The west coast of Mexico has indeed been the area of activity of the USS Kennedy in recent times. Here, Catalina commanded the carrier-based air wing to repeatedly harass the Mexican government forces. But this time Lieutenant Colonel Claude led the team to attack, but they pounced.
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Where did the aircraft carrier go? It ran away!
Zhou Qingfeng decided to bring two anti-ship missiles to destroy the 'Arleigh Burke' bombarding Havana. In order to increase the insurance factor, he decided to bring another EA-18G. This time the aircraft carrier left the west coast of Mexico because of this EA-18G
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The 'Growler' is good at everything, advanced, powerful, mysterious and formidable. It is the only third-generation aircraft in the US military exercises that can compete with the F-22. But this aircraft has a problem that was brought from the mother's womb - it is a
Cute little short legs!
When it comes to the short-leg problem of the F-18 series fighters, the U.S. Navy almost fainted from tears. When the F-14 was forced to retire, the Navy pilots wished they could hang those good-for-nothings on Capitol Hill. Because carrier-based aircraft
Be sure to use heavy ones, two light ones are not as good as one heavy one.
The aircraft carrier relies on aircraft to support its operations. If the aircraft is not good enough, it will be a ghost. The F-14 can fly outside the 400-kilometer aircraft carrier warning circle for a long time. If you switch to the F-18 and go out for a round, you will almost have to go home. Not only will this not afford
In addition to having a deterrent effect, it also increases the work intensity of the aircraft carrier ground crew.
For this reason, the U.S. Navy forced McDonnell Douglas to enlarge the 'Bumblebee' into a 'Super Hornet'. However, if you add more noodles and more water, you can't change the problem of short legs.
The EA-18G was also improved from the Super Hornet, but it still had short legs and was unable to complete the mission of flying from the west coast of Mexico to Havana and back.
For this reason, after Zhou Qingfeng decided on the combat plan, he flew the J-15 and took the EA-18G to Guantanamo for refueling. At the same time, he ordered the aircraft carrier to maneuver at high speed and returned to the Caribbean through the Panama Canal to stand by. In this case, Claude
Naturally, the lieutenant colonel missed the opportunity.
At the same time that Lieutenant Colonel Claude returned in frustration, the 'Growler' with two auxiliary fuel tanks and three electronic pods took off from Guantanamo. Chen Rui, who was in charge of the driving, flew directly to high altitude, and Catalina in the back seat
Turn on the tactical receiver on the wingtip to start wireless monitoring.
Compared with actively turning on radar scanning, passive wireless monitoring can detect targets more covertly. The current electromagnetic environment is quite clean, and some obvious signals can be found from a long distance. For example, radar beams reflected from a distance.
"Victor, there's something strange happening," Catalina said over the radio.
The J-15 piloted by Zhou Qingfeng was following behind the Growler. When he heard Catalina's call, he said "hmm", "What's weird?"
"I received E-3's external radar signal and its radio communication. But do you know where its direction is?" Catalina tried to guess.
"It's not in the Florida Straits?"
"No, it's in the Yucatan Peninsula."
"Hiss..., the bastards of the Enclave are so bold. They are heading for our aircraft carrier."
Zhou Qingfeng also broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't expect that he could escape the disaster by temporarily transferring the aircraft carrier. After the cold sweat, he asked excitedly: "E-3 is not in the Florida Strait, so the Enclave fleet blocked at the gate of Havana will have no one to guard it."
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"Not necessarily, there will be at least two F-16s."
"This is better than facing an early warning aircraft carrying a large disk. Now we can launch an attack at close range. We will definitely give the Enclave's warships a surprise!"
Without the annoying early warning aircraft watching, the difficulty of Zhou Qingfeng's actions was greatly reduced. He immediately decided to start a low-altitude penetration of Havana after approaching 400 kilometers, and zoomed in to within 100 kilometers to launch the 'Eagle Strike-12'.
At this moment, outside the port of Havana, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Blake is bombarding the city of Havana with naval guns. The bombardment has been going on for two days now. The entire Aurora Legion government and
The military system is almost destroyed.
The Enclave didn't want to take over a mess, so it was better to retain Havana's residential areas and industrial and commercial systems in order to maximize profits. As for the 'Cat's Claw Club' in the city, the officers and soldiers on the warship were even reluctant to let it go.
Hurt.
The 'Black' even publicly broadcasted on the civilian radio frequency, asking the residents of Havana to stay calm and maintain order, and the Enclave would immediately rescue them from the clutches of the evil Aurora Legion.
In the battle room of the Black, the captain was playing cards with the star officer on duty, and the operator of the radar department was even chatting with someone, not staring at the radar screen at all. Everyone on the ship felt that their heads were spinning.
There are also two F-16s circling constantly, so naturally everything will be fine.
But the F-16 couldn't keep circling. After flying for a while, it returned to the Air Force Base in Florida.
Anyway, in the past two days, the Aurora Legion has been 'not fighting back, nor retaliating'. The few special forces who came ashore also reported that 'the entire city has been paralyzed, and the top brass of the Legion are missing.'
It seems like the victory has been decided, right?
The radar operator was telling someone a joke, laughing a few times, and glanced at the monitoring screen. He only saw a bright spot approaching on the screen about two hundred kilometers away. He frowned and muttered: "The F- above our heads.
How did 16 travel so far? There is only one left."
Feeling doubtful, the radar operator asked the communications officer to ask the pilot above him what was going on. But when the communication frequency was connected, the F-16 pilot said, "The fuel is almost running out, and the next wave will be in an hour."
just came'.
its not right!
What is this plane coming from the south in front of me?
"Captain, I may have discovered an enemy plane!" the radar operator shouted excitedly, frightening several senior officers who were playing cards in the situation room.
When they heard that the enemy plane was discovered, everyone ran in panic. The captain of the Black roared angrily, "Activate the air defense plan, lock the target and shoot it down."
Previously, the fighter squadron was cut off by four fighters, and this unlucky loss became a laughing stock within the Enclave. But now that the fleet has discovered enemy planes, the mess is no better than that of the air force.
The radar department on the warship was just about to return to wartime status, but they soon discovered that their fire control radar was electromagnetic suppressed. A bunch of people were exclaiming, 'We can't lock the target.'
Not only was the radar unable to lock on to the target, but the communications department on the warship also found that the spectrum it was using had been interfered with. The communication data link was full of noise, and this move by the opponent seemed to be a targeted interference that was familiar with one's own equipment.
In the midst of panic, the radar department once again heard a horrified cry, "The missile is incoming. It is only thirty kilometers away from us, and the measured speed has reached Mach 4. It has entered the terminal sprint stage."
This is a typical low-altitude penetration tactic. Although this tactic is no longer effective in the era of early warning aircraft and phased array radars, aren't there no early warning aircraft now?
The air defense department on the ship will be in chaos. At this moment of life and death, almost no one can react correctly. Normal naval warships need three years to form effective combat effectiveness, but the navy reorganized by the Enclave has only been in force for one year.
Far from being able to deal with the enemy calmly.
Everyone on the ship could only watch the radar screen helplessly, as two bright spots one behind the other were approaching at high speed until they collided with their own warship.