"The weather in the Middle East is really annoying!" Uillich fanned the wind with his training hat, feeling the scorching sun on the sea, and then the air became hotter, he had also flown in the tropical waters of the South China Sea before, but he did not find it more tormented than in the Persian Gulf.

At only 31 years old, he was already a lieutenant commander, and he was the second captain of the new Maanshan ship, who had served on a destroyer before being sent to the Maanshan as a captain because of his high talent and good performance. However, Uillich is not very happy, the navy now has four remaining 054A swaying outside, obviously fading out of the main fleet, as a captain who loves the navy and loves power, but is outside the main fleet, it is really unhappy.

However, Uillich could not have imagined that because it was a ship that did not need to be kept secret, he and his Maanshan would repeatedly appear overseas in the next few years to conduct joint training or joint operations with so-called "allies". The Yankees saw that every time the Chinese sent such a few ships, they must have thought that these ships were the strongest combat power of the PLA Navy, but they could not imagine that these ships were actually taken out to fool the Americans.

China claims to have suspended its reckless military operations and actively participated in international affairs, promising the Americans to send a special minesweeper fleet, in addition to the Ma'anshan escort ship, two Type 081 minesweepers and a Type 903 ocean-going supply ship Erhai.

Uurich is young, only a lieutenant commander, obviously unable to lead a whole fleet, and a colonel named Luo Mingguang was sent to preside over the affairs of fleet command, and Ulich's position as captain has obviously been compressed in disguise, which is one of the reasons why he has been unhappy recently.

A few days ago, the Task Force Minesweeper was stationed at the US base in Manama, Bahrain, and the Americans held a welcome party for their allies in a friendly manner. But this novelty was destroyed in a few days, and Julich did not have the energy he used to have during the mission, and sat in the CIC with a chirp.

He himself is a smart guy, but he is too lazy to care about those people's feelings, who knows that the captain of the fleet, Luo Mingguang, is directly a red police soldier, and he will not be close to him, which makes the officers and men of the whole ship feel that the two chiefs are fighting in secret.

"525, this is 841, we took out another depth mine in the Echo area, Ha Lu Ha we are now two points ahead of 845!" The voice from the communicator was very relaxed, and there was not much tension. The two minesweepers were like a game, and this beneficial competition made the sailors on the 841 and 845 ships full of energy, and they swept more mines than all the other ships of the multinational joint minesweeper fleet in just one week, which was an eye-opener for the allied fleet.

On the one hand, the professionalism and fighting spirit of Chinese minesweepers are the reason for the remarkable results, and on the other hand, the performance of the Type 081 minesweepers is naturally much stronger than the minesweepers of other countries in this era. The mine-hunting and minesweeping equipment it is equipped with is generally advanced in the Western countries, and it is natural that it will be in the limelight when it is working. The US Fifth Fleet, which learned of this situation, also reported to China that it could consider introducing some Chinese mine-hunting equipment and mine-sweeping techniques.

"Well done, keep up the good work." Colonel Luo Mingguang cherishes words like gold.

Ulich glanced at this cold middle-aged man, knowing that he had the ability to simply command the fleet, this person was much stronger than himself, and he still had to learn a lot from him. Uillich has always dreamed of captaining ships, and now he hopes to be the captain of a larger ship, to be the captain of the fleet, and he is still young, and the future is very long.

The 525 ship Ma'anshan is still cruising in the sea area, and originally they also hoped to join the task of escorting oil tankers and cargo ships from various countries, but the task assigned to them by the US military is to patrol and alert them, and to support those minesweepers in the vicinity at any time.

Just when everyone was a little lazy and bored, an intermittent English distress cry suddenly came from the channel: "...... Mayday, Mayday, this is Samuel? Roberts, we were struck 120 kilometers northeast of the Bahrain Islands, and there were some casualties......"

Everyone stood up in an uproar, no one thought it would be like this, everyone is busy clearing mines these days, and the Perry-class frigate Roberts is actually a mine.

