Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

July 3, 12:7 am.

In the early morning, on the surface of the Gulf of Bengal, the sunlight pierced through the thin sea mist like countless golden arrows and illuminated the deep blue.

Amid the boundless water and sky, a huge fleet is sailing on the Gulf of Bengal. The bows of the ships lightly cut through the waves. The steel-cast warships appear particularly majestic and magnificent under the sunlight, as if covered with a layer of gold paint.

This fleet is the main naval combat group sent by India. In order to encircle and annihilate the stealth cruiser of the Jeko Group, India dispatched most of its naval forces.

There is a total of one aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, with a displacement of 43000 tons, and one destroyer, INS Delhi, with a displacement of 1 tons.

There are four 7500-ton Kolkata-class destroyers, which are the largest destroyers in India, namely Kolkata, Cochin, Chennai and Paknam.

Two 5000-ton Rajput-class destroyers, INS Rajput and INS Rana.

Two nuclear submarines with a displacement of 6000, the Arigate and the Ariete.

Two 2.8-ton displacement supply ships, INS Deepak and INS Shati.

Three Shivalik-class frigates, which are the largest frigates of India with a tonnage of 3 tons, are Shivalik, Satpura and Sayakhai.

In addition, there are Brahmaputra-class frigates with a displacement range of 3000 to 4000 tons, and Kamerta-class frigates, totaling 15 ships of these two types.

There are 3000 warships with a displacement of more than 30 tons and a total displacement of more than 23 tons. This is all the assets of the Indian Navy. It can be said that almost all the main warships in service have been mobilized. India is determined to win this naval battle.

At this time, in the communications duty room of the Vikrant aircraft carrier, the communications officer on duty was ecstatic. He took off his headphones and reported all the intelligence he had just obtained to the command center of the aircraft carrier.

A few minutes later, an emergency meeting was held on the aircraft carrier island.

Admiral Kumar, the fleet commander-in-chief of the Indian Navy fleet, stood at the conference table in the command center.

Sitting in the conference room were senior officers of the fleet. Some of them were from the command system of the aircraft carrier, some were from the destroyer formation commanders, and some were from the carrier-based aircraft wing commanders, etc.

"The latest intelligence: The satellite of the United States has discovered the navigation track of the invisible cruiser. The longitude and latitude coordinates are: 91.4316054, 6.8910390."

Kumar picked up a photo, which was taken by a satellite and showed obvious navigation tracks left by large ships passing by.

"What? We found our target."

"Great! As long as we know the enemy's approximate area and conduct repeated inspections, the enemy will not be able to escape."

"After circling around the sea for a week, we finally found each other."

Everyone at the scene couldn't help but show joy on their faces, and their excitement was beyond words.

Their huge fleet has been at sea for nearly a week, but there is still no sign of the Jeko Group's stealth cruiser.

Because their satellites have been targeted by the Jeko Group and destroyed in suicide attacks, the deployment and reconnaissance of satellites have been intermittent.

And the target was only a cruiser, not an aircraft carrier battle group.

The aircraft carrier battle group is deployed over an area of ​​tens of kilometers, making reconnaissance much easier.

This also made it difficult for them to track the invisible cruiser over the past week.

"Now, the reconnaissance aircraft will immediately conduct reconnaissance in the longitude and latitude area to determine whether the stealth cruiser is active in the area. At the same time, the sea search radar will operate at full power to find the exact location of the stealth cruiser for me. I want detailed intelligence on the other side."

Kumar turned his eyes and gave orders to the flight commander of the carrier-based aircraft.

"Yes!"

The carrier-based aircraft flight commander immediately issued a notice to ask the reconnaissance aircraft performing reconnaissance missions nearby to change direction to determine whether the stealth cruiser was actually active in the area.

If the enemy is really there, further detailed reconnaissance will be needed to determine the enemy's combat intentions, combat configuration, speed, etc.

The rest of the people continued to wait in the command room, everyone's face looking nervous and excited.

As time passed, Kumar supported his chin with both hands, his face solemn.

This silence was finally broken after 18 minutes.

A communications officer rushed into the command room, holding an intelligence document in his hand, and shouted excitedly: "Commander, the D-8 reconnaissance plane has lost contact, but the D-8 fighter plane successfully transmitted the intelligence back before losing contact. After confirmation, we found the stealth cruiser of the Jeko Group. The enemy ship is 409 kilometers southeast of us and is cruising at a speed of 20 knots. There is only one enemy ship."

