Chapter 144: Defender Exercise
On February 19, 2019, the long-awaited "Defender 2019" military exercise, with the eight aircraft carrier battle groups of the M Force as the core and the participation of multiple allies, finally kicked off.
The Allied naval fleet, which had completed its assembly, traveled westward from Perth, conducting various tactical exercises along the way, and three days later, the Allied fleet slowed down its advance 100 kilometers from the area where it last fought with alien stealth vehicles.
The carrier-based aircraft of the fleet flew over that area several times. However, nothing was found or encountered.
Admiral James, the Allied commander of the exercise, was full of doubts, having repeatedly studied the video of Rear Admiral Ross's operations last time, and he no longer had the confidence he had before.
What's more, in the past two months, a number of scientific research vessels, fishing boats have been a mysterious shipwreck, because the sea depth here is more than 3,000 meters, it is completely impossible to salvage, so it is impossible to find out the cause of the wreck.
The only thing in common is that all the crew survived, and then they all said that they had been hit in some kind of way, and then the hull broke and the ship sank.
This made Admiral James send ten more nuclear submarines on the basis of the original nuclear submarines, and also asked Country R to also send five more Canglong-class submarines and five Qinchao-class submarines.
It is expected that submarines will be used to build a defensive line under water to ensure that the aircraft carrier will not be harmed by such a mysterious attack.
Today the Allies have reached a distance of only 100 kilometers from the sea area of the last battle, which is already within the absolute control of the aircraft carrier battle group.
Since the morning, Admiral James has sent five batches of carrier-based aircraft to conduct overflight reconnaissance, and the last time the alien aircraft had warned against provocation, the reconnaissance action of the fighters did not cause any problems.
Subsequently, Admiral James dispatched three Canglong-class submarines of country R to the target sea area.
With the cooperation of the Extraterrestrial Affairs Administration, all ships and early warning aircraft in this exercise are equipped with quantum detectors, which can now detect a range of 15 kilometers after the improvement of the Extraterrestrial Affairs Administration.
At this time, the Allied fleet had a total of hundreds of warships, in addition to the eight aircraft carriers of the navy of country M, country Y dispatched its aircraft carrier "Queen Elizabeth", and country R also dispatched two helicopter carriers "Izumo" and "Hyuga".
At present, the fleet of country R is in the northern seas and has dispatched several batches of anti-submarine helicopters to carry out anti-submarine operations in an attempt to find alien stealth aerial vehicles hidden in the seawater.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Admiral Zams received a report from the aircraft carrier "Izumo" of country R that one of their anti-submarine helicopters had detected a submarine target in the sea.
It's just not known if it's an alien craft, or a submarine from another country.
Now, in this sea area, in addition to the ships of the Allied forces, the combined fleet of Huaxia and Country E is 150 kilometers to the northeast and is still approaching, obviously wanting to get closer and observe.
The aircraft carrier formation of the YD country has finally arrived, and now it is 70 kilometers to the north, and it is already very close, but there is no further movement except for the take-off of four fighters hovering over its aircraft carrier formation.
Admiral James looked at Lieutenant General Yamamoto Ishine beside him, and said with a smile: "General Yamamoto, your army's anti-submarine capability is really good, and it has been discovered so quickly." ”
The headquarters of the Allied forces in this exercise was set up on the aircraft carrier "Washington", and the fleet commander of country R was Vice Admiral Yamamoto Ishine, country Y was Admiral Hanks, and country A was Vice Admiral Victor.
Lieutenant General Yamamoto Ishone didn't seem to care about James's compliment, and said calmly: "General James, do we need to take action against this goal?" ”
James nodded and said, "Of course, we have already announced to the outside world that this sea area is a live-fire exercise area, and if those guys don't open their eyes to break in, don't blame us for being polite."
General Yamamoto, please give the order to force the target out, of course, if it refuses to come out, then ...... Sink it. ”
Yamamoto Ishine nodded and said, "Very good, I'll give the order to attack." ”
He gave instructions to the liaison staff officer on the side, and instructed that two F35 carrier-based planes should be taken off for combat protection in case they might rush out of the water if they were alien aircraft.
James also issued corresponding combat orders to the M Army, and 16 F18s were continuously lifted into the air in the aircraft carrier formation to outflank the northern seas.
At this moment, on the bridge of the aircraft carrier "Stennis Nis", Zeus Carlos stood there, watching the F18 go away after takeoff, and his face looked very calm.
However, in his heart, there were ups and downs, in the past period of time, they actually lost contact with the phoenix, and urgently contacted Alex and the members of the Second Knights who went to Haidu to protect them, but they all lost contact.
If this is still expected by Carlos, then the disappearance of the next large number of Chosen and their families makes Carlos a little unable to sit still.
Because these Chosen ones are not just biologists who follow the Phoenix. chemists, etc., as well as Rylith and some well-known Chosen Scientist on her side.
He and Relith used the corresponding chip calling mechanism in an attempt to contact the chips in the brains of these Chosen ones and obtain the corresponding information.
As a result, contact was completely lost, which showed that the other party had been fully shielded, which caused the Heaven Organization to suffer the biggest blow ever.
If it weren't for Odell finding out some information here in the Indian Ocean, he would definitely have to rush to Huaxia Sea City to personally investigate the disappearance of the phoenix.
Instead of through the spokesmen of the government and the military, the Navy of Country M was asked to immediately launch the exercise.
