"The bay here is beautiful," Chen Bin came to the bow of the destroyer of Shenyang and looked at the surrounding bay.This is the seventh day that the Type 051C guided-missile destroyer has left Chongming Island, and it is also the first time in Chen Bin's life that he has left his motherland.

In the sea of this thousand miles of blue waves, this young man from the inland city has a different feeling.

"A single-barreled 100MM/55-magnity gun," Qiao Xingyu came out of the Joe building behind him, passing through the main gun at the front of the warship, his attention was attracted by the weapon.

Hearing the sound of "screw" behind him, Chen Bin turned back and saw that Qiao Xingyu was patting the thick barrel with his hand.

“Is this gun good?”Chen Bin asked curiously.

“Generally, it has a range of 17.5 km and a maximum rate of fire of 90 rounds per minute.”Qiao Xingyu said that his eyes turned to the platform between the main gun and the bridge, where there were two firing units, a total of 16 missiles.

"The main firepower of modern destroyers does not come from the main gun, and the era of the main gun has been a long time ago," Qiao Xingyu smiled. "It is said that the cannon ship is the romance of men."

"Coultreary," came another voice from the door at the bottom of the bridge, "you know all about modern weapons?"

"Slightly understand," Qiao Xingyu is not very familiar with this young man from Chongming, these days occasionally contact, only know that his name is Zhao Kang, is the East Beach International Conference Center people.

"For the first three days of my time on board, I was full of infinite interest in this vast sea, but the next four days I began to feel tasteless, and although I was on board and in the study room, I was now a little seasick."Zhao Kang said to come to the side of the ship, leaning his body against the railing, allowing the sea breeze to blow his face.

"It's better to get out of breath."Chen Bin nodded his head, and he was just running up the deck to blow the wind.

The Chinese delegation's warship crossed the Panama Canal into the Caribbean Sea yesterday morning, then headed north to the Gulf of Mexico, and is expected to reach Galveston Bay, southeast of Houston this evening, and then to the port of Houston, the destination of the trip.

Port Houston is the largest port on the Gulf Coast and the only port in Houston, and it is located on the eastern side of the city, and before the disaster, it undertook almost 41 percent of the project logistics of the Gulf Coast port.

Near the port is relatively deserted, and the Shenyang arrived here when it was getting late.The warship docked at a dock in the harbor, and a convoy that had been waiting nearby immediately drove towards it.

The team was so well equipped that the officer in the first armored vehicle was Jason, who had just had a wedding the other day.His convoy was parked on the dock, where the soldiers had cleared the nearby zombies ahead of time, waiting for guests from far away.

Shenyang docked steadily on the shore, and many soldiers who came to meet the Chinese delegation were attracted by it.The ship is 155 meters long, 17 meters wide, and has a displacement of more than 7,000 tons, and if it is placed in World War II, its size is almost as large as many battleships.

“I once boarded the battleship Missouri at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which is now used as a museum ship for visitors.”Jason looked at the Shenyang next to the dock and said with some emotion, "This Chinese warship is almost half the size of the Missouri, it is difficult to imagine that the destroyer can reach this scale."

"I'd like to go up and see the ship's equipment, I'm supposed to be very advanced," Stephen was a bit eager to try.

"Don't mess up, we're here to pick people up," Jason reminded him. "They're coming."

Jason's soldiers lined up the team, and the members of the delegation on the Shenyang also walked down the gangway under the captain's leadership.

"Hello, Captain, and welcome to Houston."The translator who came with Jason politely expressed his welcome and greetings to the Chinese delegation.

"Hello, we are very much looking forward to this international academic exchange conference, this is a member of our delegation in China," Shenyang's captain named Xiao Haidong, is a middle-aged man, he has short hair, his face has the characteristics of the military line, the look gives a feeling of not angry self-righteous.He shook hands with Jason under the guidance of the translator and introduced the main members of the delegation to Jason.

“I have handed over my companions to you, and I hope that you and your soldiers will keep them safe and secure for the Institute in Houston.” After Xiao Haidong's introduction, he said goodbye to Jason and was ready to return to the warship.

"Captain, won't you go to the Houston Institute together?"Jason asked, and the translator immediately conveyed his words to the past.

