Warship of Great Power

Another Black Hawk helicopter flying over the scene accurately filmed the whole process. When they saw the missile flying up, they found it a little funny. The biggest reliance of anti-ship missiles is to fly at ultra-low altitude over the sea. Now they are pulling up. What is this for? Waiting to be a target?

After flying up, it is easier to be shot down by anti-aircraft missiles.

But when it was discovered that it began to accelerate, everyone had a bad premonition. When will this missile be able to fly supersonic? This is unscientific!

The speed of the missile was getting faster and faster, and their high-speed cameras could not capture it. They just opened their eyes and looked at the target ship.

Whoosh!

The warhead of the anti-ship missile pierced the air, and a cone-shaped air mass appeared on the body of the missile. There was a lot of water vapor on the sea surface, which could easily cause this phenomenon: sonic boom cloud.

If attacked by such a missile, the sound of the piercing sonic boom might make countless people feel cold on their backs, right?

And what does it feel like to be hit by such a missile?

Although it dived down, it was very accurate and did not hit the deck directly, but hit it from the side, about one meter away from the water surface!

Bang!

Under the violent collision, the entire hull of the Reeves made a buzzing sound, and then the hull quickly tilted to the other side, and the water splashed on the sea surface.

When the high-speed camera replayed, you could see the whole process of the collision. The missile and the side of the warship came into contact, and the entire side was instantly distorted and deformed. The warhead of the missile directly knocked a big hole and then drilled in!

Different warheads are needed to deal with different targets. If it is to kill personnel, use grenades, and for armored targets, use armor-piercing shells. If you want to attack warships, you usually choose semi-armor-piercing warheads. Ordinary armor-piercing warheads are solid, while semi-armor-piercing warheads are solid on the outside and filled with explosives on the inside!

Although the appearance of the Eagle Strike-83 is very ordinary, its power is definitely not to be underestimated. Its warhead is as heavy as 265 kilograms!

This is equivalent to the weight of a large-displacement motorcycle, which directly hits the warship, and it has a speed of 1.3 Mach!

The energy at the time of impact is mainly measured by kinetic energy, and this kinetic energy is mainly related to speed, and it is also a quadratic relationship. 0.9 squared is 0.81, and 1.3 squared is 1.69, which means that the kinetic energy at the time of impact is now twice that of subsonic speed!

If Eagle Strike 81 can only kill a 3,000-ton warship, then Eagle Strike 83 can kill a 6,000-ton warship! One shot to settle the soul!

Eagle Strike-83 crashed into the hull of the Reeves with huge kinetic energy, leaving nothing outside, and it was still drilling in, drilling hard!

The fragments produced by the impact flew outward, and the scene became very blurry for a while. It was not until the playback that it was discovered that the position it drilled was in front of the hull!

What is the difference between the front and the back? Of course there is a big difference!

The USS Lewis is just an outdated warship. There is no enlarged caliber naval gun on the front deck of its hull. In front is the Mk10 SM-2ER "Standard" ship-to-air missile cantilever launcher, and in the back is the eight-unit Mk16 "Asrock" anti-submarine missile launch box.

Under the cantilever launcher, there is an automatic loading device. The part that is hit now is the ammunition depot of the ship-to-air missile!

Of course, this is just an outdated warship, and there are no missiles in the ammunition depot, but what if it attacks advanced warships? What is this position of the current main warships of the US military?

MK41 vertical launch unit!

Even if it is a light Eagle Strike 81, a missile that can only destroy a 3,000-ton warship, hitting the vertical launch unit of the US Aegis warship can send the entire warship to the bottom of the sea! Even a cruiser is no exception.

Hit the snake at its seven inches.

Just like in the previous battleship era, the battleships that sank were definitely not because of how fierce the armor-piercing shells fired by the other side were, but because the armor-piercing shells fired by the other side happened to hit the position of the ammunition depot!

Almost all the battleships that were sunk were because of the explosion of the ammunition depot, not because of a few shells. Even if the ammunition depot of the battleship had a water discharge system, it was too late to react.

The same is true for modern warships. The weakest part is the location of the vertical launch unit. Once it is hit, the subsequent explosion will cause the entire warship to sink quickly. There is no time to react, and no damage control is useful.

Therefore, the Americans will use side vertical launches on the DDG-1000 battleship and disperse the vertical launch units to reduce the probability of explosion.

However, after repeated tossing, the Americans also determined that the DDG-1000 battleship was a chicken rib and decided to return to the conventional path. Under the stimulation of the 10,000-ton destroyer in the East, their newly developed warships are simply a replica of the 055.

And now, the performance of the Eastern Eagle Strike-83 has made them start to doubt again.

Did the missile hit this part of the Reeves by chance, or was it intentional? In other words, the Eastern missile seeker not only has radar, but also optical equipment, which can observe the entire warship and then greet the most important part?

In the past, this technology was unthinkable, but now, installing an optical camera and then performing image analysis is very simple, especially since the Easterners have powerful chips, adding this module is also a matter of minutes!

Boom!

The missile smashed into the hull and finally exploded!

