In the command room of Zhou Shanjian, who ended the call, he suddenly fell into a short silence, and the atmosphere seemed a little depressing.

"Captain Hu, let's set off with the Swift Dragon Commando!" Yu Yong, the captain of the Xunlong Commando, couldn't help but break the silence first.

"Nope." The operational staff officer immediately vetoed, "This plan is too risky!" ”

"We are currently 650 kilometers away from the Xindu, and the helicopter's fuel tank can only support you to pass, not to support your return. In case you don't find a chance to land, you'll either be shot down by pirates or run out of fuel! ”

"......"

"Report!"

When Yu Yong was about to refute, a soldier suddenly spoke,

"The reconnaissance satellite is already in place, and the real-time footage has been transmitted!"

So everyone hurriedly turned their attention to the big screen.

Judging from the real-time footage from the reconnaissance satellite, the location of the Xindu is indeed consistent with the backup locator, and it is the time that Cheng Yanfei strives for, so that they can quickly pass through the satellite and lock the position of the Xindu.

This is undoubtedly good news.

Although judging from the waves at the stern and the signal of movement, the Xindu has indeed been restarted by the pirates, and is heading towards the southwest at full speed at this time, but after knowing the other party's escape route, it will not be clueless to make a plan.

Hu Zhi hurriedly picked up his pen, made some marks and measurements on the chart, and then patted the table and said, "They should be preparing to land at Iscu." ”

In this way, the positions of the Zhoushan ship, the Xindu and Iscu are drawn a triangle.

And in the middle of the triangle is the island of Idaibu!

"Immediately adjust the direction of interception according to the speed!" Hu Zhi said decisively, "The Swift Dragon Commando Team immediately boarded the plane and prepared to launch support!" ”

"Roger!"

After hearing this, Yu Yong immediately gave a military salute excitedly, and then went out to organize the team members.

The operational staff officers also understood Hu Zhi's operational thinking through the lines drawn on the nautical chart.

Hu Zhi planned to let the helicopter land on the island of Idaib in case the landing of the Xindu failed.

"Captain Hu, I have the responsibility to remind you that if the landing of the Xindu fails and you really have to land on the island of Sedaibu, the safety of the soldiers will also not be guaranteed, and not only may they face diplomatic problems, but there may also be another 'Black Hawk Fall' incident!"

"Staff Officer Wu is serious." Hu Zhi immediately explained in a deep voice,

"The nature of the incident is completely different from the Black Hawk incident, this is just a rescue incident of a pirate attack, and you know the situation in Somalia, even if we want to greet them in advance, we can't get to anyone, and we have a reason for this matter to be international."

"As for the safety of the fighters, Somalia is not full of pirates, and you can rest assured that I will take all responsibility for the whole plan."

Seeing that Hu Zhi had made up his mind, Staff Officer Wu no longer stopped him, he looked at the satellite screen and pondered for a moment before suddenly speaking again:

"In fact, there is an alternative plan, which is to let the Red Eagle merchant ship in front of the Xindu turn around immediately, ready to meet the Xunlong commando at any time, but according to the distance, the battery life may still be so far behind, so the team members have to abandon the plane and jump into the sea in advance, waiting for the merchant ship to rescue......"

"Well, this can also be done as a last resort."

As the orders were quickly issued, the soldiers on the Zhoushan ship immediately moved quickly, and soon, a Z-20 carrier-based assault helicopter carrying twelve Xunlong commandos slowly took off from the Zhoushan ship and began to fly towards the Xindu.

For the Swift Dragon commandos on the Z-20, this operation was somewhat ruined......

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In response to this sudden situation, a command center also quickly set up an emergency command team and began to remotely coordinate the rescue operation.

After several years of daily escort operations, there has been no incident of a ship being hijacked in the Gulf of Aden and its nearby waters for more than half a year, not to mention that judging from the current intelligence, the successful hijacking of the Xindu by pirates is almost a fait accompli.

Liang Zhen, the chairman of Tongda Shipping Group, that is, Li Chen's local tyrant's mother, happened to be in Tianjinggang that day, and after receiving the news that the Xindu had encountered pirates, she also rushed to the emergency command center as soon as possible, so as to cooperate with the next possible negotiations with the pirates at any time.

However, if you really want to pay for the ransom of the person and the ship, in fact, the insurance company will pay for it, so the people from the insurance company have also received the notice......

Although Captain Hu's plan has already begun to be implemented, in the emergency command center, a group of staff officers are still evaluating Captain Hu's plan, and there are great differences of opinion.

Some people think that in the current situation, the rescue is too difficult, and if the problem can be solved through negotiation and payment, try not to do it.

