Under normal circumstances, the probability of anti-aircraft missiles intercepting Tomahawk missiles is still very high, but what they are facing at this time is obviously not a normal situation!
This Tomahawk missile was already diving at extremely high speed when the four anti-aircraft missiles were launched. When the four anti-aircraft missiles were fully launched, this Tomahawk missile had already dived above the sea surface, heading towards the sea at a height of only a few meters.
The Japanese warship flew away quickly.
Due to the echoes on the sea surface, the clutter was very serious. The four anti-aircraft missiles immediately lost their targets and were unable to lock on. They quickly fell on the sea surface behind the Tomahawk missile and exploded. They failed to intercept the missiles.
A Tomahawk missile flying close to the sea.
Seeing the failure of the anti-aircraft missile interception, the personnel on the Japanese warship immediately panicked.
There are only these 4 anti-aircraft missiles on their warships. They were all fired at once. At this time, although the Tomahawk missile was flying close to the sea, it was still several meters away from the sea. The torpedoes on the ship could not even use it.
There is no way.
Although the ship is equipped with carrier-based machine guns, with the Tomahawk missile's speed of Mach 0.7, only the Phalanx system with automatic tracking and locking and an astonishing rate of fire can intercept it, and their ship-based machine guns obviously do not have it.
The ability to intercept missiles, and time simply does not allow it!
After the anti-aircraft missile interception failed, the Tomahawk missile was less than 10 kilometers away from the warship. At the speed of the Tomahawk missile, it only took less than 50 seconds. They did not even have time to abandon the ship and escape.
In the shocked eyes of the Sea Shepherd members on the anti-whaling ship, the incoming Tomahawk missile flew close to the sea surface, quickly hit the Japanese warship, and exploded.
The huge explosion shook the soldiers on the warship unsteadily and fell to the ground one after another. However, they had no time to cry out in pain and quickly got up from the ground.
They know very well what the consequences will be if a warship is hit by a missile flying over the sea!
The fact was just as they expected, the Tomahawk missile blasted a huge hole in its side, and seawater surged in from the hole, quickly pouring into the hull!
Due to the huge power of the Tomahawk missile, it not only blasted a big hole in the hull shell, but also damaged many internal cabins and structures. Even if they wanted to seal the cabin to prevent the spread of seawater, they could not do it.
In the end, the captain reluctantly ordered to abandon ship and escape.
Lifeboats fell into the sea one after another, and the faces of the hundreds of crew members on board were full of fear and panic.
Because the hole opened by the Tomahawk missile was too large, sea water poured in very quickly. The warship soon began to tilt, and the soldiers on the deck had to hold on to the railings to barely maintain balance.
However, as the hull tilted more and more, there was a danger of capsizing at any time. Many soldiers panicked and jumped directly into the sea and swam away into the distance.
Several whaling ships in front also noticed something was wrong when the warships launched anti-aircraft missiles. At this time, looking at the warships that were gradually tilting and sinking, the crew members on the whaling ships could not help but open their mouths in shock.
What exactly happened just now?
How come the warship that was fine before started to sink in the blink of an eye!
They couldn't help but turn their attention to several anti-whaling ships in the distance. Could it be that these anti-whaling ships were equipped with torpedoes?
However, at this time, the conditions of the Sea Shepherd Association members on several anti-whaling ships were not much better than them. Looking at the gradually silent Japanese warships, their faces were full of disbelief.
Under the watchful eyes of personnel from both sides, the Japanese warship eventually sank into the sea, but all the crew on the warship finally escaped before the warship sank, and all the crew members who jumped into the sea were rescued in lifeboats.
Seeing the warships that were showing off their power not long ago disappearing on the sea, leaving only a dozen lifeboats floating there, everyone on the anti-whaling ship couldn't help but feel a little weird, but most of them were gloating!
Before, the Japanese warship ran rampant in front of them, almost knocking over their ship, and even threw explosive bombs directly on their deck. It was so arrogant, but now they suffered retribution, being directly hit by that bomb.
Missiles fired from unknown sources sank the warship, and she had to wait for rescue in dozens of lifeboats.
Several anti-whaling ships from the Sea Shepherd Association immediately drove past these lifeboats. The waves aroused on both sides of the ship made the lifeboats shake violently. The Japanese naval soldiers above could only hold on to the hull of the ship and move toward them.
The anti-whaling boat cursed angrily.
The members of the Sea Shepherd Association on the deck looked at the angry expressions of the navy soldiers who had previously bullied them on the warship, and they all couldn't help but laugh heartily.
"Haha! You will be punished for helping others commit evil. This is the punishment God gives you! Enjoy it!"
"Be careful in the sea, there are vicious and terrifying whales in this area! Be careful they will knock over your boat and eat you all!"
"That's right, the whale ship was knocked over by it last time. You have to be careful!"
The navy soldiers in the lifeboat below listened to the ridicule and sarcasm from the Sea Shepherd Association people, and they were angry and at the same time a little flustered.
They all knew about the last time the whaling ship was sunk. They were originally planning to go to the sea area where the whaling ship sank to search for the blue whale and kill it.
At this time, listening to the words of the people above and looking at the deep and dark water below the lifeboat, they could not help but feel a little palpitated, fearing that a terrifying blue whale would suddenly jump out of the water and eat them in one bite.
While the navy soldiers were suffering from anxiety, several whale ships in front finally came back and took all the soldiers on the lifeboats onto the ship.
But then they found that they were once again surrounded by anti-whaling ships. Without the escort of warships, they simply could not escape the siege and blockade of 6 anti-whaling ships. They could not sail normally, let alone carry out whaling.
Operation.
They had finally managed to reverse the situation with the help of warships before, but they didn't expect it to return to the original state so quickly.
They really wanted to apply to the Navy for another warship to continue escorting them. However, after learning that the warship had been attacked by missiles from unknown sources and had sunk, the Japanese military did not agree to their request to continue sending warships for escort.
That's enough in normal times. Now that a warship has sunk, someone must take responsibility and be implicated. In this case, no one dares to continue sending warships to escort. If the other side launches missiles again, won't they suffer losses again?