During the entire supply process, Li Hai was worried.
His new captain lacks ship command experience even more than a new captain in the traditional sense, but he does not lack actual combat experience!
Anything related to ammunition must be a serious matter, and it is something that needs to be treated with great vigor.
It’s quite scary for a layman to see the scenes of manipulating guns and artillery, especially on vehicle and artillery field days, when all the equipment of the troops must be pulled out for maintenance. The scene must be shocking and shocking, even if it is an ordinary replacement company with more than 100 troops.
It's quite scary to have guns and cannons there.
But in the eyes of insiders, these things are just fire sticks because they have no ammunition.
Weapons are killing machines only when combined with ammunition.
Similarly, no matter how fierce the firepower of the No. 53 ship is, without enough ammunition to support it, it is just a relatively sturdier cruise ship...
What is being done now is to restore the strong veteran of the No. 53 ship to its peak combat effectiveness. During the process of transferring ammunition from the supply ship to the No. 53 ship, a small mistake may cause both ships to be buried at the bottom of the sea.
Especially when replenishing torpedoes, even though he knew that the thing wouldn't explode without a fuze, Li Hai's heart was still hanging, as if he was being asked to land on the ship with a bomb.
Of course, landing on a ship with ammunition is more dangerous, because the safety tips of those ammunition are removed before taking off!
Seeing Li Hai like this, Chang Haizhou asked with a smile, "Are you worried that they are inexperienced? Jinchang Hao often does this job, and they are very experienced."
The Jinchang that is supplying ammunition to the No. 53 ship is the Jinchang, a bulk cargo ship of more than 5,000 tons, equipped with cranes and other equipment. In fact, the Jinchang does this work for more than half of the 365 days a year.
Or on the way to do this job.
Li Hai felt a little relieved and said solemnly, "After all, this is close to the Niurekko Strait. The situation on the sea is very complicated. I can't rest assured if the supply is not completed for a moment."
Chang Haizhou often travels in this area, so he couldn't help but say, "We have chosen remote sea areas. If big ships don't come, small ones won't dare to approach. There shouldn't be any problems."
"Yeah." Li Hai walked out of the bridge and stood in front of the guardrail.
Chang Haizhou followed him out, took out a cigarette and handed one to Li Hai. He knew that Li Hai was under a lot of pressure. He encountered so many things as soon as he took office, and they were all not easy tasks. He is still agile and agile even now.
The captain must admire him.
"Stop smoking." Li Hai looked at Chang Haizhou and said, "Stop smoking too."
Chang Haizhou looked at the crane and carefully transferred a torpedo from the Jinchang to the No. 53 ship, stuffed the cigarette back into his pocket, and stopped smoking.
In the past, Chang Haizhou would have waved his hand and lit up indifferently. How many years has he been working and how many years has Li Hai been working? He doesn't know what occasions and times he can smoke?
But when Li Hai said he wouldn't smoke, Chang Haizhou really didn't smoke. This is because Chang Haizhou recognized Li Hai as the "ship boss" from the bottom of his heart.
The long three hours finally passed, and the entire supply process went very smoothly. After bidding farewell to the Jinchang, the No. 53 ship accelerated westward and headed straight for the Niurekko Strait.
Until now, Li Hai has not waited for orders from his superiors - what mission will he perform this time? It's mysterious!
Entering the Nilacca Strait means that we are out of the support range of our shore-based aircraft. The 167th Independent Flying Group at Musa Naval Air Station only has a combat radius of No. 037 to cover the Nilacca Strait. The problem is, even if it can reach it, it cannot
Fly over.
The air conditions in this area are complicated. Not only does it have the busiest waterway, there are dozens of intertwined civil aviation routes, and it also involves the airspace of several countries. There is too little airspace for movement.
Therefore, our ships are actually quite vulnerable when passing through the Nilacca Strait.
At dawn, ship No. 53 arrived at the designated sea area, that is, the entrance to the strait, and stopped and anchored in the anchoring area as required. There were several ocean-going cargo ships around, most of which were preparing to berth in Singapore before entering the strait.
, usually stop here and wait for the port to become vacant.
The busiest waterway and one of the busiest ports, this is the current situation of the Strait of Malacca. According to statistics, more than 200 ships pass through the Strait of Malacca every day, and the traffic volume is very huge.
Ship No. 53 entered a standby state. Throughout the morning, warships from other countries passed through the Nilacca Strait from time to time, some entering the Indian Ocean from east to west, and some entering the South China Sea from west to east. Most of them were warships from neighboring countries.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the order had not yet arrived. Li Hai couldn't sit still and discussed with Chang Haizhou, "Should I take the initiative to ask for instructions?"
Chang Haizhou said, "It is indeed strange that no new orders have arrived for such a long time, but our superiors must have considered it when they ordered us to wait for orders at the anchorage."
After pondering for a long time, Li Hai said, "This is the entrance to the strait, and there is a channel next to it. We are exposed to all ships. A living person cannot die of urination. I think we should ask our superiors for instructions. If there is no new order, then it is best
I need to change my position."
