Chapter 971: The enemies in the South Reef Islands are a bit strange

The CNC machine tools that the Third Branch Factory is currently producing are not overly complicated, but this is a seed. Once there is one, there will be two. As long as these comrades complete the entire process of the CNC machine tools, I think that in the future, they will have the opportunity to slowly enter the free kingdom of technology.
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Although it is close to the New Year, the temperature in the southern waters is very warm.

A plane took off from the water near the coast of Tianya Island and flew eastward. Looking down from the plane, you can vaguely see many similar planes parked on the coast.

This is a Be-6 seaplane, but it is very different from the Russian Be-6 in details. Under the wings of the aircraft, there are two solid anti-ship missiles and two Raiden-3s.

Shortly after the plane took off, the captain of Be-6 heard a conversation through his headset.

"Albatross 05, this is Seagull 01. My fleet has arrived above you and will begin the escort mission."

"Albatross 05 understands." The captain of Be-6 replied.

This was not the first time that they had cooperated with fighter jets at land airports in patrolling. All the work seemed to be in good order and done with ease.

"They carry bombs every time they patrol, but they've never been used. These two Zhengxian-62Ks are probably dying of frustration, hahahaha."

The weapon operator was joking on the intercom, but jokes were usually an outward manifestation of his true feelings, and more or less reflected his true thoughts.

The Zhengxian-62K is the latest air-launched anti-ship missile that was finalized last year. It is small in size, light in weight, long in range, powerful and has a high hit rate. Unfortunately, since it was installed, every time the Bei-6 goes out on patrol, it only carries a few missiles and comes back with a few more, and they have never been used.

"Why are you in such a hurry? There are regulations. As long as the offshore troops on the other side do not show any hostility, we cannot launch an attack. Don't just think about having fun yourself." The captain said with a smile.

The enemy on the outlying islands cannot be attacked. This is an inevitable choice under the current environmental conditions.

No matter which side, as long as there are people on the island, the meaning is different, indicating the existence of sovereignty.

This is different from just sending F2A on land and in the near-shore areas. In the southern waters, the struggle still requires skills. It is not a good thing to drive them all away at once.

"I know, I know, Captain. Even though you say that, I don't believe you don't feel itchy inside, hahaha."

The captain was silenced by the weapon operator's words. The co-pilot laughed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid?"

Everybody was in a relatively relaxed mood. Ever since we taught them a lesson in the air, and after they shocked the world with a 21:0 victory in the dirty three-point game, the air force of Danggui Province had become completely obedient and had shrunk significantly.

Even the main island of Danggui Province has to retreat as much as possible, not to mention the Xijiao Islands and Zhongjiao Islands which are only a few hundred kilometers away from Tianya Island. They don't dare to come from the main island at all. In fact, the fighter jets can't even fly over there.

The two escort aircraft escorted the Be-6 seaplane forward. When it passed Jiuxing Island, the voices of comrades on the island came through the headphones.

"Albatross 05, no enemy detected within 200 kilometers of the airspace ahead."

"Albatross 05 understands."

"The seagull understands."

The formation continued to fly forward, and the Seagulls were in no hurry to go back. The target area to be patrolled this time was in the Nanjiao further south. The two Zhan-5 fighter jets, which were improved on the basis of the old Gong-7, had a combat radius of more than 800 kilometers. They had just passed by Jiuxing Island in the Xijiao Islands, and it was still very early.

If Gao Zhendong were here, he would lament that the equipment models were all in a mess, completely messed up, and were no longer the equipment models he was familiar with.

There were occasional floating clouds on the blue sea, and the sea and sky were one color, the scenery was extremely magnificent. The comrades looked at the sea and sky, although they knew that it was actually very dangerous and it was very easy to get disoriented in space because of the one color sea and sky, they still couldn't help being intoxicated by it.

At this time, the formation had already flown out of the positioning range of the triangulation positioning system and was relying solely on the aircraft's gyrocompass and inertial navigation system for navigation.

After another hour of uneventful flying, the Albatross received a call from the escort fighter jet through its earpiece.

"Albatross 05, our range has exceeded our fleet's combat radius, please be careful."

The Seagull formation reported this incident not to say goodbye to Albatross, but to inform him that the air combat cover time that the Seagull formation could provide was beginning to shorten compared to the designed air combat time. If an accident occurred, Albatross was required to disengage as soon as possible.

The target area of ​​Heping Island is about 1000 kilometers away from the airport of the Seagull formation, and the range of the new Zhan-7, with auxiliary fuel tanks, is about 2600 kilometers. In fact, there is still a little margin, and it should not be a problem to cover the Bei-6, but there are some limits.

