I built an armada

On the sea 150 kilometers away from the Eastern Sea Military Base, 052C is waiting quietly.

In the main control room, Zhou Qinglei stood at position C, and Cao Youren stood on his side.

Although Cao Youren and others have been familiar with the 052C for half a month, there is no problem in commanding the warship. However, considering possible abnormal situations, the three chiefs decided to let Zhou Qinglei be in charge of the warship after discussion, while Cao Youren and other former 956E senior officers were in charge of learning.

"It's almost time." Cao Youren looked at the time and said.

"It's seven o'clock in two minutes. It's time for us to get ready." As he spoke, Zhou Qinglei said to the deputy captain: "Notify this, and all departments will be ready."

"Yes! Captain!"

Just when the deputy captain was busy giving orders, Cao Youren said.

"Old Zhou, our main mission this time is escort. What if we encounter a Haizi warship?"

"What do you think?"

After thinking about it, Cao Youren said: "You have experience, and now you are the captain, you have the final say!"

Before Zhou Qinglei has officially succeeded Zhou Qinglei as the new captain, Zhou Qinglei has the final say on everything on board 052C.

"Look at their attitude! Deterrence means deterrence, and action means action! When push comes to shove, we should make a decisive decision!"

Since the last time the Haizicongyun was sunk, Zhou Qinglei's mentality has obviously changed a lot.

Of course, 052C fired the first shot last time. According to the bottom line, all 052C naval officers and soldiers violated the code.

If Su Dingping hadn't stepped forward to shoulder all the responsibilities, Zhou Qinglei, the captain of the military court, would not have been able to escape.

But it was precisely because of this incident that Zhou Qinglei and others, Xu Dongguo and other leaders realized that their own warships were already so powerful! It turns out that the naval fleet that once had to be looked up to is not unstoppable.

Therefore, Liu Huaming and other leaders have become slightly more radical in their mentality.

"make a prompt decision?"

Cao Youren swallowed quietly.

"If it's just one or two warships, that's fine! If there are too many warships, we'd better take it easy and don't forget our main mission!"

"Don't worry, I know what's going on!"

Zhou Qinglei nodded, feeling that Cao Youren was a little timid.

As everyone knows, before the cannon fire on August 2, he was as cautious as Cao Youren.

At this moment, the vice-captain said.

"Captain, it's 7 o'clock sharp, they should set off!"

Immediately afterwards, the radar monitor shouted: "Report to the captain, 052B is moving!"

"Very good!" Taking a deep breath, Zhou Qinglei shouted: "Let's go!"

"yes!"

With a roar, 052C took the lead and headed into the distance.

Less than half an hour later, the correspondent suddenly shouted: "Captain, the radio code code 000X192 is requesting access to our ship! Please give instructions!"

000X192?

Upon hearing this familiar radio code, Zhou Qinglei said immediately: "Quick! Put it through!"

"yes!"

"000X192? Which channel is it?" Cao Youren asked in surprise.

This was the first time he heard this special channel.

"You'll know in a minute!" Zhou Qinglei smiled mysteriously.

At the same time, the integrated military factory.

Dong Dong——

"Dingping?"

"Dean Sun, come in!"

Immediately, Sun Yongguo opened the door and walked in.

"Dingping, here are the work reports of each department yesterday. Take a look."

With that said, Sun Yongguo handed the work report to Su Dingping.

After a while, Su Dingping confirmed that it was correct and quickly signed his name.

When handing the work report to Sun Yongguo, Su Dingping suddenly thought of something and asked quickly.

"Today is the 20th?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Su Dingping suddenly realized.

I have been so busy with work during this period that I almost forgot the date.

He still remembered that the last time Xu Dongguo came over, he mentioned to himself that four warships would be escorted for shipment on the 20th.

After a moment of thought, he said: "Contact 052C, I want to speak to Comrade Zhou Qinglei."

"052C? Isn't it in service with the Eastern Fleet?"

Sun Yongguo was stunned for a moment.

