Chapter 149: The USS Washington
When the warship sailed into the Philippine Sea, there were less than two-thirds of the way left from Guam, and at this time, the radar of the missile destroyer suddenly found that there was a huge target in front of it that was slowly approaching, and the radar soldier said nervously according to the information fed back by the radar wave: "The unknown target should be a super-large ship with a displacement of at least 80,000 tons!" ”
"Eighty thousand tons? The captain was stunned for a moment, and said: "80,000 tons, in addition to large oil tankers, among military ships, only aircraft carriers have this level!" ”
Xie Tian frowned and asked, "Is there a warship with such a large displacement?" ”
"Nope." Zhang Long said without hesitation: "It is said that there is only a helicopter carrier with a displacement of less than 30,000 tons, and it is impossible to build a ship of 80,000 tons, and it can evade the surveillance of other countries. ”
"So the unidentified object ahead is a cruise ship?" Xie Tian's heart let go of a little, since the army does not have such a high-displacement ship, then even if they get an oil tanker, it will be of no practical use, and a ship-to-ship missile can kill it.
"What's the speed of the other party?" Zhang Long picked up the communicator and asked.
"Speed, five knots." The radar crew in the radar room sends back information.
"Five knots" Zhang Long pouted and said: "This speed is less than ten kilometers. ”
Xie Tian said: "Let the 093 nuclear submarine in charge of the police under the water speed up and take a look." ”
Zhang Long nodded and said: "It's okay, as long as it's not a warship, it doesn't have anti-submarine capabilities, if there is an abnormality, let the submarine launch a torpedo to kill it." ”
The 093 nuclear attack submarine received the message and immediately moved at full speed, heading for the suspicious target displayed by the radar, while the water fleet slowed down the whole way, and after about an hour, 093 sent a message that made everyone stunned: "Report, through the periscope observation, the target can be the USS Washington aircraft carrier of the United States." ”
"Really?" Zhang Long was dumbfounded for a long time, and hurriedly asked, "What is the situation with the aircraft carrier?" Has Lao Mei begun to have the ability to take care of Guam? ”
"The aircraft carrier is," the submarine hesitated for a while, saying, "The aircraft carrier seems to be drifting with the ocean current, and we have detected it with sonar, and there is no noise on the aircraft carrier, that is, the engine is turned off." ”
"I wipe" Xie Tian said in surprise: "Could this be the aircraft carrier that the Americans lost?" Didn't I hear Eric say that their aircraft carrier was abandoned on the ocean? ”
Zhang Long also looked at Xie Tian with an extremely excited look, and asked tentatively, "Then let's lean over and have a look?" ”
"Look!" Xie Tian nodded immediately, and the fleet began to move towards the aircraft carrier that had extinguished the fire on the ocean, and when it reached a distance that could be observed by the naked eye, everyone saw that a very large aircraft carrier was floating with the waves at the sea at the moment, and there was no shadow of people on the aircraft carrier, and the carrier-based aircraft were all folded and neatly placed on the deck.
Zhang Long said with a smile: "It must be an aircraft carrier abandoned by the Americans, yes, if the aircraft carrier is normal, it is impossible to sail alone, and there must be at least a dozen ships of various types around to escort it." ”
"What no one wants" Xie Tian smacked his lips and said, "Then why are we reluctant to collect it for Lao Mei." ”
"Then you mean to say that this aircraft carrier is ours now?" Zhang Long blurted out.
"Yes." Xie Tian nodded, and asked again, "Can you drive away?" ”
"Not really." Zhang Long shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't understand these things, our aircraft carrier has just been launched, and it has not really been completed, and I basically have no experience in the control of aircraft carriers, and I don't know how the nuclear reactor of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is started." ”
"Ask." Xie Tian hurriedly said: "I think no matter how complicated the ship is, it will only be a few points, don't we have nuclear submariners?" The reactors of nuclear submarines can be started, so can't the nuclear reactors of the Americans be started? ”
"Actually," Zhang Long calmed down for a moment and said: "This aircraft carrier is of little use to us, not to mention the large size, the various electronic equipment in it, we will not be able to understand it for a while, to be honest, the radar may not be used." ”
"Grab it first." Xie Tian said without hesitation: "You can't let it drift so much on the sea, right?" What if it falls into the hands of other countries? ”
Zhang Long hesitated for a moment and said: "Otherwise, let's clean up the zombies on the aircraft carrier first, and then leave some personnel to try to see if we can start the aircraft carrier, and our team won't delay here any longer, go to Guam first." ”
"Okay." Xie Tian nodded and said: "Grab it first, talk about other things slowly, it's best if you can drive away, blow it up if you can't drive away, I've killed an American aircraft carrier in my life, and I will have capital to brag to others in the future." ”
"Done." Zhang Long immediately said: "I'll arrange it." ”
In the current fleet, there are some naval ship professionals, but the aircraft carrier is indeed too high-end, and China has never really had experience with aircraft carriers, and no one dares to guarantee that the American aircraft carrier can be driven home for a while, Zhang Long selected some professionals with experience in large ships and nuclear submarines, so that they are ready to board the ship, and then mobilize 2,000 soldiers to prepare to board the USS Washington aircraft carrier to kill the zombies inside.
