Chapter 177: Escort alone

On the deck, looking at the helicopter slowly rising into the air and Lu Haiyang, who was squatting at the hatch and waving towards him, Nalan Jun, who looked a little complicated, finally spoke: "These days are passing day by day!"

After entering the waters of the Somalia-Gulf of Aden, the joint operations team is in a state of combat readiness 24 hours a day, and even at night, special personnel need to be assigned to be on duty.

Although the rest of the team members are resting, once the alarm sounds, they also need to put on their equipment as soon as possible, and then wait for the order to attack.

In the past few days, in addition to regular patrols, the joint operations team has to take to the air almost every day to expel these pirates who have entered the warning area, although there has not been a single successful robbery, but all the team members are still under great pressure.

"Don't talk nonsense, since this road is chosen by yourself, you have to finish it for yourself while crying. Instead of sighing about the world here, it's better to seize the time to rest, maybe there will be action in the next second!"

Listening to the exclamation from Nalan Jun, although Jiang Chen also had such feelings in his heart, he still said what he said just now.

"Captain, it seems that this path was not chosen by me, it was set for us by the captain!"

After hearing Jiang Chen's words, Nalan Jun, who was still looking at the ocean from afar one second, turned his head the next second and said very seriously.

"Don't tell me if you have the ability, go to the captain!"

Jiang Chen's face darkened when he heard this, and Jiang Chen, who no longer paid attention to the other party, walked into the cabin by himself, and the Nalan army who saw this could only follow Jiang Chen, and the two began to use a short time to rest after returning the weapons and equipment to the weapons room.

A few days later, after several days of perseverance, the entire formation finally sailed out of the Gulf of Aden intact. Subsequently, the escorted 30 merchant ships will pass through the Suez Canal one after another and enter the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this point, the escort operation of the new batch of escort formations can be regarded as successfully completed.

In order to celebrate the escort formation's first completion of the escort mission, the escort formation also held a brief celebration ceremony, and the 13 members of the joint operations team stood neatly on the deck of the warship and listened to the whistles of the more than 30 merchant ships as they left.

These are more than 30 merchant ships from more than a dozen countries, and during this time, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to the Huaxia Navy for protecting them at all times.

On the deck of the warship, accompanied by the loud national anthem, all the personnel on the deck looked solemnly at the slowly rising flag of the Chinese National Flag and the raising of the flag representing the Chinese Navy.

The brief celebration ended with no focused lights, no guns, no onlookers. Some are only, and will accompany them for months, the endless sea water.

The end of this escort operation also means that the old escort formation has ended the escort operation for nearly half a year, and after the two formations have said a simple goodbye, the supply ships of the new escort formation have handed over the supplies that have been prepared long ago to the old escort formation.

As for the new batch of escort formations, in the next period of time, they will need to go to a military port in a nearby country for a few days of repair and replenishment.

A few days later, the escort group successfully landed in a certain coastal country on the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia, and the escort formation, which had not seen the coast for more than half a month since its departure, immediately attracted them to a three-day vacation.

During these three days, the escort formation needs to replenish supplies, and the rest of the personnel are on rotation. Basically, everyone can get one day off from home, and the remaining two days need to rest on the ship.

Of course, the rest place of all the members of the escort formation is limited to a large part of the port, specially planned by the local government, although the area is not large, but with the help of the local government, there are a lot of fun and delicious things, every visit of the escort formation can be regarded as supporting the development of the country's economy, after all, every material supply is a large amount of expenses.

Three days later, in the early morning, accompanied by the whistle of the warship, the escort group, which had completed the replenishment, set off again, and after leaving the country's port, quickly set off for the predetermined sea area.

Soon, the escort formation arrived at the predetermined sea area, and by the time it arrived, no less than ten merchant ships from all over the world had been moored in the sea area. These merchant ships are part of the ships that need to be escorted in the next escort mission of the escort formation.

On the deck of the warship, Zheng Mingchuan, commander of the formation, looked at the 10,000-ton giant ship moored in front of him.

"Lao Zheng!"

With the sound of footsteps, political commissar Lin Guoze soon appeared in front of Zheng Mingchuan.

"What's wrong, is something wrong?"

Seeing this, Zheng Mingchuan subconsciously asked, Zheng Mingchuan at this time, his nerves were a little serious, after all, it was the first time he had carried out an escort operation alone.

