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The USS David is a Perry-class naval vessel belonging to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, which is used by the U.S. Navy to patrol and escort ships in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

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As a missile frigate, it may seem so 'weak' in the strong naval strength of the United States, but in the eyes of other countries, it is very powerful. Because this is not just a corvette, but a huge navy including the aircraft carrier battle group behind it.

This time, the USS David missile frigate will carry out its nth escort mission since its inclusion in the Fifth Fleet, with two 50,000-ton oil tankers and one cargo ship loaded with chemicals departing from the Iraqi port of Basra, targeting New York, USA.

The mission of the missile frigate 'David' is to escort this convoy safely through the 'jurisdiction' of the Fifth Fleet to the Mediterranean.

Because of the tense situation in the Middle East during this time, the command of the Fifth Fleet has long issued an order to increase vigilance for every ship on duty, and of course, in the event of an attack, this order does not need to be given, because it is a custom, a rule.

The captain of the frigate, Colonel Burke, had ordered the sailors to be on guard since the convoy had left the port of Basra, and to report anything suspicious to the police.

On the calm sea, the fleet slowly sailed past the small island of North Domey, and Colonel Burke finally breathed a sigh of relief. The first section of the danger zone was finally passed safely. This area is the closest to Iraq and is a key area for Iraqi guerrillas and Islamic religious groups to attack United States maritime convoys. In the face of small fishing boats with bazookas or mortars, a frigate really has no good way to drive them away.

"Report to the captain, there is movement on the sea to the northeast." Just when Burke was secretly happy, the sailors on the watchtower suddenly waved their small flags and shouted. In a narrow sea like the Persian Gulf, where the opponents are those small fishing boats, radar really doesn't really play a role, but the watchtower of the sailing age is very useful.

Burke's heart tightened when he heard this, and he hurriedly raised his vision to look in the direction of the lookout's report.

On the sea in the northeast direction, two small black dots were moving, and the look on Burke's face froze, he previously thought that he might have encountered the Iraqi sea guerrillas, but now he saw the speed of the two black dots, and immediately denied it.

Most of the Iraqi maritime guerrillas used old fishing boats, a few speedboats, but they did not exceed 40 knots. The black dots that could move at high speed towards the convoy on the surface of the sea, and according to his eye, the speed was at least 50 knots or more.

"Sound the alarm and send a message to the other person not to approach." Colonel Burke had a suspicion in his heart, and he no longer hesitated, and turned back to his men and yelled. If it was really as he imagined, it was really difficult to guess the other party's intentions, but he couldn't take risks.

......A terrible siren sounded on the frigate, and several surrounding oil tankers and cargo ships received orders from the "David" to increase vigilance. The entire fleet immediately slowed down. The frigate 'David' went to the left of the flotilla, blocking the black dot and the middle of the flotilla.

Commander Tower, a frigate officers and men came and went in a hurry, although the flag of do not approach has been constantly fired, but in the radar, two black dots are still rushing at high speed, the 76mm gun in the bow of the ship has turned its muzzle, and the only phalanx process defense system is also under the control of the computer, shaking and pointing to the northeast.

"Oh...... Oh my God, what's that? It's a missile......" As the radar soldier exclaimed, the tense atmosphere in the entire command tower first froze, and then like a bomb exploded, all of them exploded.

Colonel Burke's face turned pale, he didn't expect the other party to launch missiles directly at the fleet.

"Quick...... What are you doing in a daze, activate the interception system......" Burke looked at his subordinates who were all pale faces, and pushed away the deputy captain beside him, and the mournful voice echoed in the command tower.

Not every U.S. Navy soldier has participated in actual combat. Especially in the event of such a sudden attack. In the past decade or so, the US Navy has been attacked by anti-ship missiles from other countries only a handful.

After the initial panic, the quality of the officers and men of the US Navy began to be revealed, and the 200 officers and men of the entire fleet were like a whole. The radar had already transmitted the flight data of the anti-ship missiles to the interception center on the frigate, and soon the four standard missiles were launched from the launchers, dragging tail flames towards the two flying anti-ship missiles.

"Height 20...... Distance: 5000 ...... Speed: 910......"

"Height 20...... Distance: 4500 ...... Speed: 920......"

"Height 15...... Distance: 3000 ...... Speed: 950......"

As the radarman reported the number, the atmosphere in the command tower became more and more tense. Everybody is on the radar, and there are two white dots and four green dots on it. The white dot is the anti-ship missile launched by the enemy, and the green dot is the standard anti-aircraft anti-missile missile launched by the frigate.

