After a period of time, the two fighter planes arrived at the search location according to the predetermined flight route map.
Last night, a cruise ship reported that it found traces of what might be pirate speedboats in this area.
According to the voyage of the pirate speedboat, they definitely couldn't have sailed here from the coastline more than 100 kilometers away, so there must be their supply station nearby.
It might even be a base for pirates.
Wang Yu and Luo Yu's goal is to find this so-called pirate base - if the reports from yesterday's freighters are correct, they will be able to see traces of pirate life on a small island nearby.
Find the target, then destroy it.
Speaking of which, we have to talk about the characteristics of pirates.
With the maintenance and upkeep of ships becoming more and more complex, the popularity of satellite communications around the world, and the crackdown on pirates by navies of various countries, for pirates, a large ship is no longer in line with the times, like the one with a black flag.
The great pirate ship has long been run over by the wheels of history.
But in this day and age, offense is greater than defense, and pirates don’t need a fast gunboat or something like they did in the Age of Discovery to rob.
Today's pirates are basically active in offshore areas, using some unowned islands as supply stations to expand the scope of their activities. With a few speedboats, a few people on them, and a few AKs and RPGs, they can deal with accidents.
Merchant ships sailing through offshore areas pose a threat.
At the same time, today's pirates basically do not make money by hijacking an entire ship of cargo - after all, it is difficult to get rid of such a large ship after it is robbed. They only need to control the ship and then demand a large amount from the owner.
Just a ransom.
"I don't think the pirates will be drifting on the sea in speedboats all night long." Luo Yu said, "They are either based on a small island, or they have a large ship disguised as a cargo ship as their mobile base, so we
The focus of your search can be on these two goals."
"That's the truth." Wang Yu nodded, "What we want to search is a large area of the sea. If we really lick it inch by inch, we may not be able to find the fuel consumption progress. As you said
Okay, let’s search for these more obvious targets first.”
"Well, let's inform each other when there is news. Let's not rush to a conclusion. It's not too late to do a rough search before deciding on the next step."
"Understood."
While they were talking, the two fighter planes had already begun to lower their altitude, preparing to fly levelly at a suitable altitude for search. In this process, the aircraft's blind-angle observation and the fighter's sea radar could both play a big role. p>
"Then let's search separately." Wang Yu said immediately, "We will lower the altitude to about one thousand meters, and then conduct a coverage search. I will go east and you will go west. When we find the target, we will notify the other party."
"Received." Luo Yu immediately replied, "Yin Lis, start to leave."
Her fighter then tilted to the right, then turned to the other side while losing altitude.
Wang Yu also adjusted the direction and altitude accordingly, and then while maintaining a steady flight, he looked at the radar display on the display screen on his right.
Since it was a smooth flight, he could not let Liu Lingxin do all the tasks. He also kept an eye on the ground radar display to avoid missing anything.
The scanning range of the ground radar is a sector, and the scanning range is larger than the visual range. If there are some special objects, they will be marked with a highlighted light point within this display range.
After Wang Yu flew for a certain distance, he noticed a target about thirteen nautical miles to the right of his current location.
He raised his head and looked in the direction, but found that the target was out of sight and he could not see anything.
So he adjusted his direction and flew towards that position for a while until he came within sight of Irene.
Erin immediately gave the answer.
"It's an ordinary cargo ship, flying the flag of the xx Federation, transporting containers."
Unfortunately, this is not the target he is looking for. At least pirates will not take the initiative to fly the flag of a country - but he is not sure, so taking photos at close range is still necessary.
Similarly, for the purpose of recording, Wang Yu still had to leap over the ship.
"A ship appeared in the target area, heading 240, with a speed of about ten knots, and was identified as a container freighter." He reported at the same time - not only for recording, but also to inform the situation, "It is not a target, continue the search."
In fact, there are only a few shipping routes passing through this sea area, so it is not very busy. Apart from this freighter, Wang Yu did not encounter other ships. Just when he was about to turn around and continue searching, Luo Yu's voice sounded.
rang on the channel.
"No. 1, I found the target here, you can come over."
It seems she is on the right track.
Wang Yu answered, then pulled up the fuselage, adjusted the TACAN navigation, and flew to Luo Yu's location according to the guidance.
…………
Soon he arrived in the airspace where Luo Yu was.
