Chapter 536: A Very Auspicious Ship
Regardless of whether or not the giant ship that was floating in the Sulu Sea and suspected of being a sail mother had lost power because of a malfunction, it was impossible for the princes of the Provisional Executive Committee to let it go unchecked, even if there was accurate information that John Bull's Far East Fleet was still roaming the waters of Fujian and Guangdong.
"I suggest sending that F-15E to determine the exact location of the mystery package first, or else rely on the vague location provided by the Dutch, when will we find it?" Hao Dajian said.
"If you're lucky, the friend or foe system can respond correctly, and the rest will be solved." Hao Dajian continued.
"If you're unlucky, if it's Maozi's mother, won't the F-15E be in trouble?" Zhao Yi said.
"It's not like, first of all, Maozi, who is in a recession, shouldn't have such a big Hangma, then the goods are either the Eagle Sauce family or the new Hangma produced by the flower planter on the Internet. And the flower growers have always been very restrained, and they should not have swished missiles at the sight of an airplane. Hao Dajian explained.
"Secondly, due to the spherical effect, the gap between the searchlight range of the F-15E's sea search radar and the irradiation range of the ship-borne air-to-air radar is not large. Hao Dajian continued.
"What about after positioning?" Zhao Yi asked.
"Continue to explore the side, and if there is no danger, let the helicopters on the E4 ship with a range come close and take a look." Hao Dajian said.
Hao Dajian's plan sounded quite risky, but considering that the Dutch had been running all the way from the Sulu Sea to Dongwanlu for several days, it was not appropriate to leave the giant ship so close to Manila in this way, and Zhao Yi finally agreed to this plan.
The F-15E had a little malfunction when it made a forced landing on the muddy runway, but the "director team" lost some full-time ground crew, equipment and parts in Shandong, and at this time the "old hen on the mud" was almost resurrected with full blood.
As a fighter that focuses on ground-to-sea attacks, it is not difficult to find a large ship that is 1,500 feet long when the approximate location of the target has been clarified.
"Command center, this is LN2003, find the target." Feng Lan reported their findings to Zhao Yi as soon as possible.
"Well, judging from the radar, it really looks like a flight mother." Xu Jing said.
"Command center, we are carrying out a circular flight centered on the ship as planned, and no electromagnetic waves from the ship have been detected for the time being, and no carrier-based aircraft have taken off to intercept us." Feng Lan continued to report.
"Carrier-based aircraft? This cargo is parked at sea, and even if there is a carrier-based aircraft, it can't fly, right? Is it possible to use those short vertical take-off legs to catch us? Xu Jing complained.
The F-15E, numbered LN2003, circled around for a while, and the mystery package still did not respond in any way, either friendly or hostile.
"It's not a way to drag it like this, let that 'Sea Knight' transport helicopter come close." Zhao Yi decided to let the UH-46 helicopter on standby farther away go over for close reconnaissance as planned, at least as a transport aircraft, it didn't seem as threatening as the F-15E.
After another half a day, the "Sea Knight" finally arrived at the sea area where the mysterious gift package was located.
"Grass mud horse, it's the one who forced the saying that the goods are Hang's mother, and I stood up and promised not to kill her!" The pilots of the UH-46 had been trepidating towards the ship, but when they saw the silhouette of the ship, they began to spray people.
"S6437, debrief." Zhao Yi was also very helpless for those civilian pilots who forgot their business when they were excited.
"What kind of shipping mother, that cargo is a tanker!" said the UH-46 pilot.
"Cruises? Royal Caribbean? Thinking that he had spent a few rounds of "Tomahawk" cruise missiles in Great Britain and had changed to a big ship that could only take people to eat, drink and have fun, Zhao Yi felt that his blood pressure was soaring vigorously.
"Mr. Zhao, it's an oil tanker!" The pilot of the UH-46 explained.
Oil tanker? If it is a fully loaded oil tanker, it is also acceptable, after all, what is lacking in fuel is now crossing the public.
"Get close to reconnoitre, take care to drive away nearby ships, as long as we have oil in our hands, then the situation will be fine." Zhao Yi said.
The AU-46 circled around the maroon tanker a few times, and found that not only did it lose power, but it seemed that all the equipment on board was also shut down.
"Boss Zhao, I have bad news to report, our dear 'director team' seems to only give to the ship, and we don't even give a crew member!" After several circles, the 'Sea Knight' helicopter was not found to be alive on board.
"What a big deal, just take a little bit from the E4 ship." Hao Dajian said on the side.
"What's the matter? It seems to me that things are a big deal! If I'm not mistaken, this is the world's largest oil tanker built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries. "A rough embryo on the AU-46 is quite insightful.
"And then, what's the matter?" Hao Dajian asked.
"Hehe, the draft can't even cross the English Channel, where are you going to put it? Oh, I guess our biggest problem right now is how to move this thing back to the sea near East Manlaw, right? I don't know the depth of the water in this channel, has the 38th Task Force done it all? The rough embryo said.
The mysterious gift package sent by the "director team" is the world's largest supertanker so far from Sumitomo Heavy Industries, which is the footbasin chicken.
It was lengthened by about 80 meters through the middle before it surpassed the previous world No. 1 - the "Batilus" of the French chicken, thus winning the crown of the largest oil tanker.
As for the name of the ship, because it changed hands many times and was sunk by the "Exocet" anti-ship missile during the Iran-Iraq war, it has seven names: "Portos", "Chasu", "Sea Giant", "Happy Giant", "Yaleviking", "Noknevis", and "Monte".
The earliest data shows that it is 458.45 meters long, 68.9 meters wide, has a draft of 24.5 meters, and can carry 4.1 million barrels of crude oil at a time.
Needless to say, there isn't a pier in the hands of the traversers that can revet it. Well, maybe the plane doesn't have a dock to accept it.
"Huh? You mean the largest ship to be sunk in the history of mankind? The captain of the BB63, Luo Can, finally remembered another "world record" set by that cargo.
"Holy, sink? Is it really good to use such an auspicious thing as a mystery gift package? Hao Dajian said.
"Don't be afraid, the girl was fished up later, and after a big change, she continued her life for nearly thirty years." Luo Can said.
"In other words, Ya was finally demolished?" Hao Dajian asked as hard as he could.
"Well, but there's still a bit of scum left, at least the anchor is left behind and put on display in the Maritime Museum." Luo Can said.
Now that the Iowa-class battleship BB63, which has only a draft of 10 meters, has not been repaired, what can they do with a supertanker with a draft of nearly 25 meters?
According to Luo Can's recollection, although Ya has changed hands repeatedly, it seems that it has always been used as a crude oil carrier, and at this time, the oil refining equipment ordered by Zhonghe Eagle Sauce was also detained in Hong Kong, so can this ship's crude oil only be burned as heavy oil for BB63?