Chapter 255 Air Battle (3)
A laser-guided 120mm artillery shell came off the tank. Soon, it broke into eight pieces and went into the middle inertial guidance state. With such a high trajectory artillery shell, it all depended on luck. The artillery shell could go very far, but nobody knew if it was going to hit the target!
Seven nautical miles was approximately thirteen kilometers. It was far more than the fire-controlled detection area of ‘Abrams’. Even though it was within the shooting range, the chances of hitting the target were close to impossible.
Neither Butcher nor Mox knew the exact direction of the artillery shell’s trajectory. They just roughly fired in the direction of the frigate. Right now, there was nothing else that could be done; it all depended on whether the laser guidance on the drone could bring the artillery shell back.
Nobody would know if the artillery shell actually hit the target. Zhou Qingfeng could only hope that the radar of that old and rusty frigate would fail to work due to the lack of maintenance. It might be the only chance for the patrol ship to run away. Otherwise, he would not even able to find Butcher and Mox’s corpses.
Meanwhile, in the frigate, Santos was very happy with the current situation. In his opinion, even though it was not a good start for them, he thought everything was finally under his control. The air defense missiles worked on propeller airplanes, but not on the frigate. Of course, a helicopter without an anti-ship missile was not scary at all.
“Keep moving, hurry up, we need to get there as soon as possible. We can’t let those two ships go. Victory’s on our side this time! Don’t bother about the patrol ship that was trying to ambush us, it’ll soon be gone.” Santos was very confident. Even though his frigate was old, he believed it could at least do something.
Right after he finished talking, a booming sound erupted and the frigate started shaking vigorously. Santos, who was sitting on the high chair, fell on the ground and his nose knocked on the floor.
General Santos stood up with blood flowing out of his nose and shouted, “What happened? Did we get hit by something?”
Soon, the officer on duty tried to figure it out but nobody could tell what exactly had happened. Santos came out of the captain’s cabin and saw the place that was bombed. All sorts of wires were broken and the key thing was the fire-controlled radar. It was directly hit by the artillery shell. It was completely gone.
What the hell! How did this happen? There shouldn’t be any warships around this area! There’s a patrol ship but it shouldn’t have any cannons on it!
General Santos realized something and was stunned — it’s the only fire-controlled radar for the main cannon on the frigate! How are we supposed to survive without one? Argh, it’s completely shattered. It can’t even be fixed.
As soon as the radar stopped functioning, two of the 76mm main cannons on the frigate stopped firing. The gunners came out of the turrets and were astonished when they saw the destroyed radar.
Without the radar, the firing the cannon would totally depend on eyesight now. All of a sudden, they had returned to the dreadnought century! Firing a cannon would totally depend on luck. It would already be good enough to hit one or two out of a hundred shots. Unfortunately, the gunners under Santos sucked; they could not even fire the cannon properly.
While Santos was upset, Zhou Qingfeng was cheering. Ellie and Eileen who were in charge of guiding the artillery shell were extremely happy. They hugged each other and jumped excitedly. When Zhou Qingfeng saw the high trajectory artillery shell hit the target from so far away, he teased through the wireless radio, “Well Butcher, lucky you!”
Butcher and Mox were already in a desperate state because two of the enemies’ cannons were extremely aggressive and they were getting more and more accurate. At that moment, they could have been killed at any time.
The moment they heard the artillery shell hit the most crucial fire-controlled radar, the two burly men that barely fit in the turret cried out, “Let’s do this!”
After the two burly men lived through the moments of death, they felt the adrenaline rush and consecutively fired five artillery shells towards Santos’s frigate.
However, these five shots were not as lucky as the first one. Due to the fact that the distance was too far, the sabots could be redirected back to the track even though the drone was providing laser guidance. Only one of the five shots hit the target. One of the 30mm secondary air defenses at the side of the frigate was destroyed.
Even so, Santos was terrified. While looking at the explosions in the sea beside the frigate, he instantly realized it had to be the patrol ship.
“Send all the speedboats and torpedo boats, we have to take it down!” Santos was aware that he needed to either chase away or destroy the patrol ship. Obviously, he knew the drone flying in the sky was guiding the artillery shells.
