Chapter 389 Mission Cancelled! Run!

On the boat, there were comrades from the army as well as comrades from local research institutes and shipyards.

To be honest, the living environment and space of the 6621 boat are not very good. This is a traditional skill of the Russians. The small boat can resist artillery and is crammed with weapons. As for the accommodation for personnel, well, the Davaris have to overcome it.

In the 662101 boat, which was already limited in space, in addition to the officers and soldiers equipped according to the establishment, there were also comrades from the Ship Research Institute, the Anti-Ship Missile Institute, and the shipyard, which made the little space even worse.

However, the comrades don’t care about these things at all, just squeeze in a little.

In order to give up their beds to comrades who needed to rest, the soldiers ran to an out-of-the-way corner of the deck, tied themselves up with a rope, and fell asleep.

In short, overcome difficulties and make way for the mission.

Not far away, there are several artillery escort boats, which are the comrades responsible for escorting and coordinating the sea trials.

The tests are being carried out in full swing, and the comrades are very motivated. These are new weapons we have made ourselves. Although the ship was provided by our comrades in the north, I believe we will definitely build our own.

Just then, the interpreter found the captain with a piece of paper.

When the captain opened it, his expression became serious. The fact that he had to send an encrypted telegram instead of calling directly on the radio channel showed that the situation was special.

The telegram was sent from a command post that was in charge of the coastal sea surveillance radar.

The words are few, but the matter is significant.

"Your boat is at position xx, 50 kilometers away, and has spotted two ships, suspected to be enemy ships, please pay close attention."

662101 is not far from the coast, and the radar on the shore is installed at a relatively high position, so it can detect the target first.

Not only boat 662101 received this telegram, but the two escort boats nearby also received the same content.

Everyone was tense, but not nervous. 45 kilometers was still a long way to go, and I believed that the comrades on the shore were also paying close attention.

The captain called the test leaders of each unit and showed them the contents of the telegram.

Mr. Qiu, who is researching missiles, is on the ship. He will definitely lead the team to participate in such a good opportunity. After hearing the situation, he pondered for a moment.

"Comrade Captain, I suggest that we also turn on the radar and search for the above targets. This opportunity is rare. Regardless of whether it is an enemy ship or not, we can try our radar."

According to the original plan, it was not yet time to test the radar subject, but plans are not as good as changes, and we caught up, right?

The captain thought about it and agreed to General Qiu’s request, and at the same time issued a combat alert to the personnel on the boat.

Since we have to try it, and the command post has also said that it is a suspected enemy ship, then we will deploy it according to the combat operations.

All the comrades immediately acted in a tense and orderly manner. Except for the gun positions and necessary personnel, all the staff on the deck squeezed into the boat, and those who could not fit squeezed down.

The radar on the boat was turned on. The radar operators were comrades from the research institute. They were more familiar with the radar they were researching. At that time, the officers and soldiers on the boat had not yet fully learned it.

The radar operator on the boat was watching nearby, and this was a good opportunity to learn.

In order to match the missile range, the radar of the 662101 submarine has a direct search distance of more than 1000km for a 50-ton target. However, due to the curvature of the earth, it cannot actually see that far.

The two escort boats nearby also took action and began to move closer to boat 662101, changing from a test formation to a combat formation.

The two frigates did not have radars, or rather, they did not have effective radars. The type of artillery frigates that had fought in classic battles such as the Battle of 61 are still under research and will not be available until . The armaments of these two frigates are okay, but the radars are almost the same as having none.

In this case, turning on the radar would be of no use except interfering with 662101.

The radar was turned on, but nothing was found on the screen. However, no one was anxious because the distance was still far, and it was normal that nothing was found, especially due to the influence of the earth's curvature.

At the command post, after issuing a warning via encrypted telegram, it began to use secret language on the radio to report the target's distance and direction in a timely manner.

Time passed by minute by minute, and almost half an hour later, the radar operator suddenly shouted: "Found it! Azimuth xx, distance 41 kilometers."

At the edge of the circular radar screen, two small green dots lit up as the scan line swept across.

"Really, I saw it."

“That’s them. That’s them.”

No wonder everyone is excited, this at least proves one thing: radar works!

Chief Qiu quietly said to Chief Qi: "It seems that using DJS-60D to enhance the radar's signal processing capabilities was the right move. This radar is better than expected and better than the original one."

Mr. Qi deeply agrees with this.

The captain began to arrange personnel and send a message to the command post.

40 kilometers away, two enemy ships were maintaining radio silence and heading towards the target area.

Their mission this time was to transport a group of spies, with Ship 1 responsible for protection and command, and Ship 2 carrying personnel and guarding. This kind of mission was very common in the 60s, and the most famous one was probably the Battle of Zhangjiang and Jianmen a few years later, when both ships were sent to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

Ship No. 1 is an old gun destroyer from the S2 period, and Ship No. 2 is newer but smaller. Both ships have been retrofitted with radar.

