Southwest Indian Ocean, northeastern waters of Aldabra Islands.
The surprise attack fleet, which deceived the Japanese main fleet into the storm area but relied on weather forecasts to avoid the stormy waves in advance, was currently sailing toward the east at high speed under the command of Lieutenant General Zhao Lei, commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet's aircraft carrier task force.
In the battle command room of the ship island, when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, Zhao Lei looked away from the navigation chart, turned his head and asked: "Is there any news from the Comoros Islands?"
"Yes!"
Colonel Wen Xuan, the intelligence staff officer, looked excited: "The first wave of surprise attacks was very successful. The Japanese did not expect that we would launch an attack after the storm, and the defense was very lax. It is expected that there will be chaos in the harbor where the Japanese navy berths its ships.
It’s a pot of porridge. Once the Japanese navy’s main fleet in the Indian Ocean is lost, the next war will be much easier to fight.”
"The little devil has his day... Tsk tsk. Fortunately, we have never underestimated the strength of the Japanese. Otherwise, if we were too hot-headed and rushed into them, the outcome would be unpredictable."
Zhao Lei smiled happily and drew a big "x" on the Comoros Islands on the chart with a red pen. Then he turned to communications staff Lieutenant Colonel Pan Yi and asked: "Where are the political commissars and the others now?"
"Just contacted me an hour ago!"
Pan Yi stretched out his hand and pointed on the chart: "The main force of our task force has moved to the northeastern waters of Cosmoledo Atoll. At the current speed, it is expected that we will be able to rendezvous in the early morning of tomorrow, and we can proceed as planned after dawn.
Japanese troops in places such as Cerf Island and Farquhar Islands launched attacks."
Wen Xuan happily analyzed: "This time our air force has invested a lot of capital. Even if Japan's fleet in the Indian Ocean does not die, it will shed a layer of skin! By then, our aircraft carrier task force will cooperate with the East African Army. Japan will not be able to do it.
Be clear about our main direction of attack, failure is inevitable!"
Zhao Lei nodded and reminded: "There are still certain variables whether the Japanese fleet will be wiped out. We still have to be prepared and must not be careless."
"yes!"
The two senior staff officers saluted and turned to leave.
An hour later, Zhao Lei, who was paying close attention to the battle report on the Comoros Islands in the command room, suddenly heard a shrill alarm sound. He was startled, and then he heard that this was not a long-term air defense alarm, but a short anti-submarine alarm.
alarm.
"It's the warning sent by the guided missile destroyer Tuweihe."
Zhao Lei was about to ask the staff to call the relevant person in charge. Captain Fan Yun, the staff officer in charge of the fleet's sonar department, had already trotted over, took out a pen and put it on the chart in front of Zhao Lei, and quickly marked the location of the guided missile destroyer "Tuwei River" at the moment.
location.
"Here, it's about nine and a half nautical miles away from us."
Zhao Lei Yilin, the guided missile destroyer "Tuweihe" is currently at the front right flank of the entire battleship formation, and is already close to the aircraft carrier "Huashan" in the center of the fleet. This means that the enemy's submarine has broken through at least two blockades, and in one fell swoop
Breaking into the fleet's anti-submarine circle was a serious mistake.
Zhao Lei quickly straightened up and came to the bridge outside the command room. He raised his telescope and looked at a destroyer wandering on the sea in front of him. After a while, he saw jets of water exploding violently on the sea.
The sound of explosions was faintly heard. At the same time, two other guided missile destroyers also rushed over at high speed to seize the direction of the submarine's escape.
A communications soldier ran over, saluted and reported: "Commander, the destroyer DDG-18 sent a telegram, confirming that it is a Type B submarine of the Japanese Navy."
Zhao Lei knew that DDG-18 was the official number of the guided missile destroyer "Tuweihe". He nodded slightly, touched his chin, and said thoughtfully:
"With the sonar detection system equipped on the guided missile destroyer, which represents the highest level of our military's technology, it is impossible for the Japanese submarine to invade the center of our fleet silently without being discovered. The Japanese should have predicted the course of our fleet.
Pre-sink to the bottom of the sea in advance and wait until the critical moment to rise and attack us."
At this time, Major General Chateauroux, Chief of Staff, walked into the command room, glanced left and right, walked directly through the room to the bridge outside, stood next to Zhao Lei, held on to the railing, turned his head and said:
"The Japanese submarine appeared very suddenly. Fortunately, our destroyer discovered the trace of the submarine in time through the change of sonar as soon as it ascended, immediately issued a warning, and after locking the target, dropped depth bombs to stop the Japanese submarine in time.
An attempt to launch a torpedo."