Xu Dongguo made it clear that day about 052C serving in the Eastern Fleet.

052C is already in service, so there should be no problems.

What is the situation of contacting Zhou Qinglei at this time?

Sun Yongguo was puzzled.

"Today is an important day." Su Dingping said.

Sun Yongguo and others did not know about the news of shipment on the 20th. Xu Dongguo avoided others and talked to Su Dingping that day.

"Okay, just wait a moment, I'll contact you right away."

Sun Yongguo left in a hurry and ran back with a satellite phone after a while.

"Connected to communication channel 052C!"

After taking the satellite phone, Su Dingping said: "Comrade Zhou Qinglei, it's me!"

"Commander Su, please give instructions!"

When he heard the word "Commander Su", Cao Youren was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the only one who could be called "Commander Su" was the one he met briefly during military training in the south a few months ago. Su Dingping is dead.

Su Dingping, who was still a captain at the time, has now become the commander-in-chief?

Immediately, he reacted.

This 052C must be Su Dingping’s masterpiece!

No wonder 052B will not be mass-produced. It turns out that Su Dingping has a more advanced design blueprint.

Cao Youren was filled with emotions. He realized that his vision was too small, and he was still obsessed with 052B before.

Where is Su Dingping now?

Is it possible that the special radio code 000X192 is Su Dingping’s contact information?

In just a short moment, countless thoughts flashed through Cao Youren's mind.

He looked at Zhou Qinglei, thinking about asking him later, but he knew in his heart that he would definitely not get any valuable information.

"Comrade Zhou Qinglei, I know what you are doing now is very important to our navy!" Su Dingping said: "If that time comes, remember, all combat data must be summarized in detail!"

"This data is of great use to me!"

"clear!"

"I wish you all the best!" With that, Su Dingping cut off the communication.

After taking the satellite phone, Sun Yongguo asked in surprise.

"Dingping, who are they?"

"Delivery."

"Oh."

After explaining to Zhou Qinglei, Su Dingping continued to be busy.

After more than half a month of hard work, the last technical analysis of 052D is almost complete.

[Type 346A active phased array radar (analysis time 12 days, analysis progress 99.2%)]

"It's coming soon, it will only take a few days."

Su Dingping had a hunch that when the detailed combat data from the front is returned, the 052D will also officially start work in the military industrial illustration forging space!

As for whether the front line will work, Su Dingping thinks it is very likely.

Haizi will definitely not be able to swallow this sigh of relief regarding the Cong Yun.

And Zhou Qinglei had the experience of firing a cannon and sinking the Congyun. The shackles in his heart were opened, and he would inevitably become more courageous and diligent.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other, and they cannot escape from this battle.

On the other side, after hanging up the phone, Cao Youren asked tentatively: "Comrade Su Dingping?"

Sure enough, Zhou Qinglei's next words were guessed by him.

"This is confidential, Comrade Youren, just pretend you didn't hear anything just now."

Cao Youren opened his mouth, swallowed the words immediately, and gave Zhou Qinglei a helpless look.

"Everyone is on their own, and they are hiding it."

"There is no way, you know the confidentiality regulations."

"well--"

Cao Youren sighed, knowing that he would not be able to ask anything.

"I hope everything goes well. We can complete the escort mission smoothly and go home smoothly!"

Zhou Qinglei nodded.

Time flies, a few hours fly by, and the journey is very safe.

In the northern waters, the newly commissioned 053H3 frigate by the Coast Guard finally began its first official operation.

On the frigate, the huge '2201' is extremely conspicuous.

2201, represents the ‘Northern Coast Guard’, ‘more than 2,000 tons’, and ‘the first’ independently numbered Coast Guard ship.

The frigate entered the Coast Guard, which was unprecedented in history, so it was renumbered.

Fang Wenzhao originally planned to apply for an independent model. At least the name of the frigate must be louder. It would be too embarrassing to always use numbers to identify it. But he did not apply, which made him quite regretful.

I have already thought of a name, the coast guard ship Beihai.

