.Before solving the air defense problem, the fleet's decisive battle is just empty talk.

It cannot withstand the attacks of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force. Not to mention the decisive battle with the Japanese fleet, it would be great to allow most warships to return to Zhoushan.

Therefore, Teng Yaohui and Yang Yufang spent a lot of energy on air defense issues.

In the first half of the meeting, almost all discussed this issue.

Is the discussion valuable?

Because it only involves the planning level, no matter how much discussion is, it must be determined whether it is valuable after going through practical tests.

At that time, the biggest problem was how the fleet allocated air defense forces in all directions when exposed environments were exposed.

Before this, Yang Yufang raised this question.

However, the situation was not too serious at that time, and Taro Arakawa's conservative tactics made Yang Yufang's preparations for this were useless.

There is no different reason: the combat power of the f-2 is far inferior to the American version of the f-16d.

Although the f-2 is based on the f-16 and is amplified during design, emphasizing the ability to strike against sea, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has never undergone a comprehensive transformation of this fighter. During its service, the f-16 has undergone more than ten large-scale transformations. Its latest f-16f can be regarded as a very advanced fighter, and its strike capability is far beyond all previous models.

More importantly, the F-16d provided by the United States must have electromagnetic resistance capabilities.

You should know that the F-35 will not be replaced by the F-16d until 2024, and the US Air Force has definitely made improvements to the retained F-16.

In this way, f-16d has far exceeded f-2's combat capability in harsh electromagnetic environments.

Previously, the tactic prepared by Yang Yufang was to use the fleet's electromagnetic defense weapons to intercept incoming F-2s, thereby solving the problem of insufficient air defense fighter jets.

Now, this method will definitely not work.

To keep the F-16d aircraft group out of the range of anti-ship missiles, more air defense fighters are needed.

Before the fleet set sail, Yang Yufang made arrangements, and the Air Force and HNA added combat forces to ensure that 200 fighter jets could be invested in one battle.

The problem is that fighter jets alone are not enough.

In air defense operations, without a powerful command and intelligence system, no matter how many air defense fighters are, it will be useless.

As the air defense range expands, it must be extended to 220 kilometers away from the fleet, which is equivalent to expanding the air defense interception area by more than five times!

In this case, only one kj-2000 was used to provide air defense support behind the fleet, which was not enough.

The problem is here. The Air Force can only ensure that a KJ-2000 can be lifted into the air under continuous combat. Even if the backup KJ-2000 can be dispatched urgently after the battle begins, it will not be able to arrive at the battlefield in time. After all, the early warning aircraft is very slow and cannot keep up with the pace of combat.

Of course, the solution is not without it.

For example, in air defense operations, the subjective initiative of fighter pilots is fully utilized. Early warning aircraft only provides basic information, and the captain of the air defense fighter aircraft is responsible for commanding ahead.

It is undeniable that the fighter pilots of the Chinese Air Force and HNA have this capability.

In the battle on the night of the 29th, the pilot performed very well. Captains like Yan Yingbo were competent for tactical command tasks on the front line.

The problem is that even so, two more kj-200s will be sent to share the heavy responsibility of air defense.

This means that more escort fighter jets need to be dispatched, and these two early warning aircraft must patrol far away from the fleet and cannot be covered by the fleet.

According to Yang Yufang's estimate, if the offensive and air defense are not considered, at least two hundred fighter jets are needed.

However, completely passive air defense cannot ensure that the fleet is not attacked.

The battle on the night of the 29th has proved this. With the advantage, the attack aircraft group of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces still broke through the air defense network, launched anti-ship missiles, and injured the "Lanzhou". If the advantage is in the hands of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces, the result will definitely be different.

Therefore, offensive air defense is crucial.

Unfortunately, Huang Zhibo did not approve the military bases to attack Japan, that is, the battle could only be restricted to the air and sea.

However, the damage to the Lanzhou USS also made Huang Zhibo discover the problem. It is definitely not a wise move to restrain the Air Force and HNA. Huang Zhibo had to make concessions and allow the air defense area to be expanded to the Okinawa Islands when performing offensive air defense missions.

This means that if necessary, you can cross the Okinawa Islands and intercept enemy planes over the Philippine sea.

Of course, whether this can be done is not determined by the range of the fighter, but by the activity area of ​​the early warning aircraft.

If the early warning plane cannot be boarded, even if the range of the fighter plane is long enough, it will not be possible to detect enemy planes over the Philippine sea, so there is no way to talk about interception.

In response to this problem, Yang Yu's side proposed a solution: actively suppress the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force.

Although it cannot attack Japan's military bases, it can attack fighter jets that have been launched, and it can disrupt the offensive operations of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force through active and proactive actions.

