dognovel Chapter 337: A saturation attack that even Iron King 8 couldn't withstand
Chapter 337: A saturation attack that even Iron King 8 couldn't withstand
Under the shocked gazes of Fuso and Citi, the fourth, fifth, and sixth waves of missiles attacked one after another.
Although the warhead of the Sea Eagle-1B general-purpose anti-ship missile is only 200 kilograms, a swarm of ants can still kill an elephant.
Each of the five aircraft carriers was hit by at least more than 5 anti-ship missiles.
Except for the 70,000-ton heavy aircraft carrier, the other four aircraft carriers have sunk or are half-sunk.
The condition of this heavy aircraft carrier was not much better. The flames had spread throughout the entire ship, and damage control was helpless in the face of this situation.
The two Yamato-class battleships, weighing more than 70,000 tons, were also in a very miserable state.
Despite the battleship's thick armor, anti-ship missiles could not penetrate its main armor belt.
However, facing the attack of more than 30 anti-ship missiles, it has completely lost its combat effectiveness.
In particular, the battleship's bridge was completely destroyed.
At the same time, a fire broke out on the ship, but it was brought under control by Fuso's damage control personnel.
So the two battleships still stood firmly on the dock and did not take in water.
It is difficult to sink such a large battleship of 1 tons with only the Sea Eagle- anti-ship missile.
Unless the missile can hit the battleship's vital parts at a tricky angle, or cause large-scale flooding or fire.
This is the case with general-purpose anti-ship missiles when facing heavily armored targets.
After all, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
It is impossible for an anti-ship missile to conquer the world.
This is also the reason why both the navy and the air force are equipped with KH-22 heavy anti-ship missiles.
This thing is specially used to attack large warships.
Even the Yamato-class battleships may not be able to withstand the attack of 10 KH-22 heavy anti-ship missiles.
At this time, the heavyweight Shanhai-class arsenal ship appeared.
They will deal a fatal blow to Fuso's heavy battleships.
The quadruple missile launch box on one side of the Penglai battleship began to rotate and aimed in the direction of the Fuso battleship.
As the hatch opened, a round, white-painted warhead was revealed.
"boom....."
Then flames emerged from the launch box, and a missile flew out of the launch tube with its wings spread out in mid-air.
This is also an anti-ship missile and the third anti-ship missile equipped by the Navy, the Sea Eagle-2.
Unlike the general-purpose Haiying-1 anti-ship missile, it can currently only be launched from ships.
Moreover, due to its large size, heavy weight and large launch box footprint, it can only be equipped on large ships.
It weighs 3 tons alone and is slightly smaller than the KH-22 anti-ship missile.
It has a launch weight of 3.2 tons, a warhead of 800 kilograms, a maximum range of 120 kilometers, and a flight speed of 0.8 Mach per hour.
The target of the Haiying-2 anti-ship missile is medium and large ships.
只需要1-2枚就可以瘫痪一艘战列舰，5-8枚基本上就能够击沉一艘5万吨级的战列舰。
There are only 7 large battleships like the Yamato-class battleships, which weigh over 12 tons.
This number is also obtained through experiments.
The guidance method of the Haiying-2 anti-ship missile is inertial guidance + active radar guidance.
When it was about 20 kilometers away from the target, the missile automatically turned on its active radar.
After scanning the reflected signal of the Yamato-class battleship and finding that it matched the input data, the Sea Eagle-2 missile launched a dive attack on the Yamato-class battleship.
The Haiying-2 anti-ship missile uses a shaped charge armor-piercing warhead, and its armor-piercing capability is much higher than that of the Haiying-1, exceeding 180 mm.
Although it still could not penetrate the main armor belt of the Yamato-class battleship, it was able to cause fatal damage to it.
"boom....."
The explosion of the Sea Eagle-2 anti-ship missile caused a huge commotion, and even caused serious structural damage to the interior of the Yamato-class battleship.
A large number of compartments were destroyed in the explosion, causing a larger fire.
Immediately afterwards, one after another, the Sea Eagle-2 anti-ship missiles swooped down and hit two Yamato-class battleships in succession.
The Yamato-class battleships that withstood the Sea Eagle-1 were ultimately unable to withstand the attack of the Sea Eagle-2 anti-ship missiles.
The fuel tank of Yamato, the lead ship of the Yamato-class battleship, was ignited by high-temperature flames. In a violent explosion, the Yamato battleship was completely engulfed in fierce flames.
Almost all the damage control personnel on the ship were killed or injured.
Such fierce firepower also meant that the Yamato battleship was beyond saving.
The battleship Musashi's fate was not much better.
The missiles tore several large holes in the ship's hull, and flames and thick smoke continued to emerge from these cracks.
After being attacked by more than 30 Sea Eagle-1 anti-ship missiles and 8 Sea Eagle-2 anti-ship missiles, the battleship Musashi was also engulfed in flames.
After receiving the news from the scene, Song Yang was surprised and said, "These two battleships are so resilient? They haven't been sunk yet."