Kumar's eyes lit up as he looked at the intelligence document, which recorded detailed information about the enemy. The pictures sent back also confirmed that this was the enemy's stealth cruiser, and there was only one, with no other combat ships following.

Kumar couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth and couldn't hold back his smile any longer.

This enormous wealth has finally been received by him. As long as he sinks this invisible cruiser, he will become a nationally famous naval hero in India, and then wealth and fame will come rolling in.

As for failure, he didn't think there was any possibility of him losing.

They have a huge fleet of 30 warships, 30 against 1, the advantage is on my side. If I can't even lose this, I might as well just find a piece of tofu and smash my head against it and die.

"Order to launch all carrier-based aircraft, mount anti-ship missiles and precision-guided bombs, and conduct counter-electronic jamming."

"The fleet deployed into combat formation, with destroyers and frigates ready for air defense and missile launches to guard against enemy counterattacks."

"The fleet is sailing at full speed. The second and third destroyer formations will detach from the fleet and increase speed to bring the enemy ships within the 300-kilometer radar capture range."

Kumar slammed the table and issued a series of orders, preparing to launch carrier-based aircraft first to directly attack the enemy.

As for why destroyer missiles are not used, it is mainly because their range is not enough.

Taking their most advanced Kolkata-class destroyer as an example, the maximum range of its sea search radar is about 300 kilometers. The Kolkata-class destroyer is also equipped with 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles, but the maximum range of this missile is only 350 kilometers.

The location of the stealth cruiser has exceeded the destroyer's maximum attack range.

Now the only option is to let the destroyer formation leave the fleet first, use the high speed of the destroyers to close the distance between them and the enemy ships, and bring the enemy ships within the attack range of the missiles.

Kumar's combat order was issued, and the people in the command room immediately got busy.

A moment later, the shrill mobilization bell began to sound on the aircraft carrier.

The radio was constantly transmitting throughout the entire huge fleet, and the Indian naval fleet became agitated, constantly increasing its speed and galloping at full speed towards the southeast.

The deck of the INS Vikrant was even more busy and tense. MiG-29K fighter jets were lifted from the hangar to the deck by elevators. The flight crew members, wearing vests of various colors, constantly directed and guided the fighter jets and carried out logistical work before take-off.

The pilots sat in the operations room, listening to the flight officer's combat plan and looking at the flight route, enemy tactics and other plans written on the drawing board. The drawing board was covered with densely packed words and arrows.

After the flight crew technicians loaded ammunition on all the fighter planes, completed refueling, and checked the fighter planes for possible hidden dangers, the pilots began to board the fighter planes one by one, put on their helmets, and checked again whether the fuel gauge, avionics and other equipment were operating normally, and then closed the canopy.

As the air crew fighter guide in a yellow vest squatted down and pointed his right arm forward, indicating that the deck was clear and we could take off.

Facing the warm morning sun, the engine of the first MiG-29K roared, and a blazing flame spurted from its tail. It began to accelerate continuously. When the fighter arrived at the front of the deck, the inclined deck provided the fighter with an upward force, and the fighter successfully took off.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third MiG-29K fighters took off one after another, and finally formed a formation of 12 fighters in the air.

The Vikrant is a medium-sized aircraft carrier that can carry up to 12 fighter jets, as well as some helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft. This time, in order to deal with the unknown stealth cruiser, all 12 carrier-based fighter jets took off into combat.

The carrier-based aircraft completed formation in the air, then flew southeast, continuously increasing altitude.

On the decks of aircraft carriers and other warships, crew members shouted loudly, took off their military caps and waved them to see off and refuel the twelve fighter planes.

The entire huge Indian fleet was in a state of excitement. They seemed to have seen the scene of their own fighter planes successfully destroying the enemy ships and returning with a great victory.

Four hundred kilometers away, on the Irrawaddy Devourer-class deep-diving cruiser, Peng Hongtai stood on the deck, staring at the sea not far away.

There was a layer of oil floating on the sea surface there. It was an Indian reconnaissance plane that was shot down by their anti-aircraft missiles. After it crashed into the sea, the fuel leaked and polluted the sea surface.

