Chapter 425: "Hellfire" Falling from the Sky
The USS Lincoln, USS Carl Vinson, and USS Reagan are the three aircraft carriers that have been reinforcing Southeast Asia this time, and they have conscientiously learned the profound lessons of the USS Ford's aircraft carrier fleet being attacked by mysterious drone paint bombs in the South China Sea and the USS Washington's aircraft carrier fleet being attacked by unknown underwater in these waters.
Along the way, the task force was very careful, and the underwater nuclear submarines, ships on the sea, and helicopters in the air worked together to strengthen the underwater anti-submarine power by more than twice the amount.
In the air, after entering the Bay of Bengal, the fleet has more than 30 warplanes on standby to guard against attacks from any direction.
Especially after the 72 hours limited by the Black Dragon Army, the fleet raised the alert state to the highest level, making the officers and men in the fleet nervous.
When the news came that the navies of the 15 allied countries had been attacked, Vice Admiral Aven, as the commander of the fleet, also became nervous and ordered the remaining fighters on the three aircraft carriers to start taking to the air.
Lieutenant General Evan is well aware that he is going to face an unprecedented and mysterious opponent this time, and he can't be too careful.
Before this, no one could have imagined that, in addition to the submarine forces on the surface of various countries, there was such a mysterious and powerful underwater military force that could attack all over the world's waters.
And the territory of the Black Dragon Army is all inland, there is not even a port, and it has only been established for more than a year, where is the submarine force?
This shows that behind the Black Dragon Army, there is a more mysterious organization.
However, the imaginary attack was delayed. All the fighters that took off after running out of fuel. They landed again one after another. Start taking turns on alert.
Many people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the love began to slow down.
It wasn't until 19:22 p.m. that the fleet's alarm finally sounded, and the fleet's early warning system found hundreds of high-speed targets and attacked the task force.
After giving the order to intercept with all his might, Lieutenant General Ai Wen looked out through the porthole.
A few minutes later, hundreds of meteor-like fireballs suddenly appeared over the fleet. They were splitting up and rushing towards the fleet's three aircraft carriers, the Ticonderoga-class cruisers and the Burke-class destroyers.
Heaven and earth change color, as if from the judgment of the gods, or the fire of hell.
Suddenly, all the weapons of the fleet's air defense system opened fire at the same time as if they were going crazy, and dozens of "standard" anti-aircraft missiles took to the air with a long tail flame, lighting up the entire night sky like a brilliant salute.
The ships lined up in formation scattered one after another, making a "Z" shape to evade at full speed.
Based on his years of experience, Vice Admiral Aven knew that the attack was a sub-warhead released by a ballistic missile, with a speed close to Mach 20, enough to penetrate any ship.
These hundreds of sub-warheads are much smaller than anti-ship missiles. And the speed is several times that of the missile, which strikes from different directions. To intercept all warheads at the same time, this is something that the existing missile defense system of the fleet cannot do.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of huge water columns rose into the sky, accompanied by continuous explosions, and flames shot everywhere.
The USS Reagan was the first to be hit, and the sound of explosions resounded in the sky, and the hull of the ship shook violently, shaking people to the point that they could not stand, and puffs of smoke rose into the sky.
Moments later, dragons scurried onto the deck, devouring the sailors.
The "Carl Vinson" was hit in the fuel compartment of the aircraft, the blazing fire erupted from the cabin, spread in all directions, the sound of alarming explosions came one after another, deadly debris flew everywhere, and screams and cries for help were everywhere.
The entire hangar was in flames, and the huge aircraft carrier staggered and swayed, constantly shaking the burning planes off the deck into the boiling sea.
The aircraft carrier "Lincoln" was no better, as seven or eight warheads hit it, and the sailors on board seemed to be in hell.
A few seconds later, the attack ended, and only a dozen or so auxiliary warships of the entire task force remained unattacked and remained intact.
Vice Admiral Aven's flagship, a large integrated ship, was not attacked.
Seeing the huge fleet that was still majestic just now, it became a pile of scrap metal in a moment, and there were corpses and sailors calling for help floating on the sea, Vice Admiral Evan couldn't help but feel sad and regretted that he had not stayed on the battleship and lived and died with the fleet.
