Chapter 253 Air Battle (1)
With his soldier uniform, General Santos was standing on the deck of the warship and he yelled, "We're the Caribs, our blood is filled with the adventurous genes, we born to be fighters on the sea and we fight through the waves and the tides. We're gonna earn our status through the fights; earn the wealth from death. Today, we're off to kill, to rob, to conquer the world!"
His voice spread through the loudspeaker and the entire port was lit up. Countless people were standing by the shore cheering and shouting. The main force, 'Great General' even fired the cannons.
"Let's go! Beat the enemies. Kill them, get their ships, get their women. I'm the great General Santos, follow me, victory is around the corner!" The rough man's voice commanded and the entire fleet left the port.
A Koni-class frigate with a 76mm main cannon, four Torpedo boats with 30mm autocannons, more than twenty patrol boats and speedboats armed with heavy machine guns. That was the entire fleet of Santos.
Santos' son was assigned as the lieutenant was leading more than twenty propeller airplanes. Through the wireless radio, Quino shouted proudly, "Father, I won't let you down. The Santos family will rule the entire Caribbean."
Even though the propeller airplanes were small, they were sturdy and tough. With the autocannon, they were able to participate in the air battle. They were not good enough compared to the professional military planes but they were more convenient and cheaper to maintain. A group of hot-blooded youths was all it needed.
The channel was filled with all sorts of cheering and screaming. Their morale was boosted and everyone was fearless at the moment. The Latins were enthusiastic, bold, and unrestrained!
Lieutenant Quino was leading the propeller airplane team and they were heading to Abaco Island. After they traveled dozens of nautical miles, they found the two ships at the Mars port.
"What a bunch of idiots. They're not going anywhere, they're still in Mars. Now, they're just lambs that are waiting to be killed." Quino shouted in the wireless radio excitedly. With more than twenty propeller airplanes behind him, he could clearly see his targets: the two ships at the port, "These two ships are going to be ours soon."
With the words came out of the lieutenant, the entire propeller airplane team started to fly randomly across the sky. They were trying to show that the area was under their control.
At that instant, a couple of flares appeared on the two ships. The 'Poison sting' missiles were launched and targeted the few propeller airplanes that were traveling below three thousand meters.
As the leader of the team, Quino was staying above three thousand meters to make sure that things were under his control. Right now, he could not do anything but watch his men get hit by the missiles.
"Damn it! These Americans have missiles?" Quino was shocked.
Even though the infrared heat source of the propeller airplane was not very high, the latest 'Poison Sting' had an extremely sensitive infrared homer. With the powerful launcher, the missiles were launched in only seconds. They locked the targeted and exploded instantly once they hit the targets.
The missiles exploded in the sky. Thousands of pieces from the explosion shattered the propeller airplane. They broke the wings, the structure of the planes, and killed the pilots. The targeted airplanes fell apart in the air, and they fell into the water as if they were ducks shot by hunters.
Three of the airplanes were down. The rest of the pilots instantly started to panic. They could not wait to get away from the two ships.
On Polarlys, Lena Fox saw the airplanes getting further. She said in the wireless radio, "Victor, set the drones off. Today will be the best day to decide who's the owner of the Bahamas."
At the airport near the port, a large-scaled drone was taking off. The people on the ground were controlling the laser irradiator, the indicator specifically for the missiles. Ellie and Eileen were in charge of controlling and irradiating.
Meanwhile, Quino was so mad when he saw his men trying to run away. He started to call their names one by one and finally managed to gather all of them. Clearly, he did not expect that there were air defenses on the ships. Thus, he quickly reported to his father.
"It's alright, my son. I'll be there in around an hour or two. They're just doing some meaningless struggles. They can't run away from us, they're meant to yield to us." As the leader, Santos was much more steady, "There's something you should be careful of, don't let those drones with TNT get closer to us."
For Santos, those drones were his biggest threats. However, he was well-prepared this time. All of his ships were armed with tons of machine guns. The slow-moving drones would be easy to get rid of.