"Okay, I agree." Chang Haizhou said.
The anchorage is at the entrance of the strait, and warships and ships from various countries coming and going can see the No. 53 ship at a glance. It is not in line with tactical principles to stand by at this location.
Li Hai sent a message to his superiors for instructions. In his opinion, the superiors had no reason to disagree with his suggestion. After all, there were only advantages and no disadvantages in changing to a hidden sea area.
However, what he didn't expect was that his superiors explicitly requested that the No. 53 ship stay at the anchorage and wait for new instructions.
"Hey, this is strange." Li Hai looked at the message and was confused.
Chang Haizhou said, "It's really strange. This has never happened before."
"Wait." Li Hai was helpless, watching the night slowly fall.
It was late at night, and Li Hai asked the drone squad to release the reconnaissance drone to conduct routine reconnaissance of the surrounding sea areas. The real-time images were transmitted to the tablet-sized display terminal held by Li Hai.
Under the high-definition camera, under the eagle's eye view of the Niaca Channel, the ship's mast lights form a long dotted line, stretching east to west, like a luminous bracelet on the Strait of Malacca. The coasts on both sides of the strait
The bright lights represent the strong economic strength of these areas.
Some people say that if you want to know the extent of a place's economic strength, the easiest way is to get on a plane at night and look down from the air to see the brightness of the lights in the area.
After more than half an hour of routine aerial reconnaissance, nothing suspicious was found, and Li Hai felt relieved. The sea area where Niu Liujia Strait is located is not unfamiliar to the People's Navy. The hydrological conditions and channel conditions here are
, the surrounding situation, etc., are very knowledgeable.
Because of this, Li Hai was worried.
His biggest concern was pirates.
Don’t think that pirates don’t dare to attack ships on busy shipping lanes. Don’t think that pirates don’t dare to attack ships in the Niurekko Strait, which is surrounded by several countries. Precisely because of these, pirates have more loopholes to exploit.
There have been several cases of ships being robbed. Pirates robbed ships close to Singapore's territorial waters. The Singapore Navy is relatively well-trained and equipped with advanced equipment. They can dispatch ships relatively quickly. However, the pirates immediately entered the territorial waters of other countries after they succeeded.
No matter how powerful the Singapore Navy is, it can only stare blankly. By the time navies or maritime law enforcement vessels from other countries arrive, the pirates will have long since disappeared.
Taking advantage of the imperfect joint anti-piracy mechanisms of neighboring countries to commit crimes is a characteristic of Niu Liujia pirates. There is also a type of mysterious pirates with advanced equipment and well-trained personnel. This type of pirates is more difficult to deal with. They can often be used by local law enforcement agencies
He completed the crime before the navy responded, and even attacked armed law enforcement ships, which was very arrogant. This type of pirate is what Li Hai is most worried about.
Today, as civilian drone technology becomes more and more advanced, upper-level pirates are equipped with these devices, and their grasp of the sea area is often unexpected.
According to a United Nations analysis report on the current situation of piracy in Somalia, pirates there have shown a trend of becoming more technical and professional. Pirates in the form of "pirates during leisure time and fishermen during busy farming time" are becoming more and more common.
few.
This also represents the development trend of global piracy and adds difficulties to the anti-piracy efforts of various countries.
Could it be an escort?
Thinking about pirates, Li Hai couldn't help but suspect that the task assigned to ship No. 53 by the war commander was to escort passing Chinese merchant ships.
But he soon overturned this guess.
If it was to escort merchant ships, the war commander would have given the order long ago.
Li Hai ordered the troops to strengthen their alert and took this opportunity to conduct an emergency combat command drill with Chang Haizhou and others to hone the command and combat capabilities of the ship's command team when encountering emergencies in complex sea areas.
"The enemy situation is set up to simulate that our ship is being pursued and intercepted by the combined fleets of the three navies. The enemy has an amphibious landing ship, two frigates and several gunboats. The enemy forms a formation against our ship from the direction of Changi, Malay and the Gulf of Thailand.
Encircled on three sides, based on the enemy's assessment, our ship decided to break out toward the South China Sea. But in fact, this was a strategy. After attracting the enemy to gather forces toward the South China Sea, our ship quickly turned to the southwest, killed a carbine, and used anti-ship missiles to kill it.
The amphibious landing ship, using the numerous merchant ships in the Cowlerk Strait as cover, entered the Indian Ocean from east to west..."
After listening to Li Hai's enemy situation setting and response tactics, Chang Haizhou and others couldn't help but smile bitterly. Captain Li's boldness has reached a new level. Not to mention the response tactics, just such an enemy situation setting makes people listen.
Everyone was frightened.
However, since it is a simulation, it does not matter how the imaginary enemy is set up.
A simulated command combat exercise involving a single ship versus a combined fleet ended. The orders from the superiors who had been waiting for and waiting for them came immediately, as if they knew that the simulation exercise was over...
This chapter has been completed!