In the main control room, commander Qiao Weidong stood in front of the porthole, looking at the rolling blue sea, and his heart was up and down.

There were so many coast guard ships to choose from, and finally he was selected to become the first commander of '2201'.

"commander?"

Qiao Weidong looked at the first mate and said, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." The first mate smiled, "Our identities seem to have changed, but it doesn't seem to have changed."

"You have to get used to it, you have to get used to it."

Qiao Weidong said with a smile.

Abruptly, the first mate pointed to the coast guard ship that was sailing with '2201' not far away and said: "Commander, isn't that the ship we had before?"

Qiao Weidong took a closer look and found that the number above was indeed the coast guard ship he commanded.

The first mate smiled and said: "Only when we got on the ship did we realize that our original ship looked quite small."

"Of course!" Qiao Weidong raised his eyebrows slightly, "Our '2201' has a displacement of more than 2,000 tons. How much is it? More than 700 tons! There is a long way to go!"

Subconsciously, Qiao Weidong's back straightened a lot.

Comparison only hurts, and he felt a sense of superiority in his heart.

Now that he has a motorcycle, he no longer likes bicycles.

With a slight cough, Qiao Weidong said with a straight face: "Okay, let's go ahead and let everyone cheer up. Don't lose face as '2201' for your first overseas operation!"

"Yes, Commander!"

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, '2201' operating in the northern sea received a daily rescue mission.

At around three o'clock, when he was about to arrive at the scene, Qiao Weidong immediately ordered the radio operator to make his daily opening remarks.

"This is the Northern Coast Guard ship '2201', please cooperate with our work..."

The captain on the fishing boat was dumbfounded when he saw the huge warship claiming to be a coast guard ship.

"Oh my God, when did the Coast Guard ship replace its shotguns with cannons? Are they even using warships?"

"Am I being blinded? Or is this the navy coming to assist in the rescue?"

"Captain, that's it!" said the first mate on the ship: "Look at the hull number - 2201!"

After looking through the binoculars for a while, the captain swallowed hard.

"Dear me, did the coast guard rob the navy? They even used warships!"

The captain and everyone were stunned, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

With the rescue mission successfully completed, at around five o'clock, '2201', which was cruising at the sea boundary line, was about to return.

"This operation went very smoothly! Get ready to return!"

Qiao Weidong said.

"Yes, Commander!"

At this moment, the radar operator suddenly shouted.

"Report to commander, a mysterious ship was found 30 kilometers away from our ship! It is coming towards us!"

30 kilometers away, that's the high seas.

‘2201’ is only about 10 kilometers away from the sea boundary line.

Glancing at the radar display, Qiao Weidong looked at the first mate in surprise and asked, "Which ship is operating on the high seas today..."

Qiao Weidong was halfway through his words when he heard the radar operator continue.

"Report to the commander, the ship's speed is 31 knots! It should be...a warship!"

"Report to the commander, we found a second ship, the speed is still 31 knots!"

Hearing these words, Qiao Weidong's expression suddenly changed.

Two warships were discovered one after another. This is not good news.

And it's still on the high seas.

After being stunned for a moment, he quickly thought of something.

"Why is this location so similar to the location last month?"

"Isn't it a warship from the Eastern Wilderness Tribe?"

This thought flashed through his mind, and he quickly said to the radio operator: "Contact the radio operator immediately and ask for his identity!"

"Yes! Commander!"

After the radio signal was transmitted, everyone present waited anxiously.

After a while, the radio operator said.

"Commander, the other party did not respond!"

"Ask again!"

"yes!"

After another half ring, the radio operator still said: "Commander, the other party still has no answer!"

After receiving no reply twice in a row, Qiao Weidong couldn't help but feel anxious.

This is my first time commanding a warship to go to sea. Isn’t it possible that I will encounter a Hainan warship?

"Commander, there is no response from the other party, it is very likely..." the first mate whispered.

Taking a deep breath, Qiao Weidong said: "Send a warning immediately!"

"yes!"

