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Chapter 412 Sinking
Ming Zhenxiong stared blankly at the raging fire on the Minsk through the bridge glass and was slow to react.

He couldn't imagine it.
If this was an enemy attack, if this was not a target ship...

How serious the consequences will be!
"Dalian ship, confirm the damage immediately."

The voice from the communicator finally woke Ming Zhenxiong up, and at the same time made him feel relieved.

This order from the exercise command indicated that this was indeed an attack from the Red Army.

When he thought that this was an attack from his own weapons, the frustration of failing the defense mission immediately disappeared.

Ming Zhenxiong picked up the intercom and replied excitedly: "Dalian Ship received it!"

Although he really wanted to know what kind of new fighter plane it was, he also knew that now was not the time or place to ask such a question...

As the smoke from the explosion initially dissipated, the damage was quickly analyzed through visual inspection of the Minsk and monitoring data installed on the ship.

"Report, a hole about 5 meters in diameter was blown out on the left rear side of the target ship, the power room was seriously damaged, and there was slight water ingress, but there was no risk of silence or capsizing."

"There are two craters with a diameter of 2-3 meters on the deck, and the runway is severely damaged. The aircraft's mid- and long-distance gliding takeoff and landing capabilities have been basically lost, but helicopters and light fighters should still be able to fly. The preliminary assessment is that 5% of the combat capability has been paralyzed."

"Received, the exercise continues."

A wave of attacks from one plane can paralyze 70% of the combat power, and the initial combat objectives have basically been achieved.

The entire process of this exercise was also clearly recorded by the USS Mike Campbell not far away. Except for the attack by that plane, the rest was basically the same as the reminder just given by the USS Carl Vinson.

When Gilman first heard the intelligence feedback from the Carl Vinson, he almost thought that the communication channel had been hacked and he had encountered a "telecommunications fraud".
It was not until the military exercise in China officially began that he finally believed that China had really built such an absurdly powerful unmanned fighter jet.

If China really wants to attack them, the current miserable state of the Minsk is a reflection of the Carl Vinson.

China used the simplest and most direct way to tell them the fact that sea power has come to an end!
Just as Gilman was still immersed in the shock, the radar soldier suddenly said, "Report, a large number of flying objects were spotted in the northwest!"

Gilman was startled and quickly looked up at the big screen, then his pupils suddenly dilated.

According to the data on the screen, the speed of these flying objects is only 150KM/H, but there are so many of them that the radar cannot track them at all!
Taking another look at the distance, Gilman immediately guessed that it must be a cruise missile launched from land.

China's proud drone swarm tactics have finally begun!

Since these cruise missiles had no stealth capabilities, they were discovered as soon as they were launched. However, cruise missiles are an open card. Their biggest function is to attract and consume the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower and provide cover for the real killer move.

The reason why it is called a clear brand is that you know its purpose and that these are cheap goods, but you have to deal with it...

Otherwise, if you let them attack you will still get hurt.

Fortunately, the biggest drawback of this cheap product is that it flies very slowly, and the attacked party has plenty of time to think about how to deal with it.

What follows is basically a show of Chinese equipment.

The Minsk's defense formation first launched several anti-aircraft missiles, successfully intercepted several cruise missiles at a long distance, and then waited quietly for them to approach.

It was not cost-effective to use expensive air defense missiles to deal with cheap cruise missiles. It was enough to symbolically show the performance of air defense missiles to the other side. Not long after the first batch of drones took off, the Red Army launched four waves in succession according to the performance of the drones, ensuring that the five waves of attacks arrived at the combat area at roughly the same time.

After three hours, the distance between the dense swarm of drones and the Minsk was finally reduced to 20 kilometers, and the defense formation began to deploy its defense.

They used anti-drone electromagnetic suppression, electromagnetic pulse weapons, laser weapons, and automatic close-in defense guns.

In the face of electromagnetic signal interference, the swarm can switch to an intelligent combat system. In the face of electromagnetic pulse weapons, a radiation shielding layer can be added. Although this will increase the cost of the drone, it is at least effective.

But laser weapons are the natural enemy of these small, slow drones, especially the 50kw large laser weapons provided by Kangchi, which can basically kill one drone per second.

However, they only have one such laser weapon, which makes them feel like they are outnumbered. Although the drone swarm is constantly suffering losses, it is still charging forward from all directions, and the distance between them and the Minsk is constantly closing.

In fact, if the blue side was given a few more laser weapons, these low, small and slow aircraft would definitely not be able to penetrate, unless the size of the swarm was expanded several times and they swarmed in like real locusts.

But this is just an exercise after all, the purpose is just to show the other side the weapons,
It is enough to let them know that we not only created a sharp spear, but also a strong shield to restrain this spear.

Anyway, they knew it was impossible for China to produce only one laser cannon of this kind.

Therefore, the command center only equipped the blue team with one laser cannon, not wanting to really kill their own bee colony...

"Bam—"

Under the saturation attack of thousands of drones of various models, the Minsk's defense circle was ultimately unable to hold out. One after another, the drones that escaped the net crashed into the Minsk's hull like moths to a flame. Some cruise missiles were even very intelligent and specifically bombed the ship's side and waterline.

Boom——

At the moment when the swarm of bees successfully broke through, the final killing move finally arrived as expected.

First, a YJ-21 anti-ship missile penetrated more than ten compartments of the Minsk at a speed of Mach 10. The violent explosion caused from inside the hull directly blew the Minsk apart.

But it's not over yet.

A DF-41 equipped with a conventional warhead hit the gap opened by the JY-20 at a speed of Mach 21. The violent explosion severely deformed the hull of the Minsk. Although it did not break directly, it was barely supported by a few layers of skin at this moment, and it looked like it could disintegrate in two at any time...

Seeing such a shocking scene, Gilman on the Mike Campbell fell silent.

In fact, it was also the first time for him to witness the power of YJ and DF missiles at such a close distance...

Given the current state of the Minsk, it would only take an hour or so for it to sink.

Although this target ship is old and its hull strength is certainly much worse than that of an advanced aircraft carrier that has been properly maintained,
But no one can guarantee that they can perform much better than the Minsk after enduring such an attack...

It turns out that sinking an aircraft carrier is not as difficult as imagined.

It doesn't take 25 days, just a swarm of bees and two hypersonic missiles can send it to the bottom of the sea!

(End of this chapter)