This is an Arleigh Burke I-type missile destroyer, which is equipped with two pits, four-component installations, a total of eight "whaling forks" anti-ship missiles. In addition, there are vertically launched rocket-boosted torpedoes, which can meet multi-level, multi-wave, and multi-mean anti-ship attack operations within a distance of 10 kilometers to 130 kilometers.

Generally speaking, most of the US missile destroyers exist as companions and guardian forces of aircraft carrier formations. Especially after the Burke II type, even the "Whaling Fork" anti-ship missile was cancelled, focusing on air defense and anti-submarine, and handing over surface ship strike missions to fighter jets carrying missiles.

However, there are always exceptions in everything. In the relatively safe Atlantic Ocean, and in the more sensitive Gulf of Aden and other places, there are also separate missile destroyers, taking on special tasks such as regular patrols and search encirclement.

This time, they ordered to surround two "unarmed" old battleships, so naturally they did not need a big killer like an aircraft carrier to sway. The cost efficiency was too low. Now the US military's military expenditure is tight and it cannot be so extravagant.

As a result, a single Burke I-type destroyer carrying anti-ship missiles became the starring actor.

The first person to track and capture the two battleships was the one that led the former Second Atlantic Fleet. Captain Anson Stanley was born into a naval family and served in the navy for several lifetimes. He had produced several generals in the family, and he was highly expected to become a seed player for the admiral.

Captain Stanley was ambitious and determined to achieve something. During the Second Fleet, he participated in almost every overseas operation, including multiple rescues and maritime support when launching a strike against Libya, etc. He was experienced, tough, decisive and capable. He was the one who said it was.

Such a captain with a strong ambition is very popular and trusted by all the officers and soldiers of the ship. This time, he was the first to catch the enemy ship, thanks to his wise judgment.

Now, the enemy ship is in sight. With the firepower and speed of the ship, it can be said to be a hand-held pinch, and there is absolutely no possibility of the opponent escaping. However, Captain Stanley is still very calm. When Tao (tactical operation officer) is preparing to let the helicopter take off to strike, he intervened: "Be careful that the enemy ship may carry air defense missiles."

Tao Edward was slightly puzzled: "Sir, the intelligence shows that they are not armed. At best, they may be equipped with some individual air defense missiles, which is not enough to pose any threat to our carrier-based helicopters."

Stanley shook his head calmly and resolutely: "Don't trust those intelligences with unknown origins easily. We have to rely on our own investigation and judgment to make decisions. Don't forget that our opponents are Chinese, and they never want to expose all their trump cards. Those intelligence personnel lurking inside may not be able to access core secrets. In short, be careful!"

tao nodded solemnly: "I understand. I will let the helicopters be responsible for surveillance and auxiliary work outside the range of the missile, so that they will not take risks at will."

If the rest is left, there is no need to say much based on the tacit understanding between the two.

Their fighting intentions were very clear, and they sank the two battleships mercilessly without any mercy or hesitation. They did not accept surrender and did not let any living.

Yang Hao's ten thousand miles of transfer to refugees was slapped hard by the US Navy, breaking the undefeated golden body they had built for many years. It puts the entire navy in shame. If this anger comes out, all of them will become the laughing stock of the Air Force and the Army - although the other party may not be very honored.

According to Captain Stanley's wishes, the enemy on the battleship must be tortured to death.

The destroyer rushed forward and gradually narrowed the distance. The radar kept feedbacking the changes in the enemy situation: "The speed of the two enemy ships was reduced to 20 knots."

"Enemy ships are approaching each other, forming overlaps with this ship."

"There was an abnormal situation on the deck of the No. 2 target. They all seemed to have run out. Sir, they abandoned the ship!"

A scream was heard. Captain Stanley, who was holding his arms, raised his eyebrows, glared and confirmed from the scene taken by the helicopter. He suddenly found that hundreds of crew members rushed out on the deck of the second battleship "Human Origin". While stabilizing the course, he continued to unload the lifeboat. As the battleship was speeding lower and lower and was about to stop, he discarded the battleship and moved towards another "Kenya".

As if seeing through the other party's conspiracy, Stanley snorted disdainfully: "They plan to make a desperate bet, concentrate everyone on a warship, and then run away at full speed? Leave this one as bait to buy them time to escape? It's so naive!"

tao added: "Maybe they are not enough staff. The operation of old battleships requires a huge number of staff. Those amateur guys do not have the ability and cannot find more than 2,000 experienced sailors to fill every job. It seems that they are just barely operating the main system. With just such a few people, even if they fight, they may not be able to gather the operators in the cannon positions. They are not as advanced as us!"

A relaxed laughter rang out in the entire combat intelligence center.

No one in the world is more confident than them. The i of the American warship is the most advanced and scientific. After many practical tests, the essence of a century of naval battle is not comparable to a group of temporary mobs? What if the other warship has been modernized? It is just a bunch of clumsy iron bumps.

