ccnovels #627 - Chapter 627: Fierce battle in the sea and air, crushing the game! England also has an aircraf
#627 - Chapter 627: Fierce battle in the sea and air, crushing the game! England also has an aircraf
Four Type 055 destroyers executed a complete encirclement.
Two Type 077 amphibious assault ships were positioned to the north and south.
One blocked the entrance to the English Channel, while the other was stationed south of the Faroe Islands.
Warplanes ascended into the sky.
Inside the cockpit of one of the J-22A fighters.
Wang Wei was responsible for piloting the fighter, while the back seat pilot…
No!
It would be more accurate to call him a 'game player'.
He was holding a game controller, manipulating several unmanned aerial wingmen.
Whether it was the J-22A pilot or the personnel operating the 055 and 077, there wasn't a single Indian—the Indian Navy served as the lowest level of ordinary soldiers, responsible for the most basic tasks, such as watching the excitement.
There was no other way.
India had just received these ships and immediately declared war on England, not understanding how to operate them at all, right?
According to Chinese custom: India had to pay a fee to have Chinese pilots and naval officers guide the Indian Navy on-site.
The battle officially commenced!
Unmanned aerial wingmen initiated the aerial combat first.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
As if entering an unpopulated area, the unmanned aerial wingmen's pulse attacks descended upon the English mainland.
This was just the beginning.
One of the Type 055 destroyers.
Control room.
"Enemy missiles approaching!"
"Anti-aircraft missile interception! 1530 CIWS on standby!"
"Take out their aircraft carrier formation!"
Two anti-ship missiles launched from the shore were incoming.
Too bad!
With a technological gap of 30 years, the English anti-ship missiles posed no threat.
Over two hundred kilometers away.
The Invincible-class aircraft carrier formation was approaching at full speed.
Now it was 2002, and the Elizabeth-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier had not yet been successfully developed, let alone commissioned.
And the so-called Invincible-class aircraft carrier…
Had a full-load displacement of 20,000 tons.
Slightly larger than the 055, but less than one-third the size of the 077.
This thing…
Deserves to be called an aircraft carrier?!
It must be said, England still had something to be proud of, such as the Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighter, which could be deployed on this small aircraft carrier.
But it was only a second-and-a-half generation fighter, so it was practically useless.
"Harrier fighters taking off… Calling J-22A squadrons, take them out!"
"Lock onto the Invincible-class aircraft carrier and all the ships in its formation!"
"Electromagnetic cannons ready!"
"YJ-20 ready!"
"Fire all!"
The electromagnetic cannons were instantly charged.
More than twenty universal vertical launch systems opened simultaneously.
…
Over two hundred kilometers away.
Led by an Invincible-class aircraft carrier, a total of eight ships, large and small, were approaching the 055.
The distance was too far.
The English ship-borne weapons couldn't reach, so the Harrier fighters took off first to get closer.
The problem was…
The English ship-borne weapons couldn't reach.
But the 055 could!
Suddenly!
Unmanned aerial wingmen approaching at five times the speed of sound, the ship-borne radar didn't even react.
High-frequency pulse launched!
The three Harrier fighters that had just taken off didn't even know what was happening and plunged headfirst into the sea from the air.
They couldn't detect the unmanned aerial wingmen, but they detected the 055's attack.
"Missiles… missiles incoming!"
"Too fast, the radar can't lock on!"
"Anti-aircraft missiles ineffective!"
Screams rang out from every ship in the aircraft carrier formation, they clearly detected the incoming missiles, but they couldn't react at all.
Too fast!
The terminal velocity of Mach 12 far exceeded the English air defense limit!
Boom…
Under the lock of the Beidou system, all warships in the aircraft carrier formation were accurately hit without error.
The loud noise shook the sky.
Hundreds of kilograms of all-nitrogen anionic salt explosives had a power comparable to ten times the equivalent of TNT.
What was the concept of a few tons of TNT?
