In the early morning of February 9, 2045, around 6:30 New Delhi time, the Indian Air Force suddenly attacked the Chinese Indian Ocean Fleet, which was conducting joint training in the northwest waters of the Maldives Islands without mobilization, and the Second Indian Ocean War broke out.

The Indian Air Force made careful preparations for the attack and it came very suddenly.

Based on some information obtained from the Indian government after the war, the attack was planned by the US military advisory group, and the United States provided key intelligence.

It can even be said that this was a strike operation led by the United States, just using the Indian Air Force.

As early as early February, when the Chinese Navy's East Indian Ocean Fleet was heading to the Arabian Sea to conduct joint training with the West Indian Ocean Fleet, the United States sent more than a dozen electronic reconnaissance aircraft to Digo Garcia to collect intelligence from the Chinese fleet and monitor every move of the Chinese fleet.

At that time, the US military also secretly dispatched more than a dozen attacking nuclear submarines to the Indian Ocean.

The main reason is that the directional communication equipment used by the Chinese fleet is highly confidential and difficult to detect, so electronic reconnaissance aircraft can only monitor the fleet's long-range communication signals. In order to obtain the fleet's detailed information, attack nuclear submarines that can conceal the fleet's contact.

With the help of the US military, the Indian Air Force has mastered a crucial piece of intelligence.

Every morning between 6:00 and 7:00 every morning, fighter jets that took off at night in the Chinese fleet will return one after another, and the fleet officers and soldiers will also change shifts at this time.

In other words, within this hour, the Chinese fleet's air defense deployment was the most vulnerable.

According to the intelligence provided by the US military, there will be no more than ten fighter jets on board during this period, and the aircraft carrier is recovering the return fighter jets, so it is difficult to send additional air defense fighters. More importantly, all warships are changing shifts, so the alert level will also be reduced.

If a sudden attack is launched during this period, the Chinese fleet will definitely suffer a heavy blow.

Another important factor was decided to launch a raid on February 9: On February 8, the East Indian Ocean Fleet conducted communications with Haoyang Port, and the telegram was intercepted by the US electronic reconnaissance aircraft. By comparing with the previously intercepted telegrams, the US military judged that the Chinese fleet would carry out supply operations within two to three days. Two days ago, the US military attacked nuclear submarine discovered the rapid combat support ship passing south of Sri Lanka. It was determined that the Chinese fleet would move southeast and meet with the rapid combat support ship in a certain waters north of the Maldives Islands.

In other words, through this information, the route of the Chinese fleet can be roughly judged.

That's why in the early morning of February 9, the Indian authorities made the decision to attack the Chinese fleet. Then the Indian intelligence agency sent the intelligence to the United States through a line that had been monitored by Chinese intelligence agencies, that is, China is working hard to win over French and other European countries and preparing to start war on India.

At that time, India's move was mainly to drag the United States into the water.

To be precise, in the eyes of Indian intelligence agencies, after intercepting this intelligence, the Chinese intelligence agencies will first consider the position of the United States, and the US authorities will not make a decision immediately, so they infer that India is actively preparing for war, and that the United States is likely to get involved. In this way, when China is conducting military deployment, it must be wary of the powerful enemies on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and will not do its best to cope with the challenges in the direction of the Indian Ocean, thereby relaxing its vigilance against India. Even if the Chinese authorities read out the war signals from it, they will not expect that India will launch a war in a few hours, so it will not have much impact on the Indian Air Force's assault operations.

In fact, it is indeed the case.

When Mu Haoyang made his judgment, the Indian Air Force's fighter jets had already taken off the air, and war was inevitable, and the Chinese fleet did not avoid sudden attacks because of receiving the alarm in advance.

It can be said that India's deployment at this time seemed very critical, that is, there was no war mobilization before attacking the Chinese fleet.

During this round of assault, the Indian Air Force dispatched a total of three groups of aircraft, totaling nearly 500 fighter jets.

Because Sino-Indian relations have long reached the brink of war, and India has received a large number of American-made fighter jets and is strengthening training, these fighter jets did not alarm Chinese intelligence agencies when they took off from more than 20 air force bases, and were considered to be conducting daily training.

When the battle started, the Chinese fleet was seriously inadequate in preparation.

At that time, the two fleets had just received an alarm, but were recovering fighter jets trained at night, so the four aircraft carrier battle groups did not immediately send additional air defense fighters, but decided to wait after seven o'clock to wait until all fighters return to the air defense force.

More importantly, when recycling fighter jets, the four aircraft carriers were separated by relatively large numbers.

The result is that the escort warships in the four aircraft carrier battle groups are difficult to cover each other.

At that time, the Qinling Mountains, located at the forefront of the fleet, were 80 kilometers away from the Yellow Rivers, located at the last, and the distance between each aircraft carrier was more than fifteen kilometers. According to aviation operation standards, when aircraft carriers recovered fighter jets, the distance between aircraft carriers must be more than ten kilometers.

In this way, when the Qinling River is attacked, the air defense warships in the Yellow River aircraft carrier battle group will be difficult to play a role. On the contrary, if the Yellow River is attacked first, the air defense warships in the Qinling River aircraft carrier battle group can only stare at it.

