Li Hai spent nearly half an hour studying and judging the dispatches of carrier-based aircraft of the USS Discomfort in the past month, and finally believed in the results of the system analysis.
The shipboard aircraft dispatch rate of the Malamute actually dropped to 60 sorties per day a year ago, and this was not an accident, but a regular one.
This illustrates a very important issue - the combat capability of the aircraft carrier Malaise has declined significantly.
The reason for this situation is that there were complex problems within the Anglesan pirates, which led to the deteriorating condition of the fleet.
Li Hai suddenly remembered the sudden outbreak of the epidemic at the beginning of the year. He was almost certain that the Discomfort must have been seriously affected by the virus.
In other words, it is certain that the dispatch rate of the carrier-based aircraft will continue to decline when the USS Discomfort is fully loaded and dispatched, and the possibility of completely losing its combat capability is not even ruled out.
At this moment, Li Hai thought of a bold strategy.
He immediately asked Chang Haizhou to come over and ordered Song Jianming to take over command of the bridge.
When Chang Haizhou arrived at the combat intelligence center, Li Hai expressed his thoughts and asked Chang Haizhou and Wan Liyang to put forward their opinions.
"Encircling but not attacking, holding back the USS Malawi aircraft carrier strike group in the western Sulawei Sea, not confronting them head-on, but fighting them for endurance and endurance, is a very good idea." Chang Haizhou thought about it quickly and agreed very much.
Wan Liyang expressed a different opinion, "The endurance and endurance of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier are undoubtedly stronger than ours. The captain's judgment is that an epidemic is breaking out on the Discomfort, and they will have fewer and fewer people who can work normally. When there are fewer
At a certain critical point, the Discomfort will lose its ability to dispatch carrier-based aircraft, and may even lose its combat effectiveness completely."
After a pause, he said, "This judgment is established. Our strategy of surrounding but not attacking has the basis for success, but it is difficult for us to determine this through the existing intelligence."
Even if the Discomfort only has the dispatch capability of 20 sorties per day, it can still suppress the No. 53 ship. The strength of the two sides is completely unequal.
Li Hai had already thought about it very clearly. He took out a newspaper from his pocket and handed it to Wan Liyang, saying, "Director Wan, the headline position on the front page has now confirmed that unknown pneumonia has the characteristics of human-to-human transmission."
Wan Liyang quickly took the newspaper and opened it. Sure enough, the unknown pneumonia that everyone had suspected before was confirmed to be transmitted from person to person.
"Previously, there were reports that officers and soldiers on the ship were suffering from febrile pneumonia. Based on the analysis of the shipboard aircraft dispatch rate in the past month, the officers and soldiers on the ship were determined to be infected with unknown pneumonia."
Li Hai said in a deep voice, "This unknown pneumonia is very contagious and can even spread to a large area through the air conversion system. The Malamute is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that is on combat readiness. The last time they docked for a short rest, they were in Sydney.
There was an outbreak of unknown pneumonia in the local area."
Chang Haizhou looked serious, "It is definitely infected with unknown pneumonia. Then it is only a matter of time before the Discomfort loses its combat effectiveness, and it will be very fast. As far as I know, unknown pneumonia spreads very quickly."
After looking at Li Hai and Wan Liyang, Chang Haizhou said, "Many of the crew members of the ANZAC-class frigate we rescued before have been infected with the virus, and the signs are obvious."
Li Hai lowered his voice and said, "Unknown pneumonia can easily cause panic among the officers and soldiers. I have asked people to cancel the newspapers that are faxed every day, and have blocked several radio channels. The political commissar has been busy talking to the officers and soldiers these days."
The officers and soldiers are more or less aware of the situation. They are not worried about themselves, but worried about their family members. They will be concerned about the situation at home. At this time, political and ideological work becomes particularly important.
Li Hai continued to whisper, "The family has taken emergency measures, doing everything possible to provide help to the families of the troops in the epidemic area, and doing everything possible to solve the worries of the officers and soldiers."
