Volume 7 Chapter 960 Sinking the destroyer USS Barry
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A 'marble' air-to-air missile, dragging a white tail flame, glides in an exaggerated arc and hits a Rafale M fighter that is maneuvering to evade. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Bang!"
In the chaotic sky of missiles and warplanes, a brilliant firework suddenly exploded, and before the French pilot could parachute, he was torn apart with the fighter plane with a frightened and suspicious gaze.
Karim ignored the lock-on warning, and the ship-to-air missiles flying towards the sea surface disdainfully deflated, and pulled the longitudinal rod, and the 'Condor' fighter almost climbed vertically at an elevation angle of 90 degrees, this action was almost a favorite action of the 'Condor' fighter pilots, whenever he saw the enemy's missile behind the plane's butt, he looked at the strong infrared signal of the high-energy particle stream mapped by the undisguised tail nozzle, and finally could only get farther and farther away from the plane in speed.
"Attention to all units...... Crews 1, 3 and 5 are responsible for dealing with enemy aircraft in the vicinity, and the other teams are responsible for dealing with predetermined targets. Repeat......"
Karim climbed back to an altitude of 15,000 meters and restored the balance of the fighters, he was about to look for the next prey, but the wireless communication came from the commander Jababa's new order, and he had to look at the French "Rafale M" carrier-based aircraft in the lower left that was being bitten by his own fighters, and then reorganized into the second group with the wingman to form an offensive formation, locking on the enemy warships that were evading on the sea below.
Half of the 16 'Condor' fighters intercepted and pursued the fighters taking off from the 'Charles de Gaulle' aircraft carrier, and provided support for the enemy planes in other directions for the other fighters, covering the other eight fighters to attack the fleet.
"Fire!"
On the sea, more than a dozen mixed fleets of the United States, France, and Italy have become chaotic as French carrier-based planes have been shot down one after another, especially two Italian frigates, who have never faced up with the Somali strategic air force, and they simply cannot imagine that more than a dozen fighters can still occupy an overwhelming upper hand in the face of carrier-based aircraft with the same number as them, and more than a dozen surface ships launching anti-aircraft missiles.
The Somali Strategic Air Force had only been in the area for 10 minutes to arrive and enter the fighting, and the fighter jets in the air seemed to be coming to an end. The French carrier-based aircraft had already lost 5 aircraft, and two more wounded had fled in the direction of Sicily in the north, while the mixed fleet did not even touch the ass of the enemy aircraft.
Is this really a combination of a ghost and a devil?
The chaos on the sea became even more pronounced when some of the Somali warplanes in the air seemed to make a big move in the distant sky.
So the warships, including the French aircraft carrier, were doing evasive maneuvers and sailing at full speed to the north, trying to shorten the time for the convergence of the roadbed air force.
The two Italian frigates, on the other hand, were panicked and fled to the northwest in a panic, ignoring the air defense formation formed by the fleet.
The Somali fighters, who were hovering in the sky looking for loopholes in the fleet below, saw the two Italian frigates move against each other, and their eyes lit up, and they immediately divided into four crews and crossed into the fleet's air defense circle from four directions.
Karim also looked nervous, and the hand holding the longitudinal rod could be seen bulging out of the green tendon on the back of his hand because he was stretched out with extra force.
His gaze was fixed on a warship on the screen, a U.S. destroyer with the Star-Spangled Banner, and she had a name, the USS Barry, a guided missile destroyer.
The USS Barry missile destroyer has a displacement of 8,300 tons and a speed of 30 knots, and its shipboard armament includes two MK41 missile vertical launch systems capable of firing 'Standard' anti-aircraft missiles, 'Tomahawk' cruise missiles and 'Whaling Fork' anti-ship missiles, one 127mm naval gun, two triple torpedo launch systems, two 'Phalanx' short-range air defense systems, and two 'Sea Hawk' helicopters. This is a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer launched in 1992, which now belongs to the Atlantic Fleet and is part of the 22nd Destroyer Squadron.
As for Karim, the ace pilot in the Somali strategic air force, why did he immediately target this US destroyer instead of the French aircraft carrier? There are deep-seated reasons for this.
"Fire!" Captain Gortney of the 'Barry' saw two 'Condor' fighters coming towards the destroyer, his face changed slightly, and he turned a deaf ear to the battle orders that rang in his ears from time to time.
With his hands gripping the armrests of his chair, Gortney's eyes flashed with disappointment as he saw the two 'standard' missiles fired being dodged by Somali warplanes. At this time, he did not have any idea of being an American hero, such as shooting down the first Somali 'Condor' fighter. All he thought about was how to keep the destroyer 'Barry' safe.