"It's possible that the Fuso people have fully protected them, so it might be difficult to sink them."
After thinking for a moment, Song Yang said: "Let the attack aircraft rush in and release torpedoes to attack.
Make sure both battleships are sunk."
So far, there has been no interception action from the United States.
Of course they couldn't stop it even if they wanted to.
But the United States didn't even take off its plane, which also indirectly illustrates their attitude.
Admiral Kingst, commander of the Pacific Fleet, did not dare to have a direct conflict with the ancient country at this time.
After all, their Pacific Fleet was stuck in the port and was only now starting to move out slowly.
If a conflict occurs with the ancient navy at this time, none of the Pacific Fleet's battleships will escape.
After receiving the order, two squadrons of A-7 Corsair attack aircraft launched an air strike on Pearl Harbor under the cover of F-14 Tomcat fighters.
Outside the range of Pearl Harbor's anti-aircraft firepower, 32 A-7 Corsair attack aircraft launched the attack.
One after another, MK-46 general-purpose torpedoes fell into the water and headed directly towards the two Yamato-class battleships.
The MK-46 torpedo has the ability to attack in shallow water areas.
The battleships that remained in place began to be hit by torpedoes one after another.
Although the MK-46 torpedo weighs only over 200 kilograms, it is a light anti-submarine/anti-ship torpedo.
But the quantity is too large.
The A-7 Corsair attack aircraft can carry four torpedoes.
These 32 attack aircraft alone carried more than 100 missiles.
If 10 missiles can't sink you, we'll use 50. If 50 still doesn't work, we'll use 100, and keep going until you sink.
After 32 attack aircraft launched round after round of torpedoes, the Yamato and Musashi, which had already been severely damaged, suffered large-scale flooding.
Although both battleships extended their side armor belts to the bottom of the ship, forming a layer of torpedo wall, thus achieving the effect of torpedo protection.
However, the thick armor was too rigid, and the supporting structure of the torpedo wall could not withstand the continuous attacks of torpedoes.
This is also the main reason for large-scale flooding.
The torpedo wall can withstand torpedoes, but its joints cannot.
With large-scale flooding and fire, even gods cannot save the situation.
A total of 32 A-7 attack aircraft launched more than 50 torpedoes to attack the two battleships.
After confirming that both battleships were beginning to take on large amounts of water, the attack aircraft turned their targets to the remaining surviving Fuso ships.
An hour later, the attack ended, and two Yamato-class battleships and a 7-ton heavy aircraft carrier sank in the harbor one after another.
The task force successfully completed the task of sinking the combined fleet, and it took only more than three hours from the attack to the end.
"Commander, the American fleet is rushing towards us."
Song Yang chuckled when he heard this: "It seems that they want to regain their lost face. They are just strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
All the arsenal ships, led by our ship, will go over to meet them.
All aircraft carriers are ready for combat, just in case."
The task force not only blocked Pearl Harbor, but also directly ignored them and attacked the Fuso fleet staying in the port.
It's almost the same as outputting in the face.
This is a great humiliation for the proud United States.
Therefore, it was expected that the US Pacific Fleet would come in full force to seek revenge.
Song Yang was not afraid at all and directly concentrated the fleet's five arsenal ships to confront them head-on.
The two Shanhai-class nuclear-powered arsenal ships and the three Kunlun-class conventional-powered arsenal ships are also not inferior in momentum.
Song Yang looked ahead at the vast sea of American warships, which almost covered the entire surface of the sea, and exclaimed, "This Pacific Fleet is truly enormous."
"Yes, it does look a bit intimidating. Even if we want to destroy this fleet in one go, it will still be difficult."
The commander of the Second Fleet and deputy commander of the task force also echoed.
The Pacific Fleet's eight battleships were lined up in a row, followed by five aircraft carriers, and finally dozens of cruisers and destroyers.
This scale is indeed very intimidating.
This time, the task force consisted of only 5 battleships, 4 cruisers and 8 destroyers.
But even so, the US Pacific Fleet did not dare to move forward.
This time, the task force's attack on the Fuso fleet was completely beyond their understanding.
Except for the A-7 attack aircraft group that appeared at the end, they didn't even see the ancient country's carrier-based aircraft, and the Fuso fleet sank and was damaged.
The elusive anti-ship missiles directly refreshed their cognition and made them realize that war could be fought in this way.
And there is no essential difference between them and the Fuso fleet.
The aircraft carrier's carrier-based aircraft are still propeller fighters.
Because they also tried to move FC-86 jet fighters and Meteor fighters onto aircraft carriers, but many experiments failed.
Jet carrier-based aircraft are too heavy and require a long deck for takeoff.
Plus, they have no weapons to deal with anti-ship missiles.
So they just formed their formation and tried to maintain some dignity.
This confrontation did not last long.
After nightfall, both sides began to leave.
The top leaders of the United States did not receive the telegram from Pearl Harbor until after the attack.
Because at this time the radio interference has ended.
This incident also caused great shock to the senior management of Citigroup.