Great Power Technology

July 1, Ryukyu waters, the high seas area outside the first island chain.

The No. 002 aircraft carrier formation has approached the position less than 200 nautical miles away from the Ristanis and Reagan formations. However, the other side has no intention of retreating. Instead, it monitors the movements of the No. 002 formation through early warning aircraft and always maintains interception of the formation's scheduled course. .

If the current speed of the No. 002 formation is followed, 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. The radar screen showed those American fighters that had entered the radar range, and his own fighters had already taken off, performing routine warning and eviction missions. .

"Are the other party's intentions clear? What exactly do they want to do? Are they planning to fight us, or are they simply trying to disgust us?"

The intelligence officer on the side, Chen Liguo, shook his head slightly and replied:

"It's not easy to judge yet. According to the intelligence 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 triggering local conflicts is very high. We can't guarantee that it will really be like that. To step exactly outside that line - again, they can't do it."

"Therefore, our basic principle is to maintain the highest vigilance. All combat units are ready. Other support forces within the first island chain are also arriving. Formation 001 will arrive at the predetermined position in four hours. We are on standby outside the warning range. If anything happens to us, they will immediately launch support from a distance."

"In addition, the land positions are all ready and the target has been locked, but we will not take action unless it is absolutely necessary."

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

Hearing this, He Kangmei's originally serious face showed some doubts.

"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. If they put the aircraft carrier under the nose of our first island chain, if it really Come on, are they here to deliver express?"

"But if we don't fight, what will happen? Do you just want to use deterrence to rub off our energy? What are you doing? Are we afraid of them?"

Chen Liguo thought silently for a moment and then answered:

"In my opinion, this is most likely a psychological game on their part."

"Looking beyond the military field, there have been too many unfavorable events that have happened to them recently. From energy, to currency, to aviation, we have new technologies emerging one after another in almost every field. Their technological leadership is It is gradually losing its international prestige and its international prestige has begun to decline significantly."

"No, it cannot be said to be a significant decline. It should be said to be a cliff-like decline."

"So, they urgently need an opportunity to re-enhance their prestige - they have already taken action in terms of food, but they dare not take action in terms of military affairs, so they use this method to kidnap us and let us accompany them in this performance. Make a play.”

He Kangmei shook his head slightly and continued to ask:

"Aren't they afraid that we will actually take action?"

"We can't take action! This is actually very clear. We can't take action against them at this juncture of the explosive development of technology. This is not a good choice anyway."

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

"In fact, even if we completely give in to this confrontation, it will not have much adverse impact on us, but they can take the opportunity to restore part of their international reputation and regain some of the status that originally belonged to them."

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

"It is based on this that they dare to do this, because we have always behaved too rationally, and they 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 army that makes collective decisions and is purely rational. Such an army has extremely strong combat effectiveness and is not difficult to command. But the only problem is that at certain times, its deterrence is insufficient. .

Because your enemies know that you will not take action without breaking through the bottom line.

This is the current situation. Has the opponent broken through the bottom line?

No.

The sea areas near the first island chain are all high seas. They have even left a certain strait far away and do not appear in any sensitive areas. They have only one purpose: to disgust you without touching their core interests.

And we really can't really take action.

It would be great if this return voyage was escorted by the Bear Formation. If something happened, they would really dare to beat us up.

Thinking of this, He Kangmei said:

"So the current situation is very clear. We can't take action, but they don't dare to take action. It's like driving a vindictive car on the road. He stopped in front of us and deliberately hit the brakes, and we had to move forward."

"Are you really having trouble with the carrier-based aircraft? Is there any problem?"

Chen Liguo glanced at the commander of the carrier-based air wing beside him. The latter took a step forward and answered:

"There are no problems at the moment. It's all normal flight escorting. They didn't attach weapons, and we didn't attach weapons either. But now the intensity is getting higher and higher. Their take-off waves are faster than ours, and we can't keep up. superior."

"Can we still maintain the basic expulsion?"

"That's no problem. Lao He, don't worry too much. So far, I'm still disgusting, but I'm very abiding by the rules and there's no sign of the conflict escalating."

"That's good."

He Kangmei nodded slightly, and then added:

"Don't pass this information to the lower levels. No matter what the actual situation is, we still treat this as a training exercise."

"clear!"

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

That's right, neither side had any intention of taking action in this confrontation. There was absolutely no information gap on this point.

However, in such a high-intensity aerial confrontation, no one can guarantee that accidents will not happen.

And as long as an accident occurs, it will definitely become the trigger for some major events.

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Unless there is a heavier and colder threat falling from the sky and pouring on their heads, forcing them to calm down even if they face an accident.

Where is such deterrence?

nuclear?

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

submarine?

The opponent is already on guard, and if those forces are really deployed, it will not be much different from nuclear.

The situation has become increasingly anxious.

There were a large number of fighter planes flying past in the low altitude, and the heat waves from the engines on the deck had even refracted and distorted the entire overtime air.

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

They must not participate in this confrontation.

This is a tacit understanding between both parties.

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

The time now is 10 a.m. on July 1, and it has been more than 6 hours since the confrontation between the two sides officially began.

And just when He Kangmei was thinking hard about the strategies 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:

"The situation has been determined. Don't worry, we are ready for everything."

"You just need to follow the normal eviction process. If anything unexpected happens during the process, we will take care of it."

"Don't worry, they don't dare to jump."

"We will give them an absolutely irresistible reason to refuse."