Chapter 521: Vision-Range War

The confrontation and stalemate in Port Augusta continued day by day, but there were several things that affected the battle situation of Port Augusta to some extent, and even promoted the battle of Port Augusta that became increasingly fierce and even more huge and even key events.

The Andaman Sea is northwest of the Strait of Malacca. Since this sea area is an extension of the eastward sea area of ​​the British army in Myanmar, you can occasionally see some British and French naval ships cruising on this sea area.

Today, another batch of new ships came from far away Europe. The fleet was small, but it carried various materials and weapons and equipment urgently needed by many officers and soldiers stationed in Myanmar.

The people responsible for transporting these materials were five civilian ships. Beside them, two frigates were escorted by their side with Ying from the Indian Ocean.

On the first ship of the Mother Anya, the captain leaned outside the cab, enjoying the sea breeze and the fragrance of Indian tobacco in the pipe.

"Captain, the naval ship of the escort sent us a message asking us to prepare to change the course." The first mate held the latest news from the escort ship beside him interrupted the captain's enjoyment.

"What? Change the route? Are there devils that lure crew members into jumping into the sea or are there some amazing undersea monsters?" The captain's British cold humor made the first mate smile.

"Not it, they said that our fleet has been here for the first time during this period. If we follow the existing route, we will pass through some sea areas below ten degrees of the Andaman Sea, which have become quite unsafe since the Chinese have controlled the Strait of Malacca."

"So that's the case. Don't worry about them, keep on track..."

"But the captain..."

"I know what I'm doing. When will the invincible British Navy start to hide from Chinese monkeys at sea? I want to see if these low-level pigs dare to fire at my ships with the British Empire flag!"

A gloom appeared in the captain's eyes. The captain was born into a seaman's family and had been wandering on the sea for generations, including relatives who entered the British Navy to serve in the army.

A hundred years ago, his grandfather even participated in the Opium War that blasted open the door of China. In the eyes of their family, the Chinese were not worthy of driving on the ocean.

The glory of the British is the famous saying of the British ships and the famous teachings of the captain's family.

The two escort warships were anxious when they saw the fleet continue to maintain their course under the leadership of the captain. They repeatedly called the fleet to immediately change its course and sail to safer waters, and even drove their ships to the front of the fleet to try to use their bodies to force the fleet to move forward.

However, the British John Bull's bull's temper was not developed in one or two days. The captain stubbornly continued to maintain his course. How could a small frigate less than two thousand tons be a hero in front of a freighter of tens of thousands of tons? Seeing the opponent's huge body rushing towards him unmoved, the captain of the frigate could only shake his head and say: "Crazy... It's really a crazy..."

On the blue sky, the floating clouds are like pure white islands, scattered and floating.

In the three high-altitude early warning cabins made in China, a huge highlight has been displayed on the surveillance screen. Unlike the highlights in other directions, this huge highlight does not drive far away from the other highlights at an arc at the periphery of the surveillance screen, but gradually penetrates in a straight line.

"Col. I found a fleet of ships coming in straight lines!"

After several confirmations that this highlight was not the fleet and its course, the monitor in front of the radar surveillance screen informed the highest commander on the plane about the latest situation.

"When did you find it?" The colonel commander immediately left his position and walked to the front of the monitor.

"It has been monitoring for half an hour. Look, it did not go from far away like other ships, but instead took the shortcut straight line and penetrated straight from the southwest direction."

"Very good. Keep monitoring for fifteen minutes, notify the captain and ask him to change the flight direction and get closer. I want to see which bastard dares to provoke us like this." The colonel commander patted the radar monitor's shoulder and the flight liaison officer who turned to the nose of the aircraft explained.

"Combat Communication Officer, what are our warships and aircraft nearby?" After the aircraft was issued and changed its flight direction, the colonel immediately walked quickly to the early warning aircraft command center through the narrow passage. Several non-commissioned officers and lieutenants here immediately marked the location of our warships and aircraft on the chart.

"Col. Two hundred and ten kilometers away from this unknown warship, a medium-sized fleet of our naval forces is patrolling. In addition, ninety kilometers away from the Andaman Sea, submarine No. 183 is patrolling the area. A little further away, submarine No. 107 is patrolling."

"In addition to us in the sky, there is also a light reconnaissance aircraft performing supplementary reconnaissance missions 400 kilometers away, and a small team of naval aviation forces performing patrol missions 300 kilometers away. The above is all the situation!"

With the introduction, the specific location and distance of these units were immediately shown on the chart. After pondering for a while, the colonel continued to ask: "What ships does that naval formation have?"

"There are two missile cruisers of the South China Sea Fleet, two destroyers, two frigates, and one supply ship."

