The technological competition starts with the integration of space-time memory

Chapter 244 Hell Moment
The misfortune of the USS Theodore was not over yet. There was an explosion in the distant sky. Little Brown looked up and saw that was where his own early warning aircraft was hovering.

Obviously, the early warning aircraft was written off.

Then they saw two fighter planes falling with black smoke coming out. They were the last two F18 fighter planes in the inner circle waiting to land. They never expected that there would be enemy planes sneaking in.

When they flapped their wings to greet the incoming F16 fighter jets, they were actually shot down by the opponent's aircraft cannon.

At this time, there were only four F18 fighter jets performing guard missions on the periphery above "Theodore".

But they were still dozens of kilometers away from their mother ship, and they didn't know whether they would make it in time even if they received the order to return.

The USS Theodore carrier strike group was still in a wartime state as it was carrying out air strike operations, and the entire carrier formation was not crowded together as they usually do during photo shoots.

Therefore, the inner circle escort ships closest to the aircraft carrier are also 15 nautical miles away.

The enemy used F16 fighter jets captured from the Imperial Air Force, although the friend-or-foe identification system was able to distinguish them.

However, the USS Theodore Carrier Strike Group had participated in two consecutive waves of air strikes, and everyone was very tired after a busy night.

In particular, a group of F16 fighter jets had returned with the carrier-based aircraft before, which prevented the soldiers on the early warning aircraft from making any new identification of the subsequent enemy F16 fighter jets.

At this moment, what appeared before Little Brown's eyes was the most hellish moment in his life.

A huge amount of anger surged in Little Brown's heart, as if it could burst out directly from his eyes.

He rushed back to the combat room from the bridge and roared, "All fleets, conduct air defense operations, shoot down all the F16s in the sky!

Let the escort warships approach us urgently!"

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A series of explosions were heard, shaking even sea behemoths like aircraft carriers.

Little Brown was thrown into the air by the shock and hit a chair next to the situation chart on the side. Blood instantly flowed from the corner of his eye, causing a red mist to appear in front of his eyes.

An officer rushed over, helped him up, and shouted, "General, I'm afraid we have to leave here. The ammunition on the deck exploded, and the fire is burning up along the island!"

"Where's the damage control? Send them to put out the fire immediately..."

Before he finished his words, two more shocking explosions were heard and the ship shook violently again.

"Help me out and have a look."

Little Brown thought that he couldn't see the damage to the aircraft carrier in the war room, so he went outside to take a look.

The officer helped him out of the situation room. Thomas was no longer on the bridge. He must have gone to help direct the ground crew and pilots to participate in damage control and rescue.

Maybe he also wants to see if there is a chance to launch a fighter jet. At this time, he still needs a fighter jet.

As Little Brown was thinking and looking around, he saw the escort warships on both sides beginning to appear between the sea and the sky in the distance. It was obvious that they had received orders to come over.

At the same time, it was also seen that the escort warship seemed to be launching Standard 6 air defense missiles!

However, when he looked at his aircraft carrier, his vision went dark and he almost fainted.

The huge deck was in a mess. There were three large holes alone, and the catapult was destroyed. At this time, the aircraft carrier was unable to launch fighter jets.

The raging fire was still burning inside the ship, and billowing black smoke rose into the sky.

In an instant, Little Brown felt a sweetness in his throat and a bloody taste in his mouth and tongue.

Just at this moment, he suddenly saw an F16 fighter plane bypassing the dense artillery fire on the starboard side and rushing directly from the bow of the ship.

Under the wing, the 908 kg JDAM bomb was instantly dropped!

Little Brown felt as if his heart suddenly stopped as he watched the huge bomb fall into the largest hole on the deck.

Little Brown closed his eyes unwillingly.

After a few seconds, there was no explosion.

Little Brown suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the hole in disbelief.

God bless, is it a dud?
Just as this thought came to mind, a deafening explosion came from deep within the pit.

At the same time, the huge hull of the USS Theodore shook violently again.

As flames instantly rolled out of the pit, a series of explosions were heard.

Apparently, the explosion of this giant bomb successfully detonated the ammunition depot below!

The entire Blue Star knows that the Empire's 100,000-ton super aircraft carrier is a sea behemoth that is difficult to sink on this planet.

Even during the testing of the Empire's new aircraft carrier after it is launched, a huge amount of explosives will be detonated next to the aircraft carrier to test the carrier's ability to withstand attacks.

Even if the other side is practicing ballistic missile anti-aircraft carrier operations, they dare not say how many ballistic missiles are needed to sink the Imperial aircraft carrier.

This time, when Du Yiyan formulated the plan for the surprise attack on the aircraft carrier formation, she did not dare to have confidence in sinking the USS Theodore.

Her real combat target is actually the transport ships behind the formation!

The more than 11 officers and equipment of the Empire's 3000th Marine Expeditionary Unit are the big fish of this mission!
Destroying this force at sea would be decisive in disrupting or prolonging the subsequent "Defend Freedom" operation launched by the empire.

In the short term, it will be difficult for the Empire to draw suitable troops to go to Luçon Island to cooperate with the Luçon Army.

This bought the People's Army time to digest the results of the occupation of Northern Lusong and expand its military in preparation for war.

