Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 77 Battle Record +1 +1 Maya capsized!

The image of the giant propeller falling off from the stern of the giant ship flashed back in his mind, and Wei Jiang laughed wildly while sitting in the cockpit of the Manta Ray.

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Ha ha."

"Torpedoes, bombs, missiles, what can they do?"

"We'll talk about it once we can catch up!"

Controlling the manta ray to dive back into the water about 200 meters below the sea surface, Wei Jiang discovered that the huge flat-top ship above his head had lost its ability to move.

The escort ships chose to conduct dynamic circling escort around the giant ship.

Overhead, more than 40 ships were circling the giant ship, and Wei Jiang couldn't help laughing.

"This circle looks really good."

Looking at the signals from the submarine that continued to wander underwater, the commanders of the exercise fleet became very nervous.

Just now, the huge flat-top ship that they thought was fearless and invincible actually lost its ability to move after being attacked by the enemy!
The propeller shaft of a 9-ton ship, with a yield strength of more than 1200MPa, was broken by a small submersible with a displacement of less than 100 tons! ?

Unbelievable and incomprehensible!
The ships participating in the exercise have just received instructions from Commander-in-Chief Cliff to form a circular defense circle around the giant flat-top ship and attack immediately upon discovering a target!

Inside the Maya's command room, several generals were feeling uneasy.

Staring closely at the green light spot on the underwater detection signal display, the small submarine 200 meters underwater was like a lone wolf, and the opponent obviously had no intention of ending the attack.

"Prepare anti-submarine torpedoes and depth charges!"

"As long as the target appears underwater on our ship, attack directly without waiting for my order!"

The lieutenant general now feels very insecure.

One submarine was sunk, one submarine lost power, and the core giant ship of the exercise fleet lost power.

Faced with the losses, the commanders of the exercise ships were all in danger.

"General, Ugly Eagle has mobilized three Virginia-class nuclear submarines for support and will arrive in eight hours."

"Three anti-submarine aircraft are on their way. It will take two hours."

The lieutenant general nodded. The exercise area was far away from Xiaorizi’s homeland, and the nearest friendly force here was Chouying’s homeland.

Looking at the rapidly moving green dot signal on the screen, the news of friendly reinforcements did not make him feel at ease.

Outside the window of the command room, there were continuous bangs of missile launches, and other ships had already begun defensive attacks.

"According to the enemy's stealth trajectory, they will pass under our ship in 30 seconds."

"Be prepared to attack!"

A total of 29 parties participated in this Rim of the Ocean exercise, but the forces surrounding the Pacific Ocean actually deployed their warships.

The Ugly Eagle, Maple Leaf, Kangaroo, Little Day and Stick are the core forces.

Similar to the Maya, ships from the Maple Leaf, Stick and other sides are also carrying out similar operations, and some ships have even launched attacks on underwater targets.

For either force, having a propeller broken by an incoming submarine is absolutely a shame for the navy!
The other side has not taken the initiative to destroy or sink Italian ships for the time being, so who can say for sure what will happen next?

If a flat-top giant ship that has lost power is not protected, it will be like a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered!
Cliffe has decided to move the fleet command center to another amphibious flat-top ship, and senior generals are in the process of transferring.

At a top speed of 75 knots, the manta rays kept circling the fleet underwater, occasionally raising their heads and rushing up dozens of meters.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the manta rays were playing tricks on the Circumocean Exercise Fleet, but they couldn't and didn't dare to gamble!

As soon as the manta ray submersible shows signs of surfacing, a saturation attack will be launched.

Once again turning to avoid the anti-submarine missiles and bombs fired from the ships above, the manta ray dived again under Wei Jiang's control.

With every dive, manta rays are bid farewell by spectacular explosions and roars.

In the turbulent sea water, the marine life in the sea had already gone away, and those that did not have time to escape were floating on the sea surface. Many sea fish had their bodies blown to pieces.

Wei Jiang understood that the teasing and fooling of the fleet would not last long.

With so many forces involved in the exercise, when the flat-top giant ship had its tail power cut off by the manta ray, reinforcements must have been on the way.

