraft had deployed various sonar and buoys on 1/3 of the area where the Soryu-class submarine was located, but still no information about the enemy submarine was found.

I have to say that the silent effect of the Soryu-class submarine is still very good.

In the Red Side's Joint Staff Headquarters, a staff officer came over and reported to Li Zheng, saying that according to satellite and radar monitoring, it was discovered that the Yellow Side had taken off a second batch of aircraft from Chongniao Base and was flying towards Xianlai Island. “The second batch of aircraft? What model are they?”

“8架F15J，8架F35A，8架F-2B多用途战斗机。”

Li Zheng came to the electronic map and glanced at the situation on it.

A batch of F15Js had already taken off before, and that batch of planes were headed for Xianlai Island. The target was obviously the J001 fleet taking off from the red team's No. 15 aircraft carrier formation.

The purpose is also obvious, it is to cover the patrol boats of Haishang Hall that have begun to retreat.

Is it worth sending the J15 fleet to attack those patrol boats that have little ability to fight back and are low-value targets? The serious view is that it must be done.

Because it was the friction caused by these patrol boats that was the initiator of this sea and air battle.

Now that they are here, we cannot let them escape unscathed.

What's more, they also sank a Red Coast Guard patrol boat.

If they were allowed to run back to the wave base safely and unscathed, there wouldn't be much loss from a military strategic perspective, but the government and public opinion would suffer a lot.

After all, this red-blue confrontation is made using an AI system as the referee. AI is not like a human being. It makes a judgment based on all current considerations from all parties, from geopolitical to military and public opinion.

No matter which party participates in the confrontation exercise, the AI ​​will make judgments on the consequences of each action, which will affect the final score and victory or defeat.

Therefore, Li Zheng also agreed with the serious view.

Those Huang Fang patrol boats must sink to the bottom of the sea.

To be on the safe side, Li Zheng sent an Air Police 500 early warning aircraft toward Xianlai Island to provide airborne early warning for the J001 fleet of Formation 15.

"These planes are probably going to rescue the three Soryu-class submarines."

Li Zheng stood in front of the electronic map for less than half a minute and had already made a judgment in his mind.

"They actually dispatched the F35A. I'm afraid they were drunk instead of drinking."

Serenity was still sitting in his seat, looking at his capable general with a smile.

In this exercise, he rarely made decisions personally from the beginning, leaving all decisions to Li Zheng.

If Li Zheng is undecided on a key issue, he will take the initiative to ask for serious instructions.

But most of the time, Serious will nod in agreement.

This time is no exception.

He did not make the command decision himself, but asked Li Zheng: "Then who do you think their target is?"

Li Zheng reached out and tapped the anti-submarine area on the screen.

"They are probably going to attack our anti-submarine aircraft."

"Then we must send fighter jets to protect the anti-submarine fleet. They have no air defense capability. If even two aircraft are separated from Huang Fang's mixed formation, all of our anti-submarine fleet will splash into the sea."

Seriously gave his opinion, but did not make a decision.

"Correct."

As Li Zheng spoke, he turned to the staff officer who was still standing beside him waiting for the commander's decision: "Let 8 J20s and 8 J10Cs take off from the D theater area, and tell them to rush to the anti-submarine zone as quickly as possible to protect the anti-submarine fleet. , if the yellow fighter enters our anti-submarine zone, it will be shot down directly without asking for instructions. In addition, if there is no blue fighter in the anti-submarine zone after arriving or the yellow fighter that invades the anti-submarine zone is shot down, it will maneuver north to join the J15 formation. Let’s work together to attack Huang Fang’s two fleets.”

"Yes!"

The staff officer saluted, turned around and left quickly.

Li Zheng's deployment is very targeted.

First of all, the second batch of aircraft sent by Huang Fang this time included 8 F15Js. This type of aircraft is one of the main fighter jets currently used by Blue Fang and Huang Fang. It is a third-and-a-half-generation fighter jet. The one F15J that Blue Fang sold to Huang Fang is just It is an older F10J model, so some key equipment, such as radar, weapons, avionics and other systems, are not as good as the latest JC.

黄方一共购买了200架F-15J，目前都在使用射程仅70公里的老旧AIM-7麻雀中距弹，只有经历J-MSIP的15J有AAM-4主动弹可打，而J10C换装了新型AESA雷达、电子战系统、天线和新型发动机，并且具有发射PL-10和PL-15空空导弹的能力，其中PL-15空空导弹的射程性能超过了F-15J配备的AIM-120C/D中程空空导弹，因此在双方都有预警机的前提下依旧形成了的优势。

At present, among the F-15 series, only the latest improved F-15EX fighter from Blue Team can hold down the J10C.

The F-15EX has replaced the APG-22 active phased array radar, helmet sighting and avionics system that are better than the F-83 fighter jet. Its overall strength is not inferior to the red team's J16. Even the AIM-120D missile it carries is not as good as the J10C. It is equipped with PL-15 air-to-air missiles, but the number of medium-range air-to-air missiles that the F-15EX can carry is three times that of the J-10C. It is very excellent in this regard.

However, the fighter jets purchased by poor Huang Fangfang and Lan Fang did not include the latest F15EX model, so sending the J10C was enough to cope with it.

As for the J20, it was aimed at the eight F8As sent by Huang Fang.

Li Zheng predicts that if Huang Fang really separates the anti-submarine fleet from fighter jets to attack, the F35A will undoubtedly be the best choice.

However, it is impossible for Wen Zhaohui to devote all his fighter jets to attack anti-submarine aircraft, which means that his troops will be divided.

Once the troops are divided, the J10C and J20 fleets sent by the red side this time will be a mouthful of meat when they encounter them.

Based on his understanding of Wen Zhaohui, he would definitely use this kind of underhanded trick.

Then just wait for him to make a move!

Just as the red and yellow sides began to take off fighter groups from their respective airports and headed for the battle waters, to the south of Xianlai Island, the red side's anti-submarine work was still going on as planned.

At present, the red side's anti-submarine fleet has deployed sonar in more than half of the anti-submarine area, and still has not discovered the opponent's submarine!

This made the commander of the formation a little proud.

It seems that the blue submarine may have lowered its speed and is crossing slowly with very low noise.

"Order the anti-submarine fleet to speed up and continue to release sonar until it covers the entire joint anti-submarine area. Huang Fang has sent two fighter formations. They are coming to rescue people! Before they arrive, kill at least one of their Canglong-class submarines. !”

The order was passed on, and the Air Police 500 early warning aircraft already in place joined the command sequence, through which all airborne aircraft were coordinated, and the order and sequence of sonar launches in the anti-submarine zone were re-planned.

Suddenly, exciting news came from the 001C submarine in the No. 039 aircraft carrier formation that was participating in the search in the waters near the north of Xianlai Island!

"Reporting to the formation command room, the active sonar report found that the unknown underwater target has a bearing of 151 degrees, a distance of 31.7 kilometers, and is approaching at a speed of 4 knots..."

"4 knots?!"

The formation commander's eyes lit up.

Isn't this the most typical speed at which the Soryu class can travel silently? !

"Finally caught!"

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