The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 277 Thunder Strike

Landing ships, frigates and even destroyers were sunk one after another.

The commander was stunned when he saw this scene.

Where did the Argentines get their anti-ship missiles?

The commander felt cold all over, because he knew that with the current losses, his military career was completely over, and he might even be sent to a military court.

After World War II, the British Royal Army never again carried out such a large-scale military operation, nor did it suffer such heavy losses.

Previously, the destroyer Sheffield was hit and sank a few days later, which was already a huge loss.

As a result, the current losses far exceed the sinking of the destroyer "Sheffield".

The artillery of the giant ship continued to vent its anger, wanting to destroy the opponent and tear it into countless pieces.

And the warships began to send out ships to rescue the soldiers.

The losses cannot be counted now, and the top priority now is rescue and reducing the casualties of soldiers.

At this moment, the air force, which had been prepared, took off one plane after another and flew towards the British fleet.

The British aircraft carrier fleet was detected by radar at the first moment, and planes took off immediately.

One after another, Argentine planes were hit and turned into fireballs.

However, a "Super Etendard" attack aircraft had already launched two "Eagle Strike-1" anti-ship missiles.

"Missiles! Missiles! Incoming missiles! Defense!"

A hoarse roar of fear suddenly rang out from the intercom connected to the bridge observation post.

Then, on the radar screen of the State and County class guided missile destroyer, two bright dots were slamming into the State and County class guided missile destroyer at an incredible speed.
"Interference, release interference!"

The commander roared madly.

The jammer then reached maximum power.

At the same time, the chaff jammers on both sides of the deck flew out with a "bang bang~~~", exploding tens of thousands of high-temperature chaff strips around the warship, just like blooming extremely gorgeous fireworks, decorating the "State" class missile destroyer more beautiful than ever, but also becoming its most beautiful moment in this world.
Because the active radar seeker of the Eagle Strike-1 anti-ship missile had already locked onto the 6200-ton British missile destroyer, and the unique anti-interference circuit made the entire missile like a soldier who would not give up until the goal was achieved. As long as it identified the target, it would surely move forward bravely.

"Boom~~"

The terrifying explosions sounded almost simultaneously, and the entire "Zhou-Jun" class missile destroyer shook violently like a small boat in the wind. Countless soldiers lost their balance and fell on their butts.

An earth-shattering explosion resounded through the sky, and the huge energy even lifted the entire "Zhou County" class missile destroyer out of the sea. The strong shock wave shook the nearby seawater and scattered it in all directions.

Two 'Eagle Strike-1' anti-ship missiles hit the 'Zhoujun' class missile destroyer. Two terrifying holes appeared hideous and seawater continued to pour in.

Everyone knew that this State-class guided missile destroyer would not be spared and would inevitably sink. "No!" Commander Wood of the task force looked painful when he saw this scene.

The County class destroyer is a large guided missile destroyer of the British Navy. The first ship was built in 1966, launched in 1967, and commissioned in 1970. It has a crew of 438, a length of 158.7 meters, a beam of 16.5 meters, a full load displacement of 6200 tons, a cruising range of 3041 nautical miles, and a speed of 30 knots. At that time, each ship cost 1380 to 1680 million pounds. According to the current situation, the cost of one ship is more than 2000 million pounds. With various weapons and equipment, the value is at least 1.5 million pounds.

The "County" class destroyers were mainly designed to take on the main air defense escort mission in the British aircraft carrier formation. The Soviet Tu-95 bombers equipped with missiles posed a great threat to the British naval formation, and the "County" class destroyers came into being.

Its birth is also hailed as a landmark destroyer for the British Royal Navy. It is the Royal Navy's first missile destroyer, the Royal Navy's first destroyer with regional defense capabilities, and the Royal Navy's first destroyer equipped with large helicopters.

But now, this "State" class destroyer was actually sunk by the Argentine Air Force.

This loss was much greater than the sinking of the previous destroyer "Sheffield".

The 'Sheffield' destroyer belongs to the Type 42 'Sheffield' class destroyer, with a total length of 125 meters, a width of 61 meters, a standard displacement of 3500 tons, a full load displacement of 4100 tons, a speed of 30 knots, a cruising range of 4500 nautical miles, and a total crew of 312 people.

While Wood was in pain from the sinking of the State and County class guided missile destroyer, another Type 42 Sheffield class destroyer was sunk.

Just two destroyers were sunk, and the loss probably exceeded $4 million!
Wood's eyes were burning with anger, and he had sentenced the Argentine Air Force fighter planes in the sky to death.

He issued a death order to destroy all these Argentine Air Force fighters.

This loss broke Wood's heart.

One hundred kilometers away, a Super Etendard fighter jet was flying almost close to the sea level.

The Super Etendard fighter was flown by pilot Armando Mayora, who had previously flown the Super Etendard to sink the Royal Navy's Sheffield destroyer.

This time, he accepted the mission again and flew the 'Super Etendard' on a mission, and this time his target was the British Royal Navy's aircraft carrier - the 'Invincible' aircraft carrier.

During the Falklands War, the British Royal Navy dispatched two aircraft carriers, namely the HMS Hermes and the HMS Invincible.

The Hermes aircraft carrier was the first aircraft carrier designed and built according to aircraft carrier standards in the world aircraft carrier construction competition. It is also known as the world's first modern aircraft carrier. The Hermes aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1923, and it has been more than half a century since then.

Although this "Hersene" aircraft carrier is not the one built in 1923, it is also an old ship from World War II.

Armando Mayora's target is not the aircraft carrier 'Hermes', but the aircraft carrier 'Invincible'!
HMS Invincible is the first ship of the Invincible-class aircraft carriers of the British Royal Navy. It is a light aircraft carrier equipped with short take-off and vertical landing carrier-based aircraft. Its construction began at Vickers Shipyard on July 1973, 7, it was launched on May 20, 1977, and officially entered service on July 5, 30. The cost of its construction was as high as 1980 million pounds.

The "Invincible" aircraft carrier is 209.1 meters long, 36 meters wide, has a draft of 8 meters, a waterline length of 192.6 meters, a waterline width of 27.5 meters, a standard displacement of 1.6 tons, a full load displacement of 2.06 tons, a flight deck of 167.8 meters long and 13.5 meters wide, a cruising speed of 18 knots, a maximum speed of 30 knots, a cruising range of 7000 nautical miles, a crew of 685 people, 366 aviation personnel, and 800 Royal Marines!
Armando Mayora's eyes flashed with coldness and determination. In order to successfully complete the mission, he flew close to the sea level to avoid the radar search of the British Royal Navy. He even made a circle and flew an extra hundred nautical miles.

Even if they succeed, the remaining fuel on the plane may not be enough to fly back to the airport.

He was ready to sacrifice himself just to give the British a heavy blow and let them know that Argentina cannot be humiliated and the Pampas Eagle cannot be bullied!
In this war, Argentina's army and navy performed very poorly. Only the air force performed well, but the air force also suffered heavy losses.

This time, almost all of them came out!

(End of this chapter)