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Chapter 845 - 845 845 Colossus

845: Chapter 845: Colossus 845: Chapter 845: Colossus Above the vast ocean, warships sliced through the waves.

The sun blazed like fire, and the sea breeze whipped fiercely.

In such fine weather, the Carson Naval Carrier Battle Group was conducting navigational training according to the training outline.

The Carson, with a full-load displacement of over 100,000 tons, resembled a moving airport at sea.

Within several dozen miles of its vicinity, from the inner to the outer layers, were distributed two missile cruisers and two destroyers.

A combat nuclear submarine was slowly moving in the rear in the company of a comprehensive supply ship.

This voyage saw the Carson Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier carrying 84 various types of carrier-based aircraft.

Among them were 72 combat attack aircraft and 4 early warning aircraft, with the rest being anti-submarine helicopters and multi-purpose rescue helicopters.

The carrier battle group did not slacken its drills at all.

Today’s exercise was a level four air defense, a not-so-complicated “Alert and Drive Away” mission.

Half an hour ago.

The aircraft carrier had already launched two combat attack aircraft, which were to play the role of ‘enemy,’ entering the air defense identification zone of the carrier battle group in an attempt to launch an attack.

Meanwhile, the carrier battle group was to quickly detect the ‘enemy’ and scramble fighters to intercept and drive them away.

This training exercise was, in fact, a routine scenario they often encountered.

The combat capability of the carrier battle group was truly fearsome, unmatched globally.

A single aircraft carrier could deploy nearly two hundred sorties per day to strike hundreds of targets accurately.

The four cruisers and destroyers carried thousands of cruise missiles.

A carrier battle group attacking continuously for three days could destroy a medium-sized country.

If three carrier battle groups were assembled together…

Even a military superpower would not dare to underestimate them.

This was why.

Carrier battle groups frequently encountered, during sea navigation, training, and combat readiness, certain countries arranging fighter jets or warships to follow or tail them.

Like the fearless Fighting Nation, which often even sent fighter jets to intrude, or even fly over the heads of the carrier battle groups, an audacious move indeed.

After all, deploying a carrier-based combat attack aircraft for one sortie was costly — wear on the catapult, fuel consumption, aircraft lifespan reduction, pilot subsidies, etc., costing nearly twenty thousand Gold Coins per hour.

For a high-difficulty exercise, deploying dozens of planes at once meant literally burning money.

So for smaller-scale exercises, maintaining the carrier battle group’s preparedness level was sufficient.

…

Suddenly!

With a dull hum.

An early warning aircraft was catapulted into flight from the carrier’s flight deck in a sudden burst of acceleration.

As the aircraft carrier sailed, the steam catapult’s track emitted tendrils of white steam.

As the track reset, crew members donned in variously colored vests professionally and quickly carried out the launch operations.

Guided by a yellow-vested deck officer, two heavy carrier-based fighter attack planes arrived at their respective launch positions.

Given that it was peacetime, live ammunition was not loaded.

Catapult launches were costly, so once airborne, the aircraft attempted to fly for as long as possible.

Thus, both combat attack aircraft were equipped with large auxiliary fuel tanks, and both medium and short-range air-to-air missiles.

Of course, the missiles were training rounds, it wasn’t wartime to necessitate live ammunition.

With the airbrake raised, the fighter planes were hooked up to the launch shuttle.

The pilots ran the engines at low idle, first throttling up the left, then the right, and continuously maneuvered the control sticks.

This was to check the dual jet engines and flight control surfaces for normality before takeoff.

After confirmation there were no issues, a red-vested weapons officer removed the safety pins from the missiles and quickly departed.

The green-vested launch officer, after communicating and confirming the weight and launch speed with the pilot, raised his right hand high.

As the pilot briskly waved his hand, the launch officer immediately pressed the button.

In that instant.

The pilot pushed the throttle to max, and with a dull hum, the fighter was thrust forward by the tremendous force and catapulted into the air.

The first combat attack aircraft, like an arrow released from a bow, was swiftly catapulted into the sky.

Immediately following, the second…

After both combat attack aircraft were airborne, the deck was promptly cleared and checked.

To ensure the forceful catapulting hadn’t caused any parts to fall off.

Jet engine blades were delicate—if a screw were to be sucked in, it could shatter the blade and lead to catastrophic failure and loss of life.

After the clearing and checking were complete, two more combat attack aircraft were led over to the deck, prepared for launching.

However, they were not immediately launched, being held in reserve for combat readiness.

If an emergency arose, they could be rapidly catapulted and sent to provide support.

In special times, these two combat attack aircraft would have been equipped with live ammunition.

Of course, this time, it was still training ammunition.

After all, who would expect a war in these times?