Back in 1978, I was admitted to Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Chapter 310 The Five Elders Are Still Vigorous
What a joke! We've reached the most critical moment for the fleet. If the Sea Harriers can't be deployed immediately, they'll never have the chance to be deployed!
Pilot Bellingom had just changed out of his sweat-soaked flight suit and into a clean uniform, intending to go to the canteen for a bite to eat and a cocktail to calm his nerves... when he heard the order to scramble.

A flicker of fear flashed in Bellin's eyes, and his body began to tremble slightly.

They are not afraid of fighting, nor of bloodshed and sacrifice, but they are afraid of pointless sacrifice. When they are targeted by air-to-air missiles, they have no way to deal with it and can only be shot at by the enemy!
The Sea Harrier is too outdated and needs an upgrade in avionics to acquire medium-range air combat capabilities. They need to be able to fight, instead of being like they are now...

However, as soldiers, we must obey orders.

Pilot preparation room.

"Currently, a group of aircraft is approaching us. When these aircraft approached to within 30 kilometers, they had not yet launched missiles, so it is definitely not a group of Super-7 aircraft. It should be the outdated aircraft that the Crying Nation has, which can only carry iron bombs. Therefore, we don't need to worry, there will be no danger. This will be a perfect hunt..."

Hearing this, Bellinom finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't Super Saiyan 7, there was nothing to worry about.

The honor of the Royal Navy gradually spread in his heart. When he left the pilot's preparation room, he was full of confidence again. This time, he was determined to shoot down several enemy planes and let them know how powerful they were! He wanted to avenge the previous air battles!

On the deck, the Harriers glided toward the bow once more; they were the last hope for the entire fleet!

On the bridge, Woodward watched the Sea Harriers take off rapidly via the ski-jump ramp. For some reason, he felt a vague unease. There were quite a few of these planes attacking this time. His remaining Sea Harriers might not be able to intercept them at all...

"Oh, damn it!" someone exclaimed.

Thick black smoke rose again from the nearby sea. One of the escorting Type 21 frigates had been hit by an iron bomb dropped by the enemy!
Pilot Rosselso took the lead, suddenly pulling up from the sea and diving towards the outer escort ship. He flew very fast, almost diving towards the mast of the escort ship. Two iron bombs whistled down and quickly set the escort ship ablaze.

After this frigate is destroyed, the other Q-5 fighters can fly directly over the Hermes from this gap to bomb it!
After dropping the bombs, he should have flown away, but when he saw the Hermes begin to release the sea harriers, he did not retreat. Instead, he continued forward and flew towards the sea harriers!

Bellingham's Harrier was first in line. He quickly took off from the flight deck, and as his engine exhaust nozzles retracted to the rear and began to accelerate, an aircraft appeared in the airspace ahead.

With its pointed nose and side air intakes, it looks nothing like the A-4 attack aircraft that the Crying Country equips in large numbers. What kind of aircraft is this?
Whatever it is, take it first!
Just as he was quickly activating the weapon system and preparing to lock onto the target, the enemy aircraft suddenly pulled up its nose and climbed rapidly with an arrogant posture, quickly moving out of the Sidewinder missile's off-axis launch angle range.

This movement... how is that possible!

Bellingom watched the plane climb rapidly, his eyes wide. His own plane couldn't climb like that, nor could it keep up and maintain target lock. It required an extremely powerful engine; in his memory, only top-tier third-generation fighters could perform such a maneuver! This plane…

Wait, he's swooping down again!

Bellingham looked up and saw the plane swooping down on him in the afternoon sunlight. The nose of the plane grew larger and larger, and the cockpit became clearer and clearer, but the sunlight was so bright that he couldn't see anything clearly.

Thump thump thump... Two balls of flame suddenly appeared at the base of the wing.

