Chapter 610 'David' Incident

The missile frigate David is a Perry-class naval ship belonging to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. It is usually used as a U.S. Navy patrol escort mission in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea.

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As a missile frigate, it may be so 'weak' in the strong naval strength of the United States, but in the eyes of other countries, it is very powerful. Because this is no longer just a light frigate, but represents a huge navy including the aircraft carrier battle group behind it.

This time, the missile frigate David will carry out its Nth escort mission in the fifth fleet sequence. A two 50,000-ton tanker and a cargo ship full of chemicals will depart from the port of Basra, Iraq, aiming at New York in the United States.

The mission of the USS David missile frigate is to escort the fleet safely through the 'jurisdiction' of the Fifth Fleet to the Mediterranean Sea.

Because of the tense situation in the Middle East during this period, the Fifth Fleet Command has long issued an order to be vigilant to each ship carrying out its mission. Of course, in the event of an attack, there is no need to issue this order, because it is customary and a rule.

Colonel Burke, the captain of the frigate, has ordered the sailors to be vigilant since the fleet left the port of Basra. Once anything suspicious is found, it must be reported immediately.

On the calm sea, the fleet slowly sailed through the North Domei Island, and Colonel Burke finally breathed a sigh of relief. The first dangerous area was finally passed safely. This area is the closest to Iraq, and one is a key area for Iraqi guerrillas and Islamic religious groups to attack the U.S. maritime convoys. In the face of small fishing boats with rocket launchers or mortars, a frigate really has no good way to expel them.

"Report to the captain, there is movement in the sea in the northeast." Just as Burke was secretly happy, the sailors on the watchtower suddenly waved a small flag and shouted. In such a narrow sea as the Persian Gulf, the opponent is those small fishing boats. Radar really doesn't play a role. Instead, the watchtowers in the sailing era are very useful.

Burke felt nervous when he heard the words, and quickly raised the telescope to look in the direction reported by the lookout.

On the sea in the northeast, two small black spots were moving, and Burke's face was frozen. He had previously thought that he might have encountered Iraqi sea guerrillas, but now he saw the movement speed of the two black dots and immediately denied it.

Most of the Iraqi maritime guerrillas use some old fishing boats and a few speedboats, but the speed will not exceed 40 knots. The black spot that can move towards the high speed of the fleet on the sea, according to his visual measurement, the speed is at least 50 knots.

"Ren the alarm and send a message to the other party not to approach." Colonel Burke had a kind of doubt in his heart. He no longer hesitated and turned around and roared at his men. If it's really as he imagined, it's really difficult to predict the other party's intention, but he can't take risks.

"Woo-woo..." The sad alarm sounded on the frigate, and several tankers and cargo ships around them received orders to be vigilant from the David. The whole fleet immediately slowed down. The frigate David drove to the left side of the fleet, blocking the black spot and the middle of the fleet.

In the conning tower, a famous frigate officers and soldiers came and went in a hurry. Although the flag of please don't approach has been constantly shooting out, in the radar, two black spots are still rushing at high speed. The 76mm gun at the bow has turned the muzzle, and the only dense array process defense The system is also under the control of the computer, shaking to the northeast.

"Oh... Oh, my God, what is that? It's a missile..." With the exclamation of the radar soldier, the tension in the whole condensation of the condensation, and then exploded like a bomb.

Colonel Burke's face turned pale. He didn't expect that the other party would launch missiles directly at the fleet.

"Quick... What are you doing? Start the interception system..." When Burke saw that his face was pale, he pushed away the deputy captain beside him, and his sad voice echoed in the command tower.

Not every U.S. Navy soldier has participated in actual combat. Especially this kind of sudden attack. In the past decade, the U.S. Navy has encountered a handful of anti-ship missile attacks from other countries.

After experiencing the initial panic, the quality of the officers and soldiers of the U.S. Navy also began to be revealed, and the two hundred officers and soldiers of the whole fleet seemed to tell the operation as a whole. The radar has transmitted the flight data of the anti-ship missile to the interception center on the frigate, and soon four standard missiles were launched from the launcher, dragging the tail flames towards the two flying anti-ship missiles.

"Height 20...distance 5000...speed 910..."

"Height 20...distance 4500...speed 920..."

"Height 15...distance 3000...speed 950..."

With the number of radar officers, the atmosphere in the conning tower became more and more tense. Everyone is set on the radar, where there are two white dots and four green dots. The white dot is an anti-ship missile launched by the enemy, and the green dot is the standard anti-aircraft anti-missile missile launched by the frigate.

