The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

In the sky, countless fighter planes flew up and down, and the rain of bullets they fired staggered into a three-dimensional grid, like a violent storm, washing the vast sky. tiny water column.

On the surface of the sea, five or six destroyers formed a jujube-shaped formation, firmly protecting the cruiser in the central position. On the ship, all the light and heavy artillery were fired violently into the air, and the shells fired from hundreds of large and small muzzles were in the air. The flames exploding in the sky are as brilliant as clouds, which is spectacular!

On the heavy cruiser Astoria, Colonel Francis Scanlon looked sternly, from the bridge command room, coldly looked at the war hawks flashing across the low sky like lightning, cursing and cursing those hateful Chinese fighter jets.

But such an approach is obviously useless, no matter how vicious he complains, he can't change those fast perverted guys, who are running around on top of his head unscrupulously, knocking down the escorting fighter planes from time to time, arrogant, Outrageous!

The splashed shells occasionally set off more than a dozen flames on the battleship. The sharp 25mm piercing shells may not be able to withstand even the horizontal deck. It's busy!

"Damn it! How long will it take for us to reach the target location?! Can we only attack against the Chinese guy's interception like this?"

Not far away was the heavy cruiser USS Portland. Colonel Lawrence Dubos was even more annoyed than him. A man who was already quite rough, naturally couldn't hold back when he encountered such an aggrieved situation.

Colonel Scanlon replied angrily: "Don't you have a better way? The radar of the Chinese guys is too powerful. I don't know how they found out. It seems that all our actions are staring right under their noses." Same, this feeling. Very bad! I don't like it very much!"

"Hahaha! Then what can you do? Compared with General Fletcher's unlucky task force, we are already much happier! At least there are no strange shells flying over to bombard us!"

Colonel Dubos laughed rudely and ordered the ship to fire more fiercely, but obviously the effect was not good. Most of the fighters that could be killed were his own fighters.

"But it doesn't matter much! If it's just an ordinary interception, it won't affect our offense too much. I'm just worried..."

Colonel Scanlon was just about to comfort his colleagues, but before he could finish his sentence, a destroyer that opened the way suddenly exploded about ten kilometers ahead, and the sun in the sky shone with a dazzling red light was eclipsed by it , followed by a huge pillar of fireworks hundreds of meters thick tumbling into the sky, forming a dazzling mushroom cloud!

"Boom---!" An earth-shattering explosion followed closely.The colonel watched helplessly, the destroyer was blown into countless pieces like a ball of steel garbage, burning and flung hundreds of meters into the sky, flying randomly in all directions, the slender hull, the middle part violently One piece went up, and the whole piece was broken into two pieces.He fell fiercely into the huge bay formed after the explosion, and was swallowed by huge waves!

"That's...a Chinese bombshell! Damn it! Where did it come from?!"

Scanlon growled angrily.Hit the chart table with his fist so hard that his belly was full of anger and his lungs were about to explode!

The most annoying thing is this situation. I can't figure out where the enemy is at all. I don't know that I have entered the battle until I am attacked, but at that time.It's too late!

Colonel Dubos yelled even more angrily: "We can't see the target situation at all! Damn the broken radar, it doesn't work at all! There are no enemy ships ahead. Where did they come from? The sky?!"

There is an air-to-air radar, which is similar to the model installed on the battleship, but it is a pity that it is full of fighter planes flying randomly from both sides.It is impossible to distinguish whether it is an enemy or a friend.

The current radar is actually completely unreliable!They can only see the strength of the echoes of the targets in the sky, forming blurred shadows of different sizes, and they can know that it is an incoming fighter plane, not a group of big birds passing through. This is a very remarkable achievement.

In comparison, Zhu Bin's advanced radars can clearly judge the different signals of fighter planes and birds, the number of aircraft groups, precise coordinates and forward speeds, and even the aircraft types are more than enough!Even if the opponent throws a heavy bomb of hundreds of kilograms from a distance, it can be clearly determined and intercepted with missiles. The gap is at least three to forty years!

Scanlon closed his eyes, took a deep breath, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and gritted his teeth and shouted: "Okay! I have to admit that the Chinese do have some abilities that we cannot understand! But this does not mean that we Just admit defeat! Keep moving forward, I don’t believe I can’t succeed!”

rush!keep going!No matter what, find each other and kill them!

All the ships increased their maneuverability and moved forward in an irregular serpentine route without any relaxation.

In the sky, the escorting fighter planes were taken aback by the explosion on the water surface. They were condescending, and their vision was wide. It was easy to know that there was no enemy ship within [-] to [-] kilometers ahead, so the attack could only come from the air up?

The fleet flying in front resolutely put aside the interception, and after rushing to the high altitude for a while, quickly launched a comprehensive search forward, and suddenly saw that group of wings spread wide in the sky, and the huge body cast a majestic figure, facing the sea. The big guy who dropped the anti-ship missile lightly on board!

Heavy bomber!

The U.S. military pilots were shocked!When did this terrible thing run to such a distant sea!Take off from an aircraft carrier?That is totally impossible!So from mainland China?Fly over from Ryukyu Island?God, could their range be that big? !

