Chapter 234: The 64th Escort
On the blue sea, a huge steel ship, the bow of which had been plunged into the sea, the stern was raised high, and the standard containers on the deck were almost the same, and from time to time one or two tumbled and fell into the sea, making a huge splash. There were several lifeboats floating around the iron ship, carrying more than thirty crew members. A few seagulls flew up and down around the cocked stern, playing games with the 30,000-ton cargo ship that was spending time in Zuihou.
In this situation, the sparkling sea is full of miserable beauty.
Seeing this scene, Chen Yuxing had a talking smile on his face, and the first step he had taken to make the Wa Kingdom Shen Lun concentrating on Jihua had already been taken out by Jin San impatiently. And the notoriety of provoking the Shijie War will be borne by the arrogant and conceited Jin San, and the impoverished Northern Dynasty government will also be shocked by this war, which will impress the Shijie powers.
The Wakuni Maritime Self-Defense Force was re-established in 1954 and consists of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's General Staff, the Self-Defense Fleet (Combined Fleet), the Local Fleet, the Practice Fleet, the Educational Aviation Corps, and other units directly under the Maritime Self-Defense Force (Communications, Logistics, and Academies). At present, it has 45,842 employees and more than 3,700 civilian personnel. There are 152 main combat vessels, including 16 submarines, 41 destroyers, 12 frigates, 3 missile hydrofoils, 28 amphibious warships, and 28 mine warfare ships.
Although the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ranks fifth in Shijie in terms of size, it is among the top in Shijie in terms of anti-submarine warfare, maritime minesweeping, and replenishment capabilities at sea. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has more than 200 aircraft of various types, including 99 P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft, 7 US-1A large maritime rescue aircraft, 97 anti-submarine helicopters and 10 large maritime mine-sweeping helicopters. The convoy has four convoy groups, each of which consists of eight destroyers and carries eight anti-submarine helicopters, called the 88th Fleet, which has now been expanded to 100 fleets.
The Sasebo Sea Air Base is located in the northwest of the island of Kyushu in the Japanese country, and is the closest naval base to the Chinese country. It has always received great attention from China and is a key defense target of China. In the various conflicts on the Diaoyu Islands, there is no shadow of the navy and air force stationed at the Sasebo sea and air base. Two convoy groups and local units are stationed at the Sasebo Sea Air Base. The two convoy groups are the 2nd Convoy Group and the 4th Convoy Group 64.
The flagship of the 2nd Escort Group is the Shirane-class helicopter destroyer Kurama, which also has the 2nd Escort Group, which includes the Asagiri-class destroyers "Yamamo" and "Zeki"; the 6th Escort Group, which includes the Murayu-class destroyers "Yutachi," "Kiriyu," and "Ariake," and the 62nd Escort Group, which includes the Taitokaze-class destroyers "Zekaze" and the Kongo-class destroyer "Kongo."
The flagship of the 4th Escort Group is the Haruna-class helicopter destroyer Hiei, while the 64th Escort Group stationed in Sasebo includes the Taitokaze-class destroyer Asakaze and the Kongo-class destroyer Chokai.
The Sasebo base is also the home port of the 11th Amphibious Squadron and 6 ships of the United States Navy, and is the second largest naval base in the United States. It is also the only base of the Mi Army that can deploy amphibious warship units all year round, the sortie base of attack amphibious warships, and the main logistics support base for the forward deployment of troops of the Mi Army.
The captain of the 64th Escort Squadron of the Japanese Corporation, the destroyer Aso Hideyoshi Ichizo (Colonel), was lying on the wide bed in the captain's room to meet Zhou Gong's daughter, and his upright lower body moistened the wide shorts, and the lewd smile in the dream had many similarities with the male protagonist in the A-film pictorial of the Japanese country, which shows that the lewd nature of the Japanese people has penetrated into their bones.
The phone rang suddenly, and Aso Hideyoshi Ichizo sucked the saliva that flowed out of the corner of his mouth, and sat up with a twist. His brain cells were still in a state of temporary inhibition, and the impression was still in the stage of tossing and falling with the beautiful waitress, and he subconsciously touched the side of the bed, which looked like Yui Hatano. The waitress named Yuko Ezaki has disappeared like a yellow crane.
After a few seconds of stunnedness, he reacted and hurriedly grabbed the white telephone on his desk with a red warning light flashing.
"I'm Hideyoshi Aso. ”
"I'm Commander Ishihara Yamajiro General (Major General). ”
An old voice came from the phone, and Aso Hideyoshi immediately straightened up. "Hi", the small tent set up by the lower body, with the movement of his body. Stubbornly jumped twice.
"Ten minutes ago, at 23 degrees and 230 nautical miles southwest of the Men's and Women's Islands, a merchant ship of our country was sunk by missiles of the North Korean naval fleet, 32 crew members fell overboard, and 4 people are missing. Additional orders await instructions from the base camp. Set sail now. ”
Aso Hideyoshi said "hi, hi" a few more times, and when Commander Ishihara put down the phone, he shouted while putting on his pants:
"Herald, damn it, hurry in. ”
Kazucao Akiyama (Sergeant), who was on duty outside the captain's lounge, immediately pushed the door open and walked in.