On the high seas 31 kilometers away, two warships were approaching the sea boundary in a mighty manner.

Behind the two warships, there are several multi-functional supply ships and two frigates that have not been officially incorporated into the Eighth-Eighth Fleet.

The Eighth Eighth Fleet is all destroyers, and these frigates are all old models.

In recent years, Hainan has vigorously developed destroyers, but has not invested much budget in frigates, so they have not been updated.

The first warship is the Asagiri-class destroyer of the Haizi Group 4.

Asagiri is the first Asagiri-class warship, with a standard displacement of 3,500 tons and a full-load displacement of 4,300 tons. It is an improved model of the Hatsuyuki-class.

In the main control room, Asagiri Captain Makino Hyoucai looked at the small red dot representing the coast guard ship '2201' on the radar display and said with a smile.

"We also caught a lone person!"

The deputy captain said: "Captain, the main task of our operation is to contain the enemy's power. It is not appropriate to take action! And the opponent is still within their waters! General Wada clearly reminded us not to affect the actions of the first team!"

"I know!"

Makino Hyoucai said angrily.

"It's a pity that Ido Shuichi, Kitahara Sosuke and the others got the advantage this time! How come all the good things have been snatched away by them, and we can only perform diversionary tasks here! Just thinking about it makes me angry!"

He was unhappy.

If he hadn't commanded the first Asagiri destroyer, and its combat level was ranked in the middle and lower reaches among the remaining six warships, the combat mission would definitely have been achieved!

In addition to the Asagiri, there was also a bottom destroyer performing missions with him.

"We do the hard work, but they take the credit. When will our days end!"

Makino Hikai sighed.

Seeing that Makino Hyoucai had no intention of taking action, the vice-captain breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the correspondent said: "Report to the captain, there is a telegram coming from the other side."

"Ignore it!"

After a while, the correspondent said: "Report to the captain, the other party sent a warning through the international public channel. Urge us to control the navigation direction immediately..."

After listening to the correspondent's words, Makino Hyou calmly said: "Tell the other party that we are from Haizi and are performing normal operations!"

"yes!"

Qiao Weidong's heart skipped a beat when he received the news.

What the hell, what are you afraid of?

He obviously didn't believe Haizi's lies.

At this moment, Qiao Weidong saw four warships on the radar display!

He only has one frigate, how to block it?

"Notify headquarters immediately and request naval support!"

"Yes, Commander!"

"Send the order and enter the second level of preparation state!"

"Yes, Commander!"

As orders were issued one after another, Qiao Weidong gave up his plan to return and prepared to hold his position.

After the news reached Fang Wenzhao, Fang Wenzhao contacted Xu Dongguo as soon as possible.

"Xu Dongguo, something happened! The '2201' frigate encountered Haizi's warships during its first operation on the high seas! Four have been found so far! Whether there are other ambush, we are not sure yet!"

The radar of the 053H3 frigate has an active detection range of only 30 kilometers and a passive detection range of 50 kilometers.

Naturally, we cannot detect situations 30 kilometers away.

Xu Dongguo was stunned for a moment after hearing the news.

According to the original inference, Haizi is likely to intercept it halfway. How could it come to the high seas outside the northern seas to cause trouble?

What's happening here?

Could it be...

Suddenly, four words flashed in his mind - making noises in the east and attacking in the west!

Good guy, these guys are good enough to play Sun Tzu's Art of War!

"Fang Wenzhao, I know the situation. I will send a warship over immediately!"

At this moment, Fang Wenzhao still doesn't know that the only main battleships that the Northern Fleet can dispatch are only one 051C and one 053H3 frigate.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Dongguo immediately dispatched both main battleships.

Moreover, he also contacted Xiao Chongjun.

The Eastern Fleet's main battleships only have one 052 and one 053H3, which are even worse than the Northern Fleet.

The 051C is a modern warship after all, and the 052 does not even meet the threshold of a modern warship.

Sending out two low-powered warships was still a great pressure for the two fleets.

