Chapter 840: The rescue operation begins
Inside the military factory, the command center.
Xu Ziling walked in, didn't greet Gu Hongyuan and the others, and asked directly, "Found someone?" ”
Gu Hongyuan hurriedly got up, pointed to the satellite map displayed on the big screen, and replied, "I found it, a small island east of the central part and thirty nautical miles from Wanji City." ”
"How's the staff?"
"There is no danger for the time being, and the other party has no radical actions."
"That's good."
Xu Ziling was relieved when he got this answer.
Ruthless, that is for the enemy, treating his own people, he is most concerned about the safety of his life, the rebels in the Philippines are also quite famous, although many times, they just ask for ransom, but it does not mean that they will not kill.
This time their operation had a greater significance, but the safe return of the hostages was the first thing to do.
"Tell me about the situation." Sitting down and determining the specific location, he said to Gu Hongyuan.
"It happened last night, the target went out at night alone, according to the tour group said that she was going to have supper, because the hotel was booked in a single room, and whether it came back in the end, they didn't know, until this morning to travel for personnel gathering, only to find that the person was missing."
"After the tour guide's phone contact, the person who answered the phone said that it was in their hands, but did not say other requirements, and then the tour guide chose to call the police, and at the same time contacted the country, and during this time, the Philippine government investigated and reported that the matter was done by the rebels, and then the media began to report, and then we knew."
"It's a relatively short period of time, and we're mainly investigating the whereabouts of the people, so we haven't gotten much other information, and it's not certain whether this matter has anything to do with the Philippine government and our No. 3 plan."
Gu Hongyuan quickly told all the news he knew.
"What do you say?" Hearing this, Xu Ziling pondered for a while, then looked around at everyone and asked.
"It's a bit strange, it's too much of a coincidence." They looked at each other, and Yang Kaiming was the first to speak, "At this juncture, I always feel like someone is manipulating behind the scenes." ”
"Hmm. This timing is indeed too coincidental. Li Cheng also nodded.
None of them were conspiracy theorists, but it was too suspicious that something like this happened at this time.
Now the contradictions between Red Star and the Philippines in the South China Sea incident are irreconcilable, before the fleet collided with the other side's ships, they can't do Red Star in terms of force, and they don't dare to do it blatantly, it is absolutely reasonable to use this means to force the country to put pressure on Red Star in order to achieve their goal.
Listening to the words of a few people, Xu Ziling also had such thoughts in his heart, but the time for them to get the news was too short, even if the lion was the most powerful, some things were impossible to find immediately, looking at the target location on the satellite map, he knocked on his head:
"This place is too far away, if our warship goes around, it will take at least a week, I don't know if this can wait......"
Before, they left a destroyer in the South China Sea, but now the place where the personnel are being held is the eastern part of the Philippines, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, and if the warship passes, it must detour from Luzon to the south of the treasure island, and then enter the Pacific Ocean, so that the voyage is several thousand kilometers, and it will take several days for the destroyer to pass at the fastest speed.
What's more, in the absence of supplies, it is definitely not a good idea for a destroyer to get close to the Philippines.
"Is it okay to land?"
Xu Ziling's words made everyone realize that entering the country is a big trouble for them now, this place is full of seawater, and it is so far away from the base camp, it is really not an easy task to let a small group of people enter here without the knowledge of the Philippine government.
"Airborne? Where to start? ”
"Sansha!"
Starting from Sansha, if you fly in a straight line, you will only reach the target position about 1,000 kilometers, and even if you make a detour and fly along the open sea, it will be 1,500 kilometers.
However, this is also a problem.
"Yes, the Sansha base has now begun to be put into use, I just checked, they are equipped with seaplanes, it is the latest model of 'Jiaolong' developed by the country, and when the auxiliary fuel tank is not loaded, the combat radius has also reached 2,000 kilometers, which is completely suitable for this operation."
Yang Kaiming said.
The Philippines is an island country, and if you want to leave, you must go to the air or water, ships and submarines, which takes a period of time, and it is impossible for the operators to rescue people and hide in the Philippines for a few days to wait for response.
But with the seaplane, this trouble is indeed solved.
The aircraft can stop at sea, wait for the personnel to return after the operation, and then take off.
"That's fine." Xu Ziling thought about this plan for a moment and said.
That's basically the case with the rescue plan, but it doesn't mean that the action is immediate, the coordination of operators, routes, equipment, vehicles, the customization of backup plans, etc......
