Chapter 517 Declaration of War and Night Raid (6K)
Asan!
The capital city of Derry City, as the world's most populous country, India often promotes its strong strength, which is also reflected in all aspects of its diplomacy.
For example, the fine on the Jeko Group was unilaterally imposed by the Anti-Monopoly Commission of India, and this move was also supported by a large number of parliamentarians.
Thanks to the active publicity and promotion in India, the people's attitude towards this is overwhelmingly supportive, believing that India, as the overlord of the surrounding waters, the Jeko Group arbitrarily built the Kra Canal and bypassed India to monopolize the benefits, which is a very arrogant behavior.
Such ideas are not only popular in the lower class of India, but also in the upper class.
At this time, a cabinet meeting was being held in the Capitol in the capital of India.
The attendees included Prime Minister Singh Ranchhoj, Minister of Home Affairs Rajiv, Minister of Defense Vip, and Minister of Finance Raman.
The theme of the cabinet meeting held by this circle of people was the issue of the Jeko Group and the Kra Isthmus.
Singh spoke first. He patted the table and said, "Has the Antitrust Commission received any news from the Jeko Group?"
Home Minister Rajiv shook his head and said, "No, the Jeko Group has not made any statement. There is only one day left before the ten-day response deadline we gave. It seems that the Jeko Group is unwilling to pay the $7.2 billion fine."
"Can't the Jeko Group see the situation? At this time, they still dare to provoke us?"
Finance Minister Raman was very surprised. The initial proposal to fine the Jeko Group was made by him.
Singer nodded thoughtfully, looking at Defense Minister Vip, and said, "It seems that the Jeko Group has not yet recognized the situation. We need to do something to it so that the other party will understand our attitude. Vip, you should arrange a military exercise in the Andaman Sea as soon as possible to see if the other party will be honest."
"Okay, I will let the Jeko Group see our powerful naval muscles."
Vip immediately agreed, his eyes were quite excited.
If the Jeko Group does not pay the fine honestly, he will send warships to the entrance of the Kra Isthmus Canal to provoke the Jeko Group and let the Jeko Group know who is the leader of this sea area.
"This opportunity is very important to us. The expansion threat of the Jeko Group is too blatant. If we don't give them a warning, they will step on our heads."
Singer continued to speak. He also supported the fine on the Jeko Group.
Asan's diplomacy has always been to make friends with distant countries and attack nearby countries. Its tough diplomatic stance towards surrounding countries has led to more conflicts among small countries around India, and even being manipulated by India.
For distant countries, India will actively make friends, conduct economic cooperation, and purchase arms from other countries.
Asan's weapons have also become international brands, and weapons from all over the world can almost be found in India.
After the rise of the Jeko Group, the two sides have territorial borders. Zen country borders India on the west and India on the east by land. On the sea, the two sides face each other across the Bay of Bengal.
India will not have a good attitude towards India as a neighboring country. With the continuous expansion of the Jeko Group, India's resentment towards the Jeko Group has become stronger and stronger.
When the Kra Isthmus Canal was opened, this resentment reached its peak, and this move of blackmailing the Jeko Group in the name of anti-monopoly was made.
"Yes, we must let the Jeko Group understand our attitude."
"In this ocean, the Jeko Group must also follow our lead and abide by the rules."
"The Jeko Group has some strength on land, but it has a century-old navy, which is not something a novice like him can understand. If the other party is not sensible, our dual aircraft carriers will teach them how to do things."
There was a chorus of echoes at the scene, and everyone's face showed confidence and their eyes were full of ambition.
India is not only blindly confident in the middle and lower levels, but also in the upper levels. This confidence is conveyed from the upper levels.
Because the top leaders of India always say that India has surpassed the United Kingdom and the United States, and its scientific and technological strength has become world-class, and it is a superpower that is second to none.
After such a deception, all the citizens took it seriously over time.
