Chapter 440: Blindness by the Eye of Fire
"The second formation of the Skyhawk did not encounter a volley, and in five minutes it will be within the radar detection range of the enemy fleet."
The message from the "Fire Eye" shocked Admiral Airy and woke him up from his brief wandering. "God is with us! Defeat the hateful Germans, like the national hero Maccabees, and justice will prevail! ”
"Order the second formation, freely attack the high seas fleet, but do not miss the main target!"
The main target, of course, was the big guy in the High Seas Fleet, the aircraft carrier USS Graf Zeppelin. For a modern naval fleet, sinking ten destroyers is no bigger blow to the enemy than sinking one aircraft carrier.
Eighteen Skyhawks and thirty-six Sea Spear air-to-ship missiles, if all hit, would be enough to sink the Zeppelin several times. Most of the carrier-based aircraft of the German High Seas Fleet were pinned down in the airspace between the fleets of the two sides and engaged in a "Hawk" struggle. The absence of carrier-based aircraft interception means that the protection capability of a fleet is reduced by more than half. Airy felt his body begin to tremble, "Sink the Graf Zeppelin, you must sink it!" ”
What a great honor would it be for the Red Shield fleet to sink the only aircraft carrier already in service with the German Navy?
The report of the commander of the "Eagle" formation was also transmitted back to the command room of the Soyuz aircraft carrier through the "eye of fire": seven German carrier-based aircraft were missing. Airy smiled, and the excitement of perhaps sinking Zeppelin calmed down a lot.
The commander of the German Navy, Dönitz, was very smart, could it be an ordinary person who could devise the tactics of the Sea Wolf? Faced with the superiority of the Red Shield fleet in terms of aircraft carriers and the number of carriers, he, like Airy, chose the tactic of a reserved attack.
Do one thing as a front for another.
While dispatching all carrier-based fighters to intercept the enemy's attack, and also dispatching most of the attack planes to confuse the opponent, it also concealed the killer planes, leaving a small number of attack planes to find other routes, and used the "sea surface height" to break through at low altitudes in order to evade the reconnaissance of the opponent's radar.
It's a pity that there is only one Zeppelin in the High Seas Fleet, and the number of carrier-based aircraft that Zeppelin can carry is too small, so few can make the pilots of the Red Shield fleet count the number at a glance.
The two "Eagle" four-plane formations reserved for the aircraft carrier Michael were ordered to take off immediately to intercept the German attack planes that might appear, and at the same time, the fleet was ordered to deflect and sail in the direction of the Azores.
With the maximum speed of the entire fleet not exceeding 33 knots, it was not able to effectively evade the attack of German aircraft. What the Red Shield Fleet has to do is to switch from sailing against the headwind when taking off carrier-based aircraft to a tailwind, which is more conducive to the warships to avoid missile attacks.
Of course, in addition to taking off the J-15A "Eagle" to intercept German planes, as many as 17 frigates and destroyers in the fleet are ready for battle, and ship-launched anti-aircraft missiles and Phalanx close-in fire are also ready to attack German "Neptune" attack planes that intrude into the fleet's air defense range at any time.
In the battle between spear and shield, it seems that the attacker always has the advantage. However, Admiral Airy, the commander of the Red Shield Fleet, firmly believes that with the power of the kingdom, the Red Shield Fleet painstakingly built by Prince Haman is stronger and the shield is stronger.
The Y/D-3 "Fire Eye" is still rapidly and effectively transmitting information from all corners of the battlefield, and at the same time, the multi-band electronic radar spectrometer analyzer on the Fire Eye has finally analyzed the radar and communication bands used by the High Seas Fleet, and the high-power radar and communication noise jammer have come into play. Many German carrier-based pilots suddenly noticed an extremely harsh noise coming from the headphones, the signal of the enemy aircraft in the radar began to disappear, and even a snowflake appeared in the radar display.
"What's the situation?" The first reaction of the German pilots was that there was a problem with the avionics system on their planes. However, as far as the eye can see, several friendly planes are hit by missiles, exploding and catching fire, and they soon realize that it is not only their own planes that have failed, but also that the Judah navy on the other side seems to have an advanced weapon capable of jamming their own radar and communication signals.
This discovery caused the German pilots to fall into a great panic and lost their radar signals, and in such an advanced fighter duel, it was impossible for the other side to pose a threat to the enemy by fighting with the naked eye alone.
As a result, the air battle that could have been barely maintained quickly turned to the Judah's side, and nearly half of the remaining dozen or so "Sea Knights" of the German army were shot down almost instantly, and only seven "lucky ones" relied on the pilot's super quick reaction and large maneuver turns to avoid the close attack of the "Sparrows".
After all the German pilots who escaped the catastrophe shook off the tracking of the "Sparrow", the next action was to turn on the engine afterburner -- if they did not flee at this time, when would they wait? The radar failed, and the "Sea Knight" has basically lost the ability to fight with the "Eagle" type, and the result of remaining on the battlefield can only be shot down.
