Chapter 253: The decisive battle at sea in the South Atlantic

To the east of Cuba, in the Atlantic Ocean out of Crooked Island, a huge fleet is quietly cruising on the sea.

In the sky, large AWACS planes hovered and searched for traces of the US Atlantic task force.

In order to salvage the decline of the ground war, the US Navy relied on the Sixth Fleet and the Eighth Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean to form a joint task force and prepare to enter the Caribbean Sea.

At present, most of the main warships of the US Navy in the Pacific Ocean have been destroyed.

The remaining Atlantic Fleet is mainly to escort merchant ships, but it has also formed four fleets with the main combat level.

This is also the main target of the Red Alert Navy at this stage, and Fan Yize's vision is not only the mainland of the United States, but also all the islands in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.

The Marines of the Expeditionary Corps are ready to set off and begin landing on major islands such as Jamaica, Cuba, Dominica, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas.

In this area, the only force that can stop the Red Guard is the United States and the Brazilian maritime alliance, but the Brazilian Navy is not worried.

At present, the United States is negotiating with Brazil to cooperate in the front and rear of the Red Guard Corps, and a war in South America will break out at any time, but the level of the Brazilian Navy is simply not enough to threaten the existence of the Red Guard Navy.

With a blue sky and a blue sea, clouds curling at the end of the sky, one of the four fleets reorganized by the Expeditionary Corps Navy, belonging to the seven aircraft carriers of the Southern Suzaku Bird, quietly hibernated and waiting.

As the 28 main aircraft carriers of the Expeditionary Corps Navy, all of them have been built, and the four major fleets of the re-planning are named after the legends of the 28 Nakshatras in ancient China, and the fleet is formed according to the four constellations.

The East Green Dragon Fleet, the West White Tiger Fleet, the South Vermilion Bird Fleet, and the North Xuanwu Fleet.

The fleet that crossed the Panama Canal and appeared in the South Atlantic Ocean was the South Suzaku Fleet, which had seven aircraft carriers: the Inoki Ran, the Ghost Golden Sheep, the Liuturoe, the Xingri Horse, the Zhang Yuelu, the Winged Fire Snake, and the Worm.

After cruising quietly for nearly three days, the Southern Suzaku Fleet has been constantly searching this Atlantic Sea close to Latin America.

The hard work paid off, and on the third day, the AWACS aircraft finally discovered the enemy from afar.

The loud trumpets sounded over the seven aircraft carriers, and the roar of the ship's engines was heard from the deck.

The command personnel of the ship-based island gave orders one after another to prepare the carrier-based aircraft to take off.

The signal lights flashed on the aircraft carrier, and the commanders of all departments on the aircraft carrier concentrated their attention to make the aircraft carrier fully operational.

Complex and accurate take-off signals flash, transmitted to every carrier-based aircraft pilot in the take-off position.

The silver shell of the carrier-based aircraft reflects the metallic luster, and in the hangar, one after another carrier-based aircraft are being transported to the deck in an orderly manner, and busy trailers are towing the carrier-based aircraft to the rear of the take-off formation.

"Take-off command center, Muqian No. 1 requests to take off."

The Muqian No. 1 carrier-based aircraft, which is also the wing commander of the carrier-based aircraft wing of the Jingmu Carrier, took the lead in preparing for takeoff.

Every carrier-based fighter pilot on the four star fleets is an ace pilot of the Red Alert Fighter Division, and each of them has more than 1,500 hours of carrier-based aircraft flight experience, which is a flight time that is difficult for fighter pilots of various countries to achieve during World War II.

This kind of pilot, with a lot of experience, is extremely familiar with aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft, and has even integrated into his body and occupies most of his life.

"Muqian No. 1, all data is normal, allowed to take off."

Muli No. 1, also the pilot codenamed Muren, after receiving the order of the command, turned on the take-off system of the carrier-based aircraft, pushed the control stick, and the engine made a high-speed propaganda boom.

The fighter plane glided, on the runway more than 100 meters long, the speed increased rapidly, the scenery on both sides of the eyes outside the cockpit quickly receded, and the sky on both sides began to blur.

With the sound of whistling, the aircraft carrier reached a speed of 35 knots, headwind, the fierce wind raged around the carrier-based aircraft, and the violent air energy made the carrier-based aircraft glide for a distance of less than 100 meters, and then slowly broke away from the deck, and soon took off smoothly.

