Chapter 398: The Tragic Lincoln

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As one of the three supercarriers of the coalition fleet group in the Indian Ocean, the Lincoln has frequent takeoffs and landings of carrier-based aircraft every day, and the intensity is extremely high.

In addition to being ready to strike at the Somali fleet at all times, the Super Hornet on board the ship must also take on the defense of the entire fleet at all times, cooperating with the air defense and early warning aircraft to knock down a range of 500 kilometers from the core of the fleet.

Carrier-based aircraft maintain a high degree of readiness and vigilance, which makes take-offs and landings extremely frequent, and on the entire flight deck, either fighters take off or land, and aviation fuel and ammunition in the aircraft carrier's ammunition depot and oil depot are often pulled up for backup to quickly replenish the consumption of fighters.

In particular, after the fact that the Somali aircraft carrier has carrier-based aircraft has been fully proven, the three aircraft carriers have also become nervous. As a member of the aircraft carriers, no one knows better than them the importance of air defense, especially at sea.

The battle came very suddenly, but it did not make the coalition forces scramble, and the staff on the US aircraft carrier were also in good order. Having been trained for many years, they are well aware of the importance of emotional stability. On the aircraft carrier, every link must not be wrong, and emotions must not be allowed to affect the work.

However, the next scene made every crew member on the Lincoln feel terrible.

A Super Hornet full of ammunition, after performing the alert mission, with at least half of the amount of fuel, should have been a perfect landing, however, a very sudden image first stunned everyone.

Two anti-ship missiles flew out from under the Super Hornet's wings, skimmed over the aircraft carrier's flight deck, and headed directly for the Lasalle command ship not far in front of the Lincoln. Immediately afterwards, the Super Hornet changed the trajectory of the original landing flight. The fuselage was a little higher to the right, and it should have been reduced to a speed of about three hundred kilometers. It also suddenly soared.

More than 30 tons of fighters, as well as more than 10 tons of ammunition and fuel, are highly dangerous goods. In the exclamations of countless gods, the Super Hornet directly slammed into the aircraft carrier Cambridge at a speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour, and in just an instant, violent explosions and burning flames spread rapidly on the deck.

The warplanes, ammunition, and fuel on the deck tumbled under the tumbling of the Super Hornet, which had been reduced to burning wreckage, and the disaster broke out completely.

In just three seconds, the deck was engulfed in flames and smoke and fire. Many of the planes docked under Cambridge were already filled with fuel and ammunition and were just waiting for the command to take off. However, these planes had no chance to rise into the air, and the deliberate impact of one fighter plane left them completely buried in the fire.

Ten seconds later, nearly half of the Lincoln's deck, the size of three football fields, was already in flames, and the sound of various ammunition was detonated. From time to time, it sounded in the billowing smoke.

On the other side, in the face of the sudden attack of missiles, the defenseless command ship of the Lasalle was in a sad state when the Lincoln was in a tragic. Two of the U.S. military's own air-launched anti-ship missiles accurately hit the stern of the Lasalle, located on the stern of the ship. Directly in the explosion was lifted open, the entire aft hull. In an instant, more than half of it was blown away, and all kinds of wreckage and debris continued to splash on the surrounding sea. The dense ripples are like a dense rainstorm.

When GΓΆrtney was protected from the bridge by the guards, he saw the end of his lifelong military career, an immensely large stain on his defeat.

The countless warships around were also stunned by everything that suddenly erupted in the distance, all kinds of stunned glances, and a call to God and his old man, became the special notes of this catastrophic event.

On the three Perry-class frigates next to the Lincoln, the water cannons that were originally used to drive away have become the best fire extinguishing tools.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Hurry up and organize ballistic missile defense! Having just recovered from the vertigo of the blast, Gottney looked at the Lincoln in flames and yelled at the various staff behind him.

When Gothney, with the help of the guards, climbed out of the lifeboat.

The swarm of missiles that fell from the sky like a meteor shower had already penetrated the clouds.

In the fleet, various standard three-missile missiles were also constantly launched from cruisers and destroyers, white ribbon met in the sky, and various barrages rained down on the missiles.

At this point, it's too late. In the face of the attack of dozens of missiles, the anti-aircraft artillery of the US warship, under the command of the aircraft carrier's Aegis command system, began to rain bullets in the air. Sometimes, though, these things are useless. The dense missiles directly ignored such interceptions and directly pounced on the other nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Bush in the middle of the fleet, and no matter how dense the interception was, the trajectory was aimed at the USS Bush, and the barrage was not directly aimed at the USS Bush, but covered the entire sea area around the USS Bush.

