The special escort formation stopped in Djibouti for three days to replenish supplies, and then continued to march northward, that is, sailing towards the Suez Canal.
This move once again attracted a strong backlash from European countries.
What are the Chinese going to cross the Suez Canal north because of something?
The Suez Canal enters the Mediterranean Sea to the north.
The Mediterranean is the name of an ocean area in the geography class, and the introduction is roughly as follows: the Mediterranean is the connecting sea between three continents.
Among the coastal countries, European countries include Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, and Greece.
Asian countries include Türkiye, Syria, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine.
African countries include Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
In a word, the Mediterranean is the heart of Europe, and the inland sea that the old European powers consider themselves.
Coastal Asian and African countries were once colonized by several old European powers for a long time, and some countries have not yet gained complete independence.
It can be said that the Mediterranean is the most sensitive sea in Europe and the most sensitive sea in NATO. No warship outside the organization has ever been able to enter the Mediterranean without approval. The Russian Black Sea Fleet almost never crossed the Bosphorus and entered the Mediterranean because they knew that their broken ships were not able to fight back at all.
This is not the first time that the People's Navy ships have entered the Mediterranean, the most sensitive waters in Europe, but it is the first time that they have entered here in the form of aircraft carrier combat formations.
When the Rionin aircraft carrier formation passed through the Suez Canal, all the old European countries had a climax, all kinds of sarcastic and call for boycott, and they were rampant.
Indeed, the Rioning aircraft carrier is just a medium-sized aircraft carrier with a conventional power of more than 60,000 tons, and is an old aircraft carrier built forty years ago. Even after being transformed, the hull life of this aircraft carrier inevitably enters old age.
Based on the fifty-year life span, this aircraft carrier is at its limit until 2035.
But one thing that no one can ignore is that this aircraft carrier carries twenty-six J-15 and J-15T heavy carrier-based fighter jets, which escort the world's most advanced 055 large destroyer and the most advanced 052DG general destroyer, and has been strengthened by a 054A frigate from the escort formation.
Westerners called the 055 large destroyer a cruiser because the full load displacement of this type of ship exceeded 12,000 tons.
It can be said that except for the Sixth Fleet of the Navy stationed in Europe and the United States, no country in Europe can independently pull out a naval combat formation comparable to the Rioning aircraft carrier formation. The two 055s already have the strength to defeat the entire naval force of these countries.
On July 15, many naval formations completed assembly in the Mediterranean, and the largest naval air force competition in recent years began.
The multinational naval formations take the port of Marseille in France as a temporary base and will fight in the vast seas in the western Mediterranean, adopt a simple one-on-one elimination system until the champion is decided.
The five permanent members directly qualified for the semi-finals. Therefore, in the early competition, the naval formations of the five good people were all preparing to observe the confrontation between the naval formations of other countries, especially several countries where the extraordinary directors were abnormal but the naval strength was still a little bit.
There was no suspense in the end.
India, Italy and Japan became the winners of the regular season. These three are also the two countries with the strongest naval strength in addition to the five good people. The key is that they have naval aviation, which eliminated several old European countries such as Germany and Spain.
Italy has the light aircraft carrier Cafur, which is Ferrari's pride, even if it is inappropriate.
In this way, there are eight countries in the final circle.
The five charitable people gathered together to discuss and decided to draw lots to decide the opponent, and to fight against three countries that entered the final circle. In the finals, they adopted a melee to decide the championship.
India, Italy and Japan are regarded as one country because they are too weak...
The day of lottery draw is also full of jungle rules. The United States proposed to confront China. In its current world status, no one except China dared to stand up and oppose it.
It just so happened that China also wanted to fight with the United States with real swords and guns, and take this opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the troops.
After the representative of the Chinese aircraft carrier formation agreed, even if the matter was settled, it would be useless for anyone to object, and no one dared to object.
The relationship between Russia and India is OK, and the latter is a big customer of the former. The Russians do not want to offend the big financial owners too much, so Russia's only opponents are Britain and France. France stood in front of the Russian-Ukraine War and strongly supported Ukraine, so Russia chose France.
The Frenchman are so arrogant. They think that our army cannot defeat you, and the navy cannot defeat your smoky culvert ship?
(After a blanket, the Russian Ku ship was repaired at this time...)
Immediately agreed readily and made up my mind to make the Russians look good.
The rest is the confrontation between the United Kingdom and the three-country joint fleet. The British had no objection. They confronted India, Italy, and Japan, and friendship was the first. Moreover, the British knew that the only protagonists of this competition were China and the United States, and even Russia was not qualified to serve.
As for France - when will it not show its presence?
