the world is at stake

Pastor Clark sat on the side of the boat, shaking the fishing rod and falling into the sea.He grabbed the binoculars and looked into the distance to confirm, and then yelled strangely: "Bastard, the guy named Zhou Qingfeng has come to Japan after chasing him."

Everyone in the 'Brotherhood' turned pale with fright. They all crowded onto the deck of the ship and grabbed the binoculars together.

"It's about 10 nautical miles away, and it's still four to ten minutes away from catching up with us."

"No, considering our current speed, it will take at least an hour to catch up with us."

"Stupid, it's not here to chase us, it's here to find the 'Boxer'."

Everyone thought, yes!

Zhou Qingfeng can run fifty knots, and the 'Brotherhood' can also run fifty knots. Theoretically, the other party will never be able to catch up.But the 'Boxer', which was about twenty nautical miles away, couldn't get away.

"One and a half hours, it happened to be the attack after dark." Marco quickly calculated the opponent's intention.

Father Clark asked in surprise: "But how did Zhou Qingfeng know the current location of the 'Boxer'? He doesn't have satellites."

"It may be that the radio has been deciphered." Marcos said, "It may also be that the wake was tracked after a short distance."

The wake of a large ship can exist for a long time, and it is extremely obvious on the sea.As long as you know the speed and destination of the 'Boxer', you can estimate its approximate position.

Do you know how?

"What should we do?" Father Clark shouted, "Let's also speed up and stop the damned enemy from attacking our aircraft carrier. Maintain the dignity of the United States."

The opponent came to attack so blatantly, and everyone in the 'Brotherhood' was filled with righteous indignation.Without even thinking about it, they turned around and rushed towards the opponent's cargo ship - and after 10 minutes, they turned and ran.

The dignity of the United States is not as important as your own life.

In the binoculars, Zhou Qingfeng's cargo ship looked like a hedgehog - eight torpedo tubes were installed on the left and right sides of the ship, and machine guns were also set up.

It looks as if the anti-aircraft 37mm anti-aircraft gun has been moved to the deck of the ship - it's very cool, very sturdy!

The "Brotherhood" cargo ship turned around and ran, and its speed immediately increased to fifty knots—the two "Fletcher" class destroyers responsible for guarding the "Boxer" twenty nautical miles away were startled.

A high-speed assault torpedo boat appears on the radar screen of a 'Fletcher'.

"Captain, an unidentified torpedo boat appeared on the west side of our ship, and its speed exceeded [-] knots." The US military radar operator screamed, "This is definitely coming towards us."

The bridge of the US destroyer suddenly exploded, and immediately there was a radio notification and the artillery was turned to aim at the direction of the target attack.

Twenty nautical miles is almost 36 kilometers, and the five Mk12 127mm naval guns equipped by 'Fletcher' can only hit twelve kilometers at the farthest.

When the cargo ship of the "Brotherhood" set off huge waves on the sea, the two escorting "Fletchers" could only wait on the left and the right, trembling.

Wait and wait, the 'torpedo boat' at the beginning turned around and slipped away without a trace.

The 'Boxer' was a dead fish right now, and it couldn't run fast even at full throttle.It will soon arrive at Sasebo and enter the strict control of the US military, but it is still hundreds of nautical miles away from the port.

The military situation was transmitted to Tokyo by radio, and MacArthur was preparing to hold an emergency military meeting to discuss the plight of the North Korean ground battlefield. He suddenly learned that the "Boxer" was in danger?

"A torpedo boat with a speed of [-] knots?" Lao Mai couldn't believe it. "What kind of torpedo boat can come to the Japanese waters?"

Torpedo boats are fast, but their range is limited. They are only suitable for offshore combat, and it is absolutely impossible to go to sea alone to fight.Sasebo is seven to eight hundred kilometers away from China and North Korea, and it is impossible for small warships to come here.

At present, there are no large warships in Northeast Asia except the United States, and neither does the Soviet Union.

MacArthur ignored the meeting and asked the communications staff to keep in touch with the "Boxer" to find out the specific situation and order the nearby warships to move closer to it for escort.

For the next hour, the sea was calm and nothing happened except that it was getting dark.

The tense atmosphere in the United Nations Command eased, and everyone felt that it might be the radar operator of the escorting destroyer who was blinded, or an electrical failure.

