We temporarily turn our attention to the waters of the South Pacific in May 2018, when the Gallic chicken, who is not willing to be lonely, is finally no longer satisfied with bullying Uncle Black in a little jeep in Africa, and the convulsive romantics decide to show off their presence in the hot spot - the South China Sea.

Gallic Chicken announced that it would send the Mistral-class amphibious assault ship and other ships and equipment to the Asia-Pacific region for a cruise in May of this year, and would also conduct a four-nation joint exercise with Eagle Sauce, Foot Basin Chicken, and John Bull. Well, it is simply self-evident who this joint exercise is aimed at.

However, the Gallic chicken, as the main country, was funny in a high-profile manner this time, and his entertainment-oriented attitude was about to catch up with the third brother. A group of Romantic sailors had just sailed their Romantic-infused Mistral-class amphibious assault ship near the Eagle Sauce Guam base when a ridiculous accident occurred.

The Mistral-class amphibious assault ship with the port number L9013 of the Gallic chicken actually ran aground! Not only did she run aground, but she also broke her own propeller! Then the four-nation joint exercise, which had been announced and hyped up by the Gallic Rooster at the beginning of the year, came to an abrupt end, and the GIs of the other three countries rushed in and hurriedly packed their bags and went home to sleep.

Obviously, the "Northwest Wind" class amphibious assault ship commanded by Hu Zixiao, which also has the number L9013, was also cursed by this sea area, and after going around in a circle, she finally successfully adjusted its course and headed towards the 38th Task Force, of course, the price of going around is that Mao Zi's warship is getting closer a lot.

It is said that the full number of operators of the "Mistral" class amphibious assault ship is 160 people, and the "director team" has equipped it with 150 people, which is already a conscientious operation, and if the BB63 and 650 ships learn that L9013 has such an organization, they will definitely cry and faint in the toilet. However, even with a near-full staff, the L9013 still did not escape the fate of a power system failure.

"This is Mistral No. 1, and our three Vasilan 16V32 main diesel generator sets are all hanged, and now we can only rely on one Vasilan 18V200 auxiliary diesel generator set to keep the pod electric propulsion running." Hu Zixiao used the radio to tell Yang Guang, the captain of the 650 ship, about the dilemma he was facing.

"I'm rubbing, you're kidding me, the three diesel generators are all hanging, what kind of soldiers are you in the engine room?" Yang Guang was not good when he heard the news.

Relying on a diesel generator with only 4,030 horsepower to keep the L9013's integrated electric propulsion system running, it won't take long for the Mistral-class amphibious assault ship to be overtaken by Maozi's four warships. Now the 38th Task Force is still at least 1,000 kilometers away from the L9013 ship in a straight line, and unless there are ships in the task force that can launch Tomahawk cruise missiles, there is no time to rush to the rescue of the L9013 ship.

"Ma Dan, the South China Sea is really unfriendly to the ship of the Gallic chicken, how can there be three sets of diesel generator sets hung at the same time!?" Yang Guang said.

"Maybe this is not the pot of Gallic chicken, it is possible that the 'director team' has done something." Marcos said.

"Why isn't it a pot for Gallic chickens, what the hell is the speed of 18 knots, is this Nima a supply ship or a ro-ro freighter!?" Guo Wei said.

"Even the only two 30mm machine guns we had were dismantled by the 'director team', and now we are basically unarmed. I'm thinking of having the entire crew get into the two LCAC air-cushion landing craft and continue the retreat in your direction, and then detonate the jet fuel on the ship. Beard said with a little tragedy.

In fact, even if the "director team" hadn't dismantled the two 30mm machine guns, Hu Zixiao wouldn't dare to use them to make the four warships of Mao Zi hard. Not to mention that this kind of machine gun used to attack small ships approaching is basically impossible to cause any fatal damage to Maozi's ship, just the full aviation fuel stuffed on the second deck of the L9013 ship, who would dare to drive it to play hand-to-hand artillery combat?

The jet fuel was stacked in barrels on the empty space where the landing vehicle was originally parked, not protected by armor like the fuel tanks of supply ships, and once the fuel encountered a little bit of spark, the 150 crew members of the L9013 ship would have to take a dirt plane to overlook the South China Sea.

The two LCAC air-cushion landing craft parked in the dock compartment of the L9013 ship mentioned by Hu Zixiao have a standard displacement of 87 tons, which can carry 25 soldiers and a main battle tank, and can accommodate 150 soldiers if all the personnel are carried, which means that only one LCAC air-cushion landing craft can escape with all the crew members of the L9013 ship.

The LCAC air-cushion landing craft equipped with four "Yafoco Lycoming gas" gas turbines can reach a maximum speed of 40 knots, and when it sails at a speed of 35 knots, it can reach a cruising range of nearly 300 nautical miles, which is much more reliable than flying a Mistral-class amphibious assault ship to escape. Basically, as long as these two LCAC air-cushion landing craft stand up, Maozi can only watch its white wake extend into the distance.

As for detonating the jet fuel on L9013, there is no way to do it. There are too many secrets on the "Mistral" class amphibious assault ship involving the life of the people, and it is definitely impossible to let it fall into the hands of Mao Zi. Even if the 38th Task Force arrives soon, Mao Zi may only have a few hours to control the L9013 ship, and the traversers will not dare to take this risk.

"Well, that's the only way, let's keep people first." Yang Guang also agreed to Hu Zixiao's retreat plan.

If the LCAC Air Cushion Landing Craft and Task Force 38 had been traveling at 30 knots in the opposite direction, it would have been impossible for Mao Zi to catch up with the LCAC Air Cushion Landing Craft before they ran out of fuel for the Bearded Beard. After all, if these Maozi warships do not turn around after they enter the range of the anti-ship missiles of the 38th Task Force, those "Harpoon", "Sandfly" and "Exocet" anti-ship missiles will not be left to be seen.

It may be a bit difficult to let these medium and light anti-ship missiles bomb aircraft carriers, but to let them attack the ironclad ships of this era by sticking to the sea is a proper bite.

"The evacuees, all gather in the dock cabin, we are ready to abandon the ship." Beard said to the first mate with a smile.

"Sir, there are three planes flying in our direction." As soon as Hu Zixiao's words fell, the radar soldiers on the L9013 ship spotted three bright spots approaching from the air at high speed on the screen of the MRR3D-NG3D radar.

"They responded to our identification of friend or foe, which is a NATO warplane!" The radar soldier said excitedly.

As soon as Hu Zixiao saw the three bright spots on the radar screen, he knew that he was saved, and he didn't have to wait for them to respond to the friend or foe identification system, just judging from the speed of these planes of nearly 800 km/h, he knew that they must be modern planes transmitted by the "director team".

"This is the 'Mistral'-class amphibious assault ship L9013 in the Green Paint Zone, please identify yourself." Hu Zixiao used the radio to call the three approaching planes.

"This is the 'Frigate Birds' attack team, received a call from L9013, please instruct." The other party identified the friendly forces.

"Do you see the four Maozi warships near my ship? They're chasing us and trying to get rid of them, well, maybe you'll have to kill them, people in this era may have no idea what an airplane can do. Beard said with a smile.

"Copy/that." replied the "Frigate Birds" attack team.