Monster Factory - 1290

At the critical moment, Commander Lassiter stood up and picked up the intercom.

“At all costs, drive it in the direction of blocking the network.”

“It… is driving away from the helicopter’s field of vision.” The anti-submarine helicopter pilot subconsciously pushed the joystick.

“Then catch up with it, you get the right to fire freely.”

Two anti-submarine helicopters roared and chased in the direction of the giant ship, and two rocket depth bombs were hung under their belly.

They also turned on the helicopter fire control radar. At a distance that can already be seen, the fire control radar can firmly bite this huge 10,000-ton ship.

“???”

Several seconds after the fire control radar was turned on, the pilots of the two helicopters stared at the radar screen inexplicably.

above……

There is nothing on it.

“Can you lock it by radar?” The two helicopter pilots asked each other through the intercom.

I got a reply that I couldn’t, even the radar couldn’t find the target at all. The driver and the weapon operator were not surprised, and immediately switched to the optical aiming mode, ready to be manually.

Then they were horrified to find that the outline of the huge black ship that was rapidly passing through the ocean was slowly shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

They increased the helicopter’s speed to the maximum, and they were shocked to find that they still could not catch up with the “footsteps” of this huge ship.

Can’t the plane catch up with the big ship?

Even if it is a helicopter, they are driving a combat helicopter equipped with two aviation turboshaft engines with a power of 522 kilowatts. The engines totaling 1044 kilowatts explode at full speed. In good weather conditions, they can actually fly a combat helicopter with a maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour. .

The radar can’t detect it, and this group of pilots with a vision of 3.0 can still detect it visually.

“Report… Report sir, that may not be a huge ship.”

Commander Lassett saw from the screen that the helicopter could not catch up with the giant ship. He roared: “What is it not a giant ship, is it a submarine?”

“You are blind, why don’t you lock it on by radar?”

If at the scene, Commander Lassiter will definitely kick the pilots of these two anti-submarine helicopters into the sea.

According to the video pod picture of the anti-submarine aircraft, the huge ship was clearly galloping in the distant waters.

The two anti-submarine helicopters were walking into the air, slowly following the wake of the giant ship, watching the giant ship go away.

“Sir, they are heading in the direction of the anti-submarine blockade.”

After speaking, the pilots of the two helicopters were silent, leaving the command ship to hear a snarling roar.

They don’t know how to explain all this weirdness, but soon they will feel the unknown fear they are feeling now on the blockade.

…

In fact, as soon as the anti-submarine helicopter found the target, the three ships executing the blockade order immediately rushed towards the target at full speed.

The intelligence is wrong, it is not a submarine.

This point can dispel their previous puzzles, because judging from the satellite photos, the secret cargo ship of the Giant Animal Industry has no way to get involved with the submarine.

Even if it is for carrying cargo, the fluid mechanics required for submarines should not be completely forgotten.

Now the mystery is solved, it is not a submarine at all, but a black “behemoth” that can gallop at super high speeds on the sea.

At the same time as the mystery was solved, another question arose in the hearts of everyone in the command room.

How fast can it run?

How did it escape the ubiquitous radar detection method?

The deeper the mystery, the stronger Commander Rasit’s determination to catch this strange ship. On this ship, there must be advanced ship power technology that they have not yet mastered.

It just so happened that the huge ship “fleeed” towards the other end of the blockade.

The encounter time with that huge ship was earlier than everyone expected.

In less than twenty minutes, the sonar buoy they had placed earlier clearly detected the track of the huge ship.

Sonar number coordinate 174, speed…

One hundred and thirty knots?

Their thoughts were severely impacted, and it was only a few minutes later that all the surrounding sonar buoys detected the data, and the people in the combat command room dared to accept this horrible fact.

There is no routine radio announcement that can leave evidence, and there is no light signal warning. This is a secret operation that must not be known to the outside world.

So when the huge ship entered the sonar buoy detection network, Commander Rasit issued a warning shot order.

No matter how fast it is, it can’t be faster than torpedo missiles.

This is a huge civilian ship, and in front of absolute force, they can only stop the ship.

The No. 3 frigate has been the first to travel dozens of nautical miles because it had previously received an order to detect the source of the abnormal sound. So when the sonar detection network detected the target, the No. 3 frigate was less than 20 nautical miles away from the target giant ship.

Commander Rasit gave up the depth charge plan, which is only suitable for attacking submarines, “single-shot reduced charge MK-46 torpedo warning shot.”

“Yes.” The commander of the No. 3 frigate replied immediately.

An improved MK-46 torpedo was thrown out of the torpedo tube by the frigate.

This dark gray metal cylinder with a body length of nearly three meters plunged into the sea at one end. At the same time as the waves splashed, the air-compressed propeller at the tail immediately activated and headed towards the giant ship.

There is no need for the frigate to be locked by radar.