The enemy didn't use missiles; they actually swooped down and used machine guns?
Bellingom instinctively pulled the control stick, trying to dodge the attack, but the machine gun's firepower was too intense. In that instant, his plane seemed to be covered by shells!
The fuselage shook violently, struggling in the blast of the explosion. The next moment, a large hole appeared in the wing, and flames shot up.

I got hit!

Just as Bellingom was about to pull the ejection pin, he saw a crack in his cockpit canopy.

boom!
A 23mm shell struck his cockpit directly! The next moment, the cockpit exploded, revealing chunks of red flesh everywhere.

Rosellso pulled up the nose of the plane and flew aggressively forward, heading towards the bow of the Hermes and towards the next Sea Harrier that had just taken off from its ski-jump ramp!

With me here, I won't let any sea harriers take flight!

I was just too anxious to activate the Sidewinder missile, let alone lock on. The weapon system of this Eastern-made fighter jet is still too complicated. In my haste, I had to switch to cannon mode. Now I finally have time.

He activated the missile, aimed at the bow, and pressed the launch button on the control lever just as the Harrier flew away from the bow.

With a flash of light, the Sidewinder missile detached from its rack and flew toward the Sea Harrier.

Clearly, the Harrier realized it had been attacked shortly after takeoff and tried to climb as quickly as possible to gain speed and altitude advantages. Unfortunately, it had only just taken off and was unable to maneuver at all.

boom!
The Harrier was shot down again in mid-air.

The Harrier, a plane that the British considered powerful, was not only no match for the Super-7, but it couldn't even beat the Q-5!

"Quickly, all anti-aircraft fire, open fire at once!" Woodward shouted the order.

The missiles are all used up, and reloading will take time. Now, the only thing they can use is the anti-aircraft gun.

"General, we...we don't have anti-aircraft guns." Morrison was also getting anxious.

When HMS Hermes first entered service, it had a large number of anti-aircraft guns: two Bofors six-barreled 40mm anti-aircraft guns, eight Bofors twin-barreled 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and four Bofors single-barreled 40mm anti-aircraft guns. After all, it was during World War II, and anti-aircraft guns were the mainstay of air defense.

However, with the advent of the missile age, the 40mm anti-aircraft guns were removed after the 1966 refit and replaced with two GWS22 Sea Cat quadruple ship-to-air missile launchers. And the missiles in these launchers were already empty!

Now, their aircraft carrier is unarmed!

"What are we waiting for? Quick, call the surrounding escort ships up!" Woodward shouted angrily, and then... the roar of planes could be heard.

Two Q-5 fighter jets climbed up from extremely low altitude to the deck level, looking as if they were about to land on the deck.

At this moment, the various vests on the deck were stunned. A few of them who had guns picked up their pistols and fired at the planes in the sky.

Unfortunately, it was all for naught. The Q-5 was an aircraft specifically designed for ground attack, possessing formidable protection. Key parts were armored, impenetrable even by 12.7mm machine guns.

After the two planes flew over the deck, their wings rattled, and iron bombs fell, landing precisely on the Sea Harriers that were taking off from the middle takeoff line.

boom!
Boom boom!

An explosion rang out, and brilliant fireworks burst forth on the deck of the Hermes, creating a truly beautiful scene!
"Quickly, damage control!"

"Quickly, give the sailors guns! The enemy will continue to attack!"

The various commands were chaotic, and the terrifying howling sound sent shivers down one's spine.

Woodward ran to the porthole, opened it, and leaned out, his eyes filled with horror. Two Q-5 fighters, after climbing, swooped down and launched a dive attack on the aircraft carrier!
At this point, the aircraft carrier had no protection whatsoever; it was simply a lamb to the slaughter!

A sharp whistling sound, like the Grim Reaper, as the iron bomb fell from the sky, accurately striking... the elevator on the side of the ship?
"Left full rudder!"

The aircraft carrier's deck is quite sturdy; it can withstand a few bombs without much damage. However... there is a gap in the elevator area. From the elevator, bombs can directly enter the lower hangar, and once they explode, it will cause a terrible chain reaction!