Especially the alternative plan of abandoning the plane and jumping into the sea to wait for the rescue of the Red Eagle merchant ship, not only risking the lives of the soldiers, but also means giving up a straight 20 worth hundreds of millions.

And after Somali pirates successfully hijack a ship, the ransom is usually only one or two million dollars, and in rare cases, the lion opens his mouth and asks for tens of millions.

Therefore, whether it is for risk considerations or from the perspective of interests, it is more cost-effective to negotiate and pay money.

In previous pirate hijacking incidents, if the other side has successfully hijacked the ship and has taken hostages, if there is no great certainty, the military usually focuses on the safety of the hostages and tries to avoid direct exchanges with pirates.

And Lao Maozi is the other extreme, in their rescue operations, they basically focus on fighting pirates, as for hostages or something.

Ask for your own blessings......

Therefore, most pirates are actually quite afraid of robbing Lao Maozi's merchant ships.

Although Lao Maozi's approach is indeed simple and crude and effective, it attaches more importance to the personal safety of citizens, so it is difficult to say which of the two methods is better or worse.

Just when the staff officers were still discussing whether to terminate Captain Hu's plan, Chief Shen, who was in charge of commanding the emergency, suddenly spoke: "Okay, since the Xunlong Commando has set off, it is ready to be launched now, and the pirates are well-equipped this time, and all signs indicate that this is a planned and premeditated targeted attack!" ”

"If we are so easy to succumb, it will undoubtedly further fuel the arrogance of the pirates, so now it is not a question of calculating the gains and losses of a single incident, but a question of whether we can play the momentum of our navy!"

"What's more, at least for now, the crew is still relatively safe, and the situation is not completely unfavorable for us, and if there is a situation where the lives of the crew are threatened, it is not too late to improvise."

Hearing what Chief Shen said, the discussion in the command room finally ended, and then he began to discuss in detail the possible changes and problems in accordance with Captain Hu's planned direction, in order to further improve the rescue plan.

Only then did Chief Shen turn his head to his deputy and asked, "Did the destroyer Remiji of Country M reply?" ”

"I just replied, saying that their ship broke down, and even the aircraft carrier formation didn't keep up, so they couldn't carry out rescue operations......"

Chief Shen suddenly sneered, and then asked, "What about John's Kingdom?" ”

"It is also denied that there is an escort mission being carried out."

"Hehe, it's a good one to watch the fire from the other side." Chief Shen rubbed his forehead, "And it's not good, this fire is the ...... they put it."

The deputy's face couldn't help but change slightly.

In fact, everyone has the same suspicion as Chief Shen, but no one will say it until there is no evidence, which is also a tacit understanding that the two sides have always had.

"By the way, where is the Yuzhang ship?"

"Yuzhang ship?"

The deputy was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked the soldier who controlled the center console of the command room to enlarge the chart, and soon understood what Chief Shen meant.

The Yuzhang and other three ships are the 48th batch of escort formations that just set off some time ago, and they are also about to change the guard with the 47th batch of escort formations such as the Zhou Shan ship.

At this time, the 48th escort group was about 800 nautical miles and more than 1,500 kilometers away from the Xindu.

At such a distance, everyone subconsciously ignored the possibility of their participation in the rescue operation.

But Captain Zhou Shanjian Hu had some risky plans, but he just reminded Chief Shen.

Since the Zhoushan ship can directly dispatch the Xunlong commando without considering the issue of helicopter return, why can't the Yuzhang ship?

Although the secret weapon on their ship has not yet been tested in actual combat, it is actually entirely possible for them to participate in this rescue operation in terms of one-way range.

The deputy immediately took out the charts and, through further measurement calculations, quickly worked out a new plan with the staff officer:

The three heavy silver cranes carrying the Yuzhang ship set off immediately and first landed on the merchant ship Red Eagle, which is currently 182 kilometers south of the Xindu.

Even if the Red Eagle merchant ship has begun to turn around and rush west in order to cooperate with this rescue operation, the distance between the two sides is getting farther and farther, and the entire voyage can be controlled within 1,400 kilometers, while the cruising speed of the Silver Crane is 1,600 kilometers.

If you don't consider the question of how much endurance is left after arriving at the Red Eagle merchant ship, Yinhe can completely increase the cruising speed, and the time to arrive at the Red Eagle merchant ship is likely to be controlled in more than two hours.

This was only about half an hour later than the time when the Swift Dragon Commando arrived at the Xindu.

