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- Mid-November, the 16th year of ZTE. Just as the Pacific Theater launched a fierce attack on the Central Pacific region.
The Chinese Pacific Fleet is also ready to officially compete with the main force of the Japanese and American combined fleets.
In the Western Pacific Basin, which is still 700 nautical miles away from the Mariana Islands, it is far away from the absolute main force of the Allied fleet.
In the past few days, they have been annoyed by the Chinese submarine force.
The Chinese submarine force used practical actions to defeat the Allied forces. What is a submarine wolf pack? The Japanese have nothing to say, their submarine force is just soy sauce. During the Atlantic and Pacific wars, the U.S. submarine force, which shone brilliantly, truly realized the charm of submarine warfare.
??Tactics that are superior to others usually require certain equipment advantages, which is especially true in modern warfare.
It can¡¯t be said that American sonar detection equipment is very backward. Like Chinese submarines, it can¡¯t be said that they are completely undetectable. In particular, the destroyers newly built by the United States in the past two years have advanced sonar detection equipment installed in the underwater nose bulb of the bow.
However, many things in the world always remain unchanged. As the saying goes, the higher the Tao, the higher the devil. The United States has advanced sonar, which the Chinese submarine force realized after China entered the war. Since entering the war, the Chinese submarine force has also lost dozens of submarines, and without exception, these submarines were discovered by American destroyers and were either killed by depth charges or destroyed by bombs dropped by seaplanes.
On the contrary, Japan has made no achievements in this aspect.
It can be said that today¡¯s Allied forces, in the Pacific, have anti-submarine mechanisms supported by the United States alone.
However, China is not a fool. Facing a large number of American destroyers, the Chinese submarine force has also made many modifications in tactics.
Sonar detection generally detects the sound of underwater submarine propellers stirring the seawater when they rotate. Of course, it can also detect the vibrations and sounds of submarine engines. These two points are the main goals of sonar detection.
The vibration and sound of the submarine engine are not difficult to solve, and it is not a problem to minimize them. But this propeller is not that simple.
A very simple example is that submarine propellers generally have more than three blades, while Chinese propellers generally have more than five blades. It is bent at a large angle in order to provide greater propulsion for the submarine itself.
However, as long as the upper surface of these leaves cannot be extremely smooth, there is not even a small bump that cannot be felt, or a pit smaller than a microorganism. These will create blisters in the water. Once the blisters appear, they cannot escape sonar detection. A submarine traveling at a slow speed may be better. Once it is at a high speed, as the blades rotate, too many bubbles will be generated, and the noise will inevitably be loud.
In later generations, the quality of a country's precision industry will be judged simply by the quality of its submarine propellers. In fact, even in later generations, the countries and companies that are truly capable of producing high-quality submarine propellers can be counted on one hand. .
In this regard, Germany has done very well. This is because Germany has inherited many precision industries from Germany during World War II, coupled with the rigorous style of the Germans themselves.
Now, China has already surpassed Germany in terms of shipbuilding and industrial development. German U-boats caused countless troubles to the Allies in the Atlantic Ocean. China's submarines in the Pacific also make the United States miserable.
Even if China¡¯s submarines are not real ocean black holes, once they get close to the target, they all approach quietly at a speed of less than five knots. The sonar detection in the United States is also in the dark. In addition, Chinese submarines do not need to surface to determine the attack target. It is often when the torpedo appears inexplicably that the Allied soldiers know that there is a submarine killer lurking around them. However, when I saw the fish, I also announced that it was too late.
In order to avoid necessary casualties, the submarines currently operating in enemy active waters are at least Zhou-class submarines. As China's latest generation of conventionally powered submarines and the most advanced submarines in the world, it is a lingering nightmare for the Allies.
This is not to mention China¡¯s secretly existing Typhoon-class attack nuclear submarine. Although this type of submarine does not have a vertical missile launcher, China does not have the actual combat capability of submarine-launched missiles. However, it has many features such as low noise, deep submersibility, no need to surface for recharging, and long submersible time. It always appears in unexpected places by the Japanese and American navies, shoots a few torpedoes, and then disappears again.
