Chapter 780 Hitting the Invincible

The Atlantic Transporter is a merchant ship with a displacement of 14,950 tons and a speed of 23 knots. After being requisitioned by the Navy, the merchant ship was rapidly improved. Since it is a container ship, the front and rear decks are flat, so a take-off and landing area is set up at the front of the front deck for the Sea Harrier to take off, and in the middle, the two sides are raised with containers to form a cargo box, which contains more than a dozen Sea Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighters. At the same time, there is a take-off and landing platform at the back of the merchant ship.

In this attack, the British only had two aircraft carriers, carrying more than 30 Sea Harriers. However, when they arrived in the war zone, the British had more Sea Harriers available than these sorties.

Because the British have modified and expanded many merchant ships. For example, this very good transport ship can carry more than a dozen Sea Harriers, and it can also form a good carrier-based aircraft detachment.

Unfortunately, the amphibious ship converted from a merchant ship cannot be compared with a real aircraft carrier. For example, now, when a Exocet missile attacked the merchant ship on the sea, the captain had no choice but to open his eyes wide!

The Exocet missile pierced the belly of the Atlantic Transporter and hit the target accurately! Afterwards, this transport ship with a displacement of over 10,000 tons also caught fire, and the most tragic scene took place.

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When the Exocet missile hit the warship, a Sea Harrier fighter was struggling to take off from the deck. The pilot, Michelson, was full of anger.

This transport ship was loaded with a lot of supplies for the expeditionary fleet, such as tents for 5,000 people; at least ten helicopters, including three Chinook helicopters from the Royal Air Force's 18th Squadron, which is the fleet's most important heavy helicopter, as well as six Wessex helicopters from the Royal Navy's 848th Squadron and one Lynx helicopter from the 815th Squadron; engines and other spare parts for Sea Harrier fighter jets, a set of seawater desalination equipment and raw materials for building a mobile runway for Sea Harrier fighter jets.

The explosion continued to spread. Captain Ian North watched the fire sweeping across the ship and went up to the command tower. He could no longer leave!

The warships that were hit were unfortunate, but the greatest luck is that until now, the two aircraft carriers are still intact and have not been hit by Exocet missiles!

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A large number of platinum bars were released in the air, forming countless radar echoes on the water surface, interfering with the locking and guidance of the Exocet missiles. Several helicopters also activated the jamming system specifically for the Exocet missiles. Before departure, the French could not withstand the pressure and leaked the parameters of the Exocet missile's active radar seeker to the British. The British urgently developed a jamming pod that could be mounted on helicopters.

The interference rendered some Exocet missiles ineffective, but some Exocet missiles still did not change their flight trajectory and were flying towards the aircraft carrier!

Damn it! On the Invincible, the British Navy was extremely angry. At the moment the battle began, their radar was jammed! The entire aircraft carrier formation relied most on the air defense of the Sea Dart missile! But now, this missile can't lock on the target and launch at all! It has led to the biggest loss of defense power!

Without the Sea Dart, the British aircraft carrier formation was almost facing a one-sided attack! Now, facing an incoming Exocet missile, the Invincible aircraft carrier could only rely on 114mm naval guns to fire into the air!

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If it is a small-caliber naval gun, the firing speed is faster and it can also conduct terminal interception. The most famous one is the Phalanx system of the United States! But now, the naval gun has no effect. This Exocet missile made a few beautiful S-shaped maneuvers and then hit the Invincible one meter above the waterline!

"Boom!" A huge explosion was heard.

In fact, these Exocet missiles were not properly maintained when they were in the hands of the Argentine Navy. For example, the warheads of some missiles could not be detonated. In this attack, one of the Exocet missiles was hung under the Mirage F1 fighter and could not be launched! However, overall, the Exocet missiles can still easily penetrate the British Navy's defense network!

In particular, the warhead of the Exocet missile that successfully hit the Invincible aircraft carrier was successfully detonated! The 165-kilogram warhead tore open the hull of the Invincible's side, leaving a large hole with a diameter of half a meter!

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It was hit! Fortunately, this part is the fresh water storage compartment of the whole ship, which is full of fresh water. If it is the compartment next door, it is fuel! As long as this missile deviates by two meters and hits the fuel tank, this aircraft carrier will soon be surrounded by fire!

"Quick, close the damaged compartment and carry out damage control!" the captain shouted loudly. When the sound of the missile hitting the hull was clearly transmitted to the ears of everyone on the ship, they instinctively trembled, and then, as well-trained soldiers, they immediately reacted.

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If we don't act immediately, this aircraft carrier will sink! And if this aircraft carrier sinks, then we don't have to fight anymore and can just go home!

Being able to go home is already a luxury. By then, I might end up buried here.

At this time, more than a dozen Sea Harrier fighters had taken off urgently. They turned on the afterburner without sparing fuel and flew in the direction of the Argentine attack!

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When they turned on the airborne radar, four or five fighter planes rose from a very low altitude at the same time on the opposite side. These fighter planes also turned on the afterburners and quickly accumulated energy.

Pilot Tarif, while climbing, used his airborne radar to accurately lock onto the Sea Harrier fighter jet flying in the opposite direction. That kind of useless fighter jet is now being used by the British like a treasure! This battle is really too suspenseful!

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As a pilot from Iraq, Tarif had already shot down a plane, and this time, he couldn't give up the opportunity to brush up his record! In particular, as hired pilots, they had signed an agreement in advance, and they could get a reward of $500,000 for shooting down an enemy plane.

Lock the target, then press the launch button. Medium-range combat is the most boring! Looking at the white smoke sliding under the wing, Tarif actually felt like a hero who was invincible.

Almost at the same time, the pilot of the Sea Harrier fighter jet, Michelson, heard the sharp sound of the radar warning receiver in his headphones. He was locked by the other side! Damn, it was a radar lock! Was the other side going to launch a medium-range air-to-air missile?