“My duty is to escort the delegation to Houston and stay on board to manage the ship. Thank you for your kindness.” Xiao Haidong refused Jason's invitation and quietly exchanged a few words with the head of the delegation on the way back to the gangway.

The head of the Chinese delegation is Pang Zhike, who is from the Yanjing Genetic Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences stationed in Changping District.Pang Zhike and Qin Yi are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this time the original is set up is Dr. Qin Yi led the group, but Dr. Qin is attacking a top-secret research project can not be drawn, so Pang Zhike is the head of the delegation.

Head of Pang Zhike and the members of the delegation aboard Jason's car, the team of Ma Hao Hao fumingly towards the direction of the institute.

It was not until the shadow of the convoy disappeared at the end of the road that the captain of the destroyer returned to the bridge.This is the place to control the ship and command the battle, and the position is at the top of the bridge building in the middle of the warship.The cab and command room are adjacent, both of which are in, and the staff are all working in focus.

If a warship is compared to a person, then the cabin is the heart of the warship, the tube is the blood vessels and nervous system, and the bridge is the nerve center of the warship - the brain.The bridge not only has a brain, but also has a variety of equipment similar to the functions of the human body, such as the rudder, combat intelligence center, telecommunications, machine, radio room and navigation room.

The entire bridge is a closed structure, which is for the needs of the three defenses, doors and windows and ventilation ducts are sealed, so that they can be perfectly isolated from the ship.

The busyness inside and the silence outside contrasted sharply, and Xiao Haidong sat down in the position in the command room and set his eyes on the big screen in front.

"The delegation of Head Pang should maintain communication status at all times," Xiao Haidong ordered.

“Yes,” an immediate response from a staff member on the left-hand side of the telecommunications liaison.

“Is the emergency team on standby?”Although the members of the delegation have left the ship, it does not mean that Xiao Haidong's work can be relaxed.Instead, as the elites of these countries leave their control, the people on this ship need to do more to take care of them.

“The fifth and seventh units of the Naval Special Forces are on standby and ready to receive orders.”

Xiao Haidong nodded, although he had long known that these young men selected from the "dragon commando team" would not have slackened at this critical time, but as the head of the cross-border exchange operation, the burden on his shoulders was very heavy, and the delegation could not tolerate any flash.

“Captain, why don’t you send a special operations team to the institute with the delegation?”The adjutant next to him asked suddenly.

"The bottom card can never be left only," Xiao Haidong looked at him, "the fist is hidden behind, and others do not know what you have in your hand."

The adjutant nodded, but he was still worried about the delegation's next situation at the Houston Institute, "Are all the people in the delegation capable of passing?"

"There are uneven differences, and some of them are still selected by the local troops," Xiao Haidong was not as nervous as the adjutant, although the burden on his shoulders was heavy, but he looked very calm."You know, I put the bottom card on the Shenyang number, the purpose is actually a kind of deterrence, this time the United States held an academic exchange conference, academic things, the value of the geometry is up to the head of the Pang to check, we just want to ensure that the American people will not do something immoral for our delegation in this event, then the action will not be a little."

"Of course, if the situation really reached the worst result of the previous training performance, we can also change chess with the American people," Xiao Haidong said not joking, the adjutant looked at his eyes, his previous concern suddenly calmed down a lot, "China as long as there is a loss of an elite here, I will let the Houston Institute pay double the price."

"So," the adjutant understood what Xiao Haidong meant.When the Shenyang set out from Bohai Bay, he also wondered why an academic exchange conference needed a warship to be fully armed, and he did not understand why Xiao Haidong even had missiles and torpedoes, and now his heart was full of admiration for the captain.

Many people may not know much about Xiao Haidong, but the adjutant knows a lot about him.Xiao Haidong came from a local college, and after graduation, he was recruited as an officer in the Army, and then obtained a doctorate in strategy at the Academy of Military Sciences.

After graduation, Xiao Haidong became the head of the internship department of a frigate in the Navy, and then served as the director of the frigate, the water guide of the destroyer, the staff officer of the training department and the deputy captain of the destroyer.

After the 051C destroyer Shenyang was launched into service, Xiao Haidong was assigned to the ship, and after several years of study and exercise, he was finally promoted to the captain of the ship.

Xiao Haidong's career is quite legendary, he was transferred from the army to the Navy, and he also received a degree in strategic medicine.In the Navy, he was always known as the Captain.