Babylonian Empire

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The underwater Baton Rouge began to turn along with the formation, protecting the underwater safety of the aircraft carrier in the black world.

While turning, the sonarman seemed to hear a suspicious signal, but then, the signal disappeared.

Maybe some big fish was spitting bubbles, so the sonar soldier thought that there were quite a lot of noisy sounds underwater.He often heard all kinds of weird sounds. For example, the sound just now was different from the various sounds he heard during training, so he ruled out the possibility that it was a Soviet submarine.

As a submarine sonar soldier of the U.S. Navy, before boarding a submarine, he needs to be familiar with the sounds of various Soviet surface and underwater submarines and distinguish them. However, he cannot distinguish the sounds of the new Soviet submarines. Come, because I have never heard of it.Especially, that voice was so weak that he didn't pay attention at all.

Originally, under such circumstances, the excellent silence of the Oscar-class submarine during low-speed navigation made it impossible to be discovered by the opponent at all. However, various underwater situations will occur, for example, underwater currents!

Now, at the depth at which the K-132 was sailing, there was an ocean current, in the same direction as it was going, which, as a result, brought the sound exactly to the Los Angeles-class submarine.

Unfortunately, after the Los Angeles submarine completed its turn, the passive sonar on the side could no longer be aimed at the target, so the sound disappeared.

This kind of underwater ocean current is usually not noticed. It can only be known when the submarine is found to be still moving after the submarine has come to a complete stop.

The K-132 submarine was sailing underwater, and at the same time, every 10 minutes, the submarine turned at an angle so that the sonar on the side could more accurately determine the opponent's track.

"The distance is fifteen nautical miles, the direction is fifteen degrees to port, the target is determined, the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, the direction is seventeen degrees to port, a California-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, a Perry-class frigate, ten degrees to port, and a Kidd class destroyer and a Spruance class destroyer." At a relatively long distance, the sonar crew could only roughly distinguish the tonnage and number of ships, only now, at a distance of fifteen nautical miles, each ship The sound characteristics are already very obvious.However, he still did not find the Los Angeles-class submarine.

Fifteen nautical miles, what does this represent?It means that as long as Ye Ruofu is willing, he can launch the torpedoes in the six torpedo tubes at the bow of the boat at any time.

In addition to the 533 mm caliber torpedo, the K-132 also has two 650 mm caliber super-large torpedo launch tubes, which are used to launch the advanced super heavy 65-73 torpedo. It weighs half a ton, and it can also use a nuclear warhead. It uses a turbine engine, which is fast and has a long range. At this distance, the Kitty Hawk can be easily killed with a torpedo!

"Left rudder three, forward two, the shark's gills are powered on, ready to intercept target data, and the torpedo cabin is ready." Ye Ruofu calmly ordered.

His words surprised the deputy captain Serov next to him: "Captain, are we going to attack? We have not received orders from our superiors."

Seeing Serov's surprised expression, Ye Ruofu said: "No, we are just simulating the attack. Don't you think this is a very good training opportunity for us?"

Being able to touch the opponent's bottom and test the silence ability of our own nuclear submarine is indeed excellent, this is enough, do we need to make a big move?Seizing the torpedo launching position will definitely cause a big commotion. If they are found provoking the US aircraft carrier formation, they will suffer crazy retaliation. If they are bombarded indiscriminately by various US anti-submarine weapons, If it was finally forced out of the sea, it would be too embarrassing for the Soviet Union.

However, Ye Ruofu is the captain, and the decision is in his hands.

Following the command of the captain, the huge Oscar 2-class K-132 submarine started its fierce blow, the propeller at the tail accelerated to rotate, and with the movement of the tail rudder, the hull of the boat also rotated flexibly. Its body seems to be very inappropriate for its mobility, and it quickly seizes the favorable torpedo launch position.

"Eighteen degrees to the starboard side, unknown noise." Immediately, the sonar crew of the nuclear submarine Baton Rouge discovered a unique noise at fourteen nautical miles.

"What's that?" asked Captain Johnson.

The sonar soldiers continued to confirm and finally confirmed: "Low-speed propeller noise, accelerating now, depth [-], distance [-], submarine of unknown nationality."