Colonel Burke has reported the attack on the 'David' to the Fifth Fleet Command, which is only more than 100 nautical miles away from the Fifth Fleet base Bahrain Manama. Although it is too late to save the current crisis of the fleet at this time, he must promise to spread the news of the attack on the United States. Hand it back. Because he has learned that it was two Iranian naval missile boats that fired missiles at the fleet.

"Height 12.5...distance 2000...speed 980..."

"3...2...1...yeah, it's hit." Six small dots telling the flight on the radar screen were approaching. Two green dots and white dots passed by, while the other two green dots hit the white spot at high speed, destroying two anti-ship missiles and successfully intercepting them.

However, before everyone could cheer, two white dots appeared again on the radar screen. Everyone's eyes were wide open, staring at the fast-moving white dots, and even the sad alarm in their ears had not been heard.

Another four standard missiles flew to the sky with tail flames, and then crossed an arc and flew northeast.

After the four interceptor missiles were launched, two Iranian missile boats in the radar target also entered the range of the frigate gun, and the 76mm naval gun fell around the two missile boats, stirring up a white spray. And the two Iranian missile boats were like heroes charging bravely under the enemy's artillery fire, continuing to rush to the fleet regardless of the possibility of being destroyed at any time.

In Manama, the naval base of the Fifth Fleet, a sad siren suddenly sounded. The whole base is particularly tense.

Some sailors and naval officers who were resting, when they heard the alarm, the first reaction in their minds was that there was something wrong with the siren.

You should know that since the construction of this base, the alarm has been sounded only a few times, and it is still used for training. However, this time it seems different, because at the same time as the alarm sounded, the broadcasts set up all over the base began to make the announcer's urgent and serious voice.

"Emergency gathering...Please note...this is not an exercise...this is not an exercise..."

As the commander of the fleet, Major General Reis has been stunned by the news.

Iranian missile boats raided the U.S. transport fleet, and the escorted frigate David was injured.

God, did Iran fight emptly? Major General Les only felt the buzzing in his mind. I still can't believe that this news is true. Is today April Fool's Day? But he clearly remembers that April Fool's Day was just over.

As Major General Les reacted, orders were passed on one after another. The two frigates that stayed at the base began to ignite and set sail. They will rush to the scene of the accident as quickly as possible to rescue the 'David', and the fastest were naturally several helicopters in the base.

While ordering the warship to rescue the frigate David, Major General Reis ordered the base to increase its vigilance. The news of the attack on the David was transmitted to the headquarters of the Atlantic Fleet. With one emergency transmission after another, the attack on the David was quickly transmitted to Washington. It surprised the whole American political axe.

Although many people in Washington are still skeptical about this matter, with satellite photos and photos taken by several emergency fighters in the Middle East, all prove that the frigate David was attacked. According to the report of a U.S. fighter pilot stationed at an air base in the Middle East, some floating objects suspected of missile boat fragments were found in the sea area of the site of the accident. This is consistent with the news reported by the frigate David that two Iranian missile boats launched a suicide collision fleet after launching missiles and were finally destroyed by frigates.

The 'David attack' soon spread all over the world through various channels. The first reaction of senior officials to the news is almost the same, that is, they don't believe it. However, with the aggregation of various news, it proves that this matter is true. Iranian missile boats really attacked the U.S. transport fleet for no reason, injuring the missile frigate David of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

As the center of the attack, it was not too late for Iran to receive the news, but what made the Iranian military and intelligence services speechless was that before they reported the news to the president, President Ahmadinejad was still in talks with U.S. Secretary of State Ms. Rus. Rus.

The representatives of the four countries who are discussing the 'Economic Cooperation Organization' in the villa do not know that the outside world has turned upside down.

"Boss, something's wrong." Luo Xiang rushed in and saw Li Mo's first sentence.

Although the seven people in the living room were a little unhappy with Luo Xiang's sudden intrusion, when they heard Luo Xiang's words, they were attracted and all ignored the dissatisfaction caused by Luo Xiang's rush in.

"Don't worry, Xiang, what's going on?" Although Li Mo wondered why Luo Xiang rushed in at this time, he knew his surname. If it was not a shocking event, he would not have come here, because Li Mo had specifically told him not to look for him if he had nothing to do.

"Boss, I just received the news that 20 minutes ago, Iranian missile boats fired four missiles at the U.S. transport fleet, injuring the U.S. missile frigate 'David..." Wang Ning's intelligence department's power in the Middle East is second only to Somalia, especially during this period when Li Mo came to Tehran, Wang Ning's Pay attention to all the movements in the Middle East. I got the news soon and immediately notified Luo Xiang.

(to be continued)