The 7-ton missiles roared from the sky. They continued to form formations and flew steadily over the sea. For the British naval formation, this was a rain of death!
The Atlantic Transporter was originally a container cargo ship. The bridge of this cargo ship is at the rear, both front and rear are flat, for stacking a large amount of containers.
But now, this cargo ship with a displacement of 14,950 tons has been transformed into a light aircraft carrier.
That's right, the British navy expedition to the Falkland Islands, of course, would not dislike its own large number of aircraft carriers, because the British national strength is weak, so it is impossible to equip a large number of advanced equipment, so it adopted the strategy of integrating the military with the people.
Now, behind the cargo ship, there is a helicopter take-off and landing platform, which can be used to take off and land the helicopter, and in front of the ship, the wide deck has been blocked by the container.
That's right, the two sides of the deck are covered by containers. In this way, several Sea Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighters are placed in the empty area in the middle.
In order to increase the number of their carrier-based aircraft, the British Navy tried its best. Although the Invincible class did not choose the Sea Harrier as the carrier-based aircraft, after all, there are still such cargo ship modifications that can be used.
At the same time, a sea harrier's take-off and landing area was painted with paint on the front deck.
In this way, this cargo ship has become an aircraft carrier. Of course, it is incomparable with a real aircraft carrier. Its operation and scheduling are quite complicated.
Now, the operators on this cargo ship are nervously unwrapping the tarpaulin, unwrapping the Sea Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighters wrapped in it. These planes must be on the field at a critical time.
A tractor came and dragged the first aircraft to the position of the landing platform.
On the bridge, Ian North, the captain of the "Atlantic Carrier", nervously looked at the sea with a binoculars. His cargo ship has accelerated to a maximum speed of 23 knots and is preparing to take off and land the sea harrier. Can you catch up
The roar of jet engines came from the bow of the ship. The Sea Harrier carrier aircraft has activated the Pegasus engine. Even if it can only carry Sidewinder missiles, it can also compete with the Argentine Navy fighters and share the pressure of the Tomcat fighters on the two fronts. .
At this moment, Ian suddenly saw the large swaths of light flying over the sea, which were anti-ship missiles!
The speed of those anti-ship missiles is quite fast, incredibly fast.
"Zuo Man Ruo!" Ian shouted loudly. Now the opponent is hitting from his side, so that the bomb area is the largest and the easiest to be killed. He has to turn to be parallel to the opponent.
"Boom!" At this moment, the granite missile flying at Mach 2.5 had already hit it!
In an instant, the entire hull trembled violently, and it could be seen that the part where the missile hit was like a nail slamming in, and the surrounding steel plates were also bent and deformed in an instant!
The 7-ton granite missile, its own weight at a huge speed, will have terrible energy, even if the warhead does not explode, it is enough to destroy the target!
When the missile hit, everyone felt their feet tremble violently, and the missile easily tore its shell.
Then, a louder explosion sounded. At this moment, Ian felt a huge wave of air under his feet, and he immediately flew up.
The one-ton warhead exploded and exploded from the belly of the Atlantic transporter. At this moment, this transport ship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons turned into fragments!
It was completely torn apart!
Its location was at the back, so it was the first to be attacked. Then, other ships were also hit one after another!
"Launch, launch missiles!" On the destroyer Sherfield, the captain shouted loudly. The situation is too critical now. His destroyer, which is the main air defense destroyer of the British Navy, is loaded with sea javelin air defense missiles. It was originally used to intercept anti-ship missiles.
Now, he was giving the battle command loudly, but he heard an angry voice indeed.
"Can't lock, can't lock!" The missile soldier shouted angrily: "The opponent's flying altitude is below ten meters!"
The sea javelin air defense missile is the main area air defense missile. When it was designed, it was originally designed to deal with high-altitude targets. Although it has been improved, it can also attack ultra-low-altitude targets, but it still has restrictions. Yes, for example, at a height below ten meters above the sea, it can do nothing.
Who could have imagined that such a huge missile as the Soviets could fly close to the sea.
In later generations, the Type 42 paid a tragic price in the Falklands Sea Battle. Some people have always caught it and accused the operator of negligence. At the same time, some people pointed out that it was a defect in weapons and equipment, and there were continuous false alarms in order to avoid interference. Turn off the radar, wait, but no one realizes that when the Flying Fish missile flies close to the sea surface, does the sea javelin have the ability to intercept it
Missiles flying at an ultra-low altitude are inherently difficult to intercept.
Now, the huge granite missiles are flying in. They have reached the end of the flight, continue to lower their altitude, and actually fly to a terrifying height of ten meters.
Regardless of the backwardness of the Soviets' electronic technology, their system integration capabilities are quite powerful.
Sea Javelin missiles are the main force of their medium-range air defense. After the Tomcat fighters were unable to completely intercept, the fish that slipped through the net were originally given to the Sea Javelin system, but now, the Sea Javelin cannot be locked.
"Fire, fire!" he continued shouting loudly.
The 114 mm gun on the bow of the ship had bursts of fire from its muzzle, and began to fire violently towards the distant sea. At the same time, the 20 mm rapid-fire gun on the ship's side also began to fire violently.
The opponent’s missile is huge and cannot do the final S maneuver, but as long as the opponent is fast enough, that’s enough!
The huge granite missile, braving countless shells, flew swiftly toward this side, and passed through the rain of bombs, and it was unscathed.
"Boom!" The missile hit the Sherfield.
Although the Sherfield was a warship, after being hit, its hull was quickly smashed, almost the same as the Atlantic Transporter. It is only strong in the outside world, but also a microcosm of the withering of the British empire that never sets.
Originally, the Type 82 destroyer with more than 8,000 tons was the best air defense ship, with reasonable design and advanced performance. However, the British could not afford to equip it and were forced to make a simplified version of the Type 42 with only half the displacement of the Type 82. , The weaponry has not been reduced.
In this way, in order to reduce costs, the military limited the displacement of the entire ship; in order to increase weapons and electronic equipment, and simplified the shell structure of the entire ship, a thin-shell hull was used, so the structure was weak and easy to be penetrated. Prone to heat and fire.
The upper part of the hull is even constructed of aluminum alloy, which is a way to save weight. (End of this chapter)