Rise of the Wasteland Chapter 1427: Floating
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Due to the curvature of the earth, radar on the ground or the sea can only maintain a monitoring distance of about 40 kilometers for low-altitude targets. The AWACS can see a distance of 350 to 400 kilometers in the air.
Just Zhou Qingfeng was thinking about the early warning opportunity of Enclave. While taking care of the ‘Arleigh Burke’ class destroyer, the Enclave air force personnel were more bold than he thought. They advanced the early warning aircraft over the Yucatan Peninsula.
It was Lieutenant Colonel Claude who was shot down by Zhou Qingfeng with ‘Thunderbolt-15’ the previous two days as an air force officer. The old lieutenant colonel crashed into the sea after parachuting, and was supported by the inflatable lifeboat to the arrival of the rescue boat.
After returning to the Air Force Base in Florida, Lieutenant Colonel Claude was ashamed of his experience of being shot down. He suffered some physical shock during the parachute jump. After a two-day break, he could not drive the f-16 again for a short time, so he simply went to the e-3 early warning aircraft to serve as an air commander.
The angry Lieutenant Colonel Crowd vowed to return the color to Aurora Legion, and he transferred eight F-16s. Six aism ’long-range anti-ship missiles with a range of nearly two hundred kilometers were mounted.
‘lrasm’ is a sword specially developed by the US military to attack high-value targets at sea. Its range is up to 800 kilometers, and it is highly intelligent, as long as the target is found, it can fly autonomously until the target is destroyed. It can be launched outside the zone and penetrates invisibly, posing a great threat to warships.
The reason why Lieutenant Colonel Claude is carrying such a fierce weapon is that the Enclave seniors can no longer bear Aurora Legion to continue to control the aircraft carrier ‘Kennedy’. In the current situation where Havana is obviously unable to support them, they are afraid that the aircraft carrier will run away, so they must be disabled if they can't hit it.
With the auxiliary fuel tank f-16, the combat radius can exceed 2,000 kilometers, and it can fly from Florida to the west coast of Mexico. After a recent period of operational analysis, this area is considered to be the active area of the aircraft carrier Kennedy.
Lieutenant Colonel Claude is now in the cabin of the flying e-3 early warning aircraft, staring at the radar screen and looking at the air and sea maps, wondering how to find the target. His plan is to cross the Yucatan Peninsula and enter the west coast of Mexico, using phased array radar on the early warning aircraft to search the entire sea.
Eight f-16s as e-3's personal guards can theoretically block any attacks. And there are early warning aircraft, the fleet is not afraid of any sneak attacks. As long as the target is found, this mission will definitely succeed.
"Sinking an aircraft carrier is the most glorious moment for a pilot. In the past few decades, no aircraft carrier has been sunk. Today I am going to make history!"
Lieutenant Colonel Crowder felt like he was being favored by God. The last time he was forced to parachute was completely blessed by misfortune. Right now, this is a mission that can be famous in history!
To know that the current Aurora Legion is a toothless tiger, the last most important equipment is the 100,000-ton war monster that sails on the sea. In the beginning, Enclave was bleeding from the Zhou Qingfeng pit in order to get this war monster, and now it has reached the point of destroying it.
It seems that Aurora Legion will be unsustainable in Cuba. Enclave is afraid that the backbone of the legion will take this giant ship to escape, thinking about simply sinking or damaging it.
In short, the scourge of Victor Hugo must not be allowed to escape again. Enclave has been tossed up and down by this guy. In order to get rid of him, he does n’t even need the precious aircraft carrier.
Now Lieutenant Colonel Claude has been killed with a powerful air strike force. This time he is playing a twelve-point spirit, and he will never underestimate the enemy.
When crossing the Yucatan Peninsula, the Air Force Base in the rear of Florida sent a message asking if Colonel Claude would go to the Merida battlefield. The three Mexican divisions fighting in Merida are inseparable from the forces of the Mexican Liberation Front, with heavy casualties.
Brigadier General Brittany of Mexico ’s first division even begged on the radio: "We are battling one camp after another in the street fight in Merida, and countless people died in **** streets and houses. We Half of the casualties of the whole division have been done, you can just shoot the ground! "
Lieutenant Colonel Claude did not respond to the request of the Mexican government army on the ground. He directly rejected this cry for help. There is only one goal in his mind, that is, the aircraft carrier! Aircraft carrier! Aircraft carrier!
What can be done for sweeping the army? What we have to do is kill an aircraft carrier!
With an excited mood and a great mission, the Claude fleet flew in the air for more than three hours and finally reached the west coast of Mexico. The radar on the back of the e-3 'Wanglou' AWACS aircraft scanned the surrounding sea for hundreds of kilometers, and all personnel opened their eyes wide, and the result ...
I did n’t even see Mao!
Huh ... Why didn't you?
Lieutenant Colonel Crowder stared at the radar screen with the air commander in the cabin, looking at every pixel. But whether it is sea or land, the entire west coast of Mexico has only their own nine aircraft. The rest is empty!
What about aircraft carriers?
It does n’t make sense!
Yesterday, the Aurora Legion propeller-based aircraft was still attacking the Mexican government army outside Mérida. Why are they not here today?
The grandchildren are not in this sea, can they go there?
The key to anti-ship operations is not how far the missile is fired, nor how powerful the missile is, but how to find opponents in the vast sea. In the past, Americans had satellites, huge air monitoring systems, and various sensor vehicles, but now these things are gone.
Lieutenant Colonel Claude killed the west coast of Mexico with great enthusiasm, but now the most critical question in his head and his subordinates is where did the 100,000-ton aircraft carrier go?
"Climb to expand your search." Lieutenant Colonel Claude was not reconciled. He ordered the e-3 to fly to a ceiling of 12,000 kilometers so that the radar could see as far away as possible.
But still not!
Can the aircraft carrier become invisible?
The eight f-16s who followed e-3 played soy sauce and circled around their own boss. The pilot flying the plane asked boss again and again on the radio, what now?
"You also expand your search outside." Lieutenant Colonel Claude ordered unwillingly. The eight f-16s can only choose one direction to continue flying outward for a certain distance, and turn on the radar to search outward.
Flying from Florida, the f-16 combat radius has almost reached the limit. About two or three hundred kilometers were flown, and the entire fleet was still nothing. Lieutenant Colonel Claude rushed over with confidence, but he was completely empty!
Did you make a mistake?
"Where did this **** Victor Hugo go?" Lieutenant Colonel Claude was almost furious. But his f-16 must now return, otherwise there is no way to land safely.
God, why is this so? Lieutenant Colonel Claude really couldn't understand, life and death, why did the aircraft carrier 'Kennedy' disappear for no reason?
It's really a journey of joy, and a return of defeat!