Chapter 678 678 Battle of the Solomon Islands (4)

"Up, up, up! Follow me! The USS Constellation aircraft carrier was in order in the chaos, the ship's air crew performed their duties, and their movements seemed to be much faster than usual, and the US pilots in brown-green flight uniforms boarded their planes one after another, conducting the final inspection before the flight, preparing to leap into the sky and join the group to strike at the core ships of the Chinese Navy.

Pilot James took a few deep breaths, even though he was not a Catholic or a Christian, he kept making crosses on his chest, and since the beginning of the war, the death rate of American pilots participating in the war has remained high, which also makes a large number of pilots very worried that their flight will become the last flight.

James knew that the mission was to cover the sinking of the Chinese heavy arsenal ship by attack aircraft and multi-role fighters, and it was obviously not an easy task. Intelligence shows that although the power of this arsenal ship is damaged, the weapon system should be intact, and not long ago, her sister ship had shot down many fighter jets and buried many excellent pilots in the belly of the deep sea.

"It's going to be a tough fight, Jim, and you'd better put away your fears, knowing that whoever is most scared in heaven will die first!" Dammond, a sidekick pilot who was one rank above him, said, but his eyes seemed wider than usual to show that he wasn't as calm as he said he was.

"I don't know, Damond, the Chinese will not hesitate to resist in order to protect that ship. To sink that super battleship, maybe we need to lose thirty or forty fighters, or even several ships, and lose hundreds of lives, is it worth it? ”

Damond's expression was cold: "As long as the above thinks it's worth it, we can only do this, instead of thinking about this, let's think about how to kick a few Chink's butts hard in the future!" ”

The F-24 Snow Cat piloted by the two took off from the Constellation aircraft carrier one after the other, adjusted its course, and quickly flew towards the sea area where the Chinese fleet was located.

"The hound formation has already encountered Chinese fighters, come on, let's go help!" Dammond received the message and said to wingman James.

James was still nervous, but it was useless to be nervous at this time, he could only play his best, not thinking about how to shoot down more fighters on the other side, but how to survive such a difficult battle.

The two flew for more than a minute, and suddenly James shouted: "Flag 2-1, I think we are being followed by the enemy, damn it, they are behind us!" ”

Darmond still tried to make himself sound calm: "Don't be nervous about Banner 2-2, teach these bitches a good lesson!" ”

The two F-24 Snowcats drove at full speed and made a circle, trying to shake off the Chinese fighters that were already catching up and provide a good firing window to engage in a fight with each other.

"It's J-16, two J-16s, it's okay!" James breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to relax in particular, the J-16 is not a particularly bad fighter, but it is the most dominant model in the fourth-generation and a half-generation fighters, not to mention the fourth-generation and half-generation fighters in the United States and Europe, even if it is a fifth-generation aircraft with dogfights, it may not necessarily have a stable chance of winning.

The two F-24 Snowcats hovering back seized a certain advantageous position, and James was a little reckless, and launched an attack first, firing two AIM-120D missiles, but both missiles passed by the target J-16.

"Calm down, boy, we've got a whole day playing games like this with these Chinks!" Darmond said. After finding it difficult to get rid of the F-24 that caught up behind, the J-16 used a more risky super-maneuverable maneuver, using the tail as the axis to forcibly adjust the attack angle of the three-dimensional vector in order to get the opportunity to attack Damond. However, the veteran Darmond immediately made a sharp landing, dodging the nose of the J-16, and when Darmond also pulled the head, the missile successfully hit the J-16.

"Well done, Flag 2-1!" James also praised his partner's cousin when he was entangled with his opponent. Now that it's 2-on-1, Darmond can turn around and take James' opponent down as well.

However, just as his words fell, an anti-aircraft missile suddenly appeared out of nowhere and directly hit Damond's landline, which had lost kinetic energy due to super-maneuverability.

"No, my God!" James shouted, it was hard to imagine that his companion, who had just shot down the Chinese fighter plane, had been shot down by an anti-aircraft missile so lightly. More friendly symbols disappeared from his display, and a chant of "I'm going to catapult" was seen on the communicator. He could imagine that a meteor shower from the sea to the sky caused heavy losses to the US military air fleet.

"It's the arsenal ship!" James was soberly aware. With such a powerful air defense attack capability, only their target this time, James trembled, and there was a sense of absurdity that the dragon slayer would not succeed in slaying the dragon and was burned to death by the dragon's breath, but now what he needed to worry about most was not the anti-aircraft missile shooting up, but the Chinese J-16 fighter jet behind him.

