Super Invincible Battleship-Chapter 348 - 181 Frequent Killing Moves_2
Chapter 348: Chapter 181: Frequent Killing Moves_2
Chapter 348: Chapter 181: Frequent Killing Moves_2
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The AIM-120 air-to-air missile flew at an extremely fast speed, reaching four times the speed of sound. The seventy-five-kilometer distance took just over forty seconds for these missiles to near the drone and prepare to attack it.
Just at that moment, the quantum radar suddenly detected some anomalies in the Paris downtown area. Three different locations abruptly shed their camouflage, revealing three air defense positions. These positions were massive, with rows of black cannon muzzles in the center aimed at the sky, swiftly rotating to align with the drone’s flight path as shown by the radar, locking onto the UAV overhead.
It was at this moment that the AIM-120 air-to-air missiles had just entered the range of the drone’s naval cannon. Just as Yan Fei was getting ready to use the 30-millimeter cannon to shoot down the incoming missiles, he noticed continuous flashes of light from the three newly-revealed air defense positions on the ground. Large caliber anti-aircraft guns fired in rapid succession, and in an instant, numerous large caliber shells soared into the sky, aiming directly at the UAV.
Yan Fei was greatly shocked; such large caliber anti-aircraft guns had been phased out by most countries in the world, replaced by more efficient anti-aircraft missiles. He had not expected such old-fashioned anti-aircraft artillery in the Paris city area. Facing anti-aircraft missiles, the drone’s cannon could have easily dealt with them, but against such dense anti-aircraft fire, the drone was powerless.
The drone only had a total of 3600 rounds for its 30-millimeter cannon, and it had just used more than ten. The number of various caliber cannon rounds flying up from the ground was already close to this number. And the ground artillery was still continuously firing more shells. Even if the drone could destroy one shell with each round from its cannon, the drone’s 30-millimeter cannon couldn’t possibly eliminate all the incoming cannon shells.
What was more critical was that the drone was currently facing the attack of 40 AIM-120 air-to-air missiles. With the Auxiliary Brain’s computing and control capabilities, coping with these missiles was already a strain; there simply was no spare time to deal with the attack of the ground-based anti-aircraft artillery.
Realizing the dire situation, the drone didn’t fire its cannon rounds to destroy the incoming missiles but instead chose to turn around and fly away, evading the missiles and anti-aircraft shells—a first in not attempting to destroy the missiles during an assault. It then lowered its nose and flew towards the Paris downtown area at an incredibly high speed.
Once the drone entered the Paris downtown, the ground-based anti-aircraft artillery immediately ceased firing, fearing to accidentally damage the buildings of Paris. This removed the threat of ground artillery to the drone, leaving only the remaining AIM-120 air-to-air missiles following behind it.
Yan Fei’s initial plan had been to use the drone’s cannon to destroy these air-to-air missiles, but after experiencing the attack of the ground artillery, he had come to hate the French Government intensely. The attack had come from a French air defense position and must have been approved by the French Government. So, he no longer chose to destroy the missiles but flew at low altitude through the Paris city area, using the skyscrapers as barriers against the missiles.
Scanned by quantum radar and perfectly controlled by the Auxiliary Brain, the drone was able to fly high-speed through small spaces between skyscrapers, then narrowly skim past them in harrowing maneuvers. The pursuing AIM-120 air-to-air missiles couldn’t dodge in time and struck the obstructing buildings, causing massive damage and igniting towering infernos.
Fortunately, since it was late at night and due to extreme weather conditions, there were no people working overtime, so even with substantial damage to buildings in Paris downtown from missile strikes, there were no severe casualties. Additionally, the raging torrents of the downpour quickly extinguished the flames, preventing them from spreading further.
All of the drone’s actions were monitored by various radars, and when the ground-based air defense positions realized the drone’s maneuvers caused significant damage in Paris downtown, they dared not continue their assault. Consequently, the ground-based air defense artillery ceased firing, and the 20 departing F-15s accelerated their retreat.
However, Yan Fei had no intention to merely let these fighter jets escape; the drone rapidly pursued them. The drone’s top speed was three times the speed of sound, and it could maintain such a high speed indefinitely. Although other US Forces’ F-15s could reach 2.5 times the speed of sound for a short duration, they couldn’t maintain this high-speed flight for long, with an average speed of about 1.5 times the speed of sound. Therefore, the drone quickly closed the distance between them.
Two and a half minutes later, the drone was only twenty kilometers from the group of jets. The drone’s body vibrated at high speed, and the lights under its wings flickered continuously as twenty AIM-120 air-to-air missiles were launched simultaneously. Guided by the quantum radar, the missiles sped towards their targets in every direction.
The US Forces’ radar operators, who had been monitoring the drone, were dumbfounded when they saw it fire twenty missiles at once. Their latest version of F-15 could only carry a maximum of 11 missiles and had to launch them one at a time. How had this enemy F-15 managed to fire twenty missiles at once? And how many weapon mounts did this F-15 have? How many missiles was it carrying? It had already fired two missiles before…
