Originally, the home port of the Virat was Mumbai, but since Mumbai suffered from Pakistan's air strikes, which caused damage to nuclear reactors and a large number of nuclear leaks and radiation, Mumbai has become an empty city.

And India's west coast is no longer safe, and it will be attacked at any time by Pakistan's aircraft carriers with carrier-based aviation forces, in this case, the transfer of aircraft carrier forces to the east coast is a choice that the Indian Navy has to make.

In the eastern part of India, Visakhapatnam is a good port for India's aircraft carrier formations to be stationed, but the rebels in the princely states of Hyderabad always jump out from time to time to make trouble, sometimes even come to Visakhapatnam to make trouble, put a few 107 rockets, and then rush away before the security forces arrive.

In order to cope with this situation, the Indians had to put the aircraft carrier in the relatively safe port of Kolkata, anyway, it has been a few years since the last enclave incident, and it has been relatively calm since then, and the shipbuilding industry here is also very developed, and it is more convenient to repair something.

And now, Calcutta, which lacks strategic depth, has been forcibly attacked by the Pakistani army! India's naval forces, now thinking of preserving their strength, hurry out of the port of Kolkata!

It's a pity that this warship, which uses a steam turbine, is not so easy to start!

Back then, when the navy of the island country came over, the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division were still in the stage of slowly igniting fires and burning boilers, and they were completely in a situation of being passively beaten, and now, the Indian Navy is also the same.

The Virat is powered by two 57Mw Parsons steam turbines, which can reach speeds of up to 28 knots, even though the carrier is powered by vertical take-off and landing Sea Harrier fighters. However, vertical take-off and landing consumes too much fuel, so the main form is short take-off and landing, and in short take-off and landing, the speed of the aircraft carrier itself is also very important, which can make the carrier-based aircraft more fuel-efficient when taking off and landing.

And now, the aircraft carrier has been moored in the port for half a month. The boiler had long been turned off, and the water in the boiler was heated to re-drive the warship's action, although it was no longer the coal-burning boiler of the past, it was changed to burn heavy oil, and the time was still very long, and it was impossible to drive the aircraft carrier without a few hours of warm-up.

This is also the reason why Britain is pushing for gas turbines for warships, if the Virat uses gas turbines. As soon as it starts, it can sail at full speed in a few minutes, without the need for a lengthy warm-up process.

In addition to this aircraft carrier Wirat, there is a Rajput-class destroyer as well as a Delhi-class destroyer, the pride of the Indian Navy, which they have made themselves!

In later generations, India's Delhi-class destroyers can be described as freaks of difficult birth, and India began in 77 for its dream of becoming a great power. The ship-building program No. 15 was approved for the construction of three destroyers of a new generation. Construction began in earnest in '82. They chose the Soviet Kashin-class guided missile destroyer as a model, that is, their own Rajput-class as a template. The design of this warship, with the participation of many Soviet personnel, was completed in 85, and the construction of the first ship began in November 1987, and the first warship is expected to enter service in 92.

But. The Indian Navy has high hopes for this warship, and in the process of construction, it constantly puts forward new requirements, resulting in the ship-building unit often having to repeatedly rebuild on the completed section of the ship, and it has been tossed back and forth more than 30 times! As a result, the lead ship of Project 15, the Delhi, although the keel was laid as early as 92. But it was not launched until 95, and in 97 it was put into service, and, in the process of construction, there was a fire.

And now, the construction of this warship is progressing quite fast, and under the strong stimulation of the Pakistan Navy, India will definitely not be reconciled to its own defeat, and can rely on Pakistan's war reparations not to pay, and also put these weapons and equipment into service as soon as possible! Therefore, the first warship entered service in 92 according to the original plan, and after more than a year, the various weapon systems carried on it have also been run-in, so to speak, this warship is the ace of the Indian Navy.

Now, after getting the news, the two warships were also activated, and although many naval officers were still on shore, the captain who hurriedly boarded the ship decided to leave the anchor and set sail.

Stay here and wait to be captured by the Pakistani army? It can't be given to the Pakistan Navy for nothing! Send these two warships to Visakhapatnam in the south!

Compared to the slow Virat, these two destroyers move much faster, because they use gas turbines!

Four DT-59 gas turbine engines roared, producing 60,000 horsepower, enough to make this destroyer reach a high speed of more than 30 knots!

Leaving the dock, the two warships, with only a small crew, were moving fast, and as long as they reached the sea, it would be difficult for Pakistani fighters to detect them, and they would be safe!

