Great warships

Chapter 1277 You’ll Know After You’ve Tried
The display screen in the cockpit is very large and divided into four parts. One of them displays a digital map. With the support of the Beidou navigation system, they will never get lost.

Four hundred nautical miles, three hundred nautical miles... fifty nautical miles!
What about the target? According to the original analysis, the target is ahead, but what about now?

"001 calling 002." Fatih broke the radio silence for the first time: "Have you found the target?"

"Not yet, but it will be soon. I believe the goal is just ahead!"

Forty nautical miles, thirty nautical miles... When the distance was twenty nautical miles, some light appeared on the sea in the distance!
"Visually spotted the target!"

"Attention, prepare to attack!"

"Yes!"

On the sea, a fleet is sailing forward against the wind and waves.

In the center of this fleet, there is a large warship. The deck of the warship is flat, and can be seen to be divided into two parts: the angle and the bow. On one side of the bow, there is a whole row of aircraft parked. On both sides of the island, at the rear, and outside the marked areas, there are also a large number of aircraft parked.

The aircraft has a rectangular air intake, twin engines and twin vertical tails, with the vertical tail tilted outward. It is their latest super-bug in service. There are also aircraft with a large plate on top and helicopters.

The deck looked very busy, as a Super Bug was starting its engine in the parking area and preparing to taxi to the take-off area.

On the island, Kepler, the officer on duty, looked at the busy scene on the deck and couldn't help but complain.

"It is very safe here. There is no need for fighter planes to patrol at night. The Mediterranean Sea is our bathtub."

"According to the planned schedule, we will pass through the Suez Canal tomorrow morning and then enter the Red Sea. It has not been peaceful there recently. This world... is all because of the damn Mingzhou Group!"

Now, there is no one who does not curse the Minnesota Group. After all, it is because they have been working hard to build aircraft carriers and amphibious ships that these super battleships, which were originally only owned by superpowers, have spread everywhere!

Originally, the world's top ten aircraft carriers could include Siam's small 10,000-ton aircraft carrier. Now, even among the top 20, Siam's can't even make it!
"Yes, that damn Mingzhou Group has been building aircraft carriers non-stop, and at a very fast speed. We have calculated that on average, an aircraft carrier is built every year. This speed... even we can't compare to it. On average, we only update one aircraft carrier every three years!"

When it comes to the Mingzhou Group, everyone is furious.

Kepler also had a serious expression on his face. "The aircraft carriers they produce have a short production cycle and low cost. No one else can match them. At this rate, we will lose our maritime advantage within ten years. Some time ago, a French reporter went to the East to report on this. However, I don't believe that their technology is so advanced!"

"That's right. Intelligence and assembly lines are pure nonsense! When it comes to technology, we are the most advanced. When our Ford is put into service..."

At present, their only spiritual sustenance is the USS Ford. If this aircraft carrier can be put into service...then they can breathe a sigh of relief!
At this moment, a voice came from the radio: "Report, a weak suspicious echo was found on our phased array radar!"

"How faint?"

"Similar to the echo from a weather balloon."

"Then what's there to worry about?"

"But it was very fast, like a normal plane."

"Don't worry, it might be a false signal from the radar." Kepler said, "Don't worry about it. Wait until our escort fighter takes off and then go up and take a look."

Kepler didn't know it, but he was making a huge mistake!
On the deck, the Super Bug had already slid onto the angled takeoff line. The deck crew were making preparations for takeoff in an orderly manner. To them, this was just a routine night takeoff.

At this moment, two stealth planes were roaring in the sky!

"The target has been locked!"

"emission!"

Bang, bang!
The hatch opened, and four specially made bombs fell down. They had angular shapes and two swept wings spread out, and began to move towards the target!

At this moment, the phased array radar captured the target again.

"The target is clearer, and there are now two of them. Requesting a lock-on attack... Hey, is it because I am dazzled?"

When the bomb bay door opens, the stealth shape is destroyed. Of course, the passive phased array radar can see it clearly, but just when it is about to switch to lock, the bomb has already been dropped, the bomb bay door is closed, and the stealth shape is restored!

The radar operator stared at the screen, and a faint echo appeared on it again. The two clear echoes just now were completely gone!

in case……

If their radar was an active phased array, it could better focus the beam. If their data processing system was more advanced, it could analyze the bright spot that just appeared. If the radar operator was more vigilant...

Of course, if it is just an assumption, it is meaningless and can only be used for post-analysis.

Four objects had already flown towards the target on the sea, but due to their special shape, they were not discovered and launched the most fierce attack in silence.

At this moment, the deck of the big guy below was suddenly filled with smoke, and the super bug skillfully ejected and took off. The moment it left the deck, the pilot Hawks felt a little black in front of his eyes.

It seems that the activities with Black Rose in the pilot dormitory today were a bit too intense. I have to restrain myself in the future.

They need at least 500 female soldiers on their warships. The presence of these female soldiers can help men relieve stress better. After all, drifting on the sea all year round and facing a boring life are likely to cause all kinds of negative emotions, and female soldiers can reduce such negative emotions.

