Chapter 846: The fight for his life has a slight upper hand
Chongyang Island is one of the many islands off the coast of the Great Liang Empire, with an area of about 8.6 square kilometers, because Chongyang Island lacks fresh water, so no one lives on the island, it is such an inconspicuous island, but it became world-famous because of a sea battle between the Merlin Kingdom Navy and the Lombaru Imperial Navy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At 8:25 a.m. on January 13, 1361, the main fleet of the Merlin Kingdom Navy and the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy in the waters near Chongyang Island had been shortened to less than 200 kilometers, and the 216 fighters, 4 early warning aircraft and 4 electronic attack planes of the first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombaru Imperial Navy had approached the sky above the Merlin Kingdom Navy fleet at this time.
The first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy and the first wave of attack aircraft of the Merlin Kingdom Navy did not meet in the air, and the flight routes of the attack aircraft groups of the two sides did not coincide, but the naval fleet of the Merlin Kingdom had already discovered the first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy from the radar, so the Navy of the Merlin Kingdom sent an interceptor group composed of 510 fighters, 4 early warning aircraft, and 6 electronic attack aircraft, and was over the sea less than 10 kilometers away from the naval fleet of the Merlin Kingdom. The first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy engaged in an aerial battle.
The navy of the Kingdom of Merlin is like a great enemy against the first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, and after sending out the interceptor group, there are only more than 100 carrier-based aircraft left on the numerous aircraft carriers of the naval fleet of the Kingdom of Merlin, and they have done their best almost at the beginning of the naval battle.
Under the numerical superiority of the Merlin Kingdom Navy's interceptor group, the first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy did not have a few carrier-based aircraft to break through the interception and really fly over the Merlin Kingdom Navy's fleet to attack the warships of the Merlin Kingdom Navy. Most of the carrier-based aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy were shot down in air battles, and only a small number of the carrier-based aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, because the airborne ammunition was almost consumed, withdrew to the direction of their own fleet, and also escaped the fate of being shot down, and finally the first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy was shot down 184 fighters, 1 AWACS aircraft and 2 electronic attack aircraft.
And the naval fleet of the Merlin Kingdom, except for 1 missile destroyer and 2 missile frigates that were unfortunately sunk, only a few warships were slightly damaged, and the loss of the interceptor group of the Merlin Kingdom Navy was also less than the first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, only 170 fighters, 2 AWACS aircraft and 2 electronic attack aircraft were destroyed, but considering the strength invested by both sides in the air battle, the Merlin Kingdom Navy only achieved a small victory.
In the bridge of the Abyss-class aircraft carrier Abyss of the Merlin Kingdom Naval Fleet, Marshal Archibald of the Merlin Kingdom Navy listened to the loss of the Merlin Kingdom Navy interceptor group by the captain of the Abyss, McLands, and said with a wry smile: "The first wave of attack aircraft of the Lombalou Imperial Navy is more than 200 carrier-based aircraft, and the number of carrier-based aircraft in our interceptor group is at least twice as many as theirs. ”
The captain of the Abyss, McClans, immediately said: "Anyway, we also blocked the first wave of the offensive of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, I don't know what the results of the first wave of attack aircraft we sent, just now I received a telegram that the first wave of attack aircraft of our Merlin Navy has approached the naval fleet of the Lombarou Empire, and has launched an air battle with the interceptor group of the Lombalou Imperial Navy." ”
Admiral Archibald is the commander-in-chief of the main fleet of the entire Merlin Kingdom Navy, after listening to the words of the captain of the Abyss, MacRanz, Archibald said in a deep voice: "This time, our Merlin Navy has dispatched almost all the main forces, this confrontation with the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, we must achieve victory and cut off the sea transportation line from the Lombarou Empire to the Great Liang Empire, otherwise in this war with the Lombarou Empire for the land of the Great Liang Empire, our Merlin Kingdom will definitely lose!" We can't wait for the telegram of the first wave of attack aircraft of our Merlin Navy, and immediately order all the carrier-based aircraft of the interceptor group to return to the aircraft carrier to replenish ammunition and prepare for the second wave of attack aircraft of the enemy! Order the remaining carrier-based aircraft on each aircraft carrier to take off to form a second wave of attack aircraft groups and immediately launch an attack on the naval fleet of the Lombalou Empire! ”
After a pause, Archibald then ordered: "All warships continue to maintain a speed of 24 knots and move towards the naval fleet of the Lombalou Empire, the overall shipborne firepower of our Merlin Navy's main fleet will exceed the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, if the attack of the carrier-based aircraft cannot defeat the enemy's four reinforced aircraft carrier formations, we will take a face-to-face engagement, no matter what the cost, we will also win this decisive battle at sea!" ”
The naval marshal of the Merlin Kingdom, Archibald, knew that even if all these aircraft carriers of the Merlin Kingdom were combined, in terms of the number of carrier-based aircraft, they could not compare to the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, so Archibald did not have much expectations for the attack on his own carrier-based air group, and only hoped to give the enemy some losses to the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations as much as possible.
