50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 831 Despair
If you count the seconds yourself, it will take a while. It seems slow, but by the time you see the tomahawk's exhaust, there is no time to dodge.

When the alarm sounded, only the three most skilled veteran pilots leading the team instinctively released decoy flares and accelerated to make evasive maneuvers.

The three MiG fighters successfully evaded the first wave of Tomahawk missile attacks, but the other nine fighters were hit by Tomahawk missiles in the earlier raid.

Onboard submarine 004, the crew members, through the tattered hull, saw MiG-21s falling from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot, and they cheered loudly.

Just as they were lamenting the loss of three aircraft, 18 Seacat anti-aircraft missiles swarmed and detonated near the three surviving fighters.

A large number of missile fragments instantly pierced the last three surviving fighter jets in the sky, causing them to fall like turkeys, billowing black smoke, just like the previous nine fighter jets.

Seeing that the danger had passed, Ji Yongjia climbed back up the command tower and found the intercom equipment in the chaotic ruins.

Just now there was machine gun fire and seawater flooding in, so the walkie-talkie must have malfunctioned and is now silent.

Ji Yongjia shook the radio, without checking it carefully, and kicked the equipment a few times. Suddenly, a hissing call came from the radio speaker.

"003 calling 004, Lao Ji, are you still alive?"

"001 calling 004, Lao Ji, please respond."

"This is 003. The second wave of missiles has been loaded and is about to be launched. Please report the enemy aircraft situation to all ships."

Hearing this, Ji Yongjia remembered that he needed to let everyone know he was safe, so he quickly turned on the walkie-talkie and said:

"This is 004. My ship has successfully run aground. The ship is heavily damaged and awaits rescue."

"This is 001, Lao Ji. I'm glad you're alright. Rescue is on its way. What's the enemy's situation now?"

"All 12 enemy planes have been shot down. It seems some pilots ejected mid-flight. When you come over, you can search the sea along the way."

"Great, 003, cancel the launch of the second wave of missiles immediately."

"003, I understand. The launch order has been cancelled. My goodness, thank goodness you reported it in time, Lao Ji. This has saved us a lot of money."

Indeed, Tomahawk missiles are not cheap. It is said that the American Navy pays $160 million per missile when purchasing them themselves, and the price is even higher when sold to other countries.

Saving 12 Tomahawk missiles in this round is equivalent to saving $2000 million, which is a huge amount of money.

Subsequently, the two frigates, 001 and 002, sailed around the island from the east and west sides respectively, and rescued the three monkey pilots on the sea.

These three were the veteran pilots who initially evaded the first wave of Tomahawk missiles.

Only they, because of their skillful operation and decisive action, were able to parachute in time before the plane exploded. The other nine monkey pilots were burned to ashes along with the crashed plane.

At this moment, Sun Zhiwei, who was in the Monkey Family speedboat fleet, was still anxiously waiting for news.

When the speedboat formation was 30 kilometers away from Lauter Island, he sent another message to 001 to inform them of the speedboat formation's movements.

Soon, the 001 and 002 frigates successfully arrived at the area where the 004 was stranded. Several kayaks were launched from the frigates, and all 32 crew members of the 004 were rescued and transferred to the two frigates.

When Ji Yongjia, soaking wet, was helped into the bridge of the No. 001 ship, all the bridge crew members stood up and applauded.

Tao Yongqiang stepped forward, grabbed Ji Yongjia, and slapped him hard on the back several times, almost knocking him unconscious. "Old Ji, you really did a great job. This time, we were able to annihilate all the enemy planes thanks to your hard work."

"Ahem, please spare me. You have no idea how angry the boss is. Although the 004 is terrible, it is still a submarine. Now that it has been destroyed, the boss is going to be furious."

"Haha, I can't help you with that. You'll have to explain it to the boss yourself."

Dong Haoyang, who was not far behind them, also saw through Tao Yongqiang's little scheme. His interruption earlier was to characterize Ji Yongjia's rash actions.

After all, the Type 004 submarine is very valuable. The original construction cost of the Type 004 submarine was $290 million, and the Type 004 is a later improved model, which is even more expensive.

Although the damage to 004 was caused by the execution of a mission, Ji Yongjia is certainly responsible for not diving as planned.

He could only try his best to exonerate Ji Yongjia, hoping that his boss would give him a break online because of the great contribution Ji Yongjia had made this time, and not punish him too severely.

By the time Sun Zhiwei received the battle report, another half hour had passed, and the Monkey family's speedboat fleet was less than 20 kilometers away from Lauter Island.

Sun Zhiwei was also somewhat astonished that they were able to perfectly complete the mission and successfully annihilate all 12 MiG-21 fighter jets.

The telegram had limited information, and he didn't know how they had managed it. Although the telegram said that the conventional submarine had been severely damaged, there had been no loss of personnel, which was almost the best outcome Sun Zhiwei could imagine.

He didn't care about the loss of the submarine at all. It was just an old Type 209 submarine. 2.9 million was nothing. He made more than 800 billion in Hong Kong this time. He could sell hundreds of Type 209 submarines.

However, now is not the time to ask questions in detail. They are about to encounter a speedboat squadron, and it's time to make arrangements.

The 10 speedboats in this monkey speedboat formation consist of 5 Wasp-class torpedo boats and 5 Wasp-class missile boats.

Because the speedboat is extremely fast, although it is a one-shot attack, it has little combat capability after launching four torpedoes or missiles.

However, both frigates are at risk of being hit when they face them head-on.

Sun Zhiwei is no longer willing to risk his only two frigates.

Seeing that his own ships were gradually getting closer, Sun Zhiwei was ready to take action.

Now all 10 speedboats are within his spatial range. He first took away all the oil drums containing spare diesel fuel from the speedboat warehouses, and then took away 98% of the diesel fuel from the fuel tanks on each speedboat.

At a speed of 30 knots, the fuel consumption of speedboats is terrifying; in less than 5 minutes, the speed of all speedboats suddenly dropped.

Before they could even identify the problem, all the remaining diesel fuel in the speedboats' fuel tanks had been exhausted.

At this point, all 10 speedboats were anchored 15 kilometers north of Lauter Island.

This unexpected incident threw all the monkey crew members on the speedboats into a panic. When they discovered that all the speedboats had stopped because they had run out of diesel fuel, they all looked desperate.

At sea, a stationary speedboat is a sitting duck.

But now they are almost at the battlefield, and the speedboat has suddenly run out of fuel. What a desperate situation this is.

(End of this chapter)