In fact, it is not uncommon to use weapons at the limits of their parameters. For example, General Doolittle of Citigroup led a team to take off from an aircraft carrier in a B-25 bomber to bomb the Japanese. That was a very extreme use, both in terms of range and take-off distance.

"Albatross understands."

At this time, both the Be-6 and the Zhan-7 turned on their radars, but the Zhan-7's nose was mainly filled with counterweights, and its radar was still the weak one of the MiG-19, so it was better than nothing.

The new radar is still under research, and although it is very close, they cannot use it for the time being.

However, there was nothing in the air, and they approached the target area safely.

"A target has been spotted at sea. It's a fleet approaching Heping Island." The observer reported to the captain. At this time, they were very close to Heping Island, and both the visible light and infrared thermal imager channels could function.

Other comrades were taking photos, recording data from external sensors, and observing hydrological and meteorological conditions. Unfortunately, the plane was flying in the sky and had no idea of ​​the hydrological conditions underwater, but it was already a huge improvement, at least it was not completely unknown.

"Look through the thermal imaging channel to see if you can figure out what kind of fleet this is."

What the thermal imager channel sees is different from what the visible light channel sees, and some special details are easier to distinguish.

The observer switched channels, adjusted the focus, observed for a while, and then looked up.

"Report, it should be mainly a troop transport ship. It has weapons, but they are very weak. The heat signature of the people on board is obviously more than that of ordinary warships. It should be a few landing craft, and there are two gunboats guarding it."

Troop transport? The captain felt that this was not right.

"They are transporting troops to Heping Island now? What's going on? Even if they are changing guards, they wouldn't change so many at once, right?"

At this time, some soldiers from Danggui Province on Heping Island and the small fleet on the sea were a little panicked.

"Sir, look! Look! A plane, it's the plane coming from the opposite direction!"

They could already vaguely see the emblem on the fuselage of the plane through the telescope. The bright red five-pointed star was dazzling in the sun.

Some people hurriedly tried to hide in the bunkers, and a few ran to the gun positions. The people on the boat were miserable, with nowhere to hide. They could only put on their life jackets while praying to God that their luck would not be too bad and they would not be sent away directly.

"Why are you panicking? Don't worry, they won't hit us. They have come here more than once and never fought." The officer on the island shouted at his men, these new recruits had no experience at all.

Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly let out a sharp howl: "Don't go over there! Get back here! If the plane in the sky misunderstands, we're doomed!"

He was scolding the soldiers who were running towards the anti-aircraft gun positions.

The recruit who was running towards the artillery position was a little overwhelmed and stopped.

"Are you fucking stupid? What's the use of these two cannons? They can shoot you down from more than ten kilometers away. What if you run to the cannon position and the superiors misunderstand and really attack you? You have a pig brain!"

The recruit finally understood. The officer who cursed might have felt that his behavior was a blow to morale, so he changed his tone and said, "Don't worry, they won't fight. They still need us to help them guard these islands. We are on the same side. Don't be afraid. Do you understand?"

Almost the same conversation took place on the small fleet.

While the situation below was in chaos, the captain of the Be-6 in the sky was asking the observer: "Can you tell where this fleet came from?"

"It is more likely that it came from Xijiao No. 2 Island. First, the direction is almost due north to due south. Second, there are only two possible routes in this direction, Danggui Main Island and Xijiao No. 2 Island. But under normal circumstances, it is impossible to use such a small ship to run from the main island. It is too far."

"Reef West Second Island? What's going on? Did someone chase them away?"

"Impossible? Even though they are not very good at fighting, they are still no match for the weaklings around here. I just passed by the second island from a distance and didn't notice anything wrong."

The captain thought for a moment and gave the order: "Let's go to the second island to check! We won't feel at ease until we figure out what's going on."

Understanding the enemy's action habits is also one of their tasks. Besides, if someone really drives them away, there will be a lot to do.

Seeing the three planes in the sky turning around and flying away along their own different trajectories, the enemies both on the island and on the ship breathed a sigh of relief. They said that they were used to it and it didn't matter, but what if they were planning to take action today?

Reef Xijiao No. 80 is no more than kilometers away from Heping Island, and they quickly arrived at Reef Xijiao No. .

"Nothing? Not even a dog."

To their surprise, there was no one on the entire island, let alone a battle. At least outside the buildings, no one could be seen in any of the passages.

"Never mind for now, take photos as evidence."

Just as the comrades who were observing and taking pictures were busy, the comrade in charge of electronic monitoring looked up and handed over a note.

"Report, we have intercepted a telegram sent from Heping Island. This is the decoded plain text." As for why we were able to decode it, that is another story.

The captain looked at the message in his hand, his eyes narrowed, and he burst into laughter.

"Oh my god, they were hiding from the typhoon."

(End of this chapter)