76: Chapter 76 Zhou Wuzheng, the King of Command! His Unconventional Battle Plans!
Shi Jinghai explained solemnly:
"Trying to destroy an aircraft carrier within a fully established carrier strike group is far more difficult than one might imagine!"
"First,"
"The aircraft carrier fleet that the Americans have assembled this time is a multi-carrier joint strike group built with the goal of winning medium-sized local wars!"
"It is expected to be equipped with over 30 anti-aircraft missile cruisers and battle destroyers, over 10 anti-submarine missile destroyers and frigates, and over 10 nuclear-powered attack submarines!"
"It possesses extremely strong comprehensive operational capabilities in anti-air, anti-submarine, and information warfare!"
"This has caused the joint carrier strike group of the Western Alliance to achieve exponential growth in all aspects of its defensive capabilities!"
"Even if we were to launch a saturation attack on the target area where the fleet is located, I fear the vast majority would be easily intercepted by countless anti-aircraft naval guns, making it impossible to achieve our goal with 100% certainty!"
"Second,"
"Recently, our Huaxia's first aircraft carrier has completed repairs, and our domestically-produced carrier has also overcome several critical technical hurdles. The more we know, the more we realize how terrifying an aircraft carrier truly is!"
"The structural defense of an aircraft carrier itself can be said to be perfect. Localized damage will not affect the overall operation of the carrier; even if hit directly by anti-ship missiles or even heavy torpedoes, it is very difficult to sink!"
"Even if we were to launch a saturation missile attack and a few stray missiles managed to hit one of the carriers, I'm afraid the effect would be unsatisfactory."
"Third,"
"Another even more frustrating reality is that the Americans are certain we wouldn't dare launch a saturation missile attack on their carrier fleet, because their five carriers are fully loaded with fighter jets, with a total number of carrier-based aircraft reaching over two hundred!"
"Once all our missiles are used to assault the carriers without achieving good results, their carrier-based aircraft will no longer face any missile threats!"
"At that point, they would instead have ample justification to bomb our country's key cities!"
As the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Shi Jinghai's words carried great authority. He had not only analyzed the current situation but also basically figured out the Americans' intentions clearly.
To put it bluntly, the Americans knew that Huaxia would not dare to make a move and could only honestly hold back!
General Yun Feijie slammed the table and said angrily: "In that case, let's aim all our missiles at the Americans' key cities!"
"As long as they dare to act, we will perish together!"
"Let those damn Americans know what the Huaxia people's mettle is really like!"
The person at the head of the table coughed twice and said: "Comrade Yun Feijie, calm down!"
"You must understand one thing: the Americans are joining forces with the Western Alliance countries to press against our Huaxia, nominally just for a joint naval military exercise."
"If we react too aggressively or strike first, we will be giving them the best possible excuse!"
"Actually, we all understand one thing. That is, if we in Huaxia simply sit by and ignore this joint naval military exercise by the eight Western Alliance nations, and just bite the bullet and accept it, we only lose face."
"They have no way to actually dare to attack us in Huaxia."
Upon hearing this, everyone's anger flared up instantly. Even Long Jianjun, who had the best temper, couldn't help but say: "Supreme Leader, this is too stifling!"
"Stifling?"
"If you cannot provide me with a suitable military response plan today, then this is the best response plan!"
The voice fell. There was a deathly silence in the conference room. No one dared to say that the response plan they proposed would be foolproof!
War always involves bloodshed and sacrifice! Losing the substance for the sake of face—the rise of Huaxia might just come to a halt here, and they would become sinners against Huaxia!
After a long while, a voice rang out in the conference room. The youngest three-star general in the Supreme Military Region, the King of Command of Huaxia, Chief of General Staff Zhou Wuzheng spoke up.
"Perhaps, I have a response plan!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's gaze focused on Chief of General Staff Zhou Wuzheng. Everyone knew how much pressure one would have to bear to dare to say such things at this moment. Without sufficient self-confidence and complete certainty, one would absolutely not dare to speak up!
Chief of General Staff Zhou Wuzheng sat up straight, leaned slightly forward, and said calmly: "This response plan of mine can not only relieve the siege but also demonstrate our might!"
General Yun Feijie looked pleased: "Comrade Zhou Wuzheng, you are the top strategist of our Dragon Army, please speak freely!"
Chief of General Staff Zhou Wuzheng did not answer immediately. Instead, he turned on the computer projector in front of him. The large screen in the conference room displayed an image—it was a sand table simulation! What was being simulated was a naval battle!
"Everyone, please look."
In this sand table simulation of the naval battle, the Blue side possessed hundreds of various luxury warships, with five aircraft carriers hidden in the very center, majestically occupying hundreds of miles of sea area!
At this moment, ten fighter jets from the Red side appeared! Their flight speed was extremely fast, exceeding Mach 15, and their flight altitude was extremely high, soaring out of the troposphere to reach one hundred thousand meters!
These fighter jets quickly arrived above the center of the carrier strike group. However, the most bizarre thing was that the Blue side's carrier strike group did not react at all!
The people watching the sand table simulation had flashes of brilliance in their eyes! These Red side fighter jets possessed extremely strong stealth capabilities!
After reaching the designated position, the Red side fighter jets did not carry out the bombing attack that everyone expected, but instead began to dive at high speed! As their flight altitude plummeted, reaching five thousand meters and about to be visually detected by the carrier strike group, to everyone's surprise, ten armored soldiers jumped straight down from each fighter jet!
A total of one hundred armored soldiers had pale blue flames erupting from their joints! They activated their auxiliary flight systems to counteract the acceleration and sped toward the aircraft carriers!
The most critical point was that these armored soldiers possessed the same stealth capabilities as the fighter jets! Due to superior stealth coating materials, as these armored soldiers got closer and closer to the carriers, reaching a point where they could be seen with the naked eye, all the radar systems of the multi-carrier joint strike group seemed to have malfunctioned, still showing no reaction at all!
In the end, within just a few tens of seconds, these armored soldiers landed steadily on the flight decks of the carriers!
Following that, all the armored soldiers seemed to transform into phantom assassins in the night, cutting through the soldiers on the deck like slicing melons and vegetables. Even if all the surrounding escort warships reacted, they could only watch helplessly, completely unable to do anything! Because they could not aim their guns at their own aircraft carriers!
Thus, in just over ten minutes, the nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that had shaken the Blue Planet were dramatically captured by one hundred armored soldiers! With that, the sand table simulation ended!
"This!!!" The people present were so shocked that they could not speak for a long time, completely stunned by this fierce and novel method of special operations!