The ship began to list. This maneuver was extremely dangerous. Many people on the deck could not stand, and the planes on the side were actually thrown into the sea.

Puff, puff!
The iron bomb skimmed off the edge of the aircraft carrier and fell into the sea.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but...

The last bomb, however, was thrown off course and struck the side elevator instead. Due to the ship's tilt, the bomb even rolled a few times before ending up in the hangar. Boom!
The deck was ripped open, revealing a huge hole, and flames shot into the sky. Everyone's face turned ashen.

If given a chance, they should be able to make a desperate attempt to salvage the situation, but... the battle continues, and more iron bombs will fall from the sky. They... are completely powerless to resist.

Boom, boom, boom!
The escorting warships were firing wildly into the sky, their 114mm gun shells exploding into fireballs, but it was no use. Those damned attack aircraft were still swooping down in their most powerful formations, dropping bombs!
As for the escorting warships, they didn't fare any better; they've already been targeted by other Q-5 ships.

The only Type 42 destroyer, flames rose from its deck, and Sea Dart missiles had just been launched into the sky when iron bombs rained down from above.

boom!
A fireball rose up from the deck.

The Q-5 air wing dropped all its bombs and flew away triumphantly, leaving only burning warships on the sea. The Hermes was beginning to list...

On April 13, 1982, as the afterglow of the setting sun spilled onto the sea, the entire sea surface was bathed in a glow, as if the whole ocean had been set ablaze. This fierce battle between the sea and the air slowly came to an end.

On the island of Asunción, General John Federhouse sat in his chair, speechless for a long time. The setting sun shone through the window, illuminating him and giving his entire body a golden glow.

"Damn it, I can't live like this anymore!"

The person on the sofa nearby seemed to have a premonition of what was going to happen and rushed over, but it was too late. Federhouse had already pulled his pistol out of the drawer and put it in his mouth.

Bang!
The person who rushed over was covered in blood, red and white...

"General, General, this is not your fault..."

10 Downing Street, Britain.

"No, this is impossible, absolutely impossible!" The Iron Lady's shrill voice echoed throughout the room: "It's fake, it must be fake, it must be fake!"

"Yes, we also hope it's fake. This photo was taken before dark, when an American satellite last flew over the area."

"I won't watch! I don't want to watch!" the Iron Lady shouted angrily. She was afraid, truly afraid.

That land wasn't really anything special; it was given to the Weeping Kingdom, and that was that. They had originally planned to give it up, but out of dignity, they could give it away, but the Weeping Kingdom couldn't take it!
Therefore, the Iron Lady decided to deploy the navy to retake the Falklands, thus demonstrating their strength to the world! Unexpectedly…

"In this naval battle, the combination of the Eastern Super-7 fighter jet and the C801 missile..."

“Easterners, it’s the East again, damn it…” The Iron Lady’s voice changed: “We need to ask the Easterners why they let their weapons attack our fleet!”

Eastward, Princess Tomb, Yellow Tower.

"A single saturation attack by C801 missiles destroyed half of the fleet, and the remaining half was dealt with by the Q-5 missiles!" Navy leader Zhang exclaimed with emotion, "What use is this carrier battle group now?"

"Leader Zhang, please don't question the role of the carrier strike group. It's not the carrier strike group's fault; it's just the fault of the 'chicken-ribbon' combination of a light carrier and a Harrier. If it were an American carrier strike group, the Super-7 and C-801 wouldn't even be able to fly over there; they would have been shot down by the Tomcat." Qin Liang quickly corrected him.

"Yes, light aircraft carriers are only good for bullying some weaker countries. Any country with even a little military strength will pose a huge threat to a light aircraft carrier." Navy Leader Ye sighed, "We need aircraft carriers, we need large aircraft carriers, supercarriers, and the fighter jets they use can't be the vertical takeoff and landing type..."

Many people were initially interested in the sea harrier, but its poor performance in this naval battle completely disappointed them.

