Most people love to watch the sunrise. Sunrise at the top of the mountain, sunrise over the sea......

Because the sunrise represents vigorous vitality and infinite hope.

But in the early morning of October 21, 1942, the sunrise over the sea in the Mediterranean Sea was not only beautiful, but also magnificent, but also too bloody.

The ship's air crew sailors didn't have time to wipe the smoke from their faces, and immediately threw themselves into the work of recovering and replenishing the fighters. The beveled deck of the Marshal-class aircraft carrier showed a huge role at this time. One of the two runways is responsible for recovering fighters, and the other is constantly flying fighters.

The positions of both fleets have been exposed, and there is no point in hiding any more.

All of the Eagles and the two Aquila-class Vikings began to carry air superiority weapons, ready to defend against attacks by opposing carrier-based and even land-based aircraft.

The G-41B Brute Dragon that took off in batches was full of Hong's Penguin-3 under its wings, and the reports sent by the officers in charge of the weapons warehouses on each aircraft carrier made Guan Canghai frown non-stop - the number of Hong-3s in the cabin could only meet this wave of attacks.

There are a total of 80 carrier-based aircraft on board the Marshal-class aircraft carriers, and in addition to spare aircraft and anti-submarine helicopters, there are also 72 fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft.

A squadron of "Eagles", an attack squadron of "Brute Dragons" and a squadron of torpedo aircraft mixed with Brute Dragons and Pterodactyls.

In the second wave of attacks after the night faded, Guan Canghai sent almost all the brute dragons and four Anemo God Wing Dragons. In view of the poor effectiveness of the first round of attacks, this time the targets will be coordinated by AWACS aircraft.

One hundred and forty Brute Dragons carried more than 800 Hong-3s. Although this is a world war, although the Royal Navy of the Han Empire has a tradition of "losing", even Guan Canghai himself secretly sighed.

Missiles can be much more expensive than aerial bombs.

"As long as you defeat Fleet C, it's worth everything! No matter how expensive the missile is, can there be an aircraft carrier? ”

In the command room of the Gongjin ship island, Guan Canghai smiled faintly, putting aside the messy thoughts in his mind, and wondered why he had these useless and even nonsense thoughts at such a critical time.

Batch after batch of dragons took off, splitting into small attack waves in squadron mode. Taking off the deck of the Gongjin is the slightly bulky HH-6 Pterodactyl bomber.

Guan Canghai remembers very well that when he first boarded the Gongjin three years ago, as the captain of the Gongjin aircraft carrier, he led the battle group to leave Dahan Bay and go to the Pacific Ocean to participate in the battle against Japan, the HH-6 was still the most advanced carrier-based bomber in the Han Empire and even in the world.

But now, the Pterodactyl has become a laggard among carrier-based aircraft, and it is only because of its relatively large load capacity that it is temporarily left on the aircraft carrier as a torpedo machine.

I heard that the empire already has a new long-winged Penguin-6 sea level missile, which claims to be able to travel through the waves like a flying fish close to the sea level.

When the Long Wing-6 is installed, the Pterodactyl should be retired, right?

Outside the window, a pale gold painted "pterodactyl" roared up on the long runway, Guan Canghai couldn't help but raise his right hand and saluted a military salute that was not too standard.

Seeing off the "Pterodactyls" is also a tribute to the warriors, and it is also to express the ardent hope of the fleet commander. If this round of attacks still does not achieve much results, then the aircraft carrier group will have no choice but to withdraw from the battle.

"Damn Hong!"

Guan Canghai even felt that among the empire's arsenals, the Hong's Penguin-3 anti-ship missile was the most failed design.

The escort "Eagle" had only one squadron, and compared to the annoying Hong-3, the Sparrow-7 won the high trust of the pilots with its excellent record.

What about a squadron with only 24 escort fighters?

The pilots of the "Brute Dragon" are very relieved, and the pilots of the "Eagle" are confident. The four Sparrow-7s mounted on each fighter and the more than 90 medium-range air-to-air missiles of the entire squadron gave them the confidence to shoot down British interceptors, including the "Sea Harrier", outside the line of sight.

What's more, the pilots have been notified that the J-42A Raptor fighters of the four squadrons of the Royal Han Air Force on Sardinia have taken off.

If you say, the only person in this world who can shoot down the "Eagle" one-on-one is the "Raptor", right?

"Raptor" could not become a carrier-based aircraft because of its size and weight. But the scientists of the War Lab refused to make the "Raptor" smaller to fit into the deck and catapult take-off of an aircraft carrier.

In their opinion, the miniature version of the "Raptor" is not a Raptor. Because the design of the raptor is done on the basis of "dragon and phoenix Chengxiang".

Fire Phoenix-8 long-range air-to-air missile

Construction funds: 570,000

Bullet length: 3. 9 meters;

Weight: 470 kg;

Bullet diameter: 380 mm;

Wingspan: 900mm;

Firing range: 140 km;

Flight speed: 4. Mach 3;

Guidance mode: radar semi-active guidance is used in the middle section + radar active guidance is used at the end;

Warhead: proximity fuse + high-explosive projectile;

Warhead weight: 60 kg;

Construction time: 45 minutes;

Description: As a heavy-duty long-range air-to-air missile, the Phoenix-8's terminal active radar guidance can ensure that the locked target cannot escape.

Well, to put it more bluntly, that is, the Fire Phoenix-8 air-to-air missile launched by the "Raptor", once it passes through the semi-active radar guidance of the fighter's stable attitude, enters the active radar guidance stage, and the probability of the locked fighter being shot down will exceed 99. 999%, absolutely enough color of a thousand pure gold...... Uh, it's an absolutely high rate of being shot down.

Or to put it more simply, the Fire Phoenix-8 can be better described, which is the legendary "lock and shoot down!" ”

In the previous life, the only air-to-air missile in the world that could be called an artifact was the AIM-54 immortal bird of the US imperialists. Even after entering the 21st century, the so-called Thunderbolt, Rattlesnake and Lao Maozi's AA and R series cannot be compared with the immortal birds in terms of hit rate and range in actual combat.

It was just that it was born at the wrong time, and the Cold War ended quickly. In addition, the Immortal Bird is too heavy and expensive, and it must also be used with the fire control system on the F-14, not to mention that the "Immortal Bird" is designed for over-the-horizon interception, and its close-range combat capability and flexibility of use are far inferior to those of the "Sparrow" and "Amram". Therefore, the AIM-54, which has strong versatility and poor versatility, was only able to show its skills in the Iran-Iraq war, and soon faded out of the world.

However, when he was a student, Zhong Yi had a soft spot for the "Immortal Bird", and even after the actual combat missile was developed in the war laboratory of the base, His Majesty presented the data of the "Immortal Bird", and even the naming of the "Fire Phoenix" broke the practice of naming the penguin of all kinds of missiles produced in various bases of the empire.

It's just that the fire phoenix has always been ill-fated since the day it was born. In terms of combat indicators, it has not met His Majesty's requirements, and after the birth of the Fire Phoenix-7, it finally has some undead island style, but the Fire Phoenix-7's excessive requirements for the launch system are the same as the unpopular situation of the "Immortal Bird" in the previous life - there are no heavy aircraft for it to carry.

Therefore, the technology of the Fire Phoenix-7 was transferred to the Royal Road Company.

That's why the Sparrow-7 was born.

It was not until the raptor came into the world and the fire phoenix-8 was reborn that the "dragon and phoenix were auspicious" and His Majesty's wish was fulfilled.