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Again, convey to him my congratulations.
After his successful attacks on American assets in March using the new STOL
carrier, the PLAN 1001
Beijing, AdmiralYao Hsu had been promoted and assigned to the new, large deck
carrier, the PLAN
001 Mao as the task force commander. He had weathered the attacks on it by
American cruise missiles and aircraft and seen it through to completion,
launch and through its sea trials in the South China Sea.
Now, he was on a critical mission for his nation, one he hoped would draw out
the American carriers. By all accounts, the fact that they had just shot down
that stealthy, high-flying, slow American reconnaissance aircraft indicated
that the hope would be fulfilled.
Addressing the Captain of the Mao and his own chief of staff, AdmiralYao
continued.
 It is assured that the Americans have located us. Take evasive action and
strengthen our inner CAP
with aircraft from the Shanghai. Captain, create a barrier CAP off to our east
and northeast with your aircraft and insure there is adequate electronics
warfare capability in the air with that group.
 Contact the regimental command of those two Backfire bomber groups stationed
atUjungPandang on
Celebes and havethem immediately launch one reconnaissance in force looking to
our northeast and another looking to our east. Proceed to maximum range and
report any electronic emissions immediately.
Have their full regimental forces ready to respond immediately on acquisition.
In addition, I wantfour
SU-33  s fitted for reconnaissance flying the same general search pattern
within thirty minutes. We shall see what the Americans throw our way.
 Finally, notify high command that Operation Sea Dragon is hereby executed and
that the attack on
Guam can commence when we transmit the signal indicating the American attack
on us.
As the Admiral turned away to monitor the threat board and prepared to move to
the Combat Control
Center, he considered his flagship. The Mao and its eventual sister ship, were
a Chinese version of the
Russian carrier,Varyag .TheVaryag , which was the sister ship to the
operational Russian carrier, the
Kuznetsov , had been completed and launched in 1988 by the Russians as their
second full deck carrier, but had never been fitted out or taken through
trials. Ultimately, in 2002, it had been sold to China and then towed to
Shanghai where it had been thoroughly studied in anticipation of the PLAN
building its own ships. Through modular and highly automated methodologies,
the Chinese had started construction on two such vessels of their own in 2003
and completed them in three years. One was the Mao, the other was severely
damaged on its ways in Shanghai and would require months of repair before
being ready to launch.
The specifications for AdmiralYao s flagship were impressive. It carried an
air wing of twenty-four
SU-33 high-performance, air-superiority aircraft, four SU-35 EW aircraft, four
of China s new AWACS
aircraft and sixteen ASW helicopters. Its weapons systems included
twelveYakhont surface-to-surface anti-shipping missiles, a battery of
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forty-eight KS-2+ air-to-air missiles, four 30mm CIWS guns and eight
LRASD devices mounted four to the side below the main deck. The Mao was a very
formidable vessel indeed and it was about to experience its combat debut
against two of the very ships and weapons systems it was built to counter.
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The Southwest Pacific Ocean
Over the next hour and a half, both sides implemented their plans for this
confrontation. CBT 77 took almost forty-five minutes to launch and then form a
massive strike package aimed at the PLAN task force centered on the PLAN 001
Mao and PLAN1002 Shanghai. The American strike package consisted of thirty-six
F/A-18E aircraft fitted for the surface attack role, eight F/A-18F two seat
Hornets fitted for the Wild-Weasel direct radar suppression role, four EA-6B
aircraft fitted for indirect
Electronics Warfare and direct radar suppression, eight F/A-18E and eight
F-14D aircraft fitted for air superiority, two E2-C AWACS aircraft to provide
early warning and radar services, and two S3-A
tanker aircraft flying with the AWACS to provide additional fuel for the
return trip. The AWACS and tankers would be protected by two each of the F-14D
and F/A-18E air superiority aircraft.
The American carrier group launched a large CAP as well. There were eight of
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