The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

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"Boom! Boom! Boom!~~~"

"Da da da~~~"

All the anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and other close-in defense systems on the warships opened fire, and the sound of cannons and gunfire rang out densely.

The anti-aircraft firepower dragged a red ballistic trajectory in the night sky and rushed towards the missiles attacking from the sky.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

From time to time, missiles were fired upon by the anti-aircraft guns on warships and exploded in mid-air.

The flames from the explosion illuminated the surroundings.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

However, there is no way to defend against the Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles that fly almost close to the sea level.

However, warships were still hit by the Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles.

Some missiles also fell into the sea, causing huge waves.

The surging waves caused by the explosion caused the surrounding warships to shake continuously under the impact of the sea water.

"Woooooo~~~"

The air raid sirens continued to sound shrilly.

The commanders in all the warships' combat command rooms became panicked.

No one expected that the Iraqis' revenge would be so brutal.

The 450 missiles in front consumed a large number of the fleet's air defense missiles, anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets.

In addition, two missiles fell on the deck of the aircraft carrier. Damaging a few carrier-based aircraft was a small matter, but the problem was that the carrier-based aircraft were unable to take off for a short period of time.

It takes time for planes to take off from land airports, and it also takes time to provide support.

The aircraft carrier formation a hundred nautical miles away has already taken off and is rushing to provide support, but all this takes time.

After the missiles, Iraqi planes came in with great force.

Although the US military's fighter jets are advanced, they cannot withstand the large number of Iraqi planes.

Some Iraqi planes even crashed into warships at the risk of their lives.

"Boom~~" Another missile fell on the deck of the aircraft carrier. The shock wave generated by the explosion damaged many aircraft.

The violent shock wave even blew carrier-based aircraft off the deck of the aircraft carrier and into the sea.

Even if these carrier-based aircraft that fell into the sea are salvaged, they are of no use.

That's how airplanes are, once water gets in, it's very difficult to repair.

Of the carrier-based aircraft that was salvaged, only the hull and some engine parts were still usable.

“Boom~~Boom~~”

Six 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles flew towards the USS America.

The violent explosion even caused the USS America aircraft carrier to shake violently.

Three "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles landed on the deck of the aircraft carrier, leaving three holes on the deck. It can be said that the carrier-based aircraft can no longer take off.

Two Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles were interfered with and hit other parts of the aircraft carrier.

Only one "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile hit the side of the aircraft carrier, tearing a hole, but the hole was above the sea surface, so there was no seawater backflow.

When all the Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles were launched, the commander of the operation gave the order to retreat.

Because the US military's air reinforcements are arriving soon.

Afterwards, the J-5 and J-6 fighters followed, and the other planes returned. When the U.S. Air Force reinforcements arrived, they saw flames burning everywhere on the sea surface below.

All the American pilots were stunned.

It’s only been a short time, less than half an hour, how could it be so miserable!
"Chase and destroy this Iraqi Air Force!" the commander roared and gave orders.

The plane immediately chased after the retreating Iraqi army.

The J-5 and J-6 fighter jets flying at the back were quickly killed.

However, when the US planes chased into Iraqi territory, they were greeted by Aegis air defense missiles, and one plane after another was shot down by the Aegis air defense missiles.

The other planes were so frightened that they quickly increased their altitude and left to avoid being shot down by Iraqi anti-aircraft missiles.

The Iraqi planes returned to the air base and were received as heroes.

Although there were more than two hundred planes, less than a hundred returned, but they achieved brilliant results.

Compared to the joy in Iraq, the situation for the US military is much more miserable.

On the burning sea, the US military is counting the losses.

The soldiers who fell into the water are being rescued using lifebuoys and rubber boats.

There are many soldiers putting out the fire and rescuing the warships.

After all, if the fire is not put out, the burning warship may be lost.

The carrier-based aircraft could not return to the aircraft carrier and could only fly towards Saudi Arabia and land on land.

When the statistics were calculated, the commander of the dual-carrier formation's eyes dimmed and he almost fainted.

One of the two aircraft carriers suffered huge damage, losing 60 carrier-based aircraft, and its deck was severely damaged. A large crack appeared on its side. Preliminary assessment showed that it was meaningless to repair it, which means that when the aircraft carrier returns to the US shipyard, it will be retired.

Any other aircraft carrier would be fine, but this one is the USS America.

Although this aircraft carrier is scheduled to be retired in 1996, it has been in service for nearly 1965 years since it was put into service in 30.

But retiring safely and retiring with a heavy blow are two different things.

The USS America aircraft carrier is a symbol of American power!
Another aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga, is a large aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of 6 tons and a full load displacement of 8 tons. Two holes appeared on its deck and many other parts were also damaged.

Originally, this aircraft carrier was scheduled to be retired in 1994, but now it may have to be retired ahead of schedule. After all, this aircraft carrier can still be overhauled, but the cost of overhaul is not low, and it will not be able to serve for many years after the overhaul.

The USS Saratoga lost 35 aircraft.

除了两艘遭到重创的航母，提康德罗加级巡洋舰被击沉2艘、被重创1艘，斯普鲁思斯级驱逐舰被击沉4艘、被重创2艘，佩里级护卫舰被击沉7艘、被重创4艘，其他军舰被击沉了13艘、被重创7艘。

Not since World War II has the U.S. Navy suffered such a heavy blow.

Just this one battle resulted in losses of over $10 billion.

Originally, this dual-carrier fleet had already moved away from the Iraqi and Kuwaiti coastlines and out of the range of the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles, but who could have imagined that Iraq would play so unconventionally.

First, they used Scud missiles and Hussein missiles to consume the aircraft carrier formation's anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft artillery shells, and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets. Then they sent out two hundred aircraft at one time, some of which were even outdated aircraft that were not meant to fight at all, but to serve as cannon fodder.

Aircraft such as the MiG-29 flew almost close to the sea level, avoiding U.S. radar detection and causing such devastating damage to U.S. warships.

In addition to US warships, the United States' allies also suffered heavy losses, with 9 warships and more than 10 other ships sunk.

It can be said that this time, the loss was really huge.

"Report the situation to the commander-in-chief!" The fleet commander said weakly with a pale face.

He then walked towards the room, and just five minutes later, a loud sound was heard from the room.

The officers rushed in and saw the commander falling backwards to the ground. It turned out that he had committed suicide with his service pistol to apologize.

Everyone couldn't help but show a look of sadness, after all, this was their superior.

(End of this chapter)