Chapter 1162 Wind and Cloud Gather in South Asia

The retreat of the Indian Navy has disappointed many other warships who had been watching the excitement near the Arabian Sea.

As the Iraqi and hometown fleets left the Persian Gulf, all the warships escorting in the Gulf of Aden deliberately dispatched ships to the Arabian Sea, intending to finally take down this huge fleet.

Even if you can't get close to the aircraft carrier, it's pretty good to be able to photograph the opponent's peripheral warships.

In the sky, many large reconnaissance planes hovered around the fleet from time to time, and some planes even dropped sonobuoys directly towards the sailing warships, so as to collect the water patterns and sounds of these brand new warships. characteristics of nanosignals.

These data will be the biggest basis for identifying these warships in the future, especially for submarines, submarines are lurking underwater, to distinguish the type and type of warships, and even to determine which warship it is, relying on database comparison collected data.

If all the warship data can be collected, then the submarine can distinguish each ship.

Because the water patterns and sonar signals of each ship are almost unique.

In the fleet, on an Aegis air defense cruiser, Zhang Kaixin, commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Navy, stood with Wu Sheng calmly.

The two stood on the bridge, looking at the two reconnaissance planes in the outer sky, without any nervousness on their faces.

This kind of investigation is impossible to avoid. When they set sail, they were already prepared in their hearts.

"I heard that the Indian fleet has returned?" Wu Sheng said to Zhang Kaixin.

"That's right, I thought I could witness the elegance of the Indian Navy up close. It seems that brother San is also very knowledgeable about current affairs." Zhang Kaixin said with a smile.

"That's really a pity." Wu Sheng didn't feel anything funny at all. He was an admiral in his hometown and the commander-in-chief of his navy.

And Zhang Kaixin beside him is also an admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Navy. Both of them are qualified to stand together regardless of their status or status.

Of course, this is also why the current Iraqi navy is different from the past. Otherwise, if the former Iraqi navy had only a few small boats equipped with machine guns and 45mm caliber artillery, it would be of no value at all even if it produced an admiral.

And the current Iraqi Navy, even a major general, is full of weight, because a major general, let alone a commander of an aircraft carrier battle group,

The fleet commander is at least a lieutenant general.

At present, Iraq has not established a fleet, only two aircraft carrier battle groups, and Zhang Kaixin, who is in charge of the overall affairs of the Iraqi navy, is not inferior to any naval commander in any country.

However, Wu Sheng, who was standing next to Zhang Kaixin, seemed a little awkward. The admiral's uniforms on both of them looked similar in style, and they were both admirals.

But in fact, there is a huge age difference between the two. Although Zhang Kaixin looks very mature, in fact, he is a young man who has not yet reached his thirties.

And Wu Sheng already knew his destiny early, and he even looked a bit like a grandchildren for two years.

This is also the biggest characteristic of the Iraqi military at present, that is, talent and youth. Zhao Long, the Minister of Defense of Iraq, is also quite young.

None of the officers and generals of the Iraqi National Defense Forces is over 30 years old. This is currently the youngest army among all the armies in the world.

However, Wu Sheng did not look down on the general beside him because of his young age. In the past few days, he has truly experienced that all the generals in Iraq who seem to be all young can actually be called For the battlefield veteran.

This made Wu Sheng sigh more than once, saying that he can't do things well without hair on his lips. This sentence is exactly the opposite in the Iraqi army.

It's just that every time I see the angry faces of the generals in Iraq, the generals in my hometown are all at the age of no doubt or knowing their destiny, and they all feel deeply ashamed.

Even when Wu Sheng left Iraq, he still thought about whether to send a young naval student to the Iraqi Naval Academy for advanced studies?

This can also be regarded as an in-depth exchange between the two navies. It is necessary for the future successors of the navy to experience the atmosphere in the Iraqi navy.

For this reason, Wu Sheng has started to prepare this report, ready to submit it to the big boss, and let the big boss decide on the typesetting.

If possible, the academies of the Army and Air Force can also send exchange students to study in Iraq.

"Do you want to drive those reconnaissance planes away?" Zhang Kaixin suddenly turned around and said to Wu Sheng.

"What's the reason for driving away? Just give me a routine warning, and driving away may not be effective." Wu Sheng thought for a while and said.

"Then let them go. If I don't drive them away, there is no need to even warn them." Zhang Kaixin shook his head, and then said: "Actually, the Indian Ocean is fine. What I worry about is that when we arrive in the Far East, there will be more eyes around us." .”

What Zhang Kaixin said made sense. Near the Indian Ocean, the warships of other countries were all out of reach. Apart from India, there was no powerful naval country.

The two reconnaissance planes now are India's maritime anti-submarine reconnaissance planes.

Except for these two Indian reconnaissance planes, there are a few reconnaissance ships on the periphery of the fleet, and there is nothing left.

Regarding Zhang Kaixin's words, Wu Sheng nodded solemnly and said: "That is inevitable. I am afraid that once we cross the Strait of Malacca, we will be surrounded by various warships and planes."

Hearing this, Zhang Kaixin seemed to think of something, and the corner of his mouth twitched and said: "Then I am really looking forward to that kind of scene, to see if it is a fierce dragon crossing the river, or a strong dragon can't beat the local snake."

Wu Sheng shook his head when he heard Zhang Kaixin's words, but did not continue to say anything.

But his heart has long drifted away. When he set off, he received a report from the country that several warships of the Japanese Navy had already rushed towards the Southeast Asian waters.

Japan even temporarily applied for two P-8 anti-submarine aircraft to be stationed in the Philippines. The meaning is very obvious, just to target the returning fleet.

At the same time, Vietnam's navy also took action. The USS Ford, USS Washington, and USS Truman aircraft carrier battle groups also all deliberately assembled and left the port. They are active in the Western Pacific and can go to Southeast Asian waters at any time.

Wu Sheng, who saw the news, had already fully felt that even though the fleet had not yet returned to China, the wind and rain had already drifted to the Indian Ocean.

In the returned fleet, the two aircraft carriers had no carrier-based aircraft at all, and had no combat effectiveness at all. Even if there was no battle, it would be difficult to have a direct deterrent effect.

So this time, Zhang Kaixin will personally take the Baghdad aircraft carrier battle group, follow the fleet of his hometown, and return to China.

Not only to give the fleet of his hometown a boost, but also to announce to the world that the Iraqi Navy has officially risen.

(To be continued.)