Chapter 146: With an airplane, do you still need a ship?
The gunfire stopped, there was silence on the Tulia-class torpedo boats for a while, and the buildings on the island had been blown up to a pulp, but it was unknown whether the Malaysian special forces were alive or dead, and it stands to reason that they should go ashore and search for it, but ...... What if the Malay special forces are not killed?
The previous two infantry squads were the elite of the Vietnamese Navy infantry!
The Vietnamese Navy has 42,000 troops, of which more than 30,000 are naval infantry. Naval infantry is the name of the former Soviet Union, and Vietnam inherited this formation, most of which are considered garrisons of naval bases and islands, and a small number of elite are equivalent to the marines of various countries.
Even the two squads of the elite naval infantry were easily wiped out by the "Malaysian special forces", and most of the officers and men of these torpedo boats were technical officers and soldiers, and they did not have much combat capability after leaving the torpedo boats, so how could they dare to go ashore to search? Not only did the soldiers not dare, but neither did the captain, [***] people are not afraid of death, but they can't die in vain.
"Ask the headquarters."
The captain sighed, ashamed of his weakness, of course, the request for instructions also requires language skills, but he must not let the above know that he does not dare to go ashore.
A moment later, the order of the command of the Vietnamese Navy was given.
"Captured alive? Damn it! Oh good, there are reinforcements ......"
They don't know what the low-level officers and soldiers are, and now the Vietnamese political axe and military have felt tremendous pressure. For Vietnam, if it is only a country within ASEAN, there is really nothing to be afraid of, but how can things be so simple? This morning, the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand came to the door...... Five-nation joint defense!
The "five-nation joint defense" is not Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Myanmar jointly confronting India, nor is it the joint defense of Vietnam by these five countries, but an international organization and military agreement, referring to the five countries of Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia!
In 1971, Britain withdrew from its colonies of Malaysia and Singapore, but was unwilling to completely disappear from the Southeast Asian scene, so it formed such a military entente, which is currently the second largest military security organization in the Southwest Pacific. The "Five-Nation Joint Defence" command is located at the North Sea Air Base in Malaysia, and because of the weakness of the British, the command is currently held by an Australian Air Force Major General. The "five-nation joint defense" stipulates that when Malaysia or Singapore is attacked, the Entente countries will conduct joint operations.
The imaginary enemy behind such a military treaty is actually China, the last effort of the decrepit Britain to withdraw from East and Southeast Asia, and the cautious expansion of power by Australia, which is gradually rising.
In any case, now that Vietnam has attacked the Singapore military port and then raided the Mazhan Islands and reefs, even if the Vietnamese are very aggrieved and wronged, the five-nation joint defense system must be operational.
As for Vietnam, he was not ready for a full-scale war, and now that the five-nation joint defense has been launched, the Vietnamese are of course more cautious, and Australia and New Zealand are just that, but Britain, even if Britain is old, is one of the five hooligans after all!
Vietnam once claimed to be the third in the world, but after being beaten by China, it has truly understood that it must not fight with the five hooligans! Even if Britain no longer has the ability to fight a war across the ocean, it will be enough for Vietnam to drink a pot as long as it pulls its allies to launch sanctions.
Therefore, Vietnam is still doing its best to find the possibility of a negotiated solution, and the capture alive of the possible Malaysian special forces on the Amber sandbank is also to show the world that Malaysia's behavior towards Vietnam is more than the line, beyond the level of "reciprocal retaliation", in order to gain some initiative in the negotiations.
The captain said: "It is our army's most elite commando team Pano who has come to reinforce it, and they will come by helicopter." ”
The officers and soldiers on the boat immediately cheered, in their minds, on the sandbar must be Malaysian PASKAL, that is a well-known special forces, has participated in anti-terrorism and anti-piracy operations many times, so that Malacca pirates and Somali pirates are terrified, and only PASKAL can easily eliminate their two elite squads. But the Vietnamese soldiers also have their pride, and they are convinced that Pano will definitely be able to fight against Paskal and even defeat!
"China's maritime surveillance ship is on the side, and in order not to expose Pano's military secrets, I order that the maritime surveillance ship be expelled."
The maritime surveillance ship had already completed the task of approaching to observe and swear sovereignty, and under the urging of the torpedo boats, it turned around and left with a tacit understanding. Ao Tang saw it, sighed, and his heart relaxed, and said with a smile: "Lulu, my country will definitely not shoot the first shot, but as long as someone else shoots the first shot, it will be haha...... What do you think would happen if I grabbed the torpedo boat and caught up with it and fired a shot at the maritime surveillance ship? ”
Mi Lu suddenly glared: "Don't learn anything from this devil!" ”
Creating an incident by oneself as a pretext for starting a war was exactly the usual trick of the war of aggression against China in those years.
Ao Tang laughed dryly, he just said that it was impossible to really fire at his own maritime surveillance ship, in case it was exposed, not to mention the views of the high-level of the party-state, even the people at the bottom would treat him as a traitor.