This time, without Stanley's intervention, Edward naturally made the wisest choice. He did not interfere with the other party's ship change behavior, let them complete their homework in panic, and then eliminate all the hopes they had accumulated step by step.

More than a dozen lifeboats transferred more than 100 crew members at one time. After leaving a few hundred meters, the "Human Origin" slowly accelerated again and rushed straight towards the west coast of Africa.

Then, these ships moved closer to the slow-down "Kenya", climbed onto the tall and strong side of the ship with the help of rope nets, went up to the deck, and then quickly sank into the cabin. The whole process took only ten minutes.

At this time, the missile destroyer had already narrowed the distance to about 20 kilometers, and the huge figure of the other party could be clearly observed from the bridge.

The re-accelerated "Kenya" chose a straight-straight direction, obviously with the idea of ​​dividing troops into two groups, making it difficult for the other party to choose.

The "Burke I" missile destroyer carries a limited number of anti-ship weapons. Facing the battleships with thick skin and armor, the eight "whaling forks" anti-ship missiles are not sure to sink. Their rockets boost torpedoes and ship-based torpedoes are all calibers. The number of warheads loaded is small, and the explosion power is not enough to collapse the lightning-proof armor of the battleship in one fell swoop. Compared with the standard killer, the power is a little weaker.

The more powerful anti-ship "Tomahawk" cruise missile has a 454kg warhead, which is even more powerful, but its end speed is only 0.72m. It uses the "Little Bulldog B" semi-armor-piercing warhead, which can effectively kill modern destroyers and other ships.

However, it is obviously unlikely to use it to deal with a battleship built using World War II and later standards.

But this is not important. An unarmed battleship is just a can of iron waiting to die.

Edward did not care about the "Human Origin" that ran in the air. With the opponent's speed, it was actually difficult to escape the pursuit of this ship. And it may not take too much time to kill the warship in front of him that gathered all the enemies, right?

Seeing the radar locking the target signal again and confirming it repeatedly, Edward ordered coldly: "A test fire for the naval gun, open fire!"

The naval gun control officer repeated the command and gently pulled the trigger with the remote control handle in his hand.

On the bow deck, the high 54-fold 5-inch naval gun trembled slightly. A stream of white smoke was sprayed out, and a shell roared out of the chamber, spanning twenty kilometers in the air. It fell down against the stern of the "Kenya" and rumbling onto a bright column of water!

The accuracy and range of modern naval guns are quite amazing! It is not uncommon to have more than 80% of the hit rate in the twenty-kilometer range, especially against behemoths like battleships, which is as easy as shooting a target.

This shell was deviated, which can also be regarded as intentional.

Sending the enemy to hell all at once is called mercy; letting them die slowly in the torture of fear is called punishment!

The Burke I-type naval cannon carries more than 600 rounds. There is enough time to grind the opponent to death!

Edward's face was shining with cruel light, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry. Just hit it slowly, shot one shot at a time until they cleared all their decks. I'm going to see them begging for mercy in a crazy way!"

The entire ship members can be said to be united in the same hatred of the enemy. The scene in the American play where people always stand up and doubt the captain and the command of the captain will not happen here at all. Edward's order was strictly implemented. In the following time, the naval gun control officer fired a shot almost every ten seconds at a relatively stable rhythm. However, after this, he did not release any water at all, and one shell began to accurately hit the deck superstructure of the "Kenya" deck.

"Boom! Boom! Boom--!"

The continuous explosions were like the giant god holding a hammer in his hand and constantly hitting it. On the bridge and deck of the Kenya, some weak positions were broken by shells, and steel fragments flew around. Hiding under the bridge, armor protection last combat command center (level i in the 1980s), the head, still buzzing by the roar.

Captain Nelson had a serious expression and a deep gaze. He stared coldly at the radar signal still working. He didn't say much except asking about the condition of each turret from time to time.

On the battleship, everyone evacuated from locations with weak protection, such as the optical rangefinder above the bridge, the front and rear bridge command rooms that are hit by missiles and exploded, and even the secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns with poor armor, as well as the rear torpedo tubes and carrier-based catapults.

Except for three triple turrets, no one was exposed to weak armor. They hid safely under the bridge or power cabin, ammunition depot, etc., and let the fierce beating outside and remained motionless.

Before the battle started, sacrificed a warship as bait first. This kind of thing was a shame for Nelson. The Royal Navy of the British Empire did not have the tradition of retreating without fighting. He fought straight to the enemy until the ammunition was exhausted, and finally bravely crashed the warship over, which was in line with the tactical thoughts of his ancestor Nelson.

If you fight desperately, even if the enemy is afraid of fighting, you will not dare to fight. Most people really can't stand such a bachelor's way of fighting.

But this time he had no choice. He wanted to start a battleship, even with the assistance of a level electronic system in the 1970s and 1980s, it would require 300 people to ensure the operation of firepower. This did not include the very troublesome damage to the tube. He also had to pray that the power system would not cause trouble at critical moments.

