Chapter 298 Unidentified Ship(1/2)
"House, this is Fang Lang, please report the position of the unknown ship."
Fang Lang directly picked up the intercom and called the command station of the House.
Soon a clear reply came from the intercom
"Yes, Your Majesty General.
Unknown ship position 026, distance 28 nautical miles."
After all, we are in Brazil's own waters. In order to prevent the radar from overheating when it is turned on for a long time, the radar on the aircraft carrier is not turned on at this time.
The ships of the entire aircraft carrier formation are taking turns to turn on their radars, and the one whose radar is turned on at this moment is naturally the destroyer USS House, which is clearing the way ahead.
There were actually ships disobeying the Brazilian Navy's instructions in Brazilian waters. Of course, Fang Lang couldn't be polite.
But this is not a time of war, so we cannot directly order others to fire indiscriminately.
The distance is 28 nautical miles. It will be too long to wait for the House to approach.
He is currently commanding an aircraft carrier, so Fang Lang said without hesitation
"Order the reconnaissance plane to take off and confirm the identity of the unknown ship as soon as possible."
A communications soldier next to him immediately picked up the intercom and began to relay the order.
Fang Lang smiled and said to De La Torre beside him
"I didn't expect that the first time I ordered a plane to take off would be like this."
De La Torre obviously did not expect that unknown ships would appear in Brazil's own territorial waters.
Said with a somewhat serious expression
"Boss, do you want to raise the fleet alert level?"
Logically speaking, there should not be any enemies near Brazil at this time.
After all, World War II has just ended, and all countries in the world capable of launching war are licking their wounds.
But after all, he is a senior general of the Brazilian Navy, leading Brazil's most powerful naval fleet.
Never be careless.
Therefore, he quickly realized that this was not the right time to joke.
Even if this is a misunderstanding, it must be dealt with as a real enemy situation.
Turning to de la Torre, he nodded and said
"No matter who this guy is, we must treat him as an enemy ship.
Order the fleet to enter level one combat readiness."
De La Torre nodded solemnly, picked up the radio and said
"A ship of unknown origin was found in front of the fleet,
Following the official order of the fleet commander, the entire fleet entered level one combat readiness.
Please note this is not a drill!
Repeat! This is not a drill!"
As the broadcast rang, the entire fleet began to become restless.
Radar and sonar are now powered on.
Anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns had their jackets ripped off.
Personnel from various combat positions began to enter combat positions.
The soldiers moved boxes of ammunition to the artillery positions and loaded ammunition for the artillery.
The air became solemn.
Due to the current shortage of naval aviation, the fleet's naval aviation is still responsible for training new students recruited from the school.
Only two pilots were transferred and set off with the fleet.
Fortunately, the naval aviation instructors from the American advisory group are all on board the aircraft carrier.
Although General Clark returned to the United States and helped Fang Lang run the military contracting company.
Fang Lang was not sure whether these aviation instructors would listen to his orders and help him perform combat missions.
But Fang Lang believes that since everyone is on the same boat, there should be no problem in giving them some benefits and asking them to help.
Of course this is the worst case scenario.
Now only one ship has been discovered, and it is surrounded by destroyers and cruisers for protection. There should be no need for an aircraft carrier to take action.
Soon, a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft roared from the deck and flew into the sky, flying straight in the direction where the enemy ship was found.
For an airplane, you can fly to 28 nautical miles in ten minutes.
Therefore, just as the entire fleet was on standby, the reconnaissance plane quickly discovered the unknown ship that the House said.
The person piloting the reconnaissance plane was Sam Dudley, a Brazilian naval aviation pilot affiliated with the Rio de Janeiro.
The weather was clear today and there was a clear direction. Sam Dudley quickly discovered a small black spot on the sea.
I took out my telescope and took a look, and found that it looked like a fishing boat.
Without hesitation, he directly lowered his altitude and flew over.
When you get closer, you can see that it is really a fishing boat, and the tonnage of the fishing boat is not large. It looks like it is more than fifty tons at most.
Sam Dudley breathed a sigh of relief.
Continue to lower the height and continue observing when you are less than a hundred meters away from the other party.
However, they discovered that this fishing boat had no obvious nationality mark.
Sam Dudley quickly picked up the communicator and called
"Eagle's Nest, Eagle's Nest, I am a hummingbird, please answer when you receive it!"
"Eagle's nest received! Hummingbird please speak!"
"Hummingbird discovered that the unknown vessel was a fishing vessel of unknown nationality.
Do you need a hummingbird warning to drive you away?"
"Eagle Nest received! Please keep monitoring and wait for further orders!"
Fang Lang on the aircraft carrier quickly received the information.
"Your Excellency, General, based on our aircraft's close reconnaissance, we discovered that what broke into our fleet's route was a fishing boat of unknown nationality."
The intelligence officer holding a briefing stood beside Fang Lang and reported the report.
When Fang Lang heard this situation, he frowned and asked in confusion
"Fishing boat?"
"Yes, General.
The forward pilot asked if warning shots were needed to drive away from the ship."
Fang Lang thought about it. If it was a fishing boat, it would be normal for him to not receive a warning from the House.
After all, not every ship nowadays is equipped with radio communications.
It seems that something went wrong this time.
I just don’t know why this fishing boat didn’t fly the national flag.
"Keep surveillance! Don't warn and shoot. It would be bad if it was our own fishermen in Brazil.
We can just ask the House to send someone to board the ship to inspect it, and then drive us away from our voyage."
"Yes, Your Majesty General."
After receiving the order, the intelligence officer stood at attention, saluted, turned and left.
Soon Sam Dudley received the order.
"Hummingbird, hummingbird, I am the Eagle Nest, please answer when you receive it!"
"Eagle's Nest, Eagle's Nest, I am a hummingbird, please speak when you receive it!"
"Hummingbird, please keep watch. The House will send people to board the ship to carry out the expulsion mission."
Sam Dudley, who was flying around the fishing boat, sighed after hearing the order.
It seems that there is no chance to open fire this time.
Then, he found two people on the fishing boat walking to the bow, and in their hands was a long gun.
The gun is already aimed at itself.
Sam Dudley was shocked.
"fu!"
To be continued...