Red Alert Somalia

Regardless of Li Lan's situation, in the exclusive economic zone less than five nautical miles from the territorial waters of Somalia, a modified ship full of various antennas and devices is slowly moving in the direction of the Red Sea in this sea area. .On the ship, the American flag was also flying.Many countries are familiar with this ship, especially China. In terms of maritime rights and interests, China's maritime surveillance ships often drive it away.

This modified intelligence ship is an acoustic survey ship belonging to the US Navy.

Don’t think that an acoustic survey ship like the Wuxia is not powerful enough. It has no weapons and equipment on the surface, and the painting is not like a warship. There are many civilians in the crew who don’t wear uniforms, but they are very important in the US military. The field of anti-submarine warfare and submarine warfare has played a vital role. Its role is no less than that of a large anti-submarine destroyer. It can be described as a "wolf in sheep's clothing."

The acoustic survey ship is a naval auxiliary ship, which belongs to the military maritime command. It is mainly used to measure the information of the seabed topography, hydrology, underwater sound, deep-water ocean currents, etc., and to analyze and study the possible range of activities, entry and exit of submarines and other underwater forces in relevant sea areas. Route etc.The U.S. Navy has set up a "special mission project" in order to gather intelligence around the world. There are 25 ships in charge of this project, including 5 acoustic measurement ships, 4 of which are Victory class and 1 Flawless class.Flawless is the first and only ship of the Flawless class, which entered service in 2001.

Due to the catamaran small waterline ship type, the ship is very stable in operation and is regarded as the quietest ship in the US Navy except for submarines. Even if it is operated under 9-level sea conditions, the ship's roll amplitude will not exceed 8 Degree (and the roll of the 6000-ton destroyer reached 30 degrees at this time), which created good conditions for underwater sound listening.The main detection devices of the "Wuxi" include a vertically arranged active towed array sonar system and a set of passive towed array sonar system.Their mission is to collect and process various underwater acoustic data, and transmit anti-submarine warfare information to the shore-based command center through satellite communication systems for evaluation and analysis.

This time, Wuxian just carried a U.S. military's latest underwater wired detection robot. This latest underwater detection robot is still in the test period.The Immaculate, which was going to the Mediterranean Sea, received an order from the US Sixth Fleet a few hours ago to temporarily terminate its original mission to the Mediterranean and came to the Gulf of Aden.

And this underwater detection robot comes in handy for this reason.In the Gulf of Aden, the Americans have recorded in detail the electromagnetic and underwater environment and the changes in the earth's magnetic field.Unless it is to search for a submarine, there is no need to send the Immaculate.Because the data that Wuxian can collect has already been collected, there is no need for multiple actions.However, this time undertaking the test work of this latest underwater robot, it happens to have an experimental site.

This is an underwater sonar robot with very sensitive sonar detection capabilities. It is also very good for deep diving. It can not only collect the bottom of the sea, but also has the ability to monitor submarine activities in a certain sea area.The most important feature is the ability to monitor a certain sea area for a long time.

As long as this robot is placed on the seabed of some key waterways, it can monitor a wide range of seabed conditions, and various ocean data will be instantly transmitted to the console.This console can be placed on the ship or on the shore.The action and control of the robot are all carried out by the console.

This time, in order to carry out the investigation of the waters in a specific area of ​​Somalia, the No Time, the infamous intelligence ship, once again appeared.

At the beginning, the action went smoothly. With the help of the familiar water ripple environment and sea environment in this area, the underwater robot moved towards the target normally.The staff on the ship believed that as long as the robot entered the gourd bend quietly, no matter what was inside, it would not be able to hide from the "eyes" of the underwater robot.

However, less than half an hour after the start of the investigation, the scientific researchers who were complicated to monitor the robot's sonar situation said with a puzzled face: "Are there dolphins here at this time?"

"It's normal to have dolphins here. The Gulf of Aden is rich in fisheries. The tropical coast is full of dolphins. At this time, it is the time when there are most dolphins in the Gulf of Aden." A naval officer on the side explained.

"Oh, oh." The sonar scientist couldn't help nodding. He just heard the dolphin's sonar reaction. The unique ocean music was getting closer, so he couldn't help asking.As for the knowledge of marine life, he is indeed not familiar with these naval soldiers who have been active at sea all year round.Under the explanation of the navy soldier, he automatically filtered it.

