Great Power Technology.

Chapter 311 Treat it as military training
On July 7, the Ryukyu waters, the high seas area outside the first island chain.

The No. 002 aircraft carrier formation has approached to less than 200 nautical miles from the Ristanis and Reagan formations, but the opponent has no intention of retreating. Instead, it monitors the movement of the No. 002 formation through early warning aircraft, and always keeps intercepting the formation's scheduled course. .

According to the current speed of the No. 002 formation, in about 10 hours, the three aircraft carrier formations will collide face-to-face.

He Kangmei stood in the command room with a serious face, and the radar screen showed those fighter planes from the ugly country that had entered the radar range, and his own fighter planes had already taken off, performing routine alert and repelling missions .

"Is the intention of the other party clear? What do they want to do? Are they planning to fight us, or are they just trying to disgust us?"

The chief intelligence officer at the side, Chen Liguo, shook his head slightly, and replied:
"It's not easy to judge at the moment. According to the information we have now, the probability of disgusting us is relatively high, but the problem is that they use this method to disgust us, and the probability of causing local conflicts is very high. We can't guarantee that it will be true. Exactly outside that line -- again, they can't do it."

"So, our basic principle is to maintain the highest vigilance. All combat units are ready, and other support forces within the first island chain are also coming. The No. 001 formation will arrive at the predetermined position in 4 hours. They are on standby outside the warning range, and if something happens to our side, they will immediately launch support from a long distance."

"In addition, all the land positions have been prepared, and the target has been locked, but we will not do anything unless it is absolutely necessary."

"Now the opponent has exposed only the formation of the Stennis. We are still looking for the positions of the other two formations. The positions have not been confirmed yet, but the satellites have been mobilized. We can complete the positioning within two hours at most."

Hearing this, He Kangmei's originally serious face revealed a bit of doubt.

"So what does the other party mean? This kind of action is too inconsistent with military common sense. If you say they are going to fight, I will never believe it. Put the aircraft carrier under the nose of our first island chain. If it is true Come on, are they here to deliver the courier?"

"But if we don't fight, what's the situation? We just want to use deterrence to rub our spirits? What are we doing? Are we afraid of them?"

Chen Liguo thought for a moment in silence, and then answered:

"In my opinion, this high probability is a kind of psychological game for them."

"When we look beyond the military field, there are too many unfavorable events that have happened recently. From energy, to currency, to aviation, we have new technologies emerging one after another in almost every field. Their technological leadership is gradually being lost, and international prestige has begun to decline significantly."

"No, it can't be said to be a significant decline, it should be said to be a cliff-like decline."

"Therefore, they urgently need a chance to re-improve their prestige --- they have already taken action on the food front, but they dare not do it on the military front, so they use this method to kidnap us and let us accompany them to perform this play."

He Kangmei shook his head slightly, and continued to ask:

"Aren't they afraid that we will really do it?"

"We can't do it! This is actually very clear. It is impossible for us to fight with them at the juncture of technological explosive development. This is not a good choice anyway."

"It may be a bit embarrassing, but it is definitely the best choice in the long run."

"Actually, even if we completely admit defeat in this confrontation, it will not have too much adverse effect on us, but they can take this opportunity to restore part of their international reputation and regain some of their original status."

"So in their view, this is actually a win-win game - provided we admit defeat."

"It's based on this that they dare to do it because we have been acting too rationally, and they also take it for granted that we will still make rational choices this time."

Hearing this, He Kangmei sighed deeply.

Yes, this team of our own is a typical purely rational army made by collective decision-making. Such an army has extremely strong combat effectiveness and is not difficult to command, but the only problem is that at certain times, the deterrence is insufficient. .

Because your enemies know that you won't attack until you have crossed the line.

This is the case now, has the other party broken through the bottom line?

No.

The waters near the first island chain are all open seas, and they even leave a certain strait far away, and they don't appear in any sensitive areas. There is only one purpose: to disgust you once without touching the core interests.

And one's own side really can't really do it.

It would be great if the Xiongda formation escorted the return flight this time. If something really happened, they would really dare to beat them up.

Thinking of this, He Kangmei said:
"So the current situation is very clear. We can't do anything. They don't dare to do it. It's like driving a fighting car on the road. He just stopped in front of us and deliberately stepped on the brakes, and we still had to go forward."

"Is it really troublesome about the carrier-based aircraft? Is there any problem?"

Chen Liguo glanced at the commander of the carrier-based aircraft wing beside him, who took a step forward and replied:

"There is no problem at present, they are all normal escorts to drive away, they did not hang weapons, and we did not hang weapons, but now the intensity is getting higher and higher, their take-off waves are faster than ours, we are a little behind superior."

"Can you still maintain the basic eviction?"

"That's not a problem. Old He, don't worry too much. So far, disgusting is disgusting, but they are all abiding by the rules, and there is no sign of conflict escalation."

"That's good."

He Kangmei nodded slightly, and then added:

"This message should not be passed on to the lower levels. No matter what the actual situation is, we still regard this as a military training."

"understand!"

After finishing the short steps, He Kangmei walked to the open-air command post on the bridge, and watched the fighter planes on the deck ski jump one after another, and fell into deep thought for a while.

That's right, neither of the two sides had any intention of doing anything in this confrontation. There is absolutely no information gap on this point.

However, in such a high-intensity air confrontation, no one can guarantee that no accidents will happen.

And as long as there is an accident, it will definitely become the fuse of some major events.
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Unless, there is a heavier and colder deterrence, which falls from the sky and pours on their heads, so that they have to calm down even if they face an accident.

Where is such a deterrent?

nuclear?
That is absolutely impossible, and things have not developed to this point at all.

submarine?

The other party has already taken precautions, and if those forces are really dispatched, it will not be much different from nuclear weapons.

The situation has become increasingly anxious.

There are a large number of fighter planes flying by in the low sky, and the heat waves of the engines on the deck have even refracted and distorted the entire overtime air.

All ships have entered the highest level of alert, only the underwater submarine remained silent as always.

They must not participate in this confrontation.

This is the tacit understanding of both parties.

Because once they appear, it means that this "drama" of tacit understanding between the enemy and ourselves will slide uncontrollably in another direction.

The current time is 7 am on July 1, and it has been more than 10 hours since the two sides officially started the confrontation.

But when He Kangmei was thinking hard about the strategy he might propose to his superiors, a phone call called him back to the command room.

On the other end of the phone, his superior said in an understatement tone:

"The situation has been determined, rest assured, we have made all preparations."

"Just follow the normal eviction process. As for any accidents during the process, we will take care of it."

"Don't worry, they won't dare to dance."

"We'll give them an offer they absolutely can't refuse."

(End of this chapter)