It was Eric's moment of triumph. He stood on the bridge of a legal "Chasing the Wind" class frigate, feeling comfortable. The sea in front of him was so vast, just like his mood at the moment.
Although Ben's methods were a bit evil, as a man who did big things, his commanding ability was still good. After occupying the Soyo Oil Refinery, he immediately realized that he needed a powerful maritime force to defend his home base——
Because Soyo is close to the sea.
Compared with the army, navy and air force are highly professional services. Ban can get more warships, but there are too few people who can control warships. The more troublesome thing is how to make the warships run. Zhou Qingfeng on the USS Kennedy
Ben will only encounter more problems than he encountered.
No car can be driven without maintenance supplies such as lubricants. The maintenance required on warships will only be more diverse and complex in terms of variety and quantity.
Zhou Qingfeng's way to solve this problem was to simply find some relatively backward small-tonnage ships. Being backward means simplicity, and small tonnage means low consumption. So he equipped a lot of small boats under 500 tons, which are too big.
He can't afford it.
Bann also used a similar idea. He recruited a group of navy soldiers and merchant sailors who had retired for many years and modified several thousand-ton frigates. For example, he changed the advanced 'Chasing Wind' class guided missile frigates into gunboats. Now in this year
Moon, simple and practical is the way to go.
The 'Chasing Wind' class ship that Eric is currently on board not only has a 76mm 'Otto' main gun, but also has two larger caliber 155mm howitzers - which are directly mounted with army artillery.
Warships are the easiest to modify and have very powerful firepower. At least for now, they have no shortcomings.
In addition to the 'Chasing the Wind' class, Eric's fleet also has two escort boats of several hundred tons, two 1,000-ton landing ships, tanks and armored vehicles, and a landing force of several hundred people.
"Captain Smith, please believe me, you will become famous this time. I know the port of Luanda very well. There is no defense at all. We can directly attack the port and even launch a landing battle. If the enemy's strength
If it's not strong, we can even occupy the dock."
In the past, the city of Luanda was occupied by tens of thousands of miserable black uncles. They wanted nothing, and there was no benefit in occupying it. But now that the news of the Aurora Legion's powerful landing with 100,000 tons of supplies has spread, Luanda immediately became like a piece of fat.
It attracts countless attention like a flesh.
Eric really knows the port of Luanda very well and can speak eloquently when faced with various inquiries. Captain Smith opposite him is the commander of this battle and relies heavily on Eric. The two of them even drink from time to time.
Having a drink is a celebration in advance.
It is only over 300 kilometers from Soyo to Luanda. With the current speed of 24 knots of the 'Chasing Wind' class, it can be reached in half a day. In fact, the fleet has already covered two-thirds of the journey.
, an attack can probably be launched before dark.
Looking at the time, Captain Smith suddenly felt a little sleepy. He turned around and told the duty officer to go and take a rest, but saw the duty officer walking over with a frown on his face. This expression often meant that there was trouble.
"What's the matter?" the captain asked.
"A liaison officer named Danny sent a telegram saying that an enemy pirate ship disguised as a yacht is trying to sneak attack Soyo. According to the route, this disguised boat will run into us soon," the duty officer said.
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"Camouflage boat? Very interesting." Captain Smith chuckled with a bit of ridicule. He knew very well who the so-called 'liaison officers' were. They were all scum who bullied the weak and acted arrogantly. The so-called 'liaison officers'
The camouflage boat must have offended some Danny.
"Ignore it, our goal is Luanda." Captain Smith still has a bit of military pride. He will not waste time for a villain, he has his glory to win.
It's just that Captain Smith didn't provoke the 'camouflage boat', but the 'camouflage boat' took the initiative to provoke him. Just as the 'Zhui Feng' class frigate was cutting through the waves and moving forward, first a small dot appeared on the warship's sea search radar.
, and soon Xiaodian appeared in front of the warship.
Zhou Qingfeng originally wanted to go to Soyo Port to see the situation in person, but halfway there, the radar actually showed a fleet coming from north to south. When he got closer, he saw that there were fleets here and there, and they were clearly fleets. There were frigates and frigates with modified artillery.
, as well as landing ships for transporting personnel and equipment.
This shows that the person who came here is not good!
When the yacht approached the visual distance, the two sides were already less than a kilometer away. Waiting to find something wrong, Zhou Qingfeng naturally turned around and left immediately. On the 'Zhuifeng' class frigate, Captain Smith and Eric both saw this scene. They watched the yacht evade in a hurry.
, both of them laughed.
On this sea, big ships are better than small ones, and more ships are better than fewer ships. A twenty-meter-long yacht is already considered a luxury, but it is far from a regular warship. Any warship under Captain Smith is much larger than a yacht.
, naturally qualified to laugh at it.
However, Zhou Qingfeng did not stay away after turning around. He followed a landing ship and asked on the maritime public frequency for assistance: "Fleet ahead, which force do you belong to?"
For this kind of call, there is no need to disturb Captain Smith at all. The communications officer on the bridge of the 'Chasing the Wind' class ship can answer, "We are a fleet belonging to Leader Bann."
"Where are you going?" the radio asked again.
"Military secrets, no comment." The communications officer refused to answer.
"Are you going to attack the Aurora Legion in the port of Luanda? Can you not go? The Aurora Legion are all good people." The radio continued to pester him, and his words were quite funny.
The communications officer on the 'Chasing the Wind' class was extremely speechless at this kind of self-question and answer, and couldn't help laughing. In such a big place as the bridge, someone laughing for no reason would naturally attract attention. Captain Smith learned the reason and immediately stopped laughing.
He shouted politely: "Let him go away, or I will sink him!"
The communications officer did not change a word and sent it as it was. After a while, there was a sigh in the radio conversation, which seemed to be full of helplessness.
Captain Smith just thought that this 'fly' would just leave, but on the other end of the call, Zhou Qingfeng put down the radio transmitter, shrugged and said, "It looks like we need to move around."
"Are we going to attack the leading warship?" Erin Ellie asked in unison.
"Uh..., I'm afraid that's unlikely." Zhou Qingfeng immediately shook his head. His small yacht of over a hundred tons must know something about it. A frigate of more than a thousand tons is not something he can shake. "We..., support
Harass the landing ships behind the opponent's fleet more."
"But what are we going to do to harass the landing ship?" The two sisters looked at Zhou Qingfeng blankly. They were originally out for fun. There were only the most basic individual equipment on the yacht. It was impossible to attack the warship.
"Uh..., I'll go look inside the cabin." Zhou Qingfeng had no idea about this.
"We have prepared weapons for attacking warships on our yacht?" The two sisters were stunned for a moment. They really couldn't think of any weapons that could be used to attack warships hidden on the yacht in advance.
But Zhou Qingfeng really went to search alone, and he quickly found some old military green boxes in a utility room, "I think we can use these things to give the enemy's landing ship a surprise."
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"What is this?" The two sisters looked at the box, confused.
Zhou Qingfeng smiled proudly: "This is Red Arrow-73."