The list of two-way confrontation was decided, saying it was a random draw. In fact, depending on the overall national strength, whoever has the strong fist will have the right to speak. Real politics are cruel and ruthless.
The competition was held in the northern Mediterranean sea, with a vast sea area of ​​400 kilometers long and 300 kilometers wide. The entire Bay of Lion and 100 kilometers south of the Bay of Lion is the competition area of ​​the Chinese fleet and the US fleet, occupying half of the competition area. The remaining positions are divided into two, which is the competition area of ​​the other two pairs of players.
This division is also a manifestation of strength.
The Chinese team has twenty-six heavy carrier-based fighter jets with a combat radius of up to 1,000 kilometers. The Super Hornets, which are equipped with the US team's aircraft carrier, can also reach 800 kilometers under air combat loading.
In a word, the range of impact these two players will be too large when they fight. If they don’t divide the competition area, they will not be able to open their fists.
After seeing the opponent's configuration, Li Hai and Dang looked at each other for laughing.
The Unwell aircraft carrier was their old rival. When Li Hai was the acting captain of the No. 53 frigate, he taught the Unwell aircraft carrier strike group a lesson in the Western Pacific. However, the Unwell aircraft carrier itself was not damaged that time, and there was no sound after fleeing to Guam in a hurry.
Unexpectedly, I ran back to the Sixth Fleet organization and was really a model worker.
There is another acquaintance, he is Rear Admiral Swinney and the commander of the aircraft carrier strike group. This time, he was commanding the 7th carrier-based aviation wing, the old partner of the unwell air wing.
Swinney suffered a great loss in the Western Pacific. Many generals who participated in the operation took the initiative and passed away, but he did not expect that he was tenacious.
The 7th Ship-Board Air Force is also an old rival. Li Hai had dealt with them as early as when he was on duty at Musha Air Station, which made them understand what the art of sea and air combat is.
This time, the "reunion" was another practical competition, and Li Hai and others' desire to make achievements became stronger.
The 7th Carrier-based Air Wing was dispatched in full, including two attack fighter squadrons, 36 F/A-18E/F "Super Hornet" carrier-based fighter jets, two air defense fighter squadrons, and 36 F-35 "Lightning 2" carrier-based stealth fighter jets, totaling 72 carrier-based fighter jets.
As for Li Hai, there are only 26 J-15s, of which 4 J-15Ts. Moreover, the opponent is flying with catapults, and our side takes off with a ski jump, and the speed of the dispatch is far less than that of the other party, and it is not as good as that of the Americans in terms of loading weight.
However, the competition rules are clear, and the number of ships on both sides of the battle must be consistent in terms of strength of carrier-based fighter jets.
After five days of intense and frank discussion, under the auspices of the host France, the combat loss ratio of various participating fighter jets was finally determined.
The most eye-catching thing is that the battle loss ratio between the F-35 and the J-15 is actually 1:5.
In other words, if the Chinese team has 26 J-15s, then the US team can dispatch 18 F-35s to participate in the competition.
Not to mention that the F-35 is the fifth-generation stealth fighter, it is one generation ahead of the J-15. They said that when they were promoting themselves, the combat loss ratio between the F-35 and the Su-33 reached 1:20, and one aircraft can fight twenty aircraft. Wouldn’t the so-called Su-33 include China’s J-15?
Now that I have to do it with real swords and guns, I am humble!
The United Kingdom, Italy and Japan all use the F-35. Even the castrated version, the basic performance of the fifth-generation aircraft is in place. Of course, such a war-loss ratio is beneficial to them, and they are of course supporting them.
The Frenchman couldn't use a few gusts of gust M. In order to promote, they took the initiative to increase the battle loss ratio. They even believed that gust M could tie the F-35, so everyone followed the flow and gave gust M a 1:1 battle loss ratio against the F-35.
My French production is amazing!
In summary, the combat loss ratio of Gust M to J-15 is also 1:1.
As for the 24 Su-33s on the Russian Ku ship, they are regarded as the same fighter as the J-15, and they suffered a great loss for no reason.
In this way, the number of gust Ms that the USS Charles de Gaulle can drive is 18, which is already a rare large-scale aircraft carrier.
As for the Indian team, their gust M has not been delivered yet. Four more gust Ms used to train pilots have been shot down. Their Super Riwang aircraft carrier is still the MiG-29K.
Everyone has some understanding of the virtues of the Indian Navy, so everyone generously gave the Indian team preferential treatment without caring about combat losses despite full loads of dispatch - in other words, you can dispatch as many as you can install, without capping the upper limit.
Chapter completed!