Great Power Ship

Chapter 291 Ghost Battleship
Captain Hassan was staggered by the shock and almost didn't fall, but he came back to his senses the next moment. It was obvious that his side was under attack, so he quickly ordered to the radar soldiers not far away: "Search with all your strength, hurry up!" ..."

However, as soon as these words were spoken, shells rained down on the head and face, and soon the starboard side, bridge, and bow main guns of the "Tigris" were shot one after another.

The bridge, in particular, was hit by six shells one after another. In just an instant, the bridge made of aluminum alloy was completely changed beyond recognition.

As for the people inside, needless to say, they were almost either dead or injured.

Captain Hassan himself did not die, but half of it was even suppressed by the collapsed bridge structure beam, and he couldn't move. At this time, Hassan also reacted, still struggling and muttering orders: "Quick... Xiangfa Send a message to Faol... quickly send a message to Faol..."

However, before Captain Hassan finished speaking, a new round of shells fell, completely ending the not-so-long life of the veteran minesweeper captain.

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Three hours later, the headquarters of the Mesopotamian Fleet in Jislay.

A dull atmosphere permeated the semi-underground headquarters.

The "Tigris", which was performing high-sea vigilance and deployed mines, suddenly lost contact with the headquarters. Three hours had passed, and the "Tigris" seemed to have disappeared from the world, with no news at all.

The officers and soldiers of the Mesopotamian Navy, who had been tempered by years of war, immediately realized that something might have happened to the "Tigris".

But one thing is certain, that is, Bosnia has a harbinger of action.

This is also impossible. Large-scale military build-up is difficult to avoid the opponent's eyes. After all, the transfer of hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of vehicles of various types really wants to be concealed unless the real god comes. .

Therefore, the Baghdad High Command had judged early on that Bosnia was preparing to launch a large-scale offensive campaign in Fao, so it was also actively preparing during this period.

For example, continue to mobilize the male population of the right age and form a new strategic reserve team; another example is to expand the arsenal and store more ammunition and food.

The navy was not idle either. In order to prevent the stronger Bosnian navy from rushing over and pose a real danger to Fao's southern flank, the Mesopotamian navy almost emptied all the mine stocks on hand during this period. .

Even the old products produced before World War I from 1908 were not spared, and several minefields were densely arranged in the vast sea area south of Fao.

The "Tigris" disappeared in the process of implementing this theory.

And this is very likely to become the fuse of the double war.

"How's the situation now? Haven't contacted yet?"

At this time, Rear Admiral Kajim, the deputy chief of staff of the Mesopotamian Navy who was on duty at the headquarters, came down to the headquarters surrounded by a group of staff officers, and asked the officer on duty when he came up.

The officer on duty quickly replied: "The 'Tigris' has not been contacted so far. The specific situation is still under investigation, and there is no clear answer yet!"

Kajim couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, and immediately bent down to look at the chart on the table. The officer on duty quickly pointed out the sailing track and disappearing direction of the "Tigris" to Kajim: "It's the same as the previous two days. It’s a route that’s been planned in advance.”

Kajim stared at the chart and pondered for a while, and just about to say something, suddenly the communication station on the side of the headquarters suddenly reported: "Sir, the patrol ship 'Euphrates' patrolling the open sea found a suspicious ship 32 nautical miles to the southeast! "

"Oh?"

Kajim's eyes lit up immediately, and he came to the communication station in three steps and two steps, and immediately asked the signaler to connect with the "Euphrates". Soon Kajim asked in a deep voice: "Can you identify what model the other party is?" Warships? How many are there?"

"The projection of the ship under the moonlight is very large. It should be the capital ship of the Bosnian side, but at this time they have already collided with the No. 22 minefield we set up a week ago..."

As if to confirm what the captain of the "Euphrates" said, before he finished speaking, there was a dull explosion sound from Kajim's communicator, and then he heard the captain of the "Euphrates" excitedly say: "They If the mine is triggered, even if it can't sink, it will be a serious injury!"

Kajim nodded. The No. 22 minefield was laid out under his order, which covered three types of mines: acoustic, magnetic and pressure.

Basically, as long as the ship goes in, it has to peel off its skin if it does not die, because this kind of composite minefield is very difficult to pass.

Who let this cover all the characteristics of the ship.

The main engine will make noise when it is running, and the acoustic mine can be detonated by this noise; the base material of the warship is alloy steel, and the alloy steel has magnetic attraction, so the mine carrying the magnetic fuze will swoop over when the ship passes.

The most terrible thing is the pressure mine.

Acoustics can be controlled, and magnetism can reduce the magnetic signal of the ship through demagnetization, but the pressure cannot be changed at all, because the pressure of the ship when sailing on the water surface is always different from the water pressure generated by the normal water surface, and through this difference, bring A sea mine with a pressure fuze can attack indiscriminately.

Now the sound coming from the front is obviously that the Bosnian warship has hit a mine. Major General Kajim's gloomy face because of the disappearance of the "Tigris" finally showed a smile.

It is not a loss to exchange a minesweeper of one's own side for a capital ship of the Bosnian side.

So Kajim ordered: "You go over immediately to confirm, we will keep in touch at any time!"

"Yes!"

The captain of the "Euphrates" responded, and soon a series of orders came from the intercom. As the mechanical vibration of the captain of the "Euphrates" was clearly recalled in the command post through the radio, a series of orders came from the communicator. All the officers of the Mesopotamian Navy suddenly lost the depressed atmosphere just now.

Some officers and staff officers even began to get together to discuss the text of the report to the Baghdad command. If it was a Bosnian battleship, the wording of each item must be higher, after all, the commander himself is very happy.

But just when the atmosphere in the headquarters began to become more relaxed, the captain of the "Euphrates" suddenly heard a voice on the intercom, as if he had seen a ghost: "Oh, my God, look what I saw? Ghost battleship? How is this possible? Impossible, there must be something wrong..."

Hearing this, the smile on Kajim's face froze.Quickly asked: "What's the situation? Explain clearly!"

"Bosnia's battleship is unsinkable, and it is unimpeded in our minefield..." The captain of the "Euphrates" shouted into the communicator in disbelief, but a series of explosions came from the communicator in Kajim's hand the next moment No sound from the captain of the "Euphrates" can be heard anymore...

(End of this chapter)