Chapter 1342: Suicide Attack
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The distance from Cancun to Havana is about 500 kilometers, and it takes about a day to run at the economic speed of the "Perry" class frigate. The three frigates departing from Cancun were headed by the 'Brook', and Colonel Harrington, who led the team, received a reminder from the chief shortly after departure.
"Pay attention to air defense and anti-submarine?" The colonel frowned slightly as he looked at the message sent to him. General Blücher managed to train such a darling fleet. Naturally, he despised the opponent strategically, but he still had to pay attention to it tactically.
Colonel Harrington also understands that he has a great responsibility. He verbally expresses his contempt for the enemy to boost morale, but in terms of action, ensuring the safety of the warship is not only for the army, but also for his own future.
"Boys, be vigilant. The radar and sonar departments must always pay attention to the situation around the warship. If we are attacked by someone, it will not only be a shame, but many people will not be able to go home."
Colonel Harrington was sitting on the bridge, and his eyes were really wide open for fear of accidents. The "Perry" class frigate is an old warship retired by the United States long ago. Its equipment is aging and it is very difficult to deal with modern fighter planes and submarines. If the enemy really has some kind of powerful weapon, the threat is still great.
"I'm mainly worried about the aircraft." Colonel Harrington heard about the air battle that took place two or three days ago, and knew that the opponent had a good air force. The 'Perry' class is equipped with 'Standard 1' anti-aircraft missiles. If the opponent launches an overwhelming air attack, it will be very difficult to deal with it.
The air defense range of 'Standard 1' reaches forty to fifty kilometers. It takes at least five or six minutes for the propeller aircraft to fly over within this distance before entering the attack position.
Perhaps the 'Super Tucano' of the Aurora Legion is equipped with guided bomb weapons, but now that the satellite guidance has disappeared, laser guidance needs to be irradiated, and it is impossible to launch an attack outside the 'Perry'-class air defense firepower circle.
The MK-92 fire control system of the "Perry" class can control two anti-aircraft missiles for defense at the same time, and three "Perry" class ships can deal with six incoming enemy aircraft at the same time. At the flight speed of 'Standard-1', the enemy plane can be shot down before it approaches.
"Unless our enemy dispatches hundreds of fighter planes in one go, we all have enough reaction time and ammunition to shoot them down one by one." Through simple calculations, Colonel Harrington is still somewhat confident.
If the opponent really dispatched hundreds of fighter planes so frantically, then the long-range radar and the "Sea Hawk" helicopter equipped with the 'Perry' class could also detect it in advance. Colonel Harrington felt that he would not fall into the trap so foolishly. .
"No matter what the enemy does, we have a way to deal with it." After repeated discussions with the officers of the radar and missile departments, Colonel Harrington felt that his own safety was still guaranteed. "Let us go forward bravely to create meritorious deeds."
Three "Perry" class ships arrived in the Florida Strait after a day's running. The width of this strait is less than 200 kilometers. The north is Florida in the United States, and the south is Havana, the capital of Cuba. The cautious Colonel Harrington pulled his fleet to the sea a hundred kilometers away from Havana.
"Did the radar find anything?" asked the colonel.
The officer in charge of the radar reported: "Sir, we have detected multiple aircraft over Havana. The most special one is an aircraft hovering at an altitude of 8,000 meters. We judge it to be a drone. If it carries If the radar is used, it is very likely that we have also been spotted."
"The Eye of Havana?" Colonel Harrington was also staring at the radar screen, wondering how to get rid of this annoying aerial sentinel, "It's a pity that we don't have the 'Standard-2' air defense missile with a range of nearly two hundred kilometers, otherwise we can directly attack the It shot down."
The last time Colonel Harrington came to attack the port of Havana, he used the guidance of the ship-borne helicopter to launch the 'Harpoon' anti-ship missile with a range of more than 100 kilometers. Lure the opponent to launch an air strike on yourself and consume its strength?
But at this time, a "Sea Hawk" helicopter with a radar guidance pod suddenly sent a message,
"Sir, a large number of speedboats appeared from the direction of Havana, and rushed directly towards us."
"Speedboat? Hahaha..., when these speedboats have completed the 100-kilometer sea route, we will have left this sea area long ago." Colonel Harrington said indifferently, "Ready to launch the 'Harpoon' missile, target? ...."
But before your Excellency the Colonel can figure out who to hit with the 'Harpoon', the 'Sea Eagle' who just reported again reminded: "There are also a large number of reflection points from the direction of Florida. It is preliminarily judged that at least 50 speedboats below 100 tons are heading towards us. Pounce."
Hehe..., this is actually planned a long time ago!
Colonel Harrington's fleet is in the middle of the Florida Strait, and one look at the situation knows that the opponent is also well prepared. The Aurora Legion used the cover of the coast and islands to arrange a large number of speedboats to covertly stand by in advance, and waited for the opponent to come in before relying on the drones in the air to determine the target and launch an attack.
"Prepare for electronic jamming." Colonel Harrington did not dare to neglect, he was afraid that there would be goods equipped with anti-ship missiles on these speedboats. At that time, a wave of missile rain will not be fun. "The 100-ton speedboat is not very threatening, even if it is equipped with missiles, it will not be too advanced."
What I said was true. At least as far as the colonel knew, there were missile boats in both Cuba and South America, but they were all very old. Moreover, the missiles equipped on these missile boats are grandpa-level gadgets, and the electronic jamming equipment on the 'Perry' class can easily deceive them.
In order to avoid being besieged, the three 'Perry' class ships still evaded, keeping the distance from these speedboats as far as possible. After all, the combat distance of speedboats is limited, and they may run out of gas after running a hundred kilometers at high speed, so they can be dealt with however they want.
Although the speed of the speedboat is far faster than that of the frigate, it will take at least five or six hours to catch up after running a distance of tens of hundreds of kilometers. This is why Colonel Harrington is not afraid.
But once this chase started, it seemed that there would be no end. When three or four hours passed and the 'Brooke''s own sea search radar could find dense sea targets, His Excellency the Colonel finally felt something was wrong.
A "Sea Hawk" helicopter even dared to fly over to see what's going on with these speedboats? As a result, the pilot reported back: "Sir, these are not missile boats, but ordinary speed boats and torpedo boats. They just run fast, and they are not even armed."
What……?
This situation really didn't appear in Colonel Harrington's conception, but now that the facts are in front of him, a word immediately popped up in his mind..., suicide speedboat.
"Order the 'Sea Eagle' to intercept these speedboats, and order the three warships to speed up and leave. We have encountered a group of lunatics."
The original beautiful fantasy was shattered in an instant, and Colonel Harrington felt that he had met his opponent's all-in-one bet—the Aurora Legion didn't play any high-tech and sophisticated tactics at all, and they just wanted to kill you!
But it was raining all night, and the "Sea Eagle" flying in the sky reported again: "Sir, we miscalculated the number of enemy speedboats. The two north and south waves add up to more than 200 ships. And they are on the route ahead of us." I also saw about a hundred speedboats rushing over."
Fuck... Colonel Harrington's scalp tingled when he heard this number. He never expected his opponent to be so ruthless when he went crazy. "Are the people driving the speedboat crazy? What's the point of them rushing up like this?" With? We can kill them with machine guns."
A 'Sea Eagle' has been following a speedboat at close range, and the operator on the bridge of the speedboat can be seen through the porthole.
After a few glances, the pilot of the helicopter reported on the radio in a heavy tone: "Sir, I have some bad news. The operators of these speedboats seem to be mentally disturbed. They really are all A group of lunatics!"