Chapter 773: Search and Rescue Operation [Today's Third Update, Please Give Me a Guaranteed Monthly Ticket]

"Fan Wubing is a person who has made great contributions to the construction of the army, especially the construction of the navy. Yi, Da. You must mobilize all forces for search and rescue. This is not only a task assigned to you by the State Council. It is also a task assigned to you by the Military Commission, Lao The chief is particularly concerned about this matter and has ordered us to report it to him twice a day. You must handle it seriously and handle it yourself," Boss Zhu said to Navy Commander Shi on the phone.

"Yes, sir, don't worry, I will handle it myself." Commander Shi said.

After Commander Shi put down the phone, he immediately said to the staff, "Immediately ask Political Commissar Yang, Deputy Commander Guo, Deputy Commander Zhang, Chief of Staff Xue, and Deputy Chief of Staff Kong to come over. There are important things that we need to arrange."

The staff officer agreed, knowing that the matter was of great importance. A problem that can be solved by the six giants of the navy at the same time is obviously not a trivial matter. So I ran out to inform him, and within a few minutes, everyone rushed over.

After everyone arrived, Commander Shi didn't say much. He simply explained the tasks assigned by Boss Zhu and the head of the Military Commission, and then took out a large chart for everyone to see. A combat staff officer had already received it. Mission, pointed at an area on the chart with his baton, and said to everyone. "Dear heads, here we go out of the place where Mr. Fan and others were beforehand. According to the data provided to us by the yacht club, the fuel in the yacht can only support a maximum range of four hundred nautical miles. Therefore, we have delineated areas where problems may arise for refer to."

After he finished speaking, he showed a large area on the chart, but in this case, the area that needs to be searched is also quite large, especially the vast sea. If you want to find so many people, it is really like looking for a needle in a haystack.

After looking at the chart, everyone frowned. Xindao's mission this time is quite heavy. Although he only found a few people, Boss Zhu and the head of the Military Commission made verbal requests at the same time. This is unique in the history of the navy. It means all-out search and rescue, which is the navy's All resources can be mobilized. In addition to the nuclear submarines on combat readiness, other ships, naval aviation, air force, combatants and non-combatants can be mobilized.

However, someone immediately put forward the idea of ​​narrowing the rescue scope. Chief of Staff Xue suggested, "Search and rescue at sea is more convenient for ship-based helicopters. And based on common sense, the starting point is the center of the circle. It is advisable to carry out the rescue within 100 nautical miles, because although the yacht has enough fuel to travel 400 nautical miles, considering other factors, they will not advance at full speed, so the return journey must be 150 kilometers. The radius is relatively reasonable. We might as well carry out rescue operations within this range now. If nothing is found, we can then consider expanding the search and rescue range."

Chief of Staff Kong Hun also said, "The possibility of something happening to six yachts at the same time is relatively small. So it is not ruled out that they stopped on a small island. There are also many uninhabited islands in this sea area. It should also be focused on.”

"The Eastern Sea Fleet conducted exercises in this area a few days ago. Let them also pay attention to the dragnet-style search and rescue. It is better to combine this search and rescue work with troop training to avoid causing confusion among the troops." Political Commissar Yang considered. There were many questions, and they were worried that the officers and soldiers would complain if they knew that all this trouble was just to find a few people, so they suggested to Commander Shi.

Commander Shi nodded in agreement. "Lao Yang's opinion must also be seriously considered, and the mood of the troops needs to be stable."

After a pause, Commander Shi decided. "Then, we will use a radius of 150 nautical miles as a radius to conduct search and rescue in this sea area. All the ships that the troops can pull will be pulled out to participate in this operation. While rescuing people, we will train troops at the same time."

Deputy Commander Zhang said from the side,

"As a result, the consumption of fuel and other supplies will be a huge expense, and military expenditures are not generous now.

"Don't worry!" Commander Shi waved his hand. Seeing that everyone was confused, he explained to them, "Don't mention the expenses this time. Someone will definitely reimburse them later.

This time the entire army was dispatched. Even if Fan Wubing could not be found, Fan Heng's family could not let everyone's efforts go in vain. Therefore, Commander Shi was not worried about the cost at all. With the strength of Fan's Investment Group, Hundreds of such military exercises are a piece of cake, right?

Seeing that Commander Shi was so determined, everyone felt confident, so everyone began to prepare for this matter according to their own division of labor and responsibilities.

Hours later, all 15,000 people involved in the operation had been mobilized. A net-like screening was carried out from the south and north areas. More than two hundred ships of various types began to line up along the coastline for hundreds of kilometers, slowly marching on the vast sea.