"Yes Father, I'll watch those annoying drones. I promise you won't see any of them in the air." Quino rearranged the team and went three thousand meters above the water. In the meantime, they just monitored the two large ships underneath them.
All of a sudden, an HH-60H rescue helicopter departed from Polarlys. With her hair tied up, Katrina was a great-looking pilot who was wearing a helmet. She gave Zhou Qingfeng in the cabin a thumbs up, "Victor, it's time for us to get those annoying flies down."
"Let's do it!" Zhou Qingfeng was also wearing noise-canceling headphones and a communication helmet. At the moment, he was wearing a windscreen and standing at the door of the helicopter. The HH-60H was huge; two of the doors could be open and the 'Poison Sting' could be launched without any problems. The most important thing was that there was an M134 Gatling machine gun installed at the entrance.
That was right, it was the machine gun that Zhou Qingfeng had used to kill Fernando's men. Right now, this machine gun was installed on the helicopter and it was surely powerful enough to destroy any propeller airplane in its sight.
As soon as Quino saw the helicopter coming towards him, he was outraged. He immediately led to team to confront the enemy. Dozens of propeller airplanes fired at the same time. It was as if a huge fiery whip was waving in the sky.
The helicopter would not be able to fight against those little and light airplanes. However, the helicopter was much more flexible. When Katrina saw the planes rushing, Katrina adjusted the helicopter and showed one side of the helicopter.
While controlling the helicopter, the ferocious lady shouted, "Victor, get'em down!"
The helicopter's door opened, and Zhou Qingfeng appeared with the six-barrel Gatling. The six-barrel started spinning at a high speed, and the machine gun roared to life. In the midst of firing, the bullet shells scrambled out. Within the muzzle flame, it was an unbeatable metal storm!
Chapter 254 Air Battle (2)
The reason why Quino formed this large propeller team was that he knew his men were not good. Therefore, he thought that perhaps the quantity could make it up. Dozens of machine guns would form highly packed bullets, and they would eventually achieve victory by having more people.
However, when Quino saw the six-barrel Gatling machine gun on the helicopter, he knew he was f*cked. The six thousand shots per minute Gatling was so much faster than his M2HB. Even though his M2HB was bigger in size, it was a long-range battle, and the number of bullets was incomparable.
When Quino and his team got closer to the helicopter, they had the advantage in numbers. However, they could not stand the powerful Gatling machine gun. As soon as one of the propeller airplanes was down, the other pilots started to panic again and started running away from the helicopter.
"Cowards, cowards, bunch of cowards! We almost had that helicopter. Your mates' sacrifices were wasted by you bunch of cowards." Quino started shouting in the wireless radio. His useless men made him speechless.
Unfortunately, Zhou Qingfeng was not planning on letting any one of them escape. He quickly put down the Gatling and grabbed a 'Poison Sting'. He removed the cover, released the coolant gas, and after a few seconds, the missile targeted an airplane.
Zhou Qingfeng activated the launcher and a 'Poison Sting' missile was launched. A few seconds after the missile was launched, it was ignited and it traveled with two point six mach speed towards the target.
Within just a few seconds, one of the propeller airplanes which was not that far was hit and it burned. Katrina yelled from the pilot's seat, "Victor, good job! I love you! That's it. Be cool, be tough, be fearless. Kill'em all, show no mercy!"
Katrina sounded very cool when she was shouting and cursing. Zhou Qingfeng became pumped and was really excited as he heard Katrina cursing with her British accent. Those propeller airplanes were not fast enough compared to the 'Poison Sting' missile. Soon, two of them were down.
Originally, there were twenty-four airplanes on the team. They had not done anything yet and a quarter of them were already gone. It was such a cruel reality; it was such a huge loss. Most of them lost their passion. Instead, they were anxious and worried at the moment.
They could not stand the pressure. If it were not for Quino who threatened them through the wireless radio, all of them would have already escaped. However, it was already impossible for them to have the faith to work together.
Zhou Qingfeng did not chase the enemies who were trying to run away. It was because those little propeller airplanes were much faster than the helicopter. Katrina's and his job was to protect the laser-guided drone.
