Chapter 256 Is this an Osprey?
Chapter 256 Is this an Osprey?
”The pirates seem to have stopped to surrender?”
”What kind of surrender? They are trying to lure us closer and then give us a sting! Report to the headquarters. For the sake of safety, I apply to sink the ship first before continuing the capture operation!”
”The headquarters has received the approval to continue the attack!”
Swish——
As soon as the voice in the headset fell, the crew responsible for fire control pressed the button again without hesitation, and the fifth missile quickly flew towards the only remaining speedboat.
”Get down! Get down!”
The pirates squatted down with desperate shouts, placing their last glimmer of hope on the tough armored speedboat, but this missile happened to hit the engine at the stern, and the violent flames of the explosion rushed inside, eventually igniting the fuel tank.
Boom——
Accompanied by a violent explosion, the speedboat that was lifted off disintegrated on the spot in mid-air due to the violent explosion from the inside out.
”Beautiful!”
Looking at this gorgeous spark, the four Panlong commandos on the No. 02 Silver Crane finally let out a sigh of relief.
However, there was no reason to continue attacking these pirates who had completely lost their combat effectiveness and threats, and the action changed from pursuit to arrest.
According to past practice, the navies of various countries mainly drove away these pirates who were like dog-skin plasters, and rarely killed them directly.
There are actually many reasons. For some people, the existence of pirates gave them a reason to send warships, but the actual threat of pirates to them was not high, so they turned a blind eye and invited the pirates to come and protect themselves.
For them, it was mainly out of humanitarian considerations.
Somalia is a very miserable place. Most people are so poor that they have no clothes to wear and no food to eat. They cannot walk for transportation, they cannot shout for communication, they cannot afford to keep dogs because of the lack of public security, and their cultural level is comparable to that of primitive people.
Under such circumstances, large European fishing tugboats have dragged away all the small fish and shrimps in the nearby waters, and finally forced the fishermen along the coast of Somalia to engage in robbery business. After tasting the sweetness, they will never return to this road and will never look back again…
So these hateful people are actually pitiful.
In 2010, a Russian oil tanker carrying 86,000 tons of crude oil was hijacked by Somali pirates. The crew also hid in the cabin and were finally rescued by the Russian special forces.
But then, a thorny problem arose.
There were 11 captured pirates in total, only one of whom was shot dead. What should be done with the remaining 10 captured pirates?
The Russians wanted to hand them over to Somalia, but Somalia was in a mess and no one cared about it. They had no choice but to throw the pirates onto an old rubber boat, give them basic supplies and fuel, and prepare to let them go.
As a result, within an hour, the rubber boat disappeared from the radar, and the Gulf of Aden was windy and rough, with a lot of sharks…
Anyway, for many reasons, everyone was mainly driving them away and were reluctant to catch these pirates, but this time the command decided that if we could catch one, we would do it. If no one wanted to judge, we would judge them!
At that time, according to the law, those who should be executed will be executed, and those who should be reformed through labor will be reformed through labor! We didn’t do this before, mainly because we thought it was troublesome and it was not worthwhile to make a big fuss, but from the current situation, this group of pirates is no longer the kind of scattered soldiers and braves they used to be. If we let them go back, it is likely to be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. It is best to catch them and interrogate them first to see if we can get any valuable clues.
While Silver Crane No. 02 was still in this sea area, capturing and salvaging the surviving pirates, a group of people in the command room on the USS Eisenhower, more than 500 nautical miles southwest of them, were still shocked by the failure of the pirates.
From any angle, this plan can be regarded as foolproof, but no one expected that at the last moment, an unknown signal source that fell from the sky suddenly brought a fatal variable to the entire plan!
”What is the secret weapon?!”
”Could it be some kind of new drone?”
”From the current situation, the first thing that can be ruled out for this aircraft is the jet engine and the turboshaft engine. These two power sources cannot be heard at a distance of one kilometer, so the most likely one is an electric aircraft!”
”But how can an electric aircraft beCan it fly that far?”
”Why not? Have you forgotten the solid-state sodium-ion battery developed by Kang Chi? If this technology is applied to lithium batteries, everything will make sense!”
”It is reasonable, but the speed of application is too outrageous, isn’t it?”
”Maybe they already had this technology, and then released the sodium battery?”
