Chapter 1160: 5 Aircraft Carrier Fleets Set Sail

The news that Iraq and Syria formed a federal government, together with the news of the return of the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Huaxia Fleet, appeared all over the world at the same time, and it can almost be said that once again, it set off a huge storm of public opinion around the world.

The huge fleet has resorted to the Persian Gulf mightily. In the Persian Gulf, which is as small as a footbath, any fleet that can be called a scale has no room for maneuver.

If during a war, without formally seizing air supremacy, and at the same time destroying all the opponent's long-range attack firepower, letting the aircraft carrier battle group enter the Persian Gulf, it would be an act of looking for a fight.

Even if it is an American aircraft carrier, it would not dare to enter the Persian Gulf during a war. Of course, this also depends on the opponent and when.

If the opponent is a country like Iran, before the United States takes action, it must ensure that the entire Iranian navy is wiped out, and at the same time, the firepower of the coastal defense will not threaten the safety of warships.

Then the minesweepers clear the torpedoes near the Iranian waters, and the aircraft carrier battle group only needs to fight in the Arabian Sea.

If the target is the current Iraq, then the US aircraft carrier battle group must stay as far away as it can.

According to the combat manual of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier battle group, in the face of a war enemy country with strong denial capabilities, the aircraft carrier must maintain a safe distance to fight.

This can be said to be an iron law. Otherwise, in the face of the strength of other shore-based aviation forces, no matter how powerful an aircraft carrier battle group is, how many fighter jets can be dispatched to intercept it, and whether the air defense of the fleet can really kill all incoming fighter jets. destroy.

Of course, if there is no way to do it, it should be done or it should be done.

Under normal circumstances, it is natural to avoid danger if you can avoid it.

The Persian Gulf is not safe. The United States knows this, and Cai Ruichen is even more aware. The Iraqi Navy's dual aircraft carrier battle group had just been established, and Cai Ruichen sent them out directly.

It happened to leave with the home fleet that was ready to set off. The five huge aircraft carriers, together with all other warships, formed a huge fleet group, and the combat range covered the entire area around the Persian Gulf.

At the exit of the Strait of Hormuz, all merchant ships and oil tankers that originally wanted to enter the Persian Gulf could only wait on the sidelines.

The mighty fleet, more than forty main combat ships, and five aircraft carriers among them, are extremely rare from World War II to the present.

Even during the Iraq War and the Gulf War,

There are at most four aircraft carriers dispatched by the United States, and two are in the Persian Gulf and two are in the Mediterranean.

The United States has hardly combined four or more aircraft carriers into a huge fleet group at the same time, at most it is a dual-carrier battle group or a three-carrier battle group.

In fact, this is also the current global challenge for the United States. It has not yet encountered an aircraft carrier battle group that allows the United States to dispatch more than four at the same time.

When it came, it was mighty along the way, but when it returned, it became even stronger.

In the original home fleet, the largest Liaoning ship was already called a giant ship, but now it is a little guy in front of the four Baghdad-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

It seems that its size is a little bigger than the two amphibious assault ships next to it.

At this time, three days had passed since the launching ceremony, and after three days of preparation, the warships of both sides started to leave the Persian Gulf.

Such efficiency is also extremely rare in other countries.

In the case of the United States, an aircraft carrier battle group that is in port cannot leave immediately. The time for various preparations and a comprehensive inspection of equipment will take at least four or five days.

Of course, this is a matter of peace. If it is a time of war, the length of preparation time is determined by the mission situation.

In peacetime, after the ship docks, part of the crew will start to take vacations. The ship will start to replenish supplies, fuel, ammunition, and overhaul equipment. Under normal circumstances, a rest will take at least several months.

At first, many people thought that if the two aircraft carriers in their hometown wanted to set sail, it would take at least ten and a half days to prepare.

It took only three days to set off. The most surprising thing is that the Iraqi Navy's preparation efficiency is even more amazing.

Fortunately, the two aircraft carriers in their hometown are empty.

The Iraqi navy that followed was all fully loaded, the carrier-based aircraft reached the highest rated number, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were loaded on the aircraft carrier. Other warships were also full of fuel. Bounce out.

It took three days to complete all this, and officially let the world see what the speed of the Iraqi Navy is.

If it was in the past, someone said that an aircraft carrier could go to sea for combat power three days after it was launched, then this person would have to be called a lunatic.

But now, the facts are in front of everyone. It can only be said that the world is still the same, but the Future Technology Group and the Iraqis are a little crazy and scary.

Fortunately, the Iraqi Navy has not really used the aircraft carrier for combat readiness cruises. This time out of the Persian Gulf is for the sea trial of the aircraft carrier.

The Persian Gulf is just a small lake for an aircraft carrier, and the real battlefield of an aircraft carrier is on the ocean. Using a lake to test the ability of a giant dragon is simply a joke.

The best place to test the true performance of an aircraft carrier is in the depths of the ocean. Under complex weather conditions and sea conditions, if an aircraft carrier can still exert its combat capabilities, then the aircraft carrier is only half qualified.

So this time, the return trip of the home fleet is not directly returning to the country through the Strait of Malacca, but will also be in the central waters of the Indian Ocean, at the equator line, using the complex sea conditions brought about by the circulation of the Indian Ocean to test the aircraft carrier on the rough and undulating sea. Whether it is still as stable as Mount Tai, and whether all the equipment and hardware facilities above meet the requirements of actual combat.

This point is also required by the hometown. After all, the aircraft carrier seen on the berth is still very different from the actual combat aircraft carrier.

My hometown has already paid 200 million tons of iron ore concentrate for these two aircraft carriers. Naturally, it is something I hope to buy, and it is a real good thing.

Even the hometown side thinks that it is impossible for Cai Ruichen to cheat them, but it is extremely necessary to know the details of the family members of the two new aircraft carriers and all the performance details.

And since the four aircraft carriers were launched together, the sea trials should also be carried out together, just to confirm each other, and more detailed test data can be obtained. (To be continued.)