The most terrifying enemy is the invisible enemy.
??A massive submarine battle launched by Chinese submarines against the Japanese and American combined fleets. The result is that the Japanese and American combined fleets are always in a state of high tension. In just three days, a total of tens of thousands of depth bombs were dropped, and often a small inexplicable noise can make peopleThose sonar soldiers and depth bombs were dropped naturally.
Of course, this was not fruitless. Within three days, at least twenty of the Allied submarines were killed by depth charges. This further led to the fact that the Allied fleet could not find a single Allied submarine on the bottom of the sea.
On the other hand, the attacks by Chinese submarines completely make the huge fleet feel overwhelmed every day.
Another characteristic of the Chinese submarine force is its attack hit rate. An oxygen torpedo is extremely dangerous, and adding a wire-guided torpedo doubles the lethality.
An oxygen torpedo with a warhead of 500 kilograms can completely disable an American heavy cruiser and have a half chance of sinking it. Those light cruisers of several thousand tons will basically sink if hit. Of course, this will take a certain amount of time. But on a destroyer, once an oxygen torpedo hits, not even the sailors on it will have a chance to survive.
With the addition of wire-guided torpedoes, the torpedoes often adjust their direction after the sailors on the ship think they have escaped the torpedoes. It is this sudden surname that makes the destroyers and cruisers on the periphery of the Japanese-American combined fleet miserable.
For three days, not a single sailor had a good sleep. Because no one wants to see God in a dream.
Especially the sailors on the light cruisers and destroyers are always praying that they will not become the next target of attack.
Of course, on the other hand, under high pressure, the Allied forces are always on high alert. This also makes it difficult for Chinese submarines to find targets to attack in many cases.
In fact, this is not very strange. After all, there are enemy warships everywhere above our heads. Every attack is extremely dangerous, and there is always a danger of being discovered.
Although it is not necessary for Chinese submarines to rise to the height of the periscope to attack, it cannot be less than thirty meters. Thirty meters is also a very dangerous number when surrounded by the enemy's large fleet. Once discovered by a water patrol aircraft, enemy destroyers will inevitably swarm in. By then, no matter how fast the submarine dives, it will not be able to escape the depth bombs dropped on a large scale.
Because after the trace is discovered, even if the enemy cannot detect the specific location, the approximate attack range can be determined, and depth bombs can be dropped on a large scale within a certain depth, which still poses a huge threat to submarines.
Therefore, every attack of the submarine has been simulated and planned countless times, and each time it launches up to two torpedoes. After simple control, it will cut off the line connecting the torpedoes, then dive deep and leave quickly, and within 20 Within four hours, he will not appear in this sea area again.
The combined fleet of Japan and the United States has as many as a thousand ships and spans hundreds of nautical miles of sea. This also provides the Chinese submarine force with a large combat range and ample room for maneuver.
Three days of attacks caused heavy losses to the destroyers guarding the perimeter of the Japanese-American combined fleet, which also led to the helpless narrowing of the guarding circle. Regardless of whether it is Nagano Shushen or Nimitz, the fleet's situation at this time is the last thing they want to see.
It¡¯s not that they don¡¯t want to make changes, but China¡¯s time is too short. Three days passed, and before they could make any changes, the water patrol aircraft on alert in the air reported the discovery of Chinese surface ships and fighter jets. This news still came from three directions, and none of these seaplanes came back.
It¡¯s really a leaky house and it rains all night. This is really not good news. At least that's the case under the current situation.
This message from the seaplane alone can explain a lot of problems. The surface ships and aircraft can already show that there are Chinese aircraft carriers around. The seaplanes patrolling in the front, left and right, and in three directions all sent this message, which also showed that at this moment, the Japanese and American combined fleet seemed to have suddenly entered the pocket arranged by the Chinese fleet.