”Quiet! Our top priority now is to determine what this aircraft is, what is the current situation on the Lotus? Who else can we contact?”
”Will contacting them now expose us?”
”What are you afraid of? Do they dare to attack us? Get the information about that aircraft immediately at all costs! ”
After hearing the commander-in-chief’s order, the people below immediately contacted several “mercenaries” on the Lotus.
At this time, the rescue operation on the Lotus was still going on. The pirates were forced to the lower deck and started a “street fight” with the Panlong Commando. The sound of exchange of fire continued.
Although the Panlong Commando had only 16 people and the number of pirates on board was nearly 100, this group of rookies could not cover up the fact that they were rookies even if they each had an AK. If it weren’t for several well-trained mercenaries struggling to support them, they would have been defeated and surrendered long ago.
In fact, these mercenaries also knew that the situation was over and had begun to plan the route to jump off the ship. The problem was that these pirates couldn’t even serve as a shield to attract some firepower, which made them very passive.
”Schmidt, can you hear me?”
Just when Schmidt was a little desperate, the voice that had not appeared in the headset for a long time suddenly rang, which made Schmidt a little happy.
”Okay! Our current situation is very dangerous, requesting support. ”
There was silence for a moment, then the other side spoke: “Support is on the way, but we must first know what the other party’s secret weapon is before we can launch a rescue plan, so now we need you to find a way to provide us with the necessary intelligence.”
Schmidt knew as soon as he heard it that this was simply fooling him!
”Fuck your intelligence! We are almost dead in the cabin!”
”Schmidt, I need to remind you to think more about your wife and children… How about an additional two million pension?”
Schmidt was silent for a moment, then said with difficulty: “What about Eneko and the others?”
”Equal treatment.”
”How can I trust you?”
”Do you have any choice now?”
”…”
”Don’t worry, I can swear on my life that I will do what I say, but the premise is that you can provide what I want. ”
After saying that, the other party ended the call directly. Schmidt glanced at his three teammates, and finally gritted his teeth and said: “They want the information about the thing on the deck, and promised two million to each person.”
”Do you still believe their lies?”
”This is not up to us… and now we are doomed to die, so we might as well fight before we die.”
Schmidt rushed out directly after saying that, and began to break out under firepower. Seeing this, his three teammates had no choice but to follow.
”The enemy has begun to break out! Team B calls for support! ”
The two Panlong commandos in charge of this passage suddenly felt a surge of pressure and hurriedly called their teammates.
But when the pirates saw that the four mercenaries were fighting desperately, they also felt that this was an opportunity, so they swarmed out and the cabin was filled with gunfire.
The two Panlong commandos killed several pirates in succession under the huge firepower, but because they were too many, they could only fight and retreat at the same time. Seeing this, the pirates on the other side also began to counterattack before their death, resulting in the slow support of Team A. .
Finally, the pirates, led by four mercenaries, paid the price of more than ten people before they broke through to the corridor entrance with difficulty. When heading to the upper deck, the two leading mercenaries were shot and fell, hindering the pirates’ escape.
At the same time, a Panlong commando guarding the entrance to the lower deck had already set up a machine gun and aimed it at the exit, but what he didn’t expect was that the pirates did not rush out directly, but suddenly stretched out a mobile phone, took a picture of the outside, and quickly put it back.
”Report!” The team member immediately reacted and shouted, “Their purpose is to obtain information about Yinhe!”
”Immediately launch an assault to stop them from sending information!”
”Received!”
However, no matter how fast they reacted, they still couldn’t stop ShiMitter sent the picture.
When he saw that the picture was sent successfully, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He decisively fired several shots at the phone, and then pointed the gun at his chin.
”Bang——”
Accompanied by a gunshot, the mercenary who knew he had no way to escape finally chose to end his life by suicide.
This shocked the remaining pirates, and the only remaining mercenary ended his life in the same way after hesitating for a moment.
Seeing this, the Panlong commandos shouted in English: “You have no way to escape, put down your weapons and surrender immediately!”
After saying that, he also shot at the ceiling at an angle.
The pirates had no courage to resist. They threw their weapons on the ground and held their heads with their hands. The rescue operation on the Lotus finally came to an end…——”Is this…Osprey?”
When the commanders of the Eisenhower saw the picture sent by Schmidt, they were stunned.