But before dark, the cargo ship 'Sacred Light', also equipped with radar, emerged from under the sea sky and approached the 'Boxer' in parallel at a speed of twelve knots.

On the radar screen, the cargo ship is also a bright spot.Only visual inspection through binoculars confirms that it does not appear to be a warship.

But the escorting 'Fletcher'-class destroyer did not dare to take it lightly, and shouted on the maritime public channel, asking the cargo ships twenty nautical miles to the west to stay away.

But this cargo ship didn't seem to be equipped with a radio, and it didn't even care about it, it just wanted to get closer, until it was ten nautical miles away.

A 'Fletcher'-class destroyer couldn't bear it anymore, and had to go out a few nautical miles to fire a warning.The shell spray fell on the cargo ship less than 500 meters away.

But instead of driving away the suspicious cargo ship, the shells seemed to startle a monster in the deep sea.The speed of the opposite cargo ship suddenly increased, and the speed measured on the radar screen quickly increased to fifty knots.

"Damn it, this is a camouflage ship, the one that just appeared and then moved away." The almost frightening shout of the destroyer captain was transmitted on the radio, which made people's hearts tense unconsciously.

On the cargo ship 'Holy Light', Zhou Qingfeng stood in the cockpit and also stared at the radar screen, silently pinching his watch——Xiao Jinlang could not provide accurate information on the escort of the 'Boxer', and his attack was quite risky.

But from the current point of view, the U.S. military has only sent two destroyers to this unlucky aircraft carrier, and one on the left and right, which is almost tantamount to streaking.

"Maozi's '53-39' heavy-duty torpedo has a maximum range of 5000 meters. If you want to ensure the hit rate, it's best to get closer to within three kilometers. In other words, I have to brave the 'Fletcher' class gunfire and run at least eight Nautical mile, about 5 minutes."

Whispering, the cargo ship 'Holy Light' has already soared into the air, its bow splitting the waves, it is more brave than a destroyer.

The 'Fletcher' class can only run 37 knots, and can only follow the cargo ship 'Holy Light' to eat farts.Zhou Qingfeng's consciousness was connected to the cargo ship, staring at the radar screen to steer it around the sea at high speed.

The 'Fletcher' class on the opposite side realized the danger and was already firing desperately. Five 127mm high-level dual-purpose naval guns bombarded with all their strength.

This gun is loaded by hand and can hold up to 22 rounds per minute.It is always difficult to intercept high-speed and flexible targets.

On the bridge of the 'Fletcher' class, the captain and the radar operator stared at the radar screen in horror, watching the 'large torpedo boat' approaching in a snake shape within its fire range.

Ten nautical miles, nine nautical miles, eight nautical miles... It's like a bayonet approaching the chest, making people feel cold all over.

The 3-ton "Boxer" is accelerating desperately, away from the battlefield.For the sake of safety, its carrier-based aircraft flew to other aircraft carriers, and now the whole ship is an empty shell.

The night has fallen, but the fighting has become more intense with the sound of gunfire.

Sitting in the conference room of the headquarters in Tokyo, MacArthur was blushing and trembling in front of a group of senior officers under his command—careless, careless again.

This is definitely a conspiracy of the Soviets, and it is Stalin's trick, which is to embarrass the US military on the Korean battlefield.If the "Boxer" is sunk, it will undoubtedly be a huge mockery of the decision of the United States to send troops to North Korea.

"Did the night fighter take off?" MacArthur asked through gritted teeth.

"Busan, Sasebo, night fighter jets from several air bases took off half an hour ago." The officer on duty replied.

"What else can we do?"

"Sir, we can only wait for now."

Chapter 22 It's Sinking!

Because of its superior performance, the U.S. military produced 175 'Fletcher' class destroyers during World War II.These ships served as fleet guards and miscellaneous tasks on the battlefield, and made great contributions to the victory of the war.

But now the 'Bears' and 'Benham' of the 'Fletcher' class are in trouble, and a high-speed ship that is faster, more flexible and deadlier than them has appeared on the dark sea.

This ghostly ship is extremely eerie.It's fast, has a tight turning radius, and has a lot of power.Attacking it with artificially loaded artillery has become an almost impossible task.

The initial velocity of the projectile of the Mk12 naval gun is nearly 800 meters per second. If you want to bombard a target several kilometers away, the projectile has to fly a long distance.

