Chapter 275 Arms Ship
On the ocean, the weather conditions are very complex and changeable. It was originally clear and the next moment, there might be stormy waves.
Among them, the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa is the most important.
The Cape of Good Hope was not called the Cape of Good Hope in the past, but the Cape of Storm. Here are the warm Mozambique Egarus current from the Indian Ocean and the cold Bengra current from the waters of Antarctica. The two currents converge, resulting in a very harsh climate, and the stormy waves caused by the strong westerly rapids continue throughout the year.
In Namibia and Angola in northern South Africa, there are often strong winds and huge waves on their coastlines.
The weather has been quite good these days. Soviet captain Nikolayev stood at the bow of the ship, looked at the distant coast with a telescope, sailed all the way, and finally approached Angola.
Recently, the situation in Angola is very unoptimistic. With the support of South Africa, UNITA, as if taking aphrodisiac, violated the north regardless of life and death, and lost the support of the air force. Angolan and the Cuban army fought very hard. In order to prevent the deterioration of the war, the Soviet Union had to transfer a large number of weapons from the country. His ship was mainly used to transport arms.
In addition to the four disassembled MiG25s, there are 30 T-72 main battle tanks. As it turns out, in the face of South Africa's horn tanks, the T-55 can no longer effectively fight. It must be equipped with more advanced tanks, as well as air defense missiles, which effectively eliminates the equipment of the South African Air Force, as well as a large number of light weapons and ammunition.
This is an arms ship, which, in the name of civilians, bypassed the Atlantic Ocean and came to the west coast of Africa.
Looking at the dark sky in the south, Nikolayev was a little anxious, and the sky seemed to be getting worse and worse.
"Room, rumble." The clouds in the distance were rolling. At the same time, this muffled thunder was still making.
"Note that the storm is coming." Nikolayev shouted to the crew through the loudspeaker.
The power of the engine at the tail was adjusted to the maximum, the propeller stirred the water flow, and the ship began to accelerate.
Dark clouds quickly enveloped. Amid the lightning and thunder, raindrops as big as beans kept falling down, and the huge sea breeze caused huge waves several meters high.
"Wow." The bow of the boat plunged into the water and came up again, full of sea water.
Nikolayev tied himself in the cockpit, and he knew that the situation was very dangerous at this time. He had to command the entire ship. It was so unlucky that he had caught up with such a big storm in just one day away from the coastline!
The wind and waves continued, and everyone felt dizzy and their stomachs kept surging. Even the sailors who lived on the sea since childhood also felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.
In the storm, everyone is working hard, they must protect the boat and cross this storm area!
In the evening, the storm finally became smaller, and the whole boat was sitting on the deck, breathing a sigh of relief.
They don't know that a greater threat is coming.
Just when the storm came, Rick was already flying his fighter plane, taking off from the base and crossing over Namibia. When he arrived in the Angola waters, the weather had just improved.
Angola's radar network was destroyed. In order not to expose himself, Rick was still flying at an ultra-low altitude and came to the cargo ship one hundred kilometers away. He pulled up and the radar operator in the rear cabin had turned on the radar, locked the cargo ship, and loaded all the data under the mounted harpoon missile.
In the early stages of F-14 development, it did not have the ability to attack sea and ships, but now, the modified Tomcat, the AG-71 radar has already had multiple modes, and the Tomcat has become a fierce attack cat.
A flash of fire under the wings, and in the dark sky, you can see the harpoon missile flying out.
Anti-ship missiles are all weapons that are not cared for after launching. After launching tens of thousands of harpoon missiles, Rick immediately flew back.
Harpoon missiles have very strong anti-jamming ability, and the probability of hitting a single shot exceeds 80%. Now, it is too easy to kill a civilian cargo ship.
The Harpoon missile lowered its height and flew at a height of dozens of meters above sea level. It dragged a light light at its tail, using a turbojet engine.
Flying, flying continuously, when it was about to reach the target area, the altitude dropped to more than ten meters. In the standard attack warship mode, finally, the seeker of the Harpoon missile was turned on and instantly captured the target locked in advance.
Next, it is attack! According to the set procedure, it did not choose to attack the top, but directly hit the waterline part of the opponent's ship.
After fighting the storm for more than two hours, the sailors on the boat were exhausted and it was dark. Apart from the necessary staff on duty, the rest had already entered the cabin to rest. They were exhausted and soon snored and entered a sweet dream.
