Chapter 32: Operation Nest - Task Force 77 Sunk

Liu Yalou and his entourage returned to the war room and saw that everyone was working nervously. On the contrary, Deng Feng looked relaxed, and when he saw Liu Yalou and his party coming in, he greeted him and let everyone go to the sofa in the back. "It's a great take-off for this big fleet!" After sitting down, Liu Yalou said to Deng Feng with emotion.

This group of people has not yet come out of the shock just now. He was particularly excited to witness the first large-scale expedition of the Chinese Air Force. Liu Yalou asked Deng Feng a little strangely: "Why aren't you in the command position?" ”

"I've now handed everything over to Lao Wang's air command - Air Police 2000. The command and dispatch of the entire air is completed by them, and the whole process will be displayed on the big screen. Deng Feng said very easily.

A staff officer brought each of them a cup of instant coffee. Liu Yalou: Sitting on the sofa, they were quickly attracted by the big screen in the war room, on which the flight altitude of the group B fighters was constantly decreasing and decreasing. The height shows that it quickly drops from 600 meters to 400 meters, 200 meters, and finally breaks through 100 meters. At this time, the 4 Flying Leopards and 2 J10s flew almost close to the surface of the Yellow Sea, as agile as the petrels, and the group of planes cooperated closely to go straight to the West Gulf of North Korea. It was really exciting, and everyone was constantly drinking coffee to relieve the dry mouth caused by the tension. Deng Feng explained why he flew like this.

The formation of six "Flying Leopard" fighters and four J10 fighters in Group A led by Wu Di took off in the night and pounced on the vast night sky. They passed through Andong, Jiecheon and Changheung-ri in North Korea, and flew with the undulations of the terrain, like a falcon chasing its prey, and the fierce low altitude diagonally crossed the waist of the bee on the Korean Peninsula and plunged straight into the East Bay of Korea. It is even more thrilling to watch, Chang Qiankun is a pilot, he knows how dangerous such a flight is, he unconsciously clenched his fists, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead from time to time

The choice of the attack line of Group A is quite controversial. Because it has to pass over a long period of time over enemy-occupied areas, it may encounter enemy antiaircraft artillery attacks or fighter planes. It is better to fly north from China first, and after reaching the 128th parallel of east longitude, turn south and fly along the 128th parallel.

Wu Di thought that the enemy's air interception was not a threat at all, and the enemy's plane would be discovered when it flew together, and before it could see us, he would be shot down first. Secondly, it is also impossible for the enemy to detect, and we know the location of the enemy's radar inside out. Coupled with our ultra-low-altitude flight, it was impossible for them to find out. Not to mention for anti-aircraft artillery. Without early detection by radar, is anti-aircraft artillery useful? Thirdly, the enemy knows that we do not have planes. The few broken planes of the People's Army all ran to China to hide. Even if the Americans begged him to go out, he didn't dare to do it. So the United States does not have the concept of air defense at all. We just happened to be taken by surprise and attacked by surprise.

Wang Kunpeng also supported Wu Di's opinion. It will take more than 600 kilometers to take the eastern route. The effect is not necessarily good. Due to its proximity to the Soviet Union, the East Bay was a key area for the enemy's air defense. The enemy's air defense forces were concentrated mainly in ports and where the command organs were located and in the distribution of materiel. Group A lines do not pass through these areas. The most important thing is that we understand the enemy's situation, can detect the enemy first, and strike at the enemy with long-range precision. Enemy planes are taking off, whether we fight or avoid . We have the final say. Just fight, without missiles they are not opponents. Our 23-mm guns have a range of 6,000 meters, and the range of the enemy's current aircraft guns is only more than 2,000 meters.

Under the cover of night, Group A led by Wu Di quietly approached the attack position. Wu Di put his hand on the longitudinal pole and released the terrain following radar self-driving system. Group A was ordered to quickly change from a flying formation to an attack formation, and the six Flying Leopards were quickly divided into two attack formations. Four J10s also spread out in all directions to conduct air alert around the perimeter of the war zone.

At this time, the air police 2000 transmitted information about the target's location and also issued an attack order: "Group A attention: The No. 1 target azimuth, 39 degrees 12 minutes 37 seconds north latitude and 127 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds east longitude.

Goal 2: 39 degrees, 14 minutes and 12 seconds. East longitude 127 degrees 23 minutes 34 seconds.

Target 3: 39 degrees, 43 minutes, 59 seconds. East longitude 127 degrees 54 minutes 39 seconds.

The target is in a level 2 sea state at this time.

Each group follows the set target, turns on the radar, searches for the target, and locks on to attack."

After receiving the order to attack. Each attack formation pounces on the predetermined target like an off-string arrow.

Wu Di gently pulled up the fighter, and at a distance of 95 kilometers from the No. 1 target, Major Yang Zhe turned on the fire control radar according to the direction indicated by the air police, quickly captured his No. 1 target, quickly checked with the computer, completed the identification of the target, and then firmly locked the target, decisively pressed the launch button, and completed the four steps of the attack.

At 20:58:23 on November 1, 1950, two missiles left the pylon, dragged a beautiful tail flame, and flew forward at Mach 0,9, firing the first shot of the strategic counterattack of the Chinese People's Volunteers, and also announcing the official start of the first battle of the front command of the Volunteer Air Force - "Operation Nest Smashing".