"here you go!"
When Zhao Lei heard that it was not the fleet's own fault, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Maybe it's not just this submarine. Let all the warships in the fleet be more vigilant, especially the sonar and radar departments. Don't let the Japanese take advantage of it."
Loophole. Also, ask the telecommunications department if they have received any unknown signals."
"this……"
The communications staff officer who stood aside waiting for the commander's order hesitated for a moment and said truthfully: "Under the current circumstances, it is difficult to make a judgment."
"Huh!? Why is this?" Zhao Lei asked doubtfully.
Pan Yi explained: "At this time, we are in close contact with the Air Force Command in East Africa to keep abreast of the war taking place in the Comoros Islands. In addition, we are also communicating with the main force of the aircraft carrier task force commanded by the political commissar.
Due to the frequent communication within the fleet, even if a Japanese submarine sent a telegram, it would be difficult for our telecommunications department to determine from the numerous radio signals which ones were sent by the Japanese submarine."
Zhao Lei nodded, said nothing more, and turned back to the command room.
Intelligence staff officer Wen Xuan came over: "Commander, each ship reported that no trace of other Japanese submarines was found."
Chief of Staff Chateauroux smiled happily: "It seems we were lucky. The destroyer discovered the Japanese submarine very promptly."
Zhao Lei raised his right hand and issued an order: "Sink that Japanese submarine at all costs! In addition, contact the political commissar and inform them that we have been discovered by the Japanese submarine, so that they can be more careful!"
Zhao Lei's worries are not unreasonable. The southbound fleet commanded by Political Commissar Lieutenant General Zhou Zhenyuan contains more than thirty transport ships and landing ships. It transported two marine divisions. If it is successfully attacked by a Japanese submarine, it will suffer huge losses.
The surprise fleet's previous victories became dim.
The telegram was sent quickly.
Three guided-missile destroyers jointly besieged the Japanese submarine on the sea ahead. Violent explosions were heard continuously. They were continuously attacked by fifty or sixty depth bombs. The Japanese submarine could no longer withstand it. Thick oil stains and large amounts of debris rose on the sea surface. It was obvious that
The Japanese in the submarine will never see the light of day again.
Along the way, the fleet encountered four warnings in a row. All of them were attacks from Japanese submarines. Without exception, they were all cleanly killed by destroyers that were discovered through the sonar detection system in time.
At two o'clock in the morning the next day, the two fleets of the Indian Ocean Fleet's aircraft carrier task force met victoriously a hundred nautical miles west of Saint-Pierre Island. When the fleet's political commissar, Lieutenant General Zhou Zhenyuan, took a helicopter to the battleship "Triumph",
When receiving a warm welcome from Fleet Commander Zhao Lei, an air defense siren suddenly sounded.
"Report, a wave of Japanese military aircraft has taken off over the Oriental Saint-Pierre Island. It is estimated that the assembly will be completed in half an hour and will arrive at our current location in an hour."
Colonel Wen Xuan, the intelligence staff officer, ran to Zhao Lei and Zhou Zhenyuan and reported loudly.
Zhou Zhenyuan, who was transferred from the commander of the Fourth Fleet to the political commissar of the aircraft carrier task force, said with a smile: "It seems that little Japan can't wait to welcome us."
"There are still three hours until dawn, so take the initiative at this time. Do you want to fry fish in this vast sea?"
Zhao Lei smiled cheerfully, obviously not too concerned about the threat of Japanese land-based fighter planes. After thinking for a moment, he waved his hands decisively: "The main road faces the sky, and we have no obligation to stay here to welcome guests. The wind is blowing from the southeast now.
Party, we will drive southeast in combat formation. Whether we can find us in the night depends on the ability of the Japanese! In addition, it is not my character to be passively beaten. I am polite. Order the fighter jets to cover the bombers immediately.
Set out to attack the Japanese airfields on Saint-Pierre Island, Cerve Island and Farquhar Islands. Let’s each attack our own enemy and see who can’t hold on first.”
Zhou Zhenyuan has no objection to Zhao Lei's order, but now as a political cadre, he must always sound the alarm for the troops:
"Tell the brothers that we must do our best even when fighting against eagles and rabbits. We must think through all the difficulties before departure and go all out to win this crucial battle. Everyone, fight this battle well and completely destroy the reputation of our task force.
Fight it out and let the brothers in the Pacific Fleet see who is the ace in naval warfare!"
Zhou Zhenyuan's words immediately made the already boiling morale of the fleet even higher. All the officers and soldiers who received the order screamed. Soon, the fleet turned around and sailed southeast, gradually forming a tight battle team.