The second-generation arsenal ship of the Tianlong has more than 700 VLS units, the main anti-aircraft missile is the Thorn-9 anti-aircraft missile, although the range of this long-range anti-aircraft missile is similar to the Hongqi-9, which is 220 kilometers, but the strike capability is extraordinary, the general anti-aircraft missile needs 2-4 pieces to shoot down a fighter, and the Thorn-9 missile is a breakthrough intelligent anti-aircraft missile that shoots down a plane, which can effectively identify the target and conduct long-distance tracking, with relatively high fault tolerance and anti-interference ability.

This missile is mainly equipped on general-class battleships, arsenal ships, Naginata-class cruisers and raid destroyers, while the 055 and 052D series ships mainly use Hongqi series missiles.

The Tianlong, whose power was affected, directly launched a wave of anti-aircraft missile attacks after discovering that the US fighters were attacking on a large scale, launching more than 40 missiles and shooting down more than 10 US fighters. ”

As a result, the U.S. military rushed towards the Tenryu even more recklessly, and even the A-11 attack plane, which should not have rushed ahead, rushed towards the Draco in a suicidal manner. The US military dispatched more than 200 sorties of fighters and attack planes, and the sudden action also caused great trouble to the defending Chinese naval aviation.

Aircraft carriers continue to take off fighters to support the station, and the shore-based aviation (mainly the J-16) stationed at the base is also almost overwhelming, swearing to defend the Tianlong arsenal ship.

Qi Yiming had already learned about the incident when the Tianlong was damaged, and he couldn't sit idly by and watch an important arsenal ship being sunk by the U.S. military, whether it was tactically or from the U.S. military's strategic propaganda, it was a terrible thing, and he had to organize this incident to happen. As a result, the Red Guard fleet, which had already been stationed in Rabaul, sent a large number of warships to support the Dracon, and the Draco could not be sunk!

Naturally, the Draco also has the biggest card, that is, the Iron Curtain system that has not been triggered before, and this invincible state can last for about three minutes, which means that the Draco can survive at least one round of saturation attacks and improve its survivability.

"We have detected that there are many other submarines of the US military that are trying to approach the Tenryu fleet, oh not only the US submarines, but also the conventionally powered submarines of Japan and Australia, Japan's latest Soryu-class and the Collins-class AIP submarines imported from Australia from us, the back door we set up above the Collins class was triggered, and we were able to sink it lightly." The Fleet Staff reported that the NATO allies not only intended to rely on warplanes to settle the battle, but they also sent a number of submarines underwater, preparing to replicate the previous successful sneak attack on the North Dakota.

However, this time, after the Chinese Navy was on high alert, the US submarine did not have much chance, and before it entered its own range, it was already discovered by the Nagi cruiser that rushed to it.

As a large cruiser known for its anti-submarine capabilities, the Nagigator Cruiser was able to serve as the anti-submarine core of the fleet, and immediately after discovering an enemy submarine, the Nagigator Cruiser launched its own supercavitating torpedoes, which were extremely lethal for submarines. Two Australian Collins-class submarines and a U.S. Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine were directly hit, and these submarines were basically 60 nautical miles away.

However, in such a panicked battle situation, another US Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine seized the opportunity and cooperated with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Soryu AIP submarine to launch another attack on the Tenryu. However, the positions of their attacks are basically at the extreme range of the Mk48, leaving the Chinese Navy more time to react than the last attack on the North Dakota.

What is even more different is that the Chinese Navy has more escort ships this time, the Nagi Cruiser and the Type 095 attack nuclear submarine that rushed under the water launched torpedo decoys, while the US Mk48 torpedoes did not have the ability to distinguish torpedo decoys and were directly led off course.

The Z-20 anti-submarine helicopter in the sky will not give these enemy submarines who are trying to attack the Chinese Navy a chance, and a large number of light torpedoes were fired, hitting the nuclear submarines of the US military and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, but these two submarines were also lucky, and finally escaped the attack and returned safely, but their return also indicates that the underwater offensive of the US military has finally failed.

Fargo couldn't accept this when he learned of this, and he could only continue to increase the code: "We're going to send more fighters, more attack planes, until that damn broken ship is sent to the bottom of the sea by us." His eyes flickered, and as the commander, he reacted to more questions, and then he asked, "Are the bombers on Guam ready?" ”