Chapter 413

Although, at this time, the John Bull Royal Navy had finally recovered after being stunned at the beginning,

and launched a counterattack.

A huge air defense alarm sounded throughout the base.

Previously, John Bull was equipped with the "Rapier" (SHORAD) air defense system.

"Rapier" is a low-altitude short-range air defense system developed by the British Aircraft Corporation and Marconi Company, which began development in 1963, and the Mark 1 version began to be equipped by the John Bull Army and Air Force in 1971, later deriving multiple models.

But to this day, the performance of "Rapier" has clearly lagged behind.

Although to keep up with the times and allow the air defense system to have the ability to engage enemy aircraft and air-dropped ammunition beyond visual range (BVR), the John Bull government also once wanted to develop a new generation of air defense systems.

However, due to budget reasons, until now, John Bull is still equipped with the old 70s "Rapier" (SHORAD) air defense system.

Although a large number of air defense missiles were launched, the interception effect was simply unbearable to look at.

And this time, what Lin Yi equipped for the J-20, besides the PL-21,

was that each aircraft was also equipped with two YJ-18 airborne anti-ship missiles.

This missile, which once sank the Ugly Nation's Nimitz aircraft carrier,

has the feature that in the terminal attack phase, the YJ-18 anti-ship missile will separate an independent supersonic missile body, which, under the propulsion of a solid rocket engine, increases the speed to 2.5 Ma He to 3 Ma He, possessing extremely strong penetration performance.

Against this kind of missile whose terminal speed reaches three times the speed of sound,

the whole world has never had a successful case of interception.

The latest YJ-18 anti-ship missile capable of three-times-the-speed-of-sound attacks collided with the old "Rapier" air defense system over John Bull.

The relationship between the spear and the shield.

However, clearly, the old "Rapier" system could not possibly intercept the YJ-18 missile.

A large number of air defense missiles were like idiots, simply unable to hit the YJ-18 missile.

Instead, the 20mm "Phalanx" 6-barrel MK15 close-in weapon system on the destroyer

intercepted a few YJ-18 missiles with a dense bullet net.

As for John Bull's other short-range air defense system, the "Stormer" SP-HVMs,

the interception effect of this land-mobile air defense system was even more worrying.

It can be said that this attack completely tore off John Bull's last fig leaf.

It was as outdated as a 90-year-old grandfather, even if this grandfather was once a world champion who beat the world.

However, with the passage of time, he had aged to the point of being vulnerable.

Boom, boom, boom...!! In a short time, the entire Portsmouth Naval Base was a mess.

A large number of warships began to tilt after being hit by anti-ship missiles.

Many naval soldiers sank into the cold seabed with these warships.

There were more soldiers running for their lives with faces full of terror.

A John Bull soldier pinned to the ground by broken ship parts grabbed a comrade,

"Save me... Luo Bote... I'm William..."

He thought his comrade would help him move the heavy object off his body and save him.

However, the soldier named Luo Bote looked at the comrade grabbing his ankle with disgust and roared:

"Let go of me..."

William looked at this scene in disbelief and said:

"Luo Bote, for God's sake..."

"I said let go of me..." Seeing that the ship's hull had already tilted, the soldier named Luo Bote had a ferocious face,

and then raised a foot and kicked his former comrade in the face.

Then he kicked frantically until William was covered in serious injuries and let go.

Luo Bote didn't dare to stay for even a moment and ran away without saying a word.

Completely ignoring the person behind him who used to play with him often.

When Luo Bote got outside, he saw a hellish scene.

The whole sky was pitch black, the base was billowing with thick smoke everywhere, and there were countless explosion sounds every moment,

and a large number of warships were tilting.

The Vigilant, the Victory, the newly commissioned S-120 "Ambush," the D-36 "Guardian," etc.

These warships were all sinking.

And although their side launched a large number of air defense missiles, he saw with his own eyes that their own missile

directly missed the other side's missile.

"Oh, God!"

If these had already terrified Luo Bote,

then the fact that John Bull's only aircraft carrier,

the Queen Elizabeth carrier, had its hull start to tilt seriously, made him incredibly horrified.

Although it couldn't compare to the Ugly Nation's 100,000-ton Nimitz-class, as a medium aircraft carrier, it was 70,000 tons.

With such a huge hull, in a short time, it was actually in danger of sinking.

In fact, it was precisely because of its size

that it received the most attacks in a short time.

In just over ten minutes, it was hit by nearly fifteen missiles.

One must know the destructive power of the YJ-18 anti-ship missile;

the power of one could paralyze a 10,000-ton warship.

Even with the thickness of an aircraft carrier's hull, taking more than a dozen hits head-on, the hull was severely damaged,

and if it wasn't repaired immediately, it was very likely to sink.

And just at this moment, many of John Bull's Typhoon fighter jets had taken off in an emergency and flown over.

The British Royal Air Force can be said to be one of John Bull's important forces; the Air Force was established in 1918,

has about 32,000 military personnel, and is equipped with about 800 various aircraft.

However, before being equipped with the F-35,

most of these fighter jets were old models, and its main fighter jet was the Typhoon fighter.

The Typhoon fighter, also known as the EF-2000, is a twin-engine, delta-wing, canard-layout, high-maneuverability multi-role fourth-and-a-half-generation fighter designed by the Eurofighter company (a cooperation between Britain, Germany, Italy, and Spain).

The Typhoon fighter, along with Gaul's Dassault Rafale fighter and Sweden's Saab JAS-39 fighter, because of their excellent performance,

are collectively known as the "Three Heroes" of Europe.

John Bull has about 100 of these aircraft in total.

This time, only one squadron of about 20 aircraft was urgently dispatched from a nearby air base.

Just when the naval soldiers on the ground were rejoicing at the arrival of their fighter jets,

they forgot that until now, they hadn't discovered what was going on with the enemy's missiles.

Where were so many missiles launched from?

And these naval soldiers didn't know that at this time, the pilots flying the Typhoon fighter jets all had faces like they were mourning their parents.

Many were even shaking all over, sweating profusely.

This wasn't because they were sick or anything.

It was because they knew through the live stream what they were about to encounter.

Compared to the fifth-generation F-22 and J-20, even the fourth-and-a-half-generation Typhoon fighter was simply not enough to look at.

The gap could be said to be too obvious.

Both sides had huge gaps in stealth capability, radar systems, power systems, missile systems, etc., in all aspects.