Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 681

Chapter 681: Chapter 295 Missile Counterfire_2 Chapter 681: Chapter 295 Missile Counterfire_2 The commander of the Ghanaian fleet was aboard the Iroquois-class destroyer, completely unaware that he would become the first target to be attacked. He had come to join the United Fleet hoping to gain an advantage, only to gain nothing at all; instead, he and his entire warship were blown to smithereens, leaving not a single survivor.

The Artificial Whale, when assigning attack targets, had already taken into account the interception capabilities of the targets. Therefore, to sink the targets in one go, it employed a strategy of launching six anti-ship missiles at a missile destroyer. Such an attack was equivalent to a rapid, consecutive saturation attack. Even if the target had some interception capabilities, under the superior performance of the anti-ship missiles, six missiles were enough to sink a missile destroyer.

The Artificial Whale's first attack sank the flagship of Ghana, causing the Ghanaian fleet to lose command and become headless. But the Australian commander wasn't faring any better because the Artificial Whale's second target was the flagship of Australia, the Canberrclass amphibious assault ship. Yan Fei had previously learned the names of Ghana and Australia's warships and deduced the location of their flagships through certain details. Thus, by attacking the enemy's command centers first, Yan Fei had struck the first blow, capturing the king by targeting the leaders first.

The Canberrclass amphibious assault ship was not inferior to the Iroquois-class destroyer; it was even more powerful. It had a length of 221.4 meters, a full load displacement of 25,790 tons, a draught of 27.5 meters, and a draft of 6 meters. Its power system consisted of four diesel generators with a total power output of 35,000 horsepower, could reach a maximum speed of 21 knots, and had a cruising range of 9,000 nautical miles at 15 knots. It could carry one thousand armed soldiers while transporting 150 vehicles, including M1A1 main battle tanks, and its dock could accommodate LCAC hovercraft.

The air defense network of the Canberrclass amphibious assault ship was originally the strongest within the United Fleet. However, during the frantic dash towards Dream Island, its escort ships had lost their positions, rushed ahead, and were far ahead of the Canberrclass amphibious assault ship; this left it isolated on the sea surface. Previously, everyone had underestimated Dream Island's resistance and never expected an attack here, which led to such a fatal mistake.

It was upon noticing that the Canberrclass amphibious assault ship was isolated that Yan Fei's launched anti-ship missiles targeted it as the second objective in the first wave of attack.

The Canberrclass amphibious assault ship was a quasi-aircraft carrier with formidable strength. Even after losing its close-defensive escorts, its inherent air defense capability was not to be underestimated. Therefore, out of the first wave of 20 anti-ship missiles, aside from the six assigned to attack the Ghanaian flagship, the remaining 14 missiles targeted the Canberrclass amphibious assault ship.

Almost identical to the previous attack, the 14 anti-ship missiles launched a saturation attack on the Canberrclass amphibious assault ship from various directions. The onboard radar systems on the Canberrclass ship worked frantically to capture the attack vectors of the incoming anti-ship missiles and launch long-range air defense missiles to intercept them. Unlike the Ghanaian flagship, the air defense capability of the Canberrclass was stronger, and with help from other warships in the distance, their launched anti-aircraft missiles successfully intercepted four anti-ship missiles.

However, more anti-ship missiles had penetrated the air defense network of the Canberrclass and approached its core area. By then, the air defense missiles were rendered ineffective, and the close-in weapon systems aboard the Canberrclass began firing wildly. Despite the success of the close-defense guns in taking down five anti-ship missiles, the last five missiles breached the defenses and, under the despairing gaze of the ship's crew, struck the Canberrclass's hull accurately.

Then, five massive sparks were seen on the Canberrclass amphibious assault ship before it began to break apart and turned into several severed sections of the hull. Water gushed into the interior, and the ship quickly sank. However, the Canberrclass wasn't entirely out of luck; the extensive explosions surprisingly had not triggered the ship's ammunition to explode, giving the survivors aboard a chance to escape.

By the time several dozen survivors had jumped into the sea and desperately swum out of the vortex zone, they realized that the Canberrclass amphibious assault ship had completely sunk into the sea. Of the more than 1000 crew members on the Canberrclass, only about thirty survived, and these did not include the commander of the Australian fleet…

The Artificial Whale's first wave of 20 anti-ship missiles had achieved tremendous success, sinking the flagships of both Ghana and Australia, sending all of their commanders to the bottom of the sea, and leaving the warships of these two countries headless.

At that moment, the second wave of 20 anti-ship missiles launched by the Artificial Whale also reached the battlefield, initiating another round of attacks on the isolated warships. Following the previous attack pattern, six anti-ship missiles targeted each missile destroyer, while two targeted each supply ship.

Facing the threat to their lives, the isolated warships were pushed to the brink; with a shared enemy, they aimed to intercept all incoming anti-ship missiles. But the immense difference in strength and them being isolated meant that, despite their efforts only managing to shoot down one or two missiles, they were still sunk one by one. After the second wave of missile attacks concluded, a total of three missile destroyers and one supply ship had been sunk.