I built an armada.

Chapter 441 How many warships did Long Xia dispatch? Too terrifying

What's more, this time the opponent is the battle group dispatched by the Eagle Tribe's Seventh Fleet, headed by the "Eagle" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, equipped with the most advanced carrier-based aircraft on the Blue Planet.

You can imagine the pressure of dealing with them.

"Once the battle begins, we must immediately block the possibility of carrier-based aircraft taking off!"

"Otherwise, we will be extremely passive."

The deputy captain's words touched Zhou Qinglei's heart directly.

If they can suppress the carrier-based aircraft, then they only need to be responsible for firepower output, forming a saturation attack that will make it difficult for the enemy to defend themselves.

In this regard, 052D and 052C have a natural firepower advantage!

If they cannot be suppressed, the enemy will dispatch a large number of carrier-based aircraft to deter them, and the number will suddenly swell to a terrifying level.

The anti-ship missiles and precision-guided bombs carried on carrier-based aircraft pose a great deterrent to warships.

"You're right. I was worried about this before. Thanks to the close distance between us this time, it's not easy for the Seventh Fleet's carrier-based aircraft to take off safely!"

"Overall, under various prerequisites, the chances of winning are at least 50-50."

Zhou Qinglei turned his head to look at the deputy captain and expressed his thoughts.

At present, the close distance between the two sides is an advantage!

"So our main task at the moment is to suppress so many of the enemy's carrier-based fighters and increase our chances of winning."

"Otherwise, we will have to face so many enemy fighters, and I'm afraid we will have to fight on two fronts."

"Since we need to do air defense, we also need to conduct anti-ship attacks."

“The pressure on us is huge.”

The deputy captain nodded in agreement.

He knew very well that the firepower of a ship like the 052D might be more balanced, being able to carry out air defense and anti-ship operations at the same time, and having sufficient firepower channels.

However, the 052C is more inclined towards air defense and its anti-ship capability is weaker, so it will face insufficient firepower and must be coordinated once a fight breaks out.

Of course, fortunately, there are a large number of 052Ds in the fleet, which can perform this task well.

Just as the two were discussing, the radar monitor suddenly exclaimed.

"Captain, the enemy reconnaissance aircraft is about 3 kilometers away from the sea boundary."

"Captain, the enemy reconnaissance plane has no intention of turning around and is still approaching quickly."

"Report to Captain..."

Listening to his subordinates' urgent reports one after another, Zhou Qinglei's eyes were once again focused on the situation map. The two red dots representing reconnaissance aircraft were moving rapidly towards the border line, getting closer and closer.

His breathing became much quieter!
He knew that the last bit of hope in his heart was extinguished.

Next, it depends on whose fist is harder!

The atmosphere in the main control room also became tense, and every sailor was focused on the equipment in front of him.

"Report, enemy reconnaissance aircraft is less than 1 kilometer from the sea boundary line."

At this moment, the radar monitor reported urgently.

The automatic locking radar has locked onto the two reconnaissance planes and is now waiting for the order to open fire.

"Fire!"

Zhou Qinglei immediately and decisively issued the order.

In fact, according to the Blue Star convention, in this situation, one should first communicate with the other party. If the other party does not listen to the advice and insists on continuing to fly forward, one should wait until the other party enters one's own waters before issuing a warning and driving away.

If it still doesn't listen after three attempts, you can report to your superiors and request to open fire to shoot it down!
However, before this, Liu Huaming had already given the right to engage in combat to Zhou Qinglei, and he was fully responsible!

In addition, the navy was currently at its peak of momentum as they had won a great victory before. If they talked about warning and driving away at this moment, their momentum would obviously be weakened and they would be suppressed by the opponent instead.

Naturally, we have to respond according to the originally formulated strategy, and take action immediately once the opponent crosses the sea boundary.

As the order was given, two Hongqi 901A air defense missiles were ejected from the vertical launch units one after another, and then they spewed out flames and burst towards the two reconnaissance planes.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a sharp roar, the two missiles instantly reached a speed of Mach 3.

On the reconnaissance plane, the number of warships seen by the Eagle Tribe pilots with the naked eye was very different from what was shown on the radar.

This result made him extremely nervous and he broke out in a cold sweat.

