Chapter 347: Fifth-generation fighter
"Boom-boom-"
A War Spirit class aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 353,000 tons was hit by multiple anti-ship missiles almost at the same time, and a series of explosions occurred.
The flight deck of this Spirit-class aircraft carrier was suddenly blown out of many new holes, and the carrier-based aircraft of this Spirit-class aircraft carrier had almost been lost.
Even if its flight deck is intact, it will have no combat effectiveness, after all, the attack weapons of aircraft carriers are only carrier-based aircraft.
In the previous fierce battle, the 124 Aster fighters, 124 Magnolia fighters, 4 AWACS aircraft and 6 electronic warfare aircraft equipped with this War Spirit class aircraft carrier have all crashed.
At this time, there are only a few anti-submarine helicopters and rescue helicopters left on this Warriors-class aircraft carrier, which are hovering over this Warriors-class aircraft carrier.
At this time, it was already more than eight o'clock in the morning on May 7, 1577, and the great battle between the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires and the combined fleet of the navies of the Nine Nations had lasted for almost 12 hours.
In the previous 12 hours, the fleets of the two sides began to send carrier-based aircraft to attack each other from a distance of several hundred kilometers, and at the same time, the anti-ship missiles of the two fleets continued to smash at each other as if they did not want money.
As a result of the prolonged period of high-intensity operations, many warships of the two fleets have already run out of missiles, and some supply ships have had to make difficult use of loading cranes to replenish missiles for the warships that have run out of missiles.
After all, in today's naval warfare, the most important offensive and defensive weapons are missiles, and if a warship does not have missiles, it is equivalent to losing its offensive and defensive capabilities, and can only be passively beaten.
In the bridge of another War Spirit class aircraft carrier of the Nature Elf Imperial Navy, the captain of the ship, Joand, reported to the Natural Elf Imperial Navy Marshal Bolenka: "Marshal, the situation is very bad, after a night of fierce fighting, there are less than 500 carrier-based fighters left in our Natural Elf Imperial Navy.
So far, 36 aircraft carriers, 30 escort carriers, 25 missile battleships, 38 missile cruisers, 48 missile destroyers and 69 missile frigates have been sunk.
The number of warships that have lost their combat effectiveness is even greater. ”
Compared with regular aircraft carriers, the defense of escort aircraft carriers is very poor, and in less than 4 hours after the start of the war, all the escort aircraft carriers on the side of the combined fleet of the nine navies have been sunk, including the 30 escort aircraft carriers of the Natural Elf Imperial Navy.
The Admiral of the Nature Elf Empire, Bolenka, said in a deep voice: "Order all the carrier-based fighters that can attack to continue to attack, and at this time, it will be up to who can't hold it first." ”
Captain Joan De hesitated for a moment and asked, "Marshal, now that the two fleets are getting closer and closer, the navy of the Han and Tang Empires has many missile battleships and missile battle cruisers.
The main guns of these missile battleships and missile battlecruisers can still be fired. ”
The Admiral of the Nature Elf Empire, Bolenka, shook his head and said, "This decisive battle at sea has reached this level, and it is no longer possible for our Nine Nations Navy Combined Fleet to retreat backwards.
If you retreat now, what will happen to those seriously wounded warships?
You can't leave them to the navy of the Han and Tang Empires!
Now I can only grit my teeth and order the remaining missile battleships of our Natural Elf Empire Navy to prepare to launch a main artillery attack.
Not only did the navy of the Han and Tang Empires have missile battleships and missile battlecruisers, but also our nine-nation naval combined fleet! ”
In the bridge of the Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy's Crazy Lion missile battleship, the face of the Golden Lion Empire's Admiral Minister Mitenia was very ugly.
Although there are already psychological preparations, the strength of the navy of the Han and Tang Empires is still beyond the estimation of Mitenia, and the navy of the Han and Tang Empires has occupied a very big advantage in this decisive battle at sea.
Mitnia turned to the captain of the Lion, Raldem, and asked, "Did the Emperor call back?" ”
Raldem shook his head and said, "Still not." ”
Although the emperor of the Golden Lion Empire, Kosno, asked the navy of the Golden Lion Empire not to preserve its strength before the war, even if it was exhausted, it could not make the navy of the Han and Tang Empires feel better.
But the current situation is that the navy of the Golden Lion Empire and the combined fleet of the navy of the nine countries, even if they grit their teeth and fight hard, it is impossible to cause greater losses to the navy of the Han and Tang Empires.