As it rushed upwards once again, the ammunition fired from a ship about 120 meters long overhead began to decrease significantly.

Noticing this situation, Wei Jiang still chose to dive again.

"If it's not intentional conservation of ammunition, then there is not enough ammunition in stock."

Seeing that it was about to achieve its goal, the manta ray continued to repeat its previous actions.

After teasing more than 40 ships again, the number of missiles and bombs dropped into the sea by each ship was significantly reduced.

"Okay."

"It can't take too long."

Wei Jiang muttered to himself and controlled the manta ray to charge upwards once again.

The target of the attack was a frigate at the outermost part of the fleet, which was about 130 meters long.

The water depth was 180 meters. Wei Jiang took a look at the water depth displayed on the screen.

"Still not firing missiles or bombs?"

As Wei Jiang finished speaking, four rounds of ammunition were fired from both sides of the ship above the manta ray.

It was unclear whether it was an anti-submarine missile or a bomb, but the manta ray's high maneuverability gave Wei Jiang great confidence.

Unlike before, this time the manta ray did not turn around and dive, but instead rushed straight upwards.

The submarine was diving at a depth of 130 meters. Perhaps realizing that the manta ray did not choose to dodge this time, the ship above urgently moved to the right.

Controlling the manta ray in an extremely elegant posture to avoid the ammunition explosion range, Wei Jiang aimed at the tail of the ship and continued to sprint.

At the top speed of 75 knots, any evasive action by the ship above was futile.

The manta ray approached from the right rear side of the ship, and the stern of the ship was less than 10 meters away from the manta ray.

Dense splashes appeared on the sea surface above, and rapid-fire ammunition was aimed at the manta ray.

With a light chuckle, Wei Jiang had no intention of dodging at all.

The splashes of water stirred by the ship's propeller blades were clearly visible. Wei Jiang turned his right hand, and the manta ray's posture changed from horizontal to vertical, with its right wing standing straight up to face the propeller shaft.

Bang! Wow~

At the moment of impact, the manta ray paused for a moment, then immediately flew past the stern of the ship.

The inky black right wing of the manta ray cut through the water and was exposed on the sea surface.

Before the sailors and soldiers could see clearly, the right wing of the manta ray quickly sank under the sea.

The soldier only saw a dark shadow flash by, and then rushed towards another frigate on the port side of the ship.

With both hands tightly holding onto the deck railing, his expression was as dumbfounded as a chicken. The black shadow was like a giant blade that easily cut off the alloy shaft of the ship's propeller!

Record +1!

Cumulative record 4!

"Oh my God! I saw it!"

"The propeller is broken!"

Amidst panic shouting, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to sail at a depth close to the sea surface.

The black manta ray's dorsal fin emerged from the sea. At a speed of 75 knots, the dorsal fin cut through the blue sea like a sharp blade and rushed towards the stern of another ship.

At such a high speed, the missile launcher has no time to react, and only machine guns and close-in defense guns can attack the manta ray.

The ship ahead noticed the manta ray's attack, and the soldiers raised their rifles and aimed at the black shadow in the sea with the close-in defense guns and fired quickly!
The sound of gunfire shook the entire sea. Bullets and howitzers exploded behind the manta ray, splashing water several meters high.

Inside the cockpit of the Manta Ray, Wei Jiang could not see any bullets or grenades fired at him, and his eyes, which were so excited that they seemed to be emitting flames, were only focused on the stern of the ship a few hundred meters away.

A distance of several hundred meters is nothing compared to the manta ray's extreme speed.

Under the horrified gaze of the soldiers on the ship, the black dorsal fin cut through the sea surface, leaving a straight white wave, and rushed towards their feet at an incredible speed.

Bang! Wow~

Record +1!

Cumulative record 5!

"Panel, repair!"

Several blue arcs of light flashed on the sea surface, and Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to continue sprinting!
More than 40 ships circled around the giant flat-top ship for protection, creating favorable conditions for Wei Jiang to launch an indiscriminate attack.

