The second Eagle struck right on the Saratoga flight deck.

However, at the same time, Major General Howard in the command cabin screamed in surprise, and even the American officers and soldiers around him let out the same scream.

Because it did not penetrate the flight deck.

The forty-four millimeter thick armor saved the aircraft carrier, and only the semi-armor-piercing warhead of the YJR missile could not penetrate the Saratoga flight deck because of its slightly smaller hit angle and was directly bounced, but the missile that exploded less than four meters in the air turned several fighters on the deck into burning wreckage, and then the flames of the fuel explosion rose into the sky on the flight deck.

At the same time, the third and fourth arrived.

The former slammed into the hangar from a lowered elevator and exploded inside, while the latter, at an equally small angle of impact on the flight deck, slammed past the deck before exploding on the outboard of the ship, but the heavy missile cut a shocking furrow in the deck like a sharp blade under the force of a dive close to the speed of sound.

But just then, the fifth missile arrived.

At a nearly 60-degree angle, the missile went straight into the flight deck, leaving a huge bullet hole in it, and the steel plates around it shattered and spread.

Before Major General Howard's screams could be heard, like bursting out of lava, fiery red flames shot up from the bullet holes with countless shards of steel, and then swept through everything on the deck like a rain of fire, and he could even see how the sailors who couldn't dodge were torn apart in this rain of fire.

However, the 32-millimeter-thick armor of the hangar protected the aircraft carrier to the maximum, and the missile did not cause damage to the deeper structures.

Then, in less than ten seconds, seven YJMs were like a meteor shower falling from the sky. Constantly hitting this 76,000-ton giant ship. In the flames that keep exploding. The Saratoga shuddered on the surface of the sea like a fighter who had been hit with a quick punch.

Three of them also pierced the flight deck, and then used the explosion in the hangar to create three shocking huge holes in the flight deck.

And the last YJM missile hit the island again.

The power of the explosion raged inside the island, and thousands of fragments formed by alloy steel warheads flew in all directions at more than five times the speed of sound, easily piercing through those fragile bulkhead panels, destroying everything in front and harvesting the lives of those American officers and soldiers. The same explosion of high-temperature and high-pressure gases violently pounded in the small cabin. Forming a detonation-like effect, the restraint of the bulkhead also allows this violent energy that has nowhere to vent, causing damage to the maximum.

Major General Howard saw that the hatch behind him was like a toy, and was instantly knocked away by the force of the explosion, and several officers who couldn't dodge were smashed so that they couldn't see their human shapes.

The sudden crash of the air wave, like a speeding truck, even knocked him out fiercely.

In the end, all the YJM missiles fell, sixteen missiles, one was shot down by the US naval guns and one was shot down by the Beagle missile. Two more missed targets fell to the surface and detonated automatically, and the remaining twelve all hit the Saratoga.

When the incessant explosions ended. Major General Howard was lifted up by the soldiers with a bloody face, and when he looked out from the command cabin, his flagship had completely turned into a sea of fire, almost all the warplanes were burning, the fire was aggravated by the wanton flow of fuel, and the sailors who survived were running desperately, using all the means at their disposal to extinguish the flames.

Under the blazing fire, the ammunition carried by the fighter plane was also constantly exploding sporadically.

At the same moment he shook violently under his feet, and then a flame erupted from the nearest hole where smoke was rising, and several sailors who were standing relatively close to extinguishing the fire immediately screamed and were consumed by the flames, and soon rushed out with a full body of flames, rolling in pain on the deck, and the people next to them hurriedly extinguished them with fire extinguishers.

"What is this? Missile boats hit one of the world's largest aircraft carriers, and ants bite elephants? ”

Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said.

If an ant bites an elephant, then replacing it with a coyote is not just as simple as being bitten, just after learning that the Saratoga was attacked by the Ming anti-ship missile, the six Keeling-class destroyers immediately turned around and returned, they knew very well that the Ming missile boat must be behind them, but they did not know that they had become the next target.

"Launch!"

On the destroyer Zhang Jing, Xu Cheng gave the order without hesitation.

In the middle of this 6,000-ton destroyer, in the quadruple missile launch box pointing to the north, an Eagle Strike missile flew out in an instant, followed by a second, a third, a fourth, and four missiles aimed at one of the six Keeling-class destroyers at the same time.

The U.S. military on the six Keeling-class destroyers did not know any of this, and at this time they were still 50 kilometers away from Zhang Jing, and these six destroyers were scattering, forming a large net that gradually opened and converged to the north, preparing to swallow the Ming army's missile fleet in one fell swoop.

