Four gas turbines were humming, driving the propellers and driving the ship forward at a rapid pace.

This is a Rajput-class destroyer, the string number D-52, the destroyer Lana, which is the largest destroyer of the Indian Navy except for aircraft carriers, and is responsible for the air defense of the main force of the fleet.

The radar at the top, constantly turning, is an air-to-sea search radar that will take on the task of detecting sea and air targets at long distances.

Intelligence shows that the Americans have never provided any other type of anti-ship missile, except for a few Harpoon anti-ship missiles last time, and it is even more impossible for Pakistan to obtain Exocet missiles from France, so the current Pakistan can only dispatch fighter planes to bomb its own formation, and the most likely thing they use is A-7 attack planes, which are attacked by guò Maverick missiles.

The Mavericks claim to be able to hit the sea, but the range is too close, and when they are not close enough to launch the missile, they are already within the killing range of the ship-based SA-N-1 "Goa" anti-aircraft missile, plus the Sea Harrier, which is enough to protect the safety of the fleet.

And now, it is already night, and the Pakistanis are even less likely to attack, so only this Rajput-class destroyer is running the search radar, and the rest are sailing silently.

As a new destroyer that was only commissioned in 82 years, with a full load displacement of nearly 5,000 tons and a length of nearly 150 meters, the sailors have a sense of pride in their hearts to control such a large warship.

What does the Pakistan Navy have? Not even a warship with a displacement of more than a thousand tons! There are only patrol boats near the water, missile boats!

Upper bridge level, radar room.

Undertaking the air defense task of the whole formation, the radar crew was even more vigilant, staring at the screen without blinking.

When a waveform suddenly appeared, he was immediately startled in his heart. Is there a situation?

Then, the waveform disappeared, and he didn't ignore it, in the beginning, during the Falklands War. The Shelfield, ignoring an echo, was hit by the Exocet missile carried by the Super Banner.

Is this echo an echo that the opponent's fighter plane flew at an ultra-low altitude and then suddenly pulled up?

"Alarm, alarm." Thinking of this, he immediately raised the alarm: "There may be enemy planes flying at an ultra-low altitude!" ”

Alert! A sharp siren sounded on the warship. At the same time, the alarm was transmitted to the entire formation.

The nose and tail of the two two-armed anti-aircraft missile launchers began to turn rapidly, the SA-N-1 "Goa" missile, the warhead aimed at the direction of the threat.

At the same time, two other Rajput-class destroyers, also ready to launch anti-aircraft missiles, the radar was turned on urgently, and the rest of the frigates. Even if there are only rapid-fire guns against the air, they are all on guard. Ready.

The wind and waves stirred the hull of the ship, and the Indian sailors were like a great enemy.

Sea radar, anti-aircraft missile radar, and artillery aiming radar are all activated, and countless radar waves will be launched. Free up on the entire space.

They are waiting, waiting for the appearance of Pakistani Air Force fighters, Pakistan's style is very strong, and they actually carry out raids at night like this!

It's not last time, they're ready. As soon as you see a Pakistani fighter, immediately open fire!

The radar did not find anything, nor did it hear the characteristic roar of the warplanes flying over the sea.

Was it a false alarm?

The captain of the Lana, through the porthole of the Guò bridge, looked out and saw nothing but the darkness of the night.

He just wanted to give the order in annoyance, which was a mistake, and continued to keep cruising, when he saw the sea in the distance, and there seemed to be bright spots?

Bright spot! What is that? It's definitely not an airplane, the tail flame of the fighter plane is much bigger than that, and the bright spot is almost on the sea, this kind of dark night, flying close to the sea, is almost an act of looking for death.

The bright spot was rapidly approaching, and every hair on his body suddenly stood up, it was indeed not an airplane, it was a missile flying over the sea, it was a flying fish!

"Attention, Exocet missiles!" He shouted loudly, in his voice, with fear, he could see more clearly, and the bright spots gradually became more and more, more than one missile!

The C-802 flew at a speed of Mach 0.9 and skimmed the sea, cruising at an altitude of 20 meters.

Even if the Indians discovered the carrier aircraft that Rickla had raised, it was very difficult to find this missile by long-range radar, and it flew almost close to the surface of the sea, and due to the influence of the curvature of the earth, it was difficult for the shipborne radar to detect it from a distance, and even if it was close, the Indian warship's sea search radar had already filtered it out as clutter.

If it weren't for the visual sight, there would be no trace of this missile at all!

At this time, those flying missiles were already close to a distance of ten kilometers!

