.The Indian army's counterattack was not fast or powerful, but it was barely done.

When the Indian Navy decided to launch a counterattack, there were only 12 Is on the airport, and other anti-submarine patrol aircraft were either active near the fleet or on their way back. Although waiting for another two hours to deploy more Is, in two hours, the Chinese fleet will complete the attack and evacuate the battlefield. It is obviously much more difficult to find the Chinese fleet in the vast sea than launch an attack.

You know, at that time, the Indian Navy at least knew the general direction of the Chinese fleet.

Through the information provided by e3g, the special return j15b fleet can at least be determined that the Chinese fleet is in the southeast direction of the Indian fleet.

Because the maximum combat radius of Chinese carrier-based fighter jets is only 1,500 kilometers, and more than half of the fighter jets are used in combat, exceeding the limit of increasing the range through partner aerial refueling, it is certain that the Chinese fleet will not exceed 1,500 kilometers from the Indian fleet.

By combining these two conditions, the approximate position of the Chinese fleet can be determined.

Although this is not useful tactical intelligence, as long as a few reconnaissance aircraft are dispatched, you will have the opportunity to find the Chinese fleet and obtain the necessary tactical intelligence.

This is true. When organizing a counterattack, the Indian Air Force first dispatched two F22i to perform tactical reconnaissance missions.

Given the situation at that time, if the Indian Navy could dispatch twenty-four i, the counterattack would be able to receive results, and it might even hit Chinese aircraft carriers severely.

The reason is very simple. In the Chinese fleet, there are only two cruisers and four destroyers.

In order to pursue the escaped Indian fleet, Mu Haoyang did not wait for the landing fleet entering the Indian Ocean from the Sunda Strait, but sailed at full speed. According to his arrangement, he had to wait until the battle was over before turning south, joining the landing fleet and entering the Bay of Bengal.

The six escort warships are not enough.

Although according to the standards, there are only six air defense warships in the two aircraft carrier combat groups, so the fleet's regional air defense capabilities have not been weakened, in close-range air defense and anti-missile operations, ocean frigates have an irreplaceable role and can provide cover for aircraft carriers at close range.

The absence of frigates means weakening the anti-missile combat capability.

According to the situation at that time, six air defense warships could handle up to 100 anti-ship missiles fired from one direction. If the number exceeded 140, the warships would definitely be beaten. According to the calculation that one i carries six "Bramos", twenty-four can carry 144 missiles, which just exceeds the maximum interception capacity of the six warships. Because "Bramos" has intelligent recognition capabilities and can actively attack the warships with the largest displacement, missiles that successfully break through the air defense network are likely to attack aircraft carriers.

Unfortunately, the twelve i is indeed a little less.

Although the J15b aircraft group did not arrive in time during the peripheral interception, and even failed to use the pl12e, in the subsequent fleet air defense operations, six air defense warships played an extremely critical role. They shot down six "Bramos" with regional air defense missiles within two minutes, and then six were shot down with medium-range air defense missiles. Two of them broke through the air defense network were also shot down by the final interception system on the cruiser and aircraft carrier at the last moment. The biggest result of the Indian Navy's counterattack was that the bridge of the cruiser "Beijing" was hit by a large piece of debris, which injured an officer, and forced the damage managers on the warship to undergo temporary repairs, leaving a very ugly scar.

After the air defense alarm was lifted, Mu Haoyang breathed a sigh of relief.

The service staff on the aircraft carrier did not relax. They had to quickly land the J15b fleet that had already returned, otherwise these fighter jets would crash due to exhaustion of fuel.

Because some time was delayed in air defense operations, the last batch of J25 refueling machines that went to welcome the last batch of J25s failed to take off as Yang Yufang's arrangement. This is also the direct reason why the three J25s crashed on their way back. If the J15b carrying the partner refueling pods could take off in time, the three J25s could return to the fleet.

At five o'clock, the last j15b, which was carrying out the attack mission, returned to the sky above the fleet.

Half an hour ago, Mu Haoyang had ordered a voyage south to meet with the landing fleet.

As the action to strike the Indian fleet ended.

In this battle that lasted for six and a half hours, the Chinese fleet achieved brilliant results of completely destroying the Indian fleet and shooting down 137 enemy aircraft at the slightest cost of losing eight j25s.

At 4:20, Mu Haoyang asked the communication officer to send a good news.

At this time, Huang Zhibo had received photos taken by the second reconnaissance satellite, proving that all warships in the Indian fleet were hit by a fatal blow, the "Vicrant" had sunk, the "Vicharmadia" was bombed into two parts, and the "Vicharma" was also seriously tilted.

The Indian fleet is doomed, and there is no suspense to seize the power of sea control. What we need to do next is to expand the scope of the attack.

Before five o'clock, Huang Zhibo called Mu Haoyang back and asked him to carry out the next phase of combat operations as planned: bombing the Gulf of Bengal coast, as well as air bases, naval bases and air defense positions in southern India, and then leading the fleet into the Gulf of Bengal.