Without any hesitation, the alert aircraft carrier immediately launched fighter jets capable of taking off, and the aircraft carrier formation in preparation also began to prepare intensively for takeoff fighter jets. The aircraft carrier formation, which was originally in a state of rest, was immediately put into preparation for war.
Each ship began to calculate the distance between them and set up an interception air defense network.
The radars were all turned on, and the lookout posts on each ship did not blink an eye, holding on to the handles of the observation mirrors with sweaty hands. The entire fleet was immediately on high alert, and everyone, including ground crew, pilots, gunners, communications personnel, commanders, and even the sailors in the engine room, held their breath. The sounds of chatter and discussion all disappeared at the same time.
What still exists is only those electronic devices, ticking.
However, ten minutes have passed, twenty minutes have passed, and half an hour has passed. There was no movement at all, the sky in the distance was still peaceful, the white clouds were leisurely, and the line between water and sky was extremely silent.
In the sky, except for the carrier-based aircraft that was on alert and hovering, there was no unexpected situation.But the information is not wrong, after all, it came from three parties at the same time. If it were from one place, the information might be false, but the information coming from three locations at the same time would definitely not be wrong. The most important point is that the seaplanes sent in these three directions cannot come back. This alone is enough to show that the enemy is around.
Half an hour passed, and just when the other heavy cruisers were about to dispatch a second wave of water patrol aircraft, many pilots of the carrier-based aircraft fleet on high altitude alert exclaimed on the radio.
¡°Oh God, it¡¯s missiles, lots of missiles.¡±
"Baga, what's going on with China's missiles?"
"Oh God! What's going on?"
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The wireless channel suddenly became noisy, and before the Japanese-American Combined Fleet Command below could issue an inquiry, the watchtower also exclaimed. In the line between water and sky, many dark shadows appeared on the sea level. In a few breaths, these lookout posts could see clearly what they were without the help of telescopes.
These slender cylinders with two wings were flying towards the fleet at a height of less than 60 meters from the sea.
"The missile is coming, hurry up and dodge!"
A shrill shout came from the mouth of the lookout post. At this time, they were also stunned, but their instinct made them shout out consciously. In fact, the minds of these lookout posts were still blank, and they didn't even have time to think. Seeing that these missiles were approaching so fast, their brains had no time to react.
Missiles are no strangers to the minds of soldiers. First there were Germany's V-1 and V-2, then China also had missiles, and the United States also had its Minuteman series of missiles. The moment the round missile appeared, everyone had countless questions. But there are no answers to these questions, and there is no time for them to pursue the answers.
When the destroyers on alert on the periphery had no time to react, the missiles passed through the space between the destroyers one after another. There is no missile warning radar, no advance warning. When these anti-ship missiles with speeds exceeding twice the speed of sound appeared in sight, it was already too late. (Twice the speed of sound = 2450 kilometers/hour = 1322 nautical miles/hour = 680 meters/second)
The concept of twice the speed of sound can disappear from your sight in the blink of an eye.
Urgent telegrams kept ringing inside the Japanese-American Combined Fleet Command Headquarters. On the sea in the distance, there were still warships that were hit, exploded and caught fire.
No one knew how to avoid these things. Even Nagano Shushen and Nimitz had a brief blank in their minds.
The two of them looked through the portholes of the Montana and saw the panicked fleet on the sea in the distance.
From the time the missile is discovered to the time it appears in the middle of the fleet, there is still two to three minutes of flight time. But for these two or three minutes, everyone felt as if they were racing against death.
Nagano Shushen and Nimitz only issued orders to evade, and had no useful tactics to deal with the current situation. This cannot be blamed on Nagano Shushen and Nimitz, because such a situation would never have occurred to them even in their dreams.
Even if the Chinese Black Hawk fighter jets attack, they will not be so helpless because they already have a tactical plan. But in the face of unknown attack methods, if they want them to come up with a way to deal with it in just two or three minutes, it can only be said to be difficult. After all, they are not gods.
However, things seemed to have a bright side. Except for those warships that failed to avoid the missiles in time, these terrifying-looking missiles did not hit other ships.
