Chapter 778: Flying Fish's Attack

Historically, the Argentine Navy used Neptune reconnaissance aircraft to reconnoiter the position of British naval formations, and then notified the location to Super Flag fighters. www.biquge.info This is a professional reconnaissance aircraft equipped by the United States after World War II, the main force of the West in the fifties and sixties, but by the eighties, this aircraft has been extremely old, just during the Falklands War, this kind of aircraft had to be retired because there were no spare parts, as a result, the Argentine Navy lost its eyes, it was difficult to find the location of the British sea formation, and in several attacks, only one or two successfully found the British sea formation.

But now it's different, the position of the British maritime formation is firmly in the hands of the Argentine military, they don't have to worry about finding the position of the British Navy, they only need to do one thing, that is, launch an attack!

At the same time, the British maritime formation, relying on the early warning information sent by Chile, was ready for battle, and two hours after the Argentine naval aviation was dispatched, two Sea Harrier fighters took off from the deck of the Athletic, ready to meet the arrival of the Argentine naval aviation.

If it is a normal air supremacy fighter, the search distance can reach at least 100 kilometers, but for the rudimentary Blue Fox radar, the search distance for fighters flying at ultra-low altitudes on the sea surface will not exceed 50 kilometers. This requires them to fly farther to be able to give early warning! As soon as the target is found, the rear will continue to take off the remaining Sea Harrier fighters for a big battle with the Argentines!

Pilot George piloted the Sea Harrier, and the Pegasus engine throttle was fully open, reaching the maximum unboosted speed of the Sea Harrier. His gaze kept scanning the radar screen in his cockpit, hoping to find something.

However, nothing was seen!

It has already flown to a distance of two hundred kilometers from the aircraft carrier formation! Until now, the large fleet of Argentines has not been found! What's going on? Could it be that Chile's warning information is wrong?

At this moment, George heard an exclamation from the headphones: "Damn, these Argentines are flying from the east, hurry, Libra, return!" ”

Libra, George's radio call code, he was also shocked, it turned out that the Argentines had carried out a rear raid! You think they're coming from the west! But in fact, the Argentines went around in a circle, went around to the east of their own formation, and launched an attack!

A Type 42 destroyer, the Coventry, to the right of the aircraft carrier formation, keenly spotted the brief echo of the climb of the Argentine's ultra-low-altitude fighters!

Moreover, there is more than one that has climbed! The echoes are dense, there are at least a dozen fighters! How is this possible? Could it be that these fighters are carrying anti-ship missiles?

How is this possible! The only thing that Argentina can carry Exocet missiles is the Super Flag fighter, which has disappeared! But if they didn't attack with Exocet missiles, why did the Argentines pull up from ultra-low altitude and then go back to ultra-low altitude?

It's so weird!

The destroyer Coventry sounded the combat alarm at the first moment, and at the same time began to prepare for the launch of the Sea Javelin anti-aircraft missile, which would give the heaviest blow as soon as the Argentine planes came!

Even if it's a Exocet missile, kill it!

"Report, the radar screen is full of snowflakes." At this moment, the radar soldier shouted anxiously, startling the captain of the ship, David Hart-.

It was Huck who spoke, a tall English lad, he was just a volunteer, and when the destroyer Coventry went south, there were five soldiers on the warship who wanted to leave because of various problems, such as someone going home to get married, so five volunteers were recruited when there were five people on the ship, which is also the tradition of the British Royal Navy.

Huck is a volunteer soldier who retired five years ago and was a radarman before he retired, but he did not operate the Coventry's new radar. He has the advantage of having a pair of sharp eyes, which can clearly detect flashes of radar echoes from the screen. It's a pity that the snowflakes that fill the screen now make him at a loss.

"Interference, damn it, the Argentines actually have electronic jammers!" Captain David shouted, "Quick, activate anti-jamming measures!" ”

In modern warfare, the effect of soft destruction has gradually become prominent, and if you want to control air power and sea power, you need to first master electromagnetic power, and Israel has made very good use of it in the last few Middle East wars. And now, no one thought that the Argentines would actually have such a means! According to the intelligence that Britain has, it is impossible for Argentina to have electronic jammers!

It's a pity that it's too late, just when they are hurriedly activating anti-jamming measures, the lookout post has already spotted a bright spot on the sea in the distance, and the Argentines have indeed launched Exocet missiles!

A series of impossibilities completely disrupted the arrangement of the British Navy! The Coventry feebly fired platinum strips into the sky, hoping to interfere with the Exocet missile's trajectory and brush shoulders with death.

At the same time, the 20-mm anti-aircraft guns and the 114-mm naval guns also began to shoot continuously, smoke rising from the muzzles, and one shell after another flew in the direction of the Exocet missile, hoping to successfully destroy this terrible missile.

However, under electromagnetic interference, the artillery sighting radar does not work, and with only the optical sighting system, it simply cannot keep up with the opponent's missiles! Because, just at the end of the flight, the Exocet missile has begun to perform a serpentine maneuver!

Luckily, a Exocet missile, flying over the side of the Coventry, crashed into the sea. However, just before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the second Exocet missile accurately hit the Coventry!

The missile's warhead did not explode, but the remaining fuel caused a fire, and the officers and men of the Coventry struggled to save it, not wanting their battleship to fall into the same fate as the Shelfield.

This sea and air battle has just begun!

Nearly twenty Exocet missiles flew towards the British aircraft carrier formation, and the target they locked in advance was the aircraft carrier with the largest radar reflection area! As long as the flagship of the British is killed, the British navy will no longer have strength!

And the British are apparently aware of this, their aircraft carriers are surrounded in the middle, and even the transport ships are used to block missiles!

On the right side of the Invincible class is a merchant ship with a displacement of the same tens of thousands of tons, the Atlantic Transporter. (To be continued.) )