Is the No. 53 ship capable of sinking the USS Malaise?
The theory is definitely there. After all eight YJ-83G anti-ship missiles it carried hit the Discomfort, even if the Discomfort had a full load displacement of 110,000 tons, it would still have to feed the sharks.
The premise is that they all hit.
The Malaise has dozens of carrier-based fighter jets and three escort ships equipped with the Aegis system. The two Burke-class ships plus the Ticonderoga class have a total of 300 vertical pits, which can carry 300 standard missiles. Anti-aircraft missiles have super anti-saturation missile strike capabilities.
A mere eight YJ-83G anti-ship missiles, even if fired in salvo, would hardly pose a serious threat to the USS Malaise aircraft carrier.
However, when the call from ship No. 53 came, everyone, including Sweeney, felt something called fear at that moment, and was unable to respond effectively for more than a minute. .
I don’t know whether it was an order from the duty officer or a subconscious action by the helmsmen of each ship. The USS Malaise, two Burke-class guided missile destroyers, and the comprehensive supply ship that was lagging behind, that is, the supply-class combat support ship, all responded in unison. Slowing down.
Except for the guided missile cruiser "Vila Bay" that came forward, the speed of the remaining ships in the formation quickly dropped to 5 knots, which was almost stopped for large ships.
On this night when the day had just ended, in the waters north of the Maldives, a spectacle in the history of human warfare occurred - an old-fashioned frigate that looked at least twenty years behind the times blocked the front of the USS Malaise aircraft carrier strike group. Dozens of kilometers, but the huge latter was so frightened that he stopped moving forward.
Under the night sky on the international waterway north of the Maldives, an aircraft carrier strike group with a total displacement of nearly 200,000 tons was blocked by an old frigate with a displacement of just over 4,000 tons. The former did not even dare to take a step forward, which was incredible.
Sweeney did not continue to be stunned. After calming down, he quickly came to his senses - there was no reason to be blocked by the No. 53 ship. You must know that this is international waters and international waterways.
"Keep moving forward! Tell Ship No. 53 that we are sailing normally and ask him not to intrude on my formation route and get out of the way." Sweeney ordered, subconsciously using honorifics in his words.
Undoubtedly, Ship No. 53 has won the respect of his opponents, even if their opponents hate him with gritted teeth.
The Discomfort shouted to the No. 53 ship on the VHF international general channel. To be honest, under normal circumstances, the requirements of the HMS Unfit aircraft carrier strike group are not excessive. Any ship enjoys the right of passage in international waterways and international waters. There is no reason for the No. 53 ship to block the HMS Unfit.
The problem is, this is not the general case.
Li Hai knows where the USS Unfit aircraft carrier strike group is going and what it is going to do, and the USS Unfit also knows the purpose of the No. 53 ship being here. Sweeney didn't even need to look at the intelligence analysis to know that the No. 53 ship was here to intercept them. The purpose was to prevent them from monitoring the maritime formation during the joint anti-terrorism exercise.
Everyone knows it, but they don't say it clearly. They can only look for some legal basis that can be used to achieve their goals.
Sweeney couldn't think of any legitimate reason for Ship No. 53 to block his own side.
Is it possible that he would risk the disapproval of the world and open fire?
Indeed not.
Operations such as immediately delineating a no-navigation zone will not work here, because this is an important international waterway. Once the no-navigation zone is delimited, it will not take a minute for the news to spread, and global oil prices will rise in one second. Not even a minute will be delayed.
It will have an impact on the global economy and is not a good choice.
Of course, Li Hai would not do such a thing that would put himself in a passive position in terms of public opinion.
The problem is, he only has one boat, how can he block such a wide sea?
Chang Haizhou and others also didn't know what Li Hai planned to do. At this time, the bridge command center of the No. 53 ship was surprisingly quiet. The ship maintained a speed of thirty knots and headed towards the cruiser "Villa Bay" in the forward position. Approaching, the distance between the two ships is quickly closing.
"Is there anything going on in the engine room?" Li Hai asked.
Chang Haizhou shook his head and said, "There is no problem. The No. 1 gas turbine has withstood the test, and there is no problem with Lao Wang's turbocharger."
Li Hai nodded slightly, walked to the chart table, and checked the situation in the surrounding sea areas. Passing merchant ships have transponders on, and their signals are public. Many shipping service platforms have access to these public signals, and the current location of the ship and its route in the past period of time can even be searched on the mobile phone based on the ship name and number.
Those shipping service platforms are the maritime versions of Feichangzhun, Hanglvzongheng, etc.
Li Hai looked at the densely packed merchant ships on the international waterway that were almost connected in a line. At this time, he had the most profound understanding of the golden waterway and the lifeline of the sea. These merchant ships coming from the Suez Canal or the Strait of Malacca travel between Europe and Asia. Most of their destination ports are East Asian countries. They support the economic development of East Asian countries and even guarantee the maintenance of life in some East Asian countries.
If the sea transportation line is lost, Japan will self-destruct within three months.