After a short meeting, Xu Ziling told the lion to step up the investigation, and then contacted China.
Regarding the news in this regard, the military factory did not pay special attention to it before, and when the news was obtained from the media, Xu Ziling and the others had a plan, but the premise of this plan was after the hostages were rescued.
Therefore, after urgent discussions, they immediately contacted China and reported the matter.
Because this involves a sovereign state, all the state can do in this regard is to urge the Philippine side to do everything possible to rescue the hostages, and if it wants to send domestic operatives to solve the matter, it is impossible to be just and bright.
When they knew that Xu Ziling and they had taken over this matter, they immediately agreed.
The plan was determined, and Xu Ziling did not contact Fan Yi again, but directly contacted the South China Sea Fleet.
"Uncle Tang, I need to use the seaplanes at the Sansha base."
The Sansha base is under the jurisdiction of the South China Sea Fleet, and Tang Jiannian can completely call the shots when it comes to the use of water planes, knowing that Xu Ziling and they have an action plan, he immediately approved it.
"Found the whereabouts of the personnel? I'll get there ready right away, when will I act? ”
"Found it, the small island thirty nautical miles east of Wanji, this is a stronghold of armed men, there are operatives on the Makula, and we need to trouble Uncle Tang to send them to Sansha."
There was silence on the other end of the phone, about a few tens of seconds, "Wanji? No wonder airplanes are needed. Are you going to fly straight or take a detour? ”
It turned out that he was looking at the map, and Xu Ziling was stunned.
"We have already calculated, the detour is more than 500 kilometers, not an hour, for the sake of safety, of course, choose the detour. I'll inform my people and leave right away. ”
"What's going on with the other party? Sure? ”
Xu Ziling smiled and said confidently: "There are twenty personnel on the other side, not to mention ordinary armed personnel, even special forces, I have to let them die without a place to bury......"
There was a smile in the words, and there was a cold murderous aura, Tang Jiannian listened to it in his ears, but he appreciated it very much.
laughed loudly: "Okay! If you have this confidence, inform your people, and I will arrange for someone to send them to Sansha immediately. ”
"Good!"
Although the return of the aircraft carrier formation to China this time is nominally a military exchange between the two countries, the actual significance is not only these; in addition to blocking the exploration ships by the Philippines, what is more important is that some of the personnel of the formation will change guards and special operations personnel will be trained to combat piracy.
These special combat personnel are not members of the formation, but people transferred by Xu Ziling from the military factory.
In the past, they paid more attention to the training of land warfare, and it was the team members who took the initiative to ask for the construction of Lu Feng and Gu Hongyuan, so that the relevant training projects of naval warfare were carried out.
What I didn't expect was that this training with the ship would encounter such a thing.
Contacting the captain of the aircraft carrier, Xu Ziling immediately issued this order, and at the same time asked the lion to pass the mission information to the team members.
In their opinion, this rescue operation is just a trivial matter, and the operator was personally designated by Gu Hongyuan, a six-person tactical team: captain, fireman, and sniper.
The members of the military factory are equipped with the latest full set of equipment from the military factory, and the task is issued, a captain, four firefighters, and a sniper immediately begin to assemble, and after a brief mission briefing, they are sent to the Sansha base by the people arranged by Tang Jiannian.
The home port of the fleet was only more than 500 kilometers away from the Sansha base, and they arrived in less than an hour.
At this time, it was already evening, and Xu Ziling's action time was set in the early morning, and it only took more than two hours to reach the destination from Sansha, so there was still plenty of time.
In Sansha, while the plane was being prepared, the six team members also began to conduct tactical exercises on the operation.
With the support of satellites, they knew exactly where the target island was, where the buildings were, where the other side was distributed, and where the hostages were.
When the time of departure arrived, they immediately boarded the plane, and then the plane left Sansha and flew to the vast sea.
Jiaolong can fly at a maximum altitude of 15,000 kilometers, leaving the Sansha base, flying northeastward, and after passing through the sea area between Luzon and Baodao, it turns around and heads south.
After more than two hours, they arrived at the predetermined sea area.
The aircraft carrier is equipped with a small Eagle Eye radar, and in order for the seaplane to be able to approach the target position, the operators specially brought one and put it on the plane.
Avoiding the ships off the coast of the Philippines and flying at low altitudes, they arrived at a place less than 30 kilometers away from the target island.