Of course, how this is done depends on the abilities of the sailors on each aircraft carrier. Pilots are the most sought-after group.

As Hawks was thinking, he continued to fly the fighter plane to climb. At this moment, the dark night sky above his head suddenly became brighter.

boom!
Boom boom boom!
Just like fireworks, brilliant flames appeared in the night sky above their heads, and then countless bright lines fell like meteors.

If they weren't the only ones there, and if the explosion wasn't above their heads, they would have actually thought someone was setting off fireworks!

"Oh, damn, cluster bombs! Quick, activate the air defense system!" Kepler shouted loudly after seeing the scene outside through the spacious portholes on the island of the ship.

In an instant, countless dense formations changed direction and fired fiercely overhead, and more brilliant fireworks bloomed in the dark night sky.

The SeaRAM system also began to launch quickly, and missiles flew into the sky with flames.

However, those equipped with a large number of vertical launch missiles did not move and remained silent.

"Why the hell aren't the Standard Missiles firing?"

"The target is too small to be locked."

East.

"Mr. Qin, what is this topic? Cluster bombs to hit surface ships? It has long been proven that this is impossible." Zhang Zhong said, standing up from the sofa.

"To attack surface ships, we need large anti-ship missiles with semi-armor-piercing warheads. Especially for large targets weighing 100,000 tons, we need large missiles weighing one or two tons, or we can rely on the kinetic energy of high-speed flight to kill. What is a cluster bomb? Each bomb contains a small ball of this size."

Zhang Zhong said, gesturing with his hands: "The most suitable targets for cluster bombs are ground targets, such as air force bases, radar and missile bases, barracks, warehouses, etc. Attacking surface ships? That's a joke!"

"I saw an introduction that said the submunitions of cluster bombs falling from the sky can penetrate steel plates a few tenths of a meter thick by relying on kinetic energy."

"That's right. Cluster bombs that win by quantity, such as our Tianlei-500, carry 0.14 submunitions, each of which can penetrate a 6-meter-thick steel plate. Cluster bombs that focus on power, such as our Yunjian-0.3, can carry six submunitions and can smash through a -meter-thick steel plate. But what's the use of this?"

Zhang Zhong analyzed the situation seriously for Qin Tao.

"When dealing with surface ships, power is important! Our heavy anti-ship missiles carry hundreds of kilograms of explosives inside the warheads. This is to ensure that after penetrating the steel plate on the surface of the ship, they explode inside, causing a fire, and then causing the opponent's internal ammunition to detonate. Cluster bombs lack power. They are not powerful enough when they are gathered together. If they are separated, the power will be even lower. It's just a tickle!"

Qin Tao looked at Zhang Zhong with a smile. Zhang Zhong talked for a long time, but then he realized that he was too excited, so he sat back down.

"Boss Qin, what do you think?"

"I don't know either. There are no real combat examples, so we can only talk about it on paper. It would be great if there were real combat examples! By the way, let's continue discussing whether graphite bombs can deal with surface ships?"

"That definitely won't work." Zhang Zhong stood up again. "Graphite bombs are mainly used to deal with power transmission lines on land, causing them to short-circuit and burn. The cables of surface ships are all inside, tightly wrapped, so even water vapor can't get in, let alone graphite filaments."

"Where's the radar?"

"The radar is also in trouble. If it is a radar from the past, the antenna is directly exposed to the outside. After being covered by the graphite filaments, there may be problems. However, the current radars are all covered. The graphite filaments cannot directly contact the radar antenna, so they will not play a big role."

Indoor wires are insulated, but the power transmission lines on tall iron racks do not need this because there is no need. The insulation cannot insulate tens of thousands of volts of high-voltage lines. Just keep a sufficient distance between them.

High-voltage wires are all aluminum wires with steel wires in the middle to provide strength support. These things will be attacked by graphite, but other military facilities? Zhang Zhong thinks it's difficult.

"Boss Qin, the plans you proposed are a bit too far-fetched."

"Yes, without testing it in practice, who can know whether it is effective?"

"A practical test?" Zhang Zhong finally realized: "Could it be..."

Brilliant fireworks bloomed in the dark Mediterranean Sea, but they did not last long. Soon, countless steel ball-like things fell from the sky like rain.

Most of them fell into the sea. After all, no matter what it is, it is insignificant in front of the ocean. A small number of them may have fallen on the deck and suffered crazy attacks from the Phalanx and Hiram.

At the same time, the warship's nuclear reactor began to operate at full speed, and the warship began to accelerate. As long as it sailed away quickly, everything would be fine.

Boom!
On the island, the captain hurriedly opened the door and ran in.

"Kepler, what's going on?"

"A cluster bomb suddenly exploded above our heads. Now, we are rushing to leave this damn place. Thank God, we are still safe so far..."

They don’t understand Eastern philosophy, so they can’t say anything they want. Sure enough, the next second, bang!
The terrible crashing sound passed through the steel plates and reached everyone's ears.

boom!
A raging fire broke out at the impact site.