"Boom!" At this moment, suddenly, a huge explosion woke them up. They opened their eyes and found that the hull was tilting rapidly. Then, they suddenly became frightened. If the ship was turned upside down in the cabin, they would not be able to escape. They ran quickly towards the deck, and the narrow hatch was slamming each other. At the critical moment of life and death, no one would let go.
"Boom!" At this moment, there was another violent explosion, and there was a violent fire in front of them. With the explosion, the ship suddenly cracked from the middle and divided into two sections.
The arms exploded!
The ship was transported by arms, and they were careful all the way over. It seemed that the storm just now caused these arms to change, and as a result, they exploded!
No one saw the flying missile, they all thought it was an explosion caused by the arms transported by their side.
The ship turned into two pieces. Several sailors watched the gushing sea water in despair, and were then swallowed by the sea water. Several sailors also went to the deck and didn't even have time to get the lifebuoy, so they jumped into the sea.
It's night now, and there are still hundreds of kilometers away from the coastline. Even if they swim like this, it's hard for them to survive.
Nikolayev did not escape. He silently looked at the sea water gradually surging up and chose to stay with the ship. He remembered what the military personnel said to him when he came. He had to bear the main responsibility for what went wrong with these arms in the middle! Even if he escaped, he would face interrogation from the KGB guys.
Before they sank to the bottom of the water, they didn't even have time to send a distress signal. During the storm just now, the radio antenna of their ship was interrupted by the waves.
It was an uneasy night. In the second half of the night, the moon rose. The clear moonlight shone on the sea, covered with oil and some debris of ships floating.
Two beams of light hit the water surface, and a ten-ton cargo ship was the first to discover the wreck here, and immediately launched a rescue operation. At the same time, it sent out a clear distress signal.
At dawn, a US Navy Aegis destroyer came here, and at the same time, a salvage ship from an international rescue organization had arrived.
The Angolan Navy, who received the news, sent two gunboats to the waters where the incident occurred. However, when they arrived, they saw the Aegis destroyer of the US Navy, they could no longer get closer.
The Angolan Navy could not confirm that the cargo ship belonged to their country, and now it is a salvage ship of the International Rescue Organization. They have no reason to expel it. More than a hundred kilometers away, they no longer belonged to their territorial waters.
So the Angolan Navy could only watch the salvage ship operating there, preparing to salvage the wreck.
Nolos Base, South Africa.
"Mr. Rick, your plan is so thorough." Dennis, commander of the South African Air Force, said to Rick: "Last night's attack completely destroyed the cargo ship, which was full of weapons transported by the Soviet Union to Angola. If it was obtained by the rebellious Angola army, our soldiers would have greater casualties."
"Last night's attack?" Rick looked at Dennis with puzzled eyes: "Lt. General, what attack did we do last night?"
"Yes, no, no." Dennis said with a smile: "That cargo ship was sunk by a great storm."
"Lieutenant General, we must monitor closely. It is said that the Cuban Air Force has obtained a batch of new fighter jets, which should be being trained at an airport. As long as your side discovers their fighter jets, they will immediately notify us and we will destroy their fighter jets." Rick said.
Rick's team will not take off until the enemy situation is determined. Let the Phantom 3 of South Africa patrol over Angola first. After discovering the enemy planes, Rick's fleet will fight. Rick is not interested in the aimless cruise mission.
"Okay, we will definitely defeat the Cuban Air Force." Dennis said.
"There is one more thing. At your invitation, we will transport two Spey engines over, and a company of Leopard 2 tanks will also drive into the Angola battlefield and launch an attack with your armored forces."
"What a great news!" said Dennis.
As long as SBE's performance is confirmed, they will revise their own sculptor fighter plan.
The battle in Angola was still going on, and UNITA and Cuban troops continued to advance northward, with their momentum as they were.
The sky is clear, and the South African Air Force's Phantom 3 fighter jets are patrolling the sky.
When the engine cannot meet the performance requirements, it is necessary to start with the aerodynamic layout. Due to the weakness of the engine, France prefers to use the aerodynamic layout of the delta wings to improve the performance of the fighter. Phantom 3 is the product of this thinking.
With this layout, Phantom 3 can reach two Mach in a flat flight, becoming a typical second-generation aircraft that attaches importance to high-altitude and high-speed performance.
At this time, South African Air Force pilots were searching the sky with vigilance to provide support to their troops. Suddenly, they discovered several targets flying at ultra-low altitudes on the ground. (To be continued...)
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