More than 150 helicopters belonging to the naval aviation force also took off in batches to provide navigation services for the fleet and conduct naked-eye searches of the sea below. A large-scale naval operation equivalent to a large-scale actual combat rehearsal officially kicked off. .

The Navy's president carefully read the announcement of the four friends and paid close attention to it. This movement has attracted great attention from the national society. Especially the Japanese, who are very close at hand, are like facing a formidable enemy and urgently mobilize domestic military forces to prepare for any changes that China's armed actions may cause.

U.S. President Clinton is also very worried about China's military actions, because this time there was no warning at all. Their intelligence organization didn't find anything at all. This made him feel a little worried, so he contacted the Chinese government as soon as possible and used the presidential hotline to talk to Chief No. 1.

"This is just a maritime rescue exercise with no other political or military purpose." Chief No. 1 said.

Clinton naturally couldn't believe this explanation. In his opinion, the purpose of the sudden arrival of the overstretched Chinese navy must not be simple. Therefore, he suddenly had an idea and said that it was to strengthen military cooperation between China and the United States. He hopes that the US Navy's Seventh Fleet can organize joint exercises with the Chinese Navy, and said that they also have some experience in maritime search and rescue work, and everyone can share it.

The leader naturally knew what the Americans were thinking, but then he thought, since there were coolies coming to his door for free, why didn't he accept them? Having more manpower would naturally be beneficial to the progress of the search and rescue work, so he agreed to Clinton's proposal and was willing to accept Shi Fang's "good intentions."

As a result, the Navy's deployment will need to make some corresponding adjustments. After all, it has never cooperated with the U.S. Navy on such a large-scale military operation before. The Navy has always been relatively hostile to the U.S. Seventh Fleet. This time, it will cooperate This is the first search and rescue operation, and many things need to be coordinated.

The senior navy officials, including Commander Shi, felt that there was nothing wrong with this. At least they could have close contact with the US Navy's Seventh Fleet, or better understand them and understand the Americans' naval warfare model and sea-air cooperation. Patterns are also very beneficial.

After Clinton received China's approval, he took charge of arranging the deployment of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet to cooperate with the exercise.

The U.S. Navy does have rich experience in maritime search and rescue, but this time it cooperates with coordinated operations. In addition to maritime rescue operations, it is more about studying the current equipment situation and collaborative operations capabilities of the Chinese Navy, and conducting research on this. Professional evaluation has another purpose. It is to monitor the Chinese navy to prevent any major incident from irritating Japan, the United States and South Korea.

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However, judging from the promise of Chief No. 1 to coordinate search and rescue efforts, both Clinton and the US government feel that this time the incident should not be so nerve-wracking, but if nothing happens. How could they dispatch such a large force? Doesn’t it cost a lot of money to do this? It is really puzzling that the Chinese people who have always lived a careful and careful life suddenly made such a decision.

While they were struggling here, Fan Wubing, Shen Ying, and Ye Jialou spent the third day happily on the island.

Fan Qiang and the others were also very lucky today. A very large water bird landed on a big tree on the island. Fan Wubing knocked it down with pebbles and placed it on a branch for barbecue. The water bird's belly was filled with eggs and condiments.

When it came to the ingredients, Fan Wubing actually found some spices on the island, which just solved the big problem of the tasteless food. The fire was grilling underneath, and Fan Wubing flipped the branches to let the waterfowl meat heat evenly, constantly Grease fell into the flames, making a sizzling sound. The aroma is enough to make your mouth water.

However, the two girls were not in a very high mood. After three days of fear, they had recovered a lot of energy, and the shock to their internal organs was much better after Fan Wubing's infuriating massage three times a day. But after gradually settling down on the island, Shen Ying and Ye Jiage began to miss their parents at home.

"I don't know how my parents are doing now. I miss them so much. Ye Jiazhu's eyes were red and tears were rolling in his eyes, crystal clear.

Shen Ying hugged her shoulders, feeling a little complicated in her heart. She also missed her parents very much. Although she usually floats outside. I don’t go home often, but now I am trapped on a deserted island with no human habitation. I don’t know if I can go back to the mainland, so my mood is naturally different.

Fan Wubing couldn't help but frown when he looked at the two girls crying in cow clothes. He looked at the sea opposite, and there was still no change. Instead, a group of migrating seabirds kept flying over his head. , there seemed to be tens of thousands of them.

"With a bang, a ball of white bird droppings fell from the sky and landed on Fan Wubing's head.