Chapter 478: Haixin Combined Fleet
On the cruiser Kota Kinabalu, Colonel Wilson looked at several gathered intelligence with some boredom, and there were at least nearly 180 of them from contacting the enemy's fleet, although the big guy under his command had no problem hitting the other party, the key was that it was too far, and he wanted to get closer, so as to fight for a salvo to solve most of the opponent's problems.
The combined fleet of Singapore and Australia almost poured out of the nest this time, and how could Wilson not know the other party's plan, didn't he just see that only one of his cruisers sailed towards their side and wanted to kill himself.
Thinking of the other party's plan, Wilson couldn't help but raise a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Man, I really admire their commander, can it be said that they didn't figure out in advance how much combat capability our baby has?" ”
Song Minghui, the deputy captain on the side, chuckled: "Captain, you have to allow them to have some illusions, of course, strategically we must pay attention to all opponents, although the performance of their warships is indeed not as advanced as ours, but we can't capsize in the gutter." ”
"Well, I hope they don't let us down, this is a great opportunity for us to make a meritorious service, guys cheer up and move forward......"
"Report to the captain, the birds have left their nests, and the target is our prey!" Before Wilson could finish his sentence, the radar soldier reported.
Wilson's eyes suddenly widened, and he quickly turned his head to look at the display screen in front of the radar soldier, and said a little angrily: "The son of a bitch, and I want to rob our prey again, half of the missile silos on the deck are ready, and our prey in front of the target will be automatically assigned, and it will be launched in 20 seconds." ”
By this time. He didn't dare to wait any longer, otherwise the group of carrier-based aircraft in the sky would definitely not leave any prey for himself. It's true that he wants to get closer, but if he is robbed by a carrier-based aircraft, then he still has a hair, he doesn't want to really just hit those ports and cities that have little resistance.
The combined ANZ fleet has a total of more than 20 warships of all types, of which 10 are from Australia and the rest are New Zealand warships. Although New Zealand's navy is not very good, it is true that there are not many warships for combat purposes before. can't stop people from having money in their hands.
Since the New Zealand ownership agreement was announced, the New Zealand government has increased its military spending several times as the two sides negotiate the agreement. They have quietly negotiated with their allies to buy some equipment, including several warships that other countries are preparing to obsolete.
As of yesterday, the New Zealand Navy has more than 15 combat-ready missile destroyers, missile frigates, and more than 320 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and nearly 100 other types of armed speedboats. Pity. Those things can't go far, and if it weren't for their numerical superiority, they wouldn't have dared to get close to the ships of the 1st Aircraft Carrier Formation with strong firepower.
The Harpoon anti-ship missile is a common anti-ship missile used by the United States and its allies, and it has been studied for more than 30 years in the hands of almost all allies, so it is not surprising that the New Zealand Navy can have more than 320 of them.
It is a pity that although there are quite a few such anti-ship missile equipment, and speed is no less problematic in the face of warships of other countries, but in the face of the first aircraft carrier formation. They don't dare to launch too far away, because they are not confident that they can destroy warships in private territory with missiles at long range. All types of missiles, artillery shells, and even automatic defense weapons in their hands are too advanced, and speed is their strong point.
Harpoon anti-ship missiles have a range of 90 to 320 kilometers, but they prefer to use them when they are closest to the opponent, and they also envision wolf pack tactics. No matter how powerful the Kota Kinabalu's short-range defensive firepower is, can it still block dozens of missiles at the same time?
"Missile silos No. 1-48 are ready, the countdown to launch begins, 20, 19, 18...... 3, 2, 1, launch! ”
As the countdown ended in the electronic sound of the Kota Kinabalu's command cabin, everyone on the Kota Kinabalu only felt a slight shake of the ship's hull, and then the soldiers on duty on the deck saw one after another Exocs missiles carrying the expectations and anger of the officers and men of the ship spewing out of the missile silos, and the tail swallowed strange purple flames, and pounced in unison towards the sea area to the northwest.
"Oh no, everyone, dodge, damn it, the other side has launched a missile, intercept it!"
"Quickly lock on to the opponent's missiles to intercept, quickly, our missiles and naval guns are all ready!"
"Report, it can't be locked, the opponent's missile disappeared on the radar, it should have dropped below sea level!"
"Report, enemy missiles have disappeared from the radar, repeat, enemy missiles have disappeared from the radar, completely unsearchable!"
