Monster Factory

Hunter and prey identities seem to have changed.

The Burke-class destroyer was born with a large U-circle on the surface of the sea, and another frigate was faster, pulling away from the destroyer in less than a few minutes.

In order to prevent radio detection radars from detecting their tracks, they even perform the highest level of radio silence procedures.

Fleet Commander Rashid, who was too busy to escape, quickly tore a blank piece of paper from the Equipment Maintenance Register and wrote something on it with a pencil.

His mood rocked as violently as the command room that was turbulent at sea at the moment.

Speed and maritime orientation of these things, he can easily calculate.

The target is 64 nautical miles behind us.

Now they're evacuating at the maximum speed of 32 knots, and the target ship is pursuing at 130 knots.

Without going to the equation to calculate how long the target ship can catch up with them.

Simply reckon that if the target ship moves straight forward, it will arrive in their current position within 30 minutes.

Thirty minutes to do what?

Thirty minutes, enough for the destroyer and frigate to run in two directions...

Running 16 nautical miles.

Rashid's speed of fire recalls in his mind information on the effect of the Earth's curvature on sea level field of view.

Under the influence of the Earth's curvature, if, under favourable weather conditions, the depth of water eaten is close to eight metres, the altitude of the top antenna of the console, and a Berk-class missile destroyer with a drop of twenty metres above sea level, the outline of the control tower above the deck can be seen by observers at a distance of twelve nautical miles.

If the distance is twenty nautical miles and the observer stands high, the top radar antenna of the Burke-class destroyer can be found by telescope.

Based on the proportions on the satellite images, the top floor of the target vessel is measured at a height of about 30 metres.

Assuming an observer is standing on the top floor of the target vessel, visually observing with a navigation telescope...

Even primary school students know the distance between the two, with the shortest straight line. Fleet Commander Rashid also ordered only two warships to run straight in different directions, trying to escape the longest distance in the shortest possible time.

After some calculations, Rashid discovered that he was running in either direction.

Target ships can be chased within half an hour and two warships can be easily locked through visual observation.

The concierge next to him saw the numbers Rashid wrote on the paper and understood the seriousness of the matter without hesitation, "Sir… ”

“They don't necessarily find us... do they?” Rashid's face is somewhat pale, self-consoling: “From the previous exchange of fire, the target vessel, though loaded with shieldable electromagnetic waves, and strong power electromagnetic interference equipment. ”

“But it does not have any remote-fire configuration, and technically it remains a civilian vessel. ”

“We are now in radio silence, and the target ship is 60 nautical miles away, and it is impossible to locate us accurately. ”

“They have… a good chance of going in the wrong direction. ”

Rashid's comfort is not unreasonable, but now the target ship is 60 nautical miles away. At this distance, either the onboard radar or the optical observation device with a resolution large enough to view the Moon Ring Mountain will be limited to very limited use under the influence of the Earth's curvature.

Since the target vessel is unable to obtain the exact coordinates now, there is a good chance that there will be a deviation in the direction of the pursuit.

Observers will not be able to spot any targets from the sea as long as the other side is off course by 10 degrees.

Thinking about it, Rashid had to start praying and praying that the other party must deviate from the course.

“Sir…” The staff officer touched Lassette's shoulder with some willingness, waiting for his eyes to open, and the staff officer pointed to the observation window on the outer wall.

Along the direction indicated by the staff officer, Rashid saw a red sky at dusk.

Rashid's a little confused.

The staff officer whispered, "Sir, do you remember the missiles we fired? ”

At this moment, Rashid's face changed dramatically, and he rushed out of the command room to the spiral ladder despite his identity.

standing right here, he can see the whole sky.

Then he saw the sky behind the destroyer, with a giant cloud pillar like gold and powder.

These cloud columns span the entire sky, and the more they reach the end of the sky, the more obvious they become, and even see the cloud columns, which are actually made up of many tiny, thin lines like sea snakes.

This is a trace of smoke emitted by the engine after the missile was launched.

Those fumes contain large quantities of liquid gaseous waste and small pieces of solid fuel after combustion.

If it is sunny noon weather, these smokes will appear pure white. But now it's dusk and the sunset shines, rendering them into an unusually obvious golden cloud column.

In windless weather, can missile trajectories remain undisturbed for hours after launch, not to mention the smoke trajectory left by the dense flight of more than 100 missiles?

As long as the crew on the target vessel is not blind, they will certainly notice this golden cloud post in the sky, and naturally they will find the target as accurately as the radar guides.

Originally, Rashid conceived these missiles as a deadly mesh.

Now it seems that this “Zhang Net” is really lethal, only to his death.

Why Twilight?

Why is there only half an hour to escape?

At this moment, Rashid wished the Goddess of Luck would give him another hour to support him until nightfall.

……

Minutes later, a terrible alarm sounded inside all cabins of the destroyer.

Alarms are seven short and long, and the crew who hold on to each post hear the alarm as if they heard a cry from the abyss.

Because this is the highest level of all distress warnings.

This is an abandonment alert.

Upon hearing the alarm, everyone must immediately abandon all work and proceed urgently to deck to evacuate the mother ship in a lifeboat within five minutes.

Five minutes means the crew has no time at all to pack their belongings or to carry any personal belongings that occupy the space.

At this moment, everyone is wondering wildly in their hearts, but no one wastes time questioning them.

Command above all else, they can only rush their teeth out of the work area and onto the deck.

When they arrived on the deck, they found no sign of an enemy attack.

Destroyers rely on oil as power, not nuclear power that is likely to be completely obsolete in an accident. Besides, the destroyer is fine now. Why abandon the ship?

“This is not a drill, and everyone immediately carries out an emergency evacuation in accordance with the booking procedure. ”

“This is not a drill...”

The destroyer was in an emergency slowdown, and a lifeboat was released into the sea by a hammer, and the cabin was filled with crew who knew if I was dreaming or not.

In the other direction of the destroyer, the frigate is carrying out the same emergency evacuation order.

Tens of minutes later, more than twenty lifeboats had flown on the surface with all the crew.

These lifeboat celestial ladies then scattered flowers towards the surrounding waters.

The lifeboat is equipped with a high-speed motor and, although it has a voyage of only a few hundred nautical miles, it can run at nearly forty knots.

At the size of a lifeboat, they can simply pull away dozens of nautical miles and completely disappear from the sight of the target vessel.

In cases where it is no longer possible to escape the demon hand of the target vessel with a destroyer, this is the only self-help option that Fleet Commander Rashid can think of.

They have emptied all missiles, and even the first frigate was completely destroyed before it could send a distress signal.

Rather than die prematurely, Rashid would rather completely cut off all his future than go back and look at the Black Beast.

Naturally ~

If he does nothing and leaves a destroyer and a frigate here, he will surely lose his future and his life.

So he ordered a timed self-destruct mechanism to be installed in the ammunition depot, and half an hour later, when the target ship arrived here, he would see two fireclouds rising high above the sea.

In fact, a remotely piloted self-destruct mechanism would be the best option if the target ship were to be activated at the moment of contact with the destroyer.

But Rashid was afraid to gamble on whether the electromagnetic jamming equipment on the target ship was still working.

To be sure, this timing device can only work mechanically.

“Run, run as far away as you can.” After Rashid, wrapped in his cabin, said to the staff officer, he buried his head deep in his life jacket and stopped looking out into the sea.

It's over for me.