Chapter XXXIII: The sinking of the 95 aircraft carrier fleet

Half an hour after the take-off of Group A, the last group, Group B, also rushed into the sky in the night, entering the Yellow Sea from 50 kilometers west of Donggang.

In the dwilight of the night, Group B, under the leadership of Xi Yang, chief of staff of the 2nd J-H Division, formed a cross-shaped formation with 4 Flying Leopard fighters and two J10 fighters. Xi Yang informed Group B that after entering the Yellow Sea, An planned to fly at a low altitude, and he consciously pressed the longitudinal pole. The plane descends from 2000 meters, 500 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters! Xi Yang felt that the whole plane was tilting. He glanced at the heading attitude indication data and the data of the safety altitude warning on the multi-function monochrome LCD display. The gauge shows that it is level flight. He knew that the plane was tilting. It's just a delusion of oneself! After a few minutes, this illusion will start to disappear little by little! Flying at ultra-low altitude at sea at night, without any reference and no sense of speed, it is like drilling a black hole, boundless and bottomless, which is very easy to cause this flight illusion, and if you are a little negligent, the plane will be planted into the sea. But everyone has gone through many times to get used to this illusion.

The 4 JH7 Flying Leopard fighters and 2 J10 fighters roared over the open sea. Skimming the sea, attacking at the tip of the waves, and flying to the war zone with a roar, Liu Yalou and his party in the war room watched exciting and thrilling.

When approaching the target 150 kilometers, the Air Police 2000 sent the target position: "There is an enemy cruiser 60 kilometers ahead, which can launch an attack outside its anti-aircraft fire, and now the target: in the direction of your formation at 1 o'clock, the coordinates of the No. 4 target are: "39 degrees 45 minutes 12 seconds north latitude, 125 degrees 38 minutes 5 seconds east longitude The coordinates of the No. 5 target are: 39 degrees 45 minutes 14 seconds north latitude, 125 degrees 41 minutes 10 seconds east longitude. Turn on the radar. Collect and lock on to the target and launch an attack."

Group B quickly divided into two attack formations. As the target approaches, the weapon is deployed to accurately identify the target they want to attack by the size and shape of the echo on the fire radar screen. Lock, launch missiles

The 4th and 5th targets were the USS Philippine and the USS Sicily, which were on combat duty in the Yellow Sea and the West Gulf of Korea.

At this time, the West Bay of Korea was very calm, the sea breeze was light, and the waves gently lapped the huge bodies of the aircraft carrier "Philippine" and the escort aircraft carrier "Sicily" anchored in the West Bay, enjoying the gentle massage of the waves.

After a busy day, the US naval aviation units worked very hard, and they completed the day's work of the work team to sweep their own work faces, and handed over shifts with the personnel on duty at night; meteorological, operational, and flight personnel reported the weather forecast and the day's situation to the captain, and the captain made arrangements for tomorrow's work.

Flight deck managers, from the front end to the rear end, carefully inspect to see if there are any hard objects left on the deck that affect the flight, such as nails, screw caps, etc. In order to ensure the safety of night flights, the flight crew team flies to maintain and inspect the aircraft. After dinner, the people on the two aircraft carriers were the same as the officers and men on the actual aircraft carriers. Enjoy the most relaxing part of the day and spend your bedtime in your own way. In another 30 minutes, everyone will go to bed with the lights out. As one song goes, "The waves shake the battleship gently. Young sailor with his head resting on the waves. Smile happily in your sleep. Stay until the morning glow reflects the red sea. Look at our warships to anchor again." But most of them could no longer see the morning glow reflecting the red sea. It is impossible for their warships to anchor again. The reason is simple: it is because they are not in the arms of the motherland. Instead, they came to the East, which was tens of thousands of miles away from them. Most of these American sailors and aviation will never have a chance to return to the bosom of their Motherland.