It seems that these missiles are not very scary. All the sailors on the outer warships of the Japanese-American Combined Fleet thought of this.
But is this really the case?
The time went back to ten minutes ago, just twenty minutes after the seaplane of the Japanese-American Combined Fleet reported the discovery of the enemy. The major formations of the Chinese Pacific Fleet have officially entered the optimal attack position.
Among them, 12 Aegis air defense cruisers and 24 anti-submarine destroyers (red alert units), under the cover of carrier-based aircraft, broke away from the aircraft carrier formation and approached less than one meter away from the outer destroyer warning circle of the Japanese-U.S. Combined Fleet. A hundred nautical miles position.
This is an excellent attack position, of course for the weapons on these advanced ships. When all the ships aimed their sides at the Japanese-American combined fleet a hundred nautical miles away, the countdown to the attack began.
These thirty-six warships are each very separate, forming a huge arc facing the Japanese-U.S. Combined Fleet. Without exception, the sides of these warships are facing the center of the Japanese-U.S. Combined Fleet. It is the same position as the battleships adopted during World War I to maximize their firepower.
However, there are no huge guns on these warships, and even the main guns are very few.One, it is a single-barreled rapid-fire gun with only 105 mm. Even the Aegis air defense cruiser with a displacement of up to 15,000 tons has only such a main gun.
However, at the rear of the bridge, between the chimney and the bridge, there are many large square tubes neatly arranged. There are two rows up and down, four in a row, on both sides. In other words, there are sixteen such large square tubes on an Aegis air defense cruiser.
The layout of the destroyer is generally similar to that of the cruiser, except that there are fewer square tubes, only twelve.
If these warships appear in later generations, no one will find it strange, because many warships in later generations will look like this. There is nothing mysterious about what is inside. Ask anyone and everyone will know that there are missiles inside.
But during World War II, this was an unprecedented weapon.
Long before occupying the best launching position, the combat service centers of each ship began to get busy. Clear photos appeared in the computer one after another. Under the guidance of the fire control officer, these photo data were entered into the missile fighter's computer.
If an Allied naval soldier saw these photos, he would be shocked. Because these photos are all of the main battleships of the Japanese-American combined fleet. Especially those aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons, there are many of them. And there is not just one photo of each warship, but several photos taken from various angles. A group of photos of a warship was quickly input into the missile warhead.
?Among them, the Montana has the most photos, and they were entered into the missile computers of ten missiles at the same time. In other words, there are ten missiles aimed at the Montana.
Some other large aircraft carriers are also locked by at least three missiles. Other light aircraft carriers or battleships all took their seats one after another.
A total of 480 anti-ship missiles are aimed at the most valuable targets.
When everything is ready, the countdown ends and the missile is launched.
??First two hundred and forty, then the ship turned and fired another two hundred and forty on the other side. These 480 missiles are China's trump card in naval warfare. Even in the whole of China, there are not more than a thousand such missiles. Most of them are in the Pacific Fleet, with the rest scattered among the Naval Coast Guard. The entire Pacific Fleet only has 600 of them, and the remaining 120 are still on the supply ship.
The thirty-six warships that had fired all their missiles retreated at full speed to join the aircraft carrier formation behind them.
They have no ability to control the fired missiles. The fire control radar and missile warhead computers are already working, and the warship itself has completed all its tasks.
These anti-ship missiles are completely different from the air-to-air missiles used by the Air Force. The first is the range. China¡¯s current air-to-air missiles can reach up to 15 kilometers, while anti-ship missiles can reach 150 nautical miles. In conversion, that is 277 kilometers. Airborne radar can control air-to-air missiles within fifteen kilometers, but shipborne radar cannot control missiles one hundred and fifty nautical miles away.
Therefore, this requires the missile to control itself. Of course, if there were advanced satellites, there would be no need for such trouble, but this is not the era of precision guidance in later generations. China is not that advanced either.
Just like the cruise missiles in the early days of later generations, do you know how troublesome the guidance of early cruise missiles was?