Probably!

Just like the b24 heavy bombers they are equipped with, they can fly more than [-] kilometers. If they are lightly loaded with ammunition and increased fuel, they can even go further!Calculate the distance, it is really about the same.

More importantly, the emergence of large bombers means that all routes from Ryukyu Island to Wake Island have been penetrated, and the infrastructure on Wake Island must have undergone a lot of repairs to be able to take off and land them. Take it a step further, and this big guy can travel long distances.A direct threat to the continental United States!

Things are more serious than expected!

A series of warning signals were sent to the surface ships in disorder. Fortunately, it seems that this place has not yet entered the radio shielding area, and their communication is unimpeded.

A group of heavy bombers.Staying at an altitude of [-] meters, sailing gracefully and slowly, under the belly of the aircraft, slowly throw out the heavy anti-ship missile with a length of six meters, ignite, launch, sprint condescendingly, and kill!

"Boom!—Boom!"

Another two destroyers exploded one after another!The attack mode of at least two rounds ensures that the destroyer is accurately intercepted without any luck, and the heavy warhead of each missile.The terrifying guy whose explosion power is not weaker than a torpedo, even a battleship can be blown out of big holes, let alone the little guys, once they explode, they will be blown to pieces!

"What?! It's a heavy bomber, a precision bomb thrown? Rockets?!"

Scanlon and Dubose exclaimed in unison, their eyes hastened to the sky --- but they could only see the boundless smoke, which was indistinct.

It is really.Those bombers were at least [-] or [-] kilometers away from an altitude of [-] meters, which was beyond the reach of warships.It's not within reach of their ship-borne artillery fire, so they can only sigh in awe!

Damn it!How could they be so precise at such a distance?If it continues like this, how can there be conflicts?I'm afraid that even cruisers can't carry such a huge bomb? !

"Smoke!"

The two majors gave the order decisively and informed the entire fleet at the same time.Such dire tactics must be guarded against.Judging from their experience, it is estimated that aircraft carriers and battleships are coming, and they are also helpless!The other party has prepared enough!

"Bang bang bang---!" Countless smoke bombs were shot out one after another, and the small ones directly blasted into the water surface more than ten kilometers away with naval guns.The larger ones are directly thrown out by depth charge catapults or carrier-based aircraft catapults, and dozens or hundreds of large smoke bombs are exploded on the surrounding sea surface. Miasma, fuzzy, not clear at all.

This is really a helpless solution!Otherwise, the chimneys of battleships with billowing black smoke are the most conspicuous targets, purely for the opponent to attack, and they have to be guarded against.Now, it's not a question of hiding whereabouts at all, but a question of avoiding bombing!

Not to mention, this trick really works!At least in high altitudes, it is impossible to rely on optical aiming, and neither infrared rays nor lasers can lock on. They can only rely on high-power radar scanning, and the accuracy of the judged target is quite poor.

For anti-ship missiles, there is a certain error in the original attack hit rate, especially when maneuvering at the end. Because the speed is too fast, it is not easy to adjust. It is not as flexible as light cruise missiles, and the effect is greatly reduced in the billowing smoke.

The heavy bomber at high altitude immediately stopped releasing anti-ship missiles, and the revolving bomb carrier under the belly of the aircraft rotated out the heavy gliding bomb, aiming at the target locked by the radar below and gently decoupling, clusters of big guys weighing one ton became Right after it fell, the wide and slender main wings flicked off, and it glides gracefully to the low sky!

The gliding bomb with a maximum attack distance of [-] kilometers also has a targeting system, which is less accurate than missiles, but its advantage is that it is cheap and the weight of the warhead is sufficient!

Judging the possible area of ​​the enemy ship’s advance in advance, the bomb accelerated to Mach 0.75 ran wildly like a boat with the sound of the wind. When it entered a low altitude, the warhead burst, and hundreds of fist-sized bullets were scattered away, forming a large area. The net-casting attack surface, hula-la-la's hood is aimed at the intended target!

The power of each bullet can easily penetrate the armor thickness of 55mm, neither the level deck of the destroyer nor the cruiser can hold it!The explosive power is by no means weaker than the 105mm grenade, and the joint explosion has unprecedented destructive power!

Casting such a net all over the sky is equivalent to a cluster attack of thousands of shells at once. No matter how thick the smoke is, it is impossible to be completely invisible after all. After 3 minutes, large groups of explosions suddenly rise in the smoke. The huge impact of flame and smoke tore through the barriers, exposing the ship's figure one after another!

The remaining destroyers scattered around were targeted to varying degrees!It is also two bombs against one, although not the whole warhead hits it, just a dozen little guys the size of a fist hit, it is still a deadly act!

Amidst the loud rumbling noise, warheads smashed into the deck and bridge one by one, destroying the turret and blowing up the cannon.The deck was overturned, the side was blown up, and the light destroyer staggered amidst the surging flames of destruction, igniting a raging fire!

The two heavy cruisers are not much better.The big bullet of your fist that falls on it will still cause uncontrollable destructive power!