For such a long time, the moving distance of the target is large, and the amount of advance is difficult to grasp.

The higher the speed of a normal warship, the larger the turning radius.But this weird ghost ship in front of him seems to be against common sense, and it can still be as flexible as the 37-knot 'Fletcher' class at a high speed of [-] knots.

Can't catch up, can't hit, this is the suffering of the two destroyers.They tried to keep their opponents out of the safe distance of the aircraft carrier, but the 'ghost ship' simply cut the distance to the aircraft carrier by running in circles.

On the "Sacred Light" cargo ship, the naval officers of the original party transferred from the PLA Navy are reading the relative speed and direction of their side and the aircraft carrier on the radar screen, drawing the route curve nervously on the chart, and manpower calculating the fire control elements , to predict the opponent's response.

This is attacking an aircraft carrier, an American aircraft carrier.

When did the Chinese do such a thing?Since modern times, we have always been oppressed and beaten by foreign powers, without even a chance to kill them.

Regardless of whether they did it or not, those who participated in this matter can be famous and recorded in the annals of history.

But now that they are so close to the aircraft carrier, the results of the battle are within easy reach.Everyone on the cargo ship was trembling with excitement, yet they had to tense their nerves, stay calm, and not let the opportunity slip through their fingers.

All calculation results are converted into a series of commands, which are conveyed to the long torpedo ears that operate the torpedo tubes.Direction, fixed depth, fan angle, and finally only converge into two words - 'launch'.

laugh……

The high-pressure gas in the launch tube propelled four two-ton '53-39' torpedoes out of the ship's deck, and fell into the seawater at an angled fan.When the gas leaks from the gap, it has a unique sound, which sounds so pleasant at this moment.

The gas heat-powered torpedo '53-39' activated its propeller in the water, maintained a high speed of [-] knots, and rushed towards the 'Boxer', which was turning and dodging, at a fixed depth of [-] meters underwater.

Although nothing could be seen in the dark night, the four torpedo tracks were coming straight. On the island of the Boxer, the captain was yelling, "Turn, turn, speed up the turn."

The route trajectory displayed on the radar screen indicated that the 'ghost ship' that suddenly appeared on the sea definitely approached and launched a torpedo.

It is said that sea mines are powerful, but even Maozi's heavy-duty anchor mine M-26 has a charge of 250 kilograms.Ke Maozi's heavy-duty torpedo can hold 500 kilograms of high explosives.

If it encounters the perverted Type 93 oxygen torpedo of Little Japan, it can hold 750 kilograms of explosives.One blow would put an 'Essex' class out of action.

The mines usually blast the side of the warship, but the torpedo can pass through the bottom of the hull if it is not good enough, just blowing the keel.Once it explodes, it will be cut into two pieces, and it sinks very fast.

In order to avoid this kind of danger, it is usually impossible for a large warship like the 'Boxer' to allow the torpedo boats operating in the offshore to approach the distance of three kilometers.

But now it is facing the threat of death, and the damaged hull has to be turned sharply, the deck of the ship is tilted violently, and the deck is almost washed with sea water--washing the deck is a lot of soaking the deck.

The four 1250-kilowatt steam turbines in the "Boxer" are working hard, but it is too difficult to accelerate the 3-ton hull from eight knots.

The aircraft carrier could only turn the rudder desperately, and the whole ship issued tilt and collision alarms.All personnel must secure themselves, but there are still a large number of unsecured objects moving.

Inside the warship, tables and chairs were colliding, ammunition racks were falling, personnel were tumbling, screams resounded from every corner of the hull, and all they could do in despair was shout 'God bless'.

It only takes 2 minutes to run [-] kilometers in [-] knots, which is not enough time for the 'Boxer'.Regardless of the massive flooding of the damaged underwater compartment, it managed to increase its speed to twelve knots.

But that's the limit.

After the cargo ship 'Holy Light' launched four torpedoes on one side, it immediately turned around and aimed its other side at the aircraft carrier 'Boxer'.

Take advantage of its illness and kill it.

This target-like attack opportunity is rare in a thousand years. The naval officers on the cargo ship use a small fan to launch, and they can have at least a 50.00% hit rate.

A man galloping on the battlefield wants to shoot!

Shoot hard, shoot furiously, shoot wildly under pressure, volley vigorously, shoot accurately, and shoot ruthlessly is a real man.