When an aircraft carrier is fully loaded, the staffing is at least several thousand, which means that if this aircraft carrier is paralyzed on the sea due to the zombie virus while sailing, then the number of zombies on it must be huge, but the unit brought by Xie Tian came with the most advanced individual weapon at present, and the E2 is difficult to parry in front of them, and Xie Tian is relatively relieved of them.
"First, send a helicopter to hover above the deck of the aircraft carrier to cover the soldiers who board the ship later."
Xie Tian gave the first order, and then, the four gunships took off slowly, all hovering above the deck, at this moment, the huge movement of the helicopter has attracted a large number of zombies pouring out of the aircraft carrier, but with the gunships, it is basically difficult for the zombies to approach.
However, the four gunships fought like this, and the zombies were killed a lot, and the carrier-based aircraft was also damaged a lot, but fortunately there was no explosion.
The four gunships seized the defensive advantage on the deck, Xie Tian immediately ordered the ship to get close to the aircraft carrier, and then a large number of soldiers began to climb to the deck of the aircraft carrier through ropes, Xie Tian asked them to complete the assembly at the end of the deck, that is, under the helicopter, and then push inward, after the strength is concentrated, in order to exert the maximum attack power.
Two thousand soldiers completed the assembly on the deck, but these people all stood on the deck and did not dare to make any movement, the helicopter overhead sprayed a huge wind pressure downward, which had a great impact on the balance of the soldiers, thank God seeing that the soldiers were ready, they immediately ordered the helicopter to climb to a sufficient height, and then, with an order, the soldiers began to face the zombies that kept rushing out.
Dealing with zombies is such an advantage, once you shoot, you don't need to look for zombies, zombies will take the initiative to come to you, two thousand soldiers on the deck of a line of defense, as many zombies as many as they come out, during which a helicopter gunship also specially transported ammunition for them.
The unilateral slaughter lasted for more than half an hour, and Xie Tiancai ordered to enter the interior of the aircraft carrier for further cleaning, but the interior of the aircraft carrier was too big, and more than 2,000 soldiers searched for two hours before it was finally determined that there were no zombies in the aircraft carrier at this moment.
Xie Tian couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and personally boarded the American aircraft carrier by helicopter, as soon as he stood on the deck, Xie Tian felt his insignificance, the area of this aircraft carrier is too big, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as terrifying, the appearance of the Hornet carrier-based aircraft also looks quite stylish, after all, it is something that he does not have, Xie Tian feels that he has a very awesome feeling when he sees everything.
The soldiers began to remove the zombies on the deck, which was nothing more than throwing the broken corpses into the sea, and then pushing the damaged carrier-based aircraft into the sea, and the professionals arranged by Zhang Long also boarded the aircraft carrier, but the appearance of these people made Xie Tian feel very unwelcome, and one by one it seemed that he had entered the city and saw the old farmers who were Mercedes-Benz, that kind of excitement and caution made Xie Tian begin to wonder if they were really capable of driving this aircraft carrier.
It stands to reason that the United States has a lot of naval forces in Guam, in the Taiwan Strait, and in the waters of Japan and South Korea. There are also those Aegis-class destroyers and frigates in the Washington aircraft carrier group, and I don't know where they have gone at the moment.
After inventory, in addition to the six Hornets that were damaged, there were a total of 53 Hornet carrier-based aircraft on the deck plus the internal hangar, as well as early warning aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft, but none of the pilots brought by Xie Tian were sure to drive the Hornet, because no one would be an aircraft carrier, and they didn't know how to restore power to the aircraft carrier, let alone how to use the catapult on the deck of the aircraft carrier to boost the carrier-based aircraft to take off.
Xie Tian probably took a look at the largest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States, although there are indeed a lot of weapons and equipment, but it is useless for the time being, at this moment his fleet has only sailed a third of the distance, and there is still a longer distance to go, Xie Tian left nearly 100 professionals selected by Zhang Long behind, and left a frigate with them, and instructed: "If you can't get this aircraft carrier within three days, you will blow up this aircraft carrier, and then take a frigate to Guam." ”
Those who were left behind hurriedly nodded their heads and agreed, and it was an extremely difficult task for them to familiarize themselves with the most powerful weapons and equipment of the US Navy in three days.
Xie Tian saw that their expressions were very unconfident, so he said: "Don't ask too much, three days, as long as you can start the aircraft carrier, other things can be talked about later, such a big guy, as long as it can still move, it is not an aircraft carrier, it is also very good to use it as a transport ship, nuclear power, and no fuel consumption"
(To be continued)