At that time, the Silver Crane can completely replenish the energy on the Red Eagle merchant ship first, or directly let all the load of a Silver Crane be used to carry the battery, and immediately replace the other two Silver Cranes with full battery life after arriving at the Red Eagle merchant ship, and finally decide whether to go to the Xindu to support the Swift Dragon Commando according to the situation.

Moreover, with the Silver Crane on standby in the Red Eagle merchant ship, if the Xunlong Commando fails to board the ship, it is really to the point of abandoning the plane and jumping into the sea, and the Silver Crane can also carry out rescue and response more quickly than the Red Eagle merchant ship, which greatly reduces the danger of the Xunlong Commando jumping into the sea.

After the deputy finished presenting this plan, he summed up to Chief Shen:

"The feasibility of this plan is very high, but the premise of all this is based on the fact that Yinhe's performance is not a problem, and Yinhe is a new type of aircraft that has not been tested for a long time after all, so this plan also has a certain risk."

After Chief Shen pondered for a moment, he nodded decisively and said, "There is no perfect plan in the world, but compared to this risk, it can bring us greater possibilities, so ......"

"Immediately notify the 48th batch of escort formations, let their three heavy silver cranes and commandos quickly rush to the merchant ship Red Eagle! At the same time, keep in touch with the merchant ship of the Red Eagle in case something happens! ”

"Roger!"

"Also, immediately contact Dr. Kang, and say that Yinhe was designed by him, and this is Yinhe's first battle, and the difficulty and risk are very high, I hope he can take time to provide technical support for this operation!"

"Roger!"

As the emergency command center re-planned and improved the entire rescue plan, one after another instructions began to be issued, and the 48th batch of escort formations after receiving the news quickly began to organize the Panlong commando team to carry out preparations before the operation.

Only five minutes later, the three Yinhe took off from the missile destroyer Yuzhang, the missile frigate Qianhu, and the integrated supply ship Songcheng.

Among them, No. 01 Yinhe is mainly responsible for transporting 24 Panlong commandos, and No. 02 Yinhe is mainly carrying heavy weapons and providing aerial fire support.

The No. 03 Yinhe is equipped with two small 3.3-ton spare batteries, although the capacity of these two battery packs is only half of the capacity of conventional batteries, but it is very easy to carry and replace, and the 800Km range they provide can fully support the No. 01 and No. 02 Yinhe to be able to participate in the operation at any time after arriving at the Red Eagle merchant ship.

At the same time as the Yinhe flight formation took off, Kangchi also suddenly received a call from the emergency command center.

During this time, he was in retreat at the Pangu base, responsible for organizing the normal intelligent manufacturing of Yinhe, and at the same time, he was also learning and researching the technology of large bypass ratio turbofan engines.

This phone call only said that he had encountered a pirate attack emergency, and the specific content of Kang Chi was not clear, until he came to the command room of the Pingfeng Mountain garrison, and through the remote video directly connected to the emergency command center, he figured out the whole incident and plan.

"Mr. Kang, in terms of Yinhe's performance, do you think there is anything missing from our plan?"

"Nope." Kang Chi shook his head, "This plan gives full play to the characteristics of Yinhe, so there are basically no major problems, it's just ...... Personally, I think you're a little more conservative. ”

"My parameter standards for the silver crane are all in the state of full load, so his actual maximum endurance is actually far more than 1600km, in the extreme endurance test a few days ago, only two crew members of the heavy silver crane also flew a full 2113km, and today's highest load of the silver crane is not more than 7 tons, and at the same time according to the current wind direction calculation......"

As he spoke, Kang Chi picked up the pen, quickly calculated on the scratch paper, and then looked up and said: "If you don't take into account the endurance problem after reaching the Red Eagle merchant ship, you can completely increase the cruising speed to 587KM/h, which can arrive a full 25.2 minutes earlier than your current plan." ”

“587KM/h？！”

The staff officers in the emergency command room were immediately shocked.

"Are you sure you can fly to the merchant ship Red Eagle at this speed? You should know very well if you can't fly...... Their fate is to fall into the sea! ”

"Don't worry." Kangchi said with a firm face, "I have left room for this speed, you can't use the previous conservative thinking to look at this high-end solid-state lithium battery, it not only improves the high energy density, battery decay, battery life discount and other problems have also been solved." ”

"Therefore, I can guarantee that at a speed of 587KM, I can definitely fly to the Red Eagle, and I am not there the whole time, I can help you calculate and adjust in real time according to the situation."

Seeing that Kangchi said this, the staff officers no longer hesitated, and immediately let the Yinhe formation start to speed up, and at the same time transmit their data to Kangchi for analysis in real time.

(End of chapter)

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