Chapter 1123 Collided
Eric was at the moment when he was proud of the spring breeze. He stood on the bridge of a legal-made 'Chasing Wind' class frigate, feeling comfortable. How vast is the sea in front of the fastest update, just like his mood at the moment.
Although Bane's methods are a bit harsh, as a person who does great things, his commanding ability is still good. After occupying the Soyo refinery, he immediately realized that he needed a strong sea force to defend his home because Soyo was close to the sea.
Compared with the army, the navy and air force are highly specialized services. Bane can get more warships, but there are too few people who can control the warships, and the more troublesome thing is how to make the warships run. Bane will only encounter more of the problems that Zhou Qingfeng encountered on the "Kennedy" aircraft carrier.
Maintenance materials such as lubricating oil are indispensable for driving a car, and the types and quantities of maintenance required on warships will only be more and more complicated.
Zhou Qingfeng's solution to this problem is to simply find some relatively backward small-tonnage ships. Backward means simplicity, and small tonnage means low consumption. So he equipped a lot of small boats under 500 tons, which were too big for him to support.
Ben also uses a similar idea. He recruited a group of retired naval soldiers and merchant sailors, and refitted several thousand-ton frigates. For example, the advanced "Zhefeng" class missile frigate was changed into a gunboat. In this day and age, simplicity and practicality are king.
In addition to a 76mm "Otto" main gun, the "Wind Chaser" class that Eric is currently staying on has two larger caliber 155mm howitzers directly loaded onto the warship with army artillery. The modification is the simplest, and the firepower is also very powerful. At least for now, there are no disadvantages.
In addition to the 'Chasing Wind' class, Eric's fleet also has two escort boats of hundreds of tons, two landing ships of the thousand-ton class, tanks and armored vehicles, and a landing force of hundreds of people.
"Captain Smith, please believe me, you will become famous this time. I know the port of Luanda very well, where there is no defense at all, we can directly attack the port, and even launch a landing battle. If the enemy's combat power Not strong, we can even occupy the pier.”
In the past, the city of Luanda was occupied by tens of thousands of black uncles who were miserable, and there was nothing to gain from occupying it. But now that the news of the Aurora Legion's strong landing with 100,000 tons of supplies has spread, Luanda immediately attracted countless attention like a piece of fat.
Eric really knows the port of Luanda very well, and he can speak eloquently in the face of various inquiries. Captain Smith opposite him was the commander of this battle, and he relied heavily on Eric. The two even had a drink from time to time, which was considered an early celebration.
It’s only over 300 kilometers from Soyo to Luanda, and with the current speed of 24 knots of the ‘Chasing Wind’ class, it can be reached in half a day. In fact, the fleet has gone through two-thirds of the way, and an attack can be launched before dark.
Looking at the time, Captain Smith suddenly felt a little sleepy. He turned his head and told the star officer to go to rest for a while, but he saw the star officer walking over frowning. This expression often means that trouble is afoot.
"What's the matter?" asked the captain.
"A liaison officer named Danny sent a telegram, saying that an enemy pirate ship disguised as a yacht is trying to attack Soyo. According to the route, this disguised ship will meet us soon." The star officer said. .
"Camouflage boat? It's very interesting." Captain Smith chuckled a few times with a bit of ridicule. He knew exactly who the so-called 'liaison officers' were. Those are bullying and domineering scumbags. The so-called 'camouflage boats' must have offended some Danny.
"Don't worry about it, our goal is Luanda." Captain Smith still had a bit of military pride. He's not going to waste his time with a villain, he has his glory to win.
It's just that Captain Smith didn't go to provoke the 'camouflage boat', but the 'camouflage boat' took the initiative to come to provoke him. Just as the 'Zhuifeng' class frigate was slashing through the waves and moving forward, a small dot appeared on the warship's sea search radar.
Soon the little dot appeared in front of the warship.
Zhou Qingfeng originally wanted to go to Soyo Port to see the situation in person, but on the way the radar unexpectedly showed a fleet of ships coming from north to south. If you look closely, there is a fleet here, and it is clearly a fleet. There are frigate frigates with modified artillery, and landing ships for transporting personnel and equipment.
This shows that the visitor is not good!
When the yacht was close to the visual distance, the two sides were less than a kilometer away. Waiting to find something was wrong, Zhou Qingfeng naturally turned around and left immediately. Both Captain Smith and Eric saw this scene on the 'Wind Chaser' class frigate. Seeing the yacht dodging hastily, both of them laughed.
On this sea, a big boat is better than a small boat, and more boats are better than few boats. A 20-meter-long yacht is already considered a luxury, but it is far from a regular warship. Any warship under Captain Smith is much larger than a yacht, so he is naturally qualified to laugh at it.
It's just that Zhou Qingfeng didn't stay away after turning around. He followed a landing ship and asked in the maritime public frequency for help: "Fleet ahead, which side do you belong to?"
For this kind of call, there is no need to disturb Captain Smith at all, the communications officer on the "Wind Chaser" class bridge can answer, "We are the fleet under the leadership of Bane."
"Where are you going?" asked again on the radio.
"Military secrets, no comment." The communications officer refused to answer.
"Are you going to attack the Aurora Legion in Luanda port? Can you not go? The Aurora Legion are all good people." The radio was still entangled, and the words were quite teasing.
The communications officer on the 'Zhuifeng' level was extremely speechless at this kind of question and answer, and couldn't help laughing. The bridge is such a big place, someone laughing for no reason naturally attracts attention. Captain Smith immediately shouted bluntly after learning the reason: "Let him go away, or I will sink him!"
The communications officer did not change a word and sent it as it was. After a while, there was a sigh in the radio conversation, which seemed to be full of helplessness.
Captain Smith only thought that this 'fly' would leave, but on the other end of the call, Zhou Qingfeng put down the radio microphone and shrugged: "It seems that we have to move around."
"Are we going to fight the leading warship?" Irene and Allie asked in unison.
"Uh..., I'm afraid this is unlikely." Zhou Qingfeng shook his head immediately, he had to know something about a small yacht of about a hundred tons, and a frigate of more than a thousand tons was not something he could shake. "We..., at most, harass the landing ship behind the opponent's fleet."
"But what are we going to use to harass the landing ship?" The two sisters looked at Zhou Qingfeng blankly. They were originally out to play, and there was only the most basic individual equipment on the yacht. It was impossible to fight a warship.
"Uh..., I'll go look in the cabin." Zhou Qingfeng didn't respond to that.
"Our yacht is also equipped with weapons to attack warships?" The two sisters were taken aback for a moment. They really couldn't think of any weapons that could attack warships that would be hidden on the yacht in advance.
But Zhou Qingfeng really went to 'find' alone, and he quickly 'found' some old military green boxes in a sundry room, "I think we can use these things to surprise the enemy's landing ships .”
"What is this?" The sisters looked at the box, not knowing why.
Zhou Qingfeng smiled proudly: "This is Red Arrow-73." rw