Chapter 1453: The U.S. Fleet with Heavy Losses

The warhead of the V-2FJ anti-ship missile is loaded with 250 kg of bombs. Although compared with many anti-ship missiles, the charge of 250 kg is very small, but it matches the lethality of supersonic impact , Even an aircraft carrier may lose its combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

And for a warship of 10,000 tons, the lethality of such a missile is almost absolute.

What's more, in this pierced destroyer, the warhead of the missile is located underwater, the density of water is 800 times that of air, and the power of explosive explosion is also equivalent to 800 times that of an explosion in air.

A violent explosion exploded underwater. At the moment of the explosion, the entire warship was lifted from the sea surface, and the bottom of the ship flew out of the water in an instant. At the moment the warship was lifted out, the warship had been broken into two pieces. Under the huge water column produced by the explosion, it rolled several times in the air like a small toy in the bathtub.

None of the more than 100 people on the warship survived. When the water column splashed tens of meters high fell, the destroyer, which was broken into two pieces, also quickly sank to the bottom of the sea. The distance between the two pieces of the ship was nearly thirty meters, it can be seen how powerful the explosion is.

If such an explosion erupted on the bottom of the Nimitz aircraft carrier, it would be unbearable even for a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier.

Even if the aircraft carrier does not sink, all the equipment on the ship will inevitably be severely damaged and completely lose its combat effectiveness.

The V-2FJ anti-ship missile group attacked the four destroyers in front, the fate was exactly the same, and the attacking missile group was only shot down less than ten.

Ten missiles are nothing compared to more than 300 missiles.

The missiles that broke through the first defensive circle also quickly came to the second defensive circle of the aircraft carrier battle group.

At this moment, the NATO combined fleet is already in chaos.

Four destroyers were killed. This is an unprecedented loss for the US military. Most importantly, more missiles have already flown towards the core of the fleet.

With so many missiles, it would definitely be a nightmare for the entire fleet.

In particular, four warships have already been killed, and no one can say how much will be lost next.

Fortunately, the loss of the four peripheral warships also gave the central defense circle enough time to prepare for defense.

The warships on the periphery in other directions also moved closer to the center immediately.

The carrier turned sharply, leaving the thought of the missile coming at full speed.

The defensive firepower on the fleet is fully activated, and the firepower is constantly tilted towards the direction of the incoming missile.

However, there were too many incoming missiles. Although a considerable part of the missiles were destroyed, a considerable part of the missiles still broke through to the second defensive circle of the fleet.

On the surface of the sea, there are barrages of dense firepower everywhere, and the sound of guns can be heard endlessly.

Although there are many dense barrages, they cannot completely stop the incoming missiles.

The warships in the second defense circle, facing the missiles that were already close at hand, clusters of jamming bombs exploded beside the warships, trying to interfere with the missiles that were approaching the warships.

Unfortunately, the effect of interference is not very ideal.

On the sea under the dark night, two Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers outside the second defensive circle were hit by missiles at the same time.

In one, the entire bow of the ship was hit by a missile, and the missile exploded inside the bow of the warship. Although there was no missile launcher that directly detonated the bow of the warship, the huge explosion position caused the entire bow of the warship to be blown off, causing the warship's The entire bow of the ship is buried in the sea water, waiting for the fate of imminent sinking.

Fortunately, most people on the warship had time to escape.

The other Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser was not so lucky. The missile hit under the bridge of the missile and was inserted directly into the combat center. The huge explosion power blew up the entire warship. The eight-meter-long opening, part of which was notched, was still below the waterline.

If only this one missile had the attack effect, then the cruiser might be able to save it, but the second missile that followed successfully made up the damage.

The second missile pierced directly behind the helicopter hangar of the warship. The missile penetrated the side of the warship and exploded just inside the vertical launch system at the middle and rear of the warship.

Dozens of missiles inside were detonated at the same time, and under the huge explosion and flames, the entire warship directly became a pile of wreckage, and the relatively complete wreckage at the bow sank directly to the bottom of the sea.

Two Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers kicked off the battle in the inner circle of the NATO aircraft carrier battle group. After the two cruisers, more missiles were shot down, but the US warships also suffered huge casualties.

There were even several missiles that passed through three defensive circles in a row and headed directly for the USS Lincoln, the core of the fleet.

If it hadn't been for a Perry-class frigate that blocked the missile with its own hull during the final promotion, I am afraid that the Lincoln aircraft carrier would not have escaped the tragedy of being hit by the missile.

But although no aircraft carrier was injured, the NATO combined fleet also paid a huge price for casualties.

The four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers on the periphery were destroyed, and there were not even a hundred survivors on the warship.

In the two defensive circles in the middle, more than a dozen warships were also lost, especially the two fast combat support ships loaded with cargo on the edge of the fleet center, which sank to the bottom of the sea with tens of thousands of tons of supplies.

If the loss of the supply ship made the fleet unable to form a long-term combat capability in a short period of time, the loss of the ten main combat ships could almost be said to be an irreparable loss of combat effectiveness.

These ten capital ships are not Perry-class frigates, but all Aegis ships, which are an important part of the fleet's defense and operations.

The combined fleet composed of the four major aircraft carrier battle groups, all the Aegis ships add up to about twenty ships.

Under a round of missile attack, half of it was lost, which also put the NATO combined fleet at this moment in a very dangerous situation.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for NATO and Europe. While NATO was jointly attacked by missiles, a large number of missiles also rushed to a large number of US air force bases in Europe.

The military bases of the US military in Europe are also the only sources of commerce nearby, and they are all located in relatively prosperous places in Europe in terms of population and commerce.

For many years, Europe, which has been very peaceful, was awakened by the sound of explosions.

The ear-piercing air defense sirens and the sound of explosions resounded over the entire European sky.

A large number of Europeans were all exclaimed, and related news on the Internet also showed an explosive increase.

On the other hand, the U.S. Sixth Fleet also suffered the loss of several capital ships in the Strait of Gibraltar, and then successfully walked out of the strait and fled back to the English Channel.

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