Chapter 515: Heavy losses and important scrapping
At the same time, the Japanese fleet also received the news of the explosion of the American aircraft carrier, and immediately activated the combat mechanism, and everyone was in place, ready for a war that could come at any time.
However, the three Philippine warships were frightened, and the US aircraft carrier exploded, which is none of our business, and these little guys can only hide from a distance and watch, not daring to make a little movement, for fear of causing misunderstanding.
The explosion on the aircraft carrier has ended, the fire and smoke continue, and at this moment the entire deck is in shambles, seven or eight F-18s have fallen on the deck, basically becoming a scrap, and the entire bridge has only an empty shell, and the people inside have no hope of survival.
Mu Yang hid at the bottom of the sea at a depth of more than 400 meters, and knew all this by using exploration techniques, and he was also shocked by what he did, is this really his own doing, but I just wanted them to lose an F-18 fighter jet and make the Americans feel a pain.
But now this kind of result, not to mention the pain in the flesh, it is estimated that they are all distressed, and they have to die of distress, although the United States has ten aircraft carriers, but they lose one of the latest main Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, they will also jump in pain.
What's more, there are so many F-18 Hornets, Mu Yang silently calculated in his heart, now the US military should be equipped with the latest model of F/A-18E/F, also known as Super Hornet, which is a supersonic multi-purpose combat attack aircraft, each of which costs about 70 million US dollars.
$70 million, based on the current situation of these planes on the deck, it is estimated that there are about ten scrapped. That's 700 million, dollars.
However, the plane can only be regarded as a small head of this loss.
Because in this accident. The aircraft carrier "George Washington" also caused serious damage, the bridge of the aircraft carrier is where the cockpit and the highest combat command room of the aircraft carrier are located, which has been completely damaged in this explosion.
The George Washington cost $3.5 billion, and the bridge must be worth hundreds of millions. Not much, just one action of his own, the Americans lost at least 1 billion. Dude is worth it this time.
At this moment, the US aircraft carrier squadron has completely entered the highest alert state, all the officers and men of the ships have entered combat positions, and the radar sonar is fully open. Helicopter AWACS aircraft lifted into the air. Many of the U.S. satellites are concentrated in this area.
The aircraft carrier also has an emergency operation command room, which can be transferred to the emergency command room when the bridge is damaged. At this moment, in the emergency command room, Vice Captain Watclyde is in contact with the continental United States to report the current situation and losses.
"Your Excellency, this is the case." Watclyde reported all the information he had to headquarters. At this moment, Watclyde, the deputy captain, has been promoted to temporary commander.
"Bastard, a simple show turned out like this, you said that the F-18 suddenly lost control when it landed, and then rushed headlong to Cambridge. Then it caused an explosion, how could the fighter suddenly lose control. There are also missiles that are carried that have also been detonated, aren't those missiles all insured, how can they explode on their own. The Commander-in-Chief yelled angrily at the communicator.
The losses this time were too great, and the commander-in-chief of the Navy was likely to be blamed for this incident and resigned, no wonder he was in such a bad mood.
"The specific situation is still unknown, we have not yet found the black box of the fighter, and it is not yet possible to make a judgment on the situation at that time, whether it was caused by human operation, or because the failure of the aircraft can only be analyzed after obtaining the black box, as for why the missile exploded, I can't answer you yet, sir." Watclyde said.
"Your mission is to find the black box as soon as possible, and the headquarters will also send experts today to find out the cause of the accident. Organize a fleet to conduct a strict investigation of all nearby sea areas, rule out the possibility of attacks by other countries, and if you find out that you are deliberate, you must find out for me, and if it is really found out that it is the ghosts of other countries, it will be the beginning of a war. The minister said.
"I understand, Your Excellency." Watclyde replied.
After communicating with the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet, the Japanese fleet also joined the search mission in this area, scanning every centimeter of sea water and the mainland in the vicinity, trying to find even the slightest suspicious place.
Unfortunately, after more than an hour of exploration, none of the ships had gained anything.
If Clark had been here, perhaps the conscientious sonar soldier would have made yesterday's discovery, or anyone who had experienced it yesterday would have thought of yesterday's suspicions, but unfortunately, due to the explosion at Cambridge, the sonar room was affected, and everyone was killed, including the young Senior Private Clark and Lieutenant Walker and Captain Nelson.
And Colonel Scott, who was also in the Cambridge command room at the time, receiving the leaders of the Philippines and Vietnam, was immediately affected by the explosion.
Muyang hid in a cave at the bottom of the sea, where thick rocks protected him, and he was not afraid of sonar detection at all, and he also made up his mind that if the American warship did not evacuate, he would not move.
The news of the explosion of the US aircraft carrier "George Washington" cannot be hidden, because it is not only US satellites that are paying attention to this place, and the aircraft carrier is so large, and the fierce flames and smoke are captured at the first time with the current military satellite camera technology.
This information was immediately put on the desks of the leaders of various countries, especially China, Russia, Britain and France.
The Chinese leader's response was to follow the latest news, try to find out the cause of the incident, and estimate whether the losses of the United States and the possible consequences of this accident would be beneficial to our construction of Nanhai Zhudao.
And the first reaction of the Russians is to report this information, write it exaggeratedly, and humiliate the arrogant Americans, you know, the news of the crash of the Russian military exercise Kursk aircraft carrier was the first time that the Americans broke the news, and they also ridiculed it more, and now the time for revenge has come.
After receiving the news, Britain, France, and other countries immediately telephoned the US president to express their concern and condolences.
And U.S. President Omar is also depressed at the moment, why is this period of time so unlucky, things continue to happen, it is already July, and there are still four months to go before the election, and he is already a little anxious about the election, and there are always some bad things, and they are all big things.
The Minister of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy were immediately summoned to inquire about the matter.
Of course, this is just an inquiry, although the United States says that the president is the largest and commands the army, but in peacetime the president of the United States is isolated from the army, and the actual power of the president of the United States in the army is not at all high as that of the Minister of Defense. (To be continued.) )