In 1994, the US aircraft carrier squadron brazenly intruded into the Yellow Sea and provoked trouble in the mainland's territorial waters.
Not only did they stay on the mainland in the Yellow Sea, but they even launched a simulated attack on our nuclear submarines.
In the face of the US military's violation of the mainland's maritime sovereignty and its trampling on the dignity of the country, our military immediately made a decisive decision and dispatched fighter planes to counterattack. Under the domineering counterattack of our army, the US troops fled in a hurry and quickly withdrew from the Yellow Sea area.
This Sino-US confrontation in the Yellow Sea, which caused a sensation in the world, has profoundly affected the geopolitical pattern of East Asia and has also affected the military construction of our military. The US aircraft carrier formation, which was drunk back by our army, lost a lot of face.
Why did the US aircraft carrier warships intrude into the mainland's territorial waters? How did our military deal with the crisis? And how did our fighters force the other side back?
Initiation of disputes
As a matter of fact, the reason why the United States sent an aircraft carrier group into the waters of East Asia was not aimed at the mainland in the first place. What the US military wants to resolve is a dispute with North Korea.
Although the United States reluctantly ceased the war, the Pentagon still could not let go of its military interests on the Korean Peninsula.
In order to better control the South Korean strip, the US military continued to station a large number of troops on the Korean Peninsula despite the provisions of the armistice agreement. The most disturbing thing is that the US military bases in South Korea store nuclear weapons.
Unwilling to put up with U.S. nuclear deterrence, North Korea decided to develop its own nuclear weapons. In the early 90s of the last century, the DPRK made a breakthrough in the field of atomic bomb research.
The United States is now in a hurry and has begun to do everything in its power to obstruct the further development of North Korea's nuclear research. The White House has not only imposed severe economic sanctions on North Korea, but has also offered to enter its territory and conduct nuclear energy monitoring.
Naturally, the DPRK will not accede to such a request that violates national sovereignty. The U.S. military was therefore preparing to launch a military strike against it, when the Soviet Union had collapsed and North Korea had lost its "protective umbrella," and the U.S. military had nothing to fear.
At that time, the DPRK did not have the confidence to go head-to-head with the United States, so it put forward the condition that the DPRK government could abandon its nuclear test plan as long as the United States was willing to provide 500,000 tons of crude oil supply every year.
The termination of the research on 500,000 tons of crude oil for nuclear weapons sounds really incredible, but the North Korean government at that time had its own difficulties. Since the Soviet Union ceased to exist, the original supply of Soviet-produced oil was also cut off, and North Korea's heavy industry almost came to a halt.
After some discussion, the White House agreed to North Korea's terms. The two countries signed an agreement under which the North Korean government closed its nuclear test sites in the country. Just when the countries of the world thought that this dispute had been resolved, the United States was a moth.
The United States felt that the Soviet Union was gone, and the DPRK could let it handle it at its own discretion, and the DPRK did not dare to turn its face if it failed to make an appointment, so it relied on the promised 500,000 tons of crude oil.
From the formal signing of the agreement in 1992 to 1994, North Korea did not receive a single barrel of oil from the United States. In a fit of rage, the North Korean government decided to restart its nuclear weapons testing program.
When the United States detected the resumption of North Korea's nuclear test base, it was shocked and immediately threatened the North Korean government to stop nuclear research. But this time, the North Korean government will never be fooled by the White House again, and they must develop the atomic bomb.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the United States has not tasted the taste of being "disobeyed" by other countries for a long time. The Pentagon, for its part, was annoyed and determined to give North Korea some color.
Beginning in October 1994, the US military dispatched the "Kitty Hawk" aircraft carrier group to blockade the west coast of the Korean Peninsula on several occasions and flexed its might in nearby waters to exert military pressure on the DPRK.
As a result, during an operation in late October, the US aircraft carrier group accidentally intruded into the Yellow Sea area of the mainland. The sensational Sino-US confrontation in the Yellow Sea was triggered by this.
face the music
On the afternoon of 27 October, after completing its military deterrence mission, the US "Kitty Hawk" aircraft carrier squadron prepared to return to the US military base stationed in South Korea. As a result, at this moment, they strayed into the Yellow Sea of the mainland and met our army's No. 403 submarine on a narrow road.
Originally, when the warships and submarines of the two countries met, as long as they avoided each other and the intruders by mistake withdrew from the territorial waters of other countries in time, they could be in peace. Who knows that the commander of the US aircraft carrier intends to use the topic to play and "knock" our army.
At that time, there was occasional friction between the mainland and the United States in the Taiwan Strait.
The US commanders felt that they had taken the opportunity to give us a disadvantage, and that when the mainland navy saw the US warships, they would be frightened and lose their will to fight.
Therefore, when they found that they had strayed into the territorial waters of the Yellow Sea on the mainland, instead of withdrawing immediately, they continued to go several nautical miles deep and confronted our army's No. 403 submarine.
The US military's "Kitty Hawk" aircraft carrier formation is a large maritime battle group with a giant aircraft carrier as the core and nearly 10 advanced warships and submarines, and its strength cannot be underestimated.
And on the opposite side of our army, only one submarine of Project 403 held out alone.
The Project 403 submarine is the first generation of large submarines of the continental navy, and its performance cannot be compared with that of US submarines. In this confrontation, the gap between the enemy and us can be described as huge.
