Chapter 440: The Battle of the Ships, the Wrong Beginning
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≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧ commander of the attack detachment "The target has been confirmed, ready to launch shè missiles" gave the order
Suddenly, the people who were still around the missile just now for maintenance all evacuated the missile launch vehicle, and when the missile was fired for a while, it would generate high-temperature and high-pressure gas, and they were very dangerous in the vicinity, and the worst thing was that this was their first live ammunition shot, and God knows if this missile would explode before it was fired
The radar is still scanning the target, the other party is getting closer and closer, and the radar shows that the car is also calculating the direction and distance of the target, as well as the course of the movement, and then transmits these shè elements to the commander on the shè strike command vehicle, and the commander begins to issue various commands to the missile, the first is that the shè frame is constantly rotating with the movement of the target, but it has been aiming at the target
The other side's voyage was very slow, and it took nearly half an hour to reach the missile's range
"The goal has entered the shè process"
"Prepare to send shè, inject data"
Through the cable, the command vehicle continuously transmits data to the missile, including the target bearing, distance, front angle of the target, and the active search time of the terminal radar
Soon, all the preparations were complete
"发shè"
Following the commander's command, the cāo officer pressed his thumb on the hair button
The huge missile began to move, the high-pressure gas cylinders pressurized the propellant tank, the propellant flowed to the engine, and then, a burst of fire came out, and the engine ignited
The three-ton silkworm missile flew away from the launch plane, and the degree became faster and faster
"All immediately shrink their equipment and leave the development shè position," the commander ordered
This kind of missile is a kind of missile that is not left to care about after the hair is issued, and their task is over after the completion of the hair shè, and when they come down, they need to immediately transfer to the next position
Several vehicles began to work, they put away the radar, rolled up the cables, and just the same trailer with missiles as when they came, which was empty
No one knows, even the people who sent the shè don't know, this missile, the attack was not on the Iraqi oil tanker, but on the Kuwaiti "um al-Qabashi" Their attack led to a huge **, however, Iran zhèngfu is not even afraid of the United States, this kind of attack mistake, they are also psychologically prepared
Two seconds later, the missile threw away the booster, and continued to add quickly, the missile's flight degree reached Mach 0.9, and the flight altitude reached 300 meters
The huge silkworm baby is not eating mulberry leaves, but going to gnaw on the 150,000-ton oil tanker
Soon approached a distance of fifty kilometers, at which point the missile descended to a height of 100 meters, and the radar altimeter began to calculate the altitude with certainty
Finally, after entering a distance of ten kilometers, the time for the end guidance radar to turn on is up, and the missile automatically turns on the radar to search the sea surface, and in order to facilitate the search for targets, the radar antenna has a certain downward viewing angle
The captain of the "um al-Qabashi" looked ahead, and another large cargo ship appeared on the sea, that is, the 42,000-ton bulk carrier "Atlantic Norman" from the United States, which was transporting daily necessities for Kuwait
Kuwait's daily necessities come from all over the world, and they rely on the underground oil resources to enjoy a good life
"Woo" Captain sounded his whistle and greeted the ship on the opposite side
"Captain, look there," suddenly a crew member shouted
The captain looked over and saw that on the sea level, there was something reflecting in the sun, and it was moving quickly
In an instant, the captain's brain was short-circuited, and he knew very well that the thing that was flying fast must be a missile
And in that direction, it is Iran
Iran has sent shè missiles, it is here to attack them
The captain immediately gave the order, which made him very reluctant: "Everyone make the final preparations at once"
It is simply impossible for this 150,000-ton tanker to make a few beautiful maneuvers and dodge the missile, and the only thing they can do is to abandon the ship and save their lives
The Silkworm missile in the sky, as soon as the terminal guidance radar was turned on, it was confused
Because, on the predetermined sea, there were actually two boats
The resolution of this single-pulse system terminal guidance radar is not very high, and it is impossible to distinguish which is the target set in advance, in fact, even if it can distinguish it, it will not work, because the radar that provided it with guidance data at the beginning did not provide it with specific characteristics of locking on the target at all
Originally, if it had analyzed the direction of the two ships, it could have deduced who the target was, but when it first locked on to the target, the search radar did not scan the direction of the Gulf of Oman at all, and moreover, the "Atlantic Norman" sailed very slowly, only eight knots, and with the flight degree of the silkworm missile, it could not observe the direction of the opponent's voyage at all