“Quino, get rid of that drone. It’s guiding the artillery shells.” Santos could only rely on his son now.
Quino gathered the propeller airplanes again. However, they were not coming as a group like before anymore. They were trying to attack from different directions and they knew Zhou Qingfeng was not going to handle all of them.
“We have to destroy this helicopter. Otherwise, my father will be killed and so will all of you.” Quino forced his men to go and he continued watching from the back.
While facing the enemies from different directions, pilot Katrina was trying her best to dodge everything. However, the helicopter was so slow compared to the propeller airplanes. She had no choice; she was going to go all in, “Victor, hold your breath!”
Two 1,600-horse turboshaft engines running at the same time provided extremely high mobility for the HH-60H helicopter. With Katrina’s unbelievable skills, the helicopter started to turn and showed its unbelievable movements.
Meanwhile, Zhou Qingfeng was still trying to shoot the propeller airplanes down with the ‘Poison Sting’. He yelled at Katrina, “Katrina, can’t you fly properly? I can’t even aim!”
“If that were the case, both of us will be gone.” Katrina was not going to give up. The helicopter was still traveling and dodging the propeller airplanes. At the same time, she was protecting the drone that was carrying the laser guidance.
Under such a situation, Zhou Qingfeng could not use ‘Poison Sting’. He could only use the M134 Gatling machine gun. In the midst of the crossfire, both of them worked really well. They consecutively took down five of the propeller airplanes. Especially with Zhou Qingfeng’s ‘Awe-inspiring murderous’ ability, his accuracy increased and he had more energy every time he killed one of them.
At the end, the rest of the propeller airplanes started running away in different directions. Meanwhile, Zhou Qingfeng was already exhausted. While he was catching his breath, he saw a monoplane ‘Beech’ rushing towards him.
Through the windows, Zhou Qingfeng saw the opponent. Zhou Qingfeng instantly recognized that it was the enemy who had shot him down earlier. He repositioned the M134 Gatling and said steadily, “Ready to die? Here you go!”
Chapter 255 Air Battle (3)
A laser-guided 120mm artillery shell came off the tank. Soon, it broke into eight pieces and went into the middle inertial guidance state. With such a high trajectory artillery shell, it all depended on luck. The artillery shell could go very far, but nobody knew if it was going to hit the target!
Seven nautical miles was approximately thirteen kilometers. It was far more than the fire-controlled detection area of ‘Abrams’. Even though it was within the shooting range, the chances of hitting the target were close to impossible.
Neither Butcher nor Mox knew the exact direction of the artillery shell’s trajectory. They just roughly fired in the direction of the frigate. Right now, there was nothing else that could be done; it all depended on whether the laser guidance on the drone could bring the artillery shell back.
Nobody would know if the artillery shell actually hit the target. Zhou Qingfeng could only hope that the radar of that old and rusty frigate would fail to work due to the lack of maintenance. It might be the only chance for the patrol ship to run away. Otherwise, he would not even able to find Butcher and Mox’s corpses.
Meanwhile, in the frigate, Santos was very happy with the current situation. In his opinion, even though it was not a good start for them, he thought everything was finally under his control. The air defense missiles worked on propeller airplanes, but not on the frigate. Of course, a helicopter without an anti-ship missile was not scary at all.
“Keep moving, hurry up, we need to get there as soon as possible. We can’t let those two ships go. Victory’s on our side this time! Don’t bother about the patrol ship that was trying to ambush us, it’ll soon be gone.” Santos was very confident. Even though his frigate was old, he believed it could at least do something.
Right after he finished talking, a booming sound erupted and the frigate started shaking vigorously. Santos, who was sitting on the high chair, fell on the ground and his nose knocked on the floor.
General Santos stood up with blood flowing out of his nose and shouted, “What happened? Did we get hit by something?”
Soon, the officer on duty tried to figure it out but nobody could tell what exactly had happened. Santos came out of the captain’s cabin and saw the place that was bombed. All sorts of wires were broken and the key thing was the fire-controlled radar. It was directly hit by the artillery shell. It was completely gone.