Of course, India's military strength is indeed reasonable. The total strength of the army, navy and air force is 1.5 million. This force has allowed India to always strive to dominate South Asia, directly control the Indian Ocean, and influence the entire Southeast Asia and the Arabian Sea.
However, India's defense industry foundation is too poor. The so-called military strength is highly dependent on imported advanced weapons. It spends a lot of money every year to import and maintain weapons, and their so-called domestic weapons are full of problems.
The domestically produced Tejas fighter of the Air Force has been developed for more than 40 years, and there are still problems until now.
The domestically produced Arjun main battle tank of the Army has been developed and put into service with various problems. Even the Indian army itself dislikes it and does not want to use it.
The domestically produced Vikrant aircraft carrier of the Navy has been in operation for 20 years, and the number of accidents that have occurred cannot be counted on one hand.
Such a military is like a castle piled with sand. It looks spectacular, but in fact, it is very easy to collapse with a slight push, exposing the real foundation.
Of course, before anyone broke it, Asan must have felt so good about himself.
Just when everyone in the cabinet was full of ambition, the door was suddenly pushed open.
A figure came in, panting and pale, making people wonder if he would faint.
This person was the foreign minister of Asan. His sudden intrusion made a lot of noise, and everyone looked over.
I saw the Foreign Minister not caring to take a breath, stretched out a trembling hand, handed over a piece of paper, and said in a hoarse voice: "Prime Minister Singh, just now, our Asan Kingdom local time 3:49 pm "The Jieke Group's office in the three countries of Afghanistan submitted a formal declaration of war to us in the three countries of Azerbaijan. The Jieke Group declared war on us."
quiet!
The meeting room suddenly became audible, and a few seconds later, heavy breathing sounded.
Singer's pupils dilated, with a look of disbelief on his face. He stretched out his hand tremblingly, and when he touched the declaration of war, he retracted it as if he was electrocuted.
"Read it to me."
Singer felt that his body was weighed down by a thousand pounds of weight, so much so that he did not dare to read the declaration of war.
The Foreign Minister wiped the sweat from his forehead and read out the contents of the declaration of war.
"--As we all know, we have been troubled by the issue of the Kra Isthmus Canal for more than a month. We have continued and patiently tried to reach an agreement with neighboring countries on the principles of equal and indivisible security. But in response, we have continued to encounter It is either despicable deception and lies, or attempted pressure and blackmail. At the same time, despite all our protests and concerns, the hostility and targeting of us by the outside world has not stopped, and even military blades have been kept moving closer. Our borders are trying to push us down the throat.
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We tried our best to mediate the situation peacefully, but to no avail. We have time and again expressed our friendship to the outside world and provided the closest cooperation when necessary. However, goodwill cannot be one-sided. There must be a response from the other party. We can no longer sit back and watch what is happening. Any enemy who dares to covet the Jieke Group's territory and interests will be brutally attacked by us like a cold winter.
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Therefore, I, Su Jie, in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Jieko Group, hereby formally declare war on the three countries of Afghanistan and declare to China and foreign countries that all treaties, agreements, and contracts involving the relationship between the two parties will be abolished. This is hereby announced.
February 26, 2029. "
After reading it all, not only the Foreign Minister, but also everyone in the conference room had their backs wet with sweat.
"Madman, the madman Jieke Group, the madman Su Jie."
Singer tremblingly took the declaration of war, the expression on his face was like a neon sign, and his expression kept changing.
He originally just wanted to blackmail the Jieke Group, but he never expected that the Jieke Group would directly declare war on their Asan Kingdom. This was something he had never encountered before.
They extorted so many big companies in the past, but those big companies either paid the fines honestly or withdrew from the Asan Kingdom market in despair. No company has ever dared to confront them in Asan Kingdom, let alone declare war directly.
"Now that we are withdrawing our demand for fines, can we cease the war?"
The Finance Minister's voice stopped rising because he knew he was out of luck.