"Captain, what are your instructions?"
"Ordered the detachment to set sail at once, targeting 23 degrees southwest of the Men and Women Islands. ”
Akiyama Kazucao said "hi", turned around and went to the communication room to convey the order, and Aso Hideyoshi also took three and two, put on his military uniform, and hurried to the communication room.
The "Bird Sea" has already set sail and is adjusting its hull near the dock, and the two frigates of the detachment, with the help of their flexible hulls, have already sailed towards the mouth of the military port, and the three warships of the fleet will assemble outside the harbor and then move in a unified formation.
Aso Hideyoshi immediately ordered the captains, deputy captains, and chiefs of operational staff of the two frigates to attend video combat meetings in the command rooms of each ship.
The meeting was brief, and Aso Hideyoshi conveyed Commander Ishihara's order and issued the battle jihua that had just been teleported from the base camp to the two frigates. After the fleet arrived at the scene of the incident, its first task was to rescue the overboard merchant crew, and after the mission, it would pursue the small fleet of the North Korean and annihilate it with Israel.
Meeting zuihou, Aso Hideyoshimichi:
"Gentlemen, the war of the Japanese dynasty has begun, and the responsibility of our navy is to completely destroy the navy of the northern dynasty and block them on land. Our detachment is the vanguard in accomplishing this task, and we must fight this first naval battle well, and we will show our prestige, so that the North Korean Navy will feel chills when it hears our name. ”
"Hi. ”
After half an hour of sailing at full speed, the destroyer detachment of the "Chokai" sea has sailed out of the territorial waters of the Japanese State and entered the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone, and the destroyer's data link system has been connected to the naval staff and military reconnaissance satellites, and while reporting the situation and answering mission orders at any time, it has also accurately determined the location of the small fleet of the North Koreans. The radar systems of the three ships began to be turned on at full power, conducting an all-round search of the sea surface. SH-60J anti-submarine helicopters also took turns to detect the Shark-class submarines of the Northern Dynasties, which have always been known for their elusiveness.
At 16:20 p.m., the Ministry of Defense and Defense held a press conference to inform reporters from various countries attending the meeting of the attack that had occurred in the East China Sea 10 minutes earlier, and the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense strongly condemned the North Korean Navy's acts of war against civilians and said that the perpetrators would be severely punished.
The spokesman said that the Maritime Self-Defense Force of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force has dispatched a detachment of destroyers "Chokai" to pursue the North Korean Navy convoy that caused the incident, and if the fleet encounters resistance from the North Korean Navy that caused the incident, it will destroy it.
At a press conference held by the Ministry of Defense, the spokesman of the Japanese Republic of Korea did not talk about the fact that the two countries were already in a state of war because of the Japanese attack on the North Korean nuclear test base, but severely condemned the North Korean government's actions against humanity and the terrorist incident at sea, and shifted the responsibility for provoking the war between the two countries to the North Korean government, which caused the attack on the sea, in order to win the sympathy of the Shijie people.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said that the United Nations Security Council will strongly condemn the terrorist attacks and provoking war between the two countries by the North Korean government, and called on the people of all countries to join hands in responding to the North Korean government's frenzied war acts and supporting the Japanese government's self-defense and counterattack actions.
Half an hour after the press conference of the Japanese government, the government of the United States unusually sent a press release to the major news media in Shijie at night in the eastern part of the country.
The article said that the United States government severely condemned the North Korean government's act of waging war, and expressed sympathy and condolences to the crew of the Japanese merchant ship that suffered a terrorist attack.
The article reiterates that the Japanese state is the most important ally of the United States in Asia, and that the United States government will shoulder the responsibility of defending the Japanese country in accordance with the requirements of the "Treaty of the United States and the Japanese Alliance" and the "Guidelines for Defense Cooperation between the United States and Japan." The United States government calls on the North Korean government to stop its extremely dangerous military operations, return to the negotiating table, start a political dialogue on the differences between the two sides, and resolve the dispute between the two countries through peaceful means.
The article strongly pointed out that the Seventh Fleet stationed in the United States will leave for the East China Sea from now on to maintain peace and stability in the East China Sea.
On the evening of 17 July, the Chinese Government also held a press conference to express great concern over the attack on a Japanese merchant ship in the East China Sea. The Chinese Government calls on the governments of Japan and the DPRK to cease hostilities and resolve the contradictions and differences between the two sides through political channels. At the same time, other countries and governments were warned not to get involved in the military conflict between the two countries, lest the situation develop in a worse direction.
He also said that the Chinese government will closely follow the development of the incident, and make an independent judgment on the nature of the incident according to the causes and consequences of the incident, and that the Chinese government will take action in accordance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council to ensure the effective implementation of the Security Council resolutions. (To be continued......)