The sea was pitch black, and nothing could be seen, except for a glimmer of starlight beyond the clouds above the sky.
The two F\A18E "class Hornets" lowered their flight altitude to 2O meters, almost flying close to the surface of the sea, and the whirlpool of air currents in the high belt rolled up the seawater, leaving a trail of water droplets behind the plane.
"No. 1, how long do we have to reach the sky above the destination" The pilot of No. 2 couldn't help but ask his host commander on the radio, this mission was in a hurry, the two of them originally planned to carry out routine flight training at night, but as soon as they took off, they received an order from the ground command center, asking them to immediately cross the Malaysian waters in the southwest direction, and then fly horizontally into Indonesian airspace into a certain coordinate between the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean and the west of Indonesia, and go there to find the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier battle group deployed there.
This battle group can be described as a large number of troops, with destroyers, supply ships, cruisers, and nuclear submarines, and it is also a two-aircraft carrier formation, and there is also a "Lincoln" aircraft carrier that is also integrated into the fleet to sail together.
The pilot of the No. 1 plane looked at the coordinates and positioning, "There is still a distance of 1o2 kilometers, and we will fly 50 kilometers closer to the sea, climb higher after entering the locked range of our fire control system, open the electronic pod for reconnaissance, and collect data and on-site information." ” The pilot of the No. 2 plane kept asking: "Damn, what will happen to two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, plus so many frigates" "Only God knows that it is said that they have lost contact with the headquarters, and the entire fleet will not be able to contact a single ship at all."
The pilot of Plane 1 flattened his mouth, "Maybe these guys are not playing BBQ on the deck, and they have fallen asleep after drinking too much." ” It is not a new thing that the aircraft carrier fleet will often hold large gatherings on the deck such as barbecue meetings to let the officers and men of the navy who have been sailing on the sea all year round relax, but the pilot of the No. 1 aircraft is obviously joking, no matter how you play, there must always be someone on duty on the ship, and it is definitely not simple for a huge aircraft carrier formation to completely lose contact.
"What about the squadron of carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier, why don't they take off for help" "That's a wonderful question, I also want to know what's going on, those guys in the Navy's carrier-based aircraft detachment always feel that they are trump cards, and their butts are all up to the sky, maybe their planes are out of fuel."
The pilot of the No. 1 plane is older, and the two of them belong to the Air Force, of course, they can't help but ridicule, an absolute joke, after all, the aircraft carrier formation has a supply ship and is nuclear-powered, how can there be no fuel to let the plane take off The more relaxed the tone, the more paradoxical things seem.
The pilot of the No. 2 plane sniffed an unusual taste from the mouth of his colleague, couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and involuntarily drew a cross on his chest.
The Black Mamba 1 pilot glanced at the AN\AG65 digital multi-mode pulse Doppler radar screen on board, and a green dot suddenly appeared on it, then two, three, four "OK, let's climb" He is a very experienced Air Force pilot, the pilot of the No. 2 aircraft has not been long after joining the Philippine squadron, he is considered a newcomer, tonight's training was originally this old bird took the newcomer out to familiarize himself with the sea situation, but he didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing just after taking off.
"Be careful, if there is an enemy presence in the aircraft carrier formation, we must climb to a safe distance and leave the detection task to the electronic pod."
When the situation is unclear, the aircraft carrier formation can only be regarded as an imaginary enemy, ready for the enemy to completely invade the ship, and now the climb is to avoid flying too low, these ships all have the "Vulcan" phalanx system, as long as they fire together, despite the excellent performance of the "class bumblebee", they still can't escape the tragic end of being beaten into a hornet's nest.
In a naval battle, the bombers of several formations may not be able to take out an aircraft carrier, not to mention the presence of other "Aegis" destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers, and the two "Class Hornets" are not enough for people to stuff their teeth.
"Approach the target, reach the sky in three minutes, and immediately enter the combat state, extremely careful."
He reached for a switch on the console, turning on the FIR electronic pod and Martin Marietta's AN\ASQ173 laser spot tracker and attack camera suspended from the belly and under the wings.
Many points of light immediately appeared on the onboard screen, and many curves and numbers appeared on several data screens, and they were constantly beating.
After looking at the data and curves, Black Mamba No. 1 was a little stunned, the curves in front of him were all straight lines, and the values were always in the position of o, with only a slight single-digit change.
There was really no sign of electronic activity at all, as if the huge fleet did not exist in this area at all, but the results of the radar scan told him that the fleet was not far ahead.
"Call Black Mamba 2."
"Received on the 2nd, please speak."
"What's the result of your detection?"
"It's as quiet as a morgue," the pilot of No. 2 muttered for a moment, "It's not like an aircraft carrier formation, it's like a pile of scrap metal floating on the sea."
"Call the Philippine base control center, we have reached the target airspace, a straight line distance of 7 nautical miles, no signs of electronic activity can be detected, and the defense system and command and control system, radar, etc. of the entire aircraft carrier formation seem to be all shut down."
The pilot of the No. 1 aircraft reported the information to the Philippine Air Force low-level command center.
At this time, there are still a few nautical miles away from the aircraft carrier formation, if it is a normal aircraft carrier formation, when the unknown aircraft approaches within 3oo kilometers, it is equivalent to entering the early warning range of the formation, and the command center on the aircraft carrier will immediately connect to the channel to check the identity for identification; When the aircraft enters within 15o nautical miles, it is within the security control range of the intrusion formation, and the radar air traffic controller on the aircraft carrier will issue a serious warning; If the identity is not confirmed immediately or if the person is not immediately identified or heeds the advice to turn around and leave, but enters within 1oo kilometers and has not yet been identified, the commander of the aircraft carrier formation will immediately order the plane to be shot down with an anti-aircraft missile to confirm friend or foe.
But now, not to mention that there are no air traffic controllers to contact them, the two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are unresponsive, just like the rich man's house does not close at night, allowing thieves to swagger in and out freely.
"Please use the dedicated channel to get in touch with the fleet and see if you can get in touch."
The command center doesn't seem to have any good way, so it can only let the two "Class Hornets" get closer to open the electronic communication channel to communicate, "If you can't get in touch, you can choose to swing freely, no matter what means you use, to find out what happened to me." ” The Black Mamba 1 pilot couldn't help but tune up the channel "Call the USS Carl Vinson command center, I'm Captain Richard, a pilot in the Philippine squadron of the Air Force, please answer my call received."
No one answered.
"Hear me, please answer."
Deathly silence.
"U.S.
Air Force Philippine Squadron, No. 223, I'm Captain Richard, call the USS Carl Vinson Aircraft Carrier Control Center, hear it, please answer."
Still nothing has been heard.
Richard, the pilot of the No. 1 plane, looked to the right, and could faintly see the No. 2 plane in the dark night, the two planes were very close, only more than 20 meters, and he could even see the No. 2 pilot looking towards him.
Captain Richard raised his hand and made a swooping gesture, "Let's lower the height and see." ”: