Chapter 18: The sinking of the Delbila

Yuxing immediately became interested, he jumped off the couch, a wicked smile on his face, and he waved his right hand at John.

John immediately asked Explorer 1 to send a three-dimensional image of the area, and the submarine traveled as fast as possible towards the target area. Yuxing excitedly walked around the lounge.

"Modi, I'm going to you now, look at the third and fifth generations who don't cry to death, haha. The smile on Yuxing's face became even more hideous.

The three-dimensional image shows that in Yuxing's lounge, a huge warship on the sea is on the left, and an official ship with a displacement of more than 300 tons is on the right, chasing the five small fishing boats in front unhurriedly. It's a bit of a cat playing with a mouse. Seeing this situation, Yuxing "rubbed" the fire to the canopy of the submarine, and the "rattling" of his teeth sounded. "Sink it, bastard, I'm going to sink it. Yuxing clenched his fists in the lounge, scurrying around like a headless fly. John was stunned, standing still with his chest puffed up, not daring to move.

"Where has John's submarine arrived now, and what is the speed of our submarine?"

"The boss is 135 nautical miles from the water, and the submarine is now at the top speed. ”

"John I now authorize you to sink the Del Bilal as soon as the submarine comes within attack range, without waiting for my orders. ”

"Boss, the Del Bilal has already entered the attack range of the submarine, is it attacking now?" John looked at the boss who knew nine out of ten tricks about the submarine, and was speechless. But he still straightened up and waited for Yuxing's order.

Yu Xing was slightly embarrassed, he had just looked at the data of this submarine once, and he had almost forgotten it, where he still remembered the maximum attack distance of the submarine. He is not the captain of a submarine and does not want to be the captain of this submarine. He simply didn't think about it. Just give orders, and leave the rest to the professionals.

"Hit, hit now, sink it. Yuxing was a little angry, turning his embarrassment into anger.

"Yes, boss. John turned and walked into the captain's command room next door and began to issue combat orders. "The particle cannon is ready, firing 10% of the energy, targeting the patrol ship Del Bilal. Countdown to launch, 10, 9、--- 3, 2, 1 launches. ”

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Liu Zhiyuan is the captain of the fishing vessel "Yueyu Z013" of the South China Sea Fishery Company in eastern Guangdong. Five days earlier, he had been appointed by the company to head the small fishing fleet, leading four other fishing vessels to the South China Sea. After two days of fishing in several traditional fish farms, they will not make much profit, and may even lose money. After consulting with four other captains, he decided to continue southeast, operate in the fishing grounds near Hoang Rock Island for a day or two, and return to port before the supplies ran out. At noon on the 21st, five boats arrived at the fishing ground and began operations.

The sea area of Huangyan Island is rich in resources. Like the Nansha Islands, the waters of Huangyan Island are not only important sea passages and have an important strategic position, but also are very rich in aquatic resources. It is rich in tuna, redfish, octopus, plum ginseng and various shellfish products with high economic value, especially corals, which have a wide variety and high economic value.

Liu Zhiyuan has been fishing for nearly a day, and the harvest is already abundant, and the fish warehouse is covered with a thick layer of whole marlin and red fish, and they are ready to fish for another half day before returning home. But at this moment, an official ship from the South Philippines drove towards them. Liu Zhiyuan immediately asked the boats to collect their nets and evacuate, but the speed of the fishing boat at 15 knots could not get rid of the entanglement of the official ships of the South Philippine country, and the ships of the South Philippine country chased closer and closer, and the high-decibel loudspeaker on the ship also sounded.

"Listen, the Chinese fishermen on the boat, you have entered the waters of the South Philippines to carry out illegal fishing, and now you are ordered to stop the boat for inspection and punishment, please stop the boat immediately. There was a plausible, bumpy Cantonese shout from the official ship of the South Philippine country. Liu Zhiyuan immediately fought back.

"Attention to the South Filipino people on the opposite boat, this is Huaguo waters, please leave immediately, Huangyan Island has been the territory of Huaguo since ancient times, you have violated international law and violated China's territorial waters, you are committing a crime, now please leave Huaguo waters immediately. Liu Zhiyuan's cultural level is not high, but in the company's training, there are plans and format language to deal with this scene, Liu Zhiyuan shouted out all the words that can be remembered, the loudspeaker on the fishing boat is not very powerful, but it is enough for the crew on the ship in South Philippine to hear. Apparently this is not the case with the South Filipinos, who continue to shout for fishing boats to stop and inspect them.

Although Liu Zhiyuan encountered this situation for the first time, he had heard many stories from fellow villagers and friends who had encountered such incidents, and that the civil servants of the South Philippine Coast Guard, the Maritime Police, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources had a rude attitude and abusive lynching. Moreover, this is China's territorial waters, and he will not obey the orders of the so-called law enforcement officers of other countries, nor will he accept their so-called inspections and punishments. They will not stop the ship at the risk of being abused. He asked the crew to urgently call for help in the country, informing the country of their location and the current situation. Fishery officials in China are not armed with weapons, while civil servants in South Philippines are not equipped with light and heavy weapons. Although it is an old M16 automatic rifle, an M14 semi-automatic rifle, and a Browning Point 30 machine gun, it is not something that Chinese fishermen can deal with their bare hands.