At 21:01 on November 1, Group B divided into two battle formations and launched an attack on No. 4 and No. 5 respectively." Everyone on board the USS Philippine suddenly felt the entire carrier soar upwards. A dozen or so people standing on the ship's edge were thrown out into the sea. Among them was a frontline war correspondent for the Washington Post. They were unfortunate enough to be thrown into the icy sea from a ten-story aircraft carrier in this cold early winter, but at the same time they were lucky. It was in this way that 5 of them were rescued by the frigate that arrived in time to rescue them, and they regained the right to continue to live. The journalist was even more fortunate in that he later wrote a story about the night in the West Bay of Korea that catapulted him to fame, and later used this incident to publish a book that he would never approach the mysterious East and warn posterity, which became the best-selling book of the year in the United States and the West. It is truly a glorious example of the blessings that will be blessed after a great disaster." The violent explosion of the C803 missile and the explosion of the residual fuel of the missile immediately triggered the explosion of the ammunition in the reserve ammunition compartment, and then detonated the ammunition in the storage tank, and finally formed a group of explosions, thick smoke and flames were continuously sprayed out from the bullet holes formed by the tearing and explosion from the side of the ship on the deck. The fire is raging out of control. When the shrenchnel flew sideways, the damage management alarm sounded urgently, and "the reserve bomb bay caught fire and the equipment was damaged", the whole ship immediately entered the damage management and life-saving deployment, and the control room of the bomb bay and ammunition reserve compartment commanded the damage management team to enter the cabin to fight the fire, but the bones that were immediately ready for explosion were gone, and the deck fire truck was thrown into the sea before it could be started. To be honest, the damage management on the American ship is absolutely world-class. In normal times, there are various emergency plans that have been memorized, and the crew of the damage management has also shown high quality and rapid response ability. In the thick smoke, several damage management personnel are holding fire faucets, fighting fires, although it is meaningless, but the spirit is commendable. Soon they realized that they couldn't even save themselves. Constantly people were knocked down by shrenchnel, suffocated by the poisonous smoke, and fell into the fire around them. People who are on the deck or run to the deck are hit by sideways shrapnel . There were countless casualties, and what was even more terrible was the detonation of those napalm bombs stored in the ship's hold. The ship is full of burning napalm viscous liquid, as long as it sticks, don't try to extinguish it, and the people who are ignited on their bodies are desperate to jump into the sea has become their best option. to free yourself from the pain of being burned. The wounded struggled in pain in the fire, letting out heart-rending screams. How you don't hear it with your own ears, you will never believe that this is a human voice. At this time, the "Philippine" aircraft carrier was really like a hell on earth, and the people here really realized what it means to be in pain and what it means to be alive rather than dead. Death, what a happy thing it is for the people on the aircraft carrier "Philippines" at this time!

Major Pilot of the Bomber Brigade Wary Kaul. Stumbled out of the smoke-filled pilot's lounge. Seeing on the deck is even more terrifying than in the lounge. He turned around in horror and tried to return to the lounge, but saw the bombardier who had fled with him lying on the floor of the aisle, purple and blue, tearing at his chest. The last painful struggle before death. Losing the courage to go back, he pulled out his pistol and fired two shots in the head of his comrade who had fought in World War II with him on the floor, ending his suffocating pain. Then he aimed the gun at his right temple. I closed my eyes and pulled the puller without hesitation.

Of the other three C803 missiles that followed, one hit the right center of the USS Philippine. Two of them hit the power compartment of the tail of the "Philippine" aircraft carrier one after another, and all 4 meters below the waterline of the power compartment were blown up, and the seawater quickly occupied the space of the power compartment. Jumping into the sea and struggling people and floating objects on the surface of the sea were swept into the whirlpool and sucked into the sea by a huge whirlpool. Honorably retired. All that was left was a huge whirlpool on the surface of the sea and the 92 officers and men of the USS Philippine who had escaped.

Carrying out the task of attacking the No. 5 target, the task of 2 JH7 Flying Leopards was not completed perfectly, and according to the plan, the attack on this junk aircraft carrier should not exceed three C803 missiles. The first JH7 Flying Leopard fighter launched two C803 missiles one after another, but unfortunately the first missile, due to the over-excitement of the crew, flew over the sea less than two meters away from the tail of the "Sicily" escort aircraft carrier. The explosion at a distance of 29 meters from the "Sicily" did not cause damage to the "Sicily" with a substantial surname. However, he immediately made up another shot, which hit the junction of the bulbous bow and the hull of the "Sicily" and knocked the entire bulbous bow off, and the sea water quickly poured into the front warehouse, making the stern of the "Sicily" upturned, and there were two planes on the deck that had not had time to fix it to the sea, and another JH7 Flying Leopard fighter, as a backup appearance, also fired a shot, hitting the middle and front of the Sicily, which was absolutely fatal for this kind of escort aircraft carrier converted from a merchant ship. In the face of the C803 air-to-ship missile, such an aircraft carrier is as fragile as an eggshell." The Sicilian and the Philippine aircraft carriers are the opposite, and after 30 minutes the stern of the ship is exposed to the water, and then the big head plunges into the sea.

Captain Pierre led 376 officers and men of the "Sicily" to escape, and it is impossible not to praise Captain Pierre's wisdom when encountered, when he encountered an attack, he did not delay for a second, and immediately ordered all the people on board to abandon ship and escape. Then he pulled a blanket from a bed and wrapped it in a rope, and took the lead in rappelling into the sea. Quickly disengaged the escort aircraft carrier "Sicily".

This is three large aircraft carriers at this time. Two escort aircraft carriers, the largest number of escapes out of the five ships. Later, Colonel Pierre was awarded the Purple Star by the President of the United States. And every officer and soldier who escaped was awarded the Silver Star Medal,

All the weapons columnists in groups A and B sitting in the back row stared at the head-up display screen of the fire control radar computer, and they all smiled triumphantly when they saw that the small highlight of the missile they launched coincided with the big highlight of the target. Yang Zhe couldn't help but shout in the cabin. It's fucking cool! Lao Wu goes back and you invite you to drink. I only feel the honor of being a soldier today! Wu Di agreed: The value of a soldier can only be reflected on the battlefield. Okay, it's time for us to go back."

At the same time, the Air Police 2000 also sent "Congratulations on the success of the flying leopard attack!" All targets are hit, and they will return immediately".

Xi Yang of Group B also said to his colleagues: "Let the US Navy always remember that the Yellow Sea is not the backyard of the United States, and you can wander around casually."

Soon the air assembly group was completed and flew towards the base