The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 290: Retreat Miles
On the Mediterranean Sea.

The American aircraft carrier came in against the wind and waves, showing off its might.

As the world's first maritime power, the United States has a large number of naval bases and the largest number of aircraft carriers in the world.

The number of aircraft carriers of other countries in the world combined is not as many as that of the United States, and their performance is not as advanced as that of the United States.

There are fourteen aircraft carriers, including the Lexington, Coral Sea, Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, Independence, Kitty Hawk, Constellation, Enterprise, America, Kennedy, Nimitz, Eisenhower, and Carl Vinson, which are proof of the United States' position at sea.

In order to support its father, the United States sent a total of two aircraft carrier formations, one in the Mediterranean and the other in the Arabian Sea.

At this time, the aircraft carrier formation with the Kitty Hawk as its core was in the Mediterranean.

The 'Kitty Hawk' aircraft carrier is a conventional-powered aircraft carrier under the United States Navy. It is the first ship of the United States Navy's Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier. The 'Kitty Hawk' aircraft carrier was developed on the basis of the 'Forrestal'-class aircraft carrier. Its main task is to use carrier-based aircraft to attack surface, air and land targets. Construction began in 1956, it was launched in 1960, and it was commissioned in 1961. It has been in service for a full 21 years so far.

This giant steel ship is 323.6 meters long, 39.6 meters wide, has a standard displacement of 6.1 tons and a full load displacement of 8.17 tons. It can reach a speed of 30 to 32 knots and a cruising range of 4000 nautical miles. It has a crew of 5480 people and 82 carrier-based aircraft.

At this time, on the deck of the aircraft carrier, an F-14 'Panda' fighter had stopped on the angled deck, its front wheels hooked on the slide of the catapult, and the pilot started the engine.

A ground crew member nearby looked at the color of the tail flame with familiarity and made a gesture.

Another ground staff member wearing different clothes made another gesture using body language.

Immediately, the pilot turned on the afterburner, adjusted the engine power to maximum, and released the brakes.

A puff of white smoke came out, and the steam catapult below had started working at full speed. With the combined effect of the steam catapult and the fighter engine, the aircraft accelerated and took off from the runway on the angled deck of about one hundred meters.

At the moment the main landing gear left the deck, the plane sank a bit, but the lift was enough to completely lift the fighter. Two flames kept coming out of the tail. The pride of the US Navy, the F-14 Tomcat fighter, took off from the aircraft carrier and began to carry out its mission: to show off its power!
Hundreds of miles away from the sea, there are several warships, which are the navy's warships.

The navy is not very strong, with a staff of about 9000 people. The role of the navy this time is deterrence. Apart from that, only the th Commando is responsible for clearing obstacles for several tanks, jeeps and other equipment for the landing operation.

如今以海军主要有3艘潜艇、3艘小型护卫舰、8艘导弹攻击快艇、14艘巡逻舰、3艘登陆舰艇。

At this time, an "Eilat" class frigate and two missile attack speedboats were cruising on the sea, deterring potential opponents.

Very close to the coastline.

This 'Eilat' class frigate is 85.64 meters long, 10.36 meters wide, has a standard displacement of 1227 tons, a maximum speed of 33 knots, a cruising range of 4000 nautical miles, and a total crew of 61.

The two warships were showing off their might, but they did not notice that in a hidden place on land, the guerrillas were installing the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles under the guidance of a technician with black hair, yellow skin and black eyes.

This is a ship-launched missile, which can also be launched from the shore.

To ensure that the target is hit, each of the three launch vehicles must launch two "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.

Each of them took aim and pressed a button, and three missiles were launched towards the target.

The speed reached 0.9 Mach, which is very fast!
The frigate and the two missile attack boats never imagined that someone would attack them.

You know, according to intelligence, this place is very safe and hostile forces have no means of attack at all.

The only thing that can threaten them is fighter jets.

However, once the enemy fighter jets take off, they will be discovered immediately, and our own aircraft will take off and provide support as soon as possible.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"Boom!" The three warships were not very fast and were not prepared.

With the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile radar locked onto it, it crashed directly into it.

In an instant, three warships were sunk.

In fact, the largest tonnage of the three warships is just over a thousand tons, and the two missile attack speedboats are only 500 tons, which can't withstand the attack of the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.

Once they are hit, only one Eagle Strike anti-ship missile is needed to sink them.

On land, the guerrillas were watching with binoculars, and when they saw three warships being sunk directly, they were stunned.

He didn't expect that this anti-ship missile was so powerful.

Originally, each launch vehicle was required to launch two anti-ship missiles, but now there is no need to launch the second one.

The guerrilla commander quickly gave orders, ordering the launch vehicle to leave quickly to avoid retaliation from the Israeli Air Force.

At the same time, an F-14 'Panda' fighter jet saw the three warships being sunk and was stunned.

After coming to his senses, the pilot quickly reported the situation back.

"What? The other side actually has anti-ship missiles?" After receiving the report, the commander of the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier battle group was shocked and exclaimed.

The commander immediately issued an order: "All warships retreat, 200 nautical miles away from the coastline!"

At 200 nautical miles, there are very few anti-ship missiles that can threaten warships.

Moreover, at this distance, there is enough time to react and intercept anti-ship missiles.

At the same time, the commander reported the situation.

Not long after, the "Enterprise" aircraft carrier formation, which was cruising in the Arabian Sea, also retreated as soon as possible, 200 nautical miles away from the coastline.

None of them dared to take the risk, as who knew if the other side would go crazy and attack them with anti-ship missiles.

The loss of three warships made the Israeli navy very distressed. After all, they did not have many warships, and now they had lost a frigate and two missile attack speedboats at once.

The Israeli naval command immediately issued orders, asking other warships not to get too close to the coastline, and asked the air force to strengthen reconnaissance.

And achieving such great results in the first battle made several countries very excited. They were originally a little worried, but now they are finally at ease and can sleep well.

This is especially true for several coastal countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq. You have to know that since the news of the US aircraft carrier fleet's deployment came out, they have been under tremendous pressure.

Now, with powerful weapons like the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile, hostile warships dare not easily sail into the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf.

After all, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf are not wide.

Although shore strikes are not possible, the problem is that we still have the air-launched "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.

At that time, we will fight to the death and launch dozens of "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles. Not to mention more, as long as we sink three or four warships, it will make the maritime overlord feel distressed.

Not to mention, warships are so expensive that sinking one often costs tens of millions of dollars, or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

(End of this chapter)