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Text 661 Losing the car to save the handsome man

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    Under the dual guidance of Sea Wing Dragon and Dolphin, the Chinese submarine fleet, which had been lurking for a long time, launched a wave of anti-ship missile offensive against the US military. More than ten submarines fired more than twenty Eagle Strikes from different directions at almost the same time.  -18 submarine-launched anti-ship missile.  The US warships failed to respond to the attacks of these missiles in panic, and in order to protect the aircraft carrier, US escort ships clustered around the US aircraft carrier, the distance was very close, and the surrounding was impenetrable.  Therefore, the U.S. military's defense against the anti-ship missiles launched by China is not very thorough, but there is an advantage, that is, anti-ship missiles that cannot perform too complicated flights cannot bypass these escort ships, so if they want to attack the U.S. aircraft carrier, they must  Get past these ships first.

    The U.S. military's Aegis system has been proven to have few solutions when facing China's powerful supersonic anti-ship missiles. When the Eagle Strike supersonic missile penetrates at the end, it has at least three Mach speeds and can choose from a variety of penetration trajectories.  , including snake-shaped, spiral-shaped, wavy-shaped, etc., and can appear in combination, making it extremely difficult for the US military to intercept these missiles.

    Ticonderoga and Arleigh Burke fought desperately to resist the incoming missiles, but these powerful missiles continued to hit US warships.  Especially the warships of the more peripheral NATO allies suffered the greatest losses in this round of attacks. The huge anti-ship missiles of the warhead can sink almost any warship under 600 tons. The huge explosion can sometimes kill the ship on the spot.  Quite a few sailors.

    "We can't sit still and wait for death. The cruiser and destroyer detachment 2 moves forward. We have to repel these submarines, otherwise the entire fleet will be doomed." Cornell wiped the sweat from his head and shouted the order.

    "However, the second squadron may have been annihilated by the Chinese submarine before it got close to the Chinese submarine," said a commodore in the fleet.

    Cornell sighed: "I have naturally considered this possibility, but when the Chinese submarines find out that we have sent anti-submarine ships that are enough to threaten them, then they will transfer the attack firepower to the second squadron, and the main force of our fleet,  Especially since the Nimitz can still be saved. Our biggest task now is to preserve the strength of our fleet as much as possible. I announce that the expedition fleet will withdraw to Port Elizabeth to temporarily avoid the conflict."

    Even in the face of such a difficult battle situation, Cornell's brain was still calm and clear. The Chinese air raid was successful. They used unknown and terrifying weapons to directly sink two US Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.  Although the U.S. military still has a large number of ships, its most critical air superiority power has been lost. Even if the expeditionary fleet can still break through the Mozambique Strait and enter the Arabian Sea, the U.S. military does not have enough air power to protect the fleet, and may be defeated by the Chinese Air Force and Hainan Airlines.  Plus those annoying submarines sent into the deep sea.

    Cornell can only admit that the US military and the NATO allied fleet have failed. What he is thinking about now is no longer how to win, but how to stop losses.  The Chinese fleet and fleet still appear aggressive, like hungry wolves trying to tear off a large piece of flesh from the Americans. The losses have already occurred. All Cornell needs to do is how to control the losses and keep them to a minimum.

    The second squadron of cruisers and destroyers of the US fleet broke away from the main force of the fleet at the highest speed and drove towards the direction of the Chinese submarine.  When Chinese submarines attack, they have already exposed their position. In fact, these Chinese undersea wolves are not afraid of this. The US military so far still lacks weapons that can effectively attack Chinese submarines at long range, and in terms of speed,  , the underwater speed of Chinese nuclear submarines is basically faster than that of US non-nuclear-powered cruisers and destroyers. Therefore, unless anti-submarine aircraft are used, it is difficult for US surface anti-submarine ships to threaten Chinese nuclear submarines. When anti-submarine aircraft can attack Chinese submarines, they will attack the thorns launched by nuclear submarines.  6 anti-aircraft missiles can also shoot them down.

    When he learned that Cornell had used this trick to save his troops and save his commander, Zhang Juzuo also sighed. His opponent was definitely not as useless as many people imagined. The Indian Ocean Fleet's victory relied on its military strength.  This battle was won by the combination of the superiority of weapons and equipment, and the superb technical and tactical levels of officers and soldiers at all levels.

    Now the submarine fleet really can't abandon the US military squadron and attack the Nimitz, and the actual effect of attacking the Nimitz may not be good. This group of nuclear submarines does not carry anti-aircraft missiles equipped with vacuum implosion bombs.  To sink a US military 100,000-ton aircraft carrier, twenty anti-ship missiles are not enough.

    After all, the US military squadron that has locked the location of the submarine will pose a threat to Chinese submarines, and to be fair, the number of these ships is not small, and they are also sufficient prey for the submarine force.

    "Now that you're here, don't leave, just eat it all." Zhang Juzuo instructed. As a commander, you can't bite off more than you can chew. You know the trade-offs and timing. Obviously, it is unrealistic to completely swallow up the expedition fleet in this battle.  Yes, but severely damaging the expedition fleet is not a big problem.

    The last part of this naval battle was the second battle between the US cruiser and destroyerIt ended with the complete destruction of the entire fleet. The Chinese submarines hit all the firepower on these surface ships that came knowing that they were going to die. More than ten US warships were sunk by the Chinese submarines.  Thousands of American soldiers died in the Indian Ocean.  What was a little twisty was that two US Seawolf-class nuclear submarines participated in this battle and sank two Chinese Type 03 AIp submarines during the battle. However, one of them was subsequently sunk by a Chinese attack nuclear submarine, and the other one was sunk by a Chinese attack nuclear submarine.  The lucky escape of one ship can be regarded as one of the few achievements that the US military has achieved in this battle.

    With the delay of the second detachment, in the end the submarine force still failed to catch up with the attack on the U.S. main fleet, and the Nimitz successfully withdrew to South Africa with the remaining ships.  In this naval battle, the U.S. expeditionary fleet finally suffered a heavy blow. Basically, two aircraft carrier battle groups were completely destroyed, more than a hundred fighter jets were shot down, and thousands of U.S. naval officers and soldiers were killed. Most of them were even killed.  The body could not be recovered.

    Another very serious problem is that the US military lost two aircraft carrier battle groups, which caused a sharp decline in its sea and air control capabilities. China's Indian Ocean Fleet gained absolute control in the Indian Ocean. Zhang Juzuo immediately ordered the main force of the Indian Ocean Fleet to move forward and cut off  The Mozambique Strait cut off the connection between the US troops landing in Madagascar and South Africa.
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