Chapter 320: The battle at sea is imminent
Therefore, its ships continue to develop towards large-scale and ocean-oriented development, and their self-confidence continues to expand.
Most Koreans always believe that their naval strength is second only to the United States, Japan, France, and Russia. As for the United Kingdom and Z, there is currently no aircraft carrier (in 2002), and there is less than theirs in the number of large and medium-sized surface ships.
The total number of South Korean Navy is around 35,000.
The military exercise team was equipped with 1 "Dudao"-class amphibious assault ship, 1 "Guoxiafeng"-class tank landing ship, 2 KDX-2 Aegis destroyers (Li Sun-sen), 3 KDX-1 destroyers, 5 "Incheon"-class ffx-1 frigates, and 6 Ulsan-class frigates.
Among them, the "Dudao"-class amphibious assault ship was launched in 2005 in its previous life. However, with the support of the French, South Korea developed very quickly.
At 3 pm, when France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, carrying amphibious assault ships, Aquitaine-class destroyers, Lafayette-class frigates, and ruby-class attack nuclear submarines, appeared in the Far East.
The Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship, the "Guoxiafeng" class tank landing ship, and the KDX-2 class Aegis destroyer group, also met with the French fleet in the Far East.
This super joint fleet with a total scale of more than 40 ships occupied a large area of sea once it merged. The scale was very spectacular, as if the entire sea surface would be flattened by them.
Such a scene naturally attracted war correspondents from all over the world. They took special helicopters, took cameras and cameras, and took as many of this scene as possible.
"Compared with last year, the joint exercises of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Forces, this South Korea-France joint exercise is nearly twice as large as the scale! Even the aircraft carrier combat group has been dispatched. I really don't know what kind of response will Russia respond?" A reporter who participated in the shooting last year, Russia and Japan's maritime confrontation, asked his companions curiously.
"Last year, the Russian Navy urgently transferred the USS Kuznetsov aircraft carrier battle group. Then, the Japanese Navy, which was scared away with nuclear submarines and Tu-95 strategic bombers. South Korea and France are probably going to learn from Japan's lessons and take more precautions in air and underwater units, right?" War correspondents are mostly half of military experts, and their analysis is correct.
This time, the South Korean and French joint fleets have long taken sufficient precautions and measures to target Russia's Tu-95 and Tu-160 supersonic bombers, as well as attack and missile nuclear submarines.
That is to send more fighter jets to be on standby nearby at any time. Add underwater combat units to use French ruby-class attack nuclear submarines to fight against Russia's 971 nuclear submarines. You must completely overwhelm the other side in terms of momentum and strength. Give the Russians a profound warning.
"Look! It seems that the Russian fleet is in front of it, the USS Kuznetsov aircraft carrier battle group?" The battlefield reporters on the helicopter looked at the distant sea with telescopes. There was a black conventional-powered aircraft carrier, carrying three modern class destroyers and six Grissa class frigates. The gentle North Korea-South Korea-France joint fleet was coming.
Koreans and French people want to conduct joint military exercises. Of course, Russia also has to join in the fun and participate together. However, the exercise areas of the two sides are not the same. The sea areas that are blocked in advance and prohibited from passing through are also different.
Seeing that the Russian fleet had only a pitiful 10 warships. Four times the number of its Korean and French joint fleet, it immediately surpassed Russia in its momentum.
"Let the underwater troops go to the waters ahead to reconnaise and see if the Russians' nuclear submarines are ambushing there? Also, let the air troops be on standby at any time to prevent the Russians from using any conspiracy to destroy our military exercise." Captain Legov, on the French Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, ordered the fleet.
Although there were only 10 Russian ships in front of them, their French navy would not be blindly arrogant like the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, so as not to be caught off guard by Russia.
At the same time, the South Korean Navy, which followed the French fleet, was not as cautious as the French. After seeing Russia and being so weak, they finally let go of most of the hearts they had originally held.
"Sure enough, with the distribution locations of the four Russian fleets, they could not have rushed to the Far East so quickly! This is also the weakness of their Russian Navy. If the sea area is too large, the reaction efficiency will be reduced!" Lieutenant General Min Junhao, who was in charge of the commander-in-chief of the South Korean "Doudao" class amphibious assault ship, said with a proud smile.
They deliberately fought with Russia for a time difference to prevent the Russian Navy from having enough time. Like the last time they dealt with Japan, they drew ships and came to support.
"Lieutenant General, 28 nautical miles ahead is the Russian fleet's military exercise blockade area. With our current speed, we are expected to enter the area in 75 minutes. Do you see if you order to slow down the fleet?" asked the major general and the first mate, who suggested.
It was a very serious provocation to step into the prohibited airlines of other countries at will. Just like Japan last time, it not only entered the blockade of the Russian Navy, but also accelerated its rush towards them, trying to forcibly interrupt the Russian military exercises.
"The Russians have only sent out ten warships to have such a large area of military exercises?" Lieutenant General Min Junhao looked at the prohibited area of the Russian fleet again. Before, he saw the Russians who wanted such a large area of sea, and he felt that they were "bluffing".
Nowadays, compared with the rare number of 10 ships, it is obvious that the Russian Navy does not use such a large area. Moreover, the distance between the fleets of both sides now requires a full speed of at least four hours before there will be a chance of close combat (currently 450 kilometers apart).
The reason why it takes 4 hours to sail to have a chance to fight in a short time is because traditional anti-ship missiles, when launched 300 kilometers away from the target, the missile needs to fly for about 18 minutes. During this period, the navigation distance of the target ship is within a range of 15 kilometers. The missile's navigation error is about 3 kilometers.
The addition of the two means that the aiming point of 18 kilometers is deviated. Even if the 15 kilometers of the missile seeker is counted, the target cannot be intercepted.
Therefore, traditional anti-ship missiles generally need to be launched around 200 kilometers to accurately intercept the target. If it exceeds a certain value, the hit rate is very low.
A very interesting comparison is that in the 1980s, the range of Tomahawk cruise missiles could reach 2,000 kilometers. However, the anti-ship range of Tomahawk cruise missiles could only reach 500 kilometers. In the end, the US military did not use it. It was mainly due to different guidance methods.
Chapter completed!