That being said, once the epidemic spreads, there will be no distinction between people from the north and the south, old and young. Viruses will not distinguish between people. They will only choose easy targets.
Wan Liyang thought of his parents in the countryside. He shook his head vigorously to get rid of the worries that had just arisen. He straightened his mood and said, "I agree to adopt the approach of surrounding but not attacking."
"Mr. Chang, the next step is to control fuel consumption," Li Hai said.
Chang Haizhou said, "I understand."
Li Hai said, "Call Suludong and tell him that laying mines in the Luojing Waterway is a last resort and must not be done unless it is absolutely necessary. New Youth's request to maneuver to the western part of the Sulawe Sea to cooperate with our ship's operations has been rejected. In addition, tell him to do a good job."
Be prepared, the Z-9H carrier-based helicopter will carry the on-board interview team back to the New Youth Ship at the appropriate time."
"Yes, I'll go right away!" Chang Haizhou, who is also the director of the Combat Intelligence Center, immediately went to send electricity to Suludong.
All requests made by Su Ludong were rejected by Li Hai. Given his character, he would probably raise objections. Chang Haizhou thought to himself that the wording of this order message should be carefully considered.
Moreover, Chang Haizhou believed that Su Ludong's suggestion was more appropriate and would be more effective when combined with Li Hai's method.
However, Chang Haizhou knew that Li Hai had made the worst plan - sacrificing the No. 53 ship to save the young people.
This is not a dilemma. If it were Chang Haizhou, he would not hesitate to make this choice.
Under such psychological preparation, non-combat personnel must be transferred to the New Youth Ship. The only non-combat personnel on the No. 53 ship are the on-ship interview team led by Zhuang Xiaoying.
The order was quickly transmitted to the New Youth Ship. When Su Ludong saw the order, he almost couldn't help but get angry.
The political commissar understood him. Although the political commissar was also puzzled by Li Hai's rejection of Su Ludong's request, an order was an order and must be carried out without compromise.
Su Ludong is more impulsive, but as a political commissar, he must be calm.
The political commissar said in a deep voice, "Captain Li analyzed that the dispatch rate of the shipboard aircraft of the Discomfort was seriously affected by the unknown pneumonia. In other words, the biggest enemy of the Discomfort is not us, but the unknown pneumonia."
After a pause, he said, "Everyone thought that Captain Li was young. As a young man, he must be full of energy. But now it seems that Captain Li has surprisingly calm skills and is calm and clear in thinking."
"How to say?" Su Ludong did not turn around, he was still full of incomprehension, because the method he proposed can be said to be the best method so far.
The political commissar analyzed and said, "Look, we add the No. 53 ship. Of course, the anti-ship capabilities of our two ships are very strong. The problem is that our success rate against the Unfit aircraft carrier strike group is very low. Don't forget that they have
Three Poker-class anti-aircraft destroyers and nearly 300 long-range anti-aircraft missiles are waiting for us."
"In my opinion, Captain Li originally formulated the previous battle plan with the determination to fight to the death. The 53rd ship was to contain the enemy to the east of the Luojing Waterway. We guarded the Luojing Waterway, and he left us a way to survive."
After a pause, the political commissar said, "Now he has discovered the huge hidden dangers of the Incompetent Hao, and found out that the Inapplicable Hao is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. He thinks it is a weakness worth exploiting, but he also does not want to put all his strength into it at once.
Therefore our request was denied."
The political commissar said slowly, "This Captain Li has a tough character."
Su Ludong fell silent.
Of course he knew that the No. 53 ship took the initiative to move forward and left the New Youth ship to the west of the Luojing waterway. This was a fearless sacrifice of his own to protect his comrades. If it were him, he would not hesitate to do the same. Anyone in the People's Army
Anyone in a unit will do this.
It is precisely because of this that Su Ludong hopes to fight side by side with the No. 53 ship instead of hiding to the west of the Luojing Waterway!