As many as 96 Flying Leopard fighters and 12 Qiang-6 fighters flew to the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, although there were a large number, but in fact, the carrier-based aircraft units of the Tang Navy did not flock into a group to fight. The new generation of fighters with stronger single combat capabilities www.biquge.info Pen, Fun, and Pavilion are more accustomed to small team operations and are mobile and flexible. Moreover, at a time when radar can detect a wider range, HNA fighters are scattered in a wider airspace, which can support each other and strike at a better level.

Since the combat distance is not far, only less than 500 kilometers, so in order to maximize the combat effect, neither the Flying Leopard nor the Intruder carry auxiliary fuel tanks, but both carry two YJ-8 under the wings, the difference is that the Flying Leopard also carries six air-to-air missiles, while the J-6 Intruder only carries two PL-9 as self-defense weapons.

In practice, both aircraft were designed to carry up to four medium-sized anti-ship missiles, but in practice, the Navy considered this to be of little use, and the fleet in the North Atlantic direction is still using ammunition sparingly.

The pilots of the Navy were well aware that the target of the first strike must be the aircraft carrier of the British. At a distance of more than 70 kilometers, the British still knew nothing about the attack of a large number of Datang fighters, and their radar could not effectively detect this distance. Although there are small-scale aircraft on alert mission, they are not in the direction that the Datang aircraft carrier is approaching.

After arriving at the predetermined position, the pilots of the HNA launched anti-ship missiles one after another, and most of the pilots here were actually firing live ammunition for the first time. Even if Datang has money, it is impossible to train every pilot with live ammunition, and there are fewer opportunities to launch training bullets, and it is more important to follow the process again. But this does not mean that the pilots are unfamiliar with the technology, they are all familiar with the relevant steps and meticulously complete the launch.

The two anti-ship missiles were launched first, and according to the pilot's instructions, the missiles were aimed at a suspected aircraft carrier target, but it is not easy to determine whether the missile will hit an aircraft carrier or a cruiser. Because, like the Germans, although the British were already more concerned with air defense, their fleet was still relatively dense. The YJ-8 is guided by an active radar at the end, and among a large number of targets, it is not so easy to determine which one it hits.

In fact, this solution is to add a data link system, which can feed back the intelligence at the end to the launching ship, but obviously this cost will be relatively high and does not meet the expectations of the navy, so the navy still purchased this simple version.

The British aircraft carrier is not the largest in its fleet, nor is it the smallest, that is, it is in the middle of the size, so it is still slightly difficult to ensure that the British aircraft carrier is hit first. However, it is also fortunate that the British aircraft carrier construction level is relatively low, in fact, a large number of civilian ship standards are adopted, and even the deck is wooden, once attacked, its damage will be more serious.

The two tentative anti-ship missiles did not hit any of the aircraft carriers, one hit one of the British frigates, and the other hit a heavy cruiser. But it was good luck among bad luck, the frigate was very light, and with one shot it hit the ship hard, and immediately began to sink; The other shot coincidentally penetrated the armor and hit the ammunition depot of the main gun, causing a strong detonation that directly lifted the bow of the battleship and the bridge, and was bound to sink.

Two missiles, which simply did not know where they came from, sunk two ships of the British Royal Navy and took the British by surprise. Nelson had already reacted to something, and shouted: "Quick, let the carrier-based aircraft take off immediately, there is an aircraft carrier of the Tang people near here!" ”

Nelson had gradually realized what a mistake he had made, and he thought he could fool Datang's aircraft carrier battle group, and then come to the Skagerrak Strait to destroy Datang's "main fleet". But obviously, the Datang aircraft carrier has always been by the side of the British, and the British have never been aware of it.

At the same time, Nelson was also full of fear of missiles, a new weapon that has a far greater range than a cannon, and ammunition with precision strike capabilities has changed the combat mode of the Tang Navy, and the future naval engagement is no longer a bombardment by warships with artillery, but by a missile attack by warships.

"If we had this weapon too......" Nelson couldn't help but think.

And the fighting is becoming more and more intense, or rather one-sided. Just as it had done against the German navy before, Datang Naval Aviation began to continuously fire missiles at their opponents. The air defense capabilities of the British ships were completely unable to prevent these missiles from hitting them, and on the other side of the sea and sky line, missiles constantly flew silently and then opened a big hole in the warships of the British Navy with a bang.

During the state of emergency, the British Royal Navy's carrier-based aircraft also took off, and although they could not see the target, they were generally able to identify the direction in which the anti-ship missiles were flying. One hurricane fighter after another took off one after another, but it was not an easy task to dispatch and coordinate a large number of carrier-based planes to take off into the air for combat, and the number of sea hurricane fighters that took off in a hurry was not very large.

Only a few minutes after liftoff, this wave of sea hurricanes encountered Datang HAI's fighter jet Flying Leopard. These Flying Leopards are all Flying Leopards that have just fired anti-ship missiles and then immediately turned into escort fighters, and they are also tasked with observing the damage of the opponent at a higher edge and guiding their own fighters to attack.

More than a dozen sea hurricanes met four flying leopards head-on, and the Hainan Airlines pilot was not arrogant or impatient, and directly pushed the accelerator up, and the flying leopards entered the state of hunting in an instant, entered the top speed, and broke through the sound barrier. The sonic boom and the air envelope of the sound barrier frightened the British pilots, who had never seen this scene before, and what made them even more nervous was that the flying leopard, which broke through the speed of sound, was an opponent they could not catch up with. The Flying Leopard pilots, who were already very familiar with how to deal with piston fighters, easily pushed into high speeds and then rushed to higher airspace, and the Sea Hurricane simply did not have the ability to keep up at this time. When the flying leopard adjusts its flight attitude and swoops down, like a sparrow being targeted by an eagle, the sea hurricane will not be able to fight back.

There are also flying leopard pilots who directly bite the opponent and launch combat bullets, even if the piston flight turning radius is smaller than that of the flying leopard, but even if it is flexible, it is not as flexible as the missile.

In just a few face-to-face efforts, more than a dozen Sea Hurricanes were shot down. The dying cries of these British pilots have been conveyed to the fleet of the British Royal Navy, and the other pilots have long been terrified! (To be continued.) )