Chapter 573 Shark's Feast

Chapter 573 Shark's Feast

Chapter 573 Shark's Feast

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Yali ran into the bamboo house frantically with the telegram in her hand, tripped on the threshold and almost fell.

"What's the matter? Stay calm."

"Your Majesty, Shao Jishu was in the process of chasing away the federal reconnaissance plane that crossed the border when he was hit by the enemy reconnaissance plane and crashed into the sea and died."

"The Federation issued a statement, claiming that this was an 'accidental collision' and protesting against the Cuban fighter jet shooting down the Federation reconnaissance plane. It announced that it would declare war on Wing King at a later date. At the same time, it expressed regret for not being able to rescue our pilot who fell into the water in time."

"Clap!"

Shao Quanzhong kicked the mahogany desk over. He forgot that he had just told Yali to stay calm and he himself lost his composure completely.

"Has their pilot been rescued?"

"They've all been rescued. They're on the cruiser Indianapolis."

Shao Quanzhong covered his swollen feet with his hands and cursed, "Fuck you, this is purely intentional. Well, you wait, I will never suffer this loss, I want them to send at least a thousand people to accompany Ji Shu to his grave."

"Your Majesty, didn't Zhang Zhidong repeatedly tell us that we cannot go to war with the Federation? Should we be patient and wait until our strategic missile forces have completed their deterrence, and then negotiate--"

"What the hell are you talking about? I want revenge and I can't wait that long. I'm going to take it now!"

Shao Quanzhong took a deep breath and said, "Besides, who said I'm going to officially fight? Someone, pick up Zhang Jianyi for me."

Zhang Jianyi is the son of Zhang Wushuan. He and Shao Jiming once served as an apprentice under Wang Shizhen.

Later, Wang Shizhen died in an accident and Zhang Jianyi was promoted to acting chief.

"Jianyi, Zhang Zhidong's plan has been revised. We won't use air strikes on the sea anymore. Aim at the Indianapolis and sink it!"

The commander gave the order, and his subordinates immediately improved it urgently. Ten minutes later, a telegram was sent in the name of Shao Quanzhong, announcing that they would conduct joint exercises with the King of Wings in the sea north of the city where the King of Wings was located.

Other ships are prohibited from entering the joint exercise area, otherwise they will bear the consequences at their own risk.

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The Sinai military base was filled with the sound of telegrams and calls from combat staff.

A large number of launch silos were opened and the 20-minute countdown to launch began. In the command center, the combat staff constantly revised the attack coordinates on the map based on the coordinates sent by reconnaissance aircraft from the Caribbean Sea.

The computer began to calculate the intersection point between the opponent's ship's sailing speed and the missile's flight.

The deterrence operation was carried out ahead of schedule, and the entire base became busy and orderly.

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The Indianapolis also received Daxia's global telegram and immediately communicated with the battleship Iowa that came with it. In the end, they believed that Daxia was just bluffing.

Your aircraft carrier fleet hasn't even crossed the Red Sea yet, and you're conducting air exercises with Cuba?

We won't leave. What can Cuba do to us with those few broken ships? In four hours, our aircraft carrier fleet will arrive and the war will begin. Can we be intimidated by you and not fight? What a joke.

They stayed there for 2 minutes, waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive, when they suddenly received a personal order from George Dewey on the Essex, "Move north to prevent the enemy's V attack."

I almost forgot about Daxia's V2 cluster. Hum, although we don't have V2 yet, it's just because we have been upgrading the missiles on warships, aircraft and land-based missiles, so we haven't had time to build them.

But we understand that it is used to hit fixed targets and requires terminal radio guidance.

Otherwise, if they rely on inertial navigation and blind firing, can they hit us in the sea?
Hey hey hey, as expected, a high-speed boat appeared ten kilometers away, and the buzzing sound of a Cuban reconnaissance plane was also heard in the sky.

Well, it’s better to be safe, retreat.

The two country bumpkin captains who were fleeing were not scientists and did not know what "computer dynamic ballistic calculation" was. Liao Rong's subordinates had more than just missiles and radars. George Dewey was very cautious and ordered the large force to stop advancing and start to disperse greatly to avoid being suddenly attacked by the Daxia V2 cluster.