This old warship had nothing left. Not to mention that all the weapons and equipment had been removed, even the fuel inside the warship had been drained clean. It was towed here.

According to the theory, it would not burn violently in the explosion, but the Eagle Strike-83 that came to attack it had no choice but to carry fuel!

The Eagle Strike-83 can fly nearly 300 kilometers, but now it has only flown forty or fifty kilometers, so its fuel consumption is very small, and there is a lot of fuel left.

After the impact, the hard warhead continued to drill forward, and the rear body had been broken, and hundreds of kilograms of aviation kerosene spilled out, and it was scattered everywhere along the way. When the warhead exploded, the fuel was also ignited.

The flames burned fiercely, and the whole warship was covered with thick smoke!

This power is too strong, right?

The Americans on the helicopter were stunned.

What did they see?

The missile hit directly, and the warship moved sideways for more than ten meters. The missile drilled into the warship and exploded. The fire burned fiercely. Then, the target ship, the Reeves, sank at a speed visible to the naked eye!

It didn't want to sink, at least not now. It just got hit by a missile! Its 8,000-ton volume should be able to withstand the attack of three or five anti-ship missiles, or even more. Now, it can't stand it with just one missile?

The seawater poured in from the gap, and the hull sank rapidly, making a creaking sound. Suddenly, with a click, the hull broke into two pieces!

There was no hope!

A few seconds later, the warship sank, and no outline could be seen on the sea surface, leaving only a huge vortex, no, two vortices.

Blue Ridge Command Ship.

"The Reeves has sunk."

"Impossible, this is impossible. It's just an anti-ship missile, and it was launched by the 112 warship. How could it be so powerful!" Harris would never believe it, and he was unwilling to believe it.

However, in front of him was a screen, which played the footage taken by the helicopter at the target ship site! This couldn't be faked.

"There are many strange things about their missiles." Clemens said: "We originally thought that their backward destroyers and frigates were nothing to be afraid of, but now it seems that even the Jianghu class is not easy to deal with."

The Jianghu class is the 053H, the former main frigate of the East. At that time, the East only had the 3,000-ton Luda class and the 1,000-ton Chengdu class. The former was very valuable and could not undertake ordinary patrol and escort tasks. The latter was too backward to meet the patrol needs. Therefore, the East produced the Jianghu class. This frigate with a displacement of about 2,000 tons is the first missile frigate of the East, which is of great significance.

Although it was initially equipped with the old liquid rocket engine anti-ship missile such as the Upstream No. 1, it was soon modified to the Eagle Strike-81 series. It was originally thought that this missile was nothing, but now it seems that this missile is very powerful!

Now, they don't know that the missile launched was Eagle Strike-83. Even if they knew, they could predict that a large number of other old warships in the East could also be equipped with advanced anti-ship missiles such as Eagle Strike-83. In the future, even if the Burke-class destroyer encounters them, they must be careful, because the other party's missile can sink them into the sea.

The Reeves is still an empty shell without weapons and ammunition. If it is a warship in service, the end will be even worse.

"Yes, in the future, even old warships must be careful, we..." Harris's mood is very complicated.

The Eastern Navy did not send advanced Aegis warships because the Orientals are confident in their hearts. This old 112 warship is enough!

Not only the Americans, but also the navies of other countries participating in the exercise soon learned about this.

Kongo-class destroyer of the island country

"Attention, get ready immediately. After the Orientals have finished firing missiles, it's our turn to come out. Let's show the Orientals how powerful we are!"

The island nation's navy used to be very powerful. When the East only had the outdated Luda class, they already had the 88th Fleet, and now it has expanded to the 90th Fleet. They also have amphibious assault ships with direct access to the deck, which is a quasi-aircraft carrier.

As for their main force, of course, it is the Kongo class that began to be built in 1988. This is the first time that the island nation's navy has obtained an Aegis warship, and the displacement of this warship is as high as 9,500 tons, which is a heavyweight.

According to the original plan, the Orientals launched anti-ship missiles for the first attack, and they launched the second attack.

"Prepare a harpoon immediately!"

Back then, the Americans developed the famous MK41 vertical launch system, which was popular all over the world. This thing can be compatible with many types of missiles, but it cannot be compatible with harpoon missiles.

Therefore, we can see that the US warships have to put two sets of quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missiles. The cylindrical launcher is usually placed at the stern of the ship, but some are not placed. This is not because the Harpoon has been inserted into the MK41 launcher, but because this type of warship does not carry the Harpoon at all.

After all, the US warships are mainly for air defense. As for attacking enemy warships? That is the job of carrier-based aircraft. If you have to force it, just shoot a few Tomahawks over, which can also act as anti-ship missiles.

The Kongo-class Harpoon anti-ship missiles are placed between the two chimneys, which is also a significant difference between it and the US warships.

Following the order, the cover of one of the launch tubes slowly opened.

"Report, we are unable to locate the target."

"Baga!" Captain Xiaozizi became angry immediately. What's going on? Now it's our turn to play, but we can't find the target? Isn't this embarrassing?

"What are you waiting for? Activate our Aegis system, full power!"