In 2 minutes and 120 seconds, four unseen tracks collided with the hull of the aircraft carrier underwater, and thunderous rumbles sounded one after another in the dark sea.

It was like a thunderstorm on the ground, a volcano on the bottom of the sea erupted, and three columns of water suddenly rose from the sea surface.The splintering splash was not seen, but the muffled sound was heard across the sea.

The distance is close, the calculation is accurate, and the four rounds hit three.

Two 'Fletcher' class destroyers chased after the 'Holy Light' cargo ship.Hearing the muffled sound, the whole ship felt mournful and indignant.

An aircraft carrier is a city, even if the carrier-based aircraft squadron on the 'Boxer' is evacuated, there are still more than 3000 warships and aviation personnel on it.

These are not the big soldiers who eat mud in the army. Any sailor in the navy is a technical unit that needs years of training, and it is very expensive.

Forget about the loss of the aircraft carrier, anyway, the 'Essex' class is gradually falling behind.But if the thousands of crew members on an aircraft carrier are reimbursed instantly, even the US Secretary of Defense will feel distressed to death.

It is equivalent to losing a heavy main division.

The Yankees don't have many main divisions in total.

But now that the tragedy has happened, the muffled sound in the dark night is the continuous ringing of the death knell, which also means that the gate of hell is opening on the sea, ready to devour the soul and flesh of the world.

Every time there was an explosion, the 'Boxer' would shake violently, and its already damaged keel was repeatedly bent by its own weight.The screeching sound of metal twisting can be heard throughout the aircraft carrier, which is the aftereffect of the explosion.

The freighter 'Holy Light' caught up from the west, took two US destroyers around and turned to the right side of the 'Boxer'.The right side was hit by a mine, and a large number of watertight cabins failed.

Now its starboard side, which is more than 260 meters long, has been hit by mines one after another, and the underwater protective layer has been completely blasted.

The moment he was struck by thunder, everyone on the 'Boxer' knew they were hopeless.But the damage control team rushed out desperately, trying their best to block the damage.

You must know that the 'Yamato' with a displacement of nearly [-] tons was only hit by ten torpedoes and seven aerial bombs. It was a heavily armored battleship with thick skin and rough flesh, so it could withstand it.

'Essex' is a thin-skinned aircraft carrier, and it will be seriously damaged by one mine, and it will be unbearable to suffer three torpedoes in a row.

broken.

big break!

The aircraft carrier tilted and took in a lot of water.Its captain has ordered the abandonment of the ship on the island, and sent a report to Tokyo for help, hoping to preserve the precious fleet human resources as much as possible.

Zhou Qingfeng didn't know the effect of the lightning strike at all in the dark, he steered the cargo ship around and turned back again, and four more torpedoes fired into the water with a hissing sound.

This time the distance was closer, less than 2000 meters.Just 1 minute later, the explosion sounded again. The front cabin of the 'Boxer' was completely torn open, and the flooding was no longer controllable.

Metal twisting can be heard across the sea, as if a giant whale is crying out on the verge of death.

The bow of the aircraft carrier was sinking, but the tail was lifted out of the water instead.Its propellers were whistling in the air, and the bottom of the ship, which usually does not see sunlight, was also exposed.

After the torpedo was fired, Zhou Qingfeng naturally slipped away.The two U.S. destroyers didn't bother to chase him any more. Instead, they turned on their searchlights and were busy helping the crew of the aircraft carrier who fell into the water.

在50年10月18号，夜里7点11分。

The "Essex" class NO.13 ship "Boxer", which has been in service for only five years, has come to the end of its destiny.

Hundreds of crew members emerged from the cabin and jumped into the icy sea water like dumplings.Although he knew that jumping from a deck tens of meters high would result in neither death nor serious injury, he couldn't care about anything at this juncture.

Jumping into the sea can become a floating corpse at least, but if it is dragged into the deep sea by a [-]-ton hull, then everything will be lost—or if you are unlucky, you will become a missing person.

The rescued two 'Fletchers' were completely mad, because under the light of flares and searchlights, they watched the huge ship of more than 3 tons sink into the deep sea unstoppably.

The surface of the sea boiled like a pot, and the air inside the ship was blowing outwards.After the tail of the hull was upturned to a certain extent, its own weight finally broke the keel, and the rear half fell down heavily.