At the same time, on the USS Thinker, a reporter from the US Navy's Seventh Fleet electronic reconnaissance ship, Martin Edwards, looked at the fine rain outside the porthole, thought for a while, and then picked up his pen and wrote in the open interview book: "On November 3, 1987, the Chinese fleet seemed to have encountered unprecedented challenges, complicated weather, changeable sea conditions, and ubiquitous Soviet submarines, and they had sent alert ships to search for Soviet submarines.

But this is not enough, because their antique ships lack modern communication equipment and sonar systems, and looking for them with the naked eye is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, yes, I have to quote this idiom from China, because it is too apt to describe the predicament of the Chinese fleet today, even though this fleet is the most powerful fleet that China has organized in the last two decades.

The U.S. Navy, well aware of the dire situation, had asked the Chinese fleet for assistance, but the Chinese fleet did not respond, perhaps because of the noble face of the Chinese who made them deliberately turn a blind eye, but the captain of the "Thinker", Lieutenant Commander Mitchell, told me another incredible speculation, that is, the Chinese fleet's communication system had a problem, so that even if they received the message, they could not send it.

Hopefully, the silence of the Chinese fleet stems from the latter, but it is still very puzzling that a fleet of two destroyers and four frigates could not even guarantee basic communications, and I wonder what would have happened to this fleet without a powerful US Navy to contain the Soviets.

Perhaps because of this, Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell has informed the U.S. command at Subic Bay that it has been agreed to send two P-3A anti-submarine patrol planes to support, and my colleague Mr. Grint will come with him at random, and he will witness the U.S. Navy's resistance to Soviet supremacy......"

"Knock~~~"

Just as Edwards was writing the press release, there was a knock on the cabin door, and the voice of Mitchell, the captain of the USS Thinker, said, "Mr. Edwards, are you there?"

Edwards, who was originally disturbed, was still a little unhappy, and when he heard that it was Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell, he immediately put all the unhappiness behind him, and quickly got up and opened the hatch, and greeted Mitchell with a smile, "Hey, Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell, I just made some coffee, do you want to come in and try it?"

"No!"

Mitchell, a middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes, with a mustache and a pair of cross-framed glasses, did not smile politely when he saw Edwards, but said with a stern and dignified face as usual. According to the latest information, the support forces of the Chinese Navy are rapidly approaching here, so we are going to release some jamming signals to delay the Soviets from detecting the approach of the Chinese support forces, during which the ship's satellite communication telephone will be suspended, if you need to do so, I hope to complete it within fifteen minutes. ”

Edwards was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that China's support forces would come so quickly, didn't it mean that the Chinese navy no longer had decent strength in the vicinity? Even if there were, with the backward equipment of the Chinese navy, how could it take two days to set off from Qiongdao, but less than 20 hours had passed from yesterday evening to noon today, and they were about to arrive?

No, even if it did, it would not have come so quickly, and he had seen the situation of the Chinese fleet not far away in the past few days, and he had not heard of any new moves by the Chinese navy.

Edwards, who has long studied the maritime power of East Asia and Southeast Asia, was full of question marks, and was stunned for a while, and was called by Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell twice, only then did he come back to his senses, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I thought about a lot of questions at once...... I'm going to call my colleague first and let me know what's going on. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell nodded, and Edwards hurriedly walked out of the cabin towards the communications room, he wanted to immediately contact Grint, who had come with the P-3A anti-submarine patrol plane, and asked the aerial photographer in the Asia-Pacific to take a few more photos of the Chinese support ship.

Because of the professional sensitivity of the journalist, Edwards told Edwards that China was unusually fast and evil.

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Rear Admiral Chatonov, the captain of the Soviet Eighth Fleet's reconnaissance ship "Golden Mai Lang," also felt that something was a little abnormal, and since midnight yesterday, a strong radio signal source has appeared several hundred nautical miles north of the "Golden Mai Lang," and by noon today, this signal source has been 180 nautical miles away from the Chinese fleet.

When this signal source was discovered at midnight, the distance between the "Golden Mai Lang" and it was about 500 nautical miles, but in 12 hours, it was shortened to 180 nautical miles, in other words, the signal source that was rapidly approaching traveled more than 320 nautical miles in only 12 hours.

The average speed reaches a staggering 28 knots (equivalent to 51 kilometers per hour).

You must know that since last night, the rain on the sea has not stopped, the waves have changed several degrees with the direction of the wind, and the overall sea conditions are not very bad, but they are complex enough, and in such a situation, even if the main combat ship can maintain a speed of 20 to 23 knots, it is already very good.

Because in addition to sea conditions, whether the ship's own power supports long-term high speed is also a problem that cannot be ignored, after all, the high-speed power system not only consumes high fuel, but also is very unfavorable to its own reliability and service life, otherwise why the naval formation will generally use 14 or 18 knots of economic speed, the reason is here.

However, the existence of this obviously Chinese support ship has maintained a high speed of 28 knots for as long as 12 hours, and in addition to rushing to support the Chinese fleet not far away, its own excellent power system also shows that this is an extremely good combat ship.

You must know that even the most advanced gas turbine ships in the Soviet Union did not dare to run so unrestrainedly, the failure rate was high, and the maintenance was poor.

With this inference, Major Chatonov couldn't help frowning, he has been stationed in Cam Ranh Bay for a long time, in addition to studying the US Navy in Subic Bay, the most is to pay attention to the Chinese Navy, especially those who do reconnaissance and intelligence, and will not let go of any clues.

But Major Chatonov made all his brains into a mush, and he didn't find any news that China has any new ships in service, and as for the ships that can maintain a long time and high speed, he hasn't found a single one, but it doesn't matter if he can't find it, since one of them has rushed over, just go over and take a look, anyway, it is also a very important task for them to study China's new ships.

Having made up his mind, Major Chatonov was about to give the order, but at this time, the strong jamming signal made the electronic equipment on the "Golden Wheat Wave" cluttered, and Major Chatonov did not panic at all, but sneered, "The Yankees love to play these little tricks." ”

After speaking, he picked up the intercom and commanded loudly, "Switch the standby frequency, and then turn on the jammer, so that the American friends who sent the gifts can taste what high-power interference is." ”

Before the words fell, he turned his head and ordered the staff officer: "Turn the course and go see the new toys of the Chinese comrades." ”

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