Chapter 298 Political Commissar Chen is no ordinary person
"The Malaise has turned."
Song Jianming saw from the radar that the obviously huge signal of the Misfit turned 70°, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
He said, "Captain, your people's war strategy has worked."
Li Hai calculated the distance and time with his brows, shook his head slightly and said, "The order given to us by our superiors is to hold down the aircraft carrier strike group of the Unfit for twenty-four hours. Just mobilizing fishing boats to work collectively to block the channel is not enough. It can take up to seven hours for the aircraft carrier Unfit to strike.
The group can go around behind the fishing fleet."
Chang Haizhou handed over the calculated time and the possible route of the USS Misfit aircraft carrier strike group, and said, "In six hours and fifteen minutes, they can get behind the fishing fleet."
At this time, the No. 53 aircraft carrier strike group was sailing at a high speed of 30 knots. It was obvious that there was a time difference. The No. 53 ship did have a speed advantage. The problem was that it was difficult for the No. 53 ship to stop the No. 53 aircraft carrier strike group alone.
. If the No. 53 ship was not "notorious", the USS Unfit aircraft carrier strike group would not have relented at all.
The current No. 53 ship and its commander, Captain Li Hai, have become a nightmare for all members of the USS Malaise aircraft carrier strike group - they are clearly awake but unable to do anything.
"Chase and take a shortcut to stop them." Li Hai said decisively.
Everyone took action immediately.
Li Hai said with emotion at this moment, "I thought a few dozen fishing boats would be enough, but I didn't expect hundreds of fishing boats to come. When did we have so many fishing boats here?"
Chang Haizhou heard it and asked, "It was unexpected and affected the plan?"
"Yes." Li Hai pointed to the international waterway and said, "Hundreds of fishing boats came at once, which scared them. Detouring means surrendering, which was rare in the past."
"I understand. If there are only a few dozen fishing boats, we will fall into a confrontation. We are skimming the perimeter and can advance and retreat freely. But now, we have to follow their lead." Li Hai said.
When everyone heard this, they came back to their senses. No wonder the captain didn't look very happy when he learned that hundreds of fishing boats came to help.
Song Jianming couldn't laugh or cry, "The maritime militia is so awesome, it's not a good thing."
"In the final analysis, it's a good thing." Li Hai smiled and said, "Mr. Chang, please contact their organizers and spread them out in this sea area as wide as possible without affecting production."
"Yes!" Chang Haizhou immediately wrote it down, "Are you worried that there will be enemy reinforcements behind you?"
Lehi said, "Be prepared, but we don't have reinforcements."
Chang Haizhou immediately went to make arrangements.
At the same time, the No. 53 ship once again entered a racing state, pursuing the aircraft carrier strike group of the Incompetent with a speed difference of 8 knots. In three hours, it would be within 15 nautical miles of the Inapplicable.
This is an extremely dangerous distance for both parties, and it is an abnormal social distance.
In the dark night in the northern waters of the Indian Ocean, an aircraft carrier strike group and an old frigate started a battle. Both sides used tactical maneuvers to try to occupy a favorable position, and tried every means to use their own situational awareness capabilities to detect the opponent's specific situation. The weather was calm, and various electromagnetic waves were in the air.
Feiwu, before the exchange of fire, an invisible battle had quietly begun.
As soon as the No. 53 ship accelerated, the cruiser "Villa Bay" closest to him became a little panicked. While reporting to the aircraft carrier "Misfit", it adjusted its course and accelerated to keep up with the No. 53 ship.
As a result, half an hour later, the "Villa Bay" found that the pursuit was getting further and further, and then discovered that the speed of the No. 53 ship was as high as 38 knots. The captain immediately reported again, and Sweeney ordered the "Villa Bay" to activate the phased array radar.
Track ship No. 53 and report its specific location at any time.
Not long after, a "Fire Scout" drone took off from the flight deck of the USS Misfit aircraft carrier, climbing towards the direction of the No. 53 ship.
This is an unmanned aerial vehicle used for fire guidance. It was jointly developed by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. It was a unique unmanned combat aircraft in the world at the time, but now it is an ordinary commodity.
The 364 radar of the No. 53 ship did not detect the "Fire Scout" with a small radar reflection area, and continued to maintain its original tactical actions and drove to the interception point at high speed.
Wan Liyang reported that it was detected that the cruiser "Vila Bay" itself emitted a strong active radar signal, which indicated that the ship had activated the Aegis phased array radar system to keep track of the No. 53 ship, and it was a fire
Control tracking.
Li Hai pondered for a moment and said, "Let's try that new thing. Go over and stare at Villa Bay. Our ship will continue to speed up to the interception point, and we must go faster."
"Yes!" The duty officer immediately put the captain's intention into place.
A carrier-based drone of unknown type was pushed out of the hangar. The ground crew was busy and unhurried, neatly unfolding the folded rotors, and then carried out other preparatory work before taking off. It was declared completed in less than five minutes.
It turns out that this is a carrier-based unmanned helicopter. It has an angular appearance and is clearly a stealth model. There are eight short and thick missiles hung under the two integrated short wings. It looks like it has the ability to target enemies.
