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"Did you find no other sound signals?" Mustafa asked.

"Not yet."

When the Iraqi navy conducts exercises, it will definitely not set up a plan, where to contact, what means to use, and what kind of results will be achieved in the end. The exercises of later generations of eastern powers often do not start, and the winners and losers have already been determined. The winner is always the red side.

They are only conducting exercises in the waters of the Persian Gulf, and this area is very wide. The task of the two frigates on the surface is to find the submarine. As long as they find the location of the submarine and simulate launching anti-submarine torpedoes, it is considered a victory. For submarines Generally speaking, as long as it is discovered, it almost means that it will be killed.The mission of the submarine is to use active sonar to take photos of the frigate before it is discovered by the frigate, which means that it can launch torpedoes and kill the frigate on the water.

This is a real confrontation exercise, the confrontation exercise closest to actual combat, and it doesn't make any sense to engage in that kind of fake.

In this kind of exercise, both sides can use their own various methods. For example, Mustafa played a very cunning game of waiting for the rabbit. He lurks on the waterway, and the sound of passing tankers will cover him. Only after the target is found, will it be dispatched, quickly seize the launch position, and complete the simulated attack.

The waterways of the Persian Gulf are busy, but, apart from the narrow Strait of Hormuz, there are still large areas of water where they can wander.

They have been lurking underwater for a day, and with all unnecessary devices turned off, their power consumption is only three percent, enough for a bold and decisive action.

The sonar operator knew that he had an important mission on his shoulders, so he had been listening carefully all the time, hoping to hear the familiar voices of the two frigates.

However, it has not been there, maybe it will appear in the next moment, or it may not appear in a day.

He is not discouraged.

Suddenly, he found a special sound, and another very weak sound was suddenly separated from the parent star tanker.

Chapter 887 Three Submarines Underwater Chase

"Captain, if we continue to follow, I'm afraid we will enter the port." In the huge K-132 submarine, the deputy captain still couldn't help suggesting to Ye Ruofu.

The captain didn't know what was going on, but he was so obsessed with this operation. He followed the huge tanker above his head. The distance between the two sides was so close. If he didn't pay attention, there would be a danger of collision, and he had to follow the opponent's direction at any time. It is an oil tanker with a fixed route, and it is going to the Persian Gulf to load crude oil. If it is another ship, such as a fishing boat, it will change its course at any time. If another fishing net is thrown, they will stop.

According to the original plan, they have already arrived in the Indian Ocean, tested the surrounding water sound environment, and then they can return to the voyage. Unexpectedly, the captain seemed to be a playful child at this time, who liked to follow the big belly of the tanker and kept running. here we go.

In the Indian Ocean, in the Arabian Sea, it’s okay, but now, it’s in the Persian Gulf. In the narrow waters, it’s not suitable for a giant submarine with a displacement of [-] tons. The world of electric submarines, so the deputy captain finally started to propose to the captain.

When following the tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, it was already very thrilling. Now, does the captain still want to slip into those ports?

No one knew what Yezhov was thinking. The Persian Gulf was very narrow, and it was not suitable for K-132 activities at all.Although this method of action has great practical significance, it is for attacking nuclear submarines, and our own is a cruise missile submarine, which is a bit difficult.

Of course, Ye Ruofu had his own considerations for doing this, because he always felt that there was a Los Angeles-class submarine following him.

This is just a feeling, but Ye Ruofu's feeling has always been very accurate.

Hearing the words of the deputy captain, Ye Ruofu knew that he could no longer be so stubborn, and finally ran to the port of Iraq or Kuwait?Moreover, even if there is a submarine behind, they are so well concealed, and they entered the Persian Gulf, they will definitely give the other party a wrong feeling that they followed the wrong target, because nuclear submarines will not run into such narrow waters to go.

Staying underwater for a long time, although there is even a swimming pool in this submarine, and the sailors are used to working in three shifts regardless of day and night, but they still have to float up to get some fresh air.

After leaving here, find a safe place to float up once, Ye Ruofu thought, this time, he hasn't contacted the headquarters yet, after going up, use the communication satellite to contact the headquarters once.That Los Angeles-class ship should not follow.

"Three on left rudder, four on forward," Ye Ruofu said.

Following his orders, the K-132 submarine left the tanker above and began its own return journey.

He didn't know that when he separated from the tanker above, he was less than two nautical miles away from another conventional submarine underwater. Although his submarine was quiet enough, he was still spotted at this distance .

As the K-132 submarine turned, at a distance of three nautical miles behind it, the Baton Rouge submarine also turned.

It has been following here from the vicinity of the Philippines, and the Baton Rouge followed it fairly easily, because although the unknown submarine was very quiet, the noise of the ships on it was still loud enough.

However, it didn't dare to stay too far away, because it didn't know when the submarine would slip away from under the tanker, and the other party's noise was too low. It was a failure, so even though it knew that such an operation was very dangerous and there was a possibility of collision at any time, it still followed carefully.Fortunately, the speed of the oil tanker was only a dozen knots, and he had enough time to react. If he sailed at high speed, the danger would increase greatly.