Johnson's face suddenly became elongated. At such a short distance, he was actually approached by an unknown submarine!If this was a war, the Kitty Hawk would have been sunk!

"Report Kitty Hawk, found a submarine of unknown nationality," the captain said: "Two to the right rudder, four forward, we need to find it out!"

Although he has lost the opportunity, as the underwater nanny of the aircraft carrier, he must do that. It is impossible to challenge the underwater safety of the aircraft carrier formation. In a few minutes, there will be SH-60 The anti-submarine helicopter and S-3 fixed-wing carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft took off, and together with a few escort ships, they will definitely be able to find the damn submarine.

During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union would use submarines for underwater confrontation. The attack nuclear submarines of the United States often tracked the strategic nuclear submarines of the Soviet Union, and the nuclear submarines of the Soviet Union often found trouble with aircraft carrier formations. However, Johnson knew without thinking that it must be a Soviet.

Although this kind of confrontation is lively, it is actually very dangerous. Although both sides are very restrained, driving a submarine is not as simple as driving a car. Occasionally, there will be collisions, which neither side wants to see.

A submarine of unknown nationality was found underwater, only [-] nautical miles away!The news was sent back to the aircraft carrier through the underwater data link. The captain of the aircraft carrier Thomas Wallen, who was commanding the exercise, was also the commander-in-chief of the formation. !"

Although it is an emergency, the U.S. Navy conducts various trainings throughout the year, and can quickly adjust to different threats at any time. The status of the strongest maritime hegemony established since World War II is not blown out.

All the warships began to slow down and spread out at the same time, posing in an anti-submarine warfare posture. The bow sonar was turned on to detect the situation below.

In World War II, no matter how famous Germany's sea wolf tactics were, submarines could only win by sneak attack. As long as they were found, it would be absolutely difficult to escape the hunting of surface ships.

Chapter 877 Dive to 500 meters

It is a very scary thing for an unknown submarine to reach a position of fifteen nautical miles. If the other party is willing, they will launch torpedoes at any time to kill the mighty aircraft carrier.

Although the Kitty Hawk was facing a sudden crisis, it did not panic.However, at this time, the shipboard anti-submarine helicopter was still in the hangar below, being lifted up by the elevator, and the folded main rotor was unfolded to prepare for take-off.On the other hand, an S-3 anti-submarine aircraft on the side of the deck was even more quickly dispatched to the catapult, fixed and ready to take off.

Except that the aircraft carrier was still accelerating and preparing to take off the anti-submarine aircraft, the rest of the warships immediately began to slow down.For anti-submarine warfare, it is necessary to reduce the noise of its own warships, which requires reducing the speed. The anti-submarine formation formation of warships will not exceed the speed of 5 knots.And after discovering the opponent's trace, it has to speed up to occupy the position. If the anti-submarine helicopter finds that the opponent is far away, it has to sail over quickly.Therefore, professional anti-submarine ships have very strict requirements for power, and gas turbines start quickly, speed up quickly, and have high power, which can well meet the requirements. For the other two, the power of marine diesel engines cannot be made very large, and steam turbines Startup and acceleration are too slow.This is why the Dauntless class must use gas turbines, while the Modern class can use boilers and steam turbines.

Just as the entire formation was about to find out the unidentified submarine underwater, Thomas received a message.

"Report, the No. [-] catapult launcher is malfunctioning."

Ammo failure?The chain is dropped at the critical moment!However, the anti-submarine aircraft is mainly long-range anti-submarine to prevent the opponent from slipping away.It is enough to have the anti-submarine weapons of the warships with helicopters and formations nearby.

"Exclude immediately." Thomas had just issued an order. The tens of thousands of tons of aircraft carriers, except for the deck operators, seemed to hear the sound of a high-power sound wave hitting the hull.

"Pfft, puff!"

Someone was alarmed immediately, and the attack sonar took pictures.They are about to launch torpedoes!Some even exclaimed that it was the Russians.They are about to launch a nuclear torpedo!

Attacking sonar photos means death is coming.Although the aircraft carrier is huge, it is no problem to resist a few torpedoes.Battleships in World War II can withstand more than a dozen torpedoes.However, there is one exception, the nuclear torpedo!

