Chapter 812: The Sinking of the USS America
It's so domineering! At this time, the radar in front of the Sunburn missile is working in a passive way, it only receives interference signals! The internal computer is quickly processing the received information and constantly adjusting its attitude. Yes, that's right, keep rising!
All of the United States' electronic systems are equipped on the bridge, solving the problem of electromagnetic interference in the narrow space, which also represents the United States' powerful scientific and technological capabilities!
But now, these electronic devices are the cause of their death!
With the roar of death, the Sunburn missile was pulled up from the sea and rushed towards the bridge!
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In order to build a strong aircraft carrier, the Americans made the hull quite thick. In later generations, it was even covered with a layer of Kevlar armor for protection. However, compared with the hull, the bridge was not.
No one thought that the other side would attack the bridge! The bridge is made of thin steel plates! At the same time, this is also for balance. The bridge concentrated on one side cannot be too heavy.
And now, the huge titanium alloy shell of the Sunburn missile accurately drilled into the opponent's bridge, tearing open the thin steel plate, causing a violent explosion inside!
"Boom!" For a moment, the ground shook! With the unburned fuel and the existing warhead, the attack of the Sunburn missile was so fierce!
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In the explosion, a raging fire broke out on the bridge! The bridge was crowded with people, and hundreds of people were killed in the blink of an eye! The rest of the people faced the test of the fire!
"Captain, hurry, hurry, come this way!" A first mate next to Harold shouted to him.
The first anti-ship missile exploded in the middle of the bridge and did not affect the front. However, everyone knew that it was no longer safe to stay in the bridge and they had to leave quickly because the fire outside had spread!
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Harold was also panicking. At this critical moment of life and death, he suddenly felt that living was so wonderful, but now, the reality was quite cruel!
As soon as the door of the captain's room opened, the first mate's eyes were full of panic, because the fire had spread up from below, blocking the passage!
"Run up!" Harold shouted as he ran in the other direction.
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What should you do when you encounter a fire? It is best to run down and escape from the scene, but if the way down is blocked, it is best to run up! Wait for rescue in a safe place!
"Hurry, hurry!" When the fire broke out, these senior personnel were also panicked. The narrow passage was blocked tightly. They all wanted to escape from danger as quickly as possible, but they didn't know where was safe.
Military rank is no longer important. In a life-or-death situation, one's own life is more important! Although fire drills have been conducted before, now that it is actually in actual combat, it is completely different from the past!
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"Idiots, run up!" Harold shouted, but his voice was drowned out by the huge explosion.
The second anti-ship missile has also arrived!
When the first missile exploded, the jammer was destroyed. Without the jammer, the second Sunburn missile regained its radar guidance. It had no choice. In front of it was a huge warship! And it had only this one choice: hit it, below the waterline!
"Boom!" With huge kinetic energy, the Sunburn missile tore through the side of the USS America aircraft carrier, then drilled inside and exploded!
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And right after the explosion, a huge flame spread rapidly!
This time, the target was the cabin in the lower level of the hangar, which was filled with ammunition needed to be mounted by carrier-based aircraft!
The aircraft carrier "America" has a total of 1,500 cabins, with 10 floors from the bottom of the ship to the flight deck, and 7 floors for the bridge, for a total of 17 floors. The bottom few floors are fuel, fresh water, weapons and ammunition compartments and engine rooms; the 5th and 6th floors are sailor cabins, administrative offices, food storage and restaurants; the 7th and 8th floors are aircraft maintenance rooms and cabins for maintenance personnel and radar operators; the 9th and 10th floors are hangars, combat duty rooms and pilot restaurants. The island-style superstructure above the 10th floor, from bottom to top, is the cabins for firefighters, medical personnel, missiles, elevator personnel, tools, communications and electrical material warehouses, officers' cabins, headquarters and the captain, staff, news personnel studio and lounge.
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And now, the Sunburn missile hit the weapons and ammunition depot!
When this anti-ship missile exploded, the USS America experienced its most tragic scene!
That's an ammunition depot!
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The USS America was carrying 7,800 tons of fuel, 5,882 tons of aviation gasoline, and 1,600 tons of aviation ammunition. Although an attack was launched and not much ammunition was used, almost a thousand tons of ammunition inside were detonated in an instant!
What would it look like if an ammunition depot exploded? Now, all the other warships on the sea and all the naval officers and soldiers were extremely shocked, angry, frustrated, and disappointed.
The fragments of the explosion even affected the Hermes next to it, and a large hole was torn in the side of the Hermes! The entire night sky was lit up, and the violent explosion broke the USS America in two! The aircraft carrier on the deck slid into the sea, and people on the warship kept jumping off and into the sea.
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The sound of the explosion resounded throughout the entire sea area. The sound produced by the explosion was transmitted along the sea water. The British base thousands of kilometers away could monitor the explosion!
Then, the fuel tank adjacent to the weapons and ammunition tank was also ignited! The fire illuminated the entire sea surface. In the flames, the aircraft carrier, which was broken into two parts, swayed left and right in the sea breeze of the South Atlantic.
Sailors kept jumping down from the ship. Under such circumstances, the sinking of the USS America was inevitable!
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This is a night of shame for the US Navy. Perhaps only the Pearl Harbor incident can be compared to this! Since World War II, the United States has firmly controlled the world's maritime power. The US aircraft carriers are so powerful that they have never been sunk!
But now, two ground-effect vehicles and twelve anti-ship missiles have completely deprived the US aircraft carrier formation of its defense capabilities. After being attacked by four Sunburn anti-ship missiles, the USS America is facing its doomed end!
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History will remember this night, which is seen as a symbolic moment in the rapid decline of American maritime power! The US aircraft carrier fleet is no longer scary. In the face of modern anti-ship missiles, the US aircraft carrier fleet is not as powerful as imagined!