After all, the number of carrier-based fighters that can be used in the entire joint fleet of the nine navies has become smaller and smaller, and because of the large consumption of anti-aircraft missiles, the air defense system of the entire joint fleet of the nine navies has become like a sieve.
At present, many warships of the combined fleet of the nine navies that have lost their combat effectiveness are floating on the surface of the sea, no different from target ships.
"If you send a telegram to the emperor again, you can't really use up all the essence of our Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy here!
What's more, continuing to fight will be very unfavorable to our Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire and the entire Combined Fleet of the Nine Nations Navy. ”
The emperor of the Golden Lion Empire, Kosno, had already received a telegram from the Minister of the Navy, Mitenia, but the emperor Kosno was unwilling to accept that the combined fleet of the nine navies would be defeated again.
Prime Minister Salento persuaded Emperor Kosno: "Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains, and don't be afraid of running out of firewood."
The carrier-based fighters on the side of the combined fleet of the nine navies have lost too many numbers, and the counterattack against the naval fleet of the Han and Tang Empires has become weaker and weaker.
It really doesn't make much sense to continue to hold on, retreat at this time, at least the combined fleet of the nine navies still retains the strength to counterattack in the future. ”
Emperor Kosno said in a deep voice: "Maybe the navy of the Han and Tang Empires is also suffering very heavy losses now, and it is gritting its teeth and holding on, now it only depends on which of the two sides cannot hold it first." ”
Prime Minister Salento sighed and said: "Your Majesty, according to the telegram sent by Marshal Mitnia, the Han and Tang Imperial Navy still has a large number of carrier-based fighters, and if you hold on, it will still be the combined fleet of the nine navies that will not be able to hold on."
And if it continues to hold on, the entire combined fleet of the nine navies will not know how many warships will be able to withdraw from the battlefield in the end.
What's more, now that the two fleets are getting closer and closer, the Han and Tang Imperial Navy has a large number of missile battleships and missile battlecruisers, and if the two fleets engage in close combat, the combined fleet of the nine navies will suffer even more. ”
Emperor Kosno frowned and said, "But once the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy retreats, it will be impossible for the army of the Black Bear Empire to resist the landing of the Han and Tang armies alone. ”
As soon as Emperor Kosno's words were finished, a telegram was sent to Prime Minister Salento.
Prime Minister Salento looked at the telegram and said helplessly to Emperor Kosno: "Your Majesty, the port of Pritz of the Black Bear Empire has been lost, and the Han and Tang armies have successfully occupied the entire port of Pritz and the city of Pritz, where the port of Pritz is located.
If the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy continues to fight, there is really no point in continuing to fight. ”
Emperor Kosno then said in frustration: "Then send a telegram to Mittenia!"
Immediately let the Royal Army continue to mobilize troops to reinforce the Black Bear Empire, if the 6 provinces of the Black Bear Empire are captured by the Han and Tang armies, then the Han and Tang armies will attack our Golden Lion Empire in the New World. ”
After receiving the telegram that Emperor Kosno was allowed to retreat, Mitenia, the Minister of the Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Send a telegram to the naval commanders of all countries, ordering all the attack submarines of the navies of all countries to continue to approach and attack the naval fleet of the Han and Tang Empires."
The remaining warships of the navies of various countries immediately retreated to the port of Viernendo of the Black Bear Empire, and as for the warships that could not retreat, after evacuating the personnel, they should sink themselves as much as possible, and do not leave those warships to the navy of the Han and Tang Empires. ”
This decisive battle between the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires and the Combined Fleet of the Nine Nations Navy lasted until the evening of May 7.
Although the remaining main force of the combined fleet of the nine navies retreated, the more than 600 attack submarines of the combined fleet of the nine navies still fought a bloody battle with the royal navy of the Han and Tang Empires.
In the end, only 37 of the more than 600 attack submarines of the combined fleet of the nine navies withdrew from the battlefield, and all the other attack submarines were sunk in the engagement.
After about 24 hours of fierce fighting, plus losses in the landing battle, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires was eventually sunk by 56 aircraft carriers, 48 missile battleships, 37 missile battle cruisers, 108 missile cruisers, 156 missile destroyers, 308 missile frigates, 98 attack submarines, 2 helicopter aircraft carriers, 11 dock landing ships, and 5 amphibious assault ships.
