Chapter 1428 Low Altitude Assault

The west coast of Mexico is indeed the range of activities of the "Kennedy" aircraft carrier in recent times. Here, Catalina commanded the carrier-based air wing to harass the Mexican government forces many times. But this time, Lieutenant Colonel Claude led the team to kill them, but they were all in vain.

Where did the aircraft carrier go? Run away!

Zhou Qingfeng decided to bring two anti-ship missiles to destroy the 'Arleigh Burke' who bombarded Havana, and decided to bring another EA-18G to increase the insurance factor. This time the aircraft carrier left the west coast of Mexico because of this ea-18g.

'Growler' is everything, advanced, powerful, mysterious, and intimidating. It is the only third-generation aircraft that can fight against the -22 in the US military exercises. But this kind of plane has a problem brought out from the womb, it is a cute little short leg!

Speaking of the short legs of the -18 series fighters, the U.S. Navy just fainted from crying. When the -14 was forced to retire, the pilots of the Navy wished they could hang those waste masters on Capitol Hill. Because the carrier-based aircraft must be heavy, two light ones are not as good as one heavy one.

The aircraft carrier relies on the plane to support the field. If the plane is not good, it will be a ghost. The -14 can fly outside the 400-kilometer aircraft carrier warning circle for a long time. This not only does not have a deterrent effect, but also increases the work intensity of the aircraft carrier's ground crew for no reason.

For this reason, the U.S. Navy forced McDonnell Douglas to enlarge the "Bumblebee" and turn it into a "Super Hornet". However, "add more water to the noodles, and more water to the noodles", the problem of short legs cannot be changed.

The ea-18g was also improved from the "Super Hornet", and it still had short legs, so it couldn't complete the task of flying from the west coast of Mexico to Havana and back.

For this reason, Zhou Qingfeng drove the J-15 and took the ea-18g to Guantanamo for refueling after finalizing the combat plan. At the same time, he ordered the aircraft carrier to maneuver at high speed, and then returned to the Caribbean Sea to stand by through the Panama Canal. In this case, Lieutenant Colonel Crowder naturally rushed to nothing.

And at the same time when Lieutenant Colonel Claude came back, the 'Growler' with two auxiliary fuel tanks and three electronic pods took off from Guantanamo. Chen Rui, who was in charge of the pilot, flew directly into the sky, and Katerina in the back seat turned on the tactical receiver on the wingtips and began to monitor wirelessly.

Compared with active radar scanning, passive wireless monitoring can detect targets more covertly. The current electromagnetic environment is quite clean, and some very obvious signals can be found from a long distance. An example is a radar beam bouncing from afar.

"Victor, there is a strange thing." Katerina said on the radio.

The J-15 driven by Zhou Qingfeng followed behind the 'Growler', and after hearing Katerina's call, he let out a 'hmm', "What's strange?"

"I received the external radar signal from e-3,

And its radio communications. But do you know where it is headed? "Katrina made a little excuse.

"Isn't it 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 was also in a cold sweat, he didn't expect that he would escape by temporarily transferring the aircraft carrier. But after the cold sweat, he asked excitedly: "E-3 is not in the Florida Strait, so the Enclave fleet blocking the entrance of Havana will have no one to guard their sky."

"Not necessarily, there will be at least two -16s."

"This is better than facing the AWACS carrying the big disk. Now we can launch an attack at close range. We must give the Enclave warship a surprise!"

Without the annoying early warning aircraft staring at him, the difficulty of Zhou Qingfeng's actions was greatly reduced. He immediately decided to start a low-altitude penetration after approaching Havana for 400 kilometers, and launched the "Eagle Strike-12" within 100 kilometers.

At this moment, outside the port of Havana, the destroyer "Black" of the "Arleigh Burke" class is bombarding the city of Havana with naval guns. The bombardment has been going on for two days now, and the entire government and military system of the Aurora Legion are almost smashed to pieces.

The Enclave doesn't want to take over a mess, so it's better to keep Havana's residential areas and industrial and commercial systems, so as to maximize its benefits. As for the "Cat's Claw Club" in the urban area, the officers and soldiers on the warship were even more reluctant to let it hurt.

The 'Black' even publicly broadcast on civilian radio frequencies, asking the residents of Havana to maintain stability and maintain order, and the Enclave will immediately rescue them from the evil Aurora Legion.

And in the situation room of the 'Black', the captain was playing cards with the star officer, 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 there were two -16s hovering above their heads, so everything was fine.

But it is impossible for the -16 to hover forever, and after flying for a period of time, it returned to the Florida Air Force Base.

Anyway, in the past two days, the Aurora Legion has been "unable to fight back, not to retaliate when scolded", and a small number of special forces who went ashore also reported that "the whole city was paralyzed, and the high-level members of the legion were missing."

Looks like the game is set, doesn't it?

The radar operator was joking with someone, haha ​​a few times and glanced across the monitor screen. I only saw a bright spot approaching on the screen about 200 kilometers away. He frowned and muttered, "How did the -16 on our heads go so far? There is only one left."

Having doubts in his heart, 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 pilot of -16 said, "The fuel is running out, and the next wave will come in an hour."

its not right!

What is this one coming from the south?

"Captain, I may have spotted an enemy plane!" The radar operator shouted excitedly, scaring several senior officers who were playing cards in the war room.

When they heard that an enemy plane was spotted, everyone ran in panic. The captain of the 'Black' roared, "Activate the air defense plan, lock the target and shoot it down."

Before the fighter squadron was cut off four fighters at once, this unfortunate loss has become a laughing stock within the Enclave. But right now the fleet has found enemy planes, and the level of chaos 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 suppressed by electromagnetic waves. A bunch of people were exclaiming 'we can't lock the target'.

Not only was the radar unable to lock the target, but the communications department on the warship also found that the frequency spectrum it was using had been interfered with. The communication data link is full of noise, and the opponent's move seems to be targeted interference from familiar equipment.

While panicking, the radar department uttered another horrified cry, "The missile is coming. It is only 30 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 when there are early warning aircraft and phased array radars. But isn't the AWACS not here now?

The air defense department on the ship will be in a mess. At this moment of life and death, almost no one reacted correctly. It takes three years for normal naval warships to form an effective combat capability, but the Enclave's reorganized navy has only been in operation for one year, far from being able to calmly deal with the enemy.

Everyone on the ship could only watch the radar screen helplessly. The two bright spots, one in front and one in the back, were approaching at high speed until they collided with their own warship.