Chapter 650： Hatred is deep like the sea

It would be impossible to say that the Greeks do nothing and rely on Western Europe for relief. After all, Greece is also a capitalist country that has been developing for hundreds of years. Greece is still quite famous in some areas of the world. For example, the shipping industry.

As the birthplace of ancient civilization, Greece began to explore the ocean very early. The seafaring genes flowing in the blood of their people's bodies. Some of these people have become shipowners. Greek shipowners have always maintained their status as the world's largest shipowner country. They own about 18% of the global fleet, and the ships in operation reach 333 million dwt. Athens/Piraeus has the world's largest group of shipowners, and the main shipowners in Greece are bulk carriers and oil tankers. field. The Greek fleet consists of 47 percent bulk carriers and 35 percent oil tankers.

Greece's huge civilian fleet made their army mobilization very fast. This time, the 1st Army was sent there on a civilian transport ship.

It's just that they never thought that the Turks would be so mad that they dared to attack their transport ships!

Perhaps, the Turks were afraid of something, so the Turks did not blatantly use planes to drop bombs, but their behavior was even more abhorrent. They actually used submarines to sink a Greek transport ship!

Rhodes Island, east of Crete, is very close to the Turkish coastline. The hydrological conditions below are complicated. This underwater is the best hiding place for submarines!

Although the Greek transport fleet was escorted by warships, they were still unable to find the submarine underwater, so they were caught and sunk a transport ship!

If it is a transport ship built according to military specifications, it may be able to hit a torpedo without sinking, but now, the sinking resistance of ordinary civilian ships cannot be compared with military ships!

On the sea, the Corterod transport ship was slowly sinking, and the stern had completely entered the sea, leaving only the bow of the ship high, and countless soldiers densely covered the entire sea.

Before the ship sank, it was lucky to be able to jump into the water. However, not everyone can swim. When the waves churned, some lives were taken away forever!

The nearby ships were doing their best to rescue the compatriots who fell into the water. At the same time, the nearby destroyers escorted the helicopters, trying to find the Turkish submarine.

Kriezis, belonging to the American Keeling class, is a general-purpose destroyer built during World War II. More than 100 ships have been built. However, many of them have not caught up with World War II. Like the current one, in the American shipyard, it was painted The hull number of DD-817 was named Corry, and 45 was commissioned.

It has been dangling in the establishment of the US Navy for more than 20 years. Just this year, it was sold to Greece and renamed Kriezis.

When it was just built, this kind of destroyer was just an artillery destroyer. The main weapon was 3 Mk.32 twin 5-inch high-level dual-purpose guns. However, in this era, the style of naval battles is no longer a battleship. Possibly, so the Keeling class has also been improved with new sonar and radar, as well as Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles and a helicopter hangar.

Captain Papasta of the Kriezis, his face is full of anger, as the **** warships, they bear a great responsibility! Now, be sure to find the Turk's submarine and kill it!

Although it is the latest destroyer sold by the United States to Greece, the performance of the electronic equipment of this destroyer is not advanced. It can be said that it is the technology of the United States in the 1970s. I want to use the shipborne sonar to detect the complex currents on the seabed. Submarines are quite difficult, so, at such times, they are more dependent on carrier-based helicopters.

Compared with the Seahawk helicopter, the main force of the US Navy in later generations, the 500MD anti-submarine helicopter is simply pocket-sized.

This small helicopter was developed from a civilian model, with a skid landing gear, with a total length of only seven meters, four propellers, and an active radius of only one hundred kilometers.

However, a distance of 100 kilometers is enough, and the coastline of Turkey is less than 100 kilometers away!

Helicopter pilot Lazaros, driving this small helicopter, is flying on the sea, releasing sonar buoys from time to time. As an anti-submarine helicopter, their task is to find out the underwater enemy!

This kind of undeclared war is very shameful! The original hatred between Greece and Turkey has filled them with righteous indignation.

"No underwater movement was detected," said the sonar operator.

Continue to fly north, the Turks' submarines must want to return to their territorial waters! Lazaros pushed the lever, and the helicopter continued to fly north!

"Kriezis called 500MD, Kriezis called 500MD, and found two fighter planes flying in the direction of Turkey. Be careful not to enter the Turkish territorial waters." At this moment, the voice of the warship came from the headset.

The radar of the warship found that the Turks' fighter planes were flying over. Obviously, it was to interfere with their own anti-submarine operations and cover their submarines to escape! Turks are really shameless!

At this time, the soldiers of the Greek Navy were very angry. They ignored a detail. The Turks' air force would definitely not help cover the Navy submarine!

Because, the Turkish Air Force and the Navy are absolutely deep hatred. Among the military equipment of various countries in the world, only the three armed forces of Turkey are so wonderful.

In 1974, a fierce conflict broke out between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus. In July of that year, the Turkish Air Force discovered the destroyer fleet of the "Greek Navy" off the coast of Cyprus. Turkey, which did its part, immediately sent F-100 and F-104 fighter jets into the air. They fought one after another and fought with blood. The combat efficiency of the Turkish Air Force is indeed not low killed 3 destroyers of the Greek Navy!

The Turkish Air Force was proud and asked the Ministry of Defense for credit. Only at this time did they realize what an earth-shattering thing they had done! They sank the destroyer "Kkadepe" and damaged the destroyers "Adadepe" and "Marshal Fevzičakmak", all of which were the property of the Turkish Navy. This time, a total of 232 navy personnel were killed. Soldiers died, accounting for a quarter of all Turkish military casualties in this war!

At the same time, the Turkish warship also used anti-aircraft guns to fight with its own fighter planes to the last moment, landing an F-104 fighter jet of the Turkish Air Force.

This time, not only Turkey and Greece have hatred, but also between the Turkish Air Force and the Navy.

In later generations, in 2006, two F-16 fighter jets from Greece and Turkey collided in the Aegean Sea. After the ejection, the F-16 pilots of the Turkish Air Force rejected the request of the Turkish Navy to send them back to shore. A Panamanian-class cargo ship was transported back to Turkey on its own. When the war was about to break out, the air force and the navy both distrusted each other and had deep grievances.

The fighter jets that flew in belonged to the genuine Turkish Air Force, and the submarines on the seabed were definitely not from the Turkish Navy!