It is a special missile for sea and ground attack. At the nose of the aircraft, there is a composite detector integrated with the fuselage. It seems to have active homing attack capabilities.
The entire appearance looks much more advanced than the "Fire Scout" drone.
Yao Xianyun followed Wan Liyang to watch the excitement, and curiously looked around the unknown model of ship-based drone. He found that in addition to the ground crew on the ship, there were three men in technical work clothes playing with the ship-borne drone.
It seems that they are the main personnel.
"What is this?" Yao Xianyun walked to Wan Liyang and asked in a low voice.
Wan Liyang said, "UAV."
Yao Xianyun said, "I can tell it's a drone, but I've never seen this number."
Wan Liyang shook his head and said, "I don't know what model it is. Just like the things you sent over, they are all experimental products. You see, we don't know how to control the manufacturer's technicians."
Yao Xianyun recalled that when he boarded the ship, there were a few people who were mysterious and unsociable. They would not eat with others or chat with others. They were so low-key that people would forget about them.
It should be them.
"This guy is quite big, almost as big as Zhijiu." Yao Xianyun said.
Wan Liyang pointed to the hangar behind him, "It just fits into the hangar with Zhijiu, otherwise it would be really difficult to put this thing on the ship. We have drones, they are relatively small, they can fly a hundred and eighty
Ten kilometers is no problem. This thing is at least several hundred kilometers long."
"Your 53rd ship is really a new bottle of wine. It looks shabby, but it uses good things." Yao Xianyun said with a smile.
Wan Liyang smiled and motioned for Yao Xianyun to follow him back as the unknown type of carrier-based drone was about to take off.
At this time, above the center of the bridge, there is a closed cabin that looks like a watchtower. There are three people inside, with three positions. A young man is wearing technical work clothes. He is sitting in front of the control console, controlling
The platform looked like a simulated airplane cockpit. The other person was a young female lieutenant, sitting aside as if she was studying, while Chen Qiming sat in the center seat behind them with his arms folded.
Li Hai and Chang Haizhou came over and stood behind them.
"Political Commissar, I just learned that you used to fly helicopters." Li Hai said in surprise.
Chen Qiming waved his hand, "That's all the old almanac."
Chang Haizhou said, "Our political commissar used to serve as the captain of the Navy's first carrier-based anti-submarine helicopter unit. Now many mid-level pilots there were led by him."
Li Hai both admired and lamented, "Everyone on our 53rd ship has hidden dragons and crouching tigers."
He knew that if it weren't for the injury, Chen Qiming would now be a deputy division-level leader of the Hainan Airlines. Because of the injury, he was transferred from air crew to ground crew and entered a political job. His title was delayed for several years due to various reasons, and he waited until he resumed his position.
When he took up leadership positions, he was already close to his service years.
Taking into account Chen Qiming's specific situation, the organization transferred him to the No. 53 ship as a political commissar three years ago, and solved the deputy regiment. When he was transferred to another job, he could naturally solve the main regiment level. Although this result was lower than his in the same period.
Level, but much better than the previous path.
Chen Qiming said, "I am at best a little bird with broken wings, not a dragon or a tiger."
Li Hai didn't answer, and any further words would just bring up other people's sad past.
"It's taking off." Chen Qiming pointed at the smart color display and said.
The manufacturer's technician controlled an unknown model of unmanned helicopter to take off, and his movements were very skillful. It was obvious that he had done many actual flight tests before going on the ship for testing.
Li Hai is a very capable pilot. He doesn't even need to see the actual aircraft. He only needs to look at the operation cabin to judge the performance and technical level of this combat aircraft.
The simple color display and operating handle are almost the same as driving in an airplane. Of course, there is no need to worry about the body being overloaded when controlling the airplane here.
Various combat functions are divided into categories, and the operator can switch easily and easily.
So, Li Hai saw a functional area that surprised him at a glance. This unmanned helicopter actually has air combat capabilities! Most of the ones that shine on the battlefield are modified from civilian drones that can drop bombs to attack ground targets, or
They are suicide drones that attack ground targets. There are no technical problems, and most of them are small drones, which are cheap. When a large number of tanks and armored vehicles face such slow and small targets, they cannot make any effective response at all.
In the previous definition, a true military drone refers to one that is specially developed for military purposes, has a clear purpose of use, and has extremely high professional combat capabilities, such as the "Global Hawk" that became famous around the world more than ten years ago.
However, with the emergence of a cargo drone that was supposed to be developed for express delivery companies, people were surprised to find that this four-engine propeller-type fixed-wing drone, which can fly 5,000 kilometers in one breath, is very difficult to fly.
After minor modifications, it turned into an unmanned bomber capable of carrying four tons of ammunition and flying five thousand kilometers!
And it’s close to the limit of a tactical bomber!
So the traditional definition was overturned.
Just as Li Hai now saw this unknown model of unmanned helicopter, it actually has air combat capabilities, which also subverted his conceptual understanding of drones.
"How does it carry out air combat?" Li Hai asked the young man from the manufacturer.
The young man from the manufacturer looked back at Li Hai and said, "With missiles, airborne radar can detect and guide multi-purpose missiles to attack air targets. The maximum combat distance is fifty kilometers."