At the moment when the Kota Kinabalu launched the missile, the combined fleet that had just sailed out of the Wellington military port was in chaos, and the radar detection results fed back from the reconnaissance planes flying above the fleet made the eyes of all the captains below widen, reminding the radar crews to activate the maximum power to search for the missiles that pounced on them.
Now they don't have to worry about being exposed, they know that they have already been exposed, although their reconnaissance plane does not dare to approach the other side because it has no air supremacy, but the other side also did not shoot down their reconnaissance plane early, and this kind of behavior that borders on contempt makes them both happy and angry.
"Launch the Harpoon anti-ship missile, quickly, otherwise we will be too late." At the critical moment, it was the commander of the Australian Navy who reminded all the captains in time, so that everyone remembered the terrifying speed of Exoces.
The distance between the two sides is only about 180 kilometers now, and it will take less than 2 minutes at most, and under this frightened speed, any evasion and interception is basically ineffective, because when you see the missile with your naked eye, even if you reflect that no matter how quickly you give the order, turn on the missile launch and intercept, or use the naval gun to strafe, it is already too late, and the other party's feared speed will kiss your warship intimately before your missile and naval gun fire.
After hearing the reminder, they immediately followed the position signal of the Kota Kinabalu given by the reconnaissance plane in the sky, and fired almost all the harpoons that could be fired on their ship, and at the same time ordered all the naval guns to be prepared.
But that's all there is to it, when nearly seventy harpoons are fired, the overwhelming Exocans arrive in unison, and when they approach the fleet, they suddenly leap from the sea level into the air, and perform all kinds of complex and inscrutable serpentine movements at the end, especially with such a large number of Exoces, they don't know which one is attacking which ship.
But the Xinao Navy is not stupid, they have moved a distance of several hundred meters horizontally in these two minutes, and according to the performance of Exoces, they are obviously locked quite firmly, and they have not lost their goals because of their own traverse.
When they saw the Flying Fish in their eyes, the guns of all the warships suddenly roared, and at this time they didn't care about any orders to save ammunition, everyone had only one thought in their hearts, they must intercept these damn missiles, otherwise they would be killed in the sea in the next moment.
The rain of bullets from dozens of warships, short-range automatic defense systems, and other weapons intertwined well protected the safety of the entire fleet, but only that, except for the two missiles that unfortunately hit the rain of bullets during the final serpentine movement, the rest of the Exoces accurately hit their respective targets with lightning speed.
Suddenly, a dull explosion sounded everywhere in the entire sea area, and the power compartments of one warship after another were hit, even if the first missile missed, the second one that arrived later would be replaced, and it would not give you any chance to escape at all, let alone give you any fantasy space.
In the sky, two reconnaissance planes of Australia and New Zealand were hit by two missiles and exploded from the sky and fell down, but whirlpools had already formed on the sea, and a strong and large-scale explosion directly lifted some light warships out of the sea, threw them high into the air, and smashed them into the sea.
The scene was miserable, all kinds of naval guns and short-range defense systems had already disappeared without a trace, and the warhead of the Exocan was really powerful, and the moment of the explosion directly threw the soldiers who manually operated the short-range machine guns on the deck into the sea, even the soldiers operating in the control cabin were not spared, at least they were staggered.
And these warships, which have lost power and power, have completely become a pile of scrap metal, and they have no other way to think of except quietly waiting for rescue. Well, if I have to say, there are still a few surviving lifeboats in the fleet, but unfortunately all of them are engaged in the rescue of those who have fallen overboard.
Although Wilson wanted to kill all the warships directly, at least nearly 10,000 people would die at one time. Although he was a cold-blooded soldier, orders from his superiors had to be carried out, so all the missile locations were in the power compartment, and only a few hapless light frigates and armed speedboats were completely destroyed by the missiles.
Glancing at the results of the multi-directional scanning of radar, aerial reconnaissance aircraft, and satellites, Wilson whistled in a good mood and said with a smile: "Okay guys, our prey is finished, the Swordfish water surface directional sweeping shock wave is ready, the wavelength is 20 massive, and it will be cleared directly when the missile launched by the other party enters 18 nautical miles." ”
The sweeping shock wave is standard equipment in all private territory warships, and the shock wave is divided into launching and surface shapes, and the surface shape is specially prepared for the missiles launched by the enemy, as for the short-range weapons on the ship, uh, it is mainly prepared for short-range firefights, and it is really not for intercepting missiles, although it also has the ability to intercept missiles, but no captain will use that thing without using the sweeping shock wave. (To be continued......)