When Admiral Swift, who was holding back his anger, came to the headquarters, he got the news that the "Mastin" was incapacitated, and the crew had dozens of casualties. Before Admiral Swift could get angry, the officer on duty at the headquarters brought another piece of meteorological information, and when he saw the analysis report on Typhoon "Feiyan", Admiral Swift poured it on his head like a scoop of cold water. He immediately ordered that Colonel Charlie be informed of the situation of Typhoon "Feiyan", and at the same time gave Colonel Charles the right to dispose of it himself.

In fact, by this point, Admiral Swift had already understood that the matter was too big and out of control. Since there is no return, then think of a way out, Colonel Charlie is a ready-made scapegoat. Admiral Swift gave Colonel Charlie the right to dispose of it on his own, which was to let Colonel Charlie carry this black cauldron, and he believed that Colonel Charlie would understand.

As Admiral Swift had predicted, Colonel Charles abandoned the destroyer "Mastin" and chose to bring back the entire crew of the formation, awaiting Colonel Charlie's trial by a court-martial.

Admiral Swift did not have time to consider the end of Colonel Charlie, and the problems he faced were no less than those of Colonel Charlie.

Three days after the USS Benford arrived at the U.S. naval base in Okinawa, a report on the "freedom of navigation" mission was released.

The "freedom of navigation" departed from Australia's Darwin Military Port on October 3, 2018, Yenching time, entered the Taiwan Strait at around 5 p.m. on October 17, and was originally planned to cross the Taiwan Strait at around 4 a.m. on October 18, then circle Taiwan, and then return to Darwin Port in Australia, which is expected to take a month.

However, after entering the Taiwan Strait from the formation, the impact of an unknown object was first found at midnight on 17 October, and then at 2 a.m. on 18 October, the left side of the "Benford" was entangled in a fishing net and lost its ability to propulsion. The two ships continued to sail at a speed of 8 knots, leaving the Taiwan Strait at about 8 a.m. on 18 October and continuing to the Okinawa base.

After a day and night of sailing, the formation arrived at the area of the incident at 9 a.m. on October 19, about 180 nautical miles southwest of the Okinawa base. At 9:13 a.m., the "Mastin" struck a mine, the right propeller was blown away, the left propeller was seriously damaged and could not continue to work, and the "Mastin", which lost power, was finally abandoned in the sea area where the incident occurred, and sank in the attack of Typhoon "Feiyan" six hours after the "Benford" left the incident area (17 p.m. on October 19).

The USS Benford left the area at 11 p.m. on October 19 and met the rescue vessel at 9:30 p.m. on October 20.

Upon inspection, the bow of the USS Benford was damaged by an impact by an unknown object, and the propeller shaft on the left side was wound in a fishing net, both of which were recoverable damages. However, due to the need to escape the area of Typhoon Feiyan, the Benford ran wildly for three hours at a maximum speed of 15 knots with only one propeller remaining. Although it eventually escaped the sphere of influence of the "Feiyan", the power system of the "Benford" suffered considerable damage, and after a preliminary inspection, two of the "Benford's four gas turbines" were severely damaged and had to be replaced. Finally, after assessing the damage to the "Benford", even after a major overhaul, the performance will be somewhat reduced. In view of this, the US Navy decided to mothball the USS Benford after a simple repair!

The accident report, compiled by the Pacific Fleet Command and handed over to the U.S. Department of Defense, concludes that during the U.S. "Freedom of Navigation" mission, the "Mastin" of the two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers sank in a typhoon after being hit by a mine, and the other "Benford" suffered heavy damage and was mothballed after simple repairs, and seven people, including one officer, were killed and 23 people, including four officers, were injured.

In a word, this "freedom of navigation" mission was a complete failure.

After receiving this report, the American government was very unwilling, and inexplicably lost two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, as well as dozens of officers and men suffered casualties. This was the heaviest loss suffered by the American Navy since World War II.

