Chapter 198: The Destruction of the Task Force
According to Lu Yuanzhao, although these alien beasts are mainly sea beasts, there are also a few existences that can fly.
Their biggest feature is their large size. The small ones are also the size of yachts, and the large ones are even comparable to aircraft carriers.
The US side immediately dispatched a Global Hawk reconnaissance plane to check on these uninvited guests, and the pictures taken were simply shocking.
These beasts swim extremely fast, and it doesn't take long to reach the nearest land. At that time, it is highly likely that it will bring a major catastrophe to mankind.
And the direction they traveled randomly was Guam.
Guam is one of the most important military bases of the US military in the Pacific Ocean, and is known as the "unsinkable aircraft carrier" of the US military in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. military has even used it as a forward operating base for strategic bombers and attack nuclear submarines, as well as a storage station for ammunition and aviation fuel.
There is no room for error at the Guam base.
Soon two F-18 Hornet carrier-based aircraft were sent out to test the sea beasts.
Before the sea beast could be seen, the carrier-based aircraft first encountered the flying beast that had opened the way in front of it.
These beasts have a long, pointed mouth and are very large, with a wingspan of thirty to forty meters alone, almost three times the size of the Hornet's carrier-based aircraft.
According to the command center's order, the pilot pilots piloting the Hornet launched a tentative attack on the sharp-mouthed winged beast with the "Sidewinder" air-to-air missiles on the wingtip pylons.
Two missiles, one of which was unbelievably dodged by one of the sharp-winged beasts, and the other successfully hit a relatively small sharp-winged beast. The violent explosion hit it on the spot and fell from the air.
The other sharp-mouthed winged beast was immediately enraged, and the giant wings flapped and flew out of a distance of hundreds of meters in an instant, and then sent out a piercing sonic attack.
The pilot of the Hornet had already lifted the fighter plane to a high altitude for the first time, but it was still swept by the sound wave. The whole person was bleeding in an instant, and he was killed on the spot.
This time, the enraged Americans dispatched two squadrons of more than 30 warplanes to intercept and kill the sharp-mouthed winged beasts.
Intelligence showed that there were more than twenty sharp-mouthed winged beasts in total, and the carrier-based aircraft of the two squadrons were enough to annihilate each other.
This time the pilots were instructed by the command center to launch the missiles from a great distance. In this way, even if there are some lucky escapes, there is no way to directly approach the fighter group with a counterattack.
But what happened next took the Americans by surprise. After the salvo of more than 30 Sidewinder missiles, the red dots on the radar screen representing the sharp-mouthed winged beast did not decrease at all.
In other words, at a distance long enough, these flying behemoths are able to easily dodge missile attacks.
The great thing about the Sidewinder missile is that it can automatically track the aircraft, and once the target is locked, even if it dodges once, it will not help. Because this infrared-guided missile is based on the thermal radiation of the exhaust port to achieve an automatic tracking strike.
The sharp-mouthed winged beast did not have such a device, and it dodged quite quickly, and the famous Sidewinder missile suddenly collapsed in this big battle, and it was completely ineffective.
There is a chance that a close-range strike will hit the target, but it is extremely easy for the pilot to be attacked by the sonic attack of the sharp-mouthed winged beast in an instant. The cost of training a pilot is very high, let alone asking them to be kamikaze.
Soon the command center told them to keep this distance and continue to launch a second wave of missile strikes, this time, again without hitting any targets.
The sharp-mouthed winged beasts were already approaching again, and the bumblebees of the two squadrons could only flee immediately, not daring to make any further stops.
In the two encounters, the U.S. military can be said to have returned with a feather.
However, this did not make the powerful American military succumb, after all, if they did not do anything to intercept them, these strange beasts could reach Guam in a day at the latest.
Not to mention that the Americans have been operating here for decades and have invested a lot of material and manpower, it is said that Guam, as a bridgehead for the Americans to contain the rise of the great powers in the East, has an extremely important strategic position that the Americans will never easily choose to give up.
If the planes don't work, then send out the fleet.
Soon, a task force consisting of more than 30 warships, including aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and submarines, was dispatched out to snipe the menacing beasts.
A few hours later, the two sides finally met.
This time, more than 100 carrier-based planes were dispatched, ship-to-air missiles and naval guns roared together, and air-to-air missiles were also launched intensively. With such a powerful saturation attack, these sharp-mouthed winged beasts finally couldn't withstand it, and they were constantly hit and planted on the surface of the sea.
At this time, those giant sea beasts also broke out, led by the huge beasts of five aircraft carriers, these sea beasts launched a rapid dash and fierce attack on the ships in the distance.
Their means of attack are mainly water cannons and sound waves. The water bombs spewed out by the five carrier-like beasts with their mouths open their mouths were extremely long-range, and each time thousands of water bombs covered the entire sky, sweeping towards the task force in a boundless manner.
The energy of each of these water bombs is extraordinary, and it can even directly blast a huge hole out of the hard deck.
Soon a Conderoga-class cruiser and an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer were bombarded by numerous water bombs and quickly began to sink.
The other ships were more or less painted, and a Perry-class frigate tilted its hull in half, and even a few water bombs could not escape the fate of sinking.
Another wave of water bombs struck, and this time the Perry-class frigate could no longer withstand it and quickly lay on its side on the sea.
The Task Force attacks also caused some serious damage to the Giant Sea Beasts, but mostly in the relatively small ones. Missiles and naval guns bombarded the body of the head beast, and although blood and water splashed, it could not deal a fatal blow to these powerful beasts with extremely tough bodies.
By the time several subsequent task forces arrived, the task force that had arrived in advance had already suffered heavy casualties, and the "Reagan" aircraft carrier had even sunk half of it.
In the end, all five beasts were killed, and the entire sea was stained red with red blood.
As trophies, DNA samples were quickly collected and sent to the laboratory for study, but the matter was not over.
The Americans spent so much money to kill these strange beasts that appeared inexplicably, and the mysterious whirlpool that these strange beasts threw out naturally would not be let go by them.
Lu Yuanzhao called Cao Fan to discuss the matter of this mysterious whirlpool together.
It's not just Americans who are interested in this mysterious maelstrom, but other countries, including China, who know about it, are also eager to explore the mysteries within.
The military is ready to send a special team into the whirlpool to find out. Lu Yuanzhao's strength is obvious to all, and he suddenly became the primary candidate.