"That's right. Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) sounds impressive, but it's actually a burden," Qin Liang said. "The entire aircraft design is compromised for VTOL, resulting in a whole host of problems. Take the Harrier for example; the engines have to be located in the middle of the fuselage, leading to a lot of waste..."

For vertical takeoff and landing, the thrust must be balanced. The Harrier uses only one engine, which can only be placed in the middle of the fuselage. The thrust of the front and rear nozzles is downward, and the center of the thrust of the four nozzles coincides with the center of gravity. Only in this way can the goal of vertical takeoff be achieved.

In a normal aircraft, the engine is located at the tail, and a large fuel tank can be installed in the middle of the fuselage, along with fuel tanks in the wings, allowing the aircraft to achieve a sufficiently long range.

Later, when the Americans developed the JSF, Boeing's X-32 used the Harrier's design, but ultimately failed.

As for Lockheed Martin's X-35 design, it used the Yak-38 design, with the engine at the rear and an additional lift engine at the front, which served to balance the front and rear. Moreover, they creatively replaced the lift engine with a lift fan.

Although it is more scientific, this lift fan still takes up valuable space in the machine.

In short, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighters have made too many compromises for the sake of VTOL, resulting in performance that cannot be compared with conventional fighters. They can still bully rudimentary second-generation fighters, but when they confront third-generation fighters, they will only face certain death.

Now, the Navy has finally come to its senses.

Vertical takeoff and landing fighter jets won't work, and neither will light aircraft carriers!
"The biggest problem with light aircraft carriers is that they cannot carry enough fighter jets, let alone carrier-based fixed-wing early warning aircraft. If they had early warning aircraft, they could detect targets flying at extremely low altitudes from a great distance and take precautions..."

This naval battle has had a profound impact. In the next ten or twenty years, just digging into the inside story of this naval battle will be enough to keep military experts entertained for hours.

For the Eastern Navy, some previous misconceptions have been eliminated. Vertical take-off and landing, light aircraft carriers, are all useless. If we want to develop, we must develop large aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 60,000 tons!
When the mindset is unified internally, it becomes easier to strive in this direction.

"That's right, the conclusions drawn by your Department of Navigation at Northwestern Polytechnical University are all correct! Our navy will no longer have those unrealistic ideas. It's still most important to be down-to-earth and follow in the footsteps of the Americans. It's never wrong."

Leader Ye began, "For fighter jets, we'll use the twin-engine Q-6 for now. As for carrier-based early warning aircraft, we'll need Northwestern Polytechnical University to develop one later. As for aircraft carriers... I believe that once our country's economy reaches a certain level, we'll receive funding. As for catapults and arresting gear, we should start preliminary research now..."

beep, beep...

Just then, someone ran in: "Leaders, leaders, something's happened! Something's happened!"

"what happened?"

"The British have issued their most serious protest yet..."

"It's okay, we just need to make our stance clear. We must explain it sincerely and clearly. The relevant departments can handle it..." Qin Liang said calmly.

CATIC.

Manager Liu looked at the person in front of him, his attitude the same as before.

“Mr. Rahim, you must have misunderstood. Since we have already stated that we will not provide weapons to either side of the conflict, then we will definitely not. We can guarantee that only ten Super-7 fighter jets will be exported to the Crying Country.”

"What's with the extra fighter jets on the battlefield? A total of eighteen Super-7 fighter jets launched a saturation attack on our fleet, exceeding our fleet's air defense capabilities..."

"Then we don't know," Manager Liu said. "We can guarantee that the extra fighter jets were not provided by us."

"Not you?"

"Yes, you should know that we have no dealings with the Crying Country, it's just a simple arms deal. But we have many relationships with you, so why would we risk offending the entire Western world by continuing to export fighter jets to the Crying Country?"

"Where did their plane come from?"

"Well... we don't know, but... your intelligence agencies are so powerful, they could easily investigate, especially the countries from which our Super 7s are exported..."

(End of this chapter)