What Marshal of the Merlin Kingdom Navy, Archibald, did not expect was that the first wave of attack aircraft of the Merlin Kingdom Navy brought him infinite surprises.
The first wave of attack aircraft of the Merlin Kingdom Navy included 288 fighters, 4 early warning planes and 6 electronic attack aircraft, and the commander-in-chief of the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, Dankraka, knew from the radar that there was an attack aircraft group of the Merlin Kingdom Navy approaching, and he did not dare to be careless, so he immediately sent more than 350 carrier-based aircraft to intercept it, and the carrier-based aircraft groups of the two sides launched a tragic battle over the sea about 10 kilometers away from the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy.
The carrier-based aircraft pilots of the first wave of attack aircraft of the Merlin Kingdom Navy knew the significance of this naval battle to the Merlin Kingdom, so these pilots played a fearless spirit, and almost desperately attacked the sky above the 4 reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, and even completely disregarded their own safety, and finally nearly 300 carrier-based aircraft of the first wave of the Merlin Kingdom Navy's attack aircraft group, none of which could return to their own aircraft carriers, all crashed in the battle, and under the attack of these carrier-based aircraft of the Merlin Kingdom, It brought very heavy losses to the Lombalou Imperial Navy at once.
The Goddess-class large aircraft carrier Kulenk of the Lombalou Imperial Navy with a full load displacement of 82,000 tons, after being hit by several missiles in a row, was hit by a third-generation fighter of the Merlin Kingdom carrying several tons of aerial bombs and hit the deck, unfortunately, the third-generation fighter of the Merlin Kingdom hit a deck that was damaged by missiles before, and then the third-generation fighter of the Merlin Kingdom drilled into the hull of the large aircraft carrier Kulenk, and a big explosion occurred, and detonated the ammunition depot of the large aircraft carrier Kulenk, and almost immediately blew the large aircraft carrier Kulenk into twoIt didn't take long for the large aircraft carrier USS Kulenk to disappear into the sea.
What made the commander-in-chief of the Lombalou Imperial Navy even more depressed was that most of the carrier-based aircraft of the large aircraft carrier Kulenk had been kept as a reserve by Dankraka before, but he didn't expect that the Kulenk was sunk just after the war, but there were 30 fourth-generation fighters, 48 third-generation fighters, 2 AWACS aircraft, 2 electronic attack aircraft and 4 multi-functional helicopter gunships!
Dankraka's depression is not over, under the desperate efforts of the first wave of attack aircraft of the Merlin Kingdom Navy, the Lombalou Imperial Navy also has 2 escort aircraft carriers, 1 missile battle cruiser, 1 missile cruiser, 2 missile destroyers and 4 missile frigates sunk, many warships have been damaged to varying degrees, and 16 third-generation fighters on the 2 escort aircraft carriers have also sunk to the bottom of the sea.
The interceptor group sent by the Lombalou Imperial Navy also had 195 fighters, one early warning aircraft and two electronic attack planes shot down in air combat.
