Chapter 118: Sinking

Against the backdrop of lightning and thunder at night, on the rough sea, four fish more than ten meters long suddenly jumped out of the water, making everyone on the Ticonderoga stupid, until the four mines came over with the sound of the wind, and they regained their consciousness one by one, but what is the use of being sober at this time?

Fortunately, the machine was not frightened, and just when the first mine hit the bow of the ship, the phalanx close defense system opened fire, and the six-barreled 20-millimeter automatic cannon with a firing rate of thousands per minute sprayed a long flame and fired nearly 100 shells in an instant, creating a brilliant barrage on both sides of the mine.

And then...

Then the close mine exploded.

"No!"

In the captain's screams of horror and despair, the terrifying power of the explosion of nearly two hundred kilograms of Heisuojin wiped out a single qiē on the bow deck like a huge broom with waves of air and steel fragments, and the deep cannons, deep bomb launchers, and the sailors gathered there, all flew up in an instant as if they had been hit by a tyrannical flame monster.

At the same time as this mine exploded, another phalanx also detonated a mine that was close at hand.

Two mines completely nullified the Ticonderoga's combat capability.

At this moment, in the messy command room, the sonar screen suddenly returned to normal, but what made the captain even more desperate was that the other five points of light were already less than five kilometers away from him.

Nassau.

The amphibious assault ship, with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, made a dangerous sharp turn from the front at high speed to the starboard side of the Ticonderoga in rough waves.

Its sonar was also restored to normal, and the sonar of all warships in the entire fleet was restored to normal. The strange loud noise almost all disappeared at the same time, but the five points of light that had been raided by nearly two hundred knots five kilometers away from the starboard side of the Ticonderoga made everyone careless about who was interfering with them at close range. Even the Yorkshire, forty kilometers behind the Ticonderoga's right, was accelerating, and two Perry-class frigates were arriving from more than a dozen kilometers away.

At this time, it was no longer necessary to care whether the enemy was playing tricks or not, and it was necessary to ensure that the Ticonderoga was not sunk, even if it was returned to the cemetery in Philadelphia, and it could not be allowed to sink to the bottom of the sea.

But alas, now no one can save the cruiser, because the other two mines were not hit by the phalanx. At this time, it had already smashed into its waterline, and this batch of tentacle mines like sea urchins slammed into the steel plates of the ship's hull with their outstretched tentacles. Immediately afterwards, the charge inside was detonated, and as two dazzling flames rose, two large holes were blown open on the starboard side of the Ticonderoga, and the sea began to pour in.

Of course, this little injury will not kill it. The watertight design of modern ships is very well-developed. The Spruance class, which was retired by the US imperialists, was once used as a target ship in exercises, and had a record of being blown up without sinking, and the Ticonderoga class, which is larger than it, is of course more resistant to sinking.

But what if five more of the same mines are added?

The second wave of attacks arrived in less than a minute, and at the same time as the Nassau turned and fired frantically rocket depth bombs, three swordfish and two swordfish swept fifty meters below the Ticonderoga, and at the moment of skimming, they spat out the acoustic mines in their mouths, and then plunged headlong into the deep sea. And above them, five mines rose rapidly under the action of buoyancy. Before it could hit the Ticonderoga, it was detonated by the sound of its propellers as it swerved.

The power of an underwater explosion of a ton of black sojin is enough.

The unlucky cruiser, which was already scarred, suddenly jumped up from the middle at a strange angle at the moment of the explosion, and then the monstrous waves surged from both sides, and at the same time, the middle of the ship suddenly spewed out dozens of meters high with flames and steel fragments, and even a section of the hull that was blown away by the entire explosion could be seen.

Looking at the surviving sailors who hurriedly jumped into the turbulent waves to survive, Rear Admiral Thomas on the Nassau couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh, this is already the fourth battleship of the US imperialist navy to be sunk, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered submarines, Aegis destroyers, plus this Aegis cruiser, the core forces of the US imperialists at sea finally gathered the sunken types this night.

However, the tragedy of the Free Will fleet did not end, and just as the Nassau released a dinghy to rescue the surviving crew, the Perry-class frigate behind finally sent a request for help to the flagship.

Five monsters are attacking it.

The Yorkshire, which was originally the first line of defense on its perimeter, had left its position in order to rescue the Ticonderoga.

"These bastards!" Rear Admiral Thomas gritted his teeth and cursed, and then ordered the Yorkshire to return to its original position immediately, while the two nearest frigates turned around and rushed to reinforce it.