In addition, about 12,000 carrier-based aircraft were lost, and nearly 800,000 officers and men were killed and wounded, including the losses of the Marine Corps and various garrison divisions of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires in the beach-grabbing landing operation.
Relative to the losses, the results of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires were many, much greater.
According to the statistics of the military alliance of the nine countries after the war, the combined fleet of the entire navy of the nine countries lost a total of 508 aircraft carriers, 95 escort aircraft carriers, 178 missile battleships, 69 missile battle cruisers, 456 missile cruisers, 689 missile destroyers, 707 missile frigates, and 626 attack submarines in naval battles.
Tens of thousands of carrier-based fighters were almost lost, and the number of killed alone exceeded 2 million.
To Zhou Rui's surprise, he actually received a prompt from the lottery system, congratulating him on completing the hidden task of "winning the largest naval battle" again, and rewarded Zhou Rui with a four-star lottery card and 40 points.
Originally, Zhou Rui thought that this time the battle between the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires and the combined fleet of the nine navies would not complete this hidden task, after all, if according to the number of warships participating in the battle between the two sides, the scale of this naval battle was smaller than the last one.
Although Zhou Rui didn't know how the lottery system was calculated, Zhou Rui was still very happy to be able to complete the hidden task of "winning the largest naval battle" again, especially when he got another 40 points.
In the past ten years, Zhou Rui has completed many tasks released by the lottery system and obtained a lot of points, so that Zhou Rui's points in the lottery system have reached 660,800.
With the newly obtained 40 points, Zhou Rui's points in the lottery system have become 700,800, and with only 100 points, Zhou Rui can raise his level in the lottery system to the highest level of five.
After being promoted to level five, Zhou Rui can get a five-star lottery card from the lottery system every month.
After the four-star lottery card obtained by completing this hidden task was used by Zhou Rui, a total of 5 rewards were opened, and when Zhou Rui saw these 5 rewards, he couldn't help but show excitement.
American F-22 fighter jets (400 units)
American F-35A fighter jets (400 units)
American F-35B fighter jets (400 units)
American F-35C fighter jets (400 units)
American B-2 bombers (400 units)
The 4 fighters all belong to the fifth generation fighters, and this is also the first time that Zhou Rui has driven a fifth-generation fighter, and 1,600 fifth-generation fighters have been driven at once.
The American F-22 fighter is a single-seat twin-engine high-stealth fifth-generation fighter, also known as the F-22 Raptor fighter, equipped with active phased array radar, short-range air-to-air missile, medium-range air-to-air missile, vector thrust engine, with supersonic cruise, over-the-horizon combat, high maneuverability, radar and infrared stealth and other characteristics.
The American F-35 fighter is a single-seat single-engine combat attack aircraft, with a high stealth design, advanced electronic systems and a certain supersonic cruise capability, mainly used for front-line support, target bombing, air defense interception and other tasks, so three main derivative versions have been developed.
These include the F-35A, which uses traditional runways for take-off and landing, the F-35B, and the F-35C, which is an aircraft carrier.
Several large aircraft factories in the Han and Tang Empires have been developing fifth-generation fighters in accordance with Zhou Rui's orders, but in terms of stealth, several large aircraft factories have always come up with satisfactory solutions.
Now with these 4 fifth-generation fighters, perhaps the Han and Tang Empires will soon be able to produce fifth-generation fighters on their own.
The American B-2 bomber is a stealth strategic bomber, the main feature of which is low detectability, that is, the commonly known stealth ability, which can enable it to safely penetrate the tight air defense system to attack.
The U.S. B-2 stealth bomber has a combat range of up to 12,000 kilometers without refueling in the air, and up to 18,000 kilometers for a single refueling in the air.
In another time and space, the cost of each American B-2 stealth bomber was $2.4 billion, and if calculated by weight, the weight unit price of the American B-2 stealth bomber was two to three times more expensive than gold at that time.
This kind of super-expensive stealth bomber, Zhou Rui is not ready to let several large aircraft factories in the Han and Tang Empires copy it.
The American B-52H strategic bomber that was opened in the lottery system before, as well as the Meteor strategic bomber made by several large aircraft factories in the Han and Tang Empire imitating the American B-52H strategic bomber, can fully meet the needs of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires for strategic bombers.
Of course, Zhou Rui is still very happy to get 400 American B-2 bombers from the lottery system, using the stealth ability of American B-2 bombers, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires can even directly bomb some cities in the hinterland of the Golden Lion Empire.