Because the Chinese fleet was sailing southeast, the first one to be attacked was the Yellow River.

The first batch of Indian fighters arrived, as many as 180, of which 30 were escort fighters, and there were only two air defense fighters over the Yellow River.

What's even more terrible is that the only carrier-based early warning aircraft that took off was near the Taihang Mountains, 60 kilometers away from the Yellow River.

The result was that the carrier-based early warning aircraft failed to detect the approaching Indian fighter jets in time, and it did not issue an air defense alarm until nearly a thousand anti-ship missiles approached.

This round of attack is quite deadly. The two cruisers covering the Yellow River and the two destroyers used all their strength and only shot down more than 200 anti-ship missiles. This is also related to the status of the escort warship, because when the early warning aircraft issued an alarm, the fleet was changing its guard, and the newly-employed officers and soldiers had not adjusted their condition. More importantly, the time left for the escort warship was only two minutes, and effective anti-missile interception was impossible.

At that time, it was not only the "Yellow River" that was attacked, but also the "Yangtze River" aircraft carrier battle group ahead.

Within three minutes, a total of twelve warships, including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, were hit by missiles, eight of which were paralyzed in air defense warships, and two aircraft carriers were also severely damaged.

But, this is just the beginning.

At about 6:37, the second group of attack aircraft of the Indian Air Force arrived, and 220 fighter jets dropped more than 1,000 anti-ship missiles 350 kilometers away from the Chinese fleet. Because there were not enough fighter jets over the Chinese fleet, the Indian Air Force's escort fighter jets also left near the Chinese fleet, attacked early warning aircraft that were being urgently evaded, and provided relay guidance for anti-ship missiles.

This time, the battle groups of the USS Qinling and the aircraft carriers of the USS Taihang Mountains were attacked.

Although the two aircraft carrier battle groups had entered combat state at that time, in just a few minutes, the scattered escort warships could not return to the aircraft carrier at all, and could not provide direct cover for the aircraft carrier. In the peripheral anti-missile operations, the twelve air defense warships in the two aircraft carrier battle groups shot down nearly 800 anti-ship missiles, but in the end, more than 500 anti-ship missiles broke through the peripheral defense line and concentrated on attacking large warships including aircraft carriers.

Relatively speaking, this round of attacks has much worse effect.

Mainly, the East Indian Ocean Fleet has more escort warships and stronger anti-missile capabilities in the last stage, while the anti-ship missiles entering the final attack stage are much less than the first round of attacks.

For example, during the battle, the last interception system on the Qinling Mountains shot down nearly 100 anti-ship missiles, and was eventually hit by only three anti-ship missiles. The hit points were all above the waterline and concentrated on the starboard side. The damage to the aircraft carrier was not very serious. The lifts and catapults on the port side could still be used, so fighter jets could be arranged to take off. The Taihang Mountains were only hit by one anti-ship missile, but this missile hit the ship island directly, causing more than 100 officers and soldiers, including the captain, and paralyzed the aircraft carrier's command system for a long time.

At 6:50, the third batch of Indian fighter jets arrived.

This time, Indian fighter jets used not anti-ship missiles, but precisely guided bombs. To be precise, they were guided bombs specially used to attack large warships.

As early as the Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Navy proved that in some cases, bombs were more effective than anti-ship missiles.

Since then, the United States has also developed several anti-ship ammunition of different levels, and all of them have adopted rocket boosting methods to improve the bomb's penetration efficiency.

As long as the air supremacy is obtained and the fighter jets are allowed to drop bombs at close range, the attack effect will definitely be much better than that of anti-ship missiles.

It can be said that this is the deadliest round of attacks.

Because the Qinling and Taihang Mountains were not seriously damaged in the second round of attacks, Indian fighters concentrated on attacking the two aircraft carriers.

Of course, this is also related to the mass of the "Qinling" and the "Taihang Mountain".

Compared with the two "Yangtze River" class aircraft carriers, the "Qinling" and the "Taihang Mountain" are much larger, so they are more valuable for attack.

In this round of attacks, the Indian Air Force also paid a heavy price.

Among the more than 100 Indian fighter jets, more than 30 were shot down by air defense missiles launched by Chinese warships during the penetration stage, and several were shot down by air defense fighter jets that were urgently lifted off when they were dropped. According to the battle reports provided by the fleet, at least forty-four Indian fighter jets were shot down.

Of course, the Indian Air Force only admitted to the loss of seventeen fighter jets.

However, this round of attacks completely ruined the East Indian Ocean Fleet.

At the end of the attack, the Qinling Mountains was hit by at least seventeen bombs, the fire was completely out of control, and the hull was tilted right by about ten degrees. The situation of the Taihang Mountains was even worse, with the angle of the head inclination exceeding ten degrees, and the acting captain had to urgently order the water in the tail compartment to restore longitudinal balance. If the head inclination is not controlled, the stern of the ship will be lifted from the water surface and the hull will be broken from the middle.

More importantly, all the warships in the four aircraft carrier battle groups were severely damaged and there was no way to send a telegram.
Chapter completed!