In the bridge of the Goddess-class large aircraft carrier Jewel of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, the commander-in-chief of the four strengthened aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, Marshal Dankraka of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, said to the captain of the Jewel beside him with a gloomy face: "Immediately organize a second wave of attack aircraft groups, and at the same time let the strength of the interceptor group be strengthened, and absolutely not let more enemy carrier-based aircraft fly above the heads of our fleet." ”
The captain of the Jewel, Jolfuri, then said: "Yes, Your Excellency, I will convey your order!" Unexpectedly, the carrier-based aircraft of the Merlin Kingdom Navy actually used this kind of life-fighting attack, and even the Kulenk was blown up! ”
Subsequently, the carrier-based planes of the two sides went back and forth, and they all launched several waves of attacks on the enemy's fleet, and after the two fleets approached about 150 kilometers, the anti-ship missiles of the two sides also relied on the radar lock and began to attack the enemy fleet, so that the losses of the two fleets were also getting bigger and bigger, and the air defense systems of the two fleets could not destroy all the anti-ship missiles in the air.
After a series of explosions, the Goddess-class large aircraft carrier Jewel of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, which is also the flagship of the four strengthened aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, finally could not withstand the successive missile and torpedo attacks, and slowly sank to the sea, at this time the time had just arrived at 12 o'clock at noon on January 13, and the main fleet of the Merlin Kingdom Navy and the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy were less than 20 kilometers apart at this time. Both sides can now see each other's ships with binoculars.
Fortunately, the commander-in-chief of the Lombaloan Imperial Navy, Dankraka, saw that the USS Jewel had become the focus of attack on the enemy's anti-ship missiles, carrier-based aircraft, and submarines, and had already taken some people to leave the USS Jewel aircraft carrier and transfer to the missile battleship Yurias, and temporarily used the Yulias missile battleship as the flagship of the four strengthened aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy.
In the bridge of the missile battleship Yurias, the captain of the USS Jewel, Jolfori, looked at the sinking Jewel and said to the commander-in-chief Dankraka in despair: "Thanks to His Excellency the Commander, I also left the Jewel, otherwise I would basically be inseparable now!" But the Jewel has sunk, but I, the captain, are still alive, and even after returning home, I have no good fruit to eat, so it is better to stay on the Jewel just now, alas-"
The commander-in-chief, Dankraka, had a gloomy and frightening face at this time, and Cholfori returned to the country of the Lombalou Empire, and there was no good fruit to eat, and he, as the commander-in-chief of the 4 reinforced aircraft carrier formations, must also be to blame.
At this time, the losses of the four reinforced aircraft carrier formations of the Lombalou Imperial Navy were very large, and preliminary statistics showed that 3 large aircraft carriers, 6 small aircraft carriers, 12 escort aircraft carriers, 5 missile battleships, 6 missile battle cruisers, 12 missile cruisers, 22 missile destroyers, 24 missile frigates, and 14 submarines were sunk.
The four strengthened aircraft carrier formations have more than 1,300 carrier-based aircraft, and at this time only 16 fourth-generation fighters, 65 third-generation fighters, 3 AWACS aircraft, 2 electronic attack aircraft and 13 multifunctional armed helicopters remain.
The loss was so great that Denkraka's heart trembled, and he even guessed that if he returned to the Rembaru Empire, he would probably be thrown into prison by the angry emperor for the rest of his life.
In fact, the situation of the main fleet of the Merlin Kingdom Navy on the opposite side is not much better, at this time there are already 2 large aircraft carriers, 4 small aircraft carriers, 8 escort aircraft carriers, 7 missile battleships, 8 missile battle cruisers, 13 missile cruisers, 18 missile destroyers, 25 missile frigates and 22 submarines have been sunk, and the number of carrier-based aircraft is less than 100, but in general, the main fleet of the Merlin Kingdom Navy has the upper hand in this naval battle.
The commander-in-chief of the Lombalou Imperial Navy, Dankraka, turned to the captain of the missile battleship Yurias, Monsa Bangsu, and asked, "Count, how many warships do we have left?" ”
Monsa Bangsu sighed and said: "Commander, it has just been counted, and there are only 1 large aircraft carrier, 2 small aircraft carriers, 4 escort aircraft carriers, 3 missile battleships, 2 missile battle cruisers, 4 missile cruisers, 10 missile destroyers, 8 missile frigates and 10 submarines left in our 4 reinforced aircraft carrier formations. (To be continued.) )