Three aircraft carriers, two Tikangadero-class cruisers, five Burke-class destroyers and six Perry-class frigates, all damaged by Yanzhòng, began to sink in the firelight.
The attack was launched by the "Sea Dragon III" in the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles away, and only five "Hellfire" ballistic missiles were launched, each of which contained 24 sub-warheads.
It is a great problem for ballistic missiles to hit moving targets, because the intense heat generated by the friction between the ballistic missile re-entering the atmosphere and the atmosphere will form a layer of ionosphere on the surface of the missile, which is commonly known as the "black barrier", which will isolate the transmission of electromagnetic waves and cannot carry out external guidance.
The reason why the "Hellfire" ballistic missile can achieve precision strikes is that the warhead itself has an intelligent guidance system at the end, which has an extremely high hit rate and has the ability to maneuver the trajectory.
Of the hundreds of warheads, only a quarter missed the target, and less than a third were intercepted by missiles, and the rest of the warheads hit the target, and all of them were large warships with powerful attack power.
In the task force, all the attack warships were assigned at least four to five warheads, and the largest target aircraft carrier was even allocated more than 10 warheads, and a cruiser, a destroyer, and two frigates were even blown up by the waist and sank on the spot, and the officers and men on the ships had almost no chance of escaping.
This is precisely why anti-ship ballistic missiles are called "carrier killers".
According to later statistics, more than 10,000 people were killed and missing in the Liberian Navy in this attack.
Combined with the fierce land battles, in less than two weeks, the death toll of the Liberian army was close to 16,000, which is more than the total number of soldiers killed in all wars since the Vietnam War, which is simply unthinkable.
Even in World War II or the Northern Korean War, the army of Lijianguo was not so miserable.
When the entire Lijian country learned of this result, they were also stunned by this fiasco, and almost suspected that it was an April Fool's joke, what kind of rhythm is this, the powerful Lijian State Navy said that it was gone?
The proud people of the country could not accept such an outcome, and the crowd was full of emotions and demanded that the government fight back.
But more people hold anti-war opinions, believing that they do not see any hope of victory in this war, the navy has only 11 aircraft carrier fleets in total, and now it has lost 4, and what about the enemy's losses?
No!
The four most powerful aircraft carrier fleets of the Lijian Kingdom have disappeared, and the mysterious navy of the Black Dragon Army has not been damaged at all.
The government should not be wasting taxpayers' money and gambling with the lives of young soldiers.
The participating countries of the coalition are in a dilemma, and if they do not withdraw, they fear that their warships will be attacked; If you withdraw, not to mention the reaction of Li Jianguo, the coalition forces came with great momentum at the beginning, but now they are going to leave in disgrace, and I am afraid that it will become a laughing stock in the world.
In fact, not to mention that the people of the country are still contending on this war, even the opinions of the military and political leaders are not unanimous.
There are quite a few high-level people in the Lijian Kingdom, who believe that the strength of the opponent is too mysterious and powerful, and the Black Dragon Army should not be chosen as a breakthrough to contain the Xinhua Kingdom.
In the final analysis, Lijian is now riding a tiger.
Let's fight, the casualties are too heavy, and it may not be able to fight.
If you don't fight, you have to admit defeat, when did the army of Lijian have failed?
Even in the Northern War and the Annam War, the country did not win, and it cannot be said to be a defeat.
This time, the three aircraft carrier fleets were tragically destroyed, and without the instigation of the right-wing forces, the high-ranking officials of the country publicly declared that they would wipe out the Black Dragon Army, a terrorist organization, from the land with nuclear weapons.
In the face of the nuclear threat issued by the country, the Black Dragon Army did not give an inch, and immediately held a press conference, claiming that the Black Dragon Army has a powerful underwater nuclear force and is not afraid of the nuclear threat of any country.
At 8 a.m. tomorrow, the Black Dragon Army will conduct an underwater intercontinental missile test, and the landing site of the missile is at the desert nuclear test base of the country of Lijian. (To be continued......)