Loaded with ammunition and fuel, the Intruder carrier-based aircraft, which already had a take-off weight of more than ten tons, took off smoothly on the aircraft carrier with an incredible lightness.

Soaring into the air, Muli No. 1 pulled up the control stick, and the carrier-based aircraft climbed rapidly, extremely fast.

The Muqian No. 1 successfully took off, followed by other carrier-based aircraft, which also took off.

In just a few minutes, the deck full of carrier-based aircraft became empty.

The star-class aircraft carrier is capable of taking off more than sixty carrier-based aircraft in one go, which has great requirements for the huge aircraft carrier deck, which can barely meet such a large-scale take-off mission.

On the seven aircraft carriers, all the carrier-based planes took off smoothly, and the carrier-based planes painted with seven kinds of star patterns formed an attack formation in the sky, and under the guidance of the early warning aircraft, flew in the direction of the target.

The roaring group of planes cut through the sky like a sharp sword, and the dense roar was like thunder, flashing through the sky.

The dense aircraft group is overwhelming, and there are hundreds of carrier-based aircraft, which are incomparably powerful.

Muqian No. 1 is in the leading position, and there are seven aircraft formations, each of which maintains a complete formation.

After more than half an hour of flight, the voice of the early warning aircraft came from the earphones of all carrier-based aircraft at the same time: "All pay attention, there is still a five-minute voyage from the target, carrier-based fighters intercept US carrier-based aircraft, carrier-based bombers attack the enemy fleet, and the priority target is the US aircraft carrier." ”

At the same time, in the US task force, five huge aircraft carriers formed a huge fleet group.

Consisting of the main forces of the Sixth and Eighth Fleets, plus the newly commissioned aircraft carriers, the United States quickly assembled this task force with strong combat capabilities.

The USS Hornet, one of the Yorktown-class aircraft carriers, and four of the USS Essex, form a huge fleet with unparalleled combat capabilities in the South Atlantic.

In the fleet, there were also two North Carolina-class battleships, as well as two South Dakota-class battleships.

Five aircraft carriers, four battleships, and a large number of Fletcher-class destroyers are around the fleet.

The Fletcher-class destroyers are the destroyers that were built by the United States with radars, and each ship is equipped with a complete radar system when it is in service, including air search radar and sea search radar.

It is synonymous with the efficiency of the American shipbuilding industry, and in just two years, nearly 200 ships have been built.

The most important weapon to defeat the enemy is its main artillery armament system, which consists of five 127-mm high-level dual-purpose naval guns and their firing control devices, which are responsible for the dual mission of striking surface ships and long-distance air targets.

Four twin 28-mm cannons were also added as the main firepower for close-range air defense.

With a total tonnage of 3,000 tons, it has the ability to attack torpedoes, and the maximum speed can reach 37 knots.

It is currently the absolute main destroyer of the US Navy, and it is also the core ship of the fleet escort that provides defense for the fleet.

And the air defense cruisers, which are the other main forces of the fleet, in fact, are slightly lagging behind, both in terms of technology and in terms of the latest modes of naval warfare.

The Baltimore-class cruiser, the latest class of the US Navy with truly epoch-making significance, is still under construction, and under the strike of the Red Alert strategic bombers, it may already be the swan song of the US Navy.

On the US fleet, the radar had already discovered the aircraft group in the sky, and the resounding battle alarm made the Red Alert Navy carrier-based aircraft lose the opportunity to sneak attack.

In a fleet confrontation with a large number of radars on both sides, a sneak attack has become very difficult.

And the carrier-based aircraft of the Red Alert Navy did not think of carrying out a sneak attack, after all, the current US Navy is no less than a frightened bird, and it is very cautious.

As long as the radar finds the target, it is another mistake, and it will never be let go.

The large number of signals found on the radar made the US fleet dare not be careless in the slightest, and began to dispatch carrier-based aircraft on a large scale.

The battleships in the US task force are in an extremely embarrassing position at the moment.

Japan used a sneak attack to make the whole world completely understand that the role of aircraft carriers in the navy can already surpass that of battleships.

The era of battleships that dominated the seas is being replaced by aircraft carriers, and the era of the end has begun, but battleships are still very important for the navies of various countries.

The same is true within the United States, where there are still plenty of voices calling for the continuation of the massive construction of battleships.

But when the naval battle broke out, the helpless fact told the US task force at this moment that the battleships could not find the enemy that could attack, and the huge main guns could not be used to defend against carrier-based aircraft.

