Mu Haoyang's arrival made Zhang Yuting relieved.

It’s not that Zhang Yuting has no confidence, but that Mu Haoyang is the ideal fleet commander in this adversity, because he is the only one who has won a similar war. More importantly, the task force must not make any mistakes, otherwise it will be difficult for the Chinese army to win this war. In the long run, whether the task force can defeat the Indian fleet at a small price will determine whether the Chinese Navy can compete with the US Navy in a few years.

"You came just in time and just received a telegram from Haoyang Port."

"Have you discovered it?"

"Not yet. Haoyang Port has dispatched all reconnaissance aircraft as you arranged, expanding the reconnaissance range to 2,000 kilometers. Every fifteen minutes, Haoyang Port will report the situation." Zhang Yuting accelerated his pace and kept up with Mu Haoyang. "So far, no useful news has been received."

"What about the fleet?"

"The mobilization work has been completed, and the officers and soldiers are very excited. To be precise, they are eager to fight."

Mu Haoyang nodded and didn't ask anything more.

When he arrived at the fleet combat command center, Zhang Yuting brought all the telegrams he had received before.

At this moment, the communications consultant sent an extremely important piece of information: a submarine operating outside the Port of Cochin ambushed the Indian fleet.

"The warfare area is east of the Octades." Zhang Yuting marked the warfare area of ​​the submarine on the chart. "The Indian fleet is sailing south at full speed and is expected to turn eastward in four to six hours, entering the East Indian Ocean from Sri Lanka to the south, and then heading to the vicinity of Sumatra."

Mu Haoyang nodded thoughtfully and did not rush to speak.

"If the Indian fleet advances at full speed, we will not be able to enter the Indian Ocean from the Sunda Strait in time, so we can only take a detour and walk the Longmu Strait."

"Do you think the Indian fleet will move forward at full speed?"

"this……"

"Anyway, our situation is much better than twenty years ago," Mu Haoyang paused for a moment and said, "The Indian fleet will definitely bomb Galle or avoid it south. No matter which option, it will delay some time, and then bomb Haoyang Port and Yuelong Air Force Base. In other words, even if the Indian fleet advances at full speed, it will not be possible to block the Sunda Strait before us."

"you mean……"

"According to the original plan, enter the Indian Ocean from the Sunda Strait and then sail northwest along Sumatra. When setting the route, we have to consider the reconnaissance aircraft deployed by the United States in Singapore and Australia." Mu Haoyang looked up at Zhang Yuting and said, "If I only deal with the Indian fleet, I am 100% sure. The problem now is that we need to face more than the Indian fleet."

Zhang Yuting's brow jumped a few times and said, "If this is the case, we will be inseparable."

Mu Haoyang smiled and said nothing.

He had long thought of this. The United States would definitely use reconnaissance aircraft deployed in Singapore and Australia to monitor all straits entering the Indian Ocean and provide intelligence for India. In other words, it is impossible for the task force to enter the Indian Ocean quietly.

Zhang Yuting hesitated for a moment and said, "It seems that we have to reconsider the combat operations."

"There is nothing to consider. The soldiers come to block the enemy, and the water comes to flood the earth."

"this……"

"There is no doubt that it is difficult for us to hide our whereabouts and will be discovered sooner or later. For us, entering the Indian Ocean will be a real battle. All we can do is to pass through the Sunda Strait before the Indian fleet arrives, and enter the open seas so that the fleet's combat effectiveness can be fully exerted."

"But……"

"It is obvious that the initiative is in the hands of the Indian fleet." Mu Haoyang turned around and leaned on the chart table, saying, "The Indian fleet will either come up to fight us in a decisive battle, or retreat to the nearest part of the land, and fight us in a decisive battle under the cover of the air force. If you choose the former, the Indian fleet will have to bomb our military base on the South Andaman Island first to avoid being attacked from both sides. If you choose the latter, the Indian fleet will also have to bomb Galle and South Andaman Islands to eliminate worries. In short, the Indian fleet will definitely fight us at a more appropriate time."

"In this way, we have no chance of winning."

"Of course, so we have to try to change that."

"But……"

"Before I came here, I had instructed my mother Qi Tie to adjust the air strike plan and focus on bombing the Indian air base in the early stage to attack India's air force. In addition, I also ordered Qi Kaiwei to use tactical ballistic missiles to strike India's air base within 24 hours."

Zhang Yuting was stunned and then smiled.

"As long as my mother Qi Tie and Qi Kaiwei execute my order, the Indian fleet has no choice." Mu Haoyang smiled and said, "Although the Indian Air Force attacked our fleet, it is still far from competing for air supremacy with us. As long as the Air Force can win air supremacy within twenty-four hours, the situation will become beneficial to us. If I were the commander of the Indian fleet, I would consider this and would not expect to receive cover and support from the Air Force. To put it bluntly, the only choice of the Indian fleet is to destroy us as soon as possible and seize the sea supremacy of the Indian Ocean. For the Indian authorities, this is also the only way to defeat us, because only in this way can we cut off our strategic routes, and we do not have the ability to win in the Indian Ocean, so we will be forced to compromise with India."

