.On the morning of June 8, 7:30 Tokyo time, less than an hour after the battle in the East China Sea ended, the Japanese Ministry of Defense urgently released the battle report, claiming to sink 12 large warships of the Chinese Navy and shooting down 127 Chinese fighter jets, including a strategic early warning aircraft, in the battle for air supremacy, and achieved the most important and critical victory after the war started.

Obviously, the Japanese authorities once again poured water into the war report.

Because the credibility is not high enough, except for Japanese news media, news media in other countries are waiting for the Chinese Ministry of Defense to announce the war report.

It was only an hour and a half later that at 8 o'clock in Beijing time that the Chinese Ministry of National Defense announced the war report.

Obviously, there is a big gap in the battle reports between the two sides. The Chinese Ministry of Defense only admitted that it had lost eight landing ships, one KJ-200 early warning aircraft and seventy-four fighters in the fighter, and shot down eighty-six Japanese fighters in the fighter, of which seventy-two were F-22a.

Of course, this did not stump the reporter.

Soon, some news media took photos taken by commercial satellites to confirm that after the battle, the East China Sea Fleet was still active in the waters west of the Diaoyu Islands. There were at least sixteen warships in the fleet, and two frigates searched for officers and soldiers east of the Diaoyu Islands.

There is no doubt that the war report released by the Ministry of National Defense of China is more credible.

At 8:30, the Chinese Ministry of Defense announced the news again that the East China Sea Fleet is expected to return to Zhoushan on June 10, and the Navy will invite reporters to visit.

Now, no one believes in the war report released by the Japanese Ministry of Defense.

Of course, in the eyes of the news media, this is a positive move by China to take the initiative to end the war, that is, to give the Japanese authorities a step forward by withdrawing the fleet.

It was not Fu Xiubo who decided to withdraw the fleet, but Huang Zhibo.

When the Ministry of National Defense announced the war report, Huang Zhibo found Lu Fenglie and prepared to go to the head of state together to persuade Fu Xiubo to withdraw the fleet.

If Fu Xiubo agrees, the Ministry of National Defense will announce the news at 8 o'clock.

But when the two rushed over, Fu Xiubo was meeting an extremely important guest, so when the Ministry of National Defense announced the war report, it did not announce the withdrawal of the fleet. Instead, half an hour later, the whole world was informed of the major concessions made by China for peace in a separate manner.

The reason why Huang Zhibo made this decision is simple: actual combat proves that the Chinese Navy and Air Force are not strong enough.

By this time, the East China Sea Fleet had suffered two large-scale air strikes, and on May 29, the "Lanzhou" was hit by an anti-ship missile. Although it did not cause serious damage, the battle in the early morning of June 8 was enough to prove that the risk of the fleet's forward was too great.

In the final analysis, the long-range combat capabilities of the Chinese Air Force and HNA are seriously insufficient.

It’s not that there are not too many fighter jets, nor that the combat radius of fighter jets is not large enough, but that the support that the Air Force and HNA can provide is very limited. With only four KJ-2000s, even if HNA’s KJ-200s are mobilized and the support provided by the fleet, they can only invest about one hundred fighters in one air battle. In the past, this scale was not small, and the East China Sea battlefield could not accommodate so many fighters. But now, these fighters are seriously insufficient. The reason is very simple. Large-scale electromagnetic warfare seriously restricts the long-range combat capabilities of fighters. Most of the time, the winners and losses have to be decided through combat, which narrows the combat area of ​​fighters.

The battle in the early morning is enough to prove that it is not a problem for both sides to invest more than 200 fighter jets.

But in this way, the command systems of the Air Force and HNA have become bottlenecks that restrict combat effectiveness.

If the combat efficiency is not effectively commanded, the combat efficiency of the fighter jet is greatly reduced. Even if the investment is increased, the effect will not be achieved after reaching the limit.

In the early morning battle, the Air Force and HNA each invested more than 120 fighter jets, but they still failed to defeat the Japanese fleet that was half smaller in air combat.

The only solution is to withdraw the fleet and narrow the air combat area.

This has another extremely obvious benefit, that is, if the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force wants to attack the East China Sea Fleet, it must let the early warning aircraft exit and expand the air control range.

Although the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has much more early warning aircraft, with eight E-3g alone, Japan no longer has a fleet, and the risk of early warning aircraft exiting is much higher.

To put it simply, if the air battle is carried out west of the Diaoyu Islands, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force will undoubtedly lose.

This is not retreat, but actively adjusting.

In addition to tactical issues, the huge combat losses were also the main reason why Huang Zhibo forced the fleet to retreat.

From May 29th, although the war lasted eleven days, large-scale combat broke out in only three days. The Chinese Air Force and HNA lost more than 200 fighter jets in these three days, with a speed of more than 200 combat aircraft exceeding the Second Korean War. More importantly, the battlefield was over the ocean, and only more than 120 of the more than 300 pilots shot down were rescued, and more than half of the parachuting pilots were spared.

Whether it is the lost fighter jet or the dead pilot, it has had an impact on the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Air Force and HNA.

Not to mention anything else, China cannot obtain advanced weapons and equipment from other countries like Japan. Even if it is willing to pay a higher price, no country is willing to sell it to China. If it takes a step back, even if Russia is willing to sell weapons, it will be difficult to deliver it in such a short time.