But even so, in the face of the formidable and domineering US aircraft carrier formation, our army's No. 403 submarine still bravely issued a warning and ordered the other side to quickly withdraw from the mainland's territorial waters.
Instead of withdrawing from the Yellow Sea area, the US military sent the "S-3 Viking" anti-submarine planes in the aircraft carrier formation to throw sonar and force our submarines to go to the surface.
The submarine No. 403 of our army could not avoid it, so it could only dive quickly to avoid the impact of sonar. As a result, the US aircraft carrier squadron pursued it and sent three warships to carry out triangular calculations on our submarines.
Triangular calculations by warships at sea are the harbingers of simulated attacks. Sure enough, in the next two hours, the US aircraft carrier squadron launched a total of seven simulated attacks on our No. 403 submarine.
This is the most dangerous moment for our army, and once the US commander gives the order for a formal attack, the submarine No. 403 will be crushed on the spot. Outnumbered, the commander of the Project 403 submarine immediately decided to call for help from the nearby PLA North Sea Fleet.
Domineering counterattack
The command of the North Sea Fleet, having received a call for help from the Project 403 submarine, immediately entered combat mode and prepared for support. When the matter was urgent, it was too late to send warships, so the command center immediately made a decision and sent two "Jian-7" fighters to inspect.
Before the departure of the two fighters, the command of the North Sea Fleet particularly emphasized: If the No. 403 submarine has already been attacked by the US military, there is no need to ask for instructions, and immediately open fire and counterattack!
Fifteen minutes later, the two warplanes reached the area of the confrontation in the Yellow Sea. The U.S. military did not really attack the No. 403 submarine, and it is still in the stage of simulating an attack.
Since our submarines are still safe, the pilots of the two fighters have no intention of escalating the situation. They sent a signal to the US aircraft carrier group, demanding that the other side withdraw from the mainland territory as soon as possible
Unexpectedly, when the US commander saw that our army had always exercised restraint, he mistakenly thought that we were afraid, and even intensified his efforts to penetrate into the territorial waters of our army, and even approached the Bohai Bay for a time.
The pilots of the two "Jian-7" fighters immediately reported the situation to the command of the North Sea Fleet, and the North Sea Fleet quickly dispatched two "Jian-8II" and "Su-27" fighters to counterattack.
Not to be outdone, the US commander saw that our army had sent two of its most advanced fighters, and immediately ordered two "F-14" fighters parked on the aircraft carrier to take off and confront our fighters.
The fighters of the two armies confronted each other in the airspace over the Yellow Sea for an hour, and they were always deadlocked. Seeing that the US military had no intention of retreating, our pilots made a domineering move, startling the US fighters on the opposite side.
I saw that our army's "Su-27" fighter suddenly rose into the air at great speed, and then assumed a combat posture and dived violently, heading straight for the US "F-14" fighter hovering over our army's submarine No. 403.
The US pilot on the opposite side was shocked, hurriedly piloted the fighter plane, and fled the mainland's airspace over the Yellow Sea in a hurry. At the same time, our army's "J-8II" fighter also turned on the radar and locked on the US aircraft carrier.
You must know that the aircraft carrier is the core of a maritime formation, and once it is damaged, the entire formation will be leaderless, and its combat power will be sharply reduced. Our fighter planes are now putting on a momentum of breaking the kettle and sinking a boat, and the arrogance of the US commander went down on the spot, and he did not dare to make a hard confront.
In the final analysis, the military mission of the "Kitty Hawk" aircraft carrier group this time is nothing more than a military deterrence of the DPRK. If there are extraneous complications on the way back, resulting in the loss of the formation, the commander will inevitably be scolded by his superiors.
Although he went to the waters of other countries to simulate an attack for half a day, he was finally driven out in a disgraced manner without any results, and it was very embarrassing for the US military to say it. But U.S. military commanders care more about safety than face.
As a result, the US aircraft carrier squadron had to withdraw from the Yellow Sea area in a gloomy manner due to the pressure of our fighters. This confrontation between China and the United States in the Yellow Sea ended in a complete victory for our army.
After the incident, the U.S. Navy, which stole chickens and rice, became an international joke, and our People's Liberation Army won global respect. The Pentagon has paused military deterrence, and a favorable environment has been created for North Korea's nuclear weapons research.
As far as the mainland is concerned, North Korea has finally mastered nuclear weapons, and the changes in the geopolitical landscape of East Asia are basically within the mainland's control. The real far-reaching impact of this Yellow Sea confrontation incident is in the field of the Continental Army.
Through the review of the confrontation in the Yellow Sea, our military has gained two enlightenments: First, it is necessary to strengthen the concealment of large submarines; second, the deterrent effect of fighter planes is very remarkable.
The reason why the US aircraft carrier squadron quickly determined the position of the No. 403 submarine as soon as it entered the mainland's territorial waters was because the noise of the submarine was too loud.
In order to better ensure the safety of our submarines, military experts have worked hard and finally developed the world's top submarine noise reduction technology. Nowadays, the silent submarines of the mainland navy are more advanced than those of the US military.
While studying submarine technology, our military is also strengthening the iteration of fighters. Now that the mainland has developed the "Jian-20" bomber with excellent performance, it is no longer afraid of other countries' armies encroaching on the mainland's territorial waters and airspace.
Although the confrontation between China and the United States in the Yellow Sea in 1994 lasted less than half a day, its impact was very far-reaching. And now all this was unexpected by the US commander who wanted to give the mainland a little color.
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