"Commander, the enemy already knows our location. Our biological radar has already detected that the Indian fleet is accelerating towards us and has launched fighter jets. They are about to enter our optimal hunting circle."

Tu Fengpu came hurriedly, his eyes filled with a hint of uncontrollable excitement.

The Devourer-class deep-diving cruiser's biological radar has a longer detection range and captured the Indian Navy's movements first, not to mention that the Jeko Group also has satellites. The Indian fleet is so large that it is easy to find.

They deliberately let the Indian reconnaissance plane find them, with the aim of making the Indian fleet travel at full speed and enter their best ambush circle position.

"Order all ships to prepare for air defense. Bring their planes closer and test their air defense capabilities. At the same time, notify other cruisers to launch an attack on the Indian Navy in ten minutes and destroy them all in one fell swoop."

Peng Hongtai gave this order with sharp eyes and a cold tone.

Soon, the hatches of the missile launch units on the Devourer Cruiser opened, and the anti-aircraft missiles loaded inside ignited, rising straight into the sky, then turning halfway and flying towards the northwest.

This scene is extremely violent, with a large number of anti-aircraft missiles flying out as if they were free, and several missiles launching into the air every second.

In the sky, although the MiG-29K carrier-based aircraft is not very advanced, it only takes less than ten minutes for the MiG-29K fighter to reach a distance of just a few hundred kilometers.

The commander of these 12 MiG-29K fighters is Air Force Colonel Fepidun.

"What's going on? Why haven't we found the enemy ship yet?"

Fepidun frowned. The radar of the MiG-29K fighter had not yet detected the whereabouts of the enemy ship, which gave him a bad feeling.

If the enemy's position cannot be found, the precision-guided bombs and anti-ship missiles carried by the fighter jets will not be able to attack.

Bang!

Suddenly, a light flashed on the avionics radar screen, and Fepidun's face showed joy. He glanced around and saw that the radar had locked onto the position of the invisible cruiser.

"The distance is 125 kilometers. This cruiser's stealth capability is too good. It is worthy of being called a stealth cruiser."

Fepidun could not help but exclaim, but he did not hesitate any longer and shouted to the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft in other formations: "Enemy ships have appeared, launch anti-ship missiles in three waves."

Before Fepidun could finish his words, the fighter screen suddenly flashed a violent red light alarm.

"Oh no, I've been locked by a missile."

"Me too. It was an anti-aircraft missile launched by an enemy ship."

"Quickly dodge, release the infrared decoy bomb."

The communication channel was filled with the terrified cries of other pilots, and the signals of incoming anti-aircraft missiles appeared, causing the carrier-based aircraft formation to panic.

boom!
A MiG-29K fighter was hit by an anti-aircraft missile, brilliant fireworks bloomed in the sky, countless fighter parts flew off, and the pilot was dismembered along with the fighter before he could parachute.

Two kilometers away, a MiG-29K fighter jet made an emergency evasive maneuver and released an infrared decoy bomb that deceived an anti-aircraft missile. Then, through its own sophisticated control and a bit of luck, it successfully avoided another incoming anti-aircraft missile.

Unlike what is shown in the movies, air defense missiles will intercept fighter planes in advance on their flight paths in the air. There will be no situation where the missiles pass by fighter planes and then turn around to chase them.

Two anti-aircraft missiles flashed by in succession, but the fighter's alarm radar was still flashing.

When the pilot looked at the avionics screen, he saw that the MiG-29K was able to track ten incoming targets at the same time, and the radar screen showed that there were still three anti-aircraft missiles fired at it.

This made the pilot suddenly despair, because the threat efficiency of ship-launched air defense missiles to aircraft is often higher than that of air-to-air missiles.

Because the warhead of ship-borne air defense missiles has more explosives and a larger guidance head, the weight restrictions are not as great as those of fighter jet air-to-air missiles.

Three anti-aircraft missiles almost sentenced him to death.

Ten seconds later, the MiG-29K was hit head-on by an anti-aircraft missile while making an emergency evasive maneuver.

The anti-aircraft missile exploded prematurely, and a large amount of fragments covered an area with a diameter of hundreds of meters, making it impossible for the fighter plane to maneuver and escape, and it was shot like a sieve.

