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Chapter 256 Is this an osprey?

"It seems the pirates stopped and surrendered?"

"You surrender, you are luring us closer, and then giving us a sting! Report to the headquarters, for the sake of safety, I apply to sink the ship first before continuing the arrest operation!"

"Command received it and approved to continue the attack!"

call out--

As soon as the words in the earphones fell, the crew member responsible for fire control pressed the button again without hesitation, and the fifth missile quickly flew towards the only remaining speedboat.

"Get down! Get down!"

The pirates squatted down and shouted with desperate expressions, placing their last hope on the sturdy armored speedboat. However, the missile accidentally hit the engine at the stern of the boat, and the violent flames of the explosion rushed inside. , eventually igniting the fuel tank.

Boom——

Accompanied by a violent explosion, the speedboat was lifted up in mid-air and disintegrated on the spot due to the violent explosion from the inside out.

At this time, the rescue operation was still continuing on the Lotus. The pirates were forced to the lower deck and started a 'street fight' with the Panlong Commando. The sound of exchanges of fire continued.

No matter from any angle, this plan can be considered foolproof, but no one expected that at the last moment, an unknown signal source dropped from the sky, suddenly giving the entire plan a fatal variable!

"But how can an electric aircraft fly so far?"

"Quiet! Our top priority now is to determine what this Chinese aircraft is. What is the situation on the Lotus? Who else can we contact?"

Lao Maozi wanted to hand it over to Somalia, but Somalia was in a mess and no one cared about it. They had no choice but to throw the pirates on an old rubber boat. After giving them basic supplies and fuel, they were ready to let them go back. .

In fact, these mercenaries also knew that the situation was over and had already begun to plan a route to jump off the ship. The problem was that these pirates could not even act as a shield and attract some firepower, making them very passive.

Anyway, due to various reasons, everyone mainly drives them away and is reluctant to arrest these pirates. However, this time the command headquarters decided to arrest every one they can. No one wants to try them, so we will judge them!

There was silence for a moment before speaking: "Support is on the way, but we first have to know what the other party's secret weapon is before we can launch a rescue plan, so now we need you to find a way to provide us with the necessary intelligence."

In 10, an oil tanker owned by Lao Maozi carrying 8.6 tons of crude oil was hijacked by Somali pirates. The crew also hid in the cabin and was finally rescued by Lao Maozi's special forces.

"Fuck your intelligence! We were forced to die in the cabin!"

"What kind of secret weapon is that?!"

"Schmidt, can you hear me?"

Seeing this gorgeous spark, the four Panlong commandos on Silver Crane No. 02 finally let out their bad breath.

For China, it is mainly due to humanitarian considerations.

"Judging from the current situation, the first thing that can be ruled out for this aircraft is a jet engine and a turboshaft engine. It is impossible for these two types of power to be heard from a distance of one kilometer, so the most likely thing is an electric aircraft!"

I haven't done this before, mainly because I think it's troublesome and it's not cost-effective to go to war. But judging from the current situation, this group of pirates is no longer the wandering bandit they used to be. If they are allowed to go back, they will probably go back to the mountains. It is best to Capture him and interrogate him first to see if he can find any valuable clues.

"It's reasonable, but the application speed is too outrageous, right?"

But then, there was no reason to continue attacking these pirates who had completely lost their combat effectiveness and threat, and the action changed from pursuit to arrest.

Schmidt knew as soon as he heard this that this was simply a lie to him!

As a result, within an hour, the rubber boat disappeared from the radar. The waters of the Gulf of Aden were very windy and rough, and there were a lot of sharks...

"What are you afraid of? Do they still dare to attack us? Get the information about that aircraft at all costs immediately!"

"If we contact them now, will we be exposed?"

So these hateful people actually have their pitiable qualities.

“Maybe they already had this technology and then released the sodium battery?”

There are actually many reasons. For some people, the existence of pirates gives them a reason to send warships, but the actual threat from pirates to them is not high, so they just turn a blind eye and recruit pirates. .

"Why is it impossible? Have you forgotten the solid-state sodium-ion battery developed by Kangchi in China? If this technology is applied to lithium batteries, then everything will make sense!"

When the time comes, according to the law, those who deserve to be killed will be killed, and those who deserve to be put in labor camps will be sentenced to hard labor!
This is actually in line with international law. After all, attacking Chinese merchant ships is in a sense attacking Chinese territory. China has every right to try these pirates in accordance with its own laws.

"Yes! Our current situation is very dangerous, please send support."

