Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!
Chapter 784 - 442: The Ocean Does Not Believe in Tears (2 chapters)

"Commander, there are too many enemy missiles, our air defense firepower network is hard to maintain."

"Missiles, they're all missiles."

"What kind of cruiser is this? What kind of monster have we provoked!"

In the bridge command room, not only was Kumar, the fleet commander, stunned, but the other senior officers also showed despair in their eyes.

The number of missiles exceeded the limit threshold of their carrier group's air defense firepower network, meaning they couldn't defend against such a terrifying missile barrage.

"Fire all our missiles and rocket depth charges, with so many missiles on their side, there must be a flaw in their own defense."

As the fleet commander, Markuer finally showed his decisiveness at this moment.

With fierce eyes, he gave the order, hoping their anti-ship missiles could also destroy the enemy ships.

This way, if the opponents can't continue launching missiles, maybe a few of their ships could survive.

Through mutual destruction, even if they were sunk, it wouldn't be for nothing; the opponent would also have to pay a price.

Under Markuer's strict orders, realizing the seriousness of the situation, destroyers and escort ships in the carrier group opened vertical missile launch units, launching all their anti-ship missiles to clash with the adversary and see who gets destroyed first.

But even with 25 destroyers and escort ships in the Indian carrier group, they could only launch a little over three hundred anti-ship missiles, far from matching the five Devourer-class cruisers.

Yet daring to retaliate counted among India's few shining moments.

The two sides were separated by a little over a hundred meters, a distance in modern naval warfare that is almost a point-blank range for close combat.

Blue ocean waves surged, seagulls soared in the blue sky, white missiles crisscrossed in the air, heading towards each other's rear.

"Air defense!"

"Short-range air defense missiles launched!"

"Close-in weapon system locked on, fire fiercely!"

The massive fleet of the Indian Navy entered full combat readiness in the face of incoming missiles.

They desperately formed an air defense firepower network, trying to intercept as many incoming missiles as possible.

The Paknan Destroyer, an improved Kolkata-class destroyer, was 163 meters long, with a displacement of 8,000 tons, equipped with air defense missile systems, surface-to-surface missiles, torpedo tubes, medium to short-range artillery, anti-submarine rockets, and advanced electronic warfare and communication service systems, making it India's largest destroyer at present.

On this 8,000-ton destroyer, Barak-8 air defense missiles with a range of 70 kilometers continuously ascended, and four AK-630 six-barrel 30mm machine guns formed a close-in firepower that fired frantically, scattering hot shell casings all over the deck.

And ahead, numerous subsonic and supersonic Flying Fish Anti-ship Missiles and Swordfish anti-ship missiles swarmed in.

4x eight-cell air defense missiles were quickly exhausted, achieving some results, with many subsonic Flying Fish Anti-ship Missiles shot down by air defense missiles.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

But after the air defense missiles were depleted, faced with an endless onslaught of anti-ship missiles, the destroyer began to be overwhelmed.

At the bow of the Paknan Destroyer, an Otto 76mm ship gun fired continuously, timely supplementing air defense.

Though this Italian-made gun had a small caliber, its astonishing firing rate of 120 rounds per minute enabled it to attack surface vessels, bombard land, and also serve in close-range anti-missile and air defense roles. The gun integrated radar, optics, and computers, capable of automatically tracking targets and autonomously controlled air defense.

Intermittently, anti-ship missiles were shot down, some detonated by air defense missiles, some brought down by the barrage of close-in weapon systems, and others hit by the 76mm gun.

But no matter how strong the Paknan Destroyer's air defense was, it couldn't match the sheer number and speed of the incoming missiles. The multi-layered offense and defense system couldn't stop the massive number of anti-ship missiles.

A Swordfish Supersonic Anti-ship Missile pierced through layer upon layer of the air defense network, at the terminal stage, exploding at multiple times the speed of sound, piercing straight into the bow of the Paknan Destroyer, hitting the firing 76mm gun spot on.

The missile's warhead ripped through the steel of the warship, the 76mm gun mount's armor was blown off, and the entire gun was tilted by the impact, as the anti-ship missile continued downward.

This 76mm ship gun achieved such a high firing rate thanks to the automatic ammunition feeding system, meaning the ammunition supply bay was fully open with no defensive effect.

The Swordfish anti-ship missile smashed into the ammunition depot, and when the 900-kilogram warhead exploded after a brief delay, it also detonated the ammunition depot.

Over a thousand 76mm shells went off in sympathetic detonation, making the interior of the Paknan Destroyer resemble an erupting volcano, the violent explosion directly severed the bow of the ship, and the 76mm gun turret was blown a hundred meters into the air.

This decisive strike by the anti-ship missile was like a sword leaving its sheath, severing the bow of the warship with a single slash.

Masses of seawater surged into the ship through the breach, causing structural damage that compromised the main structure of the ship, an injury beyond salvage.

Simultaneously, in the ammunition depot detonation, both 30mm six-barrel machine guns on the warship were damaged, the 76mm gun was blown away, and with air defense missiles already expended, the Paknan Destroyer's air defense firepower plummeted instantly.

Yet at this moment, the incoming anti-ship missiles showed no sign of ceasing.

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