850: Chapter 849: Encirclent and Interception!
Unstoppable!_2 850: Chapter 849: Encirclent and Interception!
Unstoppable!_2 What to do?
Do we still have to continue catapult launches?
Should we continue to send combat attack aircraft into the sky, wasting precious missiles?
At this critical mont,
the commander ordered a temporary halt to the aircraft carrier’s catapult launch operations.
The dozen or so fighters already in pursuit followed the early warning aircraft’s coordinated deploynt, blocking and expelling the enemy at various bearings and altitudes, rather than chasing chaotically as if they were headless flies.
If there were to be a collision between the aircraft in the air, it would surely result in the destruction of the planes and loss of lives.
After all, the sole mission of the aircraft above was to entangle the enemy as much as possible and prevent it from getting anywhere close to the Carson Naval Carrier Battle Group.
They were to take any possible opportunity to photograph and identify it; what country’s unmanned combat drone was it?
Afterward,
the commander had his staff pool their wisdom to imdiately provide him with a relatively accurate report to facilitate reporting to the fleet command.
After extensive discussion amongst the staff, a report was produced.
This unidentified hostile unmanned combat drone boasted a first-class airfra, a superior targeting system, powerful engines, and formidable energy weapons, posing a serious threat to the safety of the Carson Naval Carrier Battle Group.
To bolster the report’s persuasiveness, radar track images were included.
In particular, there were several unimaginably intense and high-overload maneuvers, which were practically inhuman and defied the laws of physics.
To a professional, these erratic and unpredictable flight paths clearly evidenced the terrifying maneuverability of the drone.
No choice!
Dozens of missiles had been expended, more than twenty sorties of combat aircraft had been flown, and the costs had already exceeded a hundred million Gold Coins.
How could they explain without a convincingly solid report?
The commander swiftly established a secure satellite communication link to the fleet command and reported this unbelievable encounter.
However…
Before the report could be fully presented, new developnts occurred.
The unmanned combat drone had easily shaken off the pursuit and blockade of the dozen combat attack aircraft.
The early warning aircraft imdiately issued an ergency alert: it was hurtling toward the Carson Naval Carrier Battle Group at speeds exceeding Mach 8.
Three kiloters per second!
This was damn frightening!
And for the combat attack aircraft tasked with pursuit and interception, even without carrying any weapons or auxiliary fuel tanks and with afterburners at maximum thrust, their top speed could barely reach Mach 2.
Moreover, supersonic flight would burn fuel exceedingly fast and severely wear out the engine life.
With full fuel, they could exhaust their supply in just fifteen minutes.
The pilots desperately wished they could press their feet into the fuel tanks, yet they could only sigh in resignation.
This situation felt like riding a broken bicycle while trying to catch up with a supercar.
They couldn’t even see the taillight; it’s not on the sa level at all!
Such extre speed ant that the unmanned combat drone could penetrate the naval carrier battle group’s defenses in just two minutes.
So…
What was it planning to do?
Was it going to take the admiral’s head from an army of thousands and sink the Carson nuclear-powered aircraft carrier?
Unidentified origin!
Unclear intent!
Formidable strength!
The aircraft carrier itself cost several billion Gold Coins.
Coupled with various weapons, equipnt, the aircraft on board, and personnel, its total value was incalculable.
It was a national treasure that couldn’t afford the slightest mishap.
As a result!
Without the commander’s orders, as per combat protocol, the missile cruisers and destroyers responsible for periter alert imdiately entered ‘area air defense’ mode.
Entering this mode ant that the battle group had reached a perilous mont; all warships would at any cost use any weapon to engage the incoming enemy.
Hence, our aircraft would stay as far away from the combat zone as possible to avoid friendly fire and allow different types of radars to focus more on locking onto the enemy target.
Of course, entering this state ant that all operations on the flight deck would imdiately cease.
Especially on the aircraft carrier.
On the flight deck, crew mbers in colored vests quickly worked at top speed to move the combat aircraft back into the hangar.
If they could not be moved back, they had to be imdiately secured with anchor chains.
Because once the enemy broke through the layers of air defense blockades and got near the aircraft carrier,
the carrier would execute vigorous maneuvers to evade the enemy’s attack.
A sudden sharp turn could easily cause unsecured aircraft to overturn.
Just like when you’re in a car and the driver suddenly swerves sharply, those who aren’t sitting tight could easily be thrown off.
And at this ti, the most important task, of course, was left to the escort warships acting as bodyguards.
In an instant!
The vertical missile launching systems at the bows and sterns of the warships, all their launch bay doors, began to open with a series of clacks.
Accompanied by the whirring of hydraulic electric motors, the large-caliber automatic naval guns at the bows raised high,
their dark barrel mouths angrily pointing at the sky.
And the multi-barrel rapid-fire machine guns, tasked with close-range air defense, quickly aid their barrels in the direction of the incoming enemy planes.
At the sa ti.
Radar locked on the target!
Fire control data computed!
Weapons automatically matched!
The highly automated battle command system of the warships imdiately completed the corresponding tasks.
Following the captain’s order, the weapons officer disengaged the safeties and pressed the firing button.
Pfft…
Boom!!
The first long-range air defense missile fiercely ignited.
Amidst rising smoke, the orange glow of its fla illuminated the warship.
The wailing missile quickly ascended, then swiftly turned towards the incoming target, hurtling itself at the enemy.
No sooner had the first missile flown off, than the second was launched in quick succession.
…
One by one, the missiles launched into the sky in rapid succession.
But then, an inconceivable scene occurred.
The incoming unmanned combat aircraft increased its speed further.
Facing the oncoming air defense missiles, it suddenly climbed higher.
Any flying object, whether airplane or missile, must overco gravity and air resistance when ascending, aning it would normally lose speed.
But this drone was defying all expectations, not only maintaining its speed but suddenly accelerating to twenty tis the speed of sound.
Such incredible velocity.
That the oncoming air defense missiles didn’t even have ti to self-destruct before the drone had already roared past them.
Multiple air defense missiles still faithfully executed their duty, swiftly turning around with a large radius and resolutely pursuing the target.
At this mont.
The drone approached the outermost missile destroyer.
Whiz, whiz, whiz!
Several short-range air defense missiles shot out like arrows released from the bowstring.
But a sudden evasive maneuver by the enemy ant the missiles fell through empty air.
Thud, thud, thud…
The large-caliber automatic naval guns futilely roared at the sky, firing shells.
The multi-barrel rapid-fire machine gun also fired instantly.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…
Long tongues of fla erupted from the gun barrels, spent shell casings clattering down like pouring water.
Firing thousands of rounds per minute, they showered the incoming unmanned combat aircraft with a downpour of bullets.
But the barrage of shells couldn’t halt the wildly speeding drone.
In a matter of milliseconds!
It had beco unstoppable, pouncing toward the aircraft carrier…
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