Otherwise, if tens of thousands of people's troops fail to gain effective control over the 40 million people in northern Lusong in a short period of time, and are attacked jointly by the Lusong Army and the Imperial Army, they will easily collapse and fail.

Because of the food supply from the Cagayan Valley, one of the two large plains in Luzon, North Luzon has a population of more than 40 million. There is also the Central Plains in the south of Luzon Island. These two plains are the essence of Luzon Island.

Mani wax is the shining pearl on the central plain.

The entire Lusong has a population of over 12 million, making it the th most populous country in the world, all thanks to the two major grain-producing plains on Lusong Island.

Little Brown didn't know Du Yiyan's plan, but at this moment he found that his aircraft carrier might not be able to be saved.

He could clearly feel the aircraft carrier sinking!

There must have been a big hole in the bottom warehouse or cabin below caused by the series of explosions, and the damage control personnel could no longer stop the crazy influx of seawater.

In the sky, the enemy's F16s were still wreaking havoc, or perhaps they were frantically avoiding the Standard 6 air defense missiles launched by the escort ships.

But all this seemed to be moving away from him.

Little Brown smiled bitterly, took out a small cigar box from his pocket, opened it, and found a cigar left in it.

He took out the last cigar and threw the box away.

He then took out a pair of scissors from his pocket, cut off the end of the cigar, then took out a box of matches, took out a match and lit it.

He didn't care about anything and just lit up his cigar.

The officers next to him were very surprised. The general really had the demeanor of a great general. Even when the aircraft carrier was damaged like this, he could still smoke a cigar calmly.

He also felt that the aircraft carrier was sinking, and it had even begun to tilt.

He suppressed his fear and said to Little Brown, "General, we have to leave here quickly. I will escort you away from the Theodore. The cruiser Bunker Hill is approaching."

Little Brown took a deep puff of the cigar, letting the smoke penetrate his lungs before exhaling.

"I'm not going anywhere. This is my boat and I want to stay with it!"

"No, General, you are injured. You are the commander of the fleet. The battle is still going on. We need you to take command!"

The officer said, then turned and ran back to the situation room.

In a moment he ran out again, followed by several soldiers. Without saying a word, they lifted Little Brown up and walked under the bridge.

Little Brown was unable to struggle free from the iron hands of these military men. He was carried by a group of people and quickly sent to a lifeboat.

When Little Brown sat in the lifeboat and moved a little away from the aircraft carrier, he found that this once majestic sea overlord was now emitting billowing black smoke.

The entire ship tilted more and more, and raging flames could be vaguely seen inside the hull.

Many soldiers jumped down from the deck of the aircraft carrier, which was 19 meters above the sea, like dumplings.

At this height, if you fall into the water in the wrong posture, you may even die on the spot.

More people jumped into the sea from the exit of the cabin below, and lifeboats were constantly lowered to rescue those who fell into the water.

There are a total of more than 4800 crew members on the entire aircraft carrier. Now they are facing the hellish moment of the "Theodore". It can be said that everyone has to flee when disaster strikes.

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Let’s talk about the other half and go back twenty minutes.

Under the command of the No. 12 command system, the 16 F52s led by Ding Richang followed the F16 fighters of the nd Fighter Wing and flew in a echelon formation.

Zero also provided support, first deceiving the early warning aircraft query of the "Ronald".

When approaching the "Theodore", the early warning aircraft here did not even check.

Ding Richang led his fleet to infiltrate the inner defense circle of the "Theodore" in a swaggering manner. He also played a trick and pretended to lower the landing gear.

This caused the officer on duty in the carrier's aviation command room to hesitate for more than ten seconds before sending an inquiry, giving him the opportunity to launch an attack directly over the carrier.

According to the combat plan, his team was responsible for launching an attack on the aircraft carrier, and the other two teams, one was responsible for dealing with the remaining fighters in the air, and the other was responsible for shooting down the early warning aircraft.

When he led the team to pass over the aircraft carrier one by one and drop bombs, the difference between the veteran and the rookie was revealed.

Among the four fighter planes, only his dropped a bomb on the deck of the aircraft carrier. One of them even landed on the elevator and exploded in the hangar, causing a fire in the hangar.

After he dropped the bomb, he found that two of the three fighter planes in the squadron dropped their bombs into the sea, and one of them nervously dropped one less JDAM bomb.

So he led the other two fighters, turned around and returned to cover the fighter with the bomb, and launched a second bombing on the aircraft carrier.

After sacrificing two fighter jets and tearing through the aircraft carrier's close-range firepower network, the fighter jet finally managed to drop the JDAM heavy bomb on the aircraft carrier.

Without having time to observe the results of the battle, he led the only remaining fighter plane and rushed directly towards the transport fleet behind the fleet.

That is their important goal today.

The anti-ship missiles carried by the F16 fighter jets this time were all prepared for these transport ships, because the sneak attack can only be carried out at the very beginning.

Once the Imperial warships react, they will inevitably use their full anti-aircraft firepower.

At this time, they can only stay as far away as possible, even beyond visual range, and achieve the task of sinking the transport ship by launching anti-ship missiles.

This will greatly increase the possibility of the missile being intercepted.

Although everyone is ready to die in this mission, wouldn't it be a great pleasure to be able to return alive?
(End of this chapter)