Chapter 256 Air Battle (4)
Whether someone was dead or alive depended on courage, boldness, and luck.
Looking at the propeller airplanes that were falling and escaping, the team leader, Quino, could not stay calm anymore. His father, Santos, was under attack and he was already out of men. He had no choice but to fight for himself.
On the other hand, it was not the end for Zhou Qingfeng yet. He could still use the ‘As quick as lightning’ ability to gain three extra seconds three times. When Zhou Qingfeng saw the monoplane with a machine gun rushing towards him aggressively, he immediately activated his skills.
Three seconds were enough for Zhou Qingfeng to fire three hundred shots; it could kill and destroy any target with no armor within a thousand meters. The monoplane, ‘Beech’, was directly hit by the bullets. It exploded and completely shattered!
The moment Quino charged towards Zhou Qingfeng, Santos had a bad feeling. He quickly looked through the window on the frigate. He barely saw anything a few thousand meters above the sky, but there was an explosion which meant that one of the airplanes was destroyed.
Looking at the fire and the broken parts of the airplane in the air, Santos felt that his son was on that plane. He was outraged and started screaming. Finally, he commanded, “Turn around! Attack the patrol ship! Tell the people in the control room to go at full speed!”
Santos had nowhere to release his anger. Thus, he decided to put the blame on the patrol ship. He could not be bothered anymore; he left the commander’s job and went to be the shooter of the main cannon.
Meanwhile, Butcher was also panicking because there were too many enemies. There were more than twenty speedboats and almost half of them were torpedo boats traveling at speeds of fifty knots. How are we supposed to deal with all of them?!
“Which one first? The torpedo boats?” As the leader of the team, Butcher saw the boats coming through with the vision device.
Zhou Qingfeng finally cleared the sky and went immediately came to back Butcher up. He shouted into the wireless radio, “What do you mean which one? Get away from there! The enemy’s primary weapon is down, it won’t take long for me to take them down.”
Other than the Poison Sting missiles, Zhou Qingfeng had the anti-tank missiles, Javelin. They could not reach the frigate because there was air defence at the frigate. However, they were perfect to deal with the speedboats.
Zhou Qingfeng locked a torpedo boat which was traveling at a high speed. Its speed was extremely fast despite it being heavy. Fortunately, the rescue helicopter, ‘Rescue Eagar’, was quicker than the torpedo boat!
Bang… The missile was launched and charged towards one of the torpedoes. After a few moments, the missile hit the target. It easily penetrated the boat and caused an explosion. The entire boat was gone.
Right after Zhou Qingfeng shot one of the boats down, the rest of the boats which tried to cover up ‘Eagle’ instantly spread out. Even so, they were still very organized and it was obvious that they were much better and tougher than the pilots from before.
Meanwhile, the frigate arrived and the helicopter could not stay because of the air defence team on it. Zhou Qingfeng was not going to taste the 30mm air defence cannon. He shouted into the wireless radio, “Butcher, leave the ship if there’s no other way, I’ll pick you and Mox up.”
Bang… Another torpedo boat was destroyed by Zhou Qingfeng. The air defence cannon hit the enemy’s frigate already and started firing at the helicopter. Katrina had no choice but to stay away from the frigate.
Eagle, the patrol ship was traveling away at its full speed of thirty-two knots. All of a sudden, it turned back. Butcher laughed at the tank, “How can a Russian be afraid of fighting? We’d die for honor!”
Bang…, both tanks and frigates fired at the same time. They were already five kilometers away from each other. Two artillery shells went past each other and into a different direction.
The firing rates of the main cannons on the frigate were extremely high. However, they were not accurate without the fire-controlled radar. In the rough seas, they would really need to have good luck. Whereas on the patrol ship, the laser-guided artillery shells were accurate. However, the frigate was indeed very tough. Only the exterior facilities were destroyed, the cannons were still working.
After dozens of shots, the 76mm cannon on the frigate finally hit the target. The artillery shell directly hit the bottom of the patrol ship and the engine room was demolished. Without an engine, Eagle could only float on the sea. All the sailors jumped into the sea one after another.