Destroyers of thousands of tons were blown in half.
But!
Even if the Invincible-class aircraft carrier was small, it still had a displacement of 20,000 tons, plus countless watertight compartments—definitely not something that a single YJ-20 could destroy.
The next moment.
A sky-covering, earth-shattering sound of breaking air howled.
Electromagnetic cannons followed up!
Even after exceeding a range of two hundred kilometers, the speed still exceeded Mach 6, although not comparable to the YJ-20, but…
It was cheap!
The rate of fire was fast!
Under high-precision guidance, one electromagnetic cannon shell after another hit the aircraft carrier like rain hitting bananas.
The small aircraft carrier that was hit by the YJ-20 became a living target for the electromagnetic cannons.
One wasn't enough?
10!
20!
50!
Just asking if that was enough?!
…
Further away was a Type 077 amphibious assault ship.
Although India didn't know how to operate it, and instructors were dispatched from the Eastern Great Power to command, the Indian Navy still had to learn, and senior officers were sent along.
Command cabin.
An Indian Major General listened to the translator, talking about the battle situation hundreds of kilometers away.
He was directly stunned!
In just seven minutes, an English aircraft carrier formation was completely annihilated!
At the same time.
As carrier-based aircraft took off even earlier, a round of devastating strikes was launched against English shore-based air defense weapons.
Shore-based weapons were basically scrapped!
Hearing the data said by the translator, the Major General stared blankly at the commander from the Eastern Great Power two meters away.
Was this the technological gap?
Even though the Empire on which the sun never sets had long since declined, its military strength still ranked among the top in the world, but when facing the 055 and 077, there was no resistance at all—not only was it completely defeated, but the speed of annihilation was even more horrifying.
Last year.
India was attacked by Pakistan and Myanmar, and in a short period of time, they were forced to relocate their capital.
He didn't participate in that battle, and afterwards, he felt useless.
He thought that the front-line commanders must have been too incompetent.
But now…
He realized that in the face of crushing military technology, India was able to persist for a long time that time entirely because it was a land battle.
Land battles progressed slowly.
If it were a naval and air battle…
Unimaginable!
This was clearly a crushing situation, like millions of cavalry in ancient times facing modern heavy machine guns—many people? No use!
…
London.
It hadn't suffered a substantial artillery attack.
But who knew if the other side would drop bombs?
A certain air-raid shelter.
High-level officials gathered here.
A few days ago, after failing to seek help from North America, the Prime Minister finally decided to confront them head-on.
After all, it was one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
After all, it was the former Empire on which the sun never sets.
Even knowing that the other side was very strong, if they admitted defeat before the fight even started, how would they fare in the international arena in the future? Would they still have a foothold?
It would take time for the Indian fleet to arrive.
In these days, England had made various deployments, establishing lines of defense in the sea, land, and air, which they considered perfect.
As a result…
The so-called perfect line of defense was vulnerable to technological gaps!
"All aircraft carrier formations have been destroyed!"
"Damn… their amphibious assault ships are equipped with unmanned underwater vehicles!"
"Our submarines… have all been tracked and locked on!"
"Shore-based air defense systems have been destroyed by drones!"
"Prime Minister…"
Thump!
Hearing the reports one after another, the Prime Minister's legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.
He thought that the Indian fleet had less than twenty ships in total, most of which were antiques, and only six were truly powerful.
Four Type 055s.
Two Type 077s.
Could England, with the strength of the entire country, not be able to deal with six ships, even with advance deployments?
Dreams were beautiful, but reality was harsh.
From the time the other side launched the attack until now, it had only taken less than an hour.
The English air force and navy…
Annihilated!
The army was still there?
Without the air force and navy, relying solely on the army to face an almost sci-fi opponent was no different from suicide!
One of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council had directly become five permanent grains of rice in the face of the Indian fleet.
Delicious, so it was eaten clean!
"Prime Minister! We… still have nukes!" One of the high-level officials said through gritted teeth.