RPAGF #454 - Fighting Pirates
#454 - Fighting Pirates
Wang Peng and Li Yunlong had no idea the impact their demonstration had on the small place of Xingzhou. Of course, Ren Zhong also didn't know that in this new world where history had already changed, future developments had long begun to undergo significant changes.
Next, the fleet detoured to visit Southeast Asian port cities such as Surabaya and Kuala Lumpur in a round-trip manner, allowing overseas Chinese to witness the latest technological advancements of Dongda. Whether it was a destroyer or an amphibious assault ship, they were all at the top level in the world. Anyone who saw the huge Sea Island ship and the impressive Luyang-class large missile destroyer would never forget them!
Just as the fleet completed its tour and continued westward through the Strait of Malacca, one day, all four ships suddenly received an SOS distress signal!
"Something's happened! Chief, there are pirates in the sea not far from us!" Wang Peng said to Li Yunlong with a grave expression, holding the translated telegram from the signalman.
According to the latitude and longitude reported in the telegram, the incident occurred only twenty kilometers away from the fleet.
"Pirates?" Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect there to be such a thing. What era is this? There are still people being pirates?
But soon, Old Li became excited.
"Old Wang, release the helicopters, I'll take people to deal with the pirates!" Old Li said, eager to try, not at all like an old general nearing sixty years old.
"Chief, that won't do. Even if we send people, it won't be your turn, old man?" Wang Peng hurriedly shook his head and said. Just kidding, don't look at Old Li being the highest-ranking officer in the fleet, he can disobey his orders, but he is responsible for the fleet's deployment, and he would be responsible if anything happened to Old Li.
"What? Am I not a soldier anymore? Let me tell you, Wang boy, you weren't even born when I was carrying a Type 38 rifle." Li Yunlong immediately changed his face when he saw Wang Peng's obstruction. This kid is just two-faced. It's okay to call each other brothers when things are good, but he can immediately turn his face if things aren't done his way.
"Chief, no matter what, even if you execute me, I can't let you go to the battlefield." Wang Peng is not a pushover who would be intimidated by Li Yunlong's bluff.
"Signalman, order helicopter No. 01 to take a squad to longitude XX degrees east and latitude XX degrees north for armed observation. If you encounter pirates, destroy them directly!" Wang Peng turned to the ship's signalman and issued an order.
"Yes! Chief!" The signalman received the order and began to issue combat orders!
Watching Wang Peng direct the battle in an orderly manner, Li Yunlong, who had been wearing a fierce face, suddenly changed his expression and revealed a chrysanthemum-like smile.
"Good kid, worthy of being a commander. Hmm, he looks like good material for fighting." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "Old Li can't sit in a helicopter, so let's take a boat and see which dog dared to rob and plunder here."
"Has it been confirmed whose ship it is?"
"Chief, according to the identity of the ship sending the message, it is Tulip's Blue Whale oil tanker. They should be transporting oil from the Sumatra oil field." Wang Peng replied, looking at the telegram report given by the signalman.
"It's a foreign devil's ship, then there's no hurry." Li Yunlong suddenly lost a lot of enthusiasm. After all, a few years ago, Tulip wasn't very honest either, and sent an infantry battalion to fight with Li Yunlong and his men on the peninsula. Although they were almost completely annihilated, they still came.
Wang Peng shook his head. Now it is an era of peace. Everyone talks about peaceful development. Even if they didn't used to face each other with swords drawn, they are now starting to shake hands and talk about cooperation and business.
The fleet accelerated forward. In front of them, a Zhi-5 helicopter was flying towards the target sea area at top speed.
Wu Chaoyou, the captain of the first squad of the first company of the rapid reaction force, was fully armed, leading his 13-man squad to an unfamiliar battlefield. Next to the open helicopter cabin door, two G100 heavy machine guns were mounted, using a 12.7mm caliber. It is a newly developed heavy machine gun for both air defense and ground use at the company and platoon level. It has a high air firing range of 1600 meters and an effective ground range of 3000 meters. The accurate shooting range is 1500 meters, the armor-piercing range is 800 meters, and it has a three-times scope, supporting burst and sniper modes.
Because the tripod is made of high-strength lightweight alloy, the gun body weighs 18 kilograms, and the tripod weighs 10 kilograms. The total weight does not exceed 30 kilograms. One person can easily carry it for short-distance transfer. Compared with the previous generation of heavy machine guns, the total weight is reduced by nearly 10 kilograms.
Now, the two G100 heavy machine guns are mounted on the special machine gun mounts on the Zhi-5 shipborne helicopter. Since the armed version of the Zhi-5 shipborne helicopter has not yet been designed, the main firepower on the current general-purpose transport helicopter, in addition to transportation functions, is to allow the installation of two heavy machine guns to fire sideways.
With a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, helicopter No. 01 flew to the target sea area in a few minutes.
"01 reports to the chief, we have spotted the pirates. Next to the oil tanker, there is a speedboat entangled with the oil tanker. The crew on the oil tanker are now using high-pressure water cannons to deal with the speedboat!" The helicopter co-pilot and signalman reported loudly.
"From the current perspective, there are 5 pirates, 3 of whom are suspected of carrying submachine gun-type weapons. 01 has entered the attack range, requesting the use of force!"
"Permission to use force, 01, please pay attention to your own safety!" Hearing the information from the headquarters in the headset, the helicopter co-pilot took off the headset and shouted loudly into the cabin, "Captain Wu, the headquarters agrees to our use of force for rescue, permission to fire!"
"Roger!" Wu Chaoyou didn't waste any words. After responding loudly, he began to aim at the small figures on the speedboat.
At this moment, their helicopter was at least a thousand meters away from the speedboat. For the submachine guns on the speedboat, it was impossible to reach such a height.
The helicopter pilot was very experienced. After flying over the speedboat, he turned the direction away from the speedboat by two or three hundred meters and turned the cabin door towards the speedboat.
Then, he hovered.
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Wu Chaoyou and another comrade were tied to the safety hooks on the cabin with safety belts, concentrating on aiming at the pirates on the speedboat.
The first shot of the comrade next to him also missed and fell into the sea.
"Alas, what a pity!" Wu Chaoyou sighed in his heart, knowing that it was too difficult to aim at people now, he had to change his thinking and prepare to turn to destroy the speedboat!
(End of this chapter)