Meanwhile, ‘Abrams’, at the front of the patrol ship was still firing. After a few shots, Butcher realized the artillery shells were not working. One of the shells directly hit one of the turrets but it was still working.
At that critical moment, Mox snapped, “Change to armor-piercing bullets. Stop using laser guidance, we’ll do it ourselves.”
The Eagle stopped in the middle of the sea and the speedboats started to fire at it with the machine guns. After a few seconds, the ship was wrecked by the machine guns. In the meantime, the frigate was getting closer and closer; two of the 76mm main cannons were still firing non-stop.
On the other hand, Abrams quietened down. Sisters, Ellie and Eileen, kept on calling Butcher as they have already locked their target, but the two burly men in the tank were not replying at all.
“Please be accurate, I want revenge for my son, I must get rid of that ship.” Behind one of the main cannons at the frigate, the mad Santos commanded the gunners to get more artillery shells from the storage in person. Two of the 76mm main cannons started to fire consecutively.
All the gunners recruited by Santos were retired Cuban navy members; they really respected Santos. While they were firing at the Eagle, the tank at the front of the patrol ship suddenly fired. An M8284A armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot charged towards them.
The slender, depleted uranium rod with the speed of sound went across two thousand meters and hit one of the main cannons on the frigate almost instantly. The turret blocked the explosion but it failed to withstand the armor-piercing warheads that could pierce through meters-thick of armor.
The depleted, self-sharpening uranium core instantly disintegrated into a hurricane and turned into a terribly high-speed one as soon as it hit the turret. The explosion occurred right in front of Santos. When Santos turned his head around, he saw the rest of the gunners lying in a blood pool.
As one of the gunners, Santos was lucky enough to avoid the armor-piercing sabot. However, his ears were bleeding and his brain was hurting. He barely stood up from the floor but he could not fire the cannon anymore.
“Goddamn b*stard, another blood debt! You’ll pay the price!”
Chapter 256 Air Battle (4)
Whether someone was dead or alive depended on courage, boldness, and luck.
Looking at the propeller airplanes that were falling and escaping, the team leader, Quino, could not stay calm anymore. His father, Santos, was under attack and he was already out of men. He had no choice but to fight for himself.
On the other hand, it was not the end for Zhou Qingfeng yet. He could still use the ‘As quick as lightning’ ability to gain three extra seconds three times. When Zhou Qingfeng saw the monoplane with a machine gun rushing towards him aggressively, he immediately activated his skills.
Three seconds were enough for Zhou Qingfeng to fire three hundred shots; it could kill and destroy any target with no armor within a thousand meters. The monoplane, ‘Beech’, was directly hit by the bullets. It exploded and completely shattered!
The moment Quino charged towards Zhou Qingfeng, Santos had a bad feeling. He quickly looked through the window on the frigate. He barely saw anything a few thousand meters above the sky, but there was an explosion which meant that one of the airplanes was destroyed.
Looking at the fire and the broken parts of the airplane in the air, Santos felt that his son was on that plane. He was outraged and started screaming. Finally, he commanded, “Turn around! Attack the patrol ship! Tell the people in the control room to go at full speed!”
Santos had nowhere to release his anger. Thus, he decided to put the blame on the patrol ship. He could not be bothered anymore; he left the commander’s job and went to be the shooter of the main cannon.
Meanwhile, Butcher was also panicking because there were too many enemies. There were more than twenty speedboats and almost half of them were torpedo boats traveling at speeds of fifty knots. How are we supposed to deal with all of them?!
“Which one first? The torpedo boats?” As the leader of the team, Butcher saw the boats coming through with the vision device.
Zhou Qingfeng finally cleared the sky and went immediately came to back Butcher up. He shouted into the wireless radio, “What do you mean which one? Get away from there! The enemy’s primary weapon is down, it won’t take long for me to take them down.”
