Chapter 412 Sinking
Chapter 412 Sinking
Ming Zhenxiong stared blankly at the raging fire rising from the Minsk through the glass of the bridge, and he was slow to react.
He simply couldn’t imagine, If this was an attack from the enemy, if this was not a target ship…
How serious the consequences would be! ”Dalian ship, confirm the damage immediately.”
The voice from the communicator finally woke Ming Zhenxiong up, and at the same time made him feel relieved.
This order from the exercise command showed that this was indeed an attack from the Red Army.
Thinking that this was an attack from his own weapons, the frustration of the failure of the defense mission immediately disappeared.
Ming Zhenxiong picked up the intercom and replied excitedly: “Dalian Ship received it!”
Although he really wanted to know what kind of new fighter it was, he also knew that now was not the time and place to ask such questions…
After the smoke from the explosion initially dissipated, the damage results were quickly analyzed through visual inspection of the Minsk and the monitoring data installed on the ship.
”Report, a hole with a diameter of about 5 meters was blown out on the left rear chord of the target ship, the power room was seriously damaged, and there was slight water ingress, no risk of silencing or rollover.”
”There are two craters with a diameter of 3-5 meters on the deck, and the runway is seriously damaged. The aircraft has basically lost the function of gliding takeoff and landing in medium and long distances, but helicopters and light fighters should still be able to fly. The preliminary assessment is that 70% of the combat power is paralyzed.”
”Received, the exercise continues.”
A wave of attacks from an aircraft can paralyze 70% of the combat power, and the initial combat objectives have basically been achieved.
The whole process of this exercise was also clearly recorded by the USS Mike Campbell not far away. Except for the attack by the aircraft, the rest was basically the same as the reminder from the USS Carl Vinson.
When Gilman first heard the information from the USS Carl Vinson, he almost thought that the communication channel was hacked and he encountered “telecommunication fraud”. It was not until the military exercise in China officially started that he finally believed that China really built such a ridiculously powerful unmanned fighter.
If China really wants to attack them, the current miserable state of the Minsk is a portrayal of the USS Carl Vinson.
China used the simplest and most direct way to tell them the fact that sea power has ended! Just when Gilman was still immersed in the shock just now, the radar soldier suddenly said again: “Report, a large number of flying objects were found in the northwest!”
Gilman was startled and quickly looked up at the big screen, and then his pupils suddenly dilated a few points.
According to the data on the screen, the speed of these flying objects is only 150KM/H, but there are so many of them that the radar can’t track them at all! After taking another look at the distance, Gilman immediately guessed that this must be a cruise missile launched from the land.
The drone swarm tactics that China is proud of have finally begun!
Since these cruise missiles have no stealth capabilities, they were discovered as soon as they were launched, but cruise missiles are originally an open card. Its biggest function is to attract and consume the enemy’s anti-aircraft firepower and cover the real killer move.
The reason why the open card is an open card is that you know its purpose and know that these are cheap goods, but you have to deal with it…
Otherwise, letting them attack will also hurt your bones.
Fortunately, the biggest disadvantage of this cheap product is that the flying speed is very slow, and the attacked party has plenty of time to think about how to deal with it.
The next step is basically a show of Chinese equipment.
The Minsk’s defense formation first launched several anti-aircraft missiles, successfully intercepted several cruise missiles at a long distance, and then quietly waited for them to approach.
It is not cost-effective to use expensive anti-aircraft missiles to deal with cheap cruise missiles. It is enough to symbolically show the performance of anti-aircraft missiles to the other side. Not long after the first batch of drones took off, the Red Army launched four waves in succession according to the performance of the drones, ensuring that the time for the five waves of attacks to reach the combat area is basically the same.
After three hours, the distance between the dense swarm of drones and the Minsk was finally pulled to 20 kilometers, and the defense formation began to deploy defense.
They used anti-drone electromagnetic suppression, electromagnetic pulse weapons, laser weapons, and automatic close-in defense guns.
In the face of electromagnetic signal interference, the swarm can switch to an intelligent combat system, and in the face of electromagnetic pulse weapons, a radiation shielding layer can be added. Although it will increase the cost of the drone,But at least it works.
But laser weapons are the natural enemy of these low, small and slow drones, especially the 50kw large laser weapons provided by Kang Chi, which can basically kill one drone per second.
However, they only have one such laser weapon, which makes them feel like they can’t beat four hands with two fists. Although the drone swarm is constantly losing soldiers and generals, it still continues to charge forward from all directions, and the distance with the Minsk is constantly closing.
In fact, if the blue side is given a few more laser weapons, these low, small and slow aircraft will definitely not be able to break through, unless the size of the swarm is expanded several times and it attacks like a real locust.
But this is just an exercise after all, the purpose is just to show the other side the weapons, let them know that we not only made a sharp spear, but also a strong shield to restrain this spear, anyway, they can think about it casually and know that China can’t make only one such laser cannon, so the command only equipped the blue side with one laser cannon, not wanting to really kill its own bee colony… “Bang–” Under the saturation attack of thousands of drones of various models, the Minsk’s defense circle finally failed to withstand it. One after another, the fish that slipped through the net crashed into the Minsk’s hull like moths to a flame. Some cruise missiles were even very smart and specifically bombed the side of the ship and the waterline. Boom– At the moment when the bee colony successfully broke through, the final killer move finally arrived as expected. First, a YJ-21 anti-ship missile penetrated more than ten compartments of the Minsk at a speed of Mach 10, and the violent explosion caused by the inside of the hull directly blew the Minsk apart.
But this is not the end.
A DF-41 equipped with a conventional warhead made a finishing blow on the gap opened by the JY-21 at a speed of Mach 20. The violent explosion severely deformed the hull of the Minsk. Although it did not break directly, it was barely supported by a few layers of skin at this moment, and it looked like it could disintegrate into two halves at any time…
Seeing such a shocking scene, Gilman on the Mike Campbell was silent.
In fact, it was also the first time for him to witness the power of YJ and DF missiles at such a close distance…
Based on the current state of the Minsk, it would only take an hour or so to sink.
Although this target ship is already old and the hull strength is definitely much worse than that of an advanced aircraft carrier that has been properly maintained, no one can guarantee that after enduring such an attack, their performance will be much better than that of the Minsk…
It has been proven that sinking an aircraft carrier is not as difficult as imagined.
It does not take 25 days. Just a swarm of bees and two hypersonic missiles can send it to the bottom of the sea!
(End of this chapter)