However, Mu Haoyang could not execute this command immediately.

After six hours of fierce fighting, the pilot was exhausted, and the aviation service personnel had to conduct comprehensive and thorough inspections and maintenance of the carrier-based fighter jets. Even if the service personnel did not rest and carried out overnight maintenance, they would have to wait until the morning of the 30th to dispatch the carrier-based fighter jets again.

No matter what, Mu Haoyang can at least have a good rest.

At this time, the impact of this naval battle has emerged.

After receiving the news, Indian Prime Minister Krusha was immediately shocked. It took him ten minutes to come back to his senses and immediately asked about the situation of the fleet.

Although the "Verat" has not sunk yet, the ending is the most inevitable.

Just as he was waiting for further news, the "Verat" was attacked by torpedoes and sank before dark, and more than one-third of the crew failed to escape.

As the "Verat" sinks, Krusha's confidence and ambitions are also the ones who are in danger.

China relies heavily on strategic routes on the Indian Ocean, and India relies more on the Indian Ocean. Without sea control, India will not only be defeated, but will also be very miserable. Although China has not declared war on India and is unlikely to carry out strategic blockades, the Chinese fleet has the ability to attack military bases and ports on India's mainland, and can completely cut off India's maritime lifeline by destroying the ports.

Infrastructure is more important than fleets.

If the fleet is gone, the national economy will not be affected and will benefit from rebuilding the fleet. However, after strategic infrastructure such as ports are destroyed, India's economy will collapse.

Krusha is very clear that China will never give up and will definitely expand the scope of the attack.

The battle situation is clear at a glance. As long as we continue to fight, India will lose everything.

The only way is to seek peace, seek peace from Pakistan and China through an active ceasefire, and then hand over the occupied areas.

Just as Krusha was considering how to take this step, he received a call from Shunyu Nakajima.

In fact, the annihilation of the Indian fleet would have a greater blow to Shingo Nakajima.

What he cared about was not the $150 billion deposit, but the attitude of the Indian Prime Minister, that is, after losing the sea power, India would be forced to admit defeat.

Politically speaking, as long as India admits its defeat, all the previous achievements will be wasted.

You should know that by the morning of the 29th, the Indian Army had already controlled the Siachen Glacier, occupied the entire mining area, and had the ability to continue to advance. As long as India persisted and forced Pakistan to seek peace, it could preserve the Siachen Glacier and obtain strategic resources that were crucial to Japan.

Affected by this, after receiving the news, Toshio Nakajima immediately thought that he should first stabilize Krusha.

The question is, what to believe that Krusha can force Pakistan to surrender?

Shinto Nakajima is not a fool. At this time, even if he promised to send ground troops to fight, Krusha would not believe that he could turn defeat into victory. The reason is very simple. After losing the sea control power, Japan could only use air transport to send ground troops, and most of the main combat equipment and more important combat materials could not rely entirely on air transport. Without sea transport, Japanese ground troops would not be able to participate in the war.

Without sea control, where can sea transportation come from?

Therefore, the key is to take back the sea control power on the battlefield, otherwise India will surrender within a few days.

What to seize the sea power?

Toshio Nakajima set his sights on the "Akagi" that was still under maintenance.

On the phone, Toshio Nakajima mentioned first that the "Akagi" would definitely go to sea at the end of August and then head to the Indian Ocean. However, this promise still cannot satisfy Krusha, because India cannot persist until the end of August, and will be defeated by the Chinese fleet before that.

To this end, Toshio Nakajima proposed a supplementary plan, that is, Japan came forward to negotiate with the United States, and the United States put pressure on the Philippines, allowing Japanese Air Force fighters to fly to India to participate in the war. First, they compensated for their sea control through air supremacy, so that the Chinese fleet did not dare to approach India.

After stabilizing the situation, Japan will organize a fleet with the "Akagi" as the core to expedition to the Indian Ocean.

In order to pay down payment for Krusha, Toshio Nakajima clearly mentioned that if India begs for surrender at this time, China will definitely make excessive demands, such as letting India ced the Andaman Nicoba Islands, or even making a fuss about the issue of southern Tibet, so that India will never turn over. Only by fighting can India achieve better results, rather than becoming a second-rate country in South Asia from then on.

Krusha is not a fool, he knows that Toshio Nakajima is using India as stepping stones.

However, he also knew very well that China would not only fight to defeat the Indian fleet, but if India voluntarily begs for surrender, China would definitely make excessive demands.

Politically speaking, Krusha will definitely not show weakness first, otherwise India would not even have the qualifications to negotiate.

Only by resisting China's attack and waiting for the United States to mediate can India be qualified to negotiate and protect national interests through negotiations.

As a result, Krusha accepted the advice of Toshio Nakajima and only gave Toshio Nakajima to Shishio.

If Toshio Nakajima cannot convince Macmillan within four seasons, India will have no choice but to seek peace from China before it suffers a complete defeat.
Chapter completed!