Luo Mingguang said calmly: "The Roberts is operating with the 14th escort fleet of the US Navy, and there are other ships in the fleet, even if they are injured by mines, the rescue should be able to arrive quickly, don't worry." ”

Uillich couldn't help but say: "The Yankees are not a good thing, and a few can be blown up." ”

Luo Mingguang frowned and said, "Now they are our allies, so there is no need to say such words." ”

Luo Mingguang said to the signal corps: "Inform the US escort fleet that our ship is heading towards them and can provide help and rescue at any time." ”

Ulich thought for a while, and said beside Luo Mingguang: "The Americans have been annoyed with Iran for a long time, and this time they have suffered this loss, they must retaliate, the Americans have actually been waiting for an opportunity to teach Iran a lesson in the name of justice, and now this opportunity is in front of them." ”

Luo Mingguang glanced at him, a little noncommittal, I don't know if Lu Dao was unwilling to carry out this topic, he continued to order: "Let the 841 and 845 and the multinational joint mine-sweeping fleet gather, and there will inevitably be a more massive mine-sweeping operation below." ”

According to information coming from the fleet channel, the frigate Roberts was blown up with a diameter of 2. The 7-meter hole, a large influx of seawater caused the hull to tilt to the right, the main and auxiliary engines stopped, the whole ship lost power and lost power, several cabins caught fire, thick smoke covered the entire ship, and 10 people on board were injured, three of them were seriously injured.

As Luo Mingguang expected, the next day, 15 April, the US military gathered all the minesweepers of China, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and other countries to carry out a rigorous dragnet minesweeping operation in the sea area where the accident occurred, and finally found eight mines in the water, half of which were contributed by Chinese minesweepers.

After conducting an investigation and collecting evidence, the Americans insisted that Iran had purchased these mines from the Soviet Union last year, and that Iran was undoubtedly the culprit. After the Khomeini Revolution, the United States and Iran were treated as the same fire, and then the Tehran hostage incident, in which Iran detained 66 American diplomats for a year, turned the two countries into irreconcilable enemies. Even before the Roberts was bombed, the United States had been looking for such an opportunity to attack Iran.

However, before the United States took action against Iran, another small incident occurred - the Chinese frigate Ma'anshan was attacked by Iranian suicide boats.

On the same day that the multinational joint minesweeping fleet carried out the minesweeping mission, the Ma'anshan warship, which is a member of the fleet, also carried out activities in this sea area to conduct vigilance.

"Captain, captain, our radar has detected a target the size of a fishing boat approaching us."

Uillich was not alarmed when he heard this, but said, "Maybe it's just a fishing boat, don't worry about it." ”

But Luo Mingguang said keenly: "It's so chaotic here, Iran is also at war, and the fishermen have the courage to come to this sea area to fish?" There must be a demon when things go wrong, so it's better to be careful. ”

Yu Lixi's arm couldn't twist his thigh, and he also felt that Luo Mingguang's statement made some sense, so he nodded and said, "Send a helicopter over to take a look." ”

The Ma'anshan only carried a light Z-9 on this voyage, which itself was a simple personnel transportation and reconnaissance work, and there was no too complicated role. The helicopter took off and flew over the small boat shortly after, and it did look like a normal fishing boat.

At this time, the helicopter began to shout in not very standard English and Persian, ordering the ship to leave the sea area quickly, but no one expected that a guy appeared from this small fishing boat of dozens of tons, raised an RPG, and hit the Z-9 without warning.

Fortunately, the pilot of the helicopter was very alert, and immediately pulled up the plane as soon as he saw the bazooka, and the rocket passed by the side of the plane, but still missed the main rotor. The helicopter immediately experienced a fluctuation and was about to crash into the sea at any time, at which time the experienced pilot managed to control the helicopter's flight attitude, and immediately left the sky above the dinghy and returned to the take-off and landing platform of the Ma'anshan ship.

The helicopter's rotor was bruised and fine, but the thrilling scene just now made the sailors on the ship feel the same hatred. Julich immediately ordered the main gun to be turned on the blind dinghy, which was rushing towards it at a higher speed.

Luo Mingguang immediately judged: "It's a suicide bomber boat, and the machine gun on the side will immediately go to the battle position!" ”

Julich was in a state of revenance, and he knew very well what would happen to the frigate if it was really a boat full of explosives that rushed to the frigate. If the Ma'anshan ship is a Type 011 arsenal ship, the thick armor may not be afraid of such an attack, but the Ma'anshan ship is just a frigate, and the end will definitely not be much stronger than the Roberts that touched the mine.

The 100mm guns fired bursts, and at this time the superior benefits of the fire control system were finally demonstrated, and five of the seven shells were hit, detonating the explosives on the suicide boat directly at a position less than a hundred meters from the frigate. The huge explosion sent a shock wave and tore the small boat to pieces, the flying debris of the ship grazed the Maanshan ship, and even the fire control radar of an anti-aircraft missile was damaged, which needed to be repaired before it could be used.

Uillich's face flushed, and he scolded: "Are these Persians treating us as Yankees? ”

Luo Mingguang was still unfazed at this moment, and he said, "No matter what, they are all our enemies now. We PLA don't have the habit of not fighting back when we are bullied. ”