"No doubt, this is also the result that the United States is willing to see."

Mu Haoyang nodded and said, "If my judgment is completely correct, the United States will also make a statement, at least it will try to restrain our Pacific Fleet."

"Okay, then what should we do?"

"Be prepared for a tough battle."

Zhang Yuting nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Half an hour later, two messages sent by the General Staff confirmed Mu Haoyang's speculation.

The first news was that Indian fighter jets bombed Galle Port at around 8 o'clock in the night at battlefield time, sank three military ships that had not had time to evacuate, as well as some infrastructure. Fortunately, there were no serious casualties, and the air defense forces also shot down seven Indian fighters. According to the situation explained by the captured pilots, they were Indian Navy fighters and were affiliated with the carrier-based aviation force.

In other words, it was the Indian Navy fighter jets that bombed Galle.

From this we can judge that the Indian fleet is still near Sri Lanka and has turned eastward and has not pursued the battle group of the "Yangtze River" aircraft carrier returning to Gwadar Port.

The second news is that the US fleet deployed in Guam and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii has left the port, with a total of six aircraft carrier battle groups.

According to Mu Haoyang's deployment, the four aircraft carrier battle groups of the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet have also left the port to avoid danger.

Because these four aircraft carrier battle groups have not yet formed combat effectiveness, they will stay near the Fuso Islands and operate under the cover of the Air Force.

Apparently, the United States has taken action to support India in an indirect way.

To be honest, if it weren't for worrying about China's explosive power, especially the potential of the four aircraft carrier battle groups, the United States might have declared war on China. In this way, if the task force has a shortcoming and two shortcomings, the Chinese Navy has to draw troops from the Pacific Fleet to deal with the Indian Fleet, the United States will take advantage of this opportunity to declare war on China, seize the Pacific sea control power in one fell swoop, and push the front line outside the doorstep of China. If the maritime battlefield is lost, even if the Chinese Army and the Air Force can withstand the pressure, it will be difficult to win.

In fact, this is also the main reason why Mu Haoyang left four aircraft carriers in the Pacific.

Similarly, this is the main reason why the task force must win.

In the early morning of the 10th, the task force entered the Java Sea.

Although Indonesia and Malaysia are allies of China, China has not yet issued an invitation to war, so Mu Haoyang did not alarm these two countries.

This night, the main battlefield was over South Asia.

After several "warm-up battles" in the afternoon, the Chinese Air Force completed pre-war preparations and launched an air strike on the entire Indian territory after nightfall.

According to Mu Haoyang's deployment, the Chinese Air Force focused on attacking India's air forces, especially air bases.

That night, the Chinese Air Force dispatched more than 1,800 combat aircraft, carried out more than 3,000 combat missions, and focused on bombing 27 Indian Air Force bases.

The battle was very fierce, after all, the Indian Air Force also had great strength.

Before the outbreak of the war, India had introduced more than 1,600 fighter jets from the United States, including more than 300 F-44s, and upgraded and improved the original more than 600 fighter jets, mainly F-22i and F-35i, and its combat capability reached the latest batch of standards. In other words, the Indian Air Force has a total of more than 2,200 fighter jets. Except for more than 300 F-44s, most of them are the fourth-generation F-22 and F-35s. As for those Russian-made fighters that appeared during the First Indian Ocean War, they were eliminated after a large number of US military aid arrived. In addition, all ef-2000 purchased from Europe after the First Indian Ocean War were also sealed.

If you only look at the equipment, the strength of the Indian Air Force ranks third in the world, second only to the Chinese Air Force and the US Air Force.

In South Asia, the Indian Air Force has significantly surpassed the Pakistan Air Force and has enough ability to defeat any opponent in the region in the short term.

However, the strength of the Air Force is definitely not obtained by equipment.

In terms of system combat capabilities, the Indian Air Force is much worse than the Chinese Air Force, and even in terms of equipment, it is much behind the Chinese Air Force.

Not to mention anything else, by the time the war broke out, the Chinese Air Force had replaced the j-20 with j-30.

Although the mass production of j-32 has only begun and only one tactical aviation division is equipped, the Chinese Air Force has long been preparing for the inability of j-32 to serve as scheduled, replacing j-22 with j-30, which strengthened its multi-purpose capabilities, and only retained the modernized and improved j-22m.

In other words, the Chinese Air Force has completed the transition to the fifth-generation fighter jet.

As for other aspects, the gap between the Indian Air Force is even more obvious.
Chapter completed!