But unfortunately in the end, they were all one step too late, when the Yorkshire reached the range of the nuclear anti-submarine missile, their enemy was less than a kilometer away from the frigate, and in the ensuing hand-to-hand combat, despite the frantic resistance of all the sailors on the frigate, the result was only one enemy, and the other four still grabbed under it and released mines.

The end of this frigate was no different from that of the Ticonderoga, which was blown up in two parts.

But fortunately, Wang Yue's attack tonight also ended, in fact, his losses were not small, not only lost two swordfish, but also four spear shrimp were killed by the deep shells that exploded at close range, although these are acceptable consumables for him, but after all, it is still a little regrettable, it is obvious that such a strong attack is not wise, and a sneak attack is the best way.

But if you sneak attack, you have to put the opponent further, because the sea water in this area is too shallow, and it is not suitable for his number one general to act, and its scouts have not yet arrived, and this method of tracking and positioning the spear shrimp at close range can only be used once, and the next time it will definitely not be used, in fact, three of the four gun shrimp that died were killed by deep bombs thrown by other warships at close range, and it is obvious that someone has realized that they are at the bottom of their ship.

The next time you play like this, maybe at the beginning of the interference here, the deep bullet over there will rain down, just the small physique of the spear shrimp, a deep bomb explosion within twenty meters is only a dead end, but such a distance is not much damage to the warship, but any captain who is brave can play, although the supplement of the spear shrimp is not worth mentioning to him, but at least this time, he can't send more gun shrimp over in time, so you must pay attention to their losses.

Just when Wang Yue withdrew all the thugs and began to study the next battle plan, in the distant western Pacific, after a terrible night, the Free Will fleet finally ushered in the dawn, the rain was clear, the sun was shining, of course, the Ticonderoga and the frigate could not be seen, they had sunk to the bottom of the sea more than 500 meters deep.

And at the same time, the fleet also welcomed a new adversary.

The Lucia Pacific Fleet's visit to Venezuela arrived, and four warships led by the flagship Varyag appeared on the radar screens of the Yorkshire and Gates, and they also appeared on the radar screens of the Lucians, and then the Lucia Ministry of Defense announced that their fleet to visit Venezuela would carry out a series of training activities in the western Pacific for a month and a half, that is, in the next half month, this fleet would follow the Free Will fleet like maggots attached to the bones, Use their high-powered radars to monitor the movements of the Free Will fleet.

But the guests of the Free Will fleet are not only Lucia, the Chinese ocean-going training fleet is also sailing into the search distance of the radars of both sides, a newest Aegis ship, two large frigates, an ocean-going supply ship, and the Lucia fleet is sandwiched between the free will fleet in the south and the north.

The US imperialist government is angry, they protest, they are against it, but they are helpless, this is the high seas, not even the exclusive economic zone of the US imperialists, people have the right to freedom of navigation, as for tracking them with warning radars...

Isn't it a fire control radar, can you manage it?

"Didn't the U.S. imperialists look for you last time when they turned on active sonar?" Wang Yue asked Lin Ying curiously.

The latter sent him a bodyguard today, because it is said that a team of American imperialist agents infiltrated the country from the northwest, as for who the target is, needless to say, although there are dozens of military agents around Wang Yue, but because this guy refuses, these people can only protect on the periphery, so this time Lin Ying specially sent him a temporary personal bodyguard.

"Turn on active sonar? When, how did I not know? Lin Ying said casually.

Well, Wang Yue understood, the last time he turned on the active sonar, the Connecticut was only at the depth of communication, but it did not release the communication raft to the outside, that is to say, at most, it could only unilaterally receive long-wave radio commands, but could not send information to the outside world, and when it floated, it was already hugged by the second fool before it had time to surface.

The U.S. imperialists did not know the role played by the Chinese fleet in the sinking of the Seawolf-class nuclear submarine, and of course it was possible to know that there was no conclusive evidence to identify, and once it broke out, it would not end well.

After Lin Ying left, this guy immediately turned his gaze to his bodyguard.

"Xiao Hanhan, today you are in the hands of Brother Wang and me, come, come over first and let my brother check your body." He said with a wicked smile.

Tian Zihan looked at him timidly, and then pulled his neckline to his shoulders very happily, revealing a frightened expression, and screamed weakly with tears that he tried to squeeze out: "Sister Xiaoya, help me!" ”

"Huh?!" Boss Wang hurriedly ran out with a black line. (To be continued......)