Meanwhile, Santos received a message from his son while on the fleet — the enemy was much stronger than expected!
"Is there anything else like a warship other than the helicopter?" Santos asked his son through the wireless radio.
"I can't tell, but there aren't any at the Mars port. But I'm not sure about the other places." Quino was not clear about the current situation, "I saw a drone and a helicopter flying in your direction. I have no idea what they're trying to do."
"A drone? Just one?" Santos's initial thought was, "What can a drone do?" Secondly, "Do they have a plan or something?" However, he had double checked with the entire fleet, nothing was showing on the radars.
"Keep on moving." Santos commanded. He thought he should take a risk. He thought the enemy had run out of moves. "They're just trying to intimidate us." However, in case there was anything beyond his expectation, he ordered two of the speedboats which were armed with heavy machine guns to leave the fleet and check out the Mars port.
While Santos was still confident about himself, a six hundred-ton patrol boat appeared at the rear of Nassau port. This patrol ship that belonged to the U.S Coast Guard was traveling at thirty knots on the sea. There was something weird about it; there was a gigantic and heavy tank on the deck of the ship!
"This 'Eagle' is a little imbalanced right now!" In the tank, both the burly Butcher and Mox were awkwardly squeezed inside the tank.
The ship could only turn slightly because the seventy ton 'Abrams' that was fixed at the front of the ship. If the ship overturned, the tank would definitely fall into the sea and the ship would overturn with it.
"I know right?" Mox replied to Butcher with his hoarse voice. As the gunner, he had already connected the fire control system in the tank. A laser-guided, 120mm grenade was loaded in the barrel. He could fire as soon as the target appeared.
At the airport near Mars port, Ellie and Eileen spotted Santos's fleet with the drone. Both of them shouted at the same time, "We found that frigate!"
"Illuminate the targeted ship's fire-controlled radar."
"Their electronic devices are the priority."
"Make them blind and deaf."
According to what Zhou Qingfeng ordered, the sisters, Ellie and Eileen, soon locked the target on the enemy's frigate. It was a fire-controlled radar which was primarily used for artillery sighting.
It was the major component of the 76mm main cannon and it was the reason why the cannon could hit the target from more than ten kilometers. Without the radar, the power of the cannon would be significantly weaker.
"Butcher, our future is in your hands. Get rid of that radar. Otherwise, you'll be the unlucky one." At the moment, Zhou Qingfeng was on the helicopter and watching the drone that was used to illuminate the target. He could see the propeller airplanes from afar; it seemed like they had gathered and ready to attack again.
The patrol ship 'Eagle' was moving towards the targeted ship at a high speed; Butcher needed to take the risk. Firstly, 'Eagle' needed to get into the attack range of Santos' fleet because the tank's attack range was only five kilometers. In order to hide his intentions, Butcher was hiding at an island near Nassau two days before the attack. He was waiting for the enemy's fleet and was planning to give them a sneak attack.
However, as soon as 'Eagle' appeared, Santos's radar discovered that this patrol ship heading in their direction. They were within eight nautical miles when they first detected each other.
"General Santos, there's a patrol ship approximately seven nautical miles away coming at us from the left." A radar control member on the frigate made a report.
Santos thought he had seen through Zhou Qingfeng's trick. He smirked, "A sneak attack? No way! Take it down!"
The most dangerous moment had finally arrived. Two cannons on the frigate started to turn at the same time. The fire-controlled radar provided the launching data and the two members in the semi-automatic turret fired in the direction of the patrol ship.
The two cannons started firing like they were rifles. The Navy artillery's speed was extremely horrible. Meanwhile, tons of artillery shells dropped around the 'Eagle'. The missed shells caused splashes, and the explosions set off the waves. The patrol ship was shaking and it became unstable.
Butcher could not stand still in the turret. At this critical moment, he snapped, "Mox, we have to give it a shot. Rise the cannon, let's do it!"
An artillery shell was launched from the 'Abrams' and flew across the sea!