When the cruise missile is planned to pass through, clear photos of the entire group must be taken, and those fixed Peugeots and buildings must be absolutely clear. In other words, before the missile is launched, the missile route must be completely photographed. The captured material is then input into the warhead of the cruise missile, and the computer compares the photos to find the flight path. Let the missile know when to rise, when to correct its direction, and what target to identify.
And there is a very important first point, the cruise missiles at that time could not attack moving targets. To ultimately determine the target to hit, there must be a fixed reference. When the radar of the missile warhead finds a target that matches the strike, it will notify the computer inside the warhead, and the computer will control the missile to start taking off. Based on the data that has been input, it will decide whether to start taking off from a distance for a vertical strike, or whether to start a vertical strike from a distance. Direct attack at low altitude. (This Huali is just a rumor. After all, Huali can only be regarded as a pseudo-military fan. Maybe, maybe, that¡¯s more or less like this.)
Today, China¡¯s anti-ship missiles are almost the same. There is no need for any fixed reference object on the sea, and the missile's flight route has basically been determined in advance. The target is right in front of the flight path calculated by the missile. As long as the missile's radar finds a target that matches the picture in the computer, it will also notify the ballistics to correct itself and directly skim the sea to attack. (For popular science, the world¡¯s earliest anti-ship missile was the hs-292 anti-ship missile developed by Germany at the end of World War II. It was put into actual combat at the end of 1944 and sank many ships.Allied transport ship. In fact, the missile written by Huali, in addition to being faster than the speed of sound, flying at a low altitude, and having a long range, its guidance function was available a few years after World War II. )
The lethality of this missile is astonishing. Combined with its speed and warhead, its damage capability is enough to make any large warship lose its combat effectiveness. The missile has a length of 6.5 meters, a diameter of 0.76 meters, a wingspan of 2.4 meters, and a total missile mass of 2,500 kilograms. Coupled with the destructive power under kinetic energy, even a big thing like the Montana-class battleship can be knocked out by one hit. fighting.
Of course, missiles flying across the sea are not 100% able to hit the target.
The large main warships of the Japanese-American Combined Fleet are all surrounded inside and outside the fleet. Many of the anti-ship missiles that are mainly directed towards these main warships have encountered scapegoats.
When the 480 missiles arrived at the resurgence position of the Japanese-American combined fleet, less than half of the missiles were left. During this period, except for a few that malfunctioned and plunged directly into the sea, the other missiles were slowly descending. At this time, it hit an outer cruiser or destroyer.
However, the remaining two hundred or so missiles still dealt an extremely violent blow to the Japanese-American combined fleet.
A series of explosions sounded on the sea, and many of the mighty warships on the sea were penetrated. Many cruisers and destroyers were directly blown into two pieces and submerged into the sea with a roar.
Missiles that accurately hit their targets have also achieved fruitful results.
Thousands of warships were frightened, and many warships even collided with each other. The formation was already in chaos, and countless anti-aircraft firepower was fired at random, trying to shoot down these flying gods of death. However, the explosions continued to sound.
The smell of death filled the sea, and only thousands of carrier-based aircraft in the sky looked at the wonderful and magnificent scene on the sea. Their cameras will record this scene very well, and the camera data that can be preserved will explain how this most powerful fleet in human history was destroyed.
Fireworks of death bloom on the sea, the fragility of life is like the withering of yesterday's yellow flowers, and the debris tells the suffering of war.
PS: These days, Hua Huali is tortured by her own teeth every day. The innermost big teeth in the lower row are half grown and half still in the flesh. They only hurt occasionally in the past. In the past few days, they have been having convulsions every day.
I really want to take tweezers and pull out the tooth directly, but Hua Hua cannot be cruel to herself. I used to hear people say that toothache is not a disease, but the pain can kill you. Now Huali understands this sentence very deeply, it really hurts.
Huali also read the comments in the book review area. Hua Hua feels very ashamed. I apologize to everyone and will finish the book soon. (To be continued. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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