They plan to wait until the "joint exercise" is over before attacking. Can you still keep doing it?

Wait until our large number of warships arrive and raid Havana Harbor before declaring war. You have to take the residents of Havana into consideration and be cautious, so you dare not launch V2 to carry out a blanket attack.

In fact, we were fully prepared for war and everyone in Miami was evacuated.

Even if your V2 cluster dares to attack, it will not gain anything and can only bear the infamy of attacking civilians.

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The Indianapolis and Iowa remained at anchor for twenty minutes before receiving Dewey's order to maneuver north, which was their biggest mistake.

They simply left at cruising speed and did not use afterburner at all costs, which was the second mistake.

When they set sail, at the Sinai base 16 kilometers away, the first batch of P intercontinental missiles had already locked onto two warships and were launched. Thirty of them locked onto the USS Indianapolis, where the murderer who collided with Shao Jishu's plane was.

Reconnaissance aircraft, radars, and tracking high-speed boats in Havana ahead continuously provide feedback on the location of enemy warships. The base calculates the trajectory in real time based on the new location, continuously sends out command waves, and adjusts the missile's forward posture.

Daxia only launched fifty missiles at a time because it did not have many intercontinental missiles.

Intercontinental missiles are not V2s. They are much more sophisticated, complex, huge, and expensive. Shao Quanzhong ordered the production of 200 P16s, but only 186 have actually been produced so far.

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In the Caribbean Sea, the Iowa and the Indianapolis were traveling side by side, speeding northward at a cruising speed of 30 knots. After traveling about 20 kilometers in 20 minutes, the warship observer just shouted "enemy attack" and a large number of missiles fell from the sky.

A hypersonic ballistic missile traveling at Mach 20 is impossible to dodge or predict. The two ships had no time to react and could only rely on fate and luck. The outcome was shocking.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Missile warheads with a capacity of three tons of TNT kept exploding on the warships. Ten kilometers away, on a Cuban high-speed boat, the on-site radar guided the technicians on board to record the video and carefully count the hits.

Apparently the Indianapolis had very bad luck, as it was directly hit by seven missiles.

This 180-ton cruiser could be sunk by a single -pound gun in a key part. After being hit by seven three-ton TNT bombs, it immediately broke into more than a dozen pieces and sank directly to the bottom of the sea.

You have to know that the Indianapolis is 180 meters long. According to the missile test accuracy, it is almost certain to hit the target within a radius of 100 meters. Of course, it is only 20 meters wide and is locked by 30 missiles. According to the probability, it should be hit by 2 to 3 missiles.

It turned out that probability is a magical thing. The ship was hit by seven missiles and was shattered to pieces. All 950 people on board, including four pilots, were killed.

The Iowa was much luckier. It was 270 meters long, 30 meters wide, and weighed 45000 tons. It was locked by 20 missiles. According to the probability, 3 to 4 missiles should have hit it, but it was only hit by 2.

Two huge holes were blown in the hull and the ship sank slowly.

Except for the more than 50 people who were killed on the spot, most of the crew members had the opportunity to escape in a small boat. Those who could not squeeze into the small boat jumped into the sea and swam away from the whirlpool caused by the impending sinking of the warship.

There were 1851 people on the Iowa, but less than 300 of them boarded the small boat. The rest wore cotton life jackets and swam desperately. The sea was filled with densely packed sailors, and the small boat immediately sent a distress signal to George Dewey.

On the Essex, George Dewey looked at the distress signal and was filled with questions. "It's not V2? It's several times bigger than V2? What is it?"

"Please be patient, help will arrive in four hours."

At the same time, the news that two federal warships were attacked and sunk by an unknown huge rocket in the "Xiagu joint military exercise area" was quickly transmitted back to a certain palace.

At the missile attack site, the sailors floating on the sea breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good to have a big warship. Look, we finally swam to a safe distance before the Iowa sank completely.

Unlike the people on the Indianapolis, whose ship was blown to pieces, there was no chance of escape. Hey, what's that dark thing swimming in the water? Oh my god, it's a shark!

(End of this chapter)