When the phone above his head rang, Wei Shaolong was stunned at first, but hesitated for half a second, and then pulled out the microphone.

"Commander Bridge, I am the captain."

A few seconds later, Wei Shaolong inserted the microphone back with a "bang" and said no extra nonsense.

"Right full rudder, full power propulsion, heading 030!"

Before the helmsman could react, he had left the captain's position, took the telescope handed over by the sergeant, and walked towards the terrace on the left.

When he arrived on the terrace, the Panzhihua was already turning at full speed.

Outside, the lookout who operated the high-power alert telescope was obviously startled after seeing the captain, and he didn't know whether the telescope should be given to the captain.

There is nothing strange about it. Those who were assigned outdoors during the battle must be recruits who had just boarded the ship.

If there is a threat nearby, you can also install a 13mm heavy machine gun on the ring track next to it and add a machine gun team.

Wei Shaolong ignored the recruit. After coming out, he looked at the machine cannon on the hangar in the rear.

That is not an ordinary machine gun. It is a near-defense rapid-fire gun that adopts the Gatling principle, has 7 30mm barrels, and has a maximum firing rate of up to 4,200 rounds per minute.

This rapid-fire gun, which is purchased at a price of up to 15 million yuan, is its number one value to intercept anti-ship missiles!

To trace back, in the late stages of the Second Global War, the Imperial Navy invested a lot of money to study the trans-ducting machine guns driven by external energy.

Unfortunately, by the end of the war, no substantial research results were achieved.

Since then, in the jet era, air defense missiles have replaced anti-aircraft guns, and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns that have performed outstandingly in the war were first eliminated.

The reason is that the range is too close and the shooting is too low, so it cannot be used to intercept jet fighters.

In the 30 years after the war, in addition to being able to support ground troops and some valuable large-caliber high-level dual-purpose guns when dealing with small ships, almost all anti-aircraft guns were replaced by air defense missiles, and the Navy did not develop small-caliber anti-aircraft guns.

This situation lasted until 8 years ago, when the war occurred in the Nanxi Luoyang Ocean.

At that time, the most newest Brann Navy, with a full load displacement of 4,100 tons. The first ship of the Type 42 destroyer, "Sheffield", was sent to the bottom of the sea by a "Flying Fish" missile weighing less than 700 kilograms and a load of only more than 70 kilograms in the warhead!

When the news came, the Imperial Navy was in an uproar.

However, it was just an uproar.

After in-depth investigation, the Imperial Navy learned that at the time of the incident, the air search warning radar on the Sheffield was turned off because the electromagnetic waves emitted by the radar would interfere with satellite communications, and the ship was using satellite antennas to receive information from the rear.

In addition, in order to control the displacement, the superstructure of this warship actually uses extremely combustible aluminum alloy!

The result is that before being hit by a missile, not to mention firing fire and intercepting it, it didn't even have time to launch jamming bombs.

According to the tests conducted after the war, the radar jamming bomb of the Type 42 destroyer can have an impact on the "flying fish", such as causing the missile to take off the target.

In another battle a few days later, the Royal Bran Navy successfully interfered with a "Flying Fish" missile fired towards the aircraft carrier.

In addition, there are factors such as poor damage to the pipe. For example, after being hit by a missile, the captain did not issue the fire extinguishing system as soon as possible!

With so many coincidences, it is strange that the Sheffield is not sunk.

From the Sheffield, the Imperial Navy concluded that it would build the warships larger to avoid interfering with each other in electronic devices.

Since then, the tonnage of the Imperial Navy destroyer has soared, and it has grown to nearly 10,000 tons to this day!

If there is a means to intercept missiles, it would be perfect.

It was against this background that the Imperial Navy drew out the redirecting machine gun that had been covered with more than 30 years and reinvested and began to develop it.

However, the initial investment in research and development is not very large.

Don’t forget that the Boei War has only ended for five years, and the empire is still in a strategic contraction stage. The first one to be cut was the Imperial Navy.

However, this situation lasted for several years.

Four years ago, after the "Zhaotong" was attacked by the "Flying Fish" missile in the Persian Gulf, the Imperial Navy immediately realized the importance of hard killing and interception methods.

The key is that the "Zhaotong" did not make low-level mistakes.

If you have to say something wrong, that is, after receiving the attack alarm, the "Zhaotong" did not immediately turn to leave the dangerous sea area.

Given the situation at that time, if the Zhaotong evacuated in time, the Iraqi fighter might not have launched an attack.

But the problem is that turning to retreat after being threatened is definitely not the style of the Imperial Navy.

Anyway, after being beaten, the Imperial Navy immediately increased its investment in the terminal defense system.