Seeing that the sea surveillance ship was far away, the torpedo boat began to patrol and monitor around the Ambo sandbank, but did not dare to land on the shore, Ao Tang took advantage of the opportunity of the torpedo boat on the other side to hide Milu in a bush and dive over with the octopus.
The officers and men on the torpedo boat were closely monitoring the situation on the sandbar, and how could they expect someone to climb up from the bottom of the boat? Don't say that this torpedo boat does not have anti-submarine sonar, and even if it does, it is impossible to tell whether it is a man or a fish. Besides, the "frogmen" can only attack ships anchored in the harbor, and it is almost impossible to attack ships in transit, so ships in transit will not defend against frogmen.
A moment later, Ao Tang had already taken control of this torpedo boat, the displacement of the Tulia-class torpedo boat was only more than 200 tons, these small ships, whether they were torpedo boats, patrol boats, hovercraft, yachts, were very similar in driving, and Ao Tang had already been used to driving these days.
Just as he was about to drive to the dock to pick up Milu, the roar of a helicopter was suddenly heard in the distance, followed by the communicator on the torpedo boat:
"hq331, please call back received, hq331, please call back when received......"
The helicopter called the number of the torpedo boat, and of course, Ao Tang couldn't understand Vietnamese at all, and when he listened to the chirping sound, he suddenly felt bad. Now even if all signals are turned off and the communication is silent, the other party will be suspicious, and this torpedo boat has no anti-aircraft missiles, Ao Tang is immediately ready to abandon the ship and escape.
The helicopter circled above, and although it couldn't see the inside of the cockpit, there were no people anywhere on the deck, so of course it knew that something was wrong. Pano is the most elite commando in Vietnam, although the leader is only a squad leader, but the power is not small, and he does not consult the headquarters, and makes a decision on the spot, and directly orders to fire.
Suddenly, there was a chirp in the sky, rockets rained down, machine guns fired frantically, and cluster bombs were dropped, and although the torpedo boat was not sunk for a while, several key compartments, including the power compartment, had been blown up.
Under the sea, Ao Tang muttered, he finally got a boat, but now it was gone, the helicopter hung down the rope ladder, and two Pano soldiers jumped on the torpedo boat, and after a little search, they returned to the helicopter and reported: "Captain, there is no one on HQ331, whether it is friend or foe, whether it is dead or alive, there is no one." ”
The team leader felt a chill in his heart, when the helicopter came, HQ331 was obviously done by someone, how could it be ...... He looked at the vast sea, could it be a frogman? Could it be that there are Malays-class Scorpene-class submarines down there? But when did the frogman abandon the boat and go to the sea? And even if it is a Scorpene-class submarine of the Malays, it is not difficult to sink HQ331, but it is incredible to occupy HQ331!
The squad leader shook his head, their helicopter was not an anti-submarine helicopter, he didn't think much about it, and ordered: "Land on the sandbar, pay attention to vigilance, and search for reef forts." ”
Ao Tang had already returned to the sandbar first, and while the helicopter had landed, he had already carried Milu into the sea, and said with a wry smile: "This is miserable, there is no boat again, can we only look forward to the passing fishing boats?" ”
Mi Lu's eyes didn't know why they were shining, and he seemed to be a little excited, and said in a low voice: "Ao Tang, there is a better means of transportation than torpedo boats!" ”
Better ...... I sneered, Ao Tang reacted and shouted, "Helicopter? But I won't open it! ”
"I will!" Mi Lu blinked his eyes and said happily: "That one is the Mi-8, I drove it." ”
"Lulu, your family belongs to the army......"
"What happened to the Army? Can't fly a plane? The army has an army aviation! Hmph, I've driven several models, but not in the military, but in an aero club in Spring City. ”
Mi Lu explained that the control of private jets in China is very strict, but there are always some aviation enthusiasts, especially some rich children, who are tired of drag racing and yachts, so they think of the sky, and the aviation club came into being.
The aircraft of the aviation club, most of which are light aircraft, but also a small number of retired military aircraft, have become the favorite of military aircraft fans after the dismantling of the relevant equipment. Mi Lu is not obsessed with flying, but simply playing, driving the retired Mi-8, Z-5, and Ka-27, all three of which are helicopters.
Ao Tang patted his forehead, thinking that he had a complete understanding of Mi Lu, but it turned out that it was still not enough. In his impression, although Mi Lu was born rich, but usually there is no luxury, and he lives an ordinary, simple, and playful college life. The games are all things that Ao Tang has never been exposed to before.
But this is a good thing, Ao Tang nodded: "Then I will destroy this group of enemy troops, attack the parking place first, and control the helicopter." ”
Pano is indeed the top special forces in Vietnam, but no matter how powerful the special forces are, their imaginary enemies are other armies, human beings, and they have never thought that they will fight against non-humans. When an octopus creeps out of the grass, an octopus falls from the ceiling, and an octopus crawls out from behind the door, no matter how elite the special forces are, they can't change their doomed fate.
(To be continued)