The Jieke Group actually declared war so forcefully. This was not the outcome that Asan wanted to see. Let alone whether it could win or not, there would always be losses in the war, and Asan had no intention of leading the battle for the beautiful country.
"It's impossible. Others have officially declared war on us. If we back down at this time, how will the people of the country and the whole world see us?"
The Minister of the Interior roared and said with a livid face.
"Now there is only one way to defeat the Jieko Group. Our navy is still stronger than their Jieko Group."
Singh took a deep breath and looked at the Minister of Defense with earnest eyes.
"Please rest assured, our navy of the Asan Kingdom will definitely bring victory to the country. I will mobilize the army and start a war with the Jieke Group."
Seeing everyone looking at him, the Minister of Defense could only bite the bullet and pat his chest to assure him.
Singer felt a little relieved. At least the navy was capable of fighting. The Jieco Group might not launch an attack on land. After all, they were a big country. The Jieco Group did not have such a good appetite. With a population of more than one billion, they did not lack soldiers.
At sea, Asan Kingdom has the upper hand, and it is the Jieke Group that should be afraid.
"Everyone, we must fight back against the provocation of the Jieco Group. With pen and ink, I will also draft a declaration of war against the Jieco Group."
"Yes! Ah San Kingdom will win."
Everyone saw Singer's gradually showing confidence, and their morale was slowly boosted.
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February 26, 2029.
The Jieco Group suddenly submitted a declaration of war to the Asan Kingdom. On the same day, the Asan Kingdom also submitted a declaration of war to the Jieco Group. The two sides were officially at war.
This sudden news shocked the entire international community. Even those who thought that the Jieco Group would fight back only believed that the Jieco Group sent warships to escort the Kra Isthmus Canal instead of directly declaring war.
But no matter how uproar the outside world is, the war between the Jieko Group and the Asan Kingdom has inevitably begun.
It’s 4:20 a.m. on the 27th, late at night!
While the Asan Kingdom was still actively mobilizing its troops, two huge warships were already cruising here under the deep and dark sea near the Andaman Islands.
These are two Devourer-class deep-submersible cruisers, named Irrawaddy and Salween respectively.
The naming rules for the Devourer-class deep-submersible cruiser are based on the rivers of the Indochina Peninsula.
For example, these two Devourer-class deep-submersible cruisers are named after the Irrawaddy and Salween rivers, two rivers with abundant water.
In the middle of the night, the sea was surging, and under the water, two cruisers carrying out military missions were quietly dormant.
Captain Tufengpu of the Irrawaddy cruiser was standing in the command room, staring at the scanning screen fed back by the biological radar in front of him, and compared it with the overhead reconnaissance map taken by the satellite to confirm the correctness of the route and position.
"Enter the enemy ship position parameters!"
"Turn on the anti-ship missile autonomous identification radar system!"
"Surface to the sea surface and prepare for launch!"
"Contact the Salween and attack on time at the agreed time."
One order after another was passed down from the command room, and the cruiser immediately became busy. Some people debugged and checked the status of the missile to ensure the smooth launch process.
Some people stared at the sonar display and radar screen, paying attention to the subtle changes in the outside world at all times to avoid being exposed in advance during the surfacing of the warship.
There were also genetic warriors who controlled the eight tentacles of the Irrawaddy cruiser, slowly paddling the water and surfacing to the surface of the water.
Under the silent sea in the middle of the night, a shuttle-shaped behemoth jumped out of the sea like a whale, and tons of seawater were squeezed out from both sides.
The Irrawaddy cruiser emerged from the sea, with a huge displacement of more than 40,000 tons, like a small mountain floating on the sea, and eight tentacles twisted and swung underwater, looking spectacular.
However, the Irrawaddy cruiser was not fully exposed, but half-submerged in the sea, with only the upper layer exposed on the sea surface to reduce the risk of being discovered and exposed.
Click!
Click!
Click!
After floating to the surface of the sea, the covers of the vertical launch systems on the surface of the Irrawaddy cruiser were opened one by one.