The captain of Ship No. 1, who is also the commander of this operation, is a little uneasy at this time. The radar operator just reported that a radar signal was detected that was continuously scanning.

This could be a routine scan by the other side, which may not have a direct relationship with them. Whether they come or not, the radar on the other side will scan.

They have carried out some similar missions before, but they only sent things up and never brought them back.

He doesn't care whether the person he sent up is safe or not. What he cares about is his own safety.

So the appearance of this continuous radar scanning signal made him a little uneasy, but he was not too worried because their ship was running fast!

The S2 destroyers all have a speed of over 35 knots, which is much faster than later destroyers.

As for why later destroyers generally ran at around 30 knots, it was because they no longer needed to run that fast since they could not outrun missiles anyway.

His confidence in the speed of his ship far outweighed his confidence in the artillery. What good was a big artillery? If you could sink someone else's ship but you couldn't escape, it would be useless.

Therefore, he continued to carry out the mission. If he was scared away by a radar signal, he would have no explanation when he returned.

His ship was running fast and had a large-caliber naval gun, 76 mm, which was automatically controlled by radar. The small boat from the north was facing him, and he couldn't gain any advantage in his haste, so he just had to run at full speed.

He felt that he was still safe and continued to move forward.

Not long after, his radar operator suddenly shouted: "Sir, sir, this is bad, a new radar signal has been detected!"

The radar on the 662101 boat has a different frequency from that on the shore, and the difference between the two is very obvious. Almost at the same time when 662101 discovers the enemy, the enemy detects the radar signal of 662101.

This new change made the captain of Ship No. 1 break out in a sweat. Is someone else looking for us?

His face was filled with doubt and uncertainty. Just as he was about to bite the bullet and move forward, the radar operator shouted again: "Sir! The second signal has been strengthened! Strengthened!"

The captain of Ship No. 1 was suddenly horrified and broke out in a sweat!

At this time, the radar operator of 662101 had changed the search mode to tracking mode, and the radar was fixed on the two discovered targets.

So the enemy will feel that the signal is strengthened. Nonsense, if they stare at you and stop scanning, the signal will definitely be strengthened.

The captain of the enemy ship No. 1 also knew what the strengthening of the signal might mean, so he acted decisively. His life was at stake, and he had to at least figure out what the current situation was.

For him, his own shore-based radar was more than 100 or 200 kilometers away and could not be relied upon. And if that was really the opponent, they were backed by the coastline, and his own shore-based radar would be even more useless.

"End radio silence, turn on radar, notify ship No. 2, prepare for combat!"

Prepare to fight = prepare to flee.

Turn on the radar and check the situation. If the situation is not good, run! In short, you can't be blind anymore.

Soon, the radar of enemy ship No. 1 was turned on, and so was that of ship No. 2. They didn't care whether it would affect the other side or not, they just wanted to protect themselves first.

Several targets soon appeared vaguely on the radar screen of Ship No. 1, but they were not as clear as those on Boat No. 662101.

"Report to the commander, three targets have been found, position xx, distance 3 kilometers! Signal characteristics have been determined to be small boats!"

Although it is bigger than others, the target can only be vaguely spotted at 37 kilometers.

Damn, there's an ambush!!! Coming right at me!!
Upon hearing this direction, the captain of the enemy ship No. 1 was shocked. There was an enemy base near that direction. Although there were no large ships, there were still some small boats.

Fortunately, the small boat is now nearly 40 kilometers away. Don’t be afraid. It can’t reach you, nor can it catch up with you.

The enemy's air force has no night combat capability. Not to mention the enemy, the night combat capability of air forces all over the world at this time is quite average, if any.

Although it was still safe, they could not move forward. Even if they were not ambushed, although they had two large ships and the enemy only had three small boats, who knew if there were a bunch of torpedo boats hidden in the intricate coastline behind them?

If that thing gets close to you, you'll be in trouble.

He immediately notified the No. 2 ship on the radio: "Mission canceled! Turn around and go back."

Ship No. 2 had actually discovered something was wrong and had wanted to run away for a long time. When it heard what the command ship said, it immediately began to prepare to turn around, moving as swiftly as the wind and very skillfully.

This news also reached the group of spies transported by Ship No. 2. Instead of being depressed about the failure of their mission, they were all smiling happily.

The radars of Ship No. 1 and Ship No. 2 were constantly scanning the surrounding waters, fearing that the three enemy boats were heading towards them, and even more afraid of the appearance of signals similar to those of torpedo boats.

What they don't know is that there is a lot of good news and bad news waiting for them.

(End of this chapter)