Chapter 284 A bulk carrier capable of running 24 knots asks for help
The remaining gas turbine and two diesel engines worked hard to push the No. 53 ship towards the sea area where the incident occurred, but it could only reach 20 knots at most.
This speed is much faster than most merchant ships, but it is too slow for warships.
Wang Fugui stepped up his efforts to troubleshoot the fault. Every extra second he gained would make the Avatar safer.
Colonel Lin Mingguang has already taken off in the Z-9 carrier-based helicopter to the sea area where the incident occurred. This aircraft is mainly used for submarine search and anti-submarine warfare. It can carry towed sonar, sonobuoys and light torpedoes, but it does not have anything capable of attacking the ground or the sea.
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Therefore, Zhang Huo and Chen Yun formed a sniper team and took Z-9 carrier-based helicopters to undertake sea attack missions. They could only hit live targets, and they might not be able to threaten pirates with very professional techniques.
To solve the problem, Ship No. 53 must arrive.
This also highlights a problem that has long plagued the Navy - before the Z-20H came out, there was no suitable general-purpose carrier-based helicopter.
The flight deck of the No. 53 ship can take off and land Z-20H, but the hangar cannot accommodate the Z-20H. Not only the hangars of the No. 53 ship, 054A, 052D and other destroyer frigates cannot accommodate two Z-20H according to the standard.
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Lin Mingguang arrived at the sea area where the incident occurred within half an hour. The scene in front of him shocked him. The bulk carrier Avatars was being attacked by three high-speed yachts. He immediately called the mothership, "Electric White Teal, Peter Pan"
Call, I have arrived at the target sea area, and the target is being besieged by three high-speed yachts. They are not ordinary pirates! Over!"
In this escort mission, the radio codename randomly assigned to the No. 53 ship is ridiculous. The No. 53 ship is the "Electric White Teal". Maoming Electric White Teal Porridge is famous throughout the province, and the Z-9 carrier-based helicopter it carries is the "Little Flying Duck".
"Xia", the commander's code name is "Lao Zhang", the code names have no relationship with each other, are messy and disorderly, and are obviously randomly matched by a machine.
Li Hai grabbed the microphone and looked into the distance through the windshield, as if he wanted to see clearly the situation in the sea area where the incident occurred. He said, "I am Lao Zhang, and I order you to try your best to help. The four of us
Arrive in an hour.”
"Understood..." Lin Mingguang's tone suddenly changed, "Wait a minute, something doesn't seem right... It seems that the Avatars is suppressing three high-speed yachts... Lao Zhang, there are weapons on the Avatars, and they are using missiles.
Attack three high-speed yachts!"
Li Hai's whole body was numb.
Isn't that a merchant ship? Why did missiles appear?
"Peter Pan, check the situation." Li Hai said.
Lin Mingguang, Zhang Huo, Chen Yun and others clearly saw that the Avatar launched two missiles at the largest high-speed yacht. Judging from the size of the missiles, they looked like portable anti-aircraft missiles.
"I'm sure it's the Avatar that's holding down three high-speed yachts. Lao Zhang, I don't think we need our help." Lin Mingguang was shocked by the scene in front of him. He had participated in many escorts and had never seen firepower before.
Such a powerful merchant ship.
The Avatar used missiles to sink the largest high-speed yacht. Immediately, Lin Mingguang clearly saw a drone catching up with a fleeing yacht and firing missiles at it. At the same time, the Avatar
The multi-barreled machine guns on the USS poured ammunition into the other yacht, quickly beating the target into a sieve.
Zhang Huo and Chen Yun were amazed.
Chen Yun simply held the sniper rifle and admired the scene in front of her.
"What kind of ship is this? Why does it have everything?" Chen Yun said, dumbfounded.
Zhang Huo has been observing. He can see scattered personnel in various positions on the Avatars. These people occupy excellent positions and operate various weapons to attack the pirates' yachts. Overall, they seem to
Be prepared, or simply wait for these pirates to come, and then wipe them out.
Lin Mingguang turned on the camera, and the real-time picture was transmitted back to the mothership.
Li Hai, Chang Haizhou and others also saw the scene of the Avatars rubbing the pirate's high-speed yacht against the sea.
Chang Haizhou said doubtfully, "With such powerful firepower, why do we need to send a distress signal?"
"It's just a program." Li Hai smiled.
Chang Haizhou was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "That's right. I've learned a lot this time."
As an old sailor, this was the first time he encountered a merchant ship that could defeat a professional pirate yacht that was armed to the teeth and was unable to fight back.
Is that still a merchant ship?
But Li Hai probably figured out what was going on and ordered, "Tell the engine room the cruising speed and hurry up for repairs."
"Cruising speed!" the duty officer immediately conveyed.
Ship No. 53 doesn’t have to fight hard to get there.
Lin Mingguang continued to send back the latest news. In fact, Li Hai and others could fully grasp the situation in the sea area where the incident occurred by looking at the real-time surveillance footage.
In Li Hai's view, it was the pirates who were in danger, not the Avatar, and pirates were very dangerous. The Avatar seemed to have all kinds of weapons, and it took turns to attack the three pirate high-speed yachts. Not long after, the remaining two high-speed yachts
The yacht was also blown up and broken into several pieces.
"Avatars, this is Chinese Navy Ship No. 53, how are you doing?" Li Hai called on channel 16.
Soon, the Avatars replied, "Chinese Navy Ship No. 53, our ship is safe, the pirate ship has been repelled, thank you for your escort, long live the People's Navy!"
Li Hai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I didn't see what the Avatars looked like, so what kind of flight should I protect? However, the carrier-based helicopters were over there, so it would make sense to say that they escorted the Avatars.
"The People's Navy serves the people, and our carrier-based aircraft will escort your ship to ensure nothing goes wrong," Li Hai said.
The Avatar shouted, "Thank you!"
Li Hai ordered Lin Mingyuan to escort the Avatars, and the No. 53 ship continued to move toward the sea area where the incident occurred, and continued to shorten the return distance of the carrier-based aircraft so that Lin Mingguang could provide escorts for the Avatars for a longer period of time.
Just as Li Hai was guessing about the cargo carried by the Avatars, the communications staff strode over and handed over a page of messages, reporting, "Captain, a secret message from the Avatars."
Li Hai quickly took it and took a closer look to understand what was going on.
It turned out to be the cargo of Qiangli Company, and the escort was provided by Hainan Company. No wonder the ship had all kinds of firepower, and no wonder the escorts on the ship were extremely professional.
The captain of the escort aboard the Avatar proposed that he hoped that the No. 53 ship could send them to Chittagong Port to 100% ensure the smooth arrival of this cargo. The required speed was 24 knots.
"Can the Avatars run twenty-four knots? Is this a bulk carrier?" Li Hai handed the message to Chang Haizhou and asked doubtfully.
Chang Haizhou read the message carefully.
There was already a training staff nearby to check the relevant information, and the situation of the Avatars was quickly retrieved and displayed on the captain's command terminal display in front of Li Hai.
When Li Hai saw it, he was immediately speechless - this bulk carrier with a carrying capacity of more than 30,000 tons can really run a top speed of 24 knots! ()