The worst thing is that the three hundred people he could command were not well-trained and smoothly-cooperated British Royal Navy sailors, but the gathering of adventurers, mercenaries, outlaws and pirates from all over the world. They were all good at fighting alone, but when they cooperated, command obedience alone was enough for people to worry about.

Even though they had been practicing together for more than two years, Nelson had no idea what level these people could achieve.

So he formulated a combat plan that seemed risky but was helpless. He pretended that the ship was really not armed at all, lured the enemy ship to approach and entered the precise range of the main gun. Then he suddenly attacked. As long as a heavy armor-piercing bomb hit, or even a grenade, it would be enough to make the thin-armored Burke i destroyer lose half of his life!

"Remember, we only have one chance, only a short time from firing. The enemy ship is completely out of range! If we cannot damage it during that period, it will be very difficult for us to escape!"

Facing anti-ship cruise missiles with a range of 500 kilometers, the speed of the warship is a joke. If you don’t want to be tortured to death, it’s best to pray that their luck will be blessed by God.

The blatant shelling of the destroyer on the opposite side made Nelson quietly let go of his heart for a long time, and that was right. The Americans who were mad at the anger would definitely not easily kill this ship, so that they would not be able to vent their anger. Only such torture can meet their mental needs, and this is the only opportunity for this ship to fight back.

So, he had to continue pretending to be without ammunition, let the other party vent his energy for a while, and then narrow the distance.

The Kenya is like a wounded whale. There are smoke rising from the top of the deck and around the bridge. The automatic fire extinguishing device seems to be difficult to ensure the fire fighting ability. The continuous explosions continue to stir up the broken wind. The steel parts are thrown in a mess, while speeding up hard. While trying hard to avoid it, it is desperately clumsy.

Happy laughter sounded on the missile destroyer.

Captain Stanley sarcastically said, "Look. They are so stupid that they dared to run to the Atlantic Ocean! The guy who is not even equipped with four hosts is trying to come and challenge the powerful US Navy?"

Edward smiled easily and said, "Perhaps they have been blinded by the mentality of luck, thinking that they can escape if they commit such a crime. I think they may have burned all the fuel and just chased them like this, it probably won't take too long."

Stanley agreed.

The last time they supply from the Mediterranean and go around the U.S. military in the Atlantic Ocean, they will run at least 5,000 nautical miles. Even if the other party uses diesel engines to save fuel, they will have to survive the cruise capacity of 8,000 nautical miles. In recent days, they should have been sailing at high speed, so the greatest remaining energy is to return to North Africa at a low speed. Such pursuits at sea and maneuver desperately, the final fuel will be exhausted and become a living coffin floating on the sea!

If the US military doesn’t say anything, who dares to come and help them?

These guys are dead!

In a blink of an eye, more than 30 shells hit, and the Kenya finally accelerated for more than 22 knots. Black smoke rolled in the chimney and flames rolled on the deck, looking like they were about to be finished at any time. But its maneuvering and changing posture was still high, without any sign of stopping.

Stanley was a little impatient and said sternly: "Suspend the shelling and replace it with missile attacks. We have not tested the effect of live-fire target shooting for a long time. It is rare to have such a rough and thick target ship!"

His joke was hidden with a cold murderous intent, and the officers in i heard it very happily.

The missile weapon supervisor immediately issued an order. Not long after, the hanging box cover on the deck was opened, and fireworks were boiling. Two "whaling forks" anti-ship missiles roared out, and suddenly turned at a large angle above the warship, dragging a strong trail toward the sea, accelerating wildly, and reaching above the "Kenya" in a blink of an eye!

A missile hit the side of the ship and slammed hard into the middle of the towering bridge.

"Boom!"

The 0kg-heavy semi-armor-piercing warhead detonated with delayed triggering fuses, easily tearing the structure with only thick surface armor and a 55mm Kevlar lining. A large ball of flame swallowed half of the bridge, and tons of steel that exploded looked from afar, as spectacular as the battleship was split into pieces!

The power is indeed great. A shocking hole suddenly appeared, and the cabin inside was wiped out and swept away. All the tables, chairs, benches, etc. were turned into slags! This means that no one was there, otherwise it would inevitably turn into ashes!

Another missile hit the armor above the waterline at a large oblique angle. The super-hard armor made of modern alloy technology flattened the warhead at Mach 0.76 and bounced away, forming only a significant dent on the surface, but did not cause much damage.

The explosion on the bridge made the i cheer, and he did useless efforts to attack the armored armor, but he regrettably spread his hands.

Stanley nodded dismissively: "It seems that our target at least did not cut corners in armor, which is not consistent with the rumored quality of Chinese products. Did he really use high-strength ship steel to build these two big toys? Wasted!"

The captain did not express his subtext: "This kind of behavior is even more damn! What did he regard the navy as!"

There was a curse hidden between his teeth, and Stan waved his hand to cut: "Continue, completely wipe out his superstructure!" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!