The problem is that Li Hai does not dare to conclude that it is a short-range air defense missile launcher. If the other party continues to maintain this state, there is still no reason to take further measures against it.
But as Li Hai believes, sometimes conclusive evidence is not needed. He is not a policeman.
Under normal circumstances, Li Hai would never dare to disobey his superiors' orders. The situation at this time was normal, and he himself had not yet entered a state of excitement.
After he increased his vigilance, he conducted further observations on the "Perth". He was somewhat relieved that no traces of other offensive weapons were found. This shows that the suspected anti-aircraft missiles carried by the "Perth" are likely to be used for self-defense.
But the unchangeable fact is that the nature of the "Perth" has changed.
Zhuang Xiaoying captured the people in the cockpit through the camera lens. She said doubtfully, "They are wearing casual clothes, and the clothes are not uniform. They don't look like merchant ships."
The crew of merchant ships also have standard uniforms, and the epaulette levels are also clear.
"Not in uniform?" Li Hai asked with a frown.
"No, all I can see are people in civilian clothes." Zhuang Xiaoying said.
This is undoubtedly an even stranger phenomenon.
Non-uniformed personnel does not mean non-military personnel. If they are not military personnel, then there is only one possibility - paramilitary outsourcing companies.
It’s no secret that the Mock Blues package a large number of paramilitary missions for tender.
Based on this, Li Hai can basically confirm the identity of the "Perth".
However, it is this disconnected identity that makes it even more difficult to deal with.
The third simulated Blue Army at least made their identity clear and came out to proactively seek confrontation drills. They could fight as they should. If they couldn't beat them, they would consider themselves unlucky. It was a matter of their own strength and would not involve other problems.
This simulated Blue Army shamelessly packages and distributes business to civilian paramilitary companies, which indeed brings new problems to confrontation drills.
It's almost like using women and children to fight on the battlefield.
However, the simulated Blues obviously overestimated Li Hai's "mind".
Li Hai began to shout on the international communication channel, "Perth, I ask you to stop the ship immediately for inspection! Repeat, Perth immediately stop the ship for safety inspection!"
Here, Li Hai stole a trick.
The reason he didn't ask the drill headquarters for instructions first was because they could hear all of his communications, including his conversations with Zhuang Xiaoying. In other words, the drill headquarters could learn about the discussion and analysis he just had with Zhuang Xiaoying at the same time.
The exercise headquarters did not issue new instructions, which means it acquiesced to Li Hai's approach of taking further measures.
If the exercise headquarters deems it inappropriate, it will definitely stop it as soon as possible.
The exercise command did not stop it. The commander knew very well that the pilots on the scene knew the situation best, and it was necessary to give the pilots as much processing authority as possible without violating the principles.
Moreover, the live-fire drill is in full swing at this time, so there must not be any mistakes.
Li Hai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, decisively abandoned the gentle accompanying tracking method, assumed a fighting posture and began several ultra-low altitude and high-speed flybys.
Jiaen was a little panicked. He realized that he had encountered an opponent who did not follow the rules and common sense. For a moment, he really wanted to reveal his anti-aircraft missile launcher and fire a few rounds, but he could only think When he thought about it, he didn't even dare to think about the possible consequences.
After Li Hai made a dive attack for the third time, Gaen finally couldn't stand it anymore, but he did not stop the ship. Instead, he defended on the international communication channel: "Our ship is preparing to turn east and return to the correct route. Plane No. 89324 , our ship is preparing to turn east and return to the correct course."
He signaled to the helmsman to turn slowly eastward.
Li Hai smiled coldly, "You're still being mean, aren't you? If I don't give you some color, will you think I really only know how to take pictures?"
He lowered the nose of the plane, turned on the cannon safety, and fired a shot into the sea less than a hundred meters in front of the "Perth". The shells hit the water and exploded one after another, and the spray even fell on the front deck of the "Perth".
Gaen's heart jumped into his throat. Before he could recover from the shock, he was immediately given the most severe warning, so much so that he even suspected that what he encountered was not the Red Army fighter plane he had imagined.
When did the Red Army fighter planes become so violent? What about being polite and courteous as promised?
It is impossible to stop the ship, let alone undergo the so-called safety inspection. He was originally a thief, but after stopping the ship and checking, wouldn't everything be exposed?
However, he soon discovered that there was only one plane nearby, and it was impossible for the pilot to board the ship for inspection.
After urgent discussions with several staff members, Gaen believed that Li Hai's warning shot was just a sign of lust and inner lust. He concluded that Li Hai did not dare to take any other action other than warning.
"The real purpose of his doing this is to delay time and buy time for their warships. We should speed up the disengagement and show our determination to evacuate eastward. I don't think he will continue to hold on." The chief of staff analyzed calmly. .
These words coincided with Garn's judgment, and Garn immediately decided to leave at full speed eastward, ignoring Li Hai's requests and warnings!
The "Perth" quickly completed its eastward turn and reached a maximum speed of 40 knots in a short period of time.
Most of Gaen's judgments were correct. Li Hai did have the purpose of buying time to scout the fishing boats, but this was not Li Hai's only purpose.
At this time, after seeing the "Perth" leaving at full speed eastward, Li Hai could be said to be half relieved. In fact, at this point, the next routine operation is to continue to monitor for a period of time. After confirming that the "Perth" will not turn around again, the task is completed.
However, what Li Hai thought of was that the "Perth"'s previous position was close to the blockade line on the east side of the no-navigation zone. It was already at that position, and the ship's detection range already included the No. 16 aircraft carrier combat group.
In other words, Li Hai suspected that they had detected quite a few wireless signals, which was a hidden danger for the No. 16 aircraft carrier combat formation that had entered combat status.
The Perth must be forced to stop for inspection.
Li Hai decisively accelerated and flew towards the northeast. After seeing JH-7A No. 89324 speeding away, Jia En and the staff were relieved at the same time. They made the right bet. However, they did not dare to play tricks at this time, and honestly left towards the east, and then looked for opportunities to infiltrate and wait for opportunistic actions.
Jia En was deeply wary of Li Hai, who had "no martial ethics". He even suspected that if he hadn't been wearing the skin of a merchant ship, he might have been greeted by cannon shells.
Having said that, he also saw that JH-7A No. 89324 only carried two combat missiles and had no weapons and ammunition capable of attacking water targets except aerial cannons, so he dared to ignore Li Hai's warning.
However, there is no doubt that Li Hai will not let the "Perth" go easily. The problem he faced was that if a safety inspection of the "Perth" was to be carried out, the reconnaissance fishing boat could not do this work. So, who could do this work reasonably and legally?
Coast guard ship.