Although the aircraft carrier captain Thomas knew very well that the Soviets would never provoke a war.Especially now that Gorbachev is in power, he can be said to be the weakest of the previous Soviet leaders.

All this is just a provocation by the Soviet Navy!Because of this, he was even more annoyed.

Yes, this is provocation!Under the water, inside the huge submarine, Ye Ruofu smiled.In fact, at this distance, passive sonar can already provide enough launch data for torpedoes.The reason why he wants to activate the active sonar is to demonstrate to the Americans!

Submarine soldiers are different from other naval sailors. They live and fight underwater, surround icy machines, and look at the faces of people who have long been tired of seeing around them, and they are under tremendous mental pressure.

Moreover, among all arms, they are the one closest to death.A dive is almost a time with death.Therefore, the psychological quality of submarine soldiers must be excellent.But sometimes it also changes the psychology of some of them.For example, some people enjoy having fun in this kind of stimulation.Of course, in Ye Ruofu's heart, he still firmly believed that his exercise this time would have a great effect on improving the Soviet Union's submarine attack technology in future wars.

"Found a nuclear submarine, Los Angeles-class, with a side of 132 degrees, a speed of [-], and still accelerating." The sonarman reported that as the Los Angeles-class accelerated, it was finally discovered by K-[-].

"Attack the sonar, illuminate the target, and provide launch data for the torpedo." Ye Ruofu said, ignoring the challenged Los Angeles class.

"Captain!" The first officer couldn't believe his ears, did he really want to activate the shark gills?This is touching the tiger's ass!Do you have confidence in yourself?Underwater, if the opponent occupies the launching position and launches a torpedo, there is almost no possibility of escaping.There are many ways to get rid of in air combat, but underwater, submarines will never be able to get rid of the torpedoes that are chasing, it only depends on the character.

Shooting with active sonar is to make the opponent an enemy, and the Los Angeles-level one will definitely be furious.However, next, he heard Ye Ruofu's order again: "The engine room is ready and running at full power. The exercise is about to end."

Following the irradiation of the two waves of attacking sonar ultrasonic waves, similar to the principle of radar, the sound wave signal reflected by the opponent's aircraft carrier was calculated by a computer to obtain more accurate data and provided it to the torpedo.If this was during a war, the torpedo launching cover was opened at this time, and the torpedo came out of the water.

The super-heavy torpedo with a caliber of 650 mm is a special gift for the US aircraft carrier. At this distance, there is no need for a wire guide at all, and only the torpedo's own system can firmly lock the target and hit the opponent. Almost [-]% sure.

They will be heroes of the Soviet Navy.

But now, the exercise is over.All they have to do is escape.At such a short distance, if you want to escape the pursuit and interception of the US aircraft carrier formation with strong anti-submarine capabilities, you need both strength and luck.

Using the attack sonar, his own side has been exposed, so Ye Ruofu didn't mean to hide himself.The two reactors were running at full power, driving the huge submersible, and began to accelerate underwater.This reactor is the same one used to power the Typhoon-class submarines.However, due to the reduced displacement, greater acceleration and maximum speed can be obtained.

"The opponent's helicopter has already dropped a sonobuoy." The sonar soldier said.

The response of the US aircraft carrier was very fast. Just now they used the attack sonar to hit them heavily, and the sonar soldiers heard the sound of the US anti-submarine helicopter dropping the sonobuoy two nautical miles away. They were confirming their own position. .

"Horizontal three degrees, dive to a depth of 500 meters." Ye Ruofu said indifferently.

If it were an American submariner, they would definitely think that the captain made a mistake, 500 meters?Yes, it is 500 meters deep!

Compared with the United States, the Soviet Union has a huge advantage, that is, titanium alloy!The Soviet Union has rich reserves of titanium ore. Now, the processing technology has matured. Therefore, the Soviet Union used titanium alloys to build the pressure-resistant shell of the nuclear submarine, which gave the nuclear submarine an excellent diving depth. Oscar 2 once dived during the sea trial. It was safe and sound to a depth of 900 meters. Now, diving to a depth of 500 meters is no problem at all.