What the hell! How did this happen? There shouldn’t be any warships around this area! There’s a patrol ship but it shouldn’t have any cannons on it!
General Santos realized something and was stunned — it’s the only fire-controlled radar for the main cannon on the frigate! How are we supposed to survive without one? Argh, it’s completely shattered. It can’t even be fixed.
As soon as the radar stopped functioning, two of the 76mm main cannons on the frigate stopped firing. The gunners came out of the turrets and were astonished when they saw the destroyed radar.
Without the radar, the firing the cannon would totally depend on eyesight now. All of a sudden, they had returned to the dreadnought century! Firing a cannon would totally depend on luck. It would already be good enough to hit one or two out of a hundred shots. Unfortunately, the gunners under Santos sucked; they could not even fire the cannon properly.
While Santos was upset, Zhou Qingfeng was cheering. Ellie and Eileen who were in charge of guiding the artillery shell were extremely happy. They hugged each other and jumped excitedly. When Zhou Qingfeng saw the high trajectory artillery shell hit the target from so far away, he teased through the wireless radio, “Well Butcher, lucky you!”
Butcher and Mox were already in a desperate state because two of the enemies’ cannons were extremely aggressive and they were getting more and more accurate. At that moment, they could have been killed at any time.
The moment they heard the artillery shell hit the most crucial fire-controlled radar, the two burly men that barely fit in the turret cried out, “Let’s do this!”
After the two burly men lived through the moments of death, they felt the adrenaline rush and consecutively fired five artillery shells towards Santos’s frigate.
However, these five shots were not as lucky as the first one. Due to the fact that the distance was too far, the sabots could be redirected back to the track even though the drone was providing laser guidance. Only one of the five shots hit the target. One of the 30mm secondary air defenses at the side of the frigate was destroyed.
Even so, Santos was terrified. While looking at the explosions in the sea beside the frigate, he instantly realized it had to be the patrol ship.
“Send all the speedboats and torpedo boats, we have to take it down!” Santos was aware that he needed to either chase away or destroy the patrol ship. Obviously, he knew the drone flying in the sky was guiding the artillery shells.
“Quino, get rid of that drone. It’s guiding the artillery shells.” Santos could only rely on his son now.
Quino gathered the propeller airplanes again. However, they were not coming as a group like before anymore. They were trying to attack from different directions and they knew Zhou Qingfeng was not going to handle all of them.
“We have to destroy this helicopter. Otherwise, my father will be killed and so will all of you.” Quino forced his men to go and he continued watching from the back.
While facing the enemies from different directions, pilot Katrina was trying her best to dodge everything. However, the helicopter was so slow compared to the propeller airplanes. She had no choice; she was going to go all in, “Victor, hold your breath!”
Two 1,600-horse turboshaft engines running at the same time provided extremely high mobility for the HH-60H helicopter. With Katrina’s unbelievable skills, the helicopter started to turn and showed its unbelievable movements.
Meanwhile, Zhou Qingfeng was still trying to shoot the propeller airplanes down with the ‘Poison Sting’. He yelled at Katrina, “Katrina, can’t you fly properly? I can’t even aim!”
“If that were the case, both of us will be gone.” Katrina was not going to give up. The helicopter was still traveling and dodging the propeller airplanes. At the same time, she was protecting the drone that was carrying the laser guidance.
Under such a situation, Zhou Qingfeng could not use ‘Poison Sting’. He could only use the M134 Gatling machine gun. In the midst of the crossfire, both of them worked really well. They consecutively took down five of the propeller airplanes. Especially with Zhou Qingfeng’s ‘Awe-inspiring murderous’ ability, his accuracy increased and he had more energy every time he killed one of them.
At the end, the rest of the propeller airplanes started running away in different directions. Meanwhile, Zhou Qingfeng was already exhausted. While he was catching his breath, he saw a monoplane ‘Beech’ rushing towards him.
Through the windows, Zhou Qingfeng saw the opponent. Zhou Qingfeng instantly recognized that it was the enemy who had shot him down earlier. He repositioned the M134 Gatling and said steadily, “Ready to die? Here you go!”