"It's nothing, it's just that our superiors are asking us about our current situation!"

Looking at Zheng Mingchuan, who looked a little nervous, Lin Guoze, who had a smile on his face, spoke.

"Reply to the superiors, my formation has arrived in the reserved sea area, and tomorrow morning, the escort operation will start on time!" Zheng Mingchuan replied.

"I've already replied for you!" Lin Guoze, who walked to the edge of Zheng Mingchuan, said comfortingly, "You don't need to be so nervous, take it easy, we haven't seen any big winds and waves at our age! Besides, with the experience of the previous escort, the subsequent escort will definitely be successfully completed!"

"I'm either nervous, or I'm feeling a little stressed!"

Zheng Mingchuan, who heard this, also spoke, but compared with just now, Zheng Mingchuan's expression was much more relaxed.

No matter who you are, as long as you live in this world, you will definitely feel all kinds of pressure. Don't look at many people who live very happily and can deal with things in an orderly manner when they encounter problems. But in reality, these people are just as stressed, and even more stressed.

"Who doesn't have pressure, after all, what we protect is not one or two ships, but dozens, hundreds of merchant ships!" Lin Guoze, who heard this, also replied.

Since Huaxia began to carry out escort operations in the waters of the Gulf of Aden, it has organized more than 30 groups of escort formations and carried out more than 1,000 escort operations in the past 10 years, involving more than 100 countries and thousands of merchant ships. On average, each batch of escort formations, in a few months of escort operations, needs to escort hundreds of merchant ships to safely pass through the most dangerous sea areas.

In any case, since it is carrying out this escort operation on behalf of the country, once there are any mistakes in it, especially any mistakes, it will also affect the image of the Huaxia Navy and even the Huaxia State to a certain extent.

Although Zheng Mingchuan, as the commander-in-chief of the formation, has been commanding the entire escort formation lightly on the surface, he is also under greater pressure than others.

"It's because of that pressure that we need to do better. After all, we represent not only ourselves, but also our navy and even our country!" Lin Guoze said looking at his old partner.

"Hahaha, I made you laugh!"

After saying no less than what was in his heart, Zheng Mingchuan's mood was also a lot more cheerful, and in just a while, he began to laugh.

"What's a good joke, this is human nature, if you hold it in your heart, I'm the most worried!" Lin Guoze, who heard this, replied.

Two people belonging to the same detachment of the East China Sea Fleet have been together for a long time, and Lin Guoze has long been familiar with Zheng Mingchuan's temper and mood. And he had already discovered the other party's problem, and this time he had the opportunity to communicate with the other party.

In the army of Huaxia State, part of the role of the political commissar is to enlighten the minds of the soldiers below, although Zheng Mingchuan is the military commander of the formation, but he is also the member of Lin Guoze who needs to be responsible and enlightened.

"While we haven't set off yet, for the future escort operations, quickly gather the captains of several warships, as well as the heads of special forces and other forces, and hold a detailed meeting to ensure that there will be no accidents in the escort operations behind!" Zheng Mingchuan, who thought of this, said.

"In addition to these, the most important thing is to enlighten and enlighten their minds, even you, the supreme military commander, have pressure, and they must also be under pressure. It's good to have pressure, but if you have too much pressure, it's easy to have an accident!" Lin Guoze, who was on the side, reminded.

"What you say is very reasonable!" Zheng Mingchuan also agreed with Lin Guoze's point of view.

"That's it, I'll organize a meeting, and in half an hour, a military meeting will be held!" Seeing this, Lin Guoze opened his mouth and said, after saying this, Lin Guoze left the deck, and when he returned to the headquarters, he quickly summoned the responsible persons of the various warships and asked them to participate in the meeting after half an hour.

As for Zheng Mingchuan, after figuring out some things, he also left the deck and began to prepare for the meeting that would be held in half an hour.

Things were also as Lin Guoze expected, at the meeting, there were many commanders on each warship. For the upcoming escort operation, there is a lot of pressure, and some people are even starting to worry.

After all, it was the first time that they had carried out an escort operation alone, and at that time, the two warships would need to be responsible for the safety of more than 30 merchant ships, and everyone would also need to ensure the absolute safety of the escort operation.

Lin Guoze, who had expected this, immediately enlightened the commanders of the warships, and finally relieved the pressure on these commanders to a great extent, and the meeting was a complete success.