"Royal Ark, Royal Ark, here is an early warning aircraft, 270 direction, distance 300, found suspicious target, appeared from underwater."
On the early warning aircraft, the radar officer anxiously called to the fleet.
If it is an American aircraft carrier, after adopting the data link, the data on the early warning aircraft can be sent to the aircraft carrier for real-time display, but it is not possible now. After all, their early warning aircraft is borrowed and incompatible.
However, this is only a voice call, and it is enough to make everyone tremble.
Three hundred kilometers away, a target is found underwater. What is that
Of course it is a Soviet submarine-launched missile, and it must be an anti-ship missile.
"The number is still increasing."
As the dots of light appeared on the radar screen, the radar officer anxiously counted the dots on it, more than twenty, this is simply a saturation attack!
The opponent first climbed up, accelerated, and soon exceeded the speed of sound. It seems that it is a supersonic anti-ship missile commonly used by the Soviets. It is not easy to intercept this thing!
How to do
The moment he received this news, Major General Wuhuade was already stunned. During his service career, he had experienced many disturbances, but this time, he had completely exceeded his expectations.
A large number of Argentine navy and air force attack planes came to threaten their fleet. They also took off a large number of fighter planes to meet the enemy. If they only deal with the Argentine navy and air force, they would still have a chance to win, but now they have come out. A batch of other terrible goals!
The Soviets’ supersonic anti-ship missiles saturate their attack, what should we do
At this time, the aircraft carrier has accelerated to 30 knots. Although he has not yet responded, the captain of the carrier-based aircraft on the Royal Ark has already reacted: "Continue to eject and take off, intercept in the direction of 270, fast!"
"The goal has reached Mach 3, and now we have entered an ultra-low-altitude flight."
Another report is here.
At this point, in a short period of time, the other party had already flown one hundred kilometers.
The granite missile took off with a booster, and then ignited the ramjet, pushing the missile to a speed of Mach 3, a distance of more than one kilometer per second, and it could fly over in just a few minutes.
The reaction time left for the fleet is very small.
Moreover, after flying at a high altitude for a period of time, they all turned to ultra-low altitude. Due to the defects of the shipborne radar, the incoming missiles could not be detected at all. If there is no E-2 early warning aircraft, then they will be there. I was completely killed by the anti-ship missiles in my consciousness.
Now, on the deck of the aircraft carrier, steam is permeating, and Tomcat fighters are ejected into the air in an emergency, toward the rear of the fleet, and rushed up fiercely. They must intercept the incoming missiles!
After the Tomcat fighter ejected, the radar officer started to get busy, activated the Phoenix missile, and prepared to intercept it at a long distance!
However, the number of them is not that many, one catapult every minute, two catapults, before the opponent arrives, only had time to catapult five or six Tomcat fighters.
This is the power of the supersonic anti-ship missile. Because of its fast flight speed, the time it takes to fly is very short, and the time left for the opponent to counterattack is also very short.
At this time, suddenly, a granite missile flew high into the sky.
What if there is no maritime patrol aircraft for relay guidance
Of course, the missile formation will solve it by itself!
Of the 24 missiles, 23 of them all flew at ultra-low altitudes. Only one climbed to a high altitude and turned on its radar to scan the sea ahead. Because this missile is huge in size, its radar power is also very powerful. After it is turned on, Soon I found the goal set before.
Then, through the data link, tell the missile below.
The entire missile formation had a 15-degree fine-tuning turn, rushing toward the target!
Intercept, intercept!
At this time, even if the last Tomcat fighter jet had just ejected and took off, the radar had already been turned on, and the AWG-9 radar emitted powerful electromagnetic waves, tracking the missile in front of it.
Under the belly of the plane, the flames flared, and two Phoenix missiles flew out in a salvo, climbed to a high altitude, and headed for the opposite missile formation.
Distance, one hundred kilometers.
Wuhuade had already reacted from the shock and immediately issued an order, and all the air defense ships in the formation immediately sailed to the side.
So many missiles, relying on the Tomcat fighter, it is definitely impossible to intercept, what about the remaining missiles
It can only be intercepted by sea javelin missiles, and when it gets closer, use the near-defense guns to intercept it. Then, other warships are left as shields. That's right, other frigates, a big task is to provide them as shields.
However, what moved Wu Huade even more was that at this critical juncture, merchant ships accelerated their operations.
The fact that soldiers and horses do not move food and grass first has been in the first place since ancient times, and the British navy wants to fight thousands of miles away. There are more merchant ships than warships. They set off from the British mainland and replenish the fleet with the materials they carry , And then returned to the UK to reload the cargo. Some have already made three or four trips. It is precisely because of the participation of these merchant ships that the British Navy has no logistical support.
These merchant ships have been requisitioned, and some merchant ships have even undergone modifications. For example, the yacht in front had welded a huge outdoor swimming pool and carried a helicopter on it.
Compared with warships, the cost of merchant ships is lower, but war has nothing to do with them. They are only responsible for transporting supplies.
Now, they have resolutely chosen to be shields, gathering in the direction of the fleet one after another, hoping to rely on their bodies to attract those terrible anti-ship missiles.
If they are flying subsonic missiles, they still have a few minutes, but supersonic missiles flying at a speed exceeding Mach 3 leave them too short.
"Boom!" Two Phoenix missiles successfully exploded in front of the high-flying granite missile, and countless shrapnel flew toward the missile, covering it into a vast rain of bullets.
In the rain of bullets, the missile continued to fly forward, flying, and then suddenly the missile body caught fire.
Successfully intercepted one!
Seeing the target disappearing from the screen, the radar officer had no time to cheer, and saw that one of the missiles flying at the ultra-low altitude had left the low altitude and climbed up!
The electronic technology of the Soviets is so advanced? Their entire attack formation is simply smart. One of them will be destroyed, and the other will take its place and navigate the formation!
The time was too short. Although the Tomcat fighters were equipped with four phoenixes, they only had time to organize an interception because the opponent was flying at a high speed and their interception window was very narrow.
In this round, only 4 flying missiles were intercepted, and the opponent still had 20! (End of this chapter)