The first thing the American government thought of was the small moves of the Chinese side, but first, there was no evidence; second, they did not believe that China would risk the world's greatness, and if it was really the Chinese side, then it was very likely that a full-scale conflict would break out between China and the United States, and the American government believed that the Chinese leadership would not be so unwise; third, and most importantly, the American government did not believe that there was a country or organization on the Blue Star that had more advanced technology than the United States.

The U.S. government organized an advanced salvage team from Blue Star to rush to the three sea areas where accidents and accidents occurred during the itinerary of the "Benford" and "Mastin" formations, in an attempt to find out the cause.

The depth of the Taiwan Strait is only a few tens of meters, and after using the positioning device and the track of the "Benford" to locate the two accident sites, the salvage team dispatched divers to carefully search the seabed within five nautical miles of the two sites, but found nothing.

As for the sea area where the "Mastin" struck a mine, due to the deep water depth, the salvage team also used unmanned submersibles to go deep into the seabed to search carefully, but the seabed situation in this sea area is far more complicated than the situation on the bottom of the Taiwan Strait, and they also found nothing.

After more than three months of busyness, the three most professional salvage teams of Blue Star could only return in vain.

In the end, the U.S. government had no choice but to announce that the investigation would be put on hold indefinitely after spending tens of millions of dollars.

At a time when the American government is in a hurry, the results of this "freedom of navigation" mission have attracted the attention of the world.

Since the formation of the American Navy entered the South China Sea, the air force of the formation has been under the supervision of the Huaxia Navy. After entering the Taiwan Strait, radars and other monitoring facilities along the coast of Fujian Province in China paid close attention to the formation's every move. The Huaxia side was also aware of the two accidents encountered by the formation in the Taiwan Strait, but it was not clear about the specific situation, but it was only strange what the formation had done. In the second half of the night, when the formation continued to move forward at a low speed, the top brass of the Huaxia military received the report, and after some discussion, the order replied to the front line base was: wait and see.

It was only when the U.S. Navy formation passed through the waters of Diaoyu Island that the Huaxia military adjusted its alert level.

Just when China was confused by the strange actions of the American Navy formation in the Taiwan Strait, the news came that the "Mastin" had struck a mine. The Huaxia military has also been reorganized, and the route of the formation navigation can be said to be one of the most mature and busy shipping lanes of the Blue Star, and it stands to reason that there will be absolutely no mines. However, the impossible happened, and the American Navy formation, which was "showing off its military might", encountered it. Do you know if it's time to say they're lucky, or if they're unlucky?

However, as one of the parties to this "freedom of navigation" mission, although Huaxia was secretly refreshed, he could only hold back his breath.

Of course, the fact that the Chinese government is silent does not mean that the Chinese people are not "happy to run"!

When the US naval formation passed through the Taiwan Strait, the majority of the Chinese people were not as indignant as before, they understood the position of the Chinese government, and also understood that the United States had the upper hand in the current international situation, so they chose to remain silent or support the decision of the Chinese government -- "protest." Of course, keyboard warriors still exist, but they are no longer mainstream.

Although there is some helplessness, it has to be said that after so many years of baptism, the Chinese people have already made their own judgments, especially in recent years, the expansion of national strength has greatly developed the self-confidence of the nation, and the Chinese people have gradually gained the bearing of a great power.

When the news of the "Mastin" striking a mine came, the atmosphere in China changed. I was able to keep my sanity before, but I always felt depressed. Now he is holding the mentality of "watching the excitement is not a big deal", and he has become a melon-eating crowd.

"Ha, how do you say it? Don't pretend to be forced, pretend to be struck by lightning!"

"How can you say that upstairs? If you have strength, you can call pretending to be stupid, and if you don't have strength, you are pretending to be stupid, no, the American Navy is really stupid......"

"Hey, I prayed to God to worship the Buddha last night, hoping that God would send a thunderbolt to hit them, and it really came true, although the process was a little deviated, but the result was the same, Yadi was really 'thundered', it seems that I may have been Zhuge Kongming in my previous life!"

"It's shameless upstairs, but I like it. If you can continue your 'sweet dream,' this God can call you a 'son of the plane.'" ”

……

When the news of the sinking of the "Mastin" in Typhoon "Feiyan" was confirmed, there was even more noise on the Internet and firecrackers.