It was only at this distance that the "Orange Peel Group" tracking guidance radar of the SA-N-1 "Goa" anti-aircraft missile, a Soviet all-weather short-range ship-to-air missile weapon system, was finally locked onto a low-flying target. And its prototype is the SA-3 surface-to-air missile for land.

In the actual combat of later generations, this missile had a mediocre record and did not make any achievements, until an F-117 was later laid down, which was considered famous.

Now, the missile is finally starting to exert its power, and the missile operator quickly locks onto the target and prepares to launch it in a double salvo, which has a probability of hitting more than 90 percent, enough to intercept the anti-ship missile flying in the opposite direction.

However, at this very moment, the target on the opposite side again dropped in height!

According to the predetermined procedure, the C-802 missile was lowered to a height of 5 meters above the surface of the sea!

5 meters! The height of the waves is two or three meters, and this height is almost dancing on the tip of the waves!

The "Orange Peel Swarm" tracking and guidance radar finally found the missile again from the clutter of the waves, and then began to lock on to the target.

At this time, this missile has come close to a distance of five kilometers, which is quite dangerous.

On the twin launch arm, the fire flashed, and the two SA-N-1 anti-aircraft missiles, successively detached from the launch arm, pounced on the target, and the launch arm returned to its position and began to load the second missile.

However, the speed of this loading is very slow, and more and more bright spots appear on the screen of the "orange peel group" tracking and guidance radar, and there are dozens of missiles flying from the opposite side!

Two missiles, quickly pounce on their own targets, as long as it gets close to the opponent's missile, it will release more than 3,000 fragments, enough to blast the opposing missile into slag!

At this moment, the missile on the opposite side began to maneuver in high-speed motion.

First to the left, then to the right, the trajectory of the missile, became a large S-shape.

Snake maneuver at the end!

Originally, it was already very difficult to lock on to an anti-ship missile flying over the sea, and even if the missile on the opposite side flew smoothly, it was enough for the anti-aircraft missile on the ship to be busy for a while, but now, this kind of anti-ship missile is carrying out a high-mobility flight that skims the sea, and suddenly, the "orange peel group" tracking and guidance radar once again loses its target information.

The two anti-aircraft missiles that were fired out also turned into rockets because the radar lost their targets, and did not play the role of interception, but the missiles continued to fly at a rapid pace!

The ADGM-6306 barreled 30-mm close-in defense gun on the sides began to do the final defense.

In the medium range, it depends on ship-borne anti-aircraft missiles, and at this short range, it can only rely on rapid-fire guns.

The USSR has always admired firepower, and for the last layer of defense, a dense rain of bullets was used!

This is a gun of the Gatling principle, 30 mm caliber, which, with just one hit, will knock an anti-ship missile out of a big hole. And its firing rate is as high as 3,000 rounds per minute, and when it starts to start, with the buzz of electricity, a dense rain of bullets, overwhelming, covering all areas!

This is their last chance! The rain of bullets from the anti-aircraft artillery all poured down in the direction where the missiles were flying, forming a rain of death, and any anti-ship missile that wants to break through this rain of bullets will be hit mercilessly!

The flying missile continued to maneuver in a serpentine shape, but under the blow of two close-in defense guns, the missile suddenly hit a shell and fell headlong into the sea!

Although it may not be certain to defend against supersonic anti-ship missiles, however, subsonic anti-ship missiles, they can still shoot down!

But, although this missile was shot down, the sailors of the Rana did not rejoice, and the second anti-ship missile, already followed!

This missile, fly closer! Since they only cared about intercepting the first missile, they didn't care about this second one at all! Now, the opponent has entered the final attack stage!

The captain on the bridge can even see the larger and larger silhouette with the naked eye!

The 6-barreled 30-mm anti-aircraft guns continued to roar and shoot out a barrage, but in just a few seconds, the humming sound of the anti-aircraft guns suddenly weakened, and the muzzles of the guns were gone.

With 2,000 rounds of ammunition, it's not enough to shoot for a minute! Now that all the shells inside have been used up, they must be reloaded!

It's too late!

The 165-kilogram semi-armor-piercing warhead, pierced above the waterline of the Rana, the C-802 anti-ship missile is enough to penetrate the steel plates with stiffeners, and unless it is a battleship, it can easily tear through the side of any active ship.

When the warhead kissed the steel plate of the ship, the huge collision sound was amplified in the cabin inside the destroyer, and this roar was the death knell for the warship!

"Boom!" Together with the fuel that had not yet been burned, the anti-ship missile exploded after penetrating the hull, and in the violent fire, a large hole was blown open in the entire side of the hull, and seawater began to gurgle in. (To be continued......)