After learning of the situation, Xiao Chongjun also dispatched two main battle warships.

Plus ‘2201’ frigate, 5vs4. Although it is still uncertain how many combat warships the enemy has sent, the number is quite large, but the combat level is far behind.

Once the fight starts, I'm afraid there will be no return.

Just in case, the two sent out a lot of missile boats, and even two submarines.

After making all arrangements, Xu Dongguo contacted Liu Huaming and requested the Air Force to support him at any time.

The boundary line of the northern sea area was covered with clouds, but everything went smoothly for 052C sailing south on the high seas outside the eastern sea area.

From the moment it entered the high seas a few hours ago, 052C entered a silent navigation state.

In the main control room of 052C, the radar monitor stared at the electronic navigation chart.

"Captain, our ship is about to enter the high seas outside the southern sea area! Please give instructions!"

After taking a look at the electronic navigation chart, Zhou Qinglei said: "In five minutes, turn on the reconnaissance radar to confirm the situation."

"Yes! Captain!"

The 052C radar has a wide active detection range, so it is specially sailed at the edge of the sea boundary line, which is conducive to detecting abnormal situations at the first time and giving timely warnings.

Five minutes passed by in a flash. As the radar was turned on, there was soon movement on the radar display that had been quiet.

The radar monitor shouted: "Report to the captain, four targets were found 120 kilometers southeast of our ship sailing from the northeast to the southwest at a speed of 32 knots!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Youren said immediately: "This navigation direction should be Haizi! The four warships are quite impressive! It seems that they are determined!"

"Their target should be the high seas south of the southern sea area! They are trying to ambush us in front!"

Zhou Qinglei also said.

With one enemy against four and 120 kilometers apart, he felt that the probability of the missile being intercepted would be very high.

Once the enemy is alerted, Haizi will definitely dispatch other reinforcements, making the situation worse.

In addition to the fact that the opponent is too close to the Donghuang tribe and it is not appropriate to take action, there is another main reason: not to fire the first shot!

After all, unlike last time, the Haishan was in danger, and Zhou Qinglei fired the first shot at the instigation of Su Dingping.

"Pay close attention to their movements!"

"Yes! Captain!"

As night falls, 052C sails alone on the sea.

On the radar display, in addition to the four small red dots representing the sea, there are 14 small green dots representing our own side.

Based on the sailing directions of the four warships during this period, the computer simulated several route maps.

The result, without exception, is that they all plunge directly into the high seas in the south.

"It seems that their purpose is already obvious! Why don't we all sail silently and see if we can get around quietly? With us guiding the way, 052B should have no big problem with them!"

Cao Youren suggested.

Zhou Qinglei was also very moved by this proposal.

There's nothing better than being able to complete a mission without losing any blood.

Facing four Chinese warships at once, he felt a lot of pressure in his heart.

Just when he was about to discuss the matter with Captain Jiang Shengrong of 052B Captain, suddenly, the radar monitor shouted.

"Report Captain, the radar has lost its target!"

"What's going on?" Cao Youren asked quickly.

The radar correspondent said: "The other side may have entered a silent cruise! If we close the distance, we should be able to detect it!"

The intensity of radar power gradually decreases from near to far, so when a distant warship enters silent cruise, it will be difficult to detect it unless the distance is close enough!

Of course, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the warship is advanced enough!

The more advanced the radar on a warship, the earlier it can be detected.

"I know." Cao Youren's heart sank. This is not good news. "It seems that our plan to get around quietly will not work."

"The other side is trying to ambush us!" Zhou Qinglei said, "I have a hunch that this battle will be inevitable!"

Cao Youren glanced at the other party and said nothing.

"Aren't they going to ambush us! Then let's give them a surprise!"

After the words fell, Zhou Qinglei said immediately: "Contact Captain 052B Jiang immediately, I want to talk to him!"

"What do you want to do?" Cao Youren had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Turn passivity into initiative!"

"How to do it?"

"Go around and capture them with 052B!"

Zhou Qinglei's eyes flashed sharply.