The distance from Cancun to Havana is about 500 kilometers, and it takes about a day at the economic speed of the 'Perry' class frigates. The three frigates departing from Cancun were led by the 'Brooke' and led by Harlem.
Colonel Dayton received a reminder from his commander not long after setting off.
"Pay attention to air defense and anti-submarine warfare?" The colonel frowned slightly as he looked at the message sent to him. General Blücher had finally managed to train such a fleet that was his favorite. Naturally, he despised his opponent strategically, but he still had to pay attention to it tactically.
Colonel Harrington also understood that he had a heavy responsibility. He verbally expressed contempt for the enemy to boost morale, but in action, he ensured the safety of the warship not only for the army, but also for his own future.
"Boys, be vigilant. The radar and sonar departments must always pay attention to the situation around the warship. If we are attacked by someone, it will not only be embarrassing, but many people will not be able to return home."
Colonel Harrington sat on the bridge, really keeping his eyes open for fear of an accident. The 'Perry'-class frigates are old warships that have been retired by the United States long ago. The equipment is aging and it will be very difficult to deal with modern fighters and submarines. If the enemy really
He has mastered some kind of powerful weapon, which is still very threatening.
"I'm mainly worried about the aircraft." Colonel Harrington heard about the air battle that took place two or three days ago and knew that the opponent had a capable air force. The 'Perry' class was equipped with 'Standard 1' anti-aircraft missiles.
If the opponent launches an overwhelming air attack, it will still be very difficult to deal with it.
The air defense range of 'Standard 1' reaches forty to fifty kilometers. Within this distance, it takes at least five or six minutes for a propeller aircraft to fly over to enter the attack position.
Perhaps the Aurora Corps' Super Tucano is equipped with guided bomb-like weapons, but now that satellite guidance has disappeared and laser guidance requires irradiation, it is impossible to launch an attack outside the Perry-class air defense fire circle.
The MK-92 fire control system of the 'Perry' class can control two anti-aircraft missiles for defense at the same time. Three 'Perry' class ships can deal with six incoming enemy aircraft at the same time. At the flight speed of 'Standard-1'
, the enemy plane can be shot down before it gets close.
"Unless our enemy dispatches hundreds of fighter planes at once, we will have enough reaction time and ammunition to shoot them down one by one." Through simple calculations, Colonel Harrington was still somewhat confident.
If the opponent is so crazy and dispatches hundreds of fighter planes, the long-range radar and Seahawk helicopter carried by the 'Perry' class can also detect it in advance. Colonel Harrington feels that he will definitely not fall into the trap so stupidly.
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"No matter what the enemy does, we have a way to deal with it." After repeated discussions with the officers in the radar and missile departments, Colonel Harrington felt that our safety was still guaranteed. "Let us move forward bravely and create meritorious deeds."
The three 'Perry' class ships traveled for a day and arrived at the Strait of Florida. The width of this strait is less than 200 kilometers, with Florida in the United States to the north and Havana, the capital of Cuba, to the south. The cautious Colonel Harrington pulled his fleet to a distance
One hundred kilometers offshore from Havana.
"Did the radar pick up anything?" the colonel asked.
The officer controlling the radar reported: "Sir, we have detected multiple aircraft over Havana. The most special one is an aircraft hovering at an altitude of eight thousand meters. We judge that it is a drone. If it carries
If radar is used, it is very likely that it has discovered us."
"The Eye of Havana?" Colonel Harrington also stared at the radar screen, wondering how to kill this annoying air sentry. "It's a pity that we don't have a 'Standard-2' anti-aircraft missile with a range of nearly 200 kilometers, otherwise we could directly attack it."
It was shot down."
The last time Colonel Harrington came to attack the Havana port, he used the guidance of a ship-borne helicopter to launch a 'Harpoon' anti-ship missile with a range of more than 100 kilometers. This time he was wondering if he would also launch a few missiles first.
Lure your opponent into launching an air attack on you and then consume their strength?
But at this moment, a Seahawk helicopter equipped with a radar guidance pod suddenly sent a message, "Sir, a large number of speedboats appeared from the direction of Havana and rushed directly towards us."
"Speed boats? Hahaha... By the time these speed boats have completed a hundred kilometers of sea route, we will have left this sea area long ago." Colonel Harrington said nonchalantly, "Ready to launch the 'Harpoon' missile, target?
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But before the colonel could decide who to hit with the 'harpoon', the 'Sea Eagle' who had just reported reminded us: "There are also a large number of reflection points from the direction of Florida. It is preliminary judged that at least fifty speedboats of less than 100 tons are heading towards us.
Come on."
Hey..., this has actually been arranged for a long time!
Colonel Harrington's fleet is in the middle of the Florida Strait. One look at the situation and know that the opponent has been prepared for a long time. The Aurora Legion used the cover of the coast and islands to deploy a large number of speedboats in advance to wait for the opponent to come in and rely on the helplessness of the air.
Man and machine determine the target and launch an attack.
"Prepare electronic interference." Colonel Harrington did not dare to neglect. He was afraid that these speedboats were equipped with anti-ship missiles. Then a wave of missiles would come and it would not be fun. "Hundred-ton speedboats are not a big threat.
Even if it’s equipped with missiles, it won’t be too advanced.”
This is true. At least as far as the colonel knows, whether it is Cuba or South America, there are missile boats, but they are all very old. Moreover, the missiles equipped by these missile boats are all grandfather-level gadgets, the 'Perry' class
The electronic jamming equipment onboard can easily deceive them.
In order to avoid being surrounded, the three 'Perry' class boats still evaded and kept as far away from these speedboats as possible. After all, the combat distance of speedboats is limited, and they might run out of fuel after running for hundreds of kilometers at high speed.
You can take care of them however you want.
Although the speed of the speedboat is far faster than that of the frigate, it would still take at least five or six hours to catch up after covering a distance of tens or hundreds of kilometers. This is why Colonel Harrington is not afraid.
But this chase seemed to have no end once it started. When three or four hours actually passed and the Brooke's own sea search radar could detect dense sea targets, the colonel finally felt that something was wrong.
A 'Seahawk' helicopter even had the courage to fly over to see what was going on with these speedboats. As a result, the pilot reported back: "Sir, these are not missile boats, but ordinary speedboats and torpedo boats. They just run fast.
That’s all, not even armed.”
What……?
This situation really had not appeared in Colonel Harrington's imagination, but now that the facts were before his eyes, a word immediately came to his mind...suicide speedboat.
"Order the Seahawk to intercept these speedboats and order the three warships to speed away. We have encountered a group of lunatics."
The originally beautiful fantasy was shattered in an instant. Colonel Harrington felt that he had met his opponent's all-out move - the Aurora Legion did not use high technology or sophisticated tactics at all, they were just risking their lives for you!
However, it rained all night, and the "Haiying" flying in the sky reported again: "Sir, we misjudged the number of enemy speedboats. The two groups from the north and the south add up to more than 200 boats. And they are on the route in front of us.
We also saw about a hundred speedboats rushing toward us."
Damn it... Colonel Harrington felt a little numb when he heard this number. He never expected that his opponent would go crazy so cruelly, "Are the people driving the speedboat crazy? What's the point of them rushing up like this?
Use? We can kill them with machine guns."
A Seahawk has been following a speedboat at close range, and the operator on the speedboat's bridge can be seen through the porthole.
After a few quick glances, the helicopter pilot reported over the radio in a serious tone: "Sir, I have some bad news. The operators of these speedboats seem to be a little mentally disturbed. They really are all