.Chapter 49 Decisive counterattack

The result of the first round of attack disappointed Dongxiang Zuwang.

Although it is still impossible to determine whether the First Fleet was hit, less than twenty of the 114 fighter jets dispatched returned, and all four early warning aircraft were shot down, indicating that the First Fleet's air defense capabilities are very strong and it is very likely that they have made preparations for air defense in advance.

Of course, Dongxiang Zuwang did not give up.

At this time, he could not give up, because the First Fleet's reconnaissance aircraft had discovered the joint fleet, and the First Fleet would definitely launch a counterattack immediately.

Can you withstand the counterattack of the First Fleet?

Dongxiang Zuwang didn't have much hope, and all he could do was to arrange a second round of attacks as soon as possible.

In addition, Dongxiang Zuwang also realized that as long as the air defense force of the First Fleet is not as strong as boastful, then after withstanding the first round of attacks, there is no longer much air defense force. Therefore, as long as the second round of attack is launched in time, it is very likely to severely damage the First Fleet.

That's why Dongxiang Zuwang arranged a second group of attack aircraft to take off at around 11:40.

This time, he arranged twenty-four F-35cj to perform escort missions, and increased the supported e-2fs to six to ensure that each fighter can be supported by early warning aircraft.

In this way, there are eighty-six f-35cjs that perform attack missions.

Because four f-35cjs failed before taking off, the actual momentum was still eighty-two.

In terms of tactical arrangements, Dongxiang Zuwang decided to let the escort fighter jets and attack aircraft groups operate separately, that is, to escort fighter jets to attract Chinese fighter jets. The attack aircraft groups circled to the south of the first fleet and penetrated from ultra-low altitudes, striving to launch anti-ship missiles before they were exposed.

It can be said that Dongxiang Zuwang took a big gamble.

If the First Fleet's air defense network is still tight, then the attack aircraft group that is operating alone will definitely be massacred.

You should know that no matter how advanced the performance of fighter jets is, they cannot fight with air defense fighters after they are hung with a few tons of ammunition, and they cannot defeat air defense fighters.

Dongxiang Zuwang's arrangement was mainly based on a preface, that is, the First Fleet will launch a counterattack immediately.

If the attack aircraft group is allowed to follow the escort fighter, it is very likely that they will encounter Chinese fighter jets on the way, and it will be impossible to successfully reach the near of the First Fleet.

Only by avoiding the attack aircraft group sent by the First Fleet can we be expected to attack the First Fleet.

There is another very obvious benefit in this arrangement, that is, after encountering the attack aircraft group of the First Fleet, the escort fighter can enter the battle without any scruples. To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to extending the air defense network of the joint fleet and adding an air defense intercept line.

Obviously, Dongxiang Zuwang knew very well that the joint fleet was more important than anything else.

If the First Fleet cannot be eliminated in this battle, we must also protect the joint fleet as much as possible, rather than fighting with the First Fleet to the death.

Don't forget that the Second Fleet has not appeared yet.

At 11:50, the first f-35cj that performed an escort mission took off. Because he was not in a hurry to travel, the e-2f that accompanied the action was arranged to take off behind the f-35cj.

At this time, Yang Yu had just issued a counterattack order.

At 11:52, the first j-25m took off from the Kunlun Mountain.

Because all j-32s have been launched and most of them have used up all ammunition in previous air defense operations, the attack missions are j-25m.

In any case, the four aircraft carriers have much more efficient dispatch in emergency situations than the two aircraft carriers.

Within ten minutes, a total of fifty-six F-35cj were launched, plus twenty-four people patrolled over the fleet, the number of air defense fighters in the joint fleet reached eighty.

With so many fighters, it is obviously impossible to be fully guided by e-2f.

According to the arrangement of Dongxiang Zuwang, only eight F-35cjs came forward. Under the guidance of early warning aircraft, they intercepted the Chinese fighter jets from the army, and all the rest remained near the fleet and were commanded by air defense warships.

The eight F-35cj failed to intercept the attack aircraft group, but first encountered the escort fighter jets that came out.

However, there are only seven j-25m that can still cover the attack aircraft group and cannot deal with more air defense fighters.

At this time, the number of air defense fighters determines everything.

After eight o'clock, the first batch of thirty-two j-25m launched anti-ship missiles 400 kilometers away from the joint fleet.

Instead of evacuating the battlefield, these fighters continued to approach the joint fleet, facing the intercepted air defense fighters, and covering the second group of attack aircraft behind them.

It must be admitted that in air tactical arrangements, Yang Yufang is much more powerful than Dongxiang Zuwang.

According to his arrangement, the sixty-four j-25m were divided into two aircraft groups. The thirty-two j-25m in the first aircraft group each carried two anti-ship missiles, two medium-range air-to-air missiles and two fighting missiles. After launching anti-ship missiles, they will be transferred to perform escort missions. The second batch of j-25m each carried two 1,000 kilogram-class "warship killers" and two fighting missiles, and carried out close-range bombing of the joint fleet.

As long as the attack is successful, the joint fleet will definitely be severely damaged.

The problem is that Yang Yufang ignored one problem: the joint fleet has four aircraft carriers, and the number of carrier-based fighters is much more than the first fleet.

If you cannot break through the peripheral air defense network, no matter how powerful the "warship killer" is, it will not come in handy.

This is exactly the case in actual combat.

When the first batch of J-25m participated in the air combat, only about forty F-35cj were restrained, and more than 30 air defense fighters were not put into combat. As a result, when the second batch of J-25m arrived, there were still enough air defense fighters over the joint fleet.

In this battle, only a few j-25m continued to assault the joint fleet.

After encountering air defense fighter jets, most of the j-25m pilots were forced to throw away bombs, give up attack operations, and instead fight air defense fighters.

According to the battle report submitted by Yang Yufang, only six j-25m dropped bombs over the joint fleet at that time.

Because the joint fleet was already in air defense, these six j-25m failed to approach the aircraft carrier, but bombed the air defense warships located on the periphery.

The attacks were a cruiser and a destroyer in the battle group of the USS Canglong aircraft carrier.

Both warships were severely damaged because they were worried that they would fall into the hands of the Chinese Navy and were sunk by Japanese warships before dawn. This loss was not a serious injury at all.

If it is for the purpose of attacking the joint fleet, Yang Yufang's counterattack is not very meaningful.

From another perspective, this counterattack changed the fate of the Joint Fleet, because in the fierce air combat, the Joint Fleet lost 78 fighters. Although the First Fleet also lost 47 fighters, it was possible to obtain supplies by returning to the Western Pacific, and the Joint Fleet was not so lucky.

When the joint fleet was hit, the first fleet was also attacked.

After ten o'clock, the second group of attack aircraft sent by Dongxiang Zuwang reached about 400 kilometers south of the first fleet. Four batches of f-35cj successively launched anti-ship missiles. Then the first two batches of forty f-35cj continued to approach the first fleet, while the other two batches of f-35cj turned back.

The forty F-35cjs that continued to approach the First Fleet only carried two anti-ship missiles, so they had the ability to carry four medium-range air-to-air missiles and two fighting missiles, and they could fight air defense fighters after reflecting anti-ship missiles. The other forty-two F-35cjs each carried four anti-ship missiles. They did not carry medium-range air-to-air missiles, and they did not have the ability to fight air defense fighters.

Dongxiang Zuwang's arrangement was mainly because he was worried about being intercepted by air defense fighters.

In his opinion, if intercepted, at least half of the F-35cj can cover other fighter jets and ensure that half of the fighter jets can launch anti-ship missiles.

However, the f-35cj aircraft cluster was not intercepted.
Chapter completed!