"Very good, thank you, the command center, immediately ordered the submarine No. 183 and the sea surface fleet to change their course and move closer to the unknown fleet." The colonel thought for a while and immediately issued a combat order. His order lit up everyone on the early warning aircraft.

"clear!"

"Col. Do you want the light reconnaissance aircraft to observe?" The lieutenant adjutant suggested with some concern.

"No need to worry about the light reconnaissance aircraft. The propeller-type reconnaissance aircraft is more than 8,000. If the opponent's lookout was not asleep, he could still find it through the telescope. Instead of preparing the opponent, it would be better to rely on our radar to judge the quantity and size." The colonel decisively rejected the adjutant's suggestion.

"But……"

"I know what you are worried about. In the future war, the role of reconnaissance aircraft will decline a lot. What does the country have worked hard to develop early warning aircraft? It is to use high technology to make up for the lack of manpower and better improve efficient combat! If our emergence cannot solve the current situation of insufficient air force and navy forces, what else should we do?"

"I understand!" Nodded, the lieutenant colonel agreed with the colonel's words.

"And, there will always be a first battle against such blind vision in the days to come. Instead of letting it come later, it is better to let us make it come sooner in our hands!" I was afraid that the lieutenant colonel's shoulder, and the lieutenant colonel's eyes suddenly shine.

The first time, I will complete the testimony and command the first battle without visual observation. What kind of glory and glory will this be!

"Col. Bandaqiya Naval Air Force Base asked us if we need to add two new bombers to pass?" From the other end of the command and communication center not far from the inside of the aircraft, a voice asking for the colonel's orders came.

"Bombard? What I want this time is a range-free battle. Even the submarine No. 183 was just used to collect the body. What should I send it to do?" The colonel was a little dissatisfied.

"The Bandaqiya Naval Air Base said that the two bombers came with four anti-ship missiles and just arrived there three days ago."

"Carrying anti-ship missiles? Just like killing the bombers of the Japanese ambush fleet in the Yellow Sea? They can be sent to reinforcements!" The colonel's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this. Anti-ship missiles. The theme of this battle is anti-ship missiles. Of course, the anti-ship missiles are better.

"Radar, how far are we from the other party now? Can we tell the number of each other?"

After completing the battlefield dispatch, the colonel returned to the radar monitor and watched the highlight gradually become several small highlights.

"Five large ships, two small ships. Judging from the size of the radar's reflection source and the speed of the opponent, the five huge ships should be civilian ships, and the two small ships are just escort warships. Look, the speed of these two small points is obviously only different from that of the other five ships." The radar monitor pointed to the highlights and explained.

As the distance between the early warning aircraft and the fleet has been much closer, and the early warning aircraft now uses most of its energy to reconnaise and monitor this bold fleet, the seven ships have no idea that in the sky more than 100 kilometers away, a large aircraft is putting them on the death list using means they do not know.

"Very good, very good, beautifully done!! Immediately inform the speed, orientation, and number of the opponent's fleet of the speed, orientation, and number to the missile ship and the anti-ship bomber at the Bandaqiya Naval Air Base!!"

On the sea, on the cloudless blue sky and the boundless sea surface, the transport fleet is still shaking hands with the two warships escorting.

During the communication, the frigate captain sternly warned the captain of the fleet that this was an irresponsible and risky act, but it was not the captain who was talking to him, but the first mate, the first mate and the other party were constantly gritting their mouths.

However, his verbal battle really made the captain a little annoyed. He waved his hand and asked the first mate to hand over the telecommai to him. The captain pressed the telecommai and said in his mature and thick voice:

"The glory of the British Empire was established on the sea! My ancestors used cannons and warships to blast the doors of a country to a country! When did our British navy become so unbearable? Look at this sea, there are no submarines here, no trace of Chinese people appear."

"And I have also asked that so far, the two Chinese destroyers have only sunk a Trek cargo ship with cannons in this area. Faced with China's backward warships and cannons, I want to see if their ridiculous navy dares to really challenge our invincible navy!!"

"Captain, I found an unknown object on the right side of the ship to approach us at high speed!!" But the exclamation from the observer in the cabin interrupted the captain's comfortable clamor. Seeing the observer's expression of disbelief, the captain's good mood disappeared.

"What the hell is that you're so panicked..."

The captain raised his telescope and looked in the direction of the observer's finger. However, when he looked, his eyes suddenly widened to the extreme, and his mouth was so big that it was so big in horror...

Now those things can be clearly seen with the naked eye without even using a telescope. Under his gaze, several cigar-like things were flying towards them at super high speed toward the sea. Under the reflection of the sun, a dazzling light shines in front of these things.

The distance of more than 3,000 meters is a flight speed of ten seconds for the anti-ship missile with a speed of 0.9 Mach. As the seamen were gaze with horror, the captain did not even have time to make a steering reaction. The first anti-ship missile slammed into the second of the five cargo ships.