The ships were clustered together, and manta rays were attacking at a depth close to the sea surface. Whether it was ship fire or air fire, the exercise fleet had to exercise restraint, otherwise it would easily injure their own ships by mistake.

Like a lone wolf rushing into a flock of sheep, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to quickly move between the ships!
In addition to gunfire, decisive individuals would sometimes launch ultra-close-range missile attacks.

But all this was in vain, the manta ray's extremely fast maneuverability made all the fleet's attack actions fail!
Battle record +1! +1!

"Panel, repair!"

+1!

The evening sun turned the sky purple and red. The sunlight shone on the sea, as if a large wildfire was burning on the horizon. The wildfire swayed with the rippling sea water, accompanied by crackling sounds.

The intensive gunfire sound began to weaken 5 minutes ago, and once again moved away from the stern of a ship. A blue light flashed on the surface of the manta ray, and any traces of possible scratches from the attack disappeared.

Record +1!

Cumulative record 41!

In front is the last ship participating in this circumnavigation of the ocean that is still capable of action.

Perhaps it had given up defending in the fleet. Wei Jiang saw from the screen that the ship had separated from the fleet and was sailing westward at a speed of 30 knots.

Controlling the manta ray to surface, Wei Jiang saw a familiar flag flying above a ship in the distance on the screen.

Wei Jiang was extremely familiar with the pattern of a red heart on a white background!
"Want to run?"

"I let you run away today, and I'm too embarrassed to go home!"

They controlled the manta ray to dive again. They had no intention of letting the ship go in the first place. Now that they found out it was an ordinary ship, there was even less reason to let it go.

Wei Jiang left only the manta ray's dorsal fin above the water so that Xiao Rizi could see it and see the entire process of the attack.

As the Manta Ray sprinted towards the Xiaori ship, the distance between the Manta Ray and the Xiaori ship and the fleet behind widened.

Puff, puff, puff! Puff, puff!

This also gave the overhead fighter jets an opportunity to attack, with machine gun strafing, anti-submarine torpedoes, and all kinds of weapons that the fighter jets could carry all aimed at the manta ray.

In the cockpit, Wei Jiang heard a bang above his head, probably a bullet hitting the manta ray's shell.

"What about tickling?!"

With a curse, the manta ray still maintained its sailing posture.

The fighter pilot was eager to attack, and in order to avenge his shame, he only wanted to destroy the underwater black submarine.

Because of the underwater black submarine, almost all participating ships in the Circum-Ocean Exercise lost power!
The remaining Maya frigate was luring the black submarine away from the fleet to create space for air force attack.

He launched all four torpedoes equipped on the fighter plane. With the help of the initial speed of the aircraft, the torpedoes accelerated quickly when they entered the sea.

All the heavy weapons in the cabin have been delivered, and now all he can do is wait for the target to be destroyed.

In the pilot's field of vision, four torpedoes are rapidly chasing the black submarine!

We just tried machine gun strafing, but it turned out that it posed no real threat to the target.

The four torpedoes chasing at high speed carried his last hope of destroying the target!
Wei Jiang saw the detection signals of the four torpedoes chasing the manta ray on the cockpit screen.

"I probably won't be able to catch up with you."

"But if the manta ray continues to attack the small day ship, it is possible that it will be caught up and hit after slowing down during the attack."

The torpedo was 300 meters away from the manta ray, and the manta ray was less than 200 meters away from the INS Maya frigate.

In a flash, Wei Jiang's expression became firm and he continued to sprint!

If he gave up the attack, Wei Jiang would have to spend a lot of effort to get rid of the torpedo.

More than an hour has passed since the Ugly Eagle flat-top giant ship was castrated, and support from the Ugly Eagle should arrive soon.

If we continue to delay, it is possible that the Xiaori ships will survive temporarily.

attack!

It’s all about speed!

It all depends on the strength of the manta ray's shell!

As they got closer and closer to the Maya frigate, the Xiaorizi ships launched defensive counterattacks at the same time.

All the hail of bullets were directed at the black dorsal fin on the sea. Most of the bullets were poured into the sea, and a small number hit the shell of the black shadow, sparking sparks.