Other than the Poison Sting missiles, Zhou Qingfeng had the anti-tank missiles, Javelin. They could not reach the frigate because there was air defence at the frigate. However, they were perfect to deal with the speedboats.
Zhou Qingfeng locked a torpedo boat which was traveling at a high speed. Its speed was extremely fast despite it being heavy. Fortunately, the rescue helicopter, ‘Rescue Eagar’, was quicker than the torpedo boat!
Bang… The missile was launched and charged towards one of the torpedoes. After a few moments, the missile hit the target. It easily penetrated the boat and caused an explosion. The entire boat was gone.
Right after Zhou Qingfeng shot one of the boats down, the rest of the boats which tried to cover up ‘Eagle’ instantly spread out. Even so, they were still very organized and it was obvious that they were much better and tougher than the pilots from before.
Meanwhile, the frigate arrived and the helicopter could not stay because of the air defence team on it. Zhou Qingfeng was not going to taste the 30mm air defence cannon. He shouted into the wireless radio, “Butcher, leave the ship if there’s no other way, I’ll pick you and Mox up.”
Bang… Another torpedo boat was destroyed by Zhou Qingfeng. The air defence cannon hit the enemy’s frigate already and started firing at the helicopter. Katrina had no choice but to stay away from the frigate.
Eagle, the patrol ship was traveling away at its full speed of thirty-two knots. All of a sudden, it turned back. Butcher laughed at the tank, “How can a Russian be afraid of fighting? We’d die for honor!”
Bang…, both tanks and frigates fired at the same time. They were already five kilometers away from each other. Two artillery shells went past each other and into a different direction.
The firing rates of the main cannons on the frigate were extremely high. However, they were not accurate without the fire-controlled radar. In the rough seas, they would really need to have good luck. Whereas on the patrol ship, the laser-guided artillery shells were accurate. However, the frigate was indeed very tough. Only the exterior facilities were destroyed, the cannons were still working.
After dozens of shots, the 76mm cannon on the frigate finally hit the target. The artillery shell directly hit the bottom of the patrol ship and the engine room was demolished. Without an engine, Eagle could only float on the sea. All the sailors jumped into the sea one after another.
Meanwhile, ‘Abrams’, at the front of the patrol ship was still firing. After a few shots, Butcher realized the artillery shells were not working. One of the shells directly hit one of the turrets but it was still working.
At that critical moment, Mox snapped, “Change to armor-piercing bullets. Stop using laser guidance, we’ll do it ourselves.”
The Eagle stopped in the middle of the sea and the speedboats started to fire at it with the machine guns. After a few seconds, the ship was wrecked by the machine guns. In the meantime, the frigate was getting closer and closer; two of the 76mm main cannons were still firing non-stop.
On the other hand, Abrams quietened down. Sisters, Ellie and Eileen, kept on calling Butcher as they have already locked their target, but the two burly men in the tank were not replying at all.
“Please be accurate, I want revenge for my son, I must get rid of that ship.” Behind one of the main cannons at the frigate, the mad Santos commanded the gunners to get more artillery shells from the storage in person. Two of the 76mm main cannons started to fire consecutively.
All the gunners recruited by Santos were retired Cuban navy members; they really respected Santos. While they were firing at the Eagle, the tank at the front of the patrol ship suddenly fired. An M8284A armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot charged towards them.
The slender, depleted uranium rod with the speed of sound went across two thousand meters and hit one of the main cannons on the frigate almost instantly. The turret blocked the explosion but it failed to withstand the armor-piercing warheads that could pierce through meters-thick of armor.
The depleted, self-sharpening uranium core instantly disintegrated into a hurricane and turned into a terribly high-speed one as soon as it hit the turret. The explosion occurred right in front of Santos. When Santos turned his head around, he saw the rest of the gunners lying in a blood pool.
As one of the gunners, Santos was lucky enough to avoid the armor-piercing sabot. However, his ears were bleeding and his brain was hurting. He barely stood up from the floor but he could not fire the cannon anymore.
“Goddamn b*stard, another blood debt! You’ll pay the price!”