With a flash of fire, one anti-ship missile after another was ignited and fired from the warship.
There are two types of this anti-ship missile, one is called the Swordfish hypersonic anti-ship missile, and the other is called the Exocet subsonic anti-ship missile.
The former is fast, difficult to defend, and expensive, while the latter is slow, easy to defend, and cheap.
Among them, the Swordfish supersonic anti-ship missile is a new development of the Jeco Group. It uses a lot of Kunpeng rocket-related technologies and is mixed with spiritual materials. It can easily reach several times the speed of sound.
The Exocet anti-ship missile has long existed. In the past, it was launched by the Magic Bird fighter. When fighting the Siamese Navy, this anti-ship missile was used to sink the Siamese Navy's aircraft carrier. Now it is easy to improve it into a ship-launched model.
In the flames, one anti-ship missile after another began to rush towards the target, most of which were subsonic Exocet anti-ship missiles, and a small number were Swordfish supersonic anti-ship missiles.
Hundreds of missiles were launched before and after, which took several minutes.
After completing the launch mission, the Irrawaddy cruiser closed the launch well covers one by one, twisted its eight tentacles, and quickly dived towards the water surface.
At the same time, more than 40 kilometers away, at the Andaman Sea and Air Joint Military Base, there is a military port and a military airport, and there are four large piers and docks in the military port.
Among them, at the topmost pier, there are six Kola-class frigates of more than 1,000 tons moored on both sides.
On the second pier, there are two warships docked side by side, namely the Mumbai destroyer and the Mansol destroyer. Both destroyers are of the Deli class with a displacement of about 6,700 tons.
On the third pier, there are three submarines that have surfaced, namely the Kaje, the Kari, and the Vilan, all of which are 2,000-ton submarines.
On the fourth pier, there are two huge shadows, one of which is the Jodi supply ship with a displacement of 36,000 tons.
The other one is one of the prides of India, the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, which was originally a Kiev-class aircraft carrier of the Bear Navy. It was later sold to India and served in the Indian Navy in 2013.
This aircraft carrier has a displacement of 45,400 tons, a length of 283 meters, a full width of 51 meters, and can carry 24 MiG-29K fighters and 6 helicopters. It is one of the two aircraft carriers of India.
At this time, at the entrance of the military port, a dredger that was dredging the river was listless.
"Boss, I'm going to release some water."
Pami greeted the captain, walked to the side of the ship, unzipped his pants and started to release water, humming a little song.
As an ordinary Indian, he is also a member of the navy, but he belongs to the engineering branch. This time he was transferred here to serve the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier.
The Vikramaditya aircraft carrier's usual home port is not here. This time it came here specifically to "deter" the Jeko Group and make them compromise on the issue of the Kra Isthmus Canal. It was deliberately transferred here.
However, the water depth of the military port in the Andaman Islands is just average, just enough for the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier to enter and exit. In order to prevent accidents, they need dredgers to deepen the river.
Boom! Whoosh!
Suddenly, Pami, who was releasing water, heard a strange sound, and he looked over curiously.
This glance seemed to last for thousands of years, and he saw a cylindrical long stick flying past him not far away at a height of several meters above the sea.
The thick cylindrical body, the semicircular head, and the flames of the solid rocket engine were so eye-catching and so frightening.
This shape, even for ignorant people, is clear that this is a missile, or an anti-ship missile that flies over the sea to avoid radar capture.
Pami's mouth slowly opened wide, he shivered all over, and the water splashed on his pants without knowing it, staring blankly at the missiles flying by.
After a long while, he suddenly reacted and yelled in fear: "Guide, guide, guide, missile, there is a missile!"
Pami wanted to find the captain to sound the alarm like crazy, but at this time, the piercing air defense alarm sounded in the entire military port.
Countless Indian naval soldiers were awakened from their sleep. Some got up from the warship, some ran out from the dock, and many people were still confused.