The altitude of the two C803 air-to-ship missiles gradually dropped to more than 20 meters, and they flew towards the intended target at high speed. Yang Zhe stared closely at the heads-up display of the fire control radar computer

At this time, the officers and men of the US aircraft carrier "Boxer" anchored in the East Bay of North Korea were enjoying a rare relaxation in the day, and none of them would have thought that they would be listed as the No. 1 target, and their lives would have entered the final countdown stage. People in bars, drinking wine and coffee. Full of interest to talk about the surrounding anecdotes, from time to time happy laughter, full of pride to talk about their hometown customs and family warmth, very happy to talk about how beautiful their girlfriend is, reminiscent of the sweetness of love, with some silver colors, talking about the tenderness of the woman's bed, some people in the lounge are very comfortable playing cards, playing a little money, although the weather outside is already very cold, but there are still some people standing on the deck smoking, talking, bragging, chatting

Sergeant Jamus, who was on duty in the radar room, was a very qualified sergeant who kept his eyes on the radar signal display. He found several signals that were very unclear from time to time. At first, he thought it was a returning plane, but he looked at it for a while and felt that the signals were a little weird. So he stood up and wanted to report the situation to Lieutenant York, who was smoking outside. At that moment, he heard a loud bang and felt himself being tossed. His head was slammed into the ceiling, and the last sound he heard in the world was the crushing of his own skull. The last flash of thought was "It's over, it's dead."

40 seconds after Yangzhe launched two C803 missiles, another Flying Leopard fighter also launched two C803 missiles.The C803 warhead is very massive and weighs 350 kilograms. At a distance of five kilometers from the target, the missile flew 5 to 7 meters above the sea surface, and at the moment of approaching the "Boxer" aircraft carrier, the missile's flight angle changed and began to dive, and it penetrated into the hull near the waterline of the "Boxer" aircraft carrier

The first missile hit the lower part of the island in the right, center, and rear part of the aircraft carrier "Boxer". The high temperature generated by the explosion of the missile's flying habit and semi-armor-piercing blasting kill part directly vaporized the deck with a thickness of more than 100 millimeters at the bomb impact point, and then the second warhead fired 16 submunitions and the residual fuel in the C803 bomb body after the missile penetrated into the hull and exploded, causing the entire lower deck of the island to blow up. The command system of the aircraft carrier "Boxer" was completely destroyed. This was also the direct cause of the death of Sergeant Jamus, a radar soldier.

The second hit the aircraft carrier "Boxer", which was located in the power compartment in the aft part. The missile penetrated the steel armor on the right outer side of the "Boxer". 16 submunitions were fired in an instant, and the entire power compartment was riddled with holes, and the residual fuel in the bomb body exploded in the cabin, causing a fire, which then ignited the fuel stored in the cabin, resulting in a secondary explosion effect. In an instant, the huge "Boxer" aircraft carrier became an erupting volcano, and the "Boxer" aircraft carrier completely lost power.

The ensuing third and fourth shots accelerated the Boxer's downfall

The explosion of the third missile under the waterline at ten meters of the first missile created a large hole of 5-6 meters and tore a 5-meter-long breach along the cross-section of the hull, into which sea water gushed in. The huge water pressure continues to expand the breach,

The fourth missile entered from under the island that had lost its armor, and this superimposed blow broke the keel of the "Boxer" and cut this huge "Boxer" in half." The aircraft carrier "Boxer" is now tilted 20 degrees to the right. Bow upturned. The seawater forms a large vortex in the middle and back parts of the boxer. After 15 minutes of silence in the fire, the hull of the Boxer broke in the middle. It quickly sank into the cold sea." The rapid sinking of the aircraft carrier "Boxer" was so fast that the captain did not have time to give the order to abandon the ship. But the captain can't really be blamed for this, because he has lost the ability to give orders forever at the first time the "Boxer" is attacked. If he can be found, the Star-Spangled Banner should be draped over his coffin. There were 35 Xingyun'er on the Boxer who escaped.

And at this time, the large aircraft carrier "Valley Fuge", which was less than 5 kilometers away from the boxer, was in an even more tragic situation. Two of the C803 missiles hit the ship's fuel storage compartment, tens of millions of tons of aviation gasoline continued to explode and burn, and the continuous leakage of fuel turned the "Valley Forge" large aircraft carrier into a sea of fire worthy of the name. The smoke coming out of the aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" was more than 1,000 meters high, and the sky over the large aircraft carrier "Valley Fuge" was covered in thick smoke. There was a raging fire burning all over the deck. The flames and smoke kept tumbling upwards. The planes parked on the deck were constantly thrown into the sea by explosions again and again, and there was no living creature on the deck of the entire "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier. This poor aircraft carrier, which burned in the fire for 4 hours, after fully enjoying the fire bath. It began to sink slowly, and no one escaped from the entire ship, and several other ships came to the rescue. For the past 4 hours, the only thing I can do is keep praying for them. Let them go to heaven, and do not come again to this land of right and wrong.

And the escort aircraft carrier "Peden Strait" was even more miserable, two C803 missiles blew up half of the cardboard-like escort aircraft carrier. Under the ravages of sea water and fire, he only lasted for eight minutes before he could not bear the two days of ice and fire, and took 35 planes and 1,000 US naval aviation troops to hide in the depths of the sea and refused to come out again