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Chapter 340 The entire aircraft carrier battle group was wiped out!
The sailors' screams still echoed, and the rest of the men stared wide-eyed at the bullet that had entered their ranks.

Run? Who can run faster than a missile?
For them, being able to witness such a magnificent scene before they die was already the greatest fortune, cough cough...

The next moment, the warhead continued to penetrate, followed by the rear section. Only then did they realize it was a missile, long and slender, like a javelin... The missile continued to penetrate, smashing the bodies of the two people blocking its path into a bloody pulp, and then... plunged headlong into...

"do not want!"

Finally, someone shouted, but it was just a shout; no one could catch or stop the missile that was flying past.

Boom!
The bullet pierced into a large cylindrical container, which was... a boiler!
For behemoths like aircraft carriers, it's difficult to find a suitable power system that is both powerful and inexpensive. Therefore, using boilers is the most cost-effective option. The British later used gas turbines, which was quite unique.

Nuclear power? Nuclear power also uses a boiler, it just doesn't use heavy oil to power the boiler, but uses the energy generated by a chain reaction.

Later aircraft carriers with a displacement of over 60,000 tons would need at least eight heavy oil boilers. When the Americans were developing nuclear power, they simply installed the nuclear reactors from nuclear submarines into them, only to find that eight were needed. Operating a nuclear reactor is much more complicated.

As a result, the Enterprise was decommissioned after only a few years of service. Several more boiler-powered aircraft carriers were built later. By the time nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were built again, they were equipped with dedicated reactors, and two reactors were sufficient.

The Americans are very satisfied with nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, after all, they have unlimited range. As for the outdated Midway, it has become a bit of a waste. Take the engine room, for example, it is crammed with 12 boilers!
That's right, the Midway's propulsion system was directly copied from the Iowa's, using 12 boilers with an internal pressure of 38 atmospheres and a steam temperature of 450 degrees Celsius.

Three boilers drive one steam turbine, with a total power of 21.2 horsepower. During its sea trials, it achieved a high speed of 33 knots.

Now, this anti-ship missile not only pierced through the armor belt outside the engine room and crashed in, but also hit a boiler!
boom!
The next moment, the boiler exploded, and the entire engine room was instantly filled with steam, with screams echoing everywhere.

The engine room crew not only worked in harsh conditions, but also in extremely dangerous conditions. If a pipe burst, they might be... steamed alive.

Steam at 450 degrees Celsius is enough to cook meat instantly; even dinosaurs would be forced to kneel down. And 38 atmospheres of pressure means that steam would instantly fill the entire engine room, and no one would come out alive!

Back when India was using Russia's aircraft carrier, the boiler exploded during sea trials, and all the engine room crew were steamed alive.

Boom, boom boom!

The chain reaction was triggered; the explosion and fire of one boiler instantly spread to nearby boilers! One explosion after another was like the lighting of firecrackers.

Amidst the deafening explosion, the Midway lost power and its speed plummeted.

This is only the damage caused by the first supersonic anti-ship missile. More supersonic anti-ship missiles are coming!
Boom!
The second missile finally arrived and slammed into the side of the ship. It didn't know what was in front of it. After it broke through, it just kept drilling until it couldn't drill any further... Boom!

An explosion rang out, followed by an even more terrifying explosion.

boom!
Intense flames erupted from the ammunition depot, leaping upwards layer by layer, until they blasted a large hole in the flight deck. The flames continued to rise, eventually forming a mushroom cloud in the sky.

The ammunition depot exploded!

Any warship, even the once mighty battleship, will sink if its ammunition depot is destroyed!

Now, the USS Midway is no exception!
With the sound of the explosion, although the warship was not completely torn in two, seawater was gushing into the shocking gash!
Sidewinder missiles, Skyflash missiles, low-drag bombs, and even anti-ship missiles... countless munitions vanished in an instant. As seawater flooded in, the flames disappeared completely. And as the nearby watertight hatches were destroyed, gushing seawater was flowing into other compartments...

"Quick, damage control, damage control!" At this moment, Augustus Cameron was still doing his best to save the warship, but with the loss of the engine room, damage control was powerless. Not to mention, the water pumps had lost their power source, so how could they pump water?

Chaos reigned on the island superstructure, with countless people running outside.

Kelly rushed outside, but after a few steps, she remembered something, turned back, and picked up the broken half of her lipstick from her control panel.

This is an Armani lipstick, it's very expensive!

"Damn it, stop it all!" Augustus Cameron picked up his pistol, pointed it at Kelly, and pulled the trigger.

boom!
Kelly was shot in the chest, blood spurting out, redder than her lipstick! Her eyes widened as she looked at the captain in horror, as if asking, why, why?
Augustus Cameron ignored her and continued firing, killing several men in the hopes of intimidating them and getting them back to their posts. Now, they had to hold their positions; they hadn't failed yet, and there was still hope for the aircraft carrier if they could be salvaged!
As long as it can still float on water, it can be returned to the United States... As for this war... let whoever wants to fight it, in short, I will not fight again!
Bang, bang bang!

Gunshots rang out, and as several people fell, the remaining people finally regained their senses.