Followed all the way to the Arabian Sea, until he followed through the Strait of Hormuz, Johnson even began to doubt his own judgment. Is that cunning submarine really under the tanker?What was he doing in the Persian Gulf?

Johnson finally insisted on his own judgment. As a result, after the water surface opened up, he finally discovered that the submarine had slipped out.

Underwater is the world where US and Soviet nuclear submarines compete. Although this is the Persian Gulf, they have no fear.However, they didn't know that not far from them, a conventional submarine was watching them.

Mustafa's submarine has never started its engine, and it sits and sinks in the seabed less than 100 meters away. In this way, it can achieve the greatest quietness. Without any sonar, it will find a submarine that is not powered on.In this way, the TR-1700 submarine first discovered each other under the eyelids, no, under the ears of the two heavyweight nuclear submarines.

Hearing the words of the sonar operator, Mustafa was immediately overjoyed, this time he finally caught up with the chance of practical combat!

what is that voiceDefinitely a submarine!When Mustafa received the guidance of the German consultant Leo, he knew that there is a tactic in submarines, which is to stick it under the belly of the ship to get rid of the risk of noise exposure. They did that in World War II. However, at that time, they were all conventional submarines. After following for a period of time, they had to leave and find a safe place to recharge. Moreover, if the speed of the merchant ship was too fast, they would not be able to keep up.

So Mustafa figured out that it was a submarine, and, most likely, a nuclear submarine!

The sonar operator listened carefully to the sound in the water, and finally, he discovered that there was another sound behind that sound!That's another submarine!

"They are all speeding up and moving away from us. The latter submarine is a Los Angeles-class submarine, and the previous submarine is unknown." The sonar operator judged.

Both submarines are speeding up, and the rear propeller of the Los Angeles class is facing the TR-1700 submarine, which is immediately judged by the sonar operator. The sound of this American submarine is very easy to distinguish. Of course, it has to be At close enough distance and bearing.

The situation ahead is unknown, but there is no doubt that it must be a Soviet submarine!As a submariner, you must be familiar with all kinds of underwater knowledge. For example, the United States and the Soviet Union have always been fighting underwater!

"We follow!" said Mustafa.

Here, but the Persian Gulf, in Mustafa's heart, this is the territory of the Iraqi Navy, their back garden, and someone dares to infiltrate underwater here, the Iraqi Navy must stop this behavior!Moreover, there are Iraqi warships overhead!

It's a pity that the other TR-1700 submarine is fifty nautical miles away, otherwise, the chances of the two submarines working together would be even greater.

Now, Mustafa commands his own submarine, catch up!

"Advance five, keep up with the enemy submarine, and find an unknown submarine in our exercise waters. Note, this is not an exercise." Mustafa said.

The sailors on the entire submarine immediately acted.

Conventional submarines rely on batteries to submerge underwater. The TR-1700 submarine has eight battery packs each consisting of 120 units, which are used to drive a Siemens propulsion motor with 8850 shaft horsepower at the tail to drive the propeller to rotate.

Now, the driving motor started to rotate at full speed, and the propeller at the tail started to rotate accordingly, stirring up the sea water, pushing the hull, and moving forward.

Forward five, can be said to be the highest gear, that is, full speed forward, this method consumes the most power.If submerged at cruising speed, the battery can last for several days of sailing, but sailing at maximum speed for up to an hour will drain all the power.

Although this will consume all the power and make a lot of noise, if you want to catch up with the two submarines in front, you have to run around because they are too fast!Moreover, the opponent is still accelerating!

The only advantage is that because the TR-1700 submarine is at the back, there is no need to worry about being spotted by the two submarines in front. No matter how loud the noise behind it is, they will not be able to find it. Moreover, the noise of this conventional submarine is actually very low. Born out of the excellent 209-class submarine, it is also a conventional submarine bought from the black hole of the ocean.

After leaving the belly of the oil tanker, the K-132 submarine began to search around. Except for two oil tankers, no other ships were found. The two Iraqi frigates were conducting anti-submarine searches at a speed of only Six knots, K-132 can't find it.

Therefore, Ye Ruofu issued an order: Sail at full speed!

Under Ye Ruofu's order, the K-132, which had been sailing at a slow speed for more than ten days, exploded to the maximum speed again and started at full speed.

Everyone is aware of this trick, and next, it's time to turn the full rudder.

Ye Ruofu has always suspected that behind him, that damned Los Angeles-class submarine is still following him. He has always had this premonition. Now, he is about to embark on the return journey, and he has to check whether there is indeed a tail behind him. , Therefore, he has to speed up, and after full speed, make a sharp turn and use his side sonar to search for a Los Angeles-class submarine following him.

Without Ye Ruofu's order, all the people had already grasped the handrails around them.

"Report to the captain, their speed is too fast, we can't catch up." The chief engineer reported to the captain Mustafa: "We have accelerated to the maximum speed of 25 knots, and our current power can still use half a knot. Hour."

25 knots!For nuclear submarines, it can be achieved as long as the power of 70.00% is maintained. However, for submarines powered by batteries, this is already exhausting.The propulsion motor produced by Siemens at the tail exploded with a power of more than 8000 horsepower, which made the TR-1700 submarine consume precious power when sailing at high speed.