The detection methods of torpedoes have always been based on the front-end active and passive sonar locking technology.

Dense passive sonar buoys are now placed in the surrounding hundreds of nautical miles, and the torpedo enters the water. Those hundreds of sonar buoys are its eyes.

The MK-46 modified torpedo is a light torpedo. Its speed can reach forty knots, and it can accelerate in the final sprint and impact stage.

In addition, under normal circumstances, this torpedo can carry a high-explosive warhead of nearly 50 kilograms. Now it has been reduced to 20 kilograms and set to explode at 20 meters from the target ship.

Even the torpedo with reduced charges is enough to completely scare the sailors on the target ship.

The torpedo passed a thin snake-like white blister mark on the surface of the water. According to the guidance of the sonar buoy, it moved straight toward the target ship.

The opponent’s ship was extremely fast, so the torpedo approached the target ship’s five nautical miles within less than tens of minutes.

The range of the MK-46 torpedo is not long, but the opponent is just a large civilian ship, and it is impossible to find a torpedo that swept several meters deep in the sea.

“Sonar buoy detection, the torpedo is five nautical miles away from the target.”

“Four nautical miles.”

“Two nautical miles, twenty seconds before the explosion.”

The information of the No. 3 frigate was continuously transmitted back to the command ship. At this time, some sailors had already rushed to the deck of the frigate, preparing to watch the scene of the sea taking off.

Now they are only tens of nautical miles away from the target giant ship. Standing on the deck, they can clearly see the entire outline of the black giant ship at the end of the sea level.

“Fifteen seconds, lock the target and enter the sprint phase.”

“Wait~”

“The target seems to be found, and it starts to turn.”

“Gosh, it… it’s…”

The humpback whale is drifting.

When the torpedo entered a distance of two nautical miles from the humpback whale, it was captured by the optical lenses all over the hull.

The Humpback Whale is an air-cushioned high-speed giant ship, which is different from the long and narrow body of the traditional giant ship. Its aspect ratio is only three to one, and the bottom of the ship is not in contact with water.

Therefore, it abruptly threw an S-shaped huge wave at sea in an impossible way.

The MK-46 torpedo was left behind. It entered the sprint stage, and it was following the huge target of 130 knots at a speed of 50 knots.

After less than twenty seconds of futile tracking, the MK-46 torpedo ran out of power and sank into the sea.

At this time, its distance from the humpback whale had been re-opened to three nautical miles.

This scene stunned everyone on the frigate.

Then the sailors on the deck saw an even more shocking scene. The big black ship didn’t even turn its bow to escape, but adjusted its angle slightly, and headed towards the frigate.

“what!”

“They… Are they crazy?”

The distance between the Humpback Whale and the frigate was less than five nautical miles. At this distance, the helmsmen in the cockpit could clearly see the huge and terrifying black body of the Humpback Whale.

Its front end, like a diamond, presents a diamond-shaped cut surface.

Whether it was an illusion or the light, the helmsmen seemed to find that the metal material of the front end of the huge ship was slightly different from the surroundings.

It is slightly reflective in the sun.

The frigate is just a small hull with a width of no more than 13 meters and a displacement of 3,000 tons.

The frigate has been given the right to fire at any time. The commander roared fiercely in the combat command room, “How dare you provoke our dignity and launch the Harpoon anti-ship missile. We have to let him know who is the real master of the sea.” .”

“Sir… Sir, our fire control radar cannot find the target.”

“The same is true for the sea radar, it is…invisible at sea.”

At this moment, the commander felt the bitter cold of falling into the Arctic ice cave. Because of the curvature of the earth and the sea surface easily absorb electromagnetic waves, the sea search radars on all ships cannot search for sea surface ship targets over 30 nautical miles.

Of course, early warning and reconnaissance aircraft are not limited by curvature detection.

Previously, the radar could not detect the ship’s target, and the commander of course thought it was too far away.

Besides, there are dense sonar buoys, and there is no need for shipboard radar to lock.

Now, it humiliated an MK-46 torpedo severely, and then pointed the bow at the frigate.

Regardless of thinking, he shouted: “Then change the optical lock, so a huge ship, are you all blind?”

A few seconds later, a Harpoon anti-ship missile roared out.

Compared with the outdated torpedo, the parameter index of the Harpoon anti-ship missile is more than ten times higher?

After launch, it can accelerate to Mach 0.9 in 7 seconds, and the maximum range can reach 300 kilometers.

Fierce white smoke rose up, and the Harpoon anti-ship missile spewed a hot wake, blasting towards the huge black ship.

The distance between the two is less than 10,000 meters, and with the speed of the Harpoon anti-ship missile, twenty seconds later, you can see the hot fireball exploding from the front of the huge ship.

S-type drift avoidance?

The Harpoon anti-ship missile has a variety of locking methods, radar is not available, it also has optical locking and infrared locking. Even if it misses a hit, it can turn again.