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Chapter 253 Rescue Plan
After ending the call, there was a brief silence in the Zhoushan ship's command room, and the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing.

"Captain Hu, let our Xunlong Commando set off!" Yu Yong, the captain of the Xunlong Commando, was the first to break the silence.

"No." The combat staff immediately rejected it, "This plan is too risky!"

"We are still 650 kilometers away from the Xindu. The helicopter's fuel tank can only support you to go there, but cannot support your return. Didn't you just hear Captain Cheng say that the pirates have rockets? In case you don't find a chance to land, I'll wait for you Either they were shot down by pirates, or they ran out of fuel and fell into the sea!"

"Can……"

"report!"

When Yu Yong was about to retort, a soldier suddenly said,

"The reconnaissance satellite is already in place and the real-time picture is transmitted!"

So everyone quickly turned their attention to the big screen.

Judging from the real-time images from the reconnaissance satellite, the position of the Xindu is indeed consistent with the backup locator, and it was the time Cheng Yanfei fought for that allowed them to quickly pass the satellite and lock the position of the Xindu .

This is undoubtedly good news.

After hearing this, Yu Yong immediately gave a military salute with excitement, and then went out to organize the team members.

"As for the safety of the soldiers, Somalia is not full of pirates. Don't worry, I will bear all the responsibilities for the entire plan."

For the Velociraptor commandos on board the Z-20, this operation was somewhat of a desperate move...
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In response to this unexpected situation, a certain headquarters quickly established an emergency command team and began to coordinate the rescue operation remotely.

Hu Zhi quickly picked up the pen, marked and measured on the chart, then patted the table and said: "They should be preparing to dock at Isku."

"Immediately adjust the interception direction according to the speed of the ship!" Hu Zhi said decisively, "The Velociraptor Commando immediately boarded the plane and prepared to provide support!"

"Captain Hu, I have the responsibility to remind you that if the landing on the Xindu fails and we really have to land on Xidebu Island, the safety of the soldiers will not be guaranteed. Not only may we face diplomatic problems, but another incident may occur. 'Black Hawk Down'!"

"Consultant Wu said something serious." Hu Zhi immediately explained in a deep voice,

After several years of daily escort operations, there have been no incidents of ship hijacking in the Gulf of Aden and its surrounding waters for more than half a year. Not to mention that judging from the current intelligence, it is almost a fait accompli that the Xindu will be successfully hijacked by pirates. It’s a fact.

Hu Zhi planned to let the helicopter land on Xidebu Island if the landing on the Xindu failed.

As orders were issued quickly, the soldiers on the Zhoushan ship immediately took action. Soon, a Z-20 carrier-based assault helicopter carrying twelve Xunlong commandos slowly took off from the Zhoushan ship. Started to fly towards Xindu.

"Roger that!"

Seeing that Hu Zhi had made up his mind, Staff Officer Wu no longer stopped him. He looked at the satellite picture and pondered for a moment before suddenly speaking again:

"Well, this can also be done as a last resort option."

In this way, the positions of the Zhoushan ship, Xindu and Isku draw a triangle.

And in the middle of the triangle is Idaibu Island!

"Actually, there is an alternative plan, which is to have the Red Eagle merchant ship ahead of the Xindu immediately turn around and be ready to meet the Velociraptor Commandos. However, based on the distance, the range may still be less than ten kilometers, so we have to let The team members abandoned the plane and jumped into the sea early, waiting for rescue by merchant ships..."

The combat staff also understood Hu Zhi's combat ideas through the lines he drew on the chart.

"The nature of the current incident is completely different from that of the Black Hawk incident. This is just a rescue incident caused by a pirate attack. And you also know the situation in Somalia. Even if we want to say hello to them in advance, we can't get there. Even if this matter goes international, we can't. Reasonable."

Liang Zhen, the chairman of Tongda Shipping Group, Li Chen’s wealthy mother, happened to be in Tianjing Port that day. After receiving the news that the Xindu encountered pirates, she rushed to the emergency command center as soon as possible to Be ready to cooperate at any time with possible negotiations with pirates.

Although judging from the waves and moving signals at the stern of the ship, the Xindu has indeed been re-launched by the pirates and is now heading southwest at full speed, but after knowing the other party's escape route, it will not be in vain to formulate a plan. No clue.

But if you really have to pay to redeem the person and the boat, it will actually be the insurance company that pays, so the people from the insurance company have also received the notice...

Although Captain Hu's plan has begun to be implemented, in the emergency command center, a group of staff members are still evaluating Captain Hu's plan, and their opinions are very different.