"Schmidt, I need to remind you to think more about your wife and children...how about a two million pension?"

But then, a thorny issue arose.

Although the Panlong Commando only has 16 people, and the number of pirates who boarded the ship is nearly a hundred, even if these rookies have an AK, they can't hide the fact that they are rookies, if there are not a few well-trained The mercenaries struggled to hold on, but they had already been defeated and surrendered.

"Could it be some new type of drone?"

While Silver Crane No. 02 was still in this area, capturing and salvaging the surviving pirates, a group of people in the command room on the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier more than nautical miles southwest of them were still worrying about the failure of the pirates. And was shocked.

According to past practice, the navies of various countries mainly drive away these pirates who are like dog-skin plasters, and rarely kill them directly.

Schmidt was silent for a moment, and then said with difficulty: "Where are Eneko and the others?"

Somalia is actually a very miserable place. Most of the people are so poor that they don’t have enough clothes to eat or have enough to eat. Transportation is not all about walking, communication is not all about shouting, security is not good and they can’t even raise dogs, and their cultural level is comparable to that of primitive people. .

Just when Schmidt was feeling a little desperate, a voice that had not appeared in the headphones for a long time suddenly sounded, which made Schmidt feel happy.

In this case, the large European fishing tugboats also dragged away all the small fish and shrimps in the nearby waters, eventually forcing the fishermen off the coast of Somalia to start a robbery business, and then after tasting the sweetness, they There is no turning back from this road, and there is no turning back...

"Pretty!"

After hearing the commander's order, the people below immediately contacted several 'mercenaries' on the Lotus.

A total of 11 pirates were captured, and only one was killed. What to do with the remaining 10 captured?

"Equal treatment."

"How can I trust you?"

"Do you still have a choice now?"

"..."

"Don't worry, I can swear on my life that I will definitely do what I say, but only if you can provide me with what I want."

After saying that, the other party ended the call directly.

Schmidt glanced at his three teammates, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "They want information about the thing on the deck and promised two million each." "Do you still believe their lies?"

"This is not up to us... and now we are certain to die, so why not fight before we die?"

After Schmidt finished speaking, he rushed out and began to break out under fire. Seeing this, his three team members had no choice but to follow suit.

"The enemy begins to break out! Group B calls for support!"

The two Panlong commandos in charge of this passage suddenly felt a surge in pressure and quickly called their teammates.

But when the pirates saw that the four mercenaries were starting to work hard, they also felt that this was an opportunity, so they swarmed out and there was a sudden burst of gunfire in the cabin.

The two Panlong commandos killed many pirates in succession under heavy firepower. However, because there were too many of them, they could only retreat while fighting. When the pirates on the other side saw this, they also began to fight to their death. The previous counterattack caused Team A's support to be slowed down by half a beat.

In the end, the pirates, led by four mercenaries, struggled to break through to the corridor at the cost of more than ten people. When heading to the upper deck, the two leading mercenaries were shot and fell, hindering the pirates' escape. .

At the same time, a Panlong commando guarding the entrance to the lower deck had already set up a machine gun and pointed it at the exit. But what he didn't expect was that the pirate did not rush out directly, but suddenly pulled out a mobile phone. , took a photo outside and then quickly stretched it back.

"Report!" The team member reacted immediately and shouted loudly, "Their purpose is to obtain information about Yinhe!"

"Launch an attack immediately to prevent them from sending intelligence!"

"Roger that!"

However, no matter how fast they responded, they still couldn't stop Schmidt from sending the picture.

When he saw that the picture was successfully sent, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He decisively fired a few shots at the phone, and then pointed the gun at his chin.

"boom--"

With the sound of a gunshot, the mercenary, knowing that he had no way to escape, finally chose to end his life by committing suicide.

This shocked the remaining pirates, and the remaining mercenary ended his life in the same way after hesitating for a moment.

Upon seeing this, the Panlong commandos quickly shouted in English: "You have no way to escape, immediately put down your weapons and surrender!"

After saying that, he shot diagonally towards the ceiling.

Where did the pirates still have the courage to resist? They threw their weapons on the ground and held their heads in their hands. The rescue operation on the Lotus finally came to an end...
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"Is this... an osprey?"

When the commanders of the Eisenhower saw the pictures sent by Schmidt, they were stunned.

China actually developed a tilt-rotor aircraft? !

However, this also solved all the doubts in their minds.