They actually developed a tilt-rotor aircraft? !
However, this also solved all their doubts.
In fact, through the movement of those unknown signal sources, some people had already vaguely guessed this possibility, but before there was evidence, everything was just speculation.
Besides…
”Even the Osprey can’t complete that kind of emergency landing, right? And the flight speed, climbing speed, and various performance are much higher than the Osprey!”
”Maybe it’s because it’s an electric version of the Osprey?”
”No matter what the power is, it’s certain that this aircraft is stronger than the Osprey!”
”Not only is the performance stronger, the cost and use cost of electric aircraft are definitely lower than our Osprey… This matter is very serious, report it to the Pentagon immediately! Tell them that the battery technology breakthrough has begun to show results, and we must attach great importance to all possibilities of battery technology to enhance combat power, and complete the technological breakthrough as soon as possible.”
”Received!”—— ”It seems that the secret of Silver Crane can’t be kept.”
In an emergency command room, a combat staff officer couldn’t help but sigh.
“It’s okay. The Silver Crane is suitable as a trump card. We will use it on the escort formation. We didn’t plan to keep it secret for long. It’s good enough to achieve the unexpected effect in the first operation.”
”Well, that’s true.”
With the end of the rescue operation on the Lotus, the incident also entered the final stage.
Although the two merchant ships suffered different degrees of damage, no crew members were injured or killed.
When summarizing the results of the battle, 11 mercenary bodies that were completely different from ordinary pirates were found. They were strong and their skin color was completely different from that of pirates.
It was obvious at a glance that they were the leaders of this attack.
It’s a pity that these mercenaries were either shot dead directly or chose to commit suicide rather than surrender. Later, the interrogation of the pirates did not get anything valuable.
They only knew that these people joined the pirate gang as mercenaries. They only knew that the source of the weapon, the Stinger, was obtained through airdrops, and no more specific information was known.
Looking back at the entire rescue operation, it can be said that every step was thrilling in the planned and premeditated attack by the pirates.
Although the Xindu, which was used as bait, may be fine in the end, if it were not for the Silver Crane that temporarily joined the operation, with its superior endurance and speed, and more stealthy performance than the turboshaft helicopter, the Lotus oil tanker would definitely be hijacked by pirates.
At that time, in a small sense, this was just one of the hundreds of pirates who successfully hijacked merchant ships, and in the end it was a matter of paying money.
But in a big sense, this was the failure of the escort formation and the performance of insufficient combat effectiveness.
If they come more often, not only will this trade route be blocked, affecting economic development and oil security, but the navy will also lose face and become a joke to all parties…—— “This incident fully exposed the shortage of our escort fleet. On a trade route of thousands of kilometers, once the pirates launch such an organized and premeditated attack, it will be difficult to take care of both ends. Therefore, I suggest increasing the escort efforts and maintaining at least three escort fleets to perform escort missions for a long time.”
“At the same time, the crash of the No. 078 ship-borne assault helicopter also shows that we have seriously underestimated the strength of the pirates and the situation in the Gulf of Aden. Therefore, all helicopters on duty in the future must be equipped with anti-missile weapons such as heat-seeking missiles. At the same time, in view of the excellent performance of Yinhe in this incident,We must also complete the replacement speed of ship-borne helicopters as soon as possible. ”
”In a sense, the destroyer equipped with the Silver Crane has already possessed some functions and attributes of an aircraft carrier, especially in anti-piracy, anti-terrorism and other assault operations. The Silver Crane with vertical take-off and landing function is even more effective than the carrier-based aircraft of an aircraft carrier.”
After completing his summary speech, Chief Shen looked at Kang Chi, who was invited to attend the meeting in person, and nodded to him solemnly: “Thank you very much, Dr. Kang, for your technical support for our operation. The Silver Crane you designed and manufactured has helped us avoid a greater crisis. If there was no Silver Crane, we would have suffered a loss this time. ”
Thunderous applause suddenly broke out in the venue.
Although Kang Chi was not a military officer, Commander Shen personally awarded him a Peace Mission Medal as encouragement.
The soldiers who participated in the rescue operation will also be awarded medals and commendations after returning home, especially for the crew member who died, a grand memorial service will also be held.
Thinking of this, Kang Chi was no longer happy.
At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: Explosive technology, explosive equipment!
(End of this chapter)