1764 The Third Party on the Battlefield (3/30)
Under the gaze of the major general, the captain and a group of officers and soldiers, the member of the cooking squad wearing a white apron and a white hat waving a broom after rushing to the deck, raised the broom handle and fired a gun at the helicopter, causing the observer to quickly shrink his head back, and the helicopter shaking.
"Hahahaha..." The officers and soldiers on the warship burst into laughter.
When the major general and the captain saw this scene, they were not only smiling.
"Chief, this helicopter..." the captain asked the major general.
The major general looked at it and did not leave, but the helicopter was still hovering after he raised the height. He shook his head, "Don't worry about him!"
The warship was still heading towards the British warships that were getting closer and closer at a speed of 25 knots.
"Put it away and drag the sonar and speed up!" The captain of the duke-class frigate saw that the other party's warship was rushing towards him at high speed, so he naturally would not be polite.
He used to play with Soviet warships in the Beihai area.
It depends on who is braver and whoever is timid first will lose.
Many times, when they face the crazy Soviet Red Navy, they were at a disadvantage. The Soviets' small warships and fishing boats dared to attack the large warships in Europe and the United States, and they would not turn at all. They suffered losses, and the Americans also suffered losses.
Even when the Soviets invaded their coastline, they rushed towards the huge warship of the US imperialists with the flag saying "Our ship is ordered to hit your ship". In the end, the Americans had to turn urgently, which made the Americans unable to get over their face.
Now facing the Chinese Navy, with their understanding of the Chinese, they are cautious in everything. Is this still on the high seas? Do the Chinese dare?
The officers and soldiers quickly retracted the drag sonar, and the speed of the warship still maintained a speed of 10 knots. Once all of them were retracted, they could accelerate in just a few minutes and scare the Chinese.
"Discover the enemy ship, my god, such a big warship!" The exclamation from the helicopter pilot hovering in the sky made the captain of the frigate stunned.
"Close-up reconnaissance! See if it was a battleship bought by the Chinese from the United States! First-class combat readiness!" The British captain did not dare to take it lightly.
He had already remembered that the Chinese bought two Iowa-class battleships from the United States.
Although most of the power systems have been removed and there is nothing in the weapon system. God knows what kind of transformations the Chinese have made on warships over the years.
Even without modification, the huge hull is not something their warships can fight against unless missiles can be launched.
As the captain's first-level combat readiness order was issued, the atmosphere on the warship suddenly became tense, and the short sirens kept ringing with flashing warning lights, making the Royal Navy nervous.
The radar began to operate wildly, and the fire control system was ready to lock the opponent's warship. The cover of the missile launch system was opened. As long as the opponent acted rashly, the target could be locked within three seconds and the anti-ship missiles on the frigate were launched.
The supply ship that had been following the frigate also began to speed up. It was not easy to increase the speed of a behemoth of more than 30,000 tons. Therefore, after communicating with the frigate in front, the supply ship began to accelerate and soon arrived in front of the frigate and rushed towards the Chinese warship...
"Captain, another larger enemy ship is coming! It is accelerating and has reached 25 knots..." The radar soldiers on the Yibin ship exclaimed.
It was not two British warships, but three. The one rushing towards this side had a larger reflective cross-section on the radar than the huge British comprehensive supply ship!
The opponent's large warship rushed forward at a speed, which was already reflected on the radar, which made all the officers and soldiers on the Yibin ship nervous.
Even if they entered the first-level combat readiness state, there was no movement in the missile launcher on the Yibin ship, and sweat began to appear on the forehead of the radar soldiers.
The leader had no orders and was not allowed to prepare before the attack at all.
Of course, the radar system and fire control system on the warships have also begun to operate crazily. The Chinese Navy has never experienced such a thing, but it is natural that it cannot be bullied at the doorstep.
"Find it out, where did the British come from such a large-tonnage warship? Their aircraft carrier is only more than 10,000 tons, and the largest comprehensive supply ship is already here. Civilian cargo ships cannot run so fast!"
The Major General was obviously very clear about the British Navy.
"Chief of Staff, could it be the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier?" the captain asked with a frown.
The Major General shook his head, "Impossible, their aircraft carriers are still being installed. Moreover, our intelligence does not show that Britain has sent a larger warship over. It is impossible for the Americans to act alone."
They didn't know that there was a battleship in China testing here.
I don’t know that there is a person who is afraid of the world’s chaos on that huge battleship.
