Chapter 815: Side Dishes
North of the equatorial line in the Indian Ocean, in the western Indian Ocean near Kenya, an equally large fleet is cleaving the waves.
The deck of the USS Kennedy, the core of the entire fleet, was constantly busy, and after the first wave of fleet supremacy carrier-based aircraft took off, early warning aircraft also took off, followed by a large group of Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft in turn, forming three formations and flying towards the waters beyond the border between Kenya and Somalia.
Today, the weather over the Indian Ocean is exceptionally clear and cloudless.
However, for the US Navy's carrier-based fighter divisions, the weather is terrible, and with no clouds to cover them, they will appear in the sight of the Somalis sooner.
After half an hour of flying, the hearts of many fighter divisions were raised, many of them had fought against the Somali Air Force, and even the strength of their opponents. The situation is unknown, and they have been ordered not to be the first to attack by force, and if the Somali madmen attack suddenly, they will be in a bad situation.
Fortunately, along the way, the AWACS aircraft provided them with real-time airspace intelligence, which calmed their hearts a lot.
However, as they began to enter Somalia's exclusive economic zone, tensions began to spread. The madness of Somali pilots has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of every US military pilot, and how can they feel at ease as an adversary like a madman?
In the past, this airspace was their backyard, coming and going freely, but now this area is the last thing these US fighter divisions want to come.
Who knows if those Somali lunatics will do something extreme.
Sent from top to bottom. Helpless, they can only pray in their hearts to God that nothing will happen today.
"There are still a hundred nautical miles above the target sea, good luck."
The AWACS aircraft once again sent flight information, followed by a sentence that seemed to be a blessing.
Before the US fighter divisions could reply to the AWACS aircraft, a clear call suddenly appeared on the passive radio receiver of each fighter, "The Somali Air Force reminds the US Navy carrier-based aircraft group with coordinates 118 that you have entered the waters of our Somali exclusive economic zone and are about to enter the airspace of our Somali sovereign waters. Once the sovereign airspace of Somalia has been violated. The U.S. military will be responsible for the consequences. ”
A warning issued in English. For the first time, it appeared on the information number display of each Super Hornet, however, no anomalies were found in either the passive search radar of the carrier-based aircraft or the information anti-tracking equipment. As for the pilot's eyes. And even more so that nothing can be seen. It was as if the message had come from a ghost.
"Call Hawkeye, if a suspicious air target is found." The wing commander of the US Navy's 141st Carrier-based Aircraft Wing, which was in charge of the mission, immediately sent an early warning plane not far behind them to inquire about the news.
The passive radar reception range of the fighter is limited. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the radar on the AWACS aircraft, but the result shocked every carrier-based aircraft pilot, and nothing was found on the AWACS aircraft either.
"What's going on, what is this message coming from, is it a radio emitting buoy on the surface of the sea."
"It's this inexplicable feeling again, if this is a time of war, I'm afraid we're all finished."
"Is it so exaggerated, even the AWACS aircraft didn't find it, if the other side launched a sneak attack, we might be swimming in the sea now."
"Is there any need to move on? Even if we can change anything in the past, if we want to go to war with Somalia, are those people in Washington crazy? ”
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In the internal communication channel of the 141st Carrier-based Aircraft Wing, it has already been said that it has become one.
"The squadrons immediately formed fan-shaped formations fifty kilometers apart." The AWACS aircraft could not help, and the wing captain could only rely on the joint number system on the Super Hornet to see if he could find the other party's deposit.
However, just after his order, all the fighter divisions received an early warning from the onboard passive radar, and when they saw the sudden appearance of a positional radar signal source on the radar, almost everyone's hairs stood on end.
There is only one reason for their instant fear, and that is distance, the source of these scattered radar waves received by passive radar is already very close to them, and if they are one step closer, they have even reached the best launch distance for short-range air-to-air combat bombs.
However, when they turned on the active search radar, they found nothing, and it was not until the active radar and the passive radar were connected by the computer number chain that they discovered the approaching mysterious target, and the mystery of Yiqiē was revealed.
However, no one was happy, they all knew very well that if it was the time of war, their plane would have been shot down by the other side long ago.
At this moment, every fighter division can clearly see the target on the radar screen, even if a few planes do not find the target, but under the joint number jù system, every Super Hornet sees the same thing.
"Stealth fighters, damn it, we met Somali fifth-generation fighters."
Soon, the U.S. fighter divisions who reacted quickly thought of the fifth-generation fighters, and today's situation is exactly the same as the situation they appeared in the confrontation with the F-22 exercise.
It's just that they are not facing exercises now, and their opponents are not their own country's fifth-generation stealth fighters, but fifth-generation fighters from Somalia.
"How is it possible, aren't their fifth-generation fighters still flying tests, and now they have actually begun to equip the troops, and as soon as they appear, there will be eight, is it a joke." When they think of the proportion of casualties in the original exercise, some US Navy fighter divisions cannot be calm.
That's an astonishing record of one to 100, which means that eight suspicious radar signals have appeared, enough to destroy hundreds of non-fifth-generation fighters.
As soon as this skeptical sentence came out, the mood of many US fighter divisions calmed down a lot, but the next qiē broke a qiē suspicion.
The radar signal that was approaching them at a constant speed. In an instant, as if it had been discussed, the speed of the explosion more than doubled, from the original maximum of more than 700 kilometers, to Mach 1.5 at an extremely fast speed, rushing towards the US Navy's 141 carrier-based aircraft wing.
Now there is no need for radar at all, and the eight stealth fighters with silver-gray paint have appeared in the naked eyes of all US fighter divisions.
"It's ......"
Before the eight sonic boom clouds dissipated in the distant sky, eight warplanes painted with Somali flags appeared in front of their eyes.
