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The 101st Submarine Squadron consists of two nuclear-powered attack aircraft carriers. Each of them is equipped with a 533mm Yu-3 heavy acoustic-guided torpedo, one of which can completely destroy a destroyer.

Soon, 20 J-15s gradually took off from the aircraft carrier and were deployed in rotation to ensure that there were carrier-based aircraft to respond when the aircraft carrier encountered an emergency.

Among every three fighter jets, two take off with light loads, mainly carrying PL-3 air-to-air missiles and rockets, and their mission is air combat.

The other one took off at the full load point, carrying two Eagle Strike 6 anti-ship missiles, two 500-kilogram semi-armor-piercing aerial bombs, and four PL-4 missiles. Its main mission was to attack ships!

This was also the result of careful consideration by Zheng Shaokuan, Bai Shiyi and Linghu Chong. The three-three system of 1 leader and 2 wingmen is a unique organization for carrier-based aviation!

All 20 J-15s in Yangon were deployed, so there was no need to consider take-off and landing factors, and all took off with full loads.

In order to equip the J-15 with Eagle Strike 6 anti-ship missiles, Xu Le spent 50 million yuan to buy missiles.

The price of all anti-ship missiles is 200 million each. Xu Le chose the Eagle Strike 6 with inferior performance for two reasons.

First, its warhead is a 510 kg shaped-charge armor-piercing warhead, which can deal with today's battleships with super-thick armor.

Secondly, the missile has terminal image recognition capability. If the missile is affected at the end and loses its target, it can identify the largest and most conspicuous target, and launch an attack after locking onto it.

Although its performance data is much worse than that of Eagle Strike 62 or Eagle Strike 83, why should we compare it with them?

If we only compare it with the world today, it is invincible!

At the same time, the Navy's shore-based aviation brigade was also dispatched to support the 4th and 5th destroyer squadrons in the Andaman Sea to attack the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Fleet.

The Navy's shore-based aviation brigade has the same organization as the Air Force's aviation brigade, but the bomber brigade uses the H-6, and the Navy's version of the H-6D model, which is specifically used to carry anti-ship missiles and perform anti-ship missions.

The price of a single unit is 10 yuan more expensive than the basic model.

There are various reasons for using the H-6D to replace the H-5. For example, the H-5 has limited mounting capacity and cannot carry heavy anti-ship missiles.

Moreover, the combat radius of the H-5 is too small, only 600 kilometers at most. If the combat area is too far away from the coast, there will be no support.

The combat radius of a fully loaded H-6D is 2000 kilometers. Calculated from Yangon as the starting point, it can cover the entire Ceylon Island and the Malay Peninsula, and even half of Sumatra Island.

This is the case when it is fully loaded with 9 tons. If it is half loaded with bombs, it can cover the entire Island of Sumatra.

The 1st Air Force Brigade in Naypyidaw was also dispatched, targeting the Japanese naval base on Chedoba Island and the coastal ports in northeastern India. The Q-5 and H-5 carried 500 kg aerial bombs.

On the heavy cruiser "Mogami", Kondo Nobutake was full of doubts.

"That's strange. Why did all the reconnaissance planes we sent out lose contact? No information was sent back?"

This was the question that troubled him during the day he led the aircraft carrier into the waters of the Bay of Bengal.

Because of the experience of the previous two days, he did not dare to let the aircraft carrier formation go too deep into the Bay of Mengjiala. Instead, he continuously dispatched seaplanes on heavy cruisers to conduct reconnaissance of the entire waters.

Four heavy cruisers and a total of 4 Type 12 seaplanes were all dispatched. According to the requirements, they had to return within an hour regardless of whether they had discovered anything or not!

But a strange thing happened. Not a single reconnaissance plane came back, including several Type 97 reconnaissance planes from the Ceylon base that flew overhead.

It's like throwing a meat bun at a dog, it goes away but never comes back!

[In real history, Japan began to equip a small number of radars during this period, with poor performance and small quantities! ]

"What the hell happened to these damn bastards! Even if more than 10 reconnaissance planes encountered enemy fighters, it is impossible for them to be completely wiped out!"

A major next to Kondo Nobutake asked cautiously, "Commander, should we send out the remaining reconnaissance plane as well?"

"Why send more? The Bay of Bengal must be haunted. How else can we explain this phenomenon?"

A group of junior officers and lieutenants were all terrified and didn't know what to say. They were all top students who graduated from the Japan Naval Academy and were able to deal with all kinds of emergencies encountered during maritime operations.

But there is no teaching on how to deal with such things. It’s so fucking weird!

Is it really haunted as Commander Kondo said?

This is because poverty limits imagination. For example, the corrupt late Tang government claimed to be the Celestial Empire. But when their officials visited the United States, what they saw were skyscrapers and bustling traffic. Wasn't it like entering another world?

This is something those officials could never have imagined!

"No, we must not go any deeper. I have a feeling there is a conspiracy here!"

In the end, Kondo Nobutake came to this conclusion!

Regardless of whether there is a ghost or not, if the aircraft carrier continues to move forward, the result will be disastrous!

A lieutenant colonel said, "But, Commander, before we completely occupy Australia, the waters from the Strait of Malacca to the Bay of Bengal are our only transportation supply line."

"Baka!" Kondo Nobutake gritted his teeth.

Let’s fight, but the unknown is too terrifying and there is no intelligence at all.

If they don't fight, it won't be long before their navy will starve to death and their warships will become meaningless due to lack of fuel.

Unless the Indian army on land makes a breakthrough, the British-Indian coalition forces are stubbornly defending and cannot break through either from the south or the northeast.

There was even intelligence showing that the total strength of the British-Indian Allied Forces had exceeded 110 million.

Fortunately for the Indian army, they occupied a piece of land, so at least they would not starve to death in the short term.

But what about the navy of Ceylon?

What's there?

Almost nothing!

The Japanese navy may not necessarily help them with the army, not to mention that if they lose the Bay of Bengal, the army will not be able to help even if they want to, as there is no route to transport them!

"Forget it. We have no choice but to take the risk. Let the 8th Destroyer Squadron and the 7th Squadron's Mikuma cruiser advance in a layered search. Tell them not to stray too far from the fleet!"

"Order all carrier-based aircraft to take off and be on alert within a 30-kilometer radius. Report any abnormalities immediately!"

"By the way, contact Commander Takasu Shiro, inform him of our situation here, and ask about their progress!"

After giving orders one after another, Kondo Nobutake slowly closed his eyes.

When he faced the American fleet, the pressure he faced was far less than it is now.

He had just turned around and was about to go back to the bedroom to rest when a buzzing sound came from the distant sky.

"Huh? The order was only issued a minute ago, and the carrier-based aircraft took off so quickly?"

"This sound doesn't sound right, it's not the sound of a propeller!"

He turned around quickly and saw more than a dozen figures in the sky flying towards the aircraft carrier at a rapid speed.

"Oh no! It's an enemy attack! All ships, prepare to counterattack!"