"What happened? Why did you sound the alarm in the middle of the night? Can't you let people sleep?"
"That bastard pressed the alarm randomly, he must make him clean the toilet for a month."
"I'm so sleepy, why hasn't the alarm been turned off? How can I sleep with such a noise!"
These Indian soldiers who just woke up didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at all. India has been at peace for a long time and has been away from the battlefield for a long time.
If the army still has a little war to fight, then the navy has been idle for many years, and these naval soldiers have long forgotten what it means to be vigilant.
But just when they were still confused, the first Swordfish hypersonic anti-ship missile had already arrived and entered the target area. The seeker automatically started searching and began to capture the target in the parameter setting.
The Vikramaditya aircraft carrier was the largest target in the military port and the easiest to be searched by radar. It also became the first victim. A Swordfish hypersonic anti-ship missile hit the waterline of the aircraft carrier.
The high-hardness steel of the blunt-shaped armor-piercing warhead rubbed violently with the aircraft carrier armor. Under the huge potential energy brought by several times the speed of sound, the blunt-shaped steel in front of the warhead tore the hull and plunged into the interior of the aircraft carrier.
In the central kitchen of the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, dozens of chefs who were busy in the kitchen and preparing breakfast for the aircraft carrier personnel heard a loud noise.
The heavy steel plate on the top made a sharp sound of twisting and tearing, and then a white cylindrical missile was stuck here, and the warhead was still emitting a flashing red light.
The chefs in the kitchen looked up and saw the steaming anti-ship missiles. All of them felt weak in their legs and trembled. Some even peed themselves out of fear.
"Run"
When a chef came to his senses, just one word had just come out of his mouth, and the delayed fuse of the Swordfish anti-ship missile exploded.
Boom!
A terrible explosion occurred. The Swordfish anti-ship missile was 10 meters long and weighed 8 tons, of which the semi-armor-piercing warhead was 900 kilograms.
When the 900-kilogram warhead exploded, the power was like a firecracker in a water bottle, and the water was splashed out of the bottle mouth.
The entire Vikramaditya aircraft carrier arched high amidships, and dazzling flames and steel fragments gushed out from the amidships. The huge shock wave generated by the explosion caused serious damage to the hull structure, which was pierced below the waterline, and a large amount of seawater rushed in frantically.
Those chefs and soldiers within the explosion range were directly killed in the explosion, and their deaths were horrible.
In the violent explosion, the soldiers resting on the aircraft carrier fell to the ground and hit their heads.
Because the detonation position was in the middle and front of the aircraft carrier, the powerful impact force directly penetrated and tore the steel deck. The carrier-based aircraft neatly placed on the aircraft carrier deck were also destroyed in the violent explosion, and many were overturned into the sea by the shock wave.
From a distance, the originally majestic and spectacular Vikramaditya aircraft carrier had a huge gap with a diameter of more than ten meters on the deck, and flames were pouring out of the gap. There was also a gap on the right side of the aircraft carrier, and seawater was constantly pouring into the hull.
It was not until this time that the Indian Navy in the military port finally realized that they had been attacked by the enemy after hearing the explosion and the dazzling flames.
But they knew it too late at this time, because the Irrawaddy cruiser launched the missile from dozens of kilometers away, and the distance was too close.
Although the country has also deployed an anti-missile system near the military port, it takes time for the early warning radar to detect the missile, and then transmit the data to the fire control radar. The fire control radar is turned on to illuminate the incoming missile and guide its own air defense missiles to intercept.
This process takes time, not to mention that the anti-ship missiles fly over the sea, which greatly reduces the chance of being captured by radar.
The missiles launched from dozens of kilometers away are too close, and there is no time for the anti-missile system of the country to defend. One by one, the anti-ship missiles are like powerful spear guns, breaking into the military port range, autonomously searching and capturing targets, and diving towards the warships, capturing these steel fish weighing thousands of tons.