"Fire!" Two more 'Standard' missiles were fired at the approaching Somali fighters. At this time, the officers on the destroyer "Barry" had already seen in their binoculars two short and fat missiles exposed under the two Somali fighters that had opened the magazines, and the faces of the US Navy officers were all pale.
Twenty kilometers away, Karimi and his wingman pressed the launch button at the same time, and two "Kingfisher" anti-ship missiles, which were improved from the former Soviet Union's "Yakuzai" missiles, broke away from the plane and, under the impetus of the ramjet engines, sped away at high speed toward the destroyer "Barry."
At this time, the two 'Standard' anti-aircraft missiles were already close at hand, and they were about to hit the Somali fighters, and the eyes of the US officials behind the telescopes were wide open, and the pale color on their faces was gone, but instead showed a sickly flush.
"Give me the Somali devil ......"
A young trainee officer, regardless of where he was, could not help but shout out loud and excited, and shouted out the impulse in his heart.
In Karim's cockpit, the terrible warning sound almost pierced the eardrum, and the display screen was also quickly displaying the flight data of the incoming missile, and the distance between it and the plane was getting closer and closer, and it seemed to break into a range of a thousand meters. At this moment, the yellow indicator light on an instrument in the cockpit kept flashing rapidly. Karim's tense expression relaxed slightly, and regardless of the incoming missiles, he controlled the plane to turn left in a small diameter with all his might, trying to break away from the air defense circle of the fleet.
Underneath the nose of the 'Condor' fighter, an enemy that appeared to be an infrared detector, and when the incoming missile entered the 500-meter range, a yellow beam of light flashed and rushed directly towards the 'standard' missile at a speed that was almost impossible to detect with the naked eye.
"Bang!"
I saw that the 'standard' missile exploded in the air as if it had hit the target. The spinning monoliths scattered in all directions with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, but at a distance of 500 meters, even with the usual surname, the shrapnel did not hit the plane.
However, this scene stunned those excited and excited US officials, and for a while it seemed that they could not even care about the two 'Kingfisher' air-to-ship missiles that were flying across the sea.
The two phalanx systems on the ship "Da ......" immediately fired at the missiles under the automatic control of the radar, but by this time it was already too late. Two Kingfisher missiles hit the bow and stern of the destroyer Barry, one after the other.
"Boom ......"
The "God ......" more than 8,000-ton "Barry" suddenly shook, and then a violent explosion and shock wave tore open the bow of the ship, and the sky-high flames began to burn everything that could be burned, and the bow of the warship almost shifted a few meters to the left under the impact of the explosion, and at this time, another "Kingfisher" missile also accurately hit the stern.
Climbing back to 10,000 meters in the air, Karim circled for a moment over the USS Barry, which was already shrouded in fire and smoke, before grinning after confirming that the American destroyer had inevitably sunk.
"Report to the commander, the 'Devil's Crew' successfully sank the USS Barry' missile destroyer." Karim reported the news to Colonel Jababa via wireless.
In fact, there is no need for Karim to report that those who have shot down the French carrier-based planes and expelled the other friendly planes of the other side that did not immediately participate in the task of attacking the fleet have already seen the scene in the air that launched the first attack and perfectly hit the US ships at the same time as the wingman.
In the public channel of the fleet, the pilots who did not have a mission were already cheering.
The sea below has been tilted, and there are huge fireball-like objects from continuous explosions, but an advanced destroyer in service in the US Navy, it can be said that it is a role that can show off its power everywhere in the world, and now two missiles have hit, and the sinking ending has been irreversible.
"Well done, Commander will definitely reward you this time." Colonel Jababa, who was the commander of the air team this time, was silent for a moment, and then said with a smile in the wireless communication.
Karim also thought of this, before leaving, the commander had specially instructed him to sink the destroyer 'Barry', what he didn't know was that at Colonel Jababa's place, Li Moke ordered Jababa in a harsher tone, even if he didn't sink any other warships this time, he had to ensure that the American destroyer 'Barry' was sunk.
"Sir, this is the credit of our 'devil's team', not me." The habit of modesty was learned from the commander, because of the appearance of Li Mo, and now the surname habits of the top military officials are also 'catering to the boss' and integrating with Li Mo.
"Boom ......"
Just as they were talking easily, the attack of the other crews below also arrived, and the results were soon achieved.
The French Horizon-class destroyer 'Fulbin' became the second unlucky ghost to be hit by a Kingfisher missile after the 'Barry'. The 'Kingfisher' missile directly hit the superstructure of the warship, the radar antenna was directly blown apart, and the thick black smoke soon enveloped the 'Forbin'.
(To be continued)