"Damn it, get back to your posts! Remember who you are, Royal Navy! Never give up!"

Boom!
The next moment, another loud crash rang out, and the people who had just been stunned became chaotic again, running frantically toward the gangway.

"damn it……"

Before Augustus Cameron could finish speaking, the next moment, a torrential downpour of molten metal droplets poured onto him from behind, his body hissing and smoking, and then, bang!
He was smashed to pieces by an anti-ship missile!
This anti-ship missile flew at a rather high altitude and ended up hitting the island superstructure!

It didn't explode; it smashed through the island superstructure and continued flying forward, leaving behind a collapsed building. The island superstructure was no more!
Boom!
The fourth anti-ship missile flew in, hitting the hole created by the first anti-ship missile, passing through the burning engine room, and continuing forward until it struck the other side of the aircraft carrier before exploding.

boom!
Amid the explosion, a large hole was also blasted open on the other side of the aircraft carrier, and seawater continued to pour in from the other side, accelerating the sinking of the aircraft carrier!

This missile was like the last straw that broke the camel's back!
The once-lofty Queen, like a noble queen cast down to earth, struggled to avoid being buried in the sea. However, the sea seemed to have a merciless hand, pulling it in tightly.

The ship's hull entered, the deck submerged in the seawater, the island superstructure...

The island superstructure had been wrecked; only the Union Jack remained, stubbornly waving as if it were the last vestige of the empire's glory.

HMS Queen Elizabeth, the most powerful aircraft carrier in the British Navy, was sunk after being hit by four supersonic anti-ship missiles!

This fully demonstrates how difficult it is to sink an aircraft carrier. If it is a subsonic anti-ship missile like the C801, no matter how many are launched, they will only scratch the surface of the aircraft carrier and will not pose a serious threat.

Only supersonic anti-ship missiles can send it into the sea! And not just one!

This was just the USS Midway, the US Navy's first large aircraft carrier. If it were the Nimitz-class carriers of later generations, those super monsters with a displacement of 100,000 tons, it would be even more difficult to attack. In order to increase protection, the US Navy added Kevlar armor protection to its aircraft carriers above the waterline, further increasing the displacement of these carriers to 110,000 tons.

In 2005, the U.S. Navy towed the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk to the sea for an anti-sinking test and evaluation. They used a wide variety of weapons, including bombs, shells, anti-ship missiles, mines, and torpedoes, torpedoing the carrier for 25 days, but it still stubbornly floated on the sea.

In the end, the U.S. Navy detonated four tons of high explosives in a critical area to send the aircraft carrier to the bottom of the sea.

Then, the myth that American aircraft carriers are unsinkable sea fortresses spread throughout the world.

In reality, there's definitely some exaggeration involved. The Americans don't have supersonic anti-ship missiles, so using subsonic missiles like the Harpoon wouldn't be very effective. If they asked the Russians for help and bombarded it with a bunch of granite missiles, they'd see if it could remain unmoved.

Of course, aircraft carriers are very resilient, which is a fact.

That's why we in the East have developed anti-ship ballistic missiles. If Mach 3 can't kill in one shot, what about Mach 5 or Mach 8? In the world of martial arts, speed is the only way to break through! Doubling the speed will triple the power, because energy and speed have a square relationship!
Then the Americans got scared and claimed that if the East used anti-ship ballistic missiles, it would be equivalent to using a nuclear bomb. This shows that they are well aware of the capabilities of their own aircraft carriers.

With the sinking of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the last hope of the British Navy was completely extinguished!

Beside it, the Kidd-class destroyer that had been hidden by it was now completely exposed. The captain looked at the sinking Queen Elizabeth in horror and shouted, "Full speed, full speed, get out of this hellhole!"

What's the point of fighting? We can't withstand anything!
The only way to deal with this kind of attack is to eliminate the enemy before they launch their attack. However, throughout the entire process, they only faced a wave of anti-ship missile attacks and didn't even know where the enemy was!
"Hard to port! Hard to port!" The captain then gave the second order. Seeing the missile coming, he didn't even give an interception order and turned!
The side of the ship is the part with the largest area to be hit. By turning it like this, you are facing the same direction, which should reduce the probability of being hit, right?
They had completely given up on fighting; all they wanted was to escape.

Unfortunately, how could he possibly escape!
Even though the Queen Elizabeth had used up a few anti-ship missiles, there were still more than a dozen anti-ship missiles left from the first wave of attacks, not to mention the second wave of anti-ship missiles!

Just as the warship was accelerating at full speed, attempting to escape, a tremendous crash resounded. Bang!
That sound sealed the fate of the warship!

It might take four missiles to deal with the 60,000-ton Midway, but one is enough to deal with warships under 10,000 tons!

The missile accurately detected the ship's hull, which was operating at full rudder speed. At that moment, due to the high-speed operation of the rudder, the ship tilted at a large angle. If it were only operating the ship itself, it would definitely regain its balance.

Now, with the impact of the supersonic anti-ship missile, the ship continues to tilt due to the enormous momentum—forty degrees, fifty degrees, sixty degrees…ninety degrees!