Just as the Chinese fishing boat was heading northwest at full speed, a South Philippine warship quickly approached from the left rear of the fleet, and it quickly caught up with the South Philippine official ship at a speed of nearly 30 knots. They must have communicated for a few minutes, and then each followed behind the fishing fleet at a speed of about 15 knots, always keeping a distance of about 200 meters and following the fleet unhurriedly.

"The Huaguo fishing boat in front, you must immediately stop the boat for law enforcement inspection, otherwise you will bear the consequences, immediately stop the boat for inspection, otherwise you will bear the consequences. Then came the sound of "da, da, da" machine-gun fire, and a series of bullets splashed into the water from both sides of the fishing fleet.

Liu Zhiyuan's eyes turned blood-red when he heard the gunshots, he really didn't expect that the so-called law enforcement officers in South Philippine would be so crazy. Daring to use force in disputed waters and shooting at unarmed fishermen of other countries is not something that a small country in the South Philippines can afford to bear, and even a local war between the two countries will even lead to a serious war. Who gave them this courage, although Liu Zhiyuan is a fisherman with little education and does not understand international politics, he still knows very well that this is the United States behind their backs. Without the secret support of the United States, the South Philippine Country is just an ant at the foot of the elephant of Huaguo, and a slight foot will break him to pieces.

Liu Zhiyuan did not dare to slack off and truthfully report the fact that the South Filipino country had shot at their fleet to the domestic fishery administration department and the South China Sea Fishery Company, and asked for support. The general manager of the South China Sea Fishery Company asked Liu Zhiyuan to take the safety of the fleet personnel as the first priority and find a way to escape from the pursuit of the Philippine warship. Fishing companies will seek help from the relevant departments to provide them with support. The fishing company then requested help and support from the China Maritime Surveillance Corps. After receiving a request for help from the Maritime Surveillance Corps, the South China Sea Fleet immediately ordered the Luda-class 051 destroyer, which was training only more than 100 nautical miles away from the incident area, to dispatch a Z-9C helicopter gunship to the area where the incident occurred to support the fishing fleet.

The chase and counter-chase have been going on for nearly two hours, and at 10:07 a.m., the engine of Liu Zhiyuan's fishing boat has been running at full power for two hours, and the other four fishing boats have the same problem. In the past two hours, Philippine warships and official vessels have fired more than a dozen times at the fishing fleet, and some of them have hit the hull. Not only did Captain Liu Zhiyuan not understand what the purpose of the Philippine warships and official ships was to follow and shoot at them? Not only did Captain Liu Zhiyuan not understand that even the soldiers and staff members of the Philippine warships and official ships could not understand that the order from the peak was only to expel the fishing fleet from the demarcation line between the two countries unilaterally determined by the Philippine state, and it was not to detain the crew members and detain the vessels. The personnel on the official ship were disappointed, because they were rewarded with a portion of the money they had received from the so-called fines they had received each time they seized the crew and detained the vessel, but this time it was destined to be in vain. They teased the Chinese fishing fleet with a cat-and-mouse mentality, and shot for fun to scare the Chinese fishermen. It's not that they're bold, it's that the Philippine government has given them the power to shoot and warn if they resist in the seizure of illegal fishing vessels. They have done this kind of provocation many times, and although China has protested every time, there has been no actual action, which has further fueled their arrogance.

Standing in front of the back window of the wheelhouse, Liu Zhiyuan silently looked at the two Philippine ships 200 meters away from the fleet, and could not help but regret going to the waters of Huangyan Dao for this kind of fishing operation without safety guarantees, and he was not prepared to have a next time. Two lines of tears welled up in his eyes, and if he had been detained this time, he might not have seen his wife and son for several years. The moment his tears rolled down his cheeks, he saw the patrol ship of the South Philippines pop out of the water, a ball of fire engulfed the warship in an instant, a mushroom cloud rose above the firelight, and then a deafening explosion was heard. He subconsciously covered his ears with his hands, and then looked at the place where the explosion occurred, except for the mushroom cloud that rose, there was nothing on the sea, not only was there no advanced warship in the Philippines, but there was even no floating object left on the sea. The only thought that was circling in his mind was that the Philippine warship had been sunk.

The sea after the explosion seemed quiet to the ears of Liu Zhiyuan and others, except for the sound of the waves hitting the side of the ship, the shouting of the crew stopped, the gunfire stopped, and the engines of the five fishing boats stopped turning for some reason, as if they were frightened and frightened by the loud sound. Five fishing boats rise and fall in waves two or three meters high. They stared blankly at this strange scene, their eyes full of disbelief and incomprehension, and while they were trying their best to confirm the truth of this incident, they suddenly heard the roar of a helicopter in their ears, the sound changed from weak to strong, and the figure of the helicopter changed from small to large, and they immediately understood what was going on, it was the plane of our naval aviation, it was it that saved us, our motherland, our army, and it saved us.