Then he looked down and saw an island that was not very big - just like the kind of islands that are very common in the sea. The total size of the islands was at most a few football fields. The terrain could barely be said to be flat. The island
There are lush forests on the island, and the color of the coast around the island should be a circle of shoals.
"Look at the southeast corner of the island."
Luo Yu said to Wang Yu immediately.
Wang Yu gently patted Irene's little figure and motioned for her to help with observation - and Liu Lingxin, who was in the back seat, also turned the aiming pod over. Wang Yu adjusted one of the screens in the front seat to the pod's field of view, so that he could see more clearly.
Clearly see the situation on the island.
After Eileen's report, Wang Yu determined the location mentioned by Luo Yu.
There are obvious traces of development on the southeast corner of the island. A large number of trees that were originally on the edge of the beach were cut down and piled aside. This resulted in an open space about half the size of a football field on the island. In this open space, there are
There are traces of personnel activities, and based on the above situation, it is very likely that it is the pirate stronghold or base that Wang Yu and the others are looking for.
The first is the open space that occupies a large area. There are all kinds of things piled up in the open air. Just by taking a cursory look at the pod screen, Wang Yu saw a lot of things, such as thick nylon ropes, a large number of tools, etc.
Equipment needed for navigation.
On the edge of the open space were several small houses built of wood. Luo Yu guessed that there were some invisible things inside. Next to these small houses, there were several large oil tanks, which should be used to provide fuel for ships.
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Taking a closer look at the beach, you can see a building that was built with wooden planks and looks like a temporary floating dock. Wang Yu guessed that this dock was used to berth small boats such as speedboats.
"How is it?" Luo Yu asked, "Do you think this is the pirate stronghold we are looking for?"
"I think the possibility is more than 95%." Wang Yu immediately replied, "Because I can't think of other people's purpose of building such a facility in such a ghost place."
"But if this is a temporary base for pirates, what about the pirates?" Luo Yu raised his doubts, "We have been looking for so long and we haven't found any living people."
"But these things must have been used recently." Irene said something to Wang Yu, and then Wang Yu said with certainty: "Your machine girl should also be able to find something - these stalls are empty
Everything on the floor showed signs of recent movement, so it was obvious that they had been used not too long ago."
"Did these pirates just happen to go out to rob?" Luo Yu complained, "Anyway, let's report the situation here to the base."
As a result, the two fighter planes maintained stable hovering in the air. Wang Yu connected the communication with the base and reported the situation here.
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The base asked them to wait for a while, and then went to check the information on hand. The waiting time was not long. After about a few minutes, they issued an order to Wang Yu.
The island facility they discovered was not a registered facility, so it must be a supply depot for pirates. Although their superiors were also puzzled as to why there were no pirates, they still authorized Wang Yuan and the others to use weapons to destroy this so-called "pirate base".<
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So, Liu Lingxin turned on the weapon safety and chose a 500-pound MK-82 aerial bomb on the fuselage rack of the fighter plane. For the size of the pirate base below, a 500-pound aerial bomb could
Easily destroy all its major areas.
"Then I'll trouble you to drop the bomb." Luo Yu said.
"Leave it to me." Wang Yu determined the aiming line where the IP bomb drop mode appeared on his HUD, and then flew towards the target. When the distance was about the same, he began to dive, and the expected bomb impact point was in the middle of the pirate base. The bomb uses a snake-eye deceleration device to reduce its landing speed, so even if it uses an instantaneous explosion fuse, Wang Yu can make the fighter jet escape from the safe range before the bomb explodes.
He calculated the distance in his mind, and then pressed the bomb button when he was almost there.
The bomb detaches from its pylon and is thrown downward.
Wang Yu immediately pulled back the control stick and pushed the throttle to the bottom, allowing the fighter to pull out an overload of about six g and recover from the dive.
And when he accelerated toward the blue sky, a dull explosion sounded behind him.
"Beautiful, one shot hits the target accurately!" Luo Yu praised in the channel, "And you almost didn't damage the ecological environment of this place."
When Wang Yu heard this, he looked back.
As a result, he found that the bomb did fall exactly in the center of the open space, blowing up a big crater in the open space, but the scope of the explosion did not affect the beach or the surrounding woods.
Just...
"My bomb did not damage the ecological environment of this place, but that may not happen after those oil tanks explode."
Wang Yu shook his head slightly: "But our mission has been completed, let's prepare to return."