Captain Burke had already reported the attack on the USS David to the Fifth Fleet Command, which was just over 100 nautical miles from Manama, Bahrain, and although it was too late to expect the immediate crisis of the fleet to be rescued at this time, he had to make sure that the news of the attack on the United States was relayed. Because he had learned that it was two Iranian Navy missile boats that fired missiles at the fleet.

"Height 12.5...... Distance 2000...... Speed: 980......"

“3…… 2…… 1…… Yay, hit. "I saw that six small dots on the radar screen told the flight that in approaching, two green dots and white dots passed by, while the other two green dots hit the white dots at high speed, destroying the two anti-ship missiles and successfully intercepting them.

However, before the crowd could cheer, two white dots appeared on the radar screen again. Everyone's eyes widened, staring at the fast-moving white dots, and even the terrible sirens in their ears were unheard.

Four more standard missiles flew into the sky with tail flames, then arced and flew northeast.

After the four interceptor missiles were launched, two Iranian missile boats among the radar targets also came into the range of the frigate's guns, and the 76mm naval guns fell around the two missile boats with one shot, stirring up white spray. And the two Iranian missile boats continued to rush towards the flotilla like heroes who bravely charged under enemy fire, regardless of the possibility of being destroyed at any time.

Manama, the naval base of the Fifth Fleet, a bleak siren suddenly sounded. The entire base is rendered extremely tensely.

Some sailors and naval officers who were resting heard the siren, and the first reaction in their minds was that there was a problem with the siren.

You must know that since the construction of this base, the alarm has only been sounded a few times, and it is still used for training. This time, however, it was different, for at the same time as the sirens sounded, the announcements erected throughout the base began to announce the urgent, serious voices of the announcers.

"Emergency Gathering...... Please note...... This is not a drill...... This is not a drill ......"

As the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Reis was already stunned by what he heard.

Iranian missile boats raided the U.S. convoy, and the escorting frigate USS David was damaged.

God, didn't Iran declare war? Major General Reis only felt a buzzing in his head. I still can't believe that this news is true. Could it be that today is April Fool's Day? But he clearly remembered that April Fool's Day had just passed.

As Major General Reis reacted, one order after another was passed on. The two frigates that stayed at the base began to ignite, and they would rush to the accident site as fast as possible to rescue the 'David', and the fastest speed was naturally a few helicopters in the base.

While ordering the warship to go to the site of the attack on the frigate David, Rear Admiral Reis ordered the base to raise alert. The news of the attack on the USS David was transmitted to the Atlantic Fleet Command, and with one urgent relay after another, the attack on the USS David by an Iranian missile boat was quickly transmitted to Washington. The entire American political axe was taken by surprise.

Although there are still many people in Washington who are skeptical about the incident, satellite images and photos taken by several fighter jets that have taken off urgently in the Middle East prove that the frigate David was attacked. According to a report by a fighter pilot of a US air base stationed in the Middle East, some floating objects suspected to be the debris of a missile boat were found in the sea area where the accident occurred. This is consistent with the report from the frigate David that two Iranian missile boats were activated and suicidal rammed after the missiles were launched, and the flotilla was finally destroyed by the frigates.

The 'attack on the David' soon spread around the world through various channels. The first reaction of the top leaders of various countries when they received the news was similar, that is, they did not believe it. However, with the aggregation of various news, it has been proved that this matter is true. Iranian missile boats literally launched an attack on the US transport convoy without any reason, damaging the USS David missile frigate of the US Fifth Fleet.

At the center of the attack, Iran's political axe was not too late to receive the news, but to the silence of Iran's military and intelligence services, President Ahmadinejad was also in talks with U.S. Secretary of State Ms. Russ just before they reported the news to the president.

The representatives of the four countries, who were discussing the 'Economic Cooperation Organization' in their villas, did not yet know that the outside world had turned the world upside down.

"Boss, something happened." Luo Xiang hurriedly barged in, and the first thing he said when he saw Li Mo was like this.

Although the seven people in the living room were a little unhappy with Luo Xiang's sudden intrusion, they were attracted when they heard Luo Xiang's words, and they all ignored the dissatisfaction caused by Luo Xiang's rushing in.

"Don't worry, Ah Xiang, what's going on?" Although Li Mo wondered why Luo Xiang rushed in at such a time, he knew that the surname of his subordinates, if it wasn't for an earth-shattering event, it would be impossible for him to come here, because Li Mo had specially ordered him before, don't look for him if you have nothing to do.

"Boss, I just received news that twenty minutes ago, Iranian missile boats fired four missiles at the US transport fleet, damaging the US missile frigate 'David'......" Wang Ning's intelligence department's power in the Middle East is second only to Somalia, especially during this period when Li Mo came to Tehran, Wang Ning paid more attention to all movements in the Middle East. Soon got the news and immediately informed Luo Xiang.

(To be continued)