The weather is not improving at all, but is getting worse.
The main gun squad was under huge pressure, Zhang Huo was under huge pressure, and gunner commander Reilly was under huge pressure.
Being selected by the superior training and commanding agency to conduct live ammunition shooting during this kind of patrol is actually the same as a class in high school being randomly inspected for an exam. It is not much, but it is very important.
This is a good way to test the troops' emergency combat capabilities.
For the grassroots troops, it is extremely miserable. The string in the mind must always be tightened, otherwise the buttocks will be exposed when the order is given.
In Li Hai's view, there is no essential difference between using a 100mm naval gun to shoot at moving target ships on the surface within visual distance, and using the J-15's 30mm gun in the air to shoot at moving targets on the ground or on the sea.
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From another perspective, when a fighter plane flies in the sky, it is actually sailing in the air, and its attitude will be affected by air currents, just like the attitude of a ship will be affected by water currents.
If you have ever flown in a helicopter, you will know that it feels almost like riding on a sea speedboat.
Li Hai has confidence in Zhang Huo, and he must have confidence in the squad leader of the main gun squad.
Ship No. 53 has already adjusted its course and is waiting for the arrival of the target ship.
At this time, Chang Haizhou suddenly whispered to Li Hai, "Maybe it's for you."
"Huh?" Li Hai didn't come back to his senses.
Chang Haizhou whispered, "In the past, when we were supporting the barbarians in combat, Nanzhi would not give us extra meals. After all, our first task is to provide logistical support to the barbarians."
After a pause, he said, "This time it's unusual. I think it means you are planning to take the exam."
Li Hai couldn't figure it out and said, "I'm just a trainee captain. I'm not important. What's important is that the collective of Ship 53 has not changed, and the combat effectiveness will not be affected because of the change of commander."
"But Chen Hongwei is not here." Chang Haizhou reminded.
He left the second half of the sentence unsaid - Chen Hongwei's leave was approved by Li Hai.
It's just a soldier, is it that important?
It's really that important.
If the chief engineer is without Wang Fugui, he will be blind, and the entire No. 53 ship will be on tenterhooks. On the other hand, as long as Wang Fugui is there, the commanders and crew on the No. 53 ship will not worry about not being able to return.
"Old Military Doctor" is the honorific title given to Wang Fugui by the soldiers!
As a naval artilleryman, Chen Hongwei is the master of gunfire on the No. 53 ship, and he is also the master of gunnery in the 11th frigate group.
Li Hai fully understood the meaning of this, nodded slowly and said, "I released the person, and I will be responsible for any problems."
Chang Haizhou wanted to explain, but saw Li Hai wave his hand. Li Hai said, "It's useless to talk more. The truth will be seen on the battlefield."
In fact, Li Hai understood what Chang Haizhou meant.
At this time, Nanzhi fired live ammunition from the main guns of the No. 53 ship, and he came to Li Hai, but Li Hai now represented the No. 53 ship, not just him.
Once the battle fails, the perfect record maintained by No. 53 for so many years will be lost.
That's right, it was when Li Hai remembered the record of the No. 53 ship that had been maintained for a full ten years that he fully understood what Chang Haizhou meant.
When Chen Hongwei and Gu Xiaohui applied for leave, Chang Haizhou opposed it. He did not think it was appropriate to use this method to establish prestige - he thought Li Hai was using this to establish prestige.
Chang Haizhou may have a misunderstanding in his thinking - the trainee captain is also the captain. When the gunfire sounds, the whole ship must listen to Li Hai.
The ultimate reason is that Li Hai is too young and does not feel very practical.
The target boat arrived fifteen minutes early. Li Hai saw the shooting range through the telescope, and then saw the towing target boat. He felt bad.
"What's going on?" Li Hai frowned.
Chang Haizhou was also observing the shooting range. He looked left and right, but didn't see anything unusual. He asked doubtfully, "What's wrong?"
Li Hai said, "How can a target towing boat be a fishing boat?"
"That's what you said!" Chang Haizhou suddenly laughed and said, "It's a hired fishing boat, so there's no need to make a fuss."
Li Hai couldn't laugh or cry, "Is it normal?"
"Yes, it's normal." Chang Haizhou explained, "They are all maritime militia. Let them drag the shooting range over to save money and effort."
Li Hai thought about it carefully and it was really like this. To drag a shooting range thousands of kilometers to get here would require at least a thousand-ton logistics support ship. Just the overseas supply of soldiers would be a fortune.
Find a downwind ship with excellent political conditions and ask them to help drag it over and let the combat ships participating in the live fire firing not only save time and effort, but also save valuable military resources.
Chang Haizhou said, “There is a lot of cooperation between our surface naval forces and civilian ships. The civilian ships that can go to the distant seas are all in the national defense mobilization system. Furthermore, these fishing boats that go to the distant seas are almost all maritime militiamen.
Reliable.”
Li Hai remembered a piece of trivia - the construction of merchant ships and civilian ships of a certain tonnage must first comply with the needs of national defense. Even the design of large ro-ro ships must comply with some of the indicators proposed by the military.
For example, the Ro-Ro ships in the Bohai Sea are designed with full consideration and compliance with national defense needs, hatch size, load-bearing capacity of vehicle class A, loading and unloading methods, etc., and are based on standards that can carry heavy ground equipment such as tanks and armored vehicles.
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"This fishing boat has towed us to the shooting range several times. They are very experienced." Chang Haizhou saw the fishing boat's string number clearly and smiled.
Li Hai looked at the time and said, "Establish contact and prepare to shoot."
Chang Haizhou executed it immediately.
It was a thousand-ton fishing boat. It was a big guy among fishing boats. It often went to the South Pacific for operations. This time was no exception. It helped the navy to drag the shooting range over.
The shooting range is not the traditional unpowered cement barge with a shelf and a cloth stretched over it, but a real boat, an abandoned fishing boat, bought by the Navy to use as a target.
In the past, funding was difficult, and cement barges could be used multiple times, and when used up, they could be towed back to the port for storage. Now, if there is any shortage, there will be no shortage of training funds. They will buy a large number of abandoned ships, or use old ships that have been eliminated by themselves as targets. The troops can
Conduct live-fire shooting training closer to actual combat.
The distance between the fishing boat and the shooting range is 500 meters. Because it is required to move, the fishing boat must continue to drag the shooting range. According to actual combat requirements, the navigation route of the fishing boat cannot be clearly defined.
Let the boss of the fishing boat do what he wants. He also came from the navy. After retiring, he became a maritime militia and often cooperated with the training of the troops.
The shooting distance is 3 nautical miles, which is about 5,600 meters. For a 100mm naval gun, this distance is not too far.
The position of the fishing boats was very awkward, forming a line from time to time, blocking the firing range of the main gun of the No. 53 ship. Coupled with the bad weather, it undoubtedly increased the difficulty of shooting.
Zhang Huo, the gunner, had sweat on his forehead. While observing the radar locking situation, he used a laser sight to aim at the target ship, which was much smaller than the fishing boat.
Li Hai was not satisfied with the aiming time of the main gun squad, it was too long.
"The main gun squad is ready to shoot!" Li Hai urged.
Zhang Huo is sweating more and more on his forehead. The weather is so bad, the waves are very high, and the shooting range is looming between the waves...