Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 56 Trouble
The Jinwang is a 19000-ton bulk carrier. When the ship left Beilun Port, the world was still peaceful, so the captain Li Zhaojin didn't know that his ship was heading to the edge of the war zone.It wasn't until he stood on the bridge and saw a huge foreign helicopter hovering nearby that he realized that something was wrong.He wondered what the hell was going on?
In the maritime channel, someone kept shouting in English with a strong accent. Li Zhaojin could hear the general meaning to ask him to stop the ship, but he couldn't understand the redundant words.He did not stop the ship immediately, but let the engine reduce the speed and waited and watched.In his nautical career, he has never been hindered by other circumstances except for being entangled by pirates in the Gulf of Aden once.The captain carefully checked the satellite positioning system and confirmed that he was still on the high seas, so he asked the second officer to contact the shipping company with a maritime phone to find out what happened.As a result, the duty personnel of the shipping company were also at a loss.

On the sea level, a gray warship gradually appeared.It was not a small Indian warship, and it was sailing fast towards the Chinese cargo ship.

Now Kirish was pinching his watch, waiting for the thin-plate fire-control radar to finish illuminating and locking on the target, so he could evaluate the speed of aiming.Just now he did a few helicopter relay guidance exercises, all of which were successful. This guidance method is not as difficult as it seems, because the helicopter has no extra electromagnetic interference in the air, and this Chinese cargo ship is so big. .But now, a problem has arisen. The artillery's fire control system cannot update the target position in time at 15 nautical miles.Because this radar had to make way for the sea search radar on top of the bridge.

"Captain, the missile has already aimed at the target. For the time being, the naval gun can only use the optical director, but the weather is fine today," said the first officer standing aside.

"It took too long for the surface search radar to find the target." The captain said, looking at his watch.

"But our helicopter relay guidance is not bad. We can sink that ship from 100 kilometers away. Don't have to wait until the radar of the warship itself sees it."

"It's just so-so. Remember, the enemy's air defense system will not allow the helicopter to target itself comfortably in wartime. Report to the fleet that the Chinese cargo ship has intercepted it, and it has slowed down to 4 knots at present." The colonel said, he said I want to know the next plan of the Fleet Command. If you want to board the boat, now is the right time, otherwise the fuel of the Sea King helicopter that is still in the air will not be enough.

"Captain, the communication from the helicopter, the deck of this ship is too messy to land directly." Someone said from the side.

"Yes, I see, let them come back." The captain searched the sky with a huge telescope, and finally saw the helicopter in the sky in the distance.

"How's the communication?"

"The other party's radio station has been on, but there is no response. I have encountered several times, and the Chinese captain often cannot understand English." The first officer said.

"The fleet is calling, you don't need to board the ship, let it go." Someone from the translation room ran over and whispered in the captain's ear.

"Really fucking crazy." Kirish cursed loudly.He really can't stand the tricks of politicians far away in New Delhi.Intercept for a while, release for a while.A few months ago, his ship was searching for pirates side by side with three Chinese ships on the east coast of Africa, and now he has to do some sneaky tricks against a civilian ship flying the Chinese flag. As a soldier, he is really It's hard to understand.

"Why did you cancel the verification all of a sudden?" the first officer asked casually.

"I think maybe Singer backed down in the end? Or maybe he thought the goal had been achieved. Anyway, the Ministry of Defense has always been... inexplicable."

"Is that so?"

The Mumbai battle alert has not been contacted, but the officers of the entire ship have relaxed and started to prepare for the recovery of the helicopter. They have been busy all morning, and it will be time for dinner soon.The gunner who had been sitting in front of the main gun was a little sloppy. He left the control room of the 100mm main gun without authorization, and forgot to remind the two gunners that the automatic bomb lifter had loaded a shell into the barrel just now. Haven't left yet.

The gunner casually pressed the fire button (thinking that, as in previous maneuvers, there was no shell in the breech).A loud noise confused the captain on the bridge.Colonel Kirish looked down and saw smoke coming from the gun muzzles on the foredeck.He quickly used the binoculars to look into the distance, and a column of water gushed out of the Chinese cargo ship ten nautical miles away.

"Damn it, who gave the order to fire."

"I don't know, sir."

Lin Huaisheng is still working at his desk. These days, because of his professional relationship, the higher-ups suddenly entrusted him with the task of reviewing and aiding Pakistani weapons. Take it seriously.Now he has been hoping that his prophecy will take effect soon, so that he may get a chance to fully explain his overall views to his superiors, but the current situation seems to be that the position of Chief of Staff of the Pasade Army is still secure steady.He somewhat regretted trying desperately to prove something at the beginning, deliberately speaking too much and too much.Teacher Xu Jingzhe has always disliked intuitive predictions. Of course, if you are lucky, he will pat you on the shoulder and say that you have indeed obtained some of his true biography; if you make a mistake, he will tell you mercilessly. The words "blind guessing" are not in the staff's dictionary, and any prediction that is out of reality is actually a fucking piece of shit.

Staff Officer Ding of the General Staff quickly walked into the intelligence summary room. He whispered in Lin Huaisheng's ear: The Indians fired at our civilian ships on the high seas.Lin Huaisheng couldn't believe his ears, he never thought that such a thing would happen.

"How many shots were fired? Are there any casualties?"

"I don't know."

"Could it be a mistake?" Lin Huaisheng said, his intuition told him that Singer was a gambler, but not a lunatic.

"Where do I know to go? By the way, what do you think the next step will be?"

"Whether it is a mistake or not, diplomacy will become a mess. But I can guarantee that if India thinks that it can suppress our country, then they must have miscalculated, and the situation will not develop in a direction that is beneficial to India."

"Tell me?"

"Perhaps India's small neighboring countries retreat in the face of India's powerful force, but we Chinese have different personalities."

"You want to say that we eat the soft and not the hard?"

"Hmph." Lin Huaisheng smiled without saying a word.

"But we only have 2 destroyers off the west coast of Africa? Too weak."

"No, no, a counterattack does not necessarily require a warship confrontation. Take a look at this. This is a list of ground weapons and parts that Pakistan recently requested for assistance. The headquarters asked me to divide these equipment and spare parts into categories according to urgency." Lin Huaisheng picked them up from the drawer He took out a stack of paper, which was more than a dozen pages thick.

Staff Officer Ding picked it up and looked it over. He admired the intelligence officer from this local military region more and more. In just a few days, his words had such weight.Of course, if this war hadn't broken out, Lin Huaisheng would probably still be nesting in a certain ravine, working as a staff officer who didn't even fart.

(End of this chapter)