Chapter 635: The Crisis on the Isle of Veil (1)
The four projectiles on the two destroyers started at full strength, creating a tin chaff curtain wall in front of the fleet, but the Boston sailors did not understand the principle of tin chaff jamming, and the density of tin foil strips played by the two destroyers was simply not enough, if it was the missiles currently equipped by the Chinese Imperial Navy, it would have some effect, and the new missile guidance method of the Iron Blood Army was very advanced, and it would not be disturbed by the original jamming method of tin foil at all.
The ultra-fast missile broke through the interference of the tin chaff curtain wall without any obstruction, and when the missile was rushing, the Boston sailors hurriedly turned the anti-aircraft gun to aim, but the high-speed flying missile could be intercepted by the manually operated anti-aircraft gun. In the face of the missiles flying at high speed, the Boston sailors turned the muzzles in vain, but to no avail.
Eighteen missiles pierced the aircraft carrier's hull from both directions without hindrance, and the huge explosion produced a strong shock wave and air waves, and the flight deck of the 'Langley' bulged violently, and then quickly collapsed, breaking the entire hull in half, and quickly began to sink.
The other six missiles were guided by AWACS aircraft and evenly distributed among the two destroyers, which had a displacement of just over 1,000 tons, could not withstand even a single missile, and under the saturation attack of the three missiles, the warships were directly bombarded to the slag.
The three Boston warships did not even have time to send out the alarm signal, but they were completely destroyed by the attacking missiles, and the three warships quickly sank to the bottom of the sea. The surviving sailors struggled desperately on the water, even General Burke, and soon a dozen large seaplanes flew over. It was a large water patrol plane of the Predator's Coastal Rescue Team, who fished out the few survivors and brought them back to the island of New Guinea, where long years of captivity awaited them.
General Burke sent a telegram to the main fleet before the reconnaissance plane was dispatched, reporting his position and action, but Remus did not pay attention to this at all. Even after a few hours, there was no follow-up information, and he did not realize that the situation was wrong, because at this time he was concentrating on directing the planes on the aircraft carrier to take off and carry out air raids on Oahu.
In order to defeat the possible resistance on the Oahu Islands, it was necessary to carry out air strikes in advance, so Remus sent a thousand aircraft of various types as the first wave of attack aircraft. This group of planes consisted of 400 dreadnought dive bombers, 370 Avenger torpedo planes, and 200 Corsair fighters, all of which were loaded with bombs as much as possible in order to maximize their attack efficiency, even the fighters, which took off a hundred nautical miles from Oahu, formed a huge group, and flew towards the Oahu Islands.
When the planes of the Boston Fleet began to take off, the operational command of the Oahu Islands also issued an order for all fighters to take off and intercept them, and more than 500 Golden Eagle 4 fighters took off into the air and flew head-on in the direction of the enemy.
Under the guidance of ground radar, the Golden Eagle 4 fighter soon encountered the combined aircraft group of the Boston Empire, and the results of the air battle can be imagined, how the slow propeller aircraft was the opponent of the high-speed flying Golden Eagle 4, a large number of planes were quickly shot down, and the rest had to hurriedly throw bombs into the sea and turn around and escape.
The Golden Eagle 4 fighter group pursued all the way, but in order not to irritate the Boston fleet too much, they did not chase over the fleet, but returned halfway, which allowed many remaining Boston planes to survive, but even so, there were only more than 100 surviving planes.
Hearing about the existence of a large number of shore-based jet fighters on the Oahu Islands startled Remus, he is not stupid, although there are many carrier-based aircraft in the Boston Empire, they are all propeller aircraft, and they are not pleasing under the jets.
Remus turned around the command room a few times with his hands behind his back, then leaned on the map table and looked at it carefully and asked: "According to the intelligence department's understanding, the other party's Golden Eagle 4 fighter has a range of only 1,300 kilometers, right?" ”
The staff officer on the side said: "Yes, according to the calculation of the range and time of their previous battles, it should be about the same." ”
Remus nodded and said, "Very good, order the fleet to turn to the southwest, and we leave." ”
"What?" The operational staff officer exclaimed, "Your Excellency, aren't we going to fight the Oahu Islands?" ”
Remus said: "The other side has a large number of air forces on Oahu, how can they fight if they are heavily guarded?" ”
The combat staff officer said: "But if we go back like this, I'm afraid we will be sent to a military court." ”
Remus smiled strangely and said, "Who said that when we go back, we have to use more brains to fight, so that the enemy can't think of what we are going to do, understand?" We now turn to the island of Veil, they must not have imagined. Remus touched his chin and shook his head, pretending to be unpredictable.
With his fat fingers, Remus pointed to the location of Vail Island and the Oahu Islands on the nautical chart and said: "The range of the Golden Eagle 4 fighter is only more than 1,300 kilometers, and the maximum combat radius is only 5 or 600 kilometers. Weir Island is located more than 1,200 kilometers south of Oahu, and it is simply outside the combat range of the Golden Eagle 4 fighters, so as long as we attack here, we can avoid the large groups of land-based aircraft of the Chinese Air Force. Moreover, although the area of Weil Island is more than 30 square kilometers, it is mostly mountainous and not much flatland, and there must be very few air forces stationed here, so the danger is much smaller. As long as we can occupy this place, we have a springboard to attack the Eastern Ocean, and even without the Oahu, we can do a lot, and this is the second best thing. ”
It is not for nothing that Remus can climb to this position, his vision is still very vicious, and there are indeed not many air forces on the island of Val, only forty fighters. Moreover, the place is very small, and even if the Oahu fighters flew all the way to support, the military airfield on Vail Island would not be able to receive them, which made the Oahu fighters a little overwhelmed.
Receiving the satellite photos transmitted back in real time, Feng Ju was startled, he didn't expect Remus to be so timid, he retreated after just one contact, which also blamed the commander of the Oahu Islands for revenge, and exposed too much strength at one time, which made Remus feel scared, but the other party turned to Weil Island to make Feng Ju a little surprised.
I have to say that the other party's vision is very vicious, and he actually found the direction of his weak defense, there are very few flat areas on Weil Island, and there are not many air forces stationed, but fortunately, the mountain peaks on the island have been dug out by the defenders A lot of tunnels and fortifications. The 331st Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the 5th Division of the 3rd Marine Corps stationed there is not only well-equipped, but also has a lot of supplies in stock, plus Weil Island has a fresh water filter, and its long-lasting combat capability should not be underestimated, so Feng Ju is still relatively relieved.