The eastern sky, which was already getting brighter and brighter, was split by two destroyers on the surface of the sea, moving quickly, leaving two splashes in their tails.

On the Delhi-class destroyers, the RAWL-02 air search radar is rotating, and for them, the biggest threat is the Pakistani Air Force!

The destroyer's commander, Pruvel Das, walked back and forth in the bridge, occasionally looking at the sea in the distance.

If the fighters are not out of the range of the fighters at the air base in Chittagong, their warships will still be in danger!

The screen of the anti-aircraft radar is constantly refreshed, and the radar operator's mood has just calmed down, and he sees the two bright spots above.

"Two planes were found, eight thousand at a height and two hundred and three at a distance."

Due to the curvature of the earth, it is difficult for warships to detect incoming fighters at low altitudes, but they are not so afraid of targets flying at high altitudes. It is precisely because the other party is flying at an altitude of 8,000 meters that it can be discovered from a distance of more than 200 kilometers.

"Prepare the SAM-7 anti-aircraft missile, and if the other side enters our air defense circle, launch it immediately!" Pruville said.

As the most powerful warship made in India, this warship has regional air defense capabilities, and the warship is equipped with SAM-7 anti-aircraft missiles with a range of 25 kilometers!

Of course, he himself knew in his heart that if the incoming fighter was really a mount for a sea attack, it would definitely be able to carry the Eagle Strike series of anti-ship missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers, and the anti-aircraft missiles on their warships would only kill the incoming missiles.

Although there are two 3S-90 single-arm launchers in the bow and stern of the ship, because the SAM-7 is a semi-active radar-guided missile, the whole process needs to be irradiated by continuous-wave radar, so they cannot guide the second SAM-7 missile before the previous missile hits the target, and the actual performance is greatly reduced.

Just when Pruville was thinking about entertaining each other with the Sam-7 and AK630 six-barreled machine guns, he heard a surprised shout from the radar operator: "One hundred and sixty kilometers, they fired missiles!" ”

One hundred and sixty kilometers! Even if it is Huaxia's C-802 missile, the range is not so far! What kind of missile is this? The two smaller signals separated from the target signal are so clear!

"The target speed continues to increase, it has exceeded the speed of Mach 2, and it is expected to reach it in four minutes!" The shouts of the radar operators were tinged with a trill.

This is a supersonic anti-ship missile!

Indians, try the Pakistani feast! High in the air, Rick, wearing an oxygen mask, was full of excitement.

At dawn, I received the news from the AWACS that two warships had departed from the port of Calcutta, and Rick and his wingman took off immediately.

Originally, if these warships had honestly stayed in the port of Calcutta, waiting for their own army personnel to receive them, then it would have been forgotten, and if they dared to come out, then they would be resolutely wiped out!

Moreover, in order to give the Indians the greatest deterrent, Rick and his wingman are equipped with their own latest sea attack weapon, the YJ-91-A heavy supersonic anti-ship missile!

This missile, once tested at the shooting range, one can destroy a 10,000-ton cruiser, and now, it was originally an aircraft carrier against the Indians, however, the aircraft carrier did not come out, and two destroyers are also good targets!

When Rick pressed the launch button, he clearly felt a shake of the fuselage, and then, the YJ-91 anti-ship missile fell from the pylon.

One second after the fall, the four surrounding solid rocket engines in the tail ignited, and the tail shot flames, and at the same time, the wings opened automatically.

In the goggles, seeing the blazing tail flame, Rick was also excited, this big guy is strong enough!

The rocket engine accelerated the missile further to Mach 2, and the four air intake baffles opened, directly into the ramjet engine, which was compressed by the rapid missile.

The fuel of the rocket engine has just been burned, and the ramjet engine has a relay race!

After the ramjet engine was ignited, the missile continued to accelerate, and the titanium alloy shell of the head of the head rubbed violently against the air, and the temperature rose to several hundred degrees.

Mach 2.5, Mach 3, Mach 3.5! At such hypersonic speeds, at an altitude of 5,000 meters, the missiles are flying rapidly.

The range of a missile is related to its altitude, and at such an altitude, the range of a missile exceeds 250 kilometers, and if it continues to fly over the sea, the range will be reduced to less than 150 kilometers.

If it is to attack a US warship with the Aegis system, it may be necessary to fly by skimming the sea, but now, the warship attacking Ah San is to be so flamboyant and domineering!

The missiles were still flying at a high altitude at a speed of more than Mach 3.5, and the officers and men of the Navy on the two Indian warships were like dead ashes. (To be continued.) )