"Fortunately, it is the runway that is on fire and our parking area is safe." Kepler breathed a sigh of relief.

"Damage control, damage control!" the captain gave the order loudly.

Almost at the same time, bang! A second crash sounded, followed by another huge fire, and then countless people screamed.

The parking area is on fire!

An airplane carrying a large plate was smashed through. There was a loud explosion and the airplane was shattered into pieces. The fuel inside was ignited and the raging fire quickly spread to the surrounding airplanes!

"Hurry, damage control!" the captain was anxious.

"Fortunately, it's just on the deck..."

"Damn it, shut up!" The captain looked at Kepler angrily. What are you talking about?
Boom!
Another submunition hit, and this time, it still did not penetrate the high-strength deck, but it hit the wrong place: the port elevator!

It hit the elevator, which was on the hangar deck below. So, when the submunition exploded, a raging flame whooshed into the hangar!
At this time, everyone was dumbfounded.

If there is only one place on fire, they can rescue it, but what if the fire is everywhere?

With only three fire sources, damage control is already stretched to its limits, not to mention that the fourth and fifth fires are still burning!
The entire warship was in chaos.

This 100,000-ton warship is experiencing the most terrible threat, and the other warships around it are not much better.

Boom!
When a collision sound was heard from the front deck of a nearby warship, everyone on the bridge looked over in fear and looked towards the location of the collision. There, there were chocolate cubes!
boom!
Boom boom boom!
There was no need to rescue the warship because something under the chocolate cube exploded, and the entire warship immediately broke into two pieces and sank rapidly. The sailors shouted in despair.

Plop, plop! Some people jumped into the water, some with lifebuoys and some without, but if they stayed they would surely die, and if they jumped they would not necessarily live, and if they could not swim away quickly, the huge whirlpool created by the sinking warship would suck everyone else away!
"Damn it, who did this?" On a warship nearby, the captain looked at the sinking warship with an extremely serious expression. He clenched his fists and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Oh, look! Oh my god, what is that?"

On another warship nearby, there were four rectangular antennas attached around the bridge. At this moment, these four antennas seemed to have encountered a curse, and their surface was actually burning!

Graphite filaments can not only act as conductors, allowing antennas to conduct electricity, but they can also burn!

The Russians' Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded because they used graphite blocks as moderators. As the temperature inside the core rose, the graphite blocks caught fire directly, just like a pile of burning coal.

Now, when those floating filaments in the sky covered the four antennas, they immediately caught fire! Soon, the four antennas turned into ovens, and the flames began to spread inside!

Since this thing has high power and generates a lot of heat, there are heat dissipation holes near the antenna. Now, these heat dissipation holes have become a terrible source of fire!

In the sky, pilot Hawks opened his eyes wide with fear in his eyes.

As an experienced pilot, he had been to the battlefield, dropped many bombs, and killed many enemies, but he never thought that one day his fleet would become like this!

How could just a few cluster bombs have such earth-shattering power?

In fact, they were two cluster bombs and two graphite bombs, but after the graphite bombs exploded, there was no special movement, unlike technical bombs. They were more beautiful, like flowers scattered by fairies.

No matter how much theoretical analysis we do, it is all theoretical. We have to do it to know the actual situation!
Of course, the people who receive this kind of bomb attack suffer the most.

At this moment, Hakes even felt like he had lost all hope.

What should he do next? Redirect and fly to the nearest military base? Which one?

He wanted to fiddle with the display screen in the cockpit, but then he realized: where did these cluster bombs come from?

This bomb is not a missile and cannot fly by itself. It needs to be thrown over. Moreover, the distance of the throwing plane is not too far, and then...

He suddenly came to a conclusion: it must have been done by those guys 500 nautical miles south of the route, so he had to chase them first to confirm whether it was them!

He turned on the afterburner luxuriously. At this moment, he suddenly missed the Tomcat. If it was a Tomcat fighter, it would have entered the supersonic field in an instant, while his Big Bug had to fly slowly. Fortunately, he did not bring bombs, but only air superiority mounts, otherwise, the Big Bug would not be able to fly at supersonic speed at all.

The big bug broke the speed of sound with difficulty, and then continued to accelerate. At the same time, he turned on the onboard radar.

If it was the big bug before, and it still used ordinary pulse Doppler radar, perhaps he would get nothing. But now, the super big bug has been equipped with advanced AN/APG-79 radar, which is a new active phased array radar!

Soon, a faint echo appeared on his radar screen, and the direction of the echo was exactly the direction he had judged!
Damn it, it was them!
Lock on and kill them!

Hawks did not call for help from behind because it was useless. The people above would not care about him at all. He could only make his own choice. He had to attack without hesitation!

Wait, the echo is too weak to lock!

Hawks looked at the display on the screen helplessly, and then looked at his fuel gauge which was rapidly decreasing due to supersonic flight. So he had to give up the pursuit and turned around to fly east.

In short, just know who the culprit is!

(End of this chapter)