"Baga! Attack quickly!"

"Ah! Attack!"

Amid the panic of the soldiers, the black manta ray twisted its body and hit the stern of the frigate from the right side right under their noses, and the splashes stirred by the propeller blades at the stern of the ship slowly disappeared.

This is not the end yet. The left wing of the manta ray submarine, which had a corner exposed on the sea surface, broke through the water and slid towards the bow of the Maya along the left side of the ship.

"Damn it! Keep attacking!"

"It's on the port side! Sink it! Now!"

The soldiers on the deck of the Maya were running quickly, and some even took out shoulder-fired weapons and followed the crowd.

Use all means to attack the enemy, even sink it!

revenge!

"revenge!"

Some soldiers were running and shouting. Facing the black submarine, they felt powerless, frightened and oppressed, and became hysterical and crazy!

Bang!
A violent explosion occurred on the starboard side of the Maya's stern, and the soldiers on the deck were thrown up and fell heavily! Some were even thrown off the deck and fell into the sea.

Bang!
Bang! !

Bang! ! !
There were three more loud bangs, and the tail of the Maya was directly blown to pieces, with steel components flying everywhere in the explosion!

There were some indescribable things in the flames, carrying red liquid and flying dozens of meters away.

A pair of eyes in the air saw everything that happened below, and with a twitch in the corners of their eyes, they silently turned the nose of the fighter plane and left.

All this was caused by that damn black submarine, he was just following the attack order!

Yes! That's right!
In the cockpit of the Manta Ray far away from the Maya, Wei Jiang certainly noticed what was happening behind him.

This is the script he designed!
As long as the torpedo did not catch up when the manta ray completed the cutting attack, he could control the manta ray to quickly break away from the ship.

Sailing so closely, he didn't think the torpedo would be able to accurately identify and track the target.

The consequence of not being able to accurately discern what is happening on the sea surface is...

The manta ray dived under the sea and changed direction. Not far away, the stern of the Xiao Ri Ship had been broken, and various metal fragments, ammunition, and personnel were slowly sinking into the boundless deep sea.

The ship's tail was blown off and it was flooded with water. The head was light and the tail was heavy. The outcome of capsizing was irreversible!
“Great job!”

"I have to say that the Ugly Eagle's torpedo is really powerful!"

Record +1!

Cumulative record 42!

Looking at the remaining 40 ships on the radar floating quietly on the sea, unable to move, Wei Jiang laughed loudly.

"Like to show off?!"

"All of you, get down here!"

Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to surface and could see clearly the burning ships on the sea in the distance.

There are still a large number of fighter planes circling in the sky, but at this moment these fighter planes are more likely to be circling and on alert in the air as a show fleet.

It is more important to protect the remaining surviving ships and personnel than to protect a small-time ship that is destined to sink.

Rescue small ships and personnel?

This question was not even within the consideration of Ugly Eagle Admiral Cliff.

All the ships had their propellers cut off by the terrifying underwater ghost. At this time, the flat-top giant ships with larger displacement had a higher safety factor.

In the command room of the giant flat-top ship, Cliff's face was terribly cold and expressionless as he looked at the Maya frigate sinking in the distance with a telescope in his hand.

The second ship sunk!
As he was observing, the muscles at the corners of Clive's eyes suddenly twitched, as if something was causing a violent fluctuation in his emotions.

In the field of view of the telescope, on the sea surface next to the Maya which was about to capsize, the black dorsal fin slowly emerged from the water, slowly circled around the wreckage of the Maya, and then sank into the water again.

"alert!"

"That devil has appeared again! The direction of the Maya!"

While the personnel on the fleet's floating island group were shouting warnings, Wei Jiang had actually already controlled the manta ray to sneak westward.

The goal has been achieved, there is no need to stay here any longer.

More importantly, 20 nautical miles to the west, a detection signal from another large ship appeared.

He was going to go over and take a look. If it was a reinforcement ship, Wei Jiang didn't mind taking one more strike before going home.

(End of this chapter)