It turned out that Odell had arranged for a freighter to pass 200 kilometers northwest of the last engagement a week earlier, and found that the currents there were completely different from those of the same period in history.
According to the analysis of the oceanographers on board, this may be due to the fact that the nearby sea water is cooler than the sea temperature in other seas, which causes the density to become higher here, causing the sea water to flow towards the southeast sea.
At the same time in history, the ocean currents here flowed from the southeast, and this anomaly attracted Odell's attention.
Thinking of the frozen shark corpse found last time, I had a little realization in my heart, but I thought that the shipwreck occurred not long after the last time I sailed in the northwest direction, so I didn't dare to let the freighter sail directly in the direction of the ocean current.
Instead, some unmanned detectors were released, but they were damaged before they went 20 kilometers, but before they were damaged, the images sent back by the probes allowed Odell to finally understand the reason for the recent shipwreck in this area.
The screen shows a batch of swordfish, tearing and piercing the unmanned detector, and the sharp sword-like tip is really sharper than a sword.
However, Dr. Effenberg saw at a glance that this was not a swordfish in nature, but some kind of simulated robot fish, and with his biologist's eye, he would never be mistaken.
Although the appearance of this swordfish is very similar to that of the swordfish in nature, there are still some subtleties that show differences, such as the eyes of the swordfish, such as the scales of the swordfish......
Odell trusted Effenberg's professionalism and was able to conclude that the previous series of shipwrecks were caused by aliens using a simulated robot fish to break through the hull.
Then in the northwest, it must be where the aliens are, but humans are not allowed to approach and detect.
After Carlos received Odell's report, and given that the Paradise Organization had just been hit hard, he had to show something about the alien incident so that the Chosen ones would not lose faith in the organization.
In order to successfully find the aliens in the "Defender Exercise", he brought two Seraphic Squads this time, and their mechs and laser guns have greatly improved their rate of fire.
It is believed that when facing the alien stealth aircraft again, it will not be slaughtered one-sidedly.
Moreover, this time the X55 aerospace fighter was also transferred, although it has not yet been finalized, but it can also compete with alien stealth aerial vehicles.
As Carlos pondered, in the northern part of the exercise area, the anti-submarine helicopters of country R had already begun to drop depth charges on the locked area.
At a depth of 170 meters, a Kilo-class submarine was quietly suspended in the water, and after being detected by active sonar, Captain Vig slowly slowed down the submarine and shifted its position at a speed of 5 knots.
Then gradually in a state of suspension, in Vig's experience, so that unless an intensive active sonar search is conducted, it should not be able to find itself.
As the Indian Navy, he is full of hostility to the navies of other countries in the Indian Ocean, and in his opinion, the Indian Ocean belongs to India, how can other countries send warships at will and also conduct large-scale exercises.
Although he was repeatedly warned not to break into the exercise area, Vig was a little unconvinced, and he was still very confident in the Kilo-class submarine, which is known as the black hole of the ocean.
Just as Vig confidently waited for the anti-submarine activities to pass, the characteristic explosion of depth charges sounded in the depths of the water not far from the submarine.
Then a huge shock wave hit the submarine, which caused various pressure lines in the submarine to burst a little, and the alarm bell suddenly rang out.
Vig's face changed dramatically, and he immediately ordered the submarine to dive deeper to avoid the attack of depth charges.
The Kilo-class dives to a maximum depth of 240 meters, and Vig hopes to have a chance to survive and escape the pursuit of the other party.
As a result, when diving to 200 meters, the sonar officer shouted: "There are torpedoes at seven o'clock!" Speed 40 knots, distance 1000 meters! ”
With a cold sweat on his forehead, Vig immediately ordered the submarine to turn around in an attempt to evade it.
However, this is a self-guided anti-submarine torpedo launched by country R, and it has already entered the self-guided sonar range of the torpedo.
"Release the anti-torpedo decoy!" At the critical moment, Vig still reacted and issued a command in time, with the release of the anti-torpedo sound decoy.
Vig ordered again, "Fire the air curtain again!" Then immediately turn the rudder to the right, head 11, accelerate to 15 knots, quickly disengage. ”
After a series of orders were carried out, soon an explosion was heard not far away, apparently the enemy's torpedo was detonated.
Vig, who escaped the catastrophe, had only one thought at this time, and quickly left this place of right and wrong.
However, the anti-submarine helicopters of country R have locked its position and laid a net of depth charges around it.
Obviously, it is to force it out of the water, of course, if Vig chooses not to float, then country R will not be soft and will sink it directly.
Vig quickly discovered his situation, obviously his position had been locked by the anti-submarine forces on the sea, and it was useless to struggle at this time.
Vig reluctantly ordered to float up, and at the same time sent a telegram to his own aircraft carrier group at the right depth.
When the Kilo-class submarine in Vig was rising to a depth of 50 meters, a missile suddenly rose from the water not far from its vicinity, and instantly shot down an anti-submarine helicopter.
The anti-submarine helicopters of the other countries in the air instantly turned red and immediately fired the anti-submarine torpedoes on board in the direction of Vig.
Just minutes later, Vig and his Kilo-class submarine sank forever in his beloved Indian Ocean.
At this moment, a mast rises in the northern sky.
YD's "Super Sun King" aircraft carrier fleet had already received an urgent telegram from Vig and hurried to arrive.