However, before long, these US military researchers who were paying attention to the situation of the robot all exclaimed at the same time: "Lost contact, quickly turn on the emergency system to see if the robot can be contacted. Check the cables and ropes."

"The emergency system did not respond, and the cable could not be connected to the robot. It may be something wrong."

The captain of the Immaculate, the young Colonel Medellin heard the staff's answer and immediately ordered: "Manually recover the robot immediately."

I thought that everything would go smoothly for the mission. No one thought that such a situation would happen suddenly. Medellin is also a decisive person. The mission can be restarted, but this advanced robot must have nothing to do.The value will not be said, if it is really lost, it will be lost, but if it falls into the hands of some people, it will be bad.At least, this robot has no so-called self-destructing device.

He is not afraid of data loss, because the data obtained by the robot is transmitted to the flawless number in the first time, but the above technology and design are very cutting-edge.It is anything but ordinary.And once this thing falls into the hands of some people, the face of the US Navy will lose a layer.

The captain's order was quickly implemented, and the winch connected to the cable on the ship began to operate. Five minutes later, when the broken rope appeared in front of everyone, everyone could feel a very bad premonition.

Faced with the broken rope, it should have been a normal and unexpected situation, but at this time, none of them thought about it.Indeed, the loss of a submarine robot is not a rare event.But it's at this critical occasion, at a critical time, how can this not make each of them think about it, whether it is a normal accident or someone deliberately unknown.

"Colonel, what should I do now?" A scientific researcher with a Mediterranean hairstyle came to Medellin and asked.He is the chief engineer of this underwater wired detection robot project and is also responsible for the testing and evaluation of the robot.After suddenly receiving an order from the Navy, he also wanted to use this to test the actual action capabilities of the robot in a practical way.It is also hoped that during the test, a satisfactory result can be given to the military to obtain more orders.

After all, the cost of such a robot is very expensive. In the case of this test machine, it has reached 40 million US dollars.This has not counted the research expenses, if the military can give more orders, it is also an affirmation of his research work.It's just that he never thought that things would turn into this.

"I don't know anything yet, and I can know what to do! Did the cable go through inspection when it was launched?" Colonel Medellin asked angrily.

"It has been checked, the rope is absolutely intact."

After receiving an answer, Medellin did not speak immediately, but grabbed the broken rope and looked at the rough cut on it. He couldn't help but wonder: "This thing doesn't seem to be broken, let alone being broken. It was cut artificially, and it looked like it was cut by something, and there were some smooth cuts on the edge, strange!"

"Mr. Colonel, this is not the time to discuss these, but to find a way to get the robot back." The chief engineer reminded him when he heard that the other party was involved in something that seemed to be irrelevant.

"I understand this naturally, but going in is people's territorial waters. How do you tell us to find it? Then they will seize us like a Japanese destroyer. Then who will be responsible. Do you all want to become those Africans? Are you captives of people? At that time, those cannibal tribes will be very interested in your skin and flesh." Medellin said angrily.

"Then we have to find a way, if this thing is really lost, it's okay, but if it falls into the hands of others, all the key technologies will be leaked out." The chief engineer said anxiously. .

"You don't need to remind me." Medellin was a little annoyed by these scientists, who was wordy and couldn't help at all. He was still full of words, "Immediately ask the Fifth Fleet for help and let them help us find the robot."

"Yes!" The signal soldier turned and left.

On the deck, Medellin looked at the calm sea in the south, and there was always a haze in his heart, always feeling that something would happen today.He did not dare to look down upon the owner of this sea area ahead.

That is a very magical force, a force that has risen in a short time, but has the qualifications to shake the world.The speed of development in both the people's livelihood and the military has always shocked the world.The original Chinese speed has now been called the Somali speed by the world.What worries him most is that the leader of the forces ahead is also a Chinese.

It's not that he has never dealt with the Chinese, but rather often dealt with the Chinese. Before performing this mission, the No Time was part of the US Pacific Fleet and was one of the main forces that continued to monitor the Chinese Navy.Unexpectedly, after bidding farewell to the South China Sea and the East China Sea, I would actually be involved with the Chinese again here.