He knew that the stealth capabilities of the Longxia Navy's warships in the radar field were better than those of the Eagle Tribe.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why this situation occurs.

After learning the situation, he immediately turned on the radio communication device and quickly passed the message back.

"Captain, an emergency has been discovered..."

But before he could finish his words, a very urgent missile lock alarm sounded in the cabin, and the lit red warning light directly turned the entire cabin blood red.

He quickly glanced at the radar and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.

The reconnaissance plane was locked by the anti-aircraft missile, and its speed reached Mach 3!

Fortunately, there is only one, and one locks one plane!
Obviously, the Longxia Navy was warning them that the eastern waters of Longxia were inviolable, so they did not kill them.

Compared with previous verbal warnings between tribes, the warning from the Longxia tribe is obviously more deterrent.

After figuring out the intention, he breathed a sigh of relief!

But the speed of the incoming missile was too fast, reaching Mach 3, which is three times the speed of sound, while the fastest flying speed of his fighter plane did not exceed Mach 3. There was a huge gap between the two.

It’s hard to say whether he can survive!

The pilot hurriedly maneuvered the reconnaissance plane to rapidly rise, turn and perform a series of maneuvers, preparing to release decoy bombs or metal foil strips at the critical moment.

At this moment, in the main control room of the aircraft carrier "Eagle".

The communications officer called out anxiously, "Hawkeye One, what happened?"

"Hawkeye 2, received, please reply!"

The other party had just sent back a message, but it was suddenly interrupted. This made the communicator feel very bad, so he naturally frantically contacted the two reconnaissance planes.

"what happen?"

Captain Willis asked in surprise.

"I don't know. Hawkeye No. 1 suddenly reported the news just now, but the connection was lost in the middle of the sentence."

Before Willis could react, he suddenly heard the radar monitor shouting anxiously again.

"Captain, two missiles spotted at 50 kilometers, at a speed of Mach 3."

"Captain, two missiles are targeting Hawkeye 1 and Hawkeye 2."

"Report to the captain, the specific location of the enemy ship has not been found."

Everyone present was suddenly stunned.

What is going on here?

Only the launched missiles were found, but no trace of the warships was found?

Originally, when Willis first heard the report, he thought that his fishing enforcement had worked and the Longxia Navy had taken the bait. As long as the Longxia Navy fleet took action, he could immediately take countermeasures and directly defend and counterattack.

In this way, even if he sues the Blue Star Alliance in the future, he will not be brought to a military court.

But no one expected that the warships launched by the Longxia Navy were not within the range of those detected by the radar display!
Willis was immediately shocked and felt that something was wrong. What on earth did this mean?
Didn’t find the specific location of the enemy ship?

Doesn't that mean the radar is broken?

Or was it that the radar monitor's vision suddenly blinded?
"What did you mean by your last sentence?"

“Is there something wrong with the radar?”

Willis stared at the radar monitor and questioned in a deep voice.

"Captain, the radar is working normally, but according to the information it feedbacks, the two anti-aircraft missiles were not launched from the warships detected."

The radar monitor hurriedly reported truthfully.

Willis fell into deep thought, and then asked doubtfully: "Could it be a submarine?"

He felt that this was the most reasonable explanation.

Submarines are difficult to detect with sea search radars, so they can launch surprise attacks while being cleared.

"Captain, the sonar department has detected no signs of submarine activity."

At this time the sonar soldier reported.

This was even more strange. Captain Willis rubbed his forehead with his right hand, puzzled.

In fact, one thing is that if a submarine takes action, the sonar soldiers will definitely be able to detect it. If a warship launches an anti-aircraft missile, it should be among the warships that have been discovered.

Those warships also have the ability to launch air defense missiles, so why did they choose to launch them from an unknown platform?

Could it be that the Longxia Navy is using this to intimidate them?
Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard an observer's urgent report.

"Captain, anti-aircraft missiles are rapidly approaching the Hawkeye reconnaissance aircraft!"

Willis hurriedly looked up with the telescope and saw an anti-aircraft missile dragging a long fire snake in the air catching up with the early warning aircraft at a very fast speed.

At this time, the reconnaissance plane suddenly climbed rapidly, flipped its fuselage to perform extraordinary maneuvers, and even ejected a decoy bomb from its butt, but it was of no use at all.