"Demon beast, my wish in exchange for a day of life has come true, a god!"

"Poor 'Mastin', I can't help but want to sing a song - you're my little apple......"

"On the vast sea, the wind gathers dark clouds. Between the clouds and the sea, the petrel flies like black lightning, proudly flying...... Let the storm come harder. I have to say that Gorky was a man of God, and from now on he said idols. ”

"My future son's name is Feiyan, although I am only 18 years old and still a single dog, but none of you should rob me, and I will go to the 'Feiyan' registered trademark in a while. ”

"We're so scared, will the FBI come to the door? No, I'll have to go home and have some wine to suppress the shock." ”

……

All kinds of strange remarks on the Internet emerge in endlessly, and all kinds of jokers have perfectly interpreted the role of "melon-eating masses".

On the other hand, the "protagonist" of the United States, the news media of the United States has collectively muted, but in the 21st century, as the traditional media is gradually declining, the people of the United States still have the Internet as a voice position.

Of course, there was a lot of scolding on the Internet, and there were even voices that Colonel Charlie was going to hang himself.

Faced with this situation, the American government had no choice but to intervene and resorted to a trick -- a great shift. Soon broke out gossip news such as famous Hollywood actresses cheating and being filmed, famous producers being gay, etc. Although the effect was not satisfactory, it was finally barely coped.

The United States has not had such a big scandal for a long time, compared to the calm government in China and the anxiety of the American government, other countries of Blue Star have so many scruples.

The headlines on the front pages of the major news outlets of the Polar Bear were the news of the sinking of the "Mastin" by a mine.

At the beginning, when the "Kursk" nuclear submarine was sunk on the bottom of the Barents Sea, the American media unceremoniously poured salt on the wounds of the woolly bear, and did everything possible to satirize it, such as calling the polar bear's nuclear submarine a "widow maker" and so on.

Now, let the hairy bear seize the opportunity and finally punch back in the face, the polar bear media began to search for the stomach and stomach to reply to the United States. Although it is not supported by the broad and profound vocabulary of Chinese, and the language lacks depth, it is full of momentum and enjoys it.

Compared with the sarcasm of polar bears, the EU countries belong to the hilarious. Governments routinely issued a diplomatic rhetoric expressing regret and then ...... There is no then.

Their domestic Internet divides the accident into two types: "accident theory" and "conspiracy theory".

The "accident theory" is that this incident is purely coincidental.

The "conspiracy theory" believes that this incident is man-made, and in line with the argument that "the beneficiary is the plotter", they believe that China must have taken action, and then as usual, they published a "China threat theory", asking the government to assist the United States in suppressing China.

"Accident theorists" believe that Huaxia is not capable of evading the advanced radar on American warships and sending mines under the nose of the "Mastin."

The "conspiracy theorists" could not come up with strong evidence, and they only bit it to death, and it was the ghost of the Chinese government.

For a while, the two views were arguing on the Internet.

At this time, a strange view emerged - "theology", which was held by those who believed that the "accident theory" was too illusory, and the "conspiracy theory" lacked evidence, and they believed that God had played a joke on the American Navy. Of course, those who hold this view must first be convinced that God exists. And there are not many such people in European countries, so "theosomy" quickly gained the support of many people.

"Chu and Han Rivalry" evolved into "Romance of the Three Kingdoms......

In addition to most of these countries and regions, there are also a few guys who are mourning, such as "some poisons" and so on

They first declared that the mine-striking and sinking of the "Mastin" was "fake news", although the "Mastin" was evidenced by CNN news footage, and its sinking was also confirmed by the United States officials.

He then said that if it were not for the rise of China, the United States would not have sent naval ships through the Taiwan Strait, and there would not have been such a tragic accident as the sinking of the "Mastin" and the heavy damage of the "Benford." And in the process of this accident, it is obvious that the black hand of the Chinese government is involved. In short, a thousand things are ten thousand, and all the mistakes are the fault of China, the United States is framed, and it is the oppressed and weak.

It's a pity that these words of theirs can only deceive themselves, and of course there are those foolish people who are willing to believe it.