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Immediately the merchant ship broke away from the trestle, and the huge propeller began to spin at an accelerated pace, rolling up the waves, stirring up the turbulence underwater, and propelling the behemoth forward to accelerate.

The channel at the port was too busy to travel at high speeds, and after about half an hour, it was on track, and the speed was slowly lifted, and as for the speed of the merchant ships, it was indeed a bit slow, only 17 knots of cruising speed.

Starting from the mouth of the Yangtze River, all the way south must first pass through the shallow strait before entering the Nanhai Sea. At the naval base in Nanhai, some slower ships had already been set off in advance, and these escort forces could not pass through Malacca, it could only bypass Malacca.

The surface escort force is not in a hurry, and they will have to wait a little longer, and they will not set sail until Yang Hui and they sail to Nanhai.

"Salute"

All the personnel on the deck subconsciously raised their right hands to say goodbye to the officers and men who saw them off on the shore, and the whistle sounded, and these military ships were also preparing to go to sea and rush to the waters of the Indian Ocean, which were still unfamiliar to the Navy of the Republic, to fight with the sky, the earth, and people.

Originally, the speed of the navy's warships was very fast, but there were supply ships, tugboats, and other turtle ships in the accompanying team, which naturally slowed down the speed like civilian merchant ships, but fortunately, this escort mission did not need high speed.

According to the plan, Yang Hui's merchant ship would sail in front, and this time the escort formation would follow 10 nautical miles behind, and the two sides would not meet by chance until they entered the Strait of Malacca.

So, one after the other, we arrived at the Strait of Malacca, which is the busiest strait in the world. Not one of them. There is also a queue before crossing the strait, and of course most ships will also make a resupply. Then it's into the Indian Ocean.

After Yang Hui's merchant ship stopped, it was only half an hour later. The naval formation behind arrived at the end of the day, and the navy had to pass through the Strait of Malacca, which was different from the merchant ships, and needed to take care of other matters.

All the merchant ships of the Republic of China saw the formation of the Navy of the Republic of China, and they all honked their horns and saluted, and after the replenishment, Li Jiapo officially adjusted the flow of ships, and now it was time for ships from the Nanhai Sea to the Indian Ocean to pass through.

Set sail again, the Republic Navy formation goes ahead, and naturally it will be followed by some merchant ships. It's just a convention, so Yang Hui's fireworks ship also followed, and of course, several other arms ships also followed.

The long voyage has just begun, out of Malacca, into the Indian Ocean, will sail for ten days and half a month without seeing land, at this time even the sight of a small island reef will make all the crew excited for a long time. Fortunately, this time it was a formation sailing, and it was not too lonely.

Zhang Zhong, commander of the Nanhai Fleet, who was sitting on the flagship 163 ship, saw the green dots on the radar as if he was facing a great enemy. According to the analysis of navigation data displayed by the radar, the three ships on it are obviously not civilian merchant ships, but naval warships.

Keep your hands behind your back. Frowning, he thought deeply about what to do next: "It's not good, this speed is obviously a few warships heading towards us at high speed." I just don't know if it's an Indian or American warship, but it's not easy to deal with either one. ”

The commissar would have left this alone. Now it's different, and when it comes to such a major event, the political commissar still can't get out of the relationship.

"Lao Zhang. Do you want to catch up now, or should we change course, or disband the merchant fleet behind us? ”

Of the three methods, the second plan was the first to be crossed out, which was obviously aimed at itself, and there was no point in changing the course at all, after weighing the pros and cons.

Commander Zhang still made a decision: "Don't think so much, the original course remains the same, and the merchant ship formation does not need to be disbanded." Another order, send a message over, and ask what the opposite formation is doing. ”

The commander spoke and made a decision, and it was naturally Ma Shan who took action.

"Understood, executed immediately."

The communications corps began to contact the high-speed warships 16 nautical miles away, and as the international clear-code radio waves reached the warships 16 nautical miles away, the international telegram was handed over to Isaac. In the hands of the commander of the detachment on the destroyer USS Kidd.

"It's good, they finally can't help it, as for what we're going to do, who knows."

Thomas is the commander of the U.S. detachment on Diego Garcia Island, and he doesn't know the exact reason for this operation, only that it was a direct message from the president's office in the United States.

Not to mention the rest, this alone also made the commander immediately order his captains to set off, so there was a scene where the captains of these four warships were pulled out of the bar and reluctantly boarded their own ships.

Sitting on his throne, after taking a sip of coffee, he felt that his mind was already active, and then he said slowly: "Reply: Just say that we are passing by, yes, just passing by." Just wanted to catch up with our peers and say hello by the way. ”

Hearing the commander's answer, the soldiers in the bridge laughed, and the navigator said with a smile.

"Commander, are we going to say hello to their old antiques? It's been a really enjoyable job and I'm looking forward to it. ”

The pugnacious navigator was already excited at the thought of the newly built antiques on the other side, and he wanted to give this newcomer to the Indian Ocean a fond memory, so that such a greeting could be remembered.

The Iranian warship that was seized is an out-and-out big guy, with a full tonnage of 9,000 tons, the largest of the US Navy's active destroyers. After its detention, the U.S. Navy refit has further improved its combat capabilities and is now one of the best destroyers stationed at Diego Garcia's base.

Commander Zhang on the other side was surprised when he saw the news from the other side, the Americans came to meet us on purpose? It seems that it is not Diego Garcia who we are announcing to visit this time, what kind of gourd medicine are they selling?

When the political commissar and other staff officers read the news, they could not understand what the Americans meant, and it was difficult to talk nonsense, so they could only quietly see what measures the commander could come up with.

After a long time, it seemed to have made up my mind: "Go on, explain to them the purpose of our voyage, and say that we are visiting Pakistan." ”

After a pause, he added: "By the way, take me to say hello to the Americans opposite, as for how to ask, this is whatever you want." At the same time, the news will be notified to the 'Mir' in the back, so that they can prepare in advance. ”

The commander's words, let the Guantong chief below act, and the telegraph began to transmit in a short distance again, but now the two formations are closer, and maybe the two formations will meet in a few minutes. It's an exciting time.

Yang Hui, who was on the other boat, saw the news coming, with an expression that I had expected, the American 'escort detachment' is also here, this is the script of the previous life, just wait and see.

"Our escort formation is going to grow again this time, now look at the one who is not eye-opening to join in the fun, Kidd-class, Spruance-class, Perry-class, these are the main warships of the US military now."

When Yang Hui sighed, the two formations finally met, and they could already see each other's formations through optical observation equipment, and at this time, Commander Liu was carefully looking at the flagship on the opposite side.

"Tsk, the flagships on the other side have run at least thirty knots, and the American warships are running fast, but against us, his speed is not that fast."

Turning his eyes away, Commander Liu smiled silently in his heart, comparing the speed with us, and then there was a characteristic password order.

"Order, 163 ships on the right rudder 30,36 knots, go at full speed."

With the order issued, the departments on the entire warship began to get busy, 36 knots, this is the 051 ship's proudest strength, 051 This destroyer is a thorough implementation of the republic's fast submarine program, this warship in the design of the index is to go to the speed of 28 knots, it is no exaggeration to say that this 051 class is a super-large missile boat.

Now it's time for it to shine, and modern naval warfare has become a game on the computer, not a steel fight by a group of men during World War I and World War II.

But now the most exciting close-range impact is once again staged in the Indian Ocean, and the satellites of the United States and the Soviet Union in the sky have faithfully recorded this scene on the sea. (To be continued......)