The precision instruments inside the fighter plane were severely damaged, the canopy was penetrated, and a piece of shrapnel directly pierced the pilot's neck, cutting off the aorta.

The plane that lost control was emitting black smoke, circling and rolling in the sky, and fell heavily into the sea, creating huge waves as high as 20 to 30 meters.

There were also pilots who successfully launched their ejection seats before being shot down by anti-aircraft missiles.

But there was a vast ocean below. When the parachute opened, he fell into the sea, and what greeted him was undoubtedly deeper despair, because the waves on the sea were now two or three meters high. He would not be able to wait for the rescue helicopter of his own fleet to rescue him. He would be swallowed up by the waves and sink to the bottom of the sea.

Many Indian pilots also launched anti-ship missiles at the stealth cruiser when the air defense missiles attacked, reducing the weight of the aircraft and thus better avoiding the air defense missiles.

On the Irrawaddy cruiser, facing the anti-ship missiles hastily launched by the carrier-based aircraft, the ship's missile launch unit spewed flames again, and one ship-launched air defense missile after another intercepted the incoming anti-ship missiles and shot them down midway.

Of the 12 MiG-29K fighters, 8 were directly destroyed in this round of air defense missile attacks.

Among the remaining four MiG-4K fighters, three were damaged, with thick smoke and sparks coming out of the tails, and it was obvious that they could not return to the aircraft carrier.

Fepidun's eyes were red as he watched his subordinates being shot down one by one. He roared angrily, "Damn it, you bastard! I will definitely sink you."

He had already arrived above the Irrawaddy cruiser and could see the huge hull of the cruiser, which was extremely eye-catching on the sea level.

Looking at the cruiser that remained unscathed by the anti-ship missile attack, witnessing this scene, the intact MiG-29K fighter fled without looking back.

Fepidun gritted his teeth. He wanted to launch the KAB-500 precision-guided bomb in the ammunition bay, but during the detonation of the anti-aircraft missile just now, the shrapnel destroyed the ammunition bay throwing device, so that the precision-guided bomb could not be thrown at all.

That's not all. Fepidon looked at the rapidly dropping fuel gauge and knew that the fuel tank must have been pierced and broken by shrapnel.

The MiG-29K fighter is notoriously short-legged and nicknamed the Airport Guardian. Its effective combat radius is only 500 kilometers. With this rate of fuel leakage, it will crash into the sea before returning to the aircraft carrier.

Thinking of this, Fepidun pulled the joystick, stared at the Irrawaddy cruiser, turned the power of his fighter to maximum, and dived towards the huge stealth cruiser.

He wanted to use the kamikaze tactics against the enemy ships, because he did not want all of his 12 carrier-based aircraft to be shot down without even causing any damage to the enemy. Such a shameful result would also nail him to the pillar of shame of the Indian Navy after his death.

The fighter planes were flying at full speed and swooping down from the sky. The huge cruiser could not compete with the speed of the fighter planes.

However, the Irrawaddy cruiser did not think of evading. On the cruiser, 8 11-barrel 30mm close-in defense guns were started. In an instant, hot tongues of flame gushed out and shell casings were thrown out like waterfalls.

"What kind of hedgehog is this?"

When Febitun saw this scene, one last thought flashed through his mind.

The next moment, his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness. He and his plane were torn to pieces by hundreds of 30mm shells, turning into a huge fireball in the sky.

With the second wave of Irrawaddy air defense missiles launched, the last three Indian fighter planes in the sky did not escape the disaster, including the escaping MiG-29K fighter, which was blown up in mid-air before it escaped the range of the air defense missiles.

At this point, none of the 12 carrier-based MiG-29K fighters were spared. All were turned into aerial turkeys by the Irrawaddy cruiser and fell into the sea, burning and dismembered.

The Devourer-class deep-diving cruiser can carry a large number of missiles, with more than two hundred anti-aircraft missiles alone. It can fire at will, and its firepower density is extremely exaggerated.

What these MiG-29K fighters are facing is actually the air defense firepower of a destroyer squadron.

In addition, biological radars are more advanced than phased array radars and are more efficient in capturing and locking incoming missiles and fighters. The fate of these MiG-29K fighters has long been determined, becoming test subjects for the air defense of the Devourer-class deep-diving cruiser. (End of this chapter)