After the .j-20 completed the assault operation, the combat operations between the Air Force and HNA were not over.

According to Zhou Yusheng's request, before the submarine launches an assault, the Air Force and HNA should take active action to expel anti-submarine patrol aircraft near the joint fleet.

However, when will it start to compete with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force for air supremacy, it is up to Zhou Yusheng to decide.

When Yang Yufang rushed over, Mu Haoyang was helping Zhou Yusheng deal with tactical issues.

The biggest problem in submarine combat is communication and communication. If you cannot contact the submarine in front, you will not be able to organize an effective offensive operation.

Now, this problem has become more prominent.

The ultra-long-wave radio station controlled by the Navy Submarine Command has begun to send commands to submarines entering the battlefield in accordance with Zhou Yusheng's requirements. However, the communication efficiency of the ultra-long-wave radio station is very low. It takes several hours to send a complete set of tactical intelligence, and it may not be completely received by the submarine. In this way, the ultra-long-wave radio station can only send relatively short information, such as allowing the submarine to float to the water and receive short-wave signals.

Under normal circumstances, short-wave communications against submarines are undertaken by satellites.

It is impossible now because the communication satellites are affected by the sunspot explosion and are all turned off. If the adventure starts, it is very likely that the satellite will be damaged.

Communication satellites are not only responsible for communication tasks for submarines, but also for communication and communication of other military forces.

Obviously, the General Staff cannot adopt Zhou Yusheng's proposal and risk activate the communication satellite.

Now, I can only send a plane over.

The problem is that the Air Force and HNA did not seize air supremacy, and sending communications planes to the war zone would also mean death.

"Old Yang, I'm going to find you." Zhou Yusheng seemed to have seen a savior, pulled Yang Yufang aside and told him about sending a communication plane.

"This cannot be done." Yang Yufang replied very simply, "I have arranged combat operations. If the air combat is started in advance and the submarine launches an assault, it will not be possible to ensure that enough fighter jets are invested."

"There's no other way?"

Yang Yufang shook his head and said, "To this day, we have lost nearly a hundred fighter jets, and they are all advanced fighter jets that have been produced or improved in recent years. If the losses are not controlled, I am afraid that after this war, the Air Force and HNA will be almost done."

"It's not that serious, right?" Zhou Yusheng blinked, hoping to get another answer.

"It's not that I refuse, you have to consider the actual situation." Yang Yufang paused for a moment and said, "Do you think the war will end if you kill the joint fleet?"

Zhou Yusheng was stunned for a moment and said, "There is only the first guard group left, and Japan has no chance of winning."

"Don't forget that Japan itself has a stronger enemy afterwards. The United States can provide fighter jets to Japan, and it can also provide warships. The United States can send pilots to the war, and it can also send sailors." Yang Yufang sighed and said, "It's not that I am worried about it. As long as the Japanese authorities refuse to admit defeat, the United States will spare no effort to provide support. The only way to make Japan admit defeat is to destroy its backer. To put it simply, only by letting Japan realize that the help provided by the United States will not only fail to win, but will also bear a heavy burden of war for it, and the war will end. To achieve this goal, we must consider it longer-term."

Zhou Yusheng sighed secretly and didn't ask any more questions.

"Old Yang, what's the matter with you coming to find us?" Mu Haoyang took the opportunity to change the topic.

"Just received the news, the Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatched a large number of anti-submarine helicopters."

"Are anti-submarine patrol aircraft not enough?" Zhou Yusheng asked.

"No, these anti-submarine helicopters have sent equipment to the joint fleet to repair the power system. The intelligence provided by the second department is very credible."

Zhou Yusheng's brows jumped a few times, and his expression became even more serious.

"According to the evaluation of the Second Department, the joint fleet will be able to set sail in a few hours at most, so if we want to seize the opportunity, we have to do it before that." Yang Yufang glanced at Zhou Yusheng and said, "I came to find you to figure out when the submarine will arrive, so I can arrange air cover."

“Four hours, up to four hours.”

"most?"

Zhou Yusheng hesitated for a moment and said, "You also know that if there is a problem with the communication, you can only dispatch attack nuclear submarines that accompany the fleet's activities. If everything goes well, the nuclear submarine will reach the attack position in four hours. Just to be on the safe side, it is best to have two more hours of preparation time."

“That is, it takes six hours?”

Zhou Yusheng nodded, indicating that this is what he meant.

"Can a submarine kill the Combined Fleet?"

"In theory, a Type 093 attack nuclear submarine is enough. Of course, I will continue to send orders and will definitely participate in the combat operation after receiving the message from the submarines operating near the Combined Fleet."

Yang Yufang nodded and said, "Okay, I will arrange the combat operation in six hours."

"Do you want another electromagnetic strike?" Mu Haoyang asked.