The huge anti-ship missile used a hard warhead tore through the outer shell of the freighter and drilled into the inside of the hull. With the perfect performance of the delay fuse, the ** loaded on the anti-ship missile exploded violently in the ship's section.

The remaining solid fuel on the missile is the best accomplice of chemical reactions, cracked and twisted steel, burning fire, rolling heat waves and thick smoke, all of which are shockingly terrifying.

The strong winds produced by the violent explosion even allowed the crew on the deck of other ships to feel the power of the violent explosion.

"Turn, turn the rudder..."

"Where is turning?" The helmsman was panicked now.

"You can just turn anywhere!"

At this time, the captain remembered what he wanted to do to save his destiny. Now his heart was filled with regret. He was full and pretended to be a hero.

It’s a pity that no matter how hard he works now, he still can’t escape the anti-ship missiles that followed him.

Before the conversation between the captain and the helmsman ended, the fourth one, the anti-ship missile rushing towards it, hit the pilot ship. The captain and the others in the cab fell down with a fiercer movement than the reef.

And before they could react, the second anti-ship missile hit the hull again. This time, the captain only felt that he hit the metal cabin in a violent shaking and fainted.

I don't know how long it took, but the ship felt his body shaking. Someone was slapping him. The captain woke up slowly. The first person he opened his eyes was the first mate with a bloody face, and there were several sailors around him.

However, the sailors had many burns and skin injuries caused by the fire and collisions. Everyone's faces and smoke were a little blackened.

"Thank God, Captain, you are awake!" The devout first mate saw that the captain did not abandon them, and devoutly rowed a cross in his heart to praise God.

"How is the situation now?"

Although the specific situation is not clear yet, with years of navigation experience, the ship can still sense the hull has been tilted by body sense, and the air is filled with heat waves of burning fire and pungent odor.

"The hull has been tilted thirteen degrees, and the explosion has tear apart the underwater shell of the hull. A large amount of water is inflowing into the hull. Before you wake up, I have ordered the abandonment of the ship." The first mate directed the remaining sailors to carry the captain out of the cab, and briefly told the ship what the ship is doing now.

"Where are the other ships?"

"It was all hit by that strange thing. Sheffield Beauty was the worst. It was shipped with cannon shells. That strange thing directly detonated the shells on it. The hull was blown into two pieces on the spot. Now it has sunk in large quantities. The speed is so fast that the explosion is so powerful that the crew of Sheffield Beauty has not even survived."

"The other ships have also been severely damaged and are organizing personnel to abandon ships and evacuate. Because our ships are the largest and are loaded with cars and tents, we are lucky to have time to rescue you and evacuate together."

At this time, the first mate had already taken the captain to board the lifeboat. Under the skillful control of several old sailors, the lifeboat was quickly put down the sinking cargo ship. At this time, the captain felt that his fainting was no longer so uncomfortable, and he sat up half-sitted and looked around.

Now the entire fleet has been basically destroyed, and there are only three sinking ships left on the entire sea. The Sheffield Beauty can no longer even see the mast, and the other one has only one cab left on the sea. However, judging from its sinking speed, it is estimated that it will not even see the mast in a few minutes.

The sea was filled with floating objects from five cargo ships, and some corpses were floating on the sea. Some wounded were shouting for help on the sea. However, because the attack was too sudden, many ships did not even have time to put down their lifeboats. Now there are not many lifeboats floating on the entire sea.

Although the results of this maritime attack were not very objective, in a tactical sense, this battle was the first battle to be fought without any distance.

From discovering targets to command and dispatch, to long-range firing and launching missiles until hitting targets, the entire process is completed under the monitoring and command of electronic equipment. The technological power once again reflects its huge energy in the military industry.

This battle also provides valuable combat experience for the naval battle outside Port Augusta that will be held soon, laying the foundation for victory for an unprecedented naval battle in the near future.

The items carried by one of the five sunk freighters were very important to the British and French coalition forces in Myanmar, that is, thousands of tons of medical supplies and various medicines loaded on the freighter.

Without these medical supplies and precious medicines, the British and French coalition forces will basically lose a large number of wounded soldiers in Myanmar. This non-combat reduction will be a nightmare for the British and French coalition forces!

In the previous two weeks, the Chinese army and the British and French coalition forces fought several times in Myanmar. Although the scale of the battle was not large, the casualties caused to the British and French coalition forces were quite large.

There are casualties and naturally the demand for medicines increases. At the same time, various mosquitoes, miasma and unknown diseases in the tropical rainforest of Myanmar have also knocked down many British and French soldiers. Now all medical stations are overcrowded.

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