As a result, the silkworm baby sadly found that he didn't know which was the target he was going to attack
According to the pre-set setting, after losing the target, the Silkworm missile began to climb to a mid-altitude altitude of 400 meters, and began to hover over the two ships to determine which ship was the target it had predetermined
After giving the order to abandon the ship, the sailors were ready, and at this time, the action of the flying missile scared all the people on both ships stupid
The bloated missile flew in the sky, hovering overhead, swooping down at any moment to attack, and all the sailors watched as if they were chickens watching the frightening and plump body of more than 7 meters long whirling around their heads unhurriedly, they had a feeling of being strangled by a rope but still breathing to feel the fear before death
After circling three times, the Silkworm missile finally no longer hesitated, and since it could no longer find its target, it adopted the second plan: attack the largest ship
The autopilot controls the missile and dives down from the sky, and at the same time, the antenna of the terminal guidance radar begins to look upwards, otherwise the radar waves will all hit the surface of the sea and cannot be reversed
The warhead of this missile weighs 500 kilograms, moreover, it is a conical charge warhead, in the front part of the missile, there is a half-spherical metal shaped energy cover, after the explosives are detonated, the energy accumulation makes them lead into a huge energy gathering shè flow, which can penetrate a fairly thick armor steel plate, similar to the principle of a rocket, which can make the missile bloom inside the ship hit
This missile, which was used to attack large warships, has now hit the body of the "um Qabashi", which is naturally a very heavy blow
After the silkworm missile swooped down from the sky, the kiss of death came
The crew, who had been watching from the deck a moment ago, now knew that they were the target, and they watched as the missile swooped down and hit the belly of the wide hull in front of them
After hitting the deck, the fuse began to fire, and hundreds of kilograms of explosives, gathered on the front shaped cover, instantly penetrated the steel of the hull, and then the entire projectile body drilled in, along with the remaining small part of the fuel that did not burn out, and there was a violent explosion
The entire tanker was divided into more than a dozen duli compartments, but the bomb that had just been drilled into it had completely destroyed one of the compartments, and then, the crude oil also began to burn, and an even more violent explosion occurred, and the 150,000-ton "um Qabashi" had been broken into two
This is the power of heavy anti-ship missiles, and when they hit civilian ships, especially oil tankers, the power will be even greater
By this time, the crew members with swimming rings had already begun to jump into the water, and they had to swim to the opposite boat before the oil leaked to the surface
The only thing that made them feel fortunate was that due to the tight sealing between each compartment and the relatively fast sinking of the ship, the compartments that were not hit did not explode
The crew is swimming hard, and the crude oil that has leaked to the surface of the sea may be ignited by the flames of the explosion at any time, and they will be burned alive at that time
Another freighter, the Atlantic Norman, which was lucky not to be attacked, also fired at full speed to rescue the crew who had fallen into the water
The captain of the "um Kabashi" stood on the deck of the "Atlantic Norman" with his whole body, looking at the place where his big ship sank and the whirlpool of the sea, and there was an incomparable anger in his heart at this moment
As Arabs, they originally supported Iraq, however, they did not participate in the war, and Iran actually dared to attack their tankers directly, this is the naked hooliganism
In particular, they still started to act after announcing their decision in a high-profile manner, and even the most rogue Yisè did not dare to do so
It was a sad day, and a day that shocked everyone in the world, on April 28, 1983, in the Strait of Hormuz, the world's busiest waterway, the Kuwaiti steamer "um Qabashi", which transported crude oil, was attacked by an anti-ship missile, resulting in the sinking of the ship, the death of two crew members, and the disappearance of one major tragedy
History has changed a lot here again, and the "um Qabashi" was supposed to be sunk by Iran's Republican Guard only a year later, and now, a year ago, it has unfortunately sunk
Iran dares to openly attack the civilian ships of a country that has not declared war on him, which is an act of extreme contempt for international law, and until after World War II, no country has dared to do so, and public opinion in all societies is condemning Iran
Iran, on the other hand, only learned that it had made a mistake after watching the broadcasts of Kuwaiti television
ps: This section is definitely not YY, it is a classic in the ship attack battle, it's just that it was Iraq's H-6 that launched the shè missile, and the target of the attack was the Americans' Ticonderoga-class Aegis missile cruiser, and the silkworm baby couldn't distinguish the target, so he found the largest oil tanker and hit it (to be continued)
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