"Of course, if necessary, a second electromagnetic strike will be carried out. Whether it is necessary depends on whether the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force can repair the battleship's power control system within six hours." Yang Yufang smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about these things. I will call you later. After the submarine is deployed and placed, the Air Force and HNA will launch a full-scale attack to provide air cover for the submarine."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yusheng is not easy to put forward higher requirements.

Six hours are not short, and no one can guarantee that unexpected things will not happen during the period.

Just half an hour later, Zhou Yusheng received a call from Yang Yufang. The first guard group that had previously arrived in the southern waters of Shikoku Island was heading towards the Osuki Strait.

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force did not repent and actually sent a fleet from the Osumi Strait to the East China Sea again.

This is not the most important thing.

The first guard group was moving forward at full speed and could not enter the East China Sea until around the evening. If Safimo did not leave his post without permission, his submarine should still be at the west end of the Osumi Strait. After receiving the exact information, it was still time to arrange a strike against the first guard group.

Afterwards, Zhou Yusheng received a call from Teng Yaohui.

When deciding to let the submarine attack, Teng Yaohui did not give up other attack methods, such as dispatching bombers from the Air Force and HNA again.

Since the submarine cannot be put into combat immediately, using air power has become the best choice.

In fact, Teng Yaohui first considered the fleet attack at that time.

The joint fleet is paralyzed on the sea, and the East China Sea fleet can approach within four hours, then launch anti-ship missiles, and even get close enough to allow the naval gun to show its power.

However, Teng Yaohui was very rational and knew that doing so would be equivalent to dying.

You should know that the joint fleet is only about 100 kilometers away from Naha Port. If the East China Sea Fleet wants to participate in the war, it must reach at least about 250 kilometers away from Naha Port. In other words, the East China Sea Fleet must leave more than 100 kilometers from the east of the Diaoyu Islands and enter the strike area of ​​the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force.

In this way, air defense has become a crucial issue.

When the early warning aircraft cannot keep up and even provide sufficient early warning support, the risk of the East China Sea Fleet moving forward is very high.

Don't forget that the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has at least sixty F-16cd fighter jets that can carry agm-84m.

Taking advantage of the fleet's air defense capabilities to be affected by the sunspot explosion, these fighters will definitely be able to launch a fatal blow.

In addition, threats from under the sea must be considered.

If the East China Sea Fleet leaves forward, the conventional submarines accompanying the fleet's activities will definitely not keep up. Only one attack nuclear submarine can provide anti-submarine cover. The Chinese Navy does not have a decent anti-submarine patrol aircraft, so it is difficult to provide more anti-submarine cover. The East China Sea Fleet will inevitably face Japanese submarines.

Ambushed by a submarine, the East China Sea Fleet is equally fragile.

If Teng Yaohui wants to make contributions to the fleet, he will not take risks with the fleet.

It can be said that as long as the East China Sea Fleet is still active in the East China Sea, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force will not expect to seize the sea control power, and sea control power is the key factor in ensuring victory.

If the fleet cannot go up, it can only rely on the aviation force.

However, this time, it was not Zhou Yusheng who firmly opposed it, but Yang Yufang.

The reason is very simple. Without the cover and support of early warning aircraft, the attacks of air force will be difficult to work and will cost a large enough price.

In addition, there is another crucial factor: there is not much inventory in the Air Force and HNA ammunition depots.

During the early morning strike, the Air Force and HNA used 840 anti-ship missiles, and before the outbreak of the war, the c-806 had only one thousand inventories.

This cannot be blamed on the Air Force and HNA, because the C-806 is not the most ideal anti-ship missile to choose.

Before the C-806 was put into production, the Chinese Navy paid the most attention to the supersonic anti-ship missile code-named "C-607", and invested hundreds of millions of yuan in development funds in the project. If the project had not encountered any trouble, the main reason was that the rocket ramming dual-thrust engine had not passed the test, making the missile mass more than two tons and difficult to be used by tactical aircraft. Even the H-6x could only carry six, otherwise the Navy would not find another way and use the "club" anti-ship missile technology to develop the C-806, and it would not be more energy to produce such anti-ship missiles.

The result is that c-806 is only temporary ammunition and its output is not high.

If too much production is produced, it will be eliminated in a few years, which will inevitably lead to waste of resources.

Of course, after the war broke out, the Navy urgently ordered a batch of C-806s, but the newly ordered missiles would not be delivered until June 15th.

The remaining more than one hundred c-806s cannot ensure the elimination of the entire joint fleet.

If you don’t have enough confidence, you will let the fighter take risks, obviously lacking tactical basis.

In fact, whether it is a fleet attack or an aviation attack, there is a common problem, namely, the Chinese Navy and Air Force still lack the ability to operate at long-range levels.

For squadrons that have been pursuing local defense strategies for decades, it is almost impossible to gain the ability to fight far away from local areas in just a few years. From the perspective of equipment construction alone, it will take at least twenty years to obtain this ability.

Teng Yaohui had to face this problem and had to admit that for a long time, submarines were still the only army in the Chinese Navy with long-range strike capabilities.
Chapter completed!