"Avoid the route, hurry up and avoid it." The US Navy fighter division, whose hair had already stood up, immediately rose in a panic. Because of these eight Somali fighters in front of them. Entering supersonic flight with a relative course and the same altitude, this is exactly the impact course.
No one wants to play with a madman, let alone a bunch of madmen.
However, when they left their original route, a scene appeared that made them reel. Eight Somali fighters approaching at supersonic speeds. It also changed the route at the same time. Lifting the height, it is still a crash course.
The silver-gray figure in front of "OVER" was so close that it already made every US fighter division feel that it was about to end, and of course, their lives. Not even one has pulled on the tab of the ejection seat, ready to give up their car.
However, in the next second, when the distance between the fighters of the two sides was less than three kilometers, the eight Somali fifth-generation Intruder fighters all adjusted their course again at the same time, raising nearly 100 meters high.
As a result, in the eyes of all US fighter divisions, these eight stealth fighters roared over their heads, and the air flow brought up by supersonic flight made each Super Hornet shake violently.
"It's supersonic cruise, damn Somali maniac."
"Somali raised by deserve to hell."
"Bastard, asshole, asshole ......"
After being teased from fear to being teased, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, which naturally triggered a strong backlash, and all kinds of angry scolding kept coming out of the mouths of the US fighter divisions.
And just as they were scolding, eight fifth-generation Intruder fighters, each slowing down in the sky and turning around, flew towards them again, but this time they did not continue to enter supersonic flight.
"As a last warning, please change course immediately to avoid friction and misunderstanding."
The warning once again made every US pilot extremely angry and full of humiliation, and the fear that had been stored in his heart dissipated a lot invisibly, and almost all of them were filled with righteous indignation.
"Captain, these are too deceitful, fight with them." I don't know who proposed it, and it was immediately approved by most people, and at this moment they are confident that they will teach these Somali fighters a lesson, the fifth generation fighter has many advantages over the fourth generation fighter, the most important of which is that the enemy finds the enemy before the enemy fires, plus the stealth shape, it is enough to make the fourth generation fighter helpless.
But in the current situation, once there is an exchange of fire, it is a close-range dogfight, and many advantages of the fifth-generation fighters that have entered the radar field of vision have been leveled. These Super Hornets, which have integrated digital chains, are already capable of threatening fifth-generation fighters.
However, this kind of mention was quickly suppressed by the wing commander, because this time their mission was not to fight the Somali Air Force here. Although they were embarrassed on this trip, they also officially saw the results of the Somali Air Force and recorded the radar wave signals of the other side, which were all gains.
"Leave them alone and speed up, but also be aware of the surprise attacks that the other side may take." The wing captain decisively gave the order and reminded him of it. Face to face with this group of madmen in the air makes them feel no sense of security, if they are facing the Chinese Air Force or the Russian Air Force today, it will be very different, at least they are sure that the other side will not take the initiative to provoke a war.
With the order of the wing commander, the Hornet carrier-based aircraft of a squadron instantly turned on the afterburner and entered a short supersonic flight, but when they finished from the supersonic flight that lasted about a minute, the eight fighters of the Somali Air Force were still on their backs and followed very closely.
However, in addition to continuously taking photos of these Somali fifth-generation fighters, these US fighter divisions are only bent on flying towards the target sea area.
At the same time, a collision was taking place in the disputed waters between Kenya and Somalia, and when the three research vessels, all of which had reached a displacement of 3,000 tons, tried to collide with the 2,000-ton stryph, they were all avoided by the scorpion in time.
Although the sturdiness of the scorpion is several levels stronger than that of the exploration boat, there is no need to hard-top the opponent.
As a direct result of the licensing of these exploration vessels, the Somali side has been forced to take direct measures to enforce the control of the vessels.
Three transport helicopters immediately took off, with three teams of marines, and boarded the ship vertically to carry out mandatory control of the exploration vessel.
Faced with the cold eyes of the Somali Marines and the black muzzle of the guns, Martin sat directly on the deck. As for the two Kenyan patrol ships, they left the encirclement of the Somali Navy very safely.
It wasn't until Mondley and all the crew were put on deck that the U.S. Air Force 141 Carrier Air Wing arrived in the airspace, and all the American pilots saw were the Americans, Italians, and French crouched on deck with their heads in their hands.
Seeing that the boat had been completed, the sound of continuing to stay here only increased the laughing stock, and the bumblebees of the 141st Carrier-based Aircraft Wing could only turn around and leave.
On the command ship of the amphibious battle group, looking at the fighters in the distance, Somali Commerce Minister Hote said: "This is the end?" The U.S. military is also not as strong as rumored to be. ”
"You're wrong, this is just the beginning, the Americans who have suffered a dark loss, they can give up. At this time, the United States also very much hopes that we will cause chaos here, and it is eager to ignite the fire vigorously. Lockhillin said decisively.
"Isn't that the Soldier's Siege?" Chen Baiqi has less of the sweet smile of the past and is a little more cautious.
"It's a big soldier now, but we can't see it with the naked eye." Speaking of this, Lockhill pointed to the sea in the southeast direction and said: "Less than four hundred nautical miles ahead of us, a huge aircraft carrier mixed battle group is heading here, and the real confrontation has just begun, and it was just a little tapas before." ”
"The strength of the opponent's gathering should not be underestimated, and we don't have an aircraft carrier, you have to be prepared, I don't want to stay within the strike radius of the opponent's aircraft carrier." Wang Chengning said.
"Huh!" Lockhillin smiled slightly, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said: "Not to mention an aircraft carrier battle group, even if it is an American aircraft carrier, we don't need to be afraid here." I have just been informed by the Air Force that we will be supported by the Air Force and shore-based aviation at any time if we need it. (To be continued......)