In the past eleven days, the Chinese Air Force and HNA only obtained more than 40 fighter jets.

If you fight for another eleven days, I'm afraid the Chinese Air Force and HNA will have to launch J-11 and J-10 without any modifications.

Japan is different, at least the United States has not publicly refused to sell fighter jets.

Relatively speaking, the impact of the dead pilots is more obvious.

You should know that at the end of the Second Korean War, the number of pilots of the Volunteer Army was less than 1,000, of which there were only about 400 fighter pilots, and less than half of them participated in large-scale air combat. These pilots were all backbone of the Chinese Air Force and HNA, and they all participated in the war as soon as possible. After fighting eleven days, more than 70% of the more than 170 pilots killed in the battle, had participated in the Second Korean War.

Without excellent pilots, no matter how many fighters there are, it is useless.

Practical combat has proved that in the confrontation with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, the quality of pilots played a decisive role, otherwise the Chinese Air Force and HNA would have been defeated long ago. After June 2, the combat losses between the Air Force and HNA were greatly improved, which is also directly related to the participation of US pilots in the war.

Huang Zhibo did not participate in the war, so he became more aware of the overall situation of the battlefield.

Because this proposal is exactly in line with Fu Xiubo's idea, that is, when taking advantage of the advantages and the United States no longer fully supports Japan, through high concessions, it will not only win diplomatically, but also give Japan a chance to step down. As long as international public opinion turns with the wind, the Japanese authorities have to consider a ceasefire. So after Huang Zhibo proposed to let the fleet retreat, Fu Xiubo immediately agreed.

However, Fu Xiubo was not entangled in military issues.

After seeing off Huang Zhibo and Lu Fenglie, he called the US president and made it clear that China had made concessions in military operations. If Japan insisted on its own, China would have no choice but to use more thorough means to completely lose Japan's ability to war.

Fu Xiubo didn't say it clearly, but his meaning was very clear.

To put it simply, if Japan refuses to truce at this time, China will consider it in the long run, at least attacking the military facilities of the Okinawa Islands.

Macmillan is not a fool, he knows that Fu Xiubo is talking wildly.

The problem is, this is a real threat.

From a military perspective, if China wants to win, and win as soon as possible, the only way is to attack the military infrastructure on the Okinawa Islands, such as Kadena Air Force Base and Naha Port. Without these military bases, Japan will be a problem whether it can control the Okinawa Islands, let alone challenging China in the East China Sea.

That's why Macmillan had to pay attention to Fu Xiubo's attitude.

The reason is very simple. As long as Fu Xiubo does what he says, even if only one bomb falls on Okinawa Island, the United States will be involved in this war.

Affected by this, Macmillan put down the phone and called Chandler to the White House.

It just so happened that Toshio Nakajima was in Washington, so he could explain the problem clearly in person, that is, the United States would never go to war with China for the Diaoyu Islands dispute. Japan's only choice was to take over the olive branch handed over by China after China made military concessions, and the United States was willing to mediate from it.

"Can you convince Shinto Nakajima?"

"The problem should not be big. He is not the kind of war madman we imagine, and he did not raise the questions we care about, indicating that the Japanese authorities are also considering ending the conflict, but there is no suitable opportunity. Now China has made an initiative to make concessions, which is equivalent to creating this opportunity. All we have to do is to mediate in person." Chandler breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Even if Shunyu Nakajima refused to agree, we no longer provide fighter jets, and the war would end within a few days. According to my judgment, as long as Shunyu Nakajima was a little smart, he would not reject our proposal."

"It would be better if he could agree."

"In this case, we have to make some commitments, such as helping Japan rebuild its military power."

"This is a small matter, and after the war, it doesn't matter what we do."

"And..." Chandler hesitated for a moment and said, "Tsuto Nakajima has already proposed that Japan's existing national defense mechanism can no longer ensure national security, so when rebuilding military forces, Japan will reorganize its self-defense force and form a national defense force that is both offensive and defensive."

"Defense Force?"

“The biggest problem is legally, and our attitude.”

Macmillan's brow jumped a few times and said, "Has he raised it?"

"It's just asking for our opinions."

"Don't make a statement for the time being, and then talk about it after signing the armistice agreement."

Chandler nodded and said, "Maybe, the war won't end."

"What?"

"Cia has obtained intelligence. The Chinese Army is gathering in Fujian and southern Zhejiang. Its size is about three armies. In addition, two armies are mobilizing in the neighboring military region."

Macmillan was startled and his eyes widened.

"Two hours ago, former Taiwan President Liu Jun actually arrived in Beijing and had a secret meeting with Fu Xiubo."

"this……"

"Obviously, the mainland is preparing to resolve the Taiwan Strait issue, otherwise Liu Junshi would not go to Beijing." Chandler paused for a moment and said, "According to my judgment, the Chinese authorities did not view the East China Sea conflict alone from the beginning, but regarded it as the key to solving the Taiwan Strait issue. There is nothing wrong with Japan's defeat, but we must not let Taiwan turn against each other. My suggestion is to add military forces to the Western Pacific as soon as possible to express our position on the Taiwan Strait issue and let the Chinese authorities give up their military adventures."
Chapter completed!