On the Yongxing Island, Liu Yijiu was roaring.
"Accelerate, rush over!" He couldn't help feeling a little dissatisfied when he saw that there were only 18 knots on the speedometer.
Even the previous Iowa-class had a maximum designed speed of 33 knots, and after the transformation, the maximum theoretical speed reached 38 knots. Of course, it was very terrifying that tens of thousands of tons of steel giant beasts rushed around the sea at such a speed.
It takes longer to slow down. The warship of tens of thousands of tons, at a speed of 38 knots, is 70 kilometers per hour. How great is this inertia? If it weren't on the ocean, it would be unimaginable.
Even huge inertia will disintegrate the huge warship.
The speed of 18 knots is no longer slow for such a huge warship.
"Director Liu, we are still in the sea trial stage!" Ai Guoxiu reminded Liu Yijiu.
They had run high speeds before, but the load on the entire warship was too high.
"It's not a problem to run to 32, speed up to 25 knots!" Liu Yijiu had full confidence in this warship. The Americans had no problem designing it themselves. During the transformation, the entire hull was reinforced.
He didn't dare to run at a speed of 38 knots, after all, this was just theoretical. If something went wrong here, God knows how long it would take to drag it back.
"There is no problem in the 25th quarter. We need to test the performance of the warship." Seeing the captain in the helm looking at him uncertainly, Ai Guoxiu nodded.
The speed of 25 knots is not too much for a huge warship.
The warships began to accelerate gradually, and the huge propellers swelled up huge waves, rushing towards the warships of both China and Britain that were approaching.
"The long-range early warning radar system is normal."
"The air defense radar system is normal. The target is found, with a distance of 17, altitude of 428, a course of 213, a speed of 287, and the time to catch the enemy is expected to be 4 minutes! Is it locked?" The officer operating the air defense fire control system asked the captain for instructions.
"Don't lock!" The intern captain knew what locking means.
"Lock! Test the fire control system and medium-range air defense system!" Liu Yijiu said without hesitation.
The command room suddenly became quiet, and they didn't know who to listen to.
"Director Liu..." Ai Guoxiu reminded Liu Yijiu, "This will cause diplomatic disputes!"
"The diplomatic dispute is locked." Liu Yijiu didn't care about that much, "This is our sea area, and only our own planes should fly in the sky. We have not joined the enemy-me identification system..."
Liu Yijiu's words made Ai Guoxiu's eyes lit up.
He understood what Liu Yijiu meant.
Obviously, Liu Yijiu had planned from the beginning. He did not join the enemy-to-me recognition system of the entire navy and even the air force on the grounds that it needed testing. At first, he thought that Liu Yijiu wanted to use domestic naval warships, submarines, HNA fighter jets, and even the radar system on the land to detect various systems. After all, in the inland sea of China, such a large enemy warship suddenly appeared, and it was impossible to fire directly. He needed to approach the close reconnaissance to understand what happened.
When you get closer, you can see the five-star red flag flying on the mast. It is naturally clear who belongs to.
Without string numbers, it is naturally a sea trial.
"Lock!" After figuring this out, Ai Guoxiu also spoke. He is the chief designer and is responsible for sea tests, so he naturally has the right to issue orders.
The captains were all taken turns to come by several intern captains.
The people from the Navy department looked at their superior officer in disbelief. No matter how many technicians in the Ninth Academy started to operate the fire control system and started to lock and conduct simulated attacks.
Such an opportunity is rare.
When simulating combat with domestic fighters, no matter how real it is, it is fake; when encountering foreign aircraft at this time, no matter how fake it is, it is real.
"Open the near defense system to prevent the enemy from suddenly launching missiles and launching a sudden attack!" Liu Yijiu issued an order again.
Many of the various systems such as missiles on the warship are empty, simulated attacks, and at most they are just to see if the movement of the launcher is normal. It is impossible to launch it really.
Anyway, it is to use British helicopters as the enemy to practice and detect the reliability of the warship system.
The technicians began to operate quickly, and in the entire command room, only crackling sounds of buttons were heard. The radar on the top of the battleship began to rotate wildly, the active phased array radar began to lock the target, and even the sonar system under the waterline was turned on.
The air defense weapon system outside next to the radar antenna also began to rotate.
The rocket launchers on the platforms on both sides of the battleship also began to slowly adjust the shooting elevation angle.
Chapter completed!