Without radar positioning and communication capabilities, the "Sea Knights" could only flee in all directions. In the sky over the Atlantic, where there are no markers, after a tense air battle, they can only rely on the sun close to noon to judge the approximate direction. But this was not enough to bring them back to the skies above the fleet, and besides, they could not just expose the direction of the fleet to the enemy, which would bring ruin to the entire fleet.
Fortunately, the fuel is sufficient, and there is no danger of running out of fuel and falling into the sea in a short time.
As everyone knows, the position of the High Seas Fleet was locked by the H/Z-43 "Canglong" of the Han Royal Air Force a few hours ago. The loyal and tenacious German pilots preferred to sacrifice themselves to preserve the fleet, to preserve the mothership.
But the course of war does not shift by personal will. Zhang Sanye angrily shouted that the legend of Dangyang Bridge or Zhao Zilong's seven in and seven out is just a legend. The Battle of the Celtic Sea was destined to be the day of the fall of the German Navy, and the day when the Blue Star of David regained the might of the Seven Angels.
After receiving the attack order from the rear "Fire Eye" warning, the second attack squadron composed of 18 "Sky Eagles" broke into nine two-plane formations and rushed into the air defense network of the High Seas Fleet.
Without radar guidance, the R-3 "Rhine Daughter" anti-aircraft missiles on German destroyers and cruisers turned a blind eye, and they were left on the launch pads with pity, watching the G-4 "Skyhawk" attack planes of the Judah Navy rush at high altitude.
The main guns on several heavy cruisers of the High Seas Fleet began to roar, but unfortunately, for the attack aircraft at high speed and high altitude, it only added some tragic momentum to the High Seas Fleet.
An enraged Dönitz almost smashed a large crater into the metal platform in the command room of the Admiral Hipper, "Hasn't the radar been repaired yet?" Communication: Haven't you? ”
But every time the German naval marshal saw it, he shook his head helplessly, "Does the sky want to destroy my Germany?" When the anger reached its peak, Dönitz was no longer able to growl. A godless eagle stared at the murky sea, and he understood: defeated! The first battle of the re-emergence of the German Navy was about to be defeated under his command!
And the defeat is so humiliating, so unacceptable.
It is not embarrassing to admit that the German Navy lagged behind the Royal Han Navy. However, when it turned out that they were even far behind the Jews, whom the Germanic people regarded as "mongrels", Dönitz's heart was filled with resentment and reluctance.
Unable to bear to look up to see when the Jewish missiles would come, the admiral believed in the plain of the German sailors that they would make the best possible evasion. But missiles are not uncontrolled torpedoes, and modern naval warfare is not an era in which victory or defeat can be decided by relying on sailors.
To fall behind is to be beaten, and when radar detection and electronic communications were completely jammed by the Jews, Dönitz had already given up the illusion of winning or even retreating.
A group of heavily armed soldiers who want to kill another group of blind people, will there be any suspense?
After closing his eyes, the sound of the roar of naval guns was still heard in his ears, but Dönitz turned a deaf ear, he was waiting for another loud noise...... It was the sound of a German battleship being hit, is it possible that you still expect a naval gun fired in a few minutes to hit a high-speed jet attack aircraft?
The Jews did not keep the German naval commander too long, and in the face of the enemy of the nation, the pilots of the Kingdom of Judah burst out ten times more warlike than usual. In order to pursue a higher hit rate, they even took the initiative to abandon the safe attack outside the defensive circle, descended in altitude, and broke into the defense range of naval guns and close defense artillery.
The powerful "Sea Spear" air-launched anti-ship missile can be launched from a distance of 30 kilometers, and after traveling 20 kilometers, the radar is activated to automatically search for targets. However, the "Sky Eagle" pilots, who were obviously eager to make meritorious contributions or were eager for revenge, did not adopt this safer attack mode, but broke into a longer distance and used the airborne radar to lock on to the target before firing the "Sea Spear."
Using airborne radar guidance will, of course, make the "Sea Spear" hit and lock on to the target with a higher accuracy, but the attack plane must maintain a stable flight attitude and not make large-scale and drastic evasive actions during the more than 10 seconds of radar guidance, otherwise the "Sea Spear" will lose its target because its own radar has not been activated and at the same time it has lost the guidance of the airborne radar.
Even if the radar detection of the High Seas Fleet has been shielded by the jamming signals of many "fire eyes", and the most threatening anti-aircraft missiles have been completely abolished, the fighters flying almost on a fixed trajectory are not low in the face of dense naval artillery fire.
In the face of the great temptation that can wash away the national shame, no country, no nation will lack such hot-blooded men.
"Sink the Graf Zeppelin!"
The pilots of the G-4 attack planes roared with their fleet commanders.
"Lock that guy...... Ready to launch! ”
Shuttling in the rain of towed shells, but the first two "Flying Eagles" to attack in the front were not afraid, the pilot in the front row held the lever firmly and controlled the fighter, while the radar and weapon operators in the back row were staring closely at the indicator light next to the radar display, when the red light flashed to indicate that the target was locked and the most suitable launch distance was flashed, he pressed the launch button with his fingers hard, "Fly smoothly and guide the missile!" ”