svetikya Chapter 347
Chapter 347
On June 10, a news that shocked the world made the front page of major media around the world:
"According to the information released by the Ministry of Defense of the American Republic, in the early morning of June 9, in the territorial sea 6 nautical miles from the coastline of the American Republic, the destroyer Vesme belonging to the Nabna Canal Authority, which blatantly violated its territorial sea sovereignty, issued three solemn warnings and expulsion in accordance with relevant international laws and practices, but did not receive a positive response. The country's army then fired missiles and torpedoes to fire warning shots, both of which were shot down by the Vesme. Afterwards, the Vesme not only did not respond to the warning of the American Republic head-on, but also used a radar system to illuminate and lock the country's missile base, and launched two artillery shells and more than a dozen ground attack missiles to launch an attack, causing heavy losses to the missile base of the American Republic.
In accordance with relevant international laws and practices, the Republic of America immediately ordered the army to return fire, fired a total of 24 anti-ship missiles and 36 torpedoes, and dealt a fatal blow to the Vesme, causing the ship to be hit by several bullets and sinking at about 7:19 a.m. on the 9th, killing all 378 crew members on board, except for three members of the anti-submarine helicopter crew. The anti-submarine helicopter was then released and surrendered to the American Republic army, and three crew members are currently being held in the American Republic Naval Prison.
"According to the Ministry of Defense of the American Republic, the country's military has the right to defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity from infringement in accordance with the law, and will severely respond to any act that dares to provoke!"
"The Republic of America had earlier declared war on the Nabna Government and the Canal Authority because of the Nabna Canal incident on May 29, and this invasion of the territorial waters of the Republic of America by the Vesme is suspected to be a response to its declaration of war."
"Located on the southern side of the Atlantic equator bordering the Caribbean Sea, the Republic of America is a small country with a population of no more than 50,000, and has always called itself a member of Caribbean countries, but they are not Caribbean countries in the traditional sense. However, its history has also been occupied by pirates active in the Caribbean for a long time, and from this historical point of view..."
This short and fierce naval battle in the waters east of the Republic of America immediately detonated global public opinion!
And the unfamiliar name "Meisheng Republic" has also entered the public's field of vision!
If it weren't for the tireless popularization of science by the media, it is estimated that more than 95% of the people would not know where this inconspicuous little island country is.
Although the Vesme nominally belonged to the garrison of the Nabna Canal Administration, everyone knew that it was a branch of the beautiful navy.
And the last time a large surface combat ship of the beautiful country was sunk was during World War II; Even if he was seriously injured, it was nearly 40 years ago during the Iran-Iraq War that he was hit by an Exocet anti-ship missile, which injured nearly 40 officers and men on board.
This time the beautiful country was actually sunk by a small country with an unknown name, which can be called sensational!
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At this time, Tony Campbell, the director of the Central Tilt Bureau, was sitting in the conference room, watching the video data of the naval battle scene transmitted back by the battlefield data link with many of his subordinates and some officers wearing naval uniforms, with a look of irritation and exhaustion on his face.
From the early morning of June 9 until now, he has not closed his eyes for nearly 40 hours.
When the news of the sinking of the Vesme came from the Navy on the first 9th, he still felt unbelievable, feeling that something had gone wrong, or because he had run aground, and even that he might be sunk by Ross, Xinlong or other submarines, he would not feel so incredible!
But this news has been repeatedly confirmed as true by the Canal Authority, the Naval Command, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the National Security Council and other departments, which makes him have to accept such an almost absurd fact!
Now he has been embarrassed by the successive questioning of various departments!
He simply could not answer why such a small island country with a land area of less than 100 square kilometers and a population of less than 40,000 suddenly had such powerful military strength and combat effectiveness.
As the head of the beautiful top intelligence service, he showed unprecedented incompetence in this emergency, which greatly angered all departments, and it is said that Capitol Hill is organizing severe questioning of him, and the Admiralty and the Joint Chiefs of Staff even demand that he be court-martialed....
Of course, the military is somewhat shirking responsibility, because their performance in this incident is no better than the middle tilt, and they can't even say how the Vesme was sunk.
According to the joint screening of multiple departments of the military, it is impossible to recognize what type of missile the missile in the battlefield video belongs to and what kind of performance it has, but according to arms experts, the size of this missile is not large, it should not exceed 6 meters, slightly larger than the famous "Tomahawk", but it shows completely different combat effectiveness!
Since the Vesme is too close to the island of the American Republic, there is simply not enough warning time, from seeing the missile launch, to hitting the hull, it only takes less than a minute, so it can be reversely speculated that the speed of the missile hit is about 600 km / h, which is much weaker than the speed of the Tomahawk of 880 km / h, of course, it is also possible that the maximum speed of the missile is seriously underestimated, 6 nautical miles is equivalent to about 11 km, Not enough to accelerate the missile to maximum speed ....
Plus, those ghostly submarines!
In fact, the Admiralty is still arguing about whether there are submarines or not!
The opinion of some experts is that the submarine undoubtedly exists, because from the sonar data transmitted back, the shock wave sound of the torpedo entering the water can be clearly distinguished, which is direct evidence of submarine-launched torpedoes!
But another part of the experts disagreed, because the distance from which the shock wave occurred was too close, less than 10 nautical miles from the Vesme, and the advanced sonar detection equipment of the "caustic-class" destroyer did not find any signs of the existence of submarines, if such a quiet submarine really exists, then it means that the Republic of America has advanced submarines beyond the times, this is absurd!
As for how the torpedo was fired, this is easy to explain, this is the sound of torpedo tubes fixed at the bottom ....
Various debates and quarrels about this naval battle continue between and even within departments, and they seem to want to hide their incompetence and uneasiness through this technical analysis....
The beautiful government has not responded positively to this incident so far, and the national security adviser and the presidential spokesman have successively urged various departments to give answers and initial retaliatory measures, so that they can have a response to the surging public opinion from the outside world, but no department is willing to do this!
Revenge is a must, but how to retaliate is a problem!
Facts have proved that the Meisheng Republic has a strong missile combat capability, which can no longer be solved by one or two destroyers or cruisers, it is necessary to use at least one aircraft carrier battle group to establish a complete battlefield defense system from air to underwater, and with absolute superiority in strength, in order to completely solve the problem!
BeautifulDue to the surging fiscal deficit for many years, there is simply not enough financial resources to build new aircraft carriers, and the existing aircraft carrier battle groups have begun to look more and more difficult!
At present, there are a total of 12 aircraft carrier battle groups, and 9 of them are now deployed in the region with East Asia and the Asia-Pacific region as the core, forming a deep strategic offensive posture together with the huge allied fleet. Another is deployed near Europe to deter the giant bear in the north, and another is deployed near the Middle East, which is an energy transportation artery that cannot be lost, only one is currently being repaired and refurbished in the mainland, and the aircraft carrier as the core is still on the dock, and the scaffolding has not been removed.
So, the only way now is to retreat from the Asia-Pacific region!
But the military deployment in the Asia-Pacific region is an interlocking whole, involving the whole body, and now in the tense moment of saber rattling, retreat? That would be tantamount to exposing the weaker fleets of the allied countries to the enemy's fire coverage!
To withdraw, or not to withdraw, this is the question!