Ballistic Silence of Special Years

After cursing, Fatty Wei couldn't help cursing again: "This kind of ship is escorted by the ship, it will give us a problem of the century!"

No wonder Fatty Wei has resentment.

But everyone knows that the Peng Cheng really has its own difficulties.

Its speed is the lowest among so many international freighters that Li Zheng has seen.

Only about 13 knots.

Ordinary large cargo ships have 20 knots anyway, but it is good, 13 knots...

This time the formation received the task of escorting and escorted a total of four cargo ships.

Three of them have a speed of 20-22 knots, and only this Pengcheng has a speed of 13 knots.

Thus a fatal problem arises.

That is, if the Pengcheng is to be escorted, the speed of the entire formation must be reduced to about 13 knots, so that they can go together.

But the problem is that international shipping pays attention to shipping schedules, and the other ships are fully loaded with cargo. I have been waiting for a day in the designated sea area to wait for the formation escort. The original 13-hour voyage will take nearly half of the time.

That will affect the shipping schedule, which may lead to delays and loss of money.

This is something that no shipowner wants to see.

However, it is not realistic to leave a warship alone to escort the Pengcheng.

Because there are only No. 1 and No. 2 escort ships this time, and No. 3 comprehensive supply ship has already gone to the nearby shore to replenish supplies. Assigning a ship to escort the Pengcheng alone means that the other three cargo ships can only be escorted by a warship. It is easy to ignore the head when encountering large-scale pirate raids.

Don't think that a warship is omnipotent. The pirates who tried to hold the Tiange hostage before saw a navy coming and forcibly boarded the ship.

Because as long as you get on the ship, as long as you can control the crew before the naval special forces board the ship, then the hijacking will be more than half successful.

Therefore, the escort of the Pengcheng can only be handed over to one of the special warfare units, and it is the most reliable and safest way for them to escort the ship.

Unexpectedly, the Pengcheng was not only slow, but also in a very complicated condition. In addition, the weather was not good and the wind was strong at this time. It was the last thing I wanted to encounter.

"No wonder my eyelids twitched so much before I said it!" Fatty Wei began to express emotion again: "It turns out that I was going to encounter such a shitty thing."

Li Zheng ridiculed him: "I don't think it's because of your eyelid jumping. It's because you said that this period of time is too easy, and it's too easy to deal with pirates. I said fat man, please stop talking nonsense with your mouth. Everyone is unlucky with you." .”

Hou Jun said: "Stop talking nonsense, and quickly find a way!"

Li Zheng thought for a while and said, "Let's take up the rope first, and change to a shorter one!"

There are three models of rope in the cabin.

Li Zheng asked the mechanic: "How many meters of rope are there?"

"There are still 20 meters and 25 meters!" The mechanic replied loudly.

Li Zheng said to Zhang Jian: "I think the 20-meter one will be used, so I will go first!"

In this case, with dark night, strong wind, heavy equipment, and complicated ship conditions, the first to slide down is the most dangerous, and the first to have an accident will happen.

Li Zheng was rushing to do the most dangerous thing.

Zhang Jian agreed to change the rope, but denied Li Zheng's idea of ​​going down first: "I am the captain, I will go down first!"

This point cannot be disputed.

In the army, whoever is the commander has the right to make decisions.

The 28-meter rope was pulled up, the helicopter descended, and the 20-meter rope was dropped.

At this time, the pilot Lao He was sweating all over, holding the joystick and trying his best to stabilize the helicopter.

The length of the rope is 20 meters. In fact, it is more than one meter hanging on the top of the hatch, and the extra meter after landing is calculated. The actual hovering height of the helicopter is only 17 to [-] meters.

It seems that the height of the helicopter is 5-7 meters from the top of the door crane, but there is another problem to be calculated here, that is, at this time, the wind is strong, the sea is rough, the bow is bullying a lot, and the margin is also calculated when taking off and landing. Not counting this, when encountering big waves, when the bow is thrown up, it is easy to poke directly under the belly of the aircraft.

Once poked, the plane crash is almost certain.

Zhang Jian stood up.

He walked to the side of the cabin and looked down.

Rope sway seems to be less than before.

But looking down from the helicopter, you can see the phosphorescence of the bow splitting the waves, and the narrow deck that is so brightly lit, seems to be falling together, which is quite eerie.

"I'll go down first!"

After Zhang Jian finished speaking, he took a deep breath, grabbed the rope and prepared to jump out of the cabin and slide down.

Suddenly, the helicopter jerked violently.

The fuselage trembled.

The mechanic reached out and grabbed Zhang Jian.

"return!"

After finishing speaking, there was only a bang.

The machinist had unhooked the zipline.

The entire zipline fell to the deck, hitting it hard.

The mechanic was startled, and broke out in a cold sweat.

The others saw it clearly and were also taken aback.

Just at the moment when Zhang Jian was about to slide down, a big wave hit, and a wicked crosswind blew up, and a section of the downhill cable was thrown directly on the steel cable, and it was caught!
Thanks to the mechanic who discovered it and had enough experience, he directly released the hook between the strop rope and the roof of the aircraft cabin, and gave up the rope. Otherwise, once the cargo ship fell on the top of the spray, it would directly drag the helicopter with it.

Although it was only a drop of two or three meters, it was enough to cause the helicopter to lose control in an instant.

The driver, Lao He, turned pale.

Rao was an old navy pilot like him, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat from the fright of the scene just now.

"Not here! Can't slide down!"

He pulled up the plane and temporarily returned to an altitude of more than 30 meters.

"If you don't want to contact the command center, we'll find another way to get the No. 2 ship to come and approach it, and then send a rubber boat to board the ship."

This is not a bad idea.

The problem is that after the previous decision was made, the No. 2 ship has already followed the No. 1 ship and the three merchant ships are already tens of nautical miles away.

To follow this approach, I am afraid that we have to stop and wait for the Pengcheng, at least for a few hours, and wait for the Pengcheng to come to the front and then use the rubber boat to send the special forces to board the ship.

But in that case, even if the No. 2 ship can wait, how will it catch up with the ships in front?
The speed of the No. 2 ship is only 25 knots, and the three ships in front are also at 20 knots. If you want to catch up, you may have reached the destination by the time you catch up, which is equivalent to running in vain without escort.

In this way, it is better to directly escort the Pengcheng ship down with a single ship, so why bother?

Lao He's suggestion was quickly refuted by the co-pilot.

"Old He, your method won't work. If you do this, the No. 2 ship will not be able to escort it."

Old He was silent.

Of course he knew that he just said something in a hurry, but it was actually not practical.

At this time, Wang Haiyang did not make a sound. He looked around by the cabin door on the other side. After watching for a long time and listening to everyone's discussion for a long time, he suddenly said, "Hey, hey! Can you listen to me?"

At first no one heard him, no one paid him any attention.

Wang Haiyang came directly to pat Zhang Jian, and then pointed to the front: "Team Zhang! I think you can try the position at the stern!"

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of the pilot building.

"You mean to land directly on the roof of the pilot building?"

Listening to the discussion between the two, Li Zheng raised his head and glanced at the stern of the boat.

The place on the roof of the driving building is also a mess of various equipment and antennas. Where is the cable drop?
Isn't it also a dead end?
It's not as good as the bow here. (end of this chapter)