In fact, through the movement patterns of those unknown signal sources, some people have vaguely guessed this possibility, but until there is no evidence, everything is just a guess.

Besides...

"Even the Osprey can't complete that kind of emergency landing, right? The flight speed, climb speed, and various performances are much higher than the Osprey!"

"Maybe because it's an electric version of the Osprey?"

"No matter what the power method is, it is certain that the performance of this aircraft is better than that of the Osprey!"

"Not only is the performance better, the electric aircraft is definitely lower than our Osprey in terms of both construction and use costs... This matter is very serious. Report it to the Hexagon immediately! Tell them about China's battery technology breakthrough and the effects have begun. It is reflected that we must attach great importance to all possibilities of battery technology to improve combat effectiveness and complete technological breakthroughs as soon as possible.”

"Roger that!"
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"It seems that Yinhe's secret can no longer be kept."

In a certain emergency command room, a combat staff officer couldn't help but sigh.

"It's okay. Yinhe is suitable to be used as a bright card. It can be used on escort formations. We don't plan to keep it secret for a long time. It is already good to achieve unexpected results in the first action."

"Well, that's true."

As the rescue operation on the Lotus ended, the incident also entered its final stage.

Throughout the operation, China lost a carrier-based assault helicopter, one crew member died, three Velociraptor commandos were seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured.

Although the two merchant ships suffered varying degrees of damage, there were no crew casualties.

As for the pirates, a total of 89 people were killed, 103 were captured, five armored speedboats were sunk, five were captured, and the remaining weapons were several.

When summarizing the results of the battle, they also discovered the corpses of 11 mercenaries who were completely different from ordinary pirates. They were strong and strong, and their skin color was completely different from the pirates.

It was obvious at a glance that they were the leaders of this attack.

Unfortunately, these mercenaries were either killed directly, or they chose to commit suicide rather than surrender. Later interrogations of the pirates did not yield anything valuable.

They all only knew that these people joined the pirate gang as mercenaries. They only knew that the source of the stinger weapon was obtained through airdrops, and they did not know any more specific information.

Looking back at the entire rescue operation, it can be said that every step of the pirates' planned and premeditated attack was shocking.

Although the Xindu used as a decoy may be okay in the end, if Yinhe hadn't temporarily joined the battle, with its superior endurance and speed, and its more stealthy performance than the turboshaft helicopter, the Lotus oil tanker would have been hijacked by pirates. It would have been unavoidable. .

To put it into perspective, this was just one of the hundreds of incidents in which pirates successfully hijacked merchant ships. In the end, it was a matter of paying the money.

But speaking more broadly, this is a failure of the escort formation and a manifestation of insufficient combat effectiveness.

If it comes several times more, it will not only block this trade route and affect economic development and oil security, it will also disgrace the navy and become a joke to all parties...
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"This incident has fully exposed the shortcomings in the number of our escort fleets. On trade routes that are thousands of kilometers long, once pirates launch such an organized and premeditated attack, it will be difficult to take care of the beginning and the end. Therefore, I recommend increasing escort efforts and maintaining at least three escort formations to perform escort missions for a long time."

"At the same time, the crash of the No. 078 carrier-based assault helicopter also shows that we seriously underestimated the strength of pirates and the situation in the Gulf of Aden. Therefore, all helicopters on duty in the future must be equipped with anti-missile weapons such as thermal decoys. At the same time, in view of Yinhe For its excellent performance in this incident, we must also complete the replacement of ship-based helicopters as quickly as possible.”

"Destroyers equipped with Yinhe already have some functions and attributes of aircraft carriers in a sense. Especially in anti-piracy, anti-terrorism and other assault operations, Yinhe with vertical take-off and landing function is even more powerful than aircraft carriers. Carrier-based aircraft are also more effective."

After completing his concluding remarks, Chief Shen looked at Kang Chi, who was invited to attend the meeting in person, and nodded solemnly to him:
"Thank you very much Dr. Kang for your technical support for this operation. The Yinhe you designed and manufactured helped us avoid a bigger crisis. Without Yinhe, we would have suffered this loss."

The venue suddenly burst into thunderous applause.

Although Kang Chi did not have military status, Chief Shen personally awarded him a peace mission commemorative medal as an encouragement.

The soldiers who participated in the rescue operation will also receive a medal and commendation after returning home. In particular, a grand memorial service will be held for the crew member who died.

Thinking of this, Kang Chi felt no joy in his heart.

There was only one thought in his mind at the moment:
Explosive technology, explosive equipment!

(End of this chapter)