50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 768 Air Raid on National Day
On October 1st, the Republic of Natuna will hold its founding ceremony. They have sent out many invitations, and they are prepared for whether or not people will come.

According to the elders, the reason for choosing October 1st was to lay the groundwork for a smooth integration into the big family of their hometown in the future.

Upon learning this news, Sun Zhiwei not only prepared to attend the celebration, but also made other preparations, namely, to fill the two frigates docked in Nani Port with manpower.

Of the 500 men recruited this time, more than half were retired sailors from Qingdao. This was also a sign of support from above after they heard that he had captured a frigate and a submarine.

So now he finally doesn't lack people to operate the boat.

At the end of September, Sun Zhiwei returned to Anatahan Island to spend a week with his wife and children, and then rushed to Nani City on Grand Natuna Island a day earlier.

The celebration will be held here tomorrow, and this city will become the capital of the Republic of Natuna.

On October 1st, the entire island was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and everyone was celebrating the successful founding of the nation.

The celebration was scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m., but at 9:30 a.m., the frigate’s radar suddenly detected two fighter jets flying in from the west.

They moved with incredible speed, heading directly towards the square where the celebration was being held in Nani City.

Upon receiving the alarm, Sun Zhiwei did not hesitate for a moment and immediately ordered the frigate to launch anti-aircraft missiles.

There's nothing more to consider. It's obvious that those two fighter jets are coming straight for them. Judging from the direction the planes are flying, they're coming from the Java Air Force Base on Batam Island.

The Republic of Natuna has only recently been established, and no one looks down on or cares about such a small country. The only ones who are hostile to them now are the remnants of the former Javanese government.

Java's air force only had three bases, two of which, Jakarta and Natuna, were completely destroyed by Sun Zhiwei.

The Java Air Force's remaining dozen or so fighter jets are all currently stationed at Batam Air Base in the Strait of Malacca.

Upon receiving the order, the sailors on the two escort ships immediately sprang into action.

Fortunately, Sun Zhiwei had replenished the two frigates with enough sailors in advance; otherwise, they would have been in a passive position today.

Whatever those two fighter jets were doing, they couldn't be allowed to come over Nani City and interfere with the celebration. This is something a sovereign nation would absolutely not allow.

One minute later, the four quadruple Sea Cat short-range air defense missiles on the two frigates had adjusted their launch attitude and begun using fire control radar to lock onto targets.

Several dozen seconds later, the radar operator locked onto the enemy aircraft, and the first wave of eight Seacat anti-aircraft missiles was launched in a salvo, quickly flying towards the enemy aircraft.

After the two enemy aircraft approached, the radar operator finally identified the type of aircraft as two of the Java Air Force's remaining four F5 Tiger supersonic fighters.

After confirming the type of enemy aircraft, Sun Zhiwei frowned.

The F-5, an elite second-generation fighter, has a very sophisticated air defense system.

It is equipped not only with a radar warning device, but also with a chaff/infrared jamming distributor and an external conformal jamming system (CCS).

This (CCS) system can receive radar alarm signals and generate radar deception signals and noise interference signals.

Four Seacat surface-to-air missiles might not be enough to shoot down an F-5.

Therefore, Sun Zhiwei immediately ordered the frigate to launch a second round of Sea Cat surface-to-air missiles.

At the same time, he himself boarded the frigate and got on a Black Hawk helicopter carried by one of the frigates.

He was to pilot the Black Hawk to the airspace the F5 would soon pass through, and use his own space to build the last line of defense against air pollution. Sun Zhiwei hated naval and air combat the most, because these two types of battles mostly involved beyond-visual-range attacks.

His spatial abilities are difficult to use in such beyond-visual-range combat, which makes such combat much more dangerous for him.

But now it's a forced situation; there's no escaping it. Tens of thousands of people will be participating in today's National Day celebrations.

If the event were to be hit by enemy missiles, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the newly established Republic of Natuna would lose face.

Soon, the second wave of eight Seacat anti-aircraft missiles was launched, and he took off in his Black Hawk.

A few minutes later, Sun Zhiwei's Black Hawk helicopter hovered at an altitude of 5000 meters above the center of Greater Natuna Island, quietly waiting for news from the radio.

Dozens of kilometers away, over the western coast of Grand Natuna Island, the first wave of eight anti-aircraft missiles was about to approach two F-5s.

The F-5 pilots had received advance warning from the air defense radar and began releasing chaff and maneuvering their fighter jets in sharp turns.

As expected, all eight Seacat surface-to-air missiles were detonated by the decoy flares, and the F5s were unharmed. However, the missile attack did reduce their flight speed.

Meanwhile, as the second wave of missiles was about to arrive, the F-5 fighter jet used the same tactic again, dodging the Burevestnik missile attack once more.

At this point, Sun Zhiwei could already see the two F5 fighter jets in front of him.

After dodging the missile, they are flying towards him, their altitude dropping to 5000 meters, almost parallel to the Black Hawk.

This relieved Sun Zhiwei from his tension.

The F5's service ceiling can reach 15000 meters. If they were at that high altitude, Sun Zhiwei's spacecraft wouldn't be able to reach them.

But he knew that the F5 was primarily designed for air combat, and that if they were to attack ground targets, they could only carry two general aviation bombs.

To drop general aviation bombs, it is necessary to descend to a lower altitude and reduce speed.

Otherwise, with the F5's high speed, the bombs would likely deviate from their target by many kilometers after being released.

Now that they've come down, Sun Zhiwei's opportunity has arrived.

Sun Zhiwei saw the F5, and the F5 naturally saw the Black Hawk helicopter hovering in the air.

The F-5 wasn't carrying air-to-air missiles today, but air-to-air missiles weren't necessary against the Black Hawk helicopter either. They were going to let the Black Hawk in front experience the F-5's cannon fire.

As the two F-5s rapidly approached, Sun Zhiwei pressed the fire button, releasing two Stinger missiles carried by the Black Hawk helicopters.

The Stinger missile's maximum attack range is only a little over 4 kilometers, which is just right now.

After spotting the Stinger missile, the two F-5s didn't even bother to fire flares. Instead, they showed off their maneuvering skills, making several sharp turns and spins to leave the Stinger missiles behind.

Just as they were feeling smug, their F5 entered Sun Zhiwei's spatial coverage area.

Sun Zhiwei kept the space expanded to its maximum, his mind focused intently on F5. Just as they entered the area covered by the space, his spatial cutting was activated.

The two F5s were immediately severed from one wing by an invisible force and began to spin wildly as they plummeted toward the ground.

(End of this chapter)