It is precisely because of this that Teng Yaohui decided to let the East China Sea Fleet go east of the Diaoyu Islands.

Only in this way can we ensure that early warning aircraft can be deployed forward and provide support for fighter aircraft that perform offensive air defense missions.

Of course, this is by no means foolproof.

Active offensive and air defense will inevitably put a lot of pressure on the Air Force and HNA, especially to put fighter pilots on greater risks.

You know, in the previous battles, fighter pilots basically had no burden.

Fighting near the fleet, even if you are shot down by enemy planes, you can get rescue in time as long as you parachute successfully. When you fight near Okinawa, you may die in the sea after parachute diving.

So far, HNA has not found more than 20 pilots who have skydiving during the night of the 29th day.

This is just a psychological problem for the pilot.

More importantly, when performing offensive air defense missions, the only ones that are really suitable are heavy fighters.

Although the air-saving radius of the j-10 and j-10 are more than 1,000 kilometers, and if refueling in the air, it can still extend for hundreds of kilometers, in the fierce fighting air battle, the fuel consumption of fighters is amazing. During the night of the 29th, all j-10s were refueling in the air when they returned, and two of them almost exhausted their fuel when they were in conjunction with the refueling opportunity. These fighters were able to return, but the tanker left one hundred kilometers west of the fleet, otherwise all j-10s would not be able to return to the HNA base.

Now, the problem arises. Can the tanker be deployed forward?

If the air combat goes well, there will be no big problem, but when the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force launches a full-scale counterattack, it will definitely pose a threat to the refueling agency.

If the tanker cannot go forward, he can only let the heavy fighter be on the battlefield.

In this way, light fighters have to be responsible for fleet air defense. The problem is that the air stagnation time of light fighters is far less than that of heavy fighters. Without air refueling, the patrol time over the fleet is only half that of heavy fighters. If the fleet goes east of the Diaoyu Islands, this time must be shortened. Keeping the fleet's air defense power unabated means using more fighters.

The contradiction is very prominent. If an offensive and air defense is carried out, the fleet's air defense power will be weakened.

This problem is obviously not solved by the quality of soldiers.

No matter how good the quality of the pilot is, it is impossible for the fighter jets that burned out the fuel to continue soaring in the air.

Teng Yaohui must choose between the two, either be proactive or be more conservative.

Obviously, he had made a choice.

Those who can be valued by Huang Zhibo must be generals who focus on offense.

After deciding to take offensives and air defense, Teng Yaohui turned the topic to fleet operations.

Relatively speaking, the tactics of fleet combat are not that complicated.

After both sides are exhausted from fighting the air force, it is naturally the fleet's turn to take action. As for missile attacks or naval guns, there are mature tactics.

In fleet combat, the most important thing to consider is air defense.

Of course, when discussing the air defense issue, Yang Yu's side had already brought up a related topic, namely how the fleet should act to cooperate with air forces to fight.

Teng Yaohui only emphasized one thing, that is, the fleet will not retreat until the Diaoyu Islands are consolidated.

At this time, the third topic was brought up, namely, how much role should submarines play in naval warfare, or whether submarines can become the main force in sea combat.

Relatively speaking, Teng Yaohui is relatively open-minded in the tactical application of submarines.

Although he did not come from the submarine force and had never even boarded a submarine, like every naval general, Teng Yaohui knew very well the value of the submarine.

In a sense, before the Chinese Navy had a carrier battle group that was enough to match the US Navy, submarines were well-deserved absolute main force of the Chinese Navy. Even after that, submarines had a significant position. At least the US Navy had never ignored submarines.

In fact, submarines are also the dominant force of the Chinese Navy.

There are only nineteen large warships in total, while the four guard groups of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force have forty large warships, and there are several large amphibious warships and more than twenty frigates. Even if all the destroyers and frigates of the South China Sea Fleet and the North Sea Fleet are sent over, they do not have an advantage in number. Because they have attack nuclear submarines that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force does not have, the advantages of Chinese submarine soldiers are very obvious.

If there is a problem with the fleet's air defense operations, the submarine is the only offensive force of the Chinese Navy.

That is to say, the role of the submarine will determine the final result.

The problem is that submarines also have limitations.

Not to mention anything else, even when attacking nuclear submarines are carried out, it is impossible to rush to the battlefield as fast as a warship when performing combat missions.

In tactical use, submarines are highly dependent on suddenness, mainly ambushing.

In other words, the submarine must enter the battlefield in advance, choose an ambush position, wait for the enemy warships to arrive, and then launch a sudden attack.

Teng Yaohui cannot decide when the enemy warships will arrive, so there is great uncertainty in the combat operations of the submarine.

Now, the problem arises.
Chapter completed!