Destroyers are distributed at the outermost edge of the fleet, with light cruisers on the inner layer, and guided missile destroyers on the inner layer. Heavy cruisers and battleships protect aircraft carriers, transport ships, landing ships, supply ships and other ships.
Although Zhao Lei disdains the Japanese attack groups dispatched at night, necessary protection must still be achieved. With the air defense firepower of the current aircraft carrier task force, the Japanese aircraft fleet will simply not be able to break through the air defense missiles and anti-aircraft guns if they do not want to make heavy sacrifices.
, a tight air defense network composed of machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.
Since after changing the course, the fleet moves into the wind, there is no need to adjust the course of the aircraft carrier to adapt to the dispatch of carrier-based aircraft.
Lieutenant Colonel Tian Haohai, the fleet air combat commander who served as the overall commander of this sortie, drove his "Golden Eyed Eagle" carrier-based fighter to the front of the flight deck and was quickly dragged onto the catapult of the "Huashan" aircraft carrier.
After confirming with the aviation service personnel responsible for the aircraft's ejection that all the aircraft's conditions were normal, they immediately started the engine.
The engine quickly reached its maximum speed, and the catapult was also ready. After the indicator light tube in the hands of the flight attendant turned green and waved forward, Tian Haohai immediately released the brake, and then a huge force pushed the
The fighter jet ejected.
The bulky twin-engine fighter dropped down a few meters the moment it left the flight deck, then struggled to lift up and began to slowly climb and accelerate.
After reaching a safe height of two hundred meters, Tian Haohai looked back. Through the lights on the deck, he could clearly see that the second batch of two "Golden Eye Eagle" carrier-based fighter jets had also ejected and were on their way.
Climbing hard, the two "Golden Eyed Eagles" of the third batch are being towed to the catapult.
The "Golden Eyed Eagle" that took off with Tian Haohai was climbing hard up less than a hundred meters to his left.
You must know that although the "Golden Eye Eagle" is a fighter jet, it is loaded with ammunition and carries 1,000 kilograms of aerial bombs, which has reached its load limit. In this way, the flight speed will inevitably be affected, even if the engine is at full power.
In working condition, this seven-ton fighter still looks extremely bulky.
The "Huashan" aircraft carrier has twenty-four F2-A "Haidongqing" carrier-based fighters, twenty-four F2-B "Golden Eyed Eagle" carrier-based fighters, twenty S1-B dive bombers and
Eighteen T1 torpedo bombers all left the aircraft carrier within half an hour.
At the same time, the other two main aircraft carriers and the fighters on the five escort aircraft carriers also took off almost at the same time, and began to get closer while flying eastward, plus the six aircraft ejected from the six light and heavy cruisers.
The water reconnaissance planes formed a tight formation and flew towards Self Island, which has the largest number of field airports in this sea area.
"Everyone lowers to a height of 250 meters and maintains a good fighting formation!"
Tian Haohai is the air commander of this mission. The F2-B "Golden Eyed Eagle" carrier-based fighter he flies has actually integrated all the advantages of carrier-based fighters and bombers. This is why this model has been put into practical use.
The main reason why the research and development of rear-propeller carrier-based bombers has been stopped is that the aviation research institute's main energy has been devoted to the development of jet carrier-based fighters capable of carrying missile attacks.
The reason why the flight formation lowered its flight to such a height was to avoid being discovered prematurely by the Japanese land-based radar. As time passed, Tian Haohai paid attention to the situation of other fighters in the surrounding formation from time to time, and reminded him at any time to avoid his comrades.
Fall behind.
"Commander, we are almost there."
The voice of the pilot of the water reconnaissance plane came from the earphones. Tian Haohai glanced ahead and found no gray land. However, through the information fed back by the airborne radar, he knew that the fleet was very close to Self Island where the Japanese army was entrenched.
It also means that the detection waves emitted by the Japanese land-based radar are getting closer and closer.
"Reduce the altitude to 150 meters, brothers, let little Japan have a good look at the skills of our Chinese pilots!"
As Tian Haohai's order came through the radio, the fleet quickly lowered its altitude again.
The pilots were concentrating one by one, using the altimeter on the bridge to determine the flight altitude of the aircraft and the pitch angle of the route. If they were slightly negligent, it would only take 1 second for the aircraft to hit the sea at the current speed of nearly 400 kilometers per hour.
Any mistake is fatal.
When Lieutenant Colonel Tian Haohai saw the gray shadow of the land ahead, he immediately connected to the fleet channel again: "Attention all squadrons, the target has been reached. All fighters should not fall behind, do not climb higher, and all follow me. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
A uniform reply came from the earphones.
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