Major Scanlon's bridge was hit by two warheads. The explosion destroyed the outer composite buffer armor belt, sandbags flew across, the radars on both sides were scrapped, the radio antenna was blown off, and dozens of soldiers were killed or injured!

On the deck, the armor of a 203m triple turret was exploded and the barrel was displaced.It has lost its effect for the time being, the most ferocious thing is the front deck, the huge hole that exploded looks extremely hideous!

"Is it still an attack from the sky?! It's incredible!"

Colonel Scanlon praised him blankly, but he couldn't keep his composure.The escorting destroyers around were injured and injured, basically they couldn't help much, the way ahead.They will be alone and helpless.

Do you want to move on?

certainly!It never occurred to him to back off.Now that he has decided to complete his glorious mission, all difficulties are unstoppable, unless he is completely blown up, otherwise, he can only move forward!Go forward firmly!

The escort fleet did not disappoint either.Ultimate Zero Fighter and f4u, which had a certain high-altitude advantage, rose one after another, part of them rushed to the sky of [-] meters desperately, and launched an attack and expulsion against the group of hateful heavy bombers!

But it is too difficult to realize this kind of idea!The battling Flying Shark fleet did not follow up to snipe.When they were about ten kilometers away, a group of silver-gray lightning bolts burst out suddenly, the speed was dizzying, dragging a series of dazzling white tracks in the sky, like shells fired !

"It's a jet fighter!"

There was an exclamation in the radio of the US military fleet!Yes, they read right!Only jet fighters that can fly at supersonic speeds can break through the sound barrier and form a shock wave cloud behind the aircraft. The obvious and long-term non-disappearing wake in the sky is their symbol!

That is a terrifying guy with a speed of more than 4 kilometers per hour!In front of them, the seemingly fast f[-]u is simply a snail!

Just a group of six Wyverns, the sudden appearance brought despair to the enemy, then slowed down and entered a subsonic state, the air-to-air combat bombs under the wings were fired unceremoniously, and the continuous face-to-face shooting down rushed to the forefront More than a dozen enemy planes followed closely behind, and the rapid-fire machine guns harvested like lightning sickles at close range, destroying the rest of the fleet in the air!

This is an insurmountable technological gap!No matter how hard you try, after all, it is not a huge gap that can be crossed casually, and a blow from high to low is simply an unstoppable crush!

Killing the enemy planes that rushed forward, the Flying Tigers immediately dived towards the low altitude, and at a staggering speed, surpassed the speed of sound again in a blink of an eye. The sea roared past at a height of one meter, and the explosion sound produced by breaking through the sound barrier continued to roar like thunder below, shaking the US military on the battleship to the point of collapse!

The thick smoke pervading the sea was swept away by the rushing fighter planes, and the turbulent airflow was wrapped in a sudden evacuation, revealing the figure of the ship that was still emitting thick smoke.

The high-altitude bomber released anti-ship missiles again without losing the opportunity. Every burning fire and boiling chimney are the best infrared targets. They are even more significant signal sources than before, attracting huge missiles to swarm. !

Major Scanlon and Colonel Dubos, before they woke up from the detonation caused by the passing of the Wyvern, a blindingly huge flash suddenly appeared in front of them, followed by the violent tremors of the battleship rumbling, Strips of missiles fell from the sky like arrows, fiercely piercing through the weak armor, smashing into the bilge, and exploding viciously!

The "Astoria" was blown in two from the front third, and almost all of the more than 900 people on board were killed and injured. quarter!

The "Portland" was nearly exploded by a missile close to the side. The mighty force squeezed and shattered the keel, causing the entire battleship to be completely deformed. It was too late for them to close the valve of the compartment, followed by another missile, passing through the chimney into the power compartment, the explosion caused a violent explosion, and the battleship exploded in two obliquely in the water, spraying out kilotons of steel Fragments, slowly sinking!

On the other side, the heavy cruiser headed by the New Orleans and the first destroyer squadron passed through the left wing of the Yuefei aircraft carrier formation, and rushed to Wake Island from the tail. When they just cut into the meeting point, they suddenly flew from the side There are more than a dozen subsonic anti-ship missiles densely packed!

It was shot by the "Yingzhou" nuclear-powered missile cruiser squatting at the back and acting as the tail of the scorpion formation!Sticking to the horizontal surface of less than 20 meters, the missiles that suddenly hit at Mach 0.8 are fast, concealed, dense, and the speed is dizzying!

The destroyer USS Phelps, walking in the forefront, was caught off guard. First, two shots were smashed in from the side of the ship. The explosion tore apart half of the ship, pushing the battleship to the other side and tilting sharply. The single ship on the deck A large piece of the turret and anti-aircraft machine gun was blown away, the power system was completely scrapped, and the explosive jet almost penetrated the narrow hull. One blow, it was completely scrapped!

The other destroyers on the outside did not escape, and were bombarded fiercely. Even the New Orleans did not escape, and was ruthlessly bombarded by a missile from the root of the bridge, almost piercing through it, and exploded. It directly destroyed one-third of the compartments and supports at the root, causing hundreds of casualties on the spot. The fire and thick smoke engulfed the entire battleship! (To be continued..)