Soon a series of metal foil jammers were ejected from the back of the fighter plane, and two flickering flames quickly formed at the tail of the fighter plane.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a loud explosion and flames shooting into the sky, the anti-aircraft missile was interfered by the metal foil, allowing the reconnaissance plane to successfully avoid the missile attack.

Perhaps frightened, the reconnaissance plane stopped at the sea boundary and quickly turned around and flew backwards.

Seeing this, Wesley breathed a sigh of relief.

He finally realized that the Longxia Navy was just using their fists to warn them.

He did not blame the reconnaissance plane for its behavior, as long as he was alive.

But he was very unhappy because the speed of the Longxia Navy's air defense missiles was not slower than the ones they used, reaching Mach 3.

In addition, both its maneuverability and anti-interference capabilities have reached a very high level.

This is the most outrageous thing!
They have always believed that the Eagle Tribe possesses the most powerful military-industrial system in the entire Blue Planet, and that the missiles they use are the most advanced!
Willis was about to issue a combat order when he heard the communicator report: "Captain, Hawkeye No. 1 has a situation report."

"Take it."

The next second, the communication channel was successfully established, and the voice of the Hawkeye One pilot was heard immediately.

"Captain, there is new information in the eastern waters of Longxia."

"explain."

Willis was quite surprised.

"Captain, how many Longxia warships have our carrier radar detected?"

"9 ships!"

Willis answered bluntly.

He remembered this number very clearly, and it was because of this number that he prepared to launch a fishing operation.

He was also quite confused in his heart. Was the other party frightened by the missile just now?
Everything has been presented on the radar. Is there any need to ask questions like this when you already know the answer?

But soon he felt that something was wrong. The carrier-based aircraft pilots were carefully selected. There was not a single fool, and certainly not one with poor psychological quality.

"Captain, the reconnaissance aircraft radar has only found nine warships!"

Hearing this, Willis became angry.

Isn't this just a joke on myself?
Or you're just making fun of yourself!

If possible, he would like to catch the pilot of Hawkeye No. 1 and yell at him in person!
Teach him that the battlefield is no joke!

"You are talking nonsense. What time is it?"

The pilot hurriedly said: "Captain, within my visual range, Longxia has dispatched at least 16 warships!"

After these words were spoken, everyone in the control room was stunned.

So many warships suddenly appeared?
Still not detected by radar.

In addition to the nine ships, there are at least seven that have not been discovered.

How is this possible?
If that's the case, then there's no way we can fight this battle.

Does anyone know if the Longxia Navy has any hidden warships?
"No, that's impossible!"

The radar monitor was the first to question loudly, "Our radar only detected those nine ships, and our radar is the most advanced on Blue Star! How could the Longxia Navy have so many warships participating in the war?"

"It's almost doubled! This is unscientific!"

At this time, someone raised a new question.

"Did you mistake the surfaced submarine of the Longxia Navy for a warship?"

Just after he finished speaking, he spoke again, "This is a little wrong. If the Longxia Navy's submarine comes to the surface, our sea search radar will definitely be able to detect it!"

Willis immediately asked in a deep voice: "What is the situation?"

This matter is extremely serious. If there are any flaws in the battlefield intelligence, then there will be no way to fight this battle.

Not to mention winning, the last few people might end up in an unfavorable situation where they have to passively take a beating.

"Captain, this is the situation!"

"The radar only detected nine warships of the Longxia Navy, and the characteristics of those warships are very obvious. I went to check them out."

"As for the remaining warships, the surface was smooth. They dispatched at least 16 warships."

"If it weren't for the Longxia anti-aircraft missile attack, I would have counted them carefully."

"We are climbing too high now, beyond visual range, and can't see how much there is."

Willis's expression became more and more serious. Now one thing was basically certain: there was a problem with the number of Longxia Navy's participating ships, and the data given by the radar was inaccurate.

This is a bit troublesome.

If they cannot detect the enemy ships, they will have no way to lock onto them with radar, and eventually they will be in a situation where they cannot fight back and can only passively take the beating.

He turned his head and looked at the communicator, who understood and immediately contacted the pilot of the Hawkeye 2 reconnaissance plane.

Soon, the correspondent received relevant reports.

"Captain, Hawkeye II spotted at least 14 Longxia warships, but the exact number is unclear."

(End of this chapter)