Chapter 816: Killing Chickens with a Knife?
At the same time that Christina received a report from the lieutenant colonel of the coast guard of a certain foreign country, a HU-25D "guardian" command and patrol plane belonging to the coast guard of a foreign country was rapidly approaching the Yangtze River Delta region over the sea area 270 kilometers northeast of Huansu Island.
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Cole, a Coast Guard lieutenant colonel in the cabin, who had just received the exact coordinates and directions of the island from Christina, quickly found the location of the island on the detailed electronic chart in front of him.
Just as he was about to start inputting the coordinates into the mission computer and sending them to the Rush, a coast guard "Hamilton"-class patrol ship that was also heading towards the Yangtze River Delta 100 nautical miles away, the voice of Chinese mainland air traffic control personnel was heard from the international general radio station in the cabin:
"HU256817, please let me know your exact location...... HU256817, please inform us of your exact location......"
Hearing this, Cole looked at the vertical navigation trajectory that kept flashing on the screen next to him, and a smug smile suddenly pulled up at the corner of his mouth, and then stared at one of them and said in a calm tone: "East longitude 128 degrees 13 minutes, north latitude 26 degrees 34 minutes, altitude 11,800 meters, speed 0.75 Mach." ”
"It's a good thing that the Chinese air traffic controllers aren't here, otherwise, I can guarantee that they wouldn't hesitate to throw you out of the window of the plane. ”
Just after Cole finished reporting his so-called "position", a voice suddenly came from behind him that was obviously ridiculous, Cole shrugged his shoulders and said justifiably: "No way, who let the Chinese reject our kindness, they can save face, but we can't give up our principles because of the safety of our own citizens." ”
As he spoke, he turned his chair and looked at the person behind him, a small Huffington Post reporter with a little hair and a Coast Guard commemorative uniform, Bill Dawn, who also asked in a mocking tone, "What do you say? Mr. Dawn?"
Dawn smiled slightly, handed the cup of instant coffee that had just been brewed in his hand to Cole, and then sat on the rest seat behind the command platform, took a sip of the coffee in his hand, and glanced at the modern onboard equipment and busy scene in the cabin, his smile was even brighter, but the words he said were more cold than incomparably cold:" Let me say that the commanders in the rear are still too conservative, and if it were me, I would definitely send electronic warfare planes and fighters over when I encountered such a thing, and since I should show my muscles, I would have to shine up more crisply and thoroughly, instead of taking advantage of the friendly visit of the coast guard ships to make such a half-concealed show.
So I think we did a good job in the Arabian Sea last year, even if it turned out to be an oolong, but I think events like this will help us set the benchmark for maintaining the world order, and not become conservative because of an oolong, which would make me a victim of appeasement......"
Dawn is worthy of being a senior reporter for the conservative media Huffington Post, although his views are not extreme, but they are domineering enough, but it is undeniable that Dawn's ideas represent the views of a considerable number of Westerners, the Soviet Union collapsed, the Cold War ended, history seemed to be completely ended at this moment, and mankind has since entered a new world pattern completely dominated by the West.
Under such a situation, a certain foreign power, as the leader of the West, naturally has to shoulder the responsibility of leading the world and ruthlessly suppress all unstable factors, so as to maintain this pattern arrogantly for a hundred or even thousands of years.
With this in mind, it is not surprising that Daun justified the seizure of merchant ships bound for Iran in the Arabian Sea by a major foreign power last year.
Even if it was a recognized serious mistake and a ridiculous oolong, so what? Even if the standard-bearer of the world made a mistake, it would be forgivable, after all, the starting point was good, not to mention that he did not cause any damage to the other party, so there was no need to make a fuss.
If they always look ahead and backward because of some trivial things, then who will dare to defend their national interests in the future?
So this time, after receiving a distress message from Christina through a satellite phone, Dawn felt that since Christina had citizens in her team and cared about his country, he should go all out to rescue him first.
As a result, the exercise ended as planned, and the commander of the Rush, who was about to go to the Yangtze River Delta for a friendly visit, preferred to coordinate and communicate with a certain major country in the east before proceeding to the next step.
As expected, a certain large country in the East decisively refused, and if it weren't for the fact that the entire visiting formation was also shouldering another classified mission, the conservative Daun would have felt that the commander sitting on the Rush was a complete soft egg.
Why are you worried so much?
Life and death are downbeat, what do you do if you don't accept it, otherwise how to reflect the arrogant posture of the victor of the Cold War!
Although Cole is also a conservative, he is not as fanatical as Dawn, so he looks at Dawn with a strange look in his eyes, and wonders how the reporter assigned to this interview is a fanatical psychopath.
Be tough at every turn, use a knife and a gun if you are a little unsatisfactory, and make all kinds of actions like playing house, with a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other hand, you can make the world completely bow down to the courtiers, if it is really so easy to do, what else do you need in the United Nations, and let the president directly concurrently serve as a concurrent.
However, Cole can only think about these complaints in his heart, saying that he will never say it, at least in front of Dawn, it is impossible to say it, because Dawn, who is conservative to a certain extent, cannot tolerate the slightest compromise, otherwise he will have a long debate with you.
If Cohen is a politician or a lawyer or other lip service, he may really be able to play tricks with Dawn, but the problem is that he is an ordinary commander on a patrol plane commanded by a HU-25D "guardian".
So he grinned: "There is no need to use such advanced planes and ships, their cost per hour is sky-high, if it is Russia, it is just a big country in the East...... Forget it, a country that is not even as strong as our coast guard in terms of regular naval strength, what do you think they can do?"
Cole doesn't say much, in fact, it's just one sentence, that is, killing chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife, and in fact it is true, another nickname for the Coast Guard is the Second Navy, which is stronger than the regular navies of most countries.
Among them is the naval forces of a large country in the East.
Because the coast guard is stronger than the navy of a certain eastern country in all aspects, except for submarines, regardless of anything else, take the Rush patrol ship that is preparing to visit the Yangtze River Delta this time, for example, with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, which belongs to the same class as the 051 destroyer, the main surface ship of a certain eastern power.
However, in terms of technology, it beats 051, because this "Hamilton" class patrol ship has used advanced shipborne equipment such as gas turbines, ship combat command centers, data links, computer processing centers, and carrier-based helicopters, compared with which 051 can only be regarded as a younger brother.
It is not an exaggeration to describe the existence of such a crushing capital ship, where can a large country outside the region be a third-line patrol ship.
This is the case with ships, not to mention aircraft, which are not only hanging, but also crushing.
Dawn likes these powerful remarks, so after listening to Cole's words, he also feels that it makes sense, the half-military and half-civilian coast guard can be crushed, which is the best display of strength in itself, so the depression in his heart gradually disappeared, and a smile finally appeared on his thin face: "What you said makes sense, so I hope this time I can teach them a lesson, a country that is not even as good as the second navy should be ruled unconditionally, this is the iron standard...... Well, the other side is a ......."
Just as Dawn was about to set the tone, the indicator light of the international communication radio on the screen suddenly flashed non-stop, and Cole didn't care about it and clicked on, but the next moment the words of the air traffic control made the careless Cole's whole person like five thunderbolts, and the whole person froze there:
"HU256817 please continue to drive along the longitude of 126 degrees 22 minutes east and latitude 24 degrees 55 minutes north, the altitude is 10,000 meters, and the speed is Mach 0.75. ”