The ship listed! It capsized on the sea!

The missile bounced off the water like a skipping stone!
This is similar to a tank being hit by an armor-piercing projectile; as long as the angle is right, the projectile can be deflected! A supersonic anti-ship missile is essentially a large armor-piercing projectile. Although it didn't penetrate the warship, it still accomplished its mission!
A warship that capsizes will inevitably sink!

Of the main warships of the British Navy, except for one that is still running at full speed, the rest have all been lost at sea!

The escorting warships scattered and fled for their lives. However, how could a warship with a maximum speed of 30 knots possibly dodge a missile flying at Mach 3?
Boom, boom, boom!
On the sea, clusters of burning flames kept rising.

The Avenger survived the last naval battle, but this time, Lady Luck did not smile upon it again.

An incoming anti-ship missile easily passed through its starboard side, exited from the port side, and continued forward, finally piercing the belly of a cargo ship before exploding.

When the cargo ship caught fire, the Avenger frigate had already broken into two pieces.

Courage.

"Full speed, full speed!" The captain shouted hoarsely. He had done a great job escaping from this hellish scene!

If the fleet wins, he, as a deserter, will be court-martialed; if the entire fleet is destroyed and he is the only one who escapes, then he will have rendered meritorious service!
Based on the current situation, he should have been able to succeed, but unfortunately...

In the sky, the Y-10 maritime patrol aircraft was about to reach beyond the radar search range. The radar operator looked at the bright spot that appeared at the edge of the screen and immediately shouted: "There is a target that has left the battlefield!"

"Immediately transmit the target coordinates to the anti-ship missiles!"

Of the second batch of anti-ship missiles, four received new instructions from the data link and immediately changed direction, heading towards the HMS Courage!

HMS Courage, bridge.

"Damn it, what the hell? Four missiles have broken away from their original attack formation and are heading straight for us!"

Upon hearing the radar officer's words, the captain's expression turned serious: "There are only four. We can intercept them, we can definitely intercept them all. Missiles, quick, launch them!"

Standard missiles soared into the air and swiftly intercepted the incoming target, sending fireballs billowing across the sea.

"One target has been intercepted, but the remaining three are still flying towards us!"

"Phalanx missiles, decoy flares, quick, quick!"

"Only one left!"

"Hard to port! Hard to port!"

The captain gave the final order; it all came down to this last hurdle!
As the ship tilted, a tremendous impact was heard.

Boom!
boom!
The Courage couldn't dodge it either!

On the sea, there were burning flames, floating debris, and a human head everywhere. At this moment, they were lucky enough to be able to float on the sea, which was better than their dead comrades.

Not a single warship remained, not even a merchant ship.

The massive British naval fleet has vanished into the sea!
It's still tropical here, and the sun shines down, making the sea temperature pleasant enough that you don't feel cold. However, everyone is feeling a chill in their hearts.

It's over, it's over!

Britain is completely finished!

Arthur C. Clarke was also floating on the sea. At this moment, he looked somewhat dazed. How could all of this be so much like a dream!
Their powerful carrier-based aircraft were all wiped out before they even got a chance to fight!

By the way, carrier-based aircraft, where are the carrier-based aircraft? Where are they?

Asunción Island.

"Quickly, quickly, launch an attack immediately!" Pilots, who had just taken off their flight suits, received an urgent order: "Our naval formation has been attacked by a swarm of anti-ship missiles. We must find the damned enemy!"

Upon hearing the order, pilot Griffin grabbed his flight helmet and ran to the tarmac. When he got there, he saw that the radar dome on the nose of his aircraft had been opened and was being maintained, while a refueling truck was loading fuel next to it.

This aircraft cannot be deployed for a short period of time!

So he glanced at the plane next to him again, and then quickly climbed up.

"Hey, Optimus Prime, why did you steal my plane?"

"Huh? Is this yours? How come I didn't know? This is Royal Navy property!"

Seeing his radar officer climb up as well, he pressed the cockpit shutdown button, leaving the people below anxiously waiting.

The ground crew removed the ladder, and then the roar of the engine began.

Taxis off, takeoff! Pilot Griffin, nicknamed Optimus Prime, moved swiftly and quickly piloted his fighter jet into the sky.

"Optimus Prime, this plane... is running low on fuel," the radar officer in the rear cockpit warned.

“I know that even if we burn through every last drop of fuel, we have to fly over there and take down the damn enemy!” Griffin said.

He knew fuel was running low, so he didn't use afterburner. However, relying on his pilot's eyesight, he saw the scene on the distant sea after climbing, and then his expression changed drastically: "Damn it, where is our fleet?"

The sea area where the fleet should have appeared was completely empty, with not a single floating warship in sight. Could it be that they encountered a paranormal event and the fleet was hijacked by a UFO?

No, no, this fleet... it's probably been completely sent to the bottom of the sea!

Griffin felt his teeth begin to chatter and tremble. As he flew over, he looked down and saw only sailors floating on the sea, waiting for rescue.

The entire fleet is gone?

　P.S.: The USS America, used for experiments—those Americans really have no sense of propriety, bombing an aircraft carrier named after their own country...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)