Chapter 650: Hatred is as deep as the sea
It would be impossible to say that the Greeks did nothing and relied entirely on Western Europe for relief, after all, Greece is also a capitalist country that has developed for hundreds of years, and Greece is still quite famous in some areas of the world, such as the shipping industry. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Greece, as the birthplace of ancient civilization, began to explore the ocean very early, and the nautical genes flowing in the blood of their people's bodies, some of these people, became shipowners, Greek shipowners have maintained their position as the world's largest ship-owning country, they own ships accounting for about 18% of the global fleet, and the number of ships in operation has reached 333 million deadweight tons, Athens/Piraeus has the world's largest shipowner cluster, and the main force of Greek shipowners is concentrated in the field of bulk carriers and oil tankers. Bulk carriers accounted for 47 percent of the Greek fleet, and oil tankers accounted for 35 percent.
Greece's huge civilian fleet made their troops move very quickly, and this time the 1st Army was sent over on civilian transport ships.
It's just that they definitely didn't expect that the Turks would be so mad that they would dare to attack their transport ships!
Perhaps, what were the Turks afraid of, so the Turks did not blatantly drop bombs with planes, but, their actions were even more hateful, they actually used submarines, to sink a Greek transport ship!
Rhodes, east of Crete, is very close to the Turkish coastline, and the hydrological situation below is complicated, and this underwater is the best hiding place for submarines!
Although the Greek convoy was escorted by warships, they were still unable to detect the submarine underwater, so they were hit and sunk a transport ship!
If it is a transport ship built according to military specifications, it may not be able to sink with a torpedo, but now, ordinary civilian ships cannot compare with military ships in terms of sinking resistance!
On the sea, the transport ship Kortrod was slowly sinking, and the stern had completely entered below the surface of the sea, leaving only the bow raised high, and countless soldiers densely covered the entire sea.
Before the shipwreck, it was relatively lucky to be able to jump into the water, but not everyone could swim, and when the waves were churning, some life was taken away forever!
Nearby ships were doing their best to rescue their compatriots who had fallen overboard, while the destroyers escorting the ship nearby flew helicopters to find the Turkish submarine.
The Kriezis, which belongs to the American Keeling class, is a type of general-purpose destroyer built during World War II, and more than 100 have been built, however, many have not caught up with World War II, like the current one, in the shipyards of the United States, it was painted with the DD-817 port, named Corry Corey, and 45 entered service.
After more than 20 years in the establishment of the United States Navy, just this year, it was sold to Greece and renamed Kriezis.
At the time of its construction, this destroyer was only an artillery destroyer, and its main armament was three MK.32 twin 5-inch high-level dual-purpose guns, but in this era, it is impossible to fight a naval battle into the style of a battleship, so the Keeling class has also been improved, equipped with new sonar and radar, and also has Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles and helicopter hangars.
Papasta, the captain of the Kriezis, had anger on his face, and as the escort warship, they had a great responsibility! Now, be sure to find out the Turks' submarine and take it out!
Although it is the latest destroyer sold by the United States to Greece, the electronic equipment of this destroyer is not advanced, it can be said that it is the technology of the United States in the seventies, and it is quite difficult to use the carrier-based sonar to detect the submarine in the complex water current situation on the seabed, so at this time, they rely more on carrier-based helicopters.
Compared with the Seahawk helicopter, the main force of the US Navy in later generations, the 500MD anti-submarine helicopter is simply pocket-sized.
This compact helicopter was developed from a civilian model, with a skid landing gear, a total length of no more than seven meters, four propellers, and a radius of movement of only 100 kilometers.
However, a distance of 100 kilometers is enough, and it is less than 100 kilometers from the coastline of Turkey!
Helicopter pilot Lazarus, piloting this small helicopter, flies over the sea, releasing sonar buoys from time to time, as an anti-submarine helicopter, their mission is to find out the enemy underwater!
This kind of undeclared war is very shameful! The original hatred between Greece and Turkey made them both indignant.
"No underwater movement was found." The sonar officer said.
Continuing to fly north, the submarines of the Turks, must have wanted to return to their territorial waters! Lazarus pushes the lever and the helicopter continues to fly north!
"Kriezis called 500md, Kriezis called 500md, spotted two warplanes flying in the direction of Turkey, be careful not to enter the airspace over Turkish territorial waters." At this moment, the voice of a warship came from the headphones.
The radar of the warship detected that the Turks' fighters were flying over, apparently, to interfere with their own anti-submarine operations and cover their submarine to escape! Turks, what a shame!
At this time, the fighters of the Greek Navy were very angry, they ignored a detail, the air force of the Turks, absolutely will not help cover the submarine of the Navy!
Because, the Turkish Air Force and Navy are absolutely as deep as the sea, and among the military equipment of various countries in the world, only Turkey's three armed forces are so strange.
In 74, a fierce conflict broke out between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus, and in July of that year, the Turkish Air Force discovered the destroyer fleet of the "Greek Navy" off the coast of Cyprus. Turkey, which was resolute, immediately sent F-100 and F-104 fighter jets into the air. They fought one after another, fighting bloodily, and the combat efficiency of the Turkish Air Force was indeed not low, killing 3 destroyers of the Greek Navy!
The Turkish Air Force triumphantly asked for credit from the Ministry of Defense, and it was only then that they realized what an earth-shattering thing they had done! They sank the destroyer "Kkadebe" and severely damaged the destroyers "Adadebe" and "Marshal Fevtsikmak", all of which were the property of the Turkish Navy, and this time killed a total of 232 sailors, which accounted for a quarter of the total number of Turkish military casualties in this war!
At the same time, Turkish warships also fought with anti-aircraft guns and local fighters until the last moment, landing a Turkish Air Force F-104 fighter.
Now, not only Turkey and Greece have enmity, but also between the Turkish Air Force and Navy.
In later generations, in 06, two Greek and Turkish F-16 fighter jets collided in the Aegean Sea, but the ejected Turkish Air Force F-16 pilot refused the Turkish Navy's request to send him back to shore, and returned to Turkey on his own under the tuft of a Panama-class freighter. When a major war was on the verge of breaking out, the Air Force and Navy both distrusted each other and had deep grievances.
The fighters that flew in were genuine Turkish Air Force, and the submarine on the bottom of the sea was definitely not from the Turkish Navy! (To be continued.) )