Chapter 553 We just wiped out the enemy fleet in 3 minutes
Chapter 553 We just wiped out the enemy fleet in three minutes
The "Broom" anti-ship missile is a smaller version of the V2 missile. It is 7.6 meters long, 900 mm in diameter, 4.6 meters in wingspan, has a launch mass of 3.1 tons, a range of 80 kilometers, a cruising altitude between 300 and 3000 meters, and a cruising speed of 0.9 Mach.
The missile uses inertial navigation and active radar guidance. After the shipborne radar measures the coordinates and motion parameters of the enemy ship, the operators manually input them and the shipborne computer immediately calculates the launch angle and direction.
With the captain Liao Yuzhu's shout of "ignition", the missile, with flames trailing from its tail, soared into the sky.
The missile flew into the sky and was propelled by a turbine engine. For a missile that was close to the speed of sound, the 80-kilometer distance was reached in an instant. When it was close to the target, the missile's active radar seeker started scanning and quickly locked onto the target.
This missile is the simplest ship-to-ship missile, but it integrates rocket technology, radar technology, inertial navigation technology, and computer technology, and each one contains Shao Quanzhong's hard work.
Without any guarantee, Shao Quanzhong invested 7 million taels of silver in the first phase and 20 million taels in the second phase. He also invested 3 million taels in mechanical computers at one time.
At the beginning, electromagnetism had not produced any decent results for ten consecutive years, and Shao Quanzhong was under tremendous pressure.
But it turns out that science never disappoints those who love it. With the explosion of electromagnetic technology, inventions continued to appear in the form of puzzles, and finally pieced together this far-leading missile technology.
The ship's onboard computer was more rudimentary than that of the ENIAC, being a custom-made single-board computer that could only calculate the missile's inclination angle, but this was enough.
The missile flew over a distance of 80 kilometers and landed accurately on the enemy ship. The warhead contained 730 kilograms of TNT explosives, which was far more powerful than any ship-borne heavy artillery.
The hit rate of naval guns is only 5% to 15%. Although missiles are much more expensive than artillery shells, they can hit the target accurately and destroy a huge warship or aircraft carrier with one shot.
How many missile launch units does a 112-ton destroyer have? , four missiles per pit.
This time, Daxia sent out ten 4480-ton missile destroyers on its western expedition, each of which was loaded with a total of missiles.
Of course, nearly one-third of them are anti-aircraft missiles, which are used together with the carrier-based fighters on the aircraft carrier to guard against enemy air strikes. There are also nearly three thousand anti-ship missiles.
Ten large destroyers fired at once, and 1120 anti-ship missiles were launched from kilometers away.
The poor German fleet had five aircraft carrier groups and only more than 160 ships in total.
The artillery on the ship has a maximum range of 10 kilometers. They don't have radar yet, and before they see the Daxia fleet, the missiles here have already hit them...
In fact, a warship can lose its combat effectiveness with just one missile, but the Daxia missile destroyer's debut must be foolproof. At this critical moment, even if this thing is not used, the money has already been spent.
Therefore, each German warship was equipped with an average of 7 missiles. Ships like the 20-ton Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier received special treatment of missiles.
Therefore, those anti-aircraft missiles were basically prepared in vain, at least the enemy aircraft carrier sank before the aircraft took off. Or, would the German ground-based aircraft come to cause trouble?
The Battle of the Bay of Biscay, where the Daxia Fleet faced the German aircraft carrier group, ended in a few minutes. But Shao Quanzhong worked hard for thirty years to accumulate far-leading technology.
This is the most vivid illustration of the saying “Three minutes on stage, ten years of hard work off stage.”
After all, Grant, the commander-in-chief of the Xia-American Allied Forces, was from the Federation and was very caring towards his fellow countrymen. Emery, the chief of staff, also made precise arrangements.
The federal fleet that crossed the Atlantic Ocean followed closely behind the Daxia fleet. They were originally planning to join forces with the Daxia fleet to destroy the German fleet and have a bloody battle.
When they rushed to the Bay of Biscay, they received a call from Liao Rong, the commander of the friendly navy.
"We just wiped out the entire German navy in three minutes."
The Atlantic Ocean is at peace. Behind the Federation Fleet and the Great Xia Fleet are densely packed transport ships carrying two million army soldiers armed to the teeth. …………
Four and a half hours later, Shao Quanzhong learned the outcome of the Battle of the Bay of Biscay along with radio and television media around the world.
It's not that the abdicated emperor was forgotten about because of his departure. In fact, Shao Jiming had just received the news.
Liao Rong was a cautious person. He did not report the victory until the fleet was 80 kilometers away and he saw the scene of the complete annihilation of the German fleet.
The world was silent, and the usually eloquent current affairs commentators were at a loss for words to comment on this outcome.
Everyone expected the Xiamei Combined Fleet to win, but no one expected them to win so easily.
Only the Daxia people were not surprised. The Daxia announcer's announcement was simple, "The Daxia fleet completely wiped out the German fleet and is rescuing the enemy sailors who fell into the water. Our army has no casualties."
There are only a few million television sets in China now, but the number of radios has rapidly exceeded 100 million, with an average of more than one radio per household.
The Daxia people who heard the victory on the front line from the radio were not proud, excited, or celebrating. The Daxia people have been standing straight for many years. Daxia under the leadership of Shaw is the best in the world, no doubt about it.
After receiving the news, Shao Quanzhong could not calm down for a long time.
It was not easy. Once upon a time, when I visited London, Victoria Lafayette personally organized a fleet review for me. The trauma I suffered at that time is still deeply felt when I think back to it now.
The British Prime Minister at that time was a novelist named Disraeli, right? He was very proud of himself because he was about to buy the most advanced Minotaur-class battleships, which was favored by the British big brother.
Disraeli's words, "Our HMS Devastation is already on the slipway and will soon eliminate all sailing ships," made his heart sink to the bottom of the sea.
At that time, I could only look up to Big Brother Britain. Now, Big Brother Britain’s fleet is gone, and the German fleet that was supposed to annihilate the British fleet was destroyed in three minutes by my powerful fleet.
Things may change, but now the British big brother is relying on his own army to drive out the Germans so that the Windsor royal family can return to take charge of the country's affairs.
Don’t look down on the poor Great Xia because of its poverty.
Daxia, which has been ahead for 5,000 years, will teach you that we once sat at the same table with Egypt, Babylon, and ancient India, and later sat at the same table with ancient Greece, and later sat at the same table with the Romans.
The opponents kept leaving the table, and the people of Da Xia were the ones who remained the banker.
Anyone who thinks that Da Xia is easy to bully because it is temporarily backward will definitely be slapped in the face.
"Marshal, there is a German who wants to see you."
"Is it the German ambassador who came to ask for peace? Tell him to find Jiming. I won't get involved."
"No, Waldersee just issued a statement, demanding fifty million to die in battle, and will not seek peace. The person who came here claims to be a scientist, claiming to have extraordinary talent, and hopes to be employed by us."
Shao Quanzhong expressed his doubts. He had seen a scientist with extraordinary talent who had just been brought back from India by Zeng Xiaoyi, and he was protesting that Shao Quanzhong had delayed his practice.
Frankly speaking, thanks to Shao Quanzhong's strong financial support, most of the world's capable scientists have gathered at Xiaoxiang Cliff. How could there be some who slipped through the net? I'm not exaggerating, am I?
"His name is Fritz Haber. He calls himself a great chemist and says you won't regret meeting him."
(End of this chapter)