The battleship, which acted as the escort of the aircraft carrier, was able to operate only anti-aircraft guns when the alarm sounded.

The rising sun in the east is like a huge fireball hanging on the sea in the east, and the fiery red light shines on the sea.

On the sea where the morning sun is like fire, the sparkling waves and the fast-sailing US Atlantic task force seem to be ready for interception operations.

All the American soldiers stared at the distant sky with wide eyes.

With the morning sun on his back, dense black spots appeared in the distance, and there seemed to be many more enemies than expected.

Under the non-stop air defense siren, all the American sailors had sweaty palms.

His eyes were full of anticipation as he watched his own carrier-based aircraft facing the enemy, and the sound of shouting and cheering overshadowed the background sound of the sea.

However, hope and anticipation, after the skies crossed in the distance, disappeared without a trace.

The hundreds of carrier-based planes that took off urgently seemed too small to intercept the enemy's huge fleet of planes.

At the moment when the two sides met, there were still a large number of aircraft groups, flying directly towards the fleet.

On the battleships in the center, destroyers and cruisers on the periphery of the fleet could be seen, roaring anti-aircraft fire.

However, the group of planes in the sky invaded the head of the fleet as if it were completely unaffected, but in the eyes of all the American troops, it almost at a vertical angle, pierced into the sea.

There are many blind spots in the anti-aircraft fire of the fleet, and the top of the battleship is the most dangerous blind spot.

The American fleet, which was preparing for air defense, was horrified to find that its own anti-aircraft artillery had no angle of attack at all.

Moreover, the flight altitude of the enemy aircraft, the angle of invasion, is also outside the attack range of most anti-aircraft fire.

For a while, almost all of them were American officers with cold hands and feet, holding binoculars, looking at the belly of the bomber that was invading vertically above their heads, which was an incomparably huge penetrating bomb, and the telescope could clearly see the stable tail behind the bomb, as well as the balanced tail rotor.

The warship moved quickly, trying to get rid of the carrier-based bombers invading vertically above, and brought the anti-aircraft fire on its own ship to an angle that could attack.

When the altitude of carrier-based bombers dropped from 10,000 meters to only 3,000 meters, they also ushered in the dense anti-aircraft fire of the surface fleet.

Every second can make people's adrenaline soar, whether it is the US military or the Red Police fighter division, both sides are dancing on the tip of the knife, and they are broken bones at every turn.

"Iron Eagles, welcome our honor, kill ......"

Inside the carrier-based bomber, the voice of the captain of the carrier-based bomber wing was heard, and in the violently shaking fuselage, one by one the carrier-based bomber pilots frantically passed through the dense anti-aircraft fire, after all, the target below.

This is a contest of warriors, a purgatory of boundless courage, a moment that belongs to a true Predator.

In the next second, it is either death or honor, there is no second possibility, this is a contest with death.

Of the more than 200 carrier-based bombers that pounced on the US fleet, from 3,000 meters to 1,000 meters, many carrier-based bombers were destroyed by anti-aircraft fire.

And when the altitude is close to within a kilometer, it is a moment of honor that truly belongs to the Red Alert Fighter Division.

One by one, the intrusion bombs weighing one ton were dropped, and the sky was filled with the whistling sound of fighter jets and bombs.

For any US warship, it is a penetrating bomb of the destruction level, which cannot be resisted, and once it is hit, serious injury is the best result, and it is not surprising that it will be sunk directly.

Dropping bombs, frantically skimming over the U.S. warships, and then continuing to lower the altitude of the flight, the guns swept densely towards the battleships in front.

The third ship of the Essex-class, the aircraft carrier Dreadnought, was the first to be hit by a bomb, and the one-ton bomb reached its limit with the help of the carrier-based bomber's extreme dive.

The terrifying bomb, which penetrated directly through the deck of the Dreadnought, continued to penetrate the two-story hangar, and then detonated inside the aircraft carrier.

The explosion of 700 kilograms of high explosives, and the aircraft carrier of more than 30,000 tons, as if it were paper paste, roared loudly on the surface of the sea, and the bombs that exploded directly into the fuel depot exploded, and almost instantly, the aircraft carrier was blown in two.

The power was so amazing that the draft and keel under the surface of the sea were all broken, and the flames and smoke rolled into the sky, and the dreadnought made the sound of grinding teeth cracking and bending, which made the scalp tingle.

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