On the dark blue sea, a rusty-looking warship kept rising and falling in the waves.
The distance between here and the coast is more than 500 kilometers, and it has reached the deep sea area of the South China Sea.
There was no one on board the dilapidated warship, which looked like a ghost ship.
Suddenly, several violent flashes of light pierced the night sky, and rockets flew towards the dilapidated warship.
The 300mm high-explosive rocket quickly approached the warship and then violently hit the hull, triggering a huge explosion.
The fire, which was as powerful as the explosion of more than ten tons of TNT explosives, instantly filled the entire sea surface, and a huge shock wave lifted up the waves and stirred up thousands of waves.
And created a small mushroom cloud nearly 100 meters high!
The warship trembled violently and seemed unable to withstand such a blow, but it miraculously continued to float on the sea.
The hull has suffered serious damage, with debris flying everywhere and black smoke filling the air, but the warship has not yet been completely sunk.
However, several successive rockets surrounded the general ship, and the explosions were deafening.
The seemingly abandoned warship seemed to attract the wrath of uninvited guests, and it stoically withstood attack after attack.
However, the resistance of the warships gradually became weak. A huge rocket hit a vital part of the hull, causing an even more violent explosion.
The structure of the warship began to collapse, the broken wreckage scattered everywhere, and the burning flames spread rapidly.
The final explosion completely destroyed the ship, and it quickly sank into the abyss of the South China Sea.
The wave formed a huge whirlpool where it sank.
The sinking of the warship brought an end to this sea area.
The wreckage destroyed by rockets fell silent in the deep sea, while the water gradually calmed down, leaving only a few torn smoke, like traces of a dream.
This sea area has returned to silence and solitude, once again immersed in the deep blue tranquility.
An observation ship anchored a few kilometers away meticulously monitored the former navy ship as it slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
Until the last trace of waves dissipated in the sea breeze.
"Isn't this power comparable to the Second Artillery's shore-based anti-ship missiles?"
An officer wearing a white navy uniform on the ship had not recovered from the devastating scene just now, and felt as if he was in a dream.
"Moreover, these rockets seem to have been launched from six hundred kilometers away?"
Zhang Xingyang slowly put down the telescope in his hand and replied very calmly:
"Yes, this is our latest developed 406mm heavy-duty rocket. It only takes one rocket launcher to destroy a 3,000-ton destroyer in one salvo!"
"Is this still a rocket?"
"Isn't this more powerful than traditional anti-ship missiles?"
A naval officer has been in the military for nearly twenty-five years and has never heard of a rocket capable of such power.
Even looking at the effect produced by the rocket just now, it exceeds the power of ordinary subsonic cruise anti-ship missiles!
Originally, Han Zitao still didn't understand something about this test.
After all, even if the warship is retired, it is still a meritorious ship of the Navy!
When he was young, he spent his recruit career on the destroyer just now.
When it was proposed to use the destroyer as a target ship for weapons testing, there was a lot of opposition within the Navy.
In the end, it was the navy boss who came forward to stop these voices.
However, before the attack on the destroyer was completed, no one believed that the rocket manufactured by the Henan No. 2 Machinery Factory, which had not been well-known before, could sink the warship.
After all, even a 406mm rocket can only have a 200 kilogram warhead. For a warship, it is difficult to directly sink the warship as long as it does not hit the vital part!
But after the first rocket hit the destroyer, Han Zitao changed his view.
Although the concentrated area was the side area of the warship, most of the explosive power was wasted.
But a large hole several meters in diameter was still blasted out on the surface of the warship!
And a small mushroom cloud that looks like an explosion of mushroom eggs!
"Actually, it's not that exaggerated. Because there is no power during the flight phase, in the second half of the flight, it is easy for the enemy to calculate the trajectory and intercept it!"
"So the actual combat effectiveness is not as strong as you think!"
Zhang Xingyang corrected the naval officer's unrealistic fantasy about rockets.
This is also the most fatal flaw of the rocket, that is, at the end, because it has no power, there is no way to maneuver and defend against the attacks of anti-missile missiles and close-in defense artillery on the opposite side!
"But it has its own advantages."
The naval officer looked over curiously, wanting to know what other advantages there were.
"That is, its cost is very low, the cost of one shot is less than three million!"
"Compared to tens of millions of anti-missile missiles, it can completely compete with its opponent in a war of attrition."
"As for the close-in defense gun, it has no reaction time at all when faced with a rocket with a terminal speed of Mach 7.6!"
The biggest advantage of the 406mm heavy rocket is that it is so cheap that it is almost one-tenth the price of an anti-missile missile!
And the high speed of terminal penetration!
"But if there is no terminal power, it will be difficult to attack a moving target, right?"
The naval officer asked another question at this time.
Because sea targets are different from land targets, warships are basically on the move except when resting in the harbor.
Although the speed is not very high, it can still move thousands of meters in a few minutes.
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult to directly attack the intended target.
"This problem is indeed difficult to solve, so our solution is to take a saturation attack!"
"Although this consumes more rockets, as long as it can destroy the opponent's warship, it will be profitable. It is not a loss to exchange one hundred rounds for one!"
Zhang Xingyang has no such worries. Rockets are developed for saturation strikes, even at sea.
After hearing Zhang Xingyang's explanation, the naval officers and other naval personnel on the ship began to think seriously and realized the strategic and tactical significance of this new weapon.
As a low-cost weapon, it will not develop in the same high-precision direction as missiles.
Instead, it will continue to take advantage of its price and start a war of attrition with its enemies!
Obviously these naval personnel on board were elite, and they quickly realized that this breakthrough could have a significant impact on future maritime operations.
Let’s start discussing how to deal with and apply this new combat weapon.
Zhang Xingyang put his hands on the iron railings of the surveillance ship and looked at the sea in front of him quietly, his heart full of expectations for the future.
He knows that the advent of this new type of weapon will provide stronger protection for maritime security and national interests.
(End of chapter)