At present, it does not matter much whether the missile has a terminal orbit change, or whether the strike is accurate to 30 meters or 300 meters, and there is absolutely no way for the Bush to break away from this sea area when it is more than 300 meters long, and even if the speed is increased by three times and reaches 100 knots, it will not be able to successfully escape before the missile falls.

At this time, the close fire guns of all the warships located next to the USS Bush were hit, and they crossed over to form a protective layer on the USS Bush. Moreover, all kinds of decoy missiles and aluminum foil strips were also shot out to confuse the missiles that came to attack, and the cloud burst jamming bombs, and the balls and clouds gathered over the aircraft carrier.

The electronic countermeasures department on the warship has also stepped up its horsepower, trying to deceive these attackers with electronic scams. It's just that the number of missiles is too much, although some missiles were successfully jammed by infrared decoy missiles and aluminum foil strips, some were detached from the predetermined attack route after being interfered with by electronics, and even some missiles were successfully intercepted by close fire artillery, but there are still some missiles that successfully broke through the layers of defense circles.

"Boom!" A missile exploded on its own over the USS Bush, and while the Americans were still wondering, they found that countless small things fell from the sky, and then exploded one after another on the deck. Although the power of the explosion of these small things was very small, it was fatal to the planes and crews docked on the deck in this place, the named crew fell in a pool of blood, and the exposed oil pipelines on the deck were also blown up, and the aviation kerosene slipped out of it, and then it was ignited by the open flames generated by other explosions, and immediately ignited a raging fire, and a fighter plane was involved in the fire, making a terrifying sound, and the plane inside could explode again at any time.

"Quick, close the valve! Put all your weapons and ammunition into the lifter! Bring a fire extinguisher! "The American soldiers on deck quickly regained their composure after a period of confusion. Several U.S. servicemen immediately pulled in the fire hose of the dry powder fire extinguisher and began pouring dry powder towards the burning area to suppress the flames. If it were ordinary, one could not hesitate to believe that the Americans would be able to handle such a thing, but today's attack was a saturation attack, so it can only be said that the Americans are only delaying time by doing so.

While they were trying to extinguish the flames on the deck, another missile broke through the defensive ring and hit the ship's tower directly. The loud explosion made everyone on the deck involuntarily look back, and the towers that had been standing were now in dilapidation and raging fires. Just as they were stunned, the plane behind them finally exploded again under the erosion of the fire, and several soldiers who were standing closer fell directly to the ground, and more sparks were scattered elsewhere.

The nightmare didn't end there, as two missiles managed to hit the USS Bush near the waterline, and sea water poured into the aircraft carrier through those loopholes. And just now because a missile hit the ship's tower, the command was already paralyzed, and by the time the Americans reacted, seawater had already poured into the four water compartments, and the entire hull had begun to tilt.

When Gortney stood on the lifeboat and looked at the crumbling USS Bush, his heart was like a knife, and he regretted that he had despised the enemy. However, it was too late to say anything, and two more missiles hit the port side of the USS Bush, piercing the aircraft carrier's armor before exploding inside. If these two missiles only drilled in and did not explode, then the Americans would have seen an even more surprising scene, that is, both missiles had a large line written on them: "Dog-called Yankees!" ”。

Such a blow not only damaged the internal structure of the USS Bush, but also caused the rescue team, which was already in an orderly manner to plug leaks everywhere, to begin to slow down. Aircraft carriers also began to slow down because of too much water.

"General, we must leave as soon as possible. The Somali Air Force is approaching us! Moreover, the AWACS aircraft has just sent back information that more than a dozen waves of Somali planes have been spotted in the southeast, which are flying towards us! Before he could catch his breath, the captain of the Gothney, who had just climbed aboard a Perry-class frigate, came to his side and whispered.

At this time, the planes dispatched by the Somali Indian Ocean Fleet had formed a perfect coordination with the missile attack, and if the US fleet made one more mistake, heavier blows would follow. Gothney was slightly stunned, and then quickly sobered himself up, knowing that even if he regretted it now, it was useless, and once the other party sank the USS Bush, he would definitely target the other warships in the fleet. Now it is necessary to minimize the losses, and only then will they have the capital to deal with the Somali Indian Ocean Fleet, which is too cunning. (To be continued......)