Ship No. 53 sailed through the 100-kilometer-long Palk Strait with sparks and lightning. The missile boat base of the world's third-largest navy on the west bank of the Palk Strait received reports from civilian ships and discovered the whereabouts of the ship. Their radar defense system actually All unresponsive.
By the time the fleet headquarters of the world's third-largest navy received the news, the No. 53 ship had already arrived more than a hundred kilometers away from the Palk Strait, which was simply unbelievable.
Even Li Hai himself was surprised.
He told Chang Haizhou, "I have fought with their air force in the northwest. They have basic reaction capabilities, and individual pilots have relatively strong technical and combat capabilities. I didn't expect their navy to be so slow to respond."
Everyone seemed not surprised. Chang Haizhou said, "This is their normal level. I have encountered their aircraft carriers several times, and the preparation time for carrier-based aircraft to dispatch is basically more than twenty minutes. With this Time, a sea and air battle is over.”
Li Hai subconsciously asked, "Can their aircraft carrier leave the port?"
Wu Tong and Chen Yun couldn't help but laugh out loud at this sentence. They thought, the captain's words were too damaging. Didn't this imply that their aircraft carrier was a port aircraft carrier?
Everyone tugged at the corners of their mouths to hold back laughter.
Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, the aircraft carrier of the world's third-largest navy spends 300 days in the shipyard for health care, and the other 65 days are holidays...
Therefore, Chang Haizhou actually met them several times, which shows that Chang Haizhou often comes to the Indian Ocean and gets very close to them. He is "fortunate to witness" the "majestic appearance" of the world's third-world naval aircraft carrier.
Chen Qiming said seriously, "Captain, we passed the Palk Strait and embarrassed them. The designated sea area is close to their territorial waters. They will definitely not give up. They must be prepared to deal with two mixed fleets at the same time. .”
As political commissar, Chen Qiming rarely stayed on the bridge, and even if he was there, he rarely expressed his opinions.
He felt that everyone was too optimistic and thought it was necessary to remind them.
Li Hai nodded slowly and said solemnly, "The political commissar is right. The distance of several hundred kilometers is within the combat radius of their shore-based aircraft. Deputy Chang, immediately find the location of their ships outside and count how many they can find." How many."
"Yes, I will go to the war situation center now." Chang Haizhou went there immediately.
This is an enemy situation, and we must seek support from the higher-level intelligence department, and it must be the satellite reconnaissance department. There are so many ships operating at sea every day in the world. Even if the scope is narrowed to the northern waters of the Indian Ocean, it is by no means an easy task to figure out the location of the designated ships in this sea area.
Li Hai looked at Song Jianming and asked, "Captain, can you reach the designated sea area within the specified time?"
Song Jianming has been calculating nervously and paying attention to the changes in the situation. He said in a deep voice, "Our speed is now as high as 39.5 knots. If we maintain this speed, we can reach the designated sea area twenty minutes ahead of schedule. I'm worried that the turbine will not be able to withstand such a situation." Extremely high workload."
39.5 knots is definitely an appalling speed.
Song Jianming himself never thought that the No. 53 ship could run at such a speed.
Eighty kilometers per hour!
Song Jianming even suspected that if he gave the No. 53 ship wings, he would fly!
Li Hai asked the engine room, "Engine room, report the status of the main engine!"
Wang Fugui kept staring there and said loudly, "The vibration of Unit 1 is very powerful!"
"How is the operating status?" Li Hai asked.
Wang Fugui said, "There is no problem at the moment. The installed turbocharger is working normally and should be able to last for four or five hours!"
Li Hai looked at the time and said, "Try to hold on for six hours."
Wang Fugui replied, "Understood."
As long as it persists for six hours, the No. 53 ship can arrive at the designated sea area within the specified time. The premise of the data calculated by Song Jianming is that the four hosts maintain their current status and operate. If any one has a problem, everything else will not be established.
The next time was unbearable. The whole ship fell into the silence on the eve of the war. At the same time, they had to concentrate on the power system. The officers and soldiers in the engine room were even careful to wipe their sweat, for fear that larger movements would affect the operation of the power system. Sensitive The nerves have been stretched to the extreme.
In the entire bridge command center, the only sounds were Li Hai's continuous helming orders and Chen Yun's replies.
Interestingly, when passing through the Palk Strait before, the steering order was given by Song Jianming, which should have been the captain's job. The reason for this was that Li Hai believed that Song Jianming, an old sailor, was more qualified for the job than his new captain, especially when sailing in such a shallow waterway.
Obviously, Song Jianming proved his strength.
Li Hai knew that he was still far away from being a senior navigation captain. From the Flying Shark Force to the PLA Navy shore-based force to the surface ship force, he has not received any systematic professional education in navigation and is all self-taught. Even if he is far superior to others in many aspects, in fields involving absolute professionalism, he cannot compare with professional veteran sailors like Song Jianming.
The captain is the absolute authority on the ship. To say the least, even if the captain wants to lead all the crew to the vortex, the crew can only obey.
When Li Hai asked Song Jianming to command the helmsman through the Palk Strait on his behalf, he gave Song Jianming a high degree of trust. Song Jianming was well aware of the great significance of this move to him. His previous dissatisfaction with Li Hai's insistence on going through the Palk Strait not only disappeared completely, On the contrary, I am extremely grateful to Li Hai.
When the captain is able to work normally, it is an extremely rare experience to command the ship on behalf of the captain through a shallow water strait that has never been sailed by thousands of tons of ships. Song Jianming got a stepping stone that can definitely be promoted to captain.
When the time reached 18 o'clock, the sun had already set in the sky.
Li Hai looked at the longitude of his current location and realized that the current time was three hours later than Beijing time. In other words, the sun set three hours later.
Being able to arrive at the designated sea area before nightfall is related to subsequent interception operations.
The engine room has tried its best, and so has the No. 53 ship. As long as it can maintain its current sailing status, it will definitely be able to reach the designated sea area before nightfall.
Just three hours was difficult for all the officers and soldiers of the No. 53 ship. Everyone's nerves were tense. The 364 radar was scanning non-stop, and the intelligence analysis department was constantly analyzing the detected targets. Ships that affect the navigation of the ship and may affect the navigation of the ship are marked and handed over to other departments for warning and orders to stay away.
Two hours and fifty minutes later, the No. 53 ship arrived at the designated sea area, which also meant that the ship set a record for the fastest combat navigation speed since the emergence of the navy.
The average speed recorded was as high as 38.7 knots! (End of chapter)