They must destroy these hateful boats in any case, and the loss of the Saratoga has reached them, and the aircraft carrier, which symbolizes the unattainable majesty of the United States, has been severely damaged, not only has the carrier-based aircraft been almost completely lost, but also has completely lost its combat capability because of the serious damage to the flight deck, and more than 400 officers and men have been killed or wounded. It can be said that the United States Navy has suffered the heaviest losses since World War II, and the United States Navy has caused all this, and the United States Navy has directly pulled down the altar of only eight 400-ton boats.

"Discover the Ming Army missile boat!"

On board the Carpenter, the flagship of this small fleet, the ship's radar and mast observers spotted the Ming missile fleet almost simultaneously.

"Inform the other ships to outflank them, and not a single enemy ship must be allowed to escape."

The captain of the Carpenter, who is also the commander of this fleet, said immediately, and then on the remaining five destroyers lined up at a distance of five kilometers on their left and right, and at the same time received this order, the ships quickly turned to fold their pockets, and the Carpenter rushed at full speed towards the Ming army's missile boat fleet, the Carpenter, which has six 127 mm main guns, can destroy the eight missile boats by himself in a simple artillery battle, so this captain has no worries about destroying the enemy.

However, he didn't know what it meant for a praying mantis to catch a cicada and a yellow finch behind.

Just when the Carpenter was charging at full speed, the masttop observer suddenly found that in his telescope field of vision, something seemed to be moving at high speed against the sea surface, he subconsciously rubbed his eyes, and then leaned on the high-powered telescope again, and the next moment he picked up the phone as if he had been stepped on his tail, and hurriedly shouted: "Ming anti-ship missiles, quick, Ming anti-ship missiles are coming, fifteen kilometers south!" ”

The captain of the Carpenter was at a loss by this sudden news, and then a cold sweat broke out, and he only then remembered that there was a Ming destroyer behind him.

"Quick, get ready to attack!"

A series of chaotic screams quickly sounded on the destroyer, which had suddenly changed from a hunter to a prey, and all the sailors looked due south in panic, one of the 127 mm main guns and those four-in-one, double-linked Bofors 40 anti-aircraft guns, and 20-millimeter Erlikon anti-aircraft guns all pointed in the direction of the missile attack. This 3,000-ton destroyer is outrageously armed in this regard, with dozens of anti-aircraft guns of various calibers alone, and these World War II weapons have become their greatest reliance.

And at this time, the observers spotted three more missiles in the back, and of course, no one cared about this problem at this time, because the first YJD missile had already appeared in their field of vision.

"Fire!"

With a series of shouts, all the guns on the Carpenter spewed flames at the same time, and at the convergence of tracer fire lines, columns of water rose densely in an instant, as if the sea was boiling, but this barrage did not work, their target was too small, so small that it was almost impossible to aim, even the best gunners could not hit such a small target with a cannonball, let alone a high-speed moving target.

"Release the distraction!"

The captain of the Carpenter yelled in a cold sweat.

The destroyer's launcher on the missile's side immediately began firing jamming bombs outward, forming a chaff cloud not far from the battleship, creating a radar echo to lure the YJM missile, while the battleship turned and disengaged as quickly as possible. But this is useless, the Ming army's Eagle Strike missile is dual-guided, just when the seeker radar is interfered with, the passive infrared seeker still locks on to the target, and then the missile goes straight through the chaff cloud, more than a meter above the waterline, and crashes into the Carpenter.

The huge impact force was fully displayed because it was not blocked by solid armor, and the missiles that sprayed flames collided inside the Carpenter like a tyrannical beast, constantly smashing through the weak soft steel plates, igniting everything behind it with flames, until its power was exhausted and it was blocked in the depths of the hull, but at the same time, the eighty kilograms of black suo gold and thermite of the warhead were also detonated, and the furious force instantly swept everything around.

At the same time, the second and third YJM missiles also crashed into the Carpenter, and only the last one was automatically detonated by the chuff cloud interference when it hit the surface of the sea.

But this was enough, the internal explosion of three YJM missiles completely destroyed the destroyer, it floated on the surface of the sea like a dead fish with a full body of flames, and only less than two minutes later, with a huge explosion that resounded across the sea, the destroyer of more than 3,000 tons was directly blown in half, and then quickly sank in the Red Sea.

Almost at the same time, a second victim appeared. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you for the book friend Yu and Feather and Steel, Xia Fei Cheeks, Qin Han Tang Ming, Eagle Fighting for Gold and others for rewards, uh, there is actually a great god sister