The King Kong class is almost a replica of the American Aegis warship, and the equipment on it is exactly the same. There is an OPS-28D search radar at the highest point of the main mast, which is mainly used to search for sea and air equipment. It can be used for a distance of fifty kilometers.

But now, this kind of radar has not found the target, so it can only be replaced by the SPY-1 radar of the Aegis system. This kind of radar is mainly used for air defense, and the installation location is not very high, but it can search the sea surface without any problem.

"Report, our Aegis system is also unable to find the target."

"Baga, you idiots are embarrassing us in front of so many navy!" Captain Xiaozizi was furious and wanted to reach out and slap them one by one in the mouth.

"Report, the data link came from the Blue Ridge, asking us to cancel the attack."

"Baga!" Captain Xiaozizi was furious: "Because of our mistake, we were unable to search for the target, so we gave up the attack to the navies of other countries. You idiots should commit suicide by committing seppuku!"

"Report, the reason for canceling the attack is that the target ship has been sunk."

"Nani?" Captain Xiaozizi was stunned.

How can it be!

How could the target ship be sunk? It was an eight-thousand-ton target ship. Even if it was a Harpoon anti-ship missile, it could hit three or four! Now, the 112 warship, that old-fashioned thing, fired the old-fashioned YJ-81 anti-ship missile, and actually directly sank the target ship?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"Our data link has received the signal from the early warning aircraft." The subordinate said tremblingly: "That missile was very strange. When it was ten kilometers away from the target, it climbed up and then dived down. When it reached the target ship, it had already sprinted to Mach 1.3."

"Supersonic? How is that possible? That kind of missile doesn't have supersonic capabilities!"

The islanders don't believe it. They are familiar with Eastern equipment. If it is those Aegis battleships, the general-purpose vertical launchers used can carry large anti-ship missiles. The YJ-12 and YJ-18 are indeed very powerful. However, the YJ-18 -What does 81 count? The outdated equipment can still fly like this?

There was deathly silence on the warship, more than ten minutes later.

"According to our intelligence, the Easterners have improved the YJ-81. The latest model is the YJ-83. The one that just sank the target ship should be the YJ-83!" An intelligence officer finished analyzing all the data transmitted by the data link. , and the conclusion was reached.

The export model of YJ-81 is C801. It has been sold all over the world for a long time. Even the entire production line has been exported. They have never heard of it being able to go supersonic, so the one they just attacked should be a new model!

"Eagle Strike-83? Is it so strong?"

Although the YJ-12 and YJ-18 are powerful, they are also large in size, so only large warships can equip them, and they are usually stuffed into the hair. The YJ-81 is much smaller and can be used on many warships. Above, the launch box is placed before and after the chimney, which can be easily improved!

They felt shuddering when they thought that the old Eastern warships were all equipped with YJ-83s.

"Fortunately, the range is only fifty kilometers."

"No, no, the range should be more than fifty kilometers. After the attack, a fire broke out. The target ship was not supposed to catch fire. It was probably caused by the fuel carried by the missile splashing down and burning. It is conservatively estimated that the missile can fly two hundred kilometers. kilometer."

The Americans did not observe carefully, but the islanders were more attentive. After all, they used to regard Lao Maozi as their opponent. After Lao Maozi fell, they thought they were the best in the world. Unexpectedly, the Orientals grew rapidly.

Now, the power of the Oriental people is no longer comparable to theirs. While they are envious, jealous and hateful, they study carefully and try to find the flaws of the Oriental people. So, they studied it more carefully.

The U.S. Navy does not need to worry too much. Their carrier-based aircraft can provide a defense radius of 500 kilometers, but other countries cannot. Even the islanders, before the F35 is equipped on the amphibious assault ship, the defense radius of their navy is One hundred kilometers away, and the oldest warship in the East can attack them from two hundred kilometers away!

Not to mention advanced weapons, old warships can also give the islanders the greatest shock!

The other navies were also silent. There were no more whirlpools on the sea. Only the target ship was still unwilling to give in, but it had no right to speak.

East.

"It's done!" An officer came in and said excitedly to everyone present: "Our No. 112 launched the YJ-83 anti-ship missile. With just one, it sent the 8,000-ton target ship into seabed!"

"Okay, not bad!" Wu Shengli smiled brightly. In this kind of thing, you not only need to win, but you also need to win beautifully! The target ship must be sunk by one to be considered a success, but it will not work if the target ship is even allowed to breathe!

"Now, those guys should be dumbfounded. Let them know that even an outdated warship in our navy has powerful combat effectiveness!"

"Taozi, your suggestion is good."

"Dad, this has nothing to do with me, I'm just here to coordinate." Qin Tao said with a smile.

This thing was done, but what if it failed? You guys won't blame me, right? I don't want to be blamed! Qin Tao looked at his father-in-law.

At this time, his father-in-law was smiling and in a very good mood. The navy had built so many warships, but they had never fought with real weapons. This time, the other party had bad intentions and invited us to go over. We sent 112 warships over. We originally just wanted to join in the fun, but now we accidentally became the protagonist!