The throat of the sea and the lifeline of the sea are really appropriate.
Surrounding these countless merchant ships, there are also a large number of countless fishing vessels at sea, most of which are fishing vessels fishing in distant seas.
The industrious Chinese expanded their offshore fishing grounds to the Indian Ocean many years ago. They fought against strong winds and waves, crossed the Strait of Malacca, or crossed through Indonesia into the Indian Ocean to catch some rare species of fish in the alternating ocean currents.
China's rapidly developing economy has brought about increasingly strong demand. More and more people are pursuing a better quality of life. More and more deep-sea fish are appearing on people's dining tables. However, the South China Sea is really too small. , even though the area reaches 3.5 million square kilometers.
For the happiness of future generations and for the sustainable use of resources, the South China Sea has a four-month fishing ban every year, usually from March 1 to June 30.
This is the fishing ban season in the South China Sea.
Fishing cannot be carried out in the South China Sea, and the supply cannot be stopped. What to do? Go to the deep sea or the ocean. You can choose from the Western Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean.
If you want to go out into the ocean and deep sea, you must have a big fishing boat.
More than a dozen fishing companies in the Qiong Island Fisheries Association formed a distant-water fishing fleet, consisting of hundreds of distant-water steel fishing boats. The fleet was supported by five logistics supply ships. It set sail to the Indian Ocean on the day of the fishing ban in the South China Sea.
Among them is the Qiongyu No. 588 steel offshore fishing boat with a standard displacement of 1,130 tons.
Li Hai was deeply impressed by this fishing boat. The captain, Mo Dahai, was a veteran sailor who had served in the navy for 20 years. A few months ago, he cooperated with the No. 53 ship in the task of blocking the Luojing waterway and successfully completed it.
Seeing the serial number of Qiongyu No. 588 fishing boat on, and a dense cluster of fishing boat signals nearby, Li Hai felt that he had thought of a way to stop the Unfit aircraft carrier strike group.
He picked up the intercom, signaled the communications staff to adjust the frequency to channel 16, and called, "Qiongyu 588, this is the Chinese Navy Ship No. 53."
Mo Dahai is waiting for the ongoing fishing operation to end, and then will use sonar to detect the underwater in another place to find high-value fish before continuing to fish.
A trip all the way will consume 40 to 50 tons of diesel alone, and the fuel consumption cost will be as high as 300,000 to 400,000 yuan. If you catch some common fish, dozens of boats coming out at once can bankrupt the fishing company.
Therefore, we must look for high value-added fish to catch. If we don’t bring back catches worth two to three million yuan, there will be no money to be made at all.
Blue crucian carp tuna is the main species caught in this ocean fishing in Mohaiguhai. There are also shrimps, squid, etc. that are active in the tropical areas of the Indian Ocean.
According to the past practice, if there are no accidents, there will be no problem in bringing three million yuan of goods back to the port. The crew members will basically receive a performance bonus of 40,000 to 50,000 yuan for this trip.
When Mo Dahai heard the call, he immediately grabbed the transmitter. However, after waiting for a while, he didn't hear the No. 53 ship continuing to speak, and he suddenly felt strange.
He was about to speak and ask when he suddenly heard regular tapping sounds on the channel.
"Stop talking!" Mo Dahai shut up the chatting first mate and chief engineer, and listened seriously to the knocking sound from the transmitter with his ears raised.
On the other side, Li Hai was tapping the sound pickup port of the microphone gently, every time.
Yao Xianyun next to him immediately recognized that what Li Hai typed was Morse code.
The chief mate and chief engineer of Qiongyu 588 looked at Mo Dahai in surprise. Two or three minutes later, Mo Dahai quickly adjusted the channel to the fleet operation channel and called out as the commander of the fleet command ship, "Every ship, pay attention, I It’s 588. End the operation immediately. The ships are separated by three chains, and the horizontal formation is deployed in the 270-degree direction. Re-launch the net operation. Repeat.
Immediately, a fishing boat that was working asked, "Old Mo, what's going on? I just caught a net and it won't be finished for at least half an hour."
"No, I don't want anything. Every ship will obey immediately. This is an order!" Mo Dahai said seriously.
Almost all the people who can go to the ocean to work are the backbone ships and backbone crews of the maritime militia. As soon as they hear the order, they don't ask any questions and immediately execute the order, even though no one knows what happened.
"The supply ship goes to the back of the fleet and spreads out in a straight line, with the bow facing 270 degrees!" Mo Dahai continued to order.
"The supply ship understands!" Five supply ships responded one after another and immediately adjusted their course.
Mo Dahai personally steered the fishing boat No. 588 and accelerated towards the direction of the No. 53 ship. The other fishing boats used him as a benchmark to form a formation on both sides of the channel. More and more fishing boats gathered together, and soon a dense number of fishing boats appeared on both sides of the channel. The bows of the boats were facing the direction where the Unfit came from, and they lowered their nets again for fishing operations. Hundreds of fishing boats worked together, and the scene was spectacular. ...(End of chapter)