Some people think that given the current situation, rescue is too difficult. If the problem can be solved through negotiation and payment, they should try not to take action.

Especially the alternative plan of abandoning the plane and jumping into the sea to wait for the rescue of the Red Eagle merchant ship, not only risks the lives of soldiers, but also means giving up a Z-20 worth hundreds of millions.

After Somali pirates successfully hijack a ship, they usually only ask for a ransom of one to two million U.S. dollars. In rare cases, they will ask for tens of millions of dollars.

Therefore, regardless of risk considerations or interests, it is more cost-effective to negotiate and pay.

In previous pirate hijacking incidents, if the other party has successfully hijacked the ship and has hostages, unless it is very sure, the military usually focuses on the safety of the hostages and tries to avoid direct exchanges of fire with the pirates.

Lao Maozi is on the other extreme. In their rescue operations, they basically focus on fighting pirates, not hostages.

Just wish yourself good luck...

Therefore, most pirates are actually quite afraid of robbing Lao Maozi's merchant ship.

Although Lao Maozi's method is indeed simple, crude and effective, it pays more attention to the personal safety of citizens, so it is difficult to say which of the two methods is better.

While the staff members were still intensely discussing whether to terminate Captain Hu's plan, Chief Shen, who was responsible for directing the emergency, suddenly said: "Okay, since the Xunlong Commando has set off, it's time to The arrow was on the string and had to be fired, and the pirates this time were well-equipped, and all signs indicate that this was a planned and premeditated targeted attack!"

"If we give in so easily, it will undoubtedly further encourage the pirates' arrogance. So now it is not a question of calculating the gains and losses of a single incident, but a question of whether we can build up the momentum of our navy!"

"What's more, at least for now, the crew is relatively safe, and the situation is not completely unfavorable to us. If the crew's lives are really threatened, it will not be too late to adapt to the situation."

After hearing what Chief Shen said, the discussion in the command room finally ended, and then they began to follow Captain Hu's plan and began to discuss possible changes and problems in detail in order to further improve the rescue plan.

Commander Shen then turned to his deputy and asked: "Has the destroyer Remiji of Country M responded?" "It just responded. It said that their ship had a malfunction and they couldn't even keep up with the aircraft carrier formation, so they couldn't launch it." Rescue operations……"

Commander Shen suddenly sneered, and then asked: "What about John State?"

"He also excused himself by saying that there was an escort mission going on."

"Haha, it's good to watch the fire from the other side." Chief Shen rubbed his forehead, "And maybe they started the fire..."

The deputy's expression changed slightly.

In fact, everyone has the same suspicion as Chief Shen, but no one will speak out until there is evidence. This is also the tacit understanding that both parties have always had.

"By the way, where is the Yuzhang ship?"

"Yuzhang ship?"

The deputy was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked the soldier controlling the central console of the command room to enlarge the chart, and soon understood what Chief Shen meant.

The Yuzhang ship and other three ships are part of the 48th escort taskforce that just set off some time ago. They are also about to change guard with the Zhoushan ship and other 47th escort taskforce. They just left Sililanka yesterday and officially entered Ala. Mooring sea area.

At this time, the 48th escort formation was about nautical miles and kilometers away from the Xindu.

With such a long distance, everyone subconsciously ignored the possibility of their participation in the rescue operation.

But Captain Hu of the Zhoushan ship had some risky plans, which happened to remind Commander Shen.

Since the Zhoushan ship can ignore the problem of helicopter return and directly dispatch the Velociraptor commando team without any hesitation, why can't the Yuzhang ship do the same?

Although the secret weapons carried on their ship have not been tested in actual combat, judging from the one-way cruising range, it is entirely possible that they will participate in this rescue operation.

The deputy immediately took out the chart, and through further measurements and calculations, he quickly worked out a new plan with the staff:
The three heavy-duty Silver Cranes mounted on the Yuzhang ship were ordered to set off immediately, and first landed on the Hongying merchant ship, which was currently 182 kilometers south of the Xindu.

Even if the merchant ship Red Eagle has begun to turn around and head west in order to cooperate with this rescue operation, the distance between the two sides is getting farther and farther, and the entire voyage can be controlled within 1400 kilometers, while the cruising speed of Yinhe is 1600 kilometers.

If we don't consider how much endurance is left after arriving at the Red Eagle merchant ship, Yinhe can definitely increase its cruising speed, and the time it takes to reach the Red Eagle merchant ship can probably be controlled to more than two hours.

This was only about half an hour later than the time when the Velociraptor Commando arrived at the Xindu.

