Chapter 429 Raging Grenades
Zhou Qingfeng waited at Baijiao for about half an hour, and saw the majestic Ocean Princess sailing slowly in front of him. And about 500 meters behind is the Aegis destroyer "Larsen" accompanying the sailing.
The scene in front of me had repeatedly appeared in Zhou Qingfeng's live ammunition drills, and it could even be said to be the best situation. Due to the limited width of the channel, the distance between the Lassen and White Reef is only 1,500 meters. It takes less than two seconds for the shell to hit its target.
Seeing that the distance was right, Zhou Qingfeng put on earplugs for himself, and pulled the cannon rope in his hand heavily. The 130mm caliber artillery exploded, and the muzzle lit up with dazzling flames at night. The thick gun barrel suddenly sat down, and the platform where the artillery was placed was vibrated.
A flare flew out from the high muzzle, and Zhou Qingfeng didn't even have time to see the effect. He immediately opened the breech breech, and the hot shell case was drawn out, followed by a blast grenade loaded in. With the same bang, the breech block closed and entered the ready state.
Next, Zhou Qingfeng quickly shook the height machine on the gun mount to lower the muzzle, followed by the steering machine to point the muzzle to the bridge position of the destroyer.
At this time, the flare lights up, and the parachute is opened at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters and slowly descends. It will take a few minutes at this altitude to reach the sea. Under the bright field of view, Zhou Qingfeng fine-tuned the muzzle, grasped the amount of advance, and locked the crucial fire control radars above the bridge of the warship through the direct sight on the gun body.
Inside the bridge, Captain Francis was chatting with the star officer. He will have to wait inside the bridge, because a cnn reporter team from Singapore is coming by helicopter to cover tonight's events. The US government is very concerned about how to control the right to speak.
And when the gunfire sounded, the captain was actually chatting happily with his subordinates, and didn't hear any movement outside. It was only when the day-bright flares hung high in the sky that he felt something was wrong, "What happened?"
There are a lot of officers on the bridge, and no one can figure out what's going on? Everyone just stared blankly at the sky. At first, everyone thought it was the searchlight of a police helicopter—but the brightness and range of this searchlight are too big!
And following the captain, he knew what happened to him - a 130mm caliber anti-explosive grenade accurately hit the top of the bridge, where the antennas and radar equipment of the entire ship are concentrated, and it is also a key position .
The first anti-explosive grenade hit directly, and hit an spg-62 irradiation radar impartially. After the shell exploded, the exploding shrapnel swept across a large number of antennas and radomes around it, killing most of the Larsen's fire control at once.
The thunder-like explosion frightened everyone in the bridge to the point where they could hardly stand still. Captain Francis trembled from shock, and fell to the floor with weak feet.
He first looked blankly at the deformed ceiling of the bridge, and then shouted sadly: "The enemy attacked, the whole ship has entered a combat state, and we have been attacked."
Just as the shout sounded, the second explosive grenade hit again. The antennas and radars of the pile of electronic equipment above the bridge were blown apart and flew around in an instant, and the ones that were finally left became crooked and scorched black.
The normal rate of fire of the m-46 cannon is six to eight rounds per minute, but that is the speed at which the nine-man artillery team is skillfully coordinated. Now Zhou Qingfeng is in charge of the entire gun crew alone, and with his extremely abnormal strength and speed, he even managed five rounds per minute.
Compared with the flying speed of the shell, the speed of the ship is slow. Zhou Qingfeng's first three shells almost did not adjust the position of the muzzle, and hit the bridge from above the bridge. Even the mast was twisted and tilted in the explosion, tilting to one side. Fragile electronic equipment was swept away.
It became..., this warship is now considered blind, it is completely invisible to close-range targets. The next step is to completely cut off the opponent's ability to fight back. Zhou Qingfeng continued to load the anti-explosive grenades, this time targeting the helicopter storage at the stern of the ship.
In fact, Zhou Qingfeng fired continuously, and the strong muzzle flames were extremely conspicuous even at a distance of 1.5 kilometers. The crew on the "Larsen" has realized that their warship is under attack, and everyone is preparing to fight back.
Among the weapons and equipment of the 'Larsen', apart from the 127mm naval gun on the bow, the only ones that can respond quickly and pose a threat to Zhou Qingfeng are the two sh- 60b helicopter.
The sh-60b is mainly a carrier-based helicopter for anti-submarine purposes, but it is also equipped with a 7.62mm caliber machine gun. Originally, a few sailors were still talking nonsense at the stern of the ship that it was impossible for them to be attacked, but the ruthless people who slapped their faces came immediately.
"Push the helicopter out and take off, and kill that firepower point." The officer hurried out, and the helicopter pilot also hurriedly climbed into the cabin. Several sailors were about to go up to help, but at this moment, an explosive grenade hit the helicopter garage.
The thin helicopter hangar had no armor at all, and the anti-explosive grenade easily blasted the outer shell of the hangar, and the power of several kilograms of explosives raged wildly in the hangar. After the explosion, a big hole was broken on one side of the hangar, and several ground crew who pushed the helicopter fell in a pool of blood. The fuselage of the sh-60b was skewed, and there were a lot of holes penetrated by shrapnel on the fuselage.
The rushing aviation kerosene leaked from the damaged fuel tank. This situation frightened the flight officer who survived to death immediately. "Push it into the sea, push it into the sea, it may explode at any time."
If there is any unique skill of the U.S. Navy that is unique in the world, it must not be the powerful carrier-based aircraft, if it is not the domineering anti-aircraft missiles, but the unknown damage control team.
The U.S. Navy has been bombed in various ways since World War II, not only by the enemy, but even by itself. The accumulated experience in damage control is really rich. As soon as a dangerous situation occurs, the damage control team rushes out to rescue immediately.
Now that a sh-60b helicopter has been pierced through its fuel tank, the most important thing is not how to rescue it, but simply push it into the sea, lest it suddenly explode and take everyone to be buried with it.
Rescue in this situation is extremely dangerous, because Zhou Qingfeng's artillery will not stop. When he saw a big hole in the hangar of the helicopter, he simply aimed at that place and kept bombing until it was completely smashed.
So when the damage control team tried their best to push the damaged sh-60b out of the hangar, it was hit by a grenade again. This time the explosion occurred on the side of the fuselage, and the damage control team who rushed to rescue suffered heavy casualties immediately. The most important thing is that the helicopter was completely broken, completely blocking the hangar, and even blocked another SH-60B from leaving the hangar possible.
Without fire control radar, without helicopters, fully automatic naval guns have become a display, and the "Sea Sparrow" short-range air defense missile can't see the target. Now the only thing that can pose a threat to Zhou Qingfeng is the two 25mm machine guns and four .50 caliber machine guns on the ship.
Finally, someone ran to the gun position to shoot, but at a distance of more than 1,000 meters, even with infrared night vision devices and scopes, reliable manual machine guns and machine guns were basically inaccurate.
Moreover, Zhou Qingfeng's explosive grenade followed closely, blowing up the machine guns and machine guns that might threaten him.
When the first flare fell slowly, the last afterglow reflected the disarmed USS Larsen. The whole ship was stunned by the sudden attack, and stunned. This is the U.S. Navy, who was bullied into being helpless.
And that was not the end, and then there was another bang, and the second flare was shot into the sky again. (To be continued.)