Chapter 1328: Naval Battle V
The U.S. military is very disappointed with the performance of the British military, this group of self-righteous British, they are really hopeless, and it is difficult not to lose this war! The war is about logistics, and the British Royal Navy lost its only logistics base in the South Atlantic, relying on the support of the British mainland transport fleet.
According to the high-definition pictures sent by the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, we can see that the four Trafalgar-class attack nuclear submarines of the British Royal Navy must have suffered a huge impact underwater, two of them had their engine room shells cracked, and the tail of the other two was deformed, which led to heavy damage to the power system and had to surface and honestly become prisoners."
"The Argentine government borrowed a few tugboats from the Brazilian Navy and towed these nuclear submarines to the Rio de Janeiro naval base for temporary storage, and it is estimated that it is unlikely that they will be returned to the British Royal Navy. The Secretary of the Navy of the United States said with a smile.
"It's a bit like the scene of our nuclear submarine Baton Rouge being hit by the nuclear submarine Kostroma of the former Soviet Union, and it's strange to say that for many years I haven't noticed that the Serra-class attack nuclear submarine has been out on a mission, and I haven't found where it's hiding." The CIA director said.
A year before the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine Baton Rouge of the United States quietly tracked the Kostroma of the former Soviet Union's Serra-class attack nuclear submarine, if the level of silence is concerned, the United States must be a little higher than the former Soviet Union, but no one thought that this is a classic of the former Soviet Union's nuclear submarine, and the sonar is no worse than that of the United States, and it was discovered as a result.
The captain of the Kostroma immediately decided to fight back, using a classic Soviet maneuver tactic, using the command platform hull of his own nuclear submarine to crash into the hull of the Baton Rouge, but the Kostroma was repaired and did nothing, and the Baton Rouge was unlucky, becoming the first nuclear submarine to be decommissioned among the Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Argentine Air Force actually dispatched a strategic bomber group to launch the former Soviet Union's KH-22 anti-ship missiles at the British mixed fleet, this is the live video sent back by the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and the naval battle has begun!" The Secretary of the Air Force walked into the president's office with the main force and placed a device connected to the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft on the coffee table and opened it.
The sirens sounded on the warships of the mixed fleet, and the movements of the officers and men were not panicked at all, showing the strong psychological quality and combat capability of the Royal Navy, and on the Type 23 frigates on the periphery of the aircraft carriers, the Seawolf anti-aircraft missiles were quickly launched, and the 30-millimeter anti-aircraft cannons spat out tongues of fire, and the Phalanx short-range defense weapon system and 20-millimeter cannons of the Type 42 destroyers, and the Sea-Javelin ship-to-air missiles were also firing frantically.
In the first round of ten anti-ship missiles fired in a salvo, there was a loud bang, and a Type 23 frigate failed to destroy the incoming anti-ship missiles, and was directly hit, and it exploded in two on the spot and began to sink.
This kind of anti-ship missile of the former Soviet Union, one carrying a ton of explosives, is specially used against aircraft carriers, how can a frigate such a small body of several thousand tons be able to withstand it?
"All the Sea Harrier fighters have taken off to intercept the strategic bombers, and the opponent must not be allowed to approach the defensive circle of the aircraft carrier battle group!" The Fleet Commander gave the order into the microphone of the communication system, although he also knew that this was very unlikely.
The range of the Seawolf air defense missile is 10 kilometers and the height of the missile is 3,000 meters, and the combat altitude of the Sea Javelin ship's anti-aircraft missile is more than 20,000 meters, but the range is only 70 kilometers.
The Tu-22M3 strategic bomber has a speed of Mach 2.3 per hour, and its own Sea Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighter has a speed of less than Mach 1 per hour, and even the shadow of the other party cannot be seen. Also, the Sidewinder air-to-air missiles equipped with the Sea Harrier VTOL fighter have a range of only 18.5 kilometers, and it is useless for the radar to detect it.
The control range of the aircraft carrier battle group is generally more than 500 kilometers, such as carrier-based aircraft, early warning aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft, but the configuration of the invincible-class aircraft carrier is too poor, except for the Sea Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighters, the rest are helicopters, in the face of the penetration capability of supersonic strategic bombers, all the models can only stare dryly, and behind the strategic bombers of others, there is also a group of road-based fighters, and if you chase too close, it will be a death.
The second round of anti-ship missiles flew over at a rapid pace, and this time the Royal Navy was even more unlucky, a Type 42 destroyer and a Type 23 frigate were hit almost at the same time, and the speed of the missiles at Mach 2.5 was not at all able to intercept them, of course, the interception rate of 80 percent was quite high.
"This time the Royal Navy is dangerous, it lost three warships in a few minutes, the defense of the fleet is greatly weakened, it will be very difficult to deal with ten more anti-ship missiles, maybe even aircraft carriers will be threatened, is this the end of this naval battle?" The US Secretary of the Navy said with a frown.
The US Navy was not happy to watch, and the third round finally came to the turn of the aircraft carrier, and the successive sinking of the three warships tore a big hole in the defense circle, and the high-speed strategic bombers immediately dropped ten anti-ship missiles and rushed directly at the aircraft carrier!
At a critical time, I have to admire the courage of the Royal Navy, a Type 42 destroyer and a Type 23 frigate, like crazy, came to the side of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, supported the shield with their bodies, and a swarm of anti-ship missiles really can't be intercepted, don't think that anti-ship missiles are easy to destroy.
With two loud bangs, two anti-ship missiles not only sank two warships, but also caused a huge explosion that even the aircraft carrier Ark Royal was affected, and fires and smoke broke out in many places, and the officers and men hurriedly began to extinguish the fire, and the scene became a mess.
"Just this offensive, 30 anti-ship missiles cost the Argentine government $450 million, the navy and air force are typical money-burners, we don't use force lightly, it's very cool to fight, but as soon as you settle the account, you know that you feel distressed." Wu Chen said with a smile.
The combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy is simply not brought into play because of the limitations of its form, and it is somewhat vulnerable to the anti-ship missiles that the former Soviet Union led the world, and if the number of anti-ship missile attacks doubles this time, both aircraft carriers will have to die in the sea.