At that time, Yinhe can completely replenish energy on the Hongying merchant ship, or directly use all the load of one Yinhe to carry the battery, and immediately replace the batteries of the other two Yinhe after arriving at the Red Eagle merchant ship. Battery life, and finally decide whether to go to the Xindu to support the Xunlong Commando based on the situation.

Moreover, with Yinhe on standby to replenish energy on the Red Eagle merchant ship, if the Velociraptor commando fails to board the ship and it really comes to the point of abandoning the plane and jumping into the sea, Yinhe can completely launch a rescue response faster than the Red Eagle merchant ship. , greatly reducing the risk of the Velociraptor Commando jumping into the sea.

After the deputy reported the plan, he concluded to Chief Shen:
"The feasibility of this plan is very high, but all this is predicated on the performance of Yinhe. After all, Yinhe is a new aircraft that has not been tested for a long time, so this plan also has certain risks. "

After Chief Shen pondered for a moment, he nodded decisively and said: "There is no perfect plan in the world. Compared with this risk, it can bring us greater possibilities, so..."

"Immediately notify the 48th escort formation and have their three heavy Silver Cranes and commandos rush to the Red Eagle merchant ship! At the same time, maintain contact with the Red Eagle merchant ship to prevent changes!"

"Roger that!"

"Also, contact Dr. Kang immediately and tell him that Yinhe designed it. This is Yinhe's first battle again, and the difficulty and risk are very high. I hope he can spare time to conduct the entire technical process of this operation. support!"

"Roger that!"

As the emergency command center re-planned and improved the entire rescue plan, instructions began to be issued. After receiving the news, the 48th escort formation quickly began to organize the Panlong Commando to prepare for the operation.

Only five minutes later, three Silver Cranes took off from the guided missile destroyer Yuzhang, the guided missile frigate Qianhu, and the comprehensive supply ship Songcheng.

Among them, No. 01 Silver Crane is mainly responsible for transporting 24 Panlong commandos, and No. 02 Silver Crane is mainly responsible for carrying heavy weapons and providing aerial fire support.

No. 03 Silver Crane is equipped with two small backup batteries weighing 3.3 tons. Although the capacity of these two battery packs is only half of conventional batteries, they are very convenient to carry and replace. The 800Km cruising range they provide can also be fully supported. No. 01 and No. 02 Yinhe can participate in the operation at any time after arriving at the Red Eagle merchant ship.

Just as the Yinhe flight formation took off, Kang Chi suddenly received a call from the emergency command center.

During this period, he was in seclusion at Pangu Base, responsible for organizing Yinhe's normal intelligent manufacturing. At the same time, he was also studying and researching the technology of high bypass ratio turbofan engines.

The call only mentioned that there was an unexpected pirate attack, and Kang Chi didn't know the specific content. It wasn't until he came to the Pingfengshan garrison command room that he figured out the entire incident through a remote video directly connected to the emergency command center. plan.

"Mr. Kang, in terms of Yinhe's performance, do you think there is anything missing in our plan?"

"No." Kang Chi shook his head, "This plan makes good use of Yinhe's characteristics, so there is basically no big problem, but... I personally think that you are still a little more conservative."

"My parameter standards for Yinhe are all under full load, so its actual maximum endurance is actually far more than 1600km. In the extreme endurance test a few days ago, the heavy-duty Yinhe with only two crew members could fly the furthest It has traveled a total of 2113km, and today our highest-loaded Silver Crane does not exceed 7 tons. At the same time, based on the current wind direction..."

Kang Chi picked up the pen as he spoke, made some quick calculations on the draft paper, and then raised his head and said: "If you don't consider the endurance issue after arriving at the Red Eagle merchant ship, you can completely increase the cruising speed to 587KM/h. This is okay. Arrive a full 25.2 minutes ahead of your current plan."

"587KM/h?!"

The staff officers in the emergency command room were immediately shocked.

"Are you sure you can fly to the Red Eagle merchant ship at this speed? You should know very well that if they can't fly... their fate will be to fall into the sea!"

"Don't worry." Kang Chi said with determination, "I have left room for this speed. You can't look at this high-end solid-state lithium battery with the previous conservative thinking. It does not only increase the energy density, but the battery will decline, Issues such as battery life discounts have also been resolved.”

"Therefore, I can guarantee that I can definitely fly to the Red Eagle at a speed of 587KM. And I will be there the whole time. I can help you calculate and adjust in real time according to the situation."

Seeing what Kang Chi had said, the staff no longer hesitated and immediately asked the Yinhe formation to start speeding up, and at the same time transmitted their data to Kang Chi for analysis in real time.

(End of this chapter)