Just one year later, the rapid-fire gun code-named "730" was developed, and the first terminal defense system of the Imperial Navy that could intercept sea-piercing missiles was released.

The second generation of formal equipment is actually the "730B" nicknamed "Fire Tornado".

It is not that the "730A" is not good, but that the design is not thoughtful when it is designed, and the crucial fire control system is placed elsewhere and is not linked to the artillery system. Therefore, there are problems such as slow reaction speed and low accuracy, and the tactical indicators proposed by the Navy have not met the tactical indicators proposed by the Navy.

Interestingly, because the "730A" is cheaper, the export sales are several times that of the "730B", and hundreds of warships from dozens of countries are equipped.

Relatively speaking, the main improvement of the "730B" is to integrate the search fire control radar into the gun mount.

In order to improve the damage effect, the Imperial Navy also specially developed a shell used to deal with anti-ship missiles, namely the 30mm sub-caliber armor-piercing shell.

In theory, you only need to hit 1 round to destroy tactical missiles of the level of "Flying Fish".

Even if you intercept heavy missiles, you only need to hit 3 to 5 to ensure destruction.

According to the test conducted by the Imperial Navy, the probability of hitting an anti-ship missile of the size of "Flying Fish" is as high as 85%. If the firing time is set to 5 seconds, the hit rate can reach 95%, but the continuous combat capability will be greatly reduced.

As for choosing a short shot or a long shot, it depends on the actual situation.

Since then, in just two years, the Imperial Navy has centrally purchased more than 600 sets of "Fire Tornados" and equipped all large warships.

There are usually only one 3,000-ton frigates like the Panzhihua.

In fact, the Panzhihua has been in service for more than 10 years, and the design did not consider the need to install a rapid-fire gun weighing up to 10 tons.

Fortunately, the top of the helicopter's hangar is spacious enough, and it is not difficult to install a set of "Fire Tornado".

The result is that anti-ship missiles from the front are unable to cope with.

Of course, anti-ship missiles are generally fired from the sideways.

When Wei Shaolong saw the "fire whirlwind" turn, he breathed a sigh of relief, but then he raised the portable telescope hanging on his chest and looked northwest.

The initial call was called by the first mate from the combat command center.

The early warning aircraft detected a high-speed flight target, inferred that it was the anti-ship missile launched by the attack aircraft and issued a missile attack alarm.

If it is a missile, there will definitely be no time to avoid it.

"Woo-Woo-Woo-"

A few seconds later, a shrill anti-aircraft alarm sounded.

However, the first thing that fired was not the rapid-fire gun.

With a "swoosh", the Eight-connected universal missile box located in front of the bridge shot a short-range air defense missile nicknamed "Sea Snake".

The Panzhihua is just a 3,000-ton frigate, and its military equipment is not as powerful.

In the eight-unit launcher at the head of the ship, four anti-submarine missiles and four air defense missiles are usually loaded, and the fire control channel can only deal with one incoming target.

Unfortunately, the missile was wasted directly.

Of course, there is nothing to regret.

The "Sea Snake" is the first short-range anti-point-air missile of the Imperial Navy. Because it is not taken seriously, and because the budget is really tight, the Imperial Navy can only settle for the second best and directly use the "KK-6" medium-range air-to-air missile. After some improvement, it is used as an air defense missile.

The performance is definitely not advanced, mainly because of the quality of quality and low price.

To be honest, it is actually cheap.

In fact, the emergence of the "Sea Snake" allowed the 3,000-ton anti-submarine frigates such as the Panzhihua to obtain effective air defense measures for the first time.

Before this, frigates could only rely on their main guns to perform air defense missions.

Most of the time, I hide under the wings of cruisers and destroyers.

Not to mention the anti-ship missiles that fly around the sea, even if they intercept enemy aircraft at mid- and high altitudes, the single shot hit rate of the "Sea Snake" is only 60%.

In complex environments, there is only the effect of psychological comfort.

In fact, it only takes about 10 seconds.

This time, we talk about the main gun set at the head of the ship, a rapid-fire 80mm naval gun.

As for the effect, it is better than nothing.

The main gun fire means that the missile has entered the field of view, and the water columns that exploded on the sea point out the direction of the missile's attack.

After searching with the telescope for a while, Wei Shaolong saw the small spot of light.

There is indeed only one light spot, and it is affected by the water columns of bombs, and it appears and disappears from time to time.

"captain!"

After the sailor reminded him, Wei Shaolong noticed the supertanker in front of the left.

The tanker has been in that direction. After the Panzhihua speeded up, the distance was shortened a little, and the relative position changed.

It's a fatal change!

When Wei Shaolong reacted and looked northwest again, the small light spot had disappeared, replacing a white smoke mark.
To be continued...