Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

The war in the South Atlantic continues, with the eyes of all military strategists fixed on it. Since the Cold War, large-scale naval battles have never broken out. Although countries have been actively researching naval warfare tactics, it has all been theoretical. What modern naval warfare is like can only be known through actual combat.

On May 2nd, the British Navy deployed a nuclear submarine and sent Argentina's only 10,000-ton cruiser, the General Belgrano, to the bottom of the sea. Although it was an old cruiser launched in 1938, it was a major blow to the Argentine Navy. From that time on, the Argentine Navy shrank back into port and dared not go out again.

Throughout the entire war, the navy shrank back, the army was discouraged, and only the air force was still fighting with all its might!

Revenge! We must have revenge!

A large number of search planes and fishing boats were searching for the踪迹 of the British naval expeditionary fleet. On May 4th, an Argentine Neptune patrol plane finally discovered a Type 42 destroyer sailing on the surface of the sea. Soon, the intelligence was sent back to the country.

At 9 a.m., the Grande Naval Air Base in Tierra del Fuego was filled with tension. Two Super Étendard fighters took off with afterburners. Countless ground crew members stood on the runway, watching the planes leave, their eyes fixed on the Exocet missiles under the right wings. They must teach the British Navy a severe lesson!

Captain Augusto Bedacarratz looked grimly at the azure blue sea. He knew that the enemy was in the sea ahead. They had to take out the enemy this time to avenge the General Belgrano cruiser and the more than 300 sailors on board!

An aerial refueling tanker converted from a C-130 appeared ahead, with aerial refueling hoses extending from both ends of the wings. Bedacarratz calmly connected to it and began aerial refueling. His wingman, Lieutenant Armando Mayora, followed suit and completed aerial refueling with him. Then, the two planes lowered their altitude and flew towards the target, almost skimming the surface of the sea.

Were the British warships still there? Would their tactics work? At this time, it was still unknown.

When they were about seventy kilometers away from the target, Bedacarratz suddenly pulled the control stick, and the Super Étendard suddenly climbed up from the sea surface, lasting only one or two seconds. Then, he pushed the control stick and dived. The Super Étendard fighter performed a simple climb-dive maneuver, but in just these one or two seconds, the Agave single-pulse radar in the nose of the plane searched for the target on the distant sea surface, and the onboard computer began to quickly calculate.

The attack entered the countdown!

The two Super Étendards continued to fly towards the target at an ultra-low altitude, only a dozen meters above the surface. The churning waves seemed to be able to hit their planes at any time and smash them to pieces, but they didn't care.

Fifty kilometers, thirty kilometers!

Launch!

Bedacarratz pressed the launch button, and the Exocet missile on the right side detached from the pylon. A burst of blazing flames erupted, and a trail of white smoke quickly extended across the sea, flying towards the target!

Almost at the same time, his wingman also launched an Exocet missile. They took one last look at the white smoke appearing on the sea surface and pushed the control stick to return. For them, the mission was over, and whether or not they hit the target was no longer up to them.

At this time, the HMS Sheffield, which was about to suffer a catastrophe, had not noticed anything. The captain was using satellite communication to call the fleet. When the missile dragging white smoke flew from afar, only one lookout spotted the attack from the Argentine air force.

"Quick, activate the jamming, activate the jamming!"

They had long known that the Argentine Navy had Exocet missiles, so they also had special jamming devices. One of the Exocet missiles veered off course under the interference, but the other Exocet missile still pounced over with fierce killing intent!

Boom!

The Exocet missile accurately smashed through the thin steel plate of the HMS Sheffield and exploded inside. Blazing fire broke out on the HMS Sheffield. The Argentine Navy used Exocet missiles to avenge themselves! Modern naval warfare had real results!

Ultra-low altitude sea-skimming flight attacks are the most effective attack method!

In the East, Huanglou.

"The urgent telegram called me over. What's the matter? The army is still waiting for me to develop the third-generation tank! Oh my, why is the room full of people?"

On the rostrum, Navy Leader Liu stood up: "Chief Engineer Qin is here? Quickly, please invite Chief Engineer Qin in. Come, sit here with me."

Qin Yang's gaze turned to the rostrum and saw that familiar figure. The image of the old man carefully standing on tiptoe on an American aircraft carrier to look at their equipment seemed to appear before his eyes.

"Old Liu?"

"I'm the one who called you here, Chief Engineer Qin. We want to discuss the naval battle in the South Atlantic. You predicted this war, so you must have a lot of ideas, right?"

"I was just guessing at the time…" In front of Old Liu, Qin Yang couldn't be too flamboyant.

"Guessing is also a skill. Chief Engineer Qin, your factory must have sold a lot of those things, right? You started preparing a year ago. The level of guessing is also very good. Come, sit here with me!"

Qin Yang was speechless. Could this matter be talked about casually? Old Liu was using this matter to remind him that since he had come here, he had to leave something real behind.

"Yes, Chief Engineer Qin, if we were to use our 'Little Erhei', could we achieve the same results?" A naval officer couldn't wait any longer.

"'Little Erhei'? The YJ-8, right? Can this missile be air-launched?"

The East's anti-ship missiles started from imitating the Soviet Union's P-15 Termit missile. The domestically produced model was named Shangyou-1. Later, it was also mounted on the H-6 bomber for air launch. However, the country also knew the backwardness of this anti-ship missile, so in the 1970s, it began the development of the YJ-8, nicknamed 'Little Erhei'. Whether it was the appearance or the technical data, it was almost the same as the Exocet, aiming at the world's advanced level.

However, due to the weak domestic foundation, the development progress was slow. It was not until 1982 that maritime experiments were conducted, and it was finalized in 1985. As for the air-launched version, it was not until the 1990s that the test launch was completed and equipped on the JH-7 Flying Leopard fighter-bomber.

At the beginning, Qin Yang忽悠 the Argentinians to use the domestically produced YJ-8 to replace the Exocet was just a ploy. If the other party really placed an order, then his side could also use the funds to speed up research and development.

"Everyone, your gaze seems to be in the wrong direction," Qin Yang said. "You only consider whether we can achieve the same results with the 'Little Erhei'. Have you ever thought about whether our navy can defend against the attack of the Exocet?"

Our national defense policy is defensive. Have you forgotten that you only have anti-aircraft artillery for air defense?