Babylonian Empire

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However, the Los Angeles-class is only a single-hull structure. Once the pressure hull is damaged and the hull is flooded, it is very likely that they will sleep underwater forever. Moreover, since they started tracking Soviet submarines, in order not to expose their existence, they have not I have reported any of my actions to my superiors, that is to say, even if they are in an accident now, the superiors don't know where to go to rescue them.

They became the wrecked submarines in World War II, and the specific location and cause of the wreck could not be determined, so they could only be classified as missing.

In this case, the quality of the crew will play a big role.

"Check the damage of each cabin, and the whole boat is preparing to float up urgently." Johnson said.

Soviet submarines have a structure of small compartments, such as the Oscar 2 class nuclear submarine. The whole boat is divided into ten compartments, which can ensure that one compartment will not sink if it is flooded. However, the whole submarine of the Los Angeles class submarine is only divided into three compartments. Although it is conducive to arranging various equipment and saving volume, under the huge impact, if a cabin is flooded, the entire submarine may be pulled to the bottom of the sea by the surging seawater before it can float in time. would be a terrible thing.

The crew checked carefully, but they did not hear the terrible sound of water under high pressure. Now they are at a depth of 60 meters underwater, and the water pressure is equivalent to six atmospheres. In this case, there is nothing that can stop the turbulent water And entered.

Fortunately, no water has entered, but it is still very dangerous for them to stay underwater.

"Eliminate the seawater in the first ballast water tank and float up urgently." Johnson ordered.At this moment, he could no longer care about the sea surface of the Persian Gulf above his head, instead of the ocean.

Compared with the embarrassed Americans, Ye Ruofu is still relatively comfortable. The impact just now caused the shell of the K-132 submarine to be hit violently. However, in order to ensure that it breaks through the huge ice layer, all Soviet submarines The surrounding shells of the submarine were all built very strong, so the impact only caused partial damage, but for this huge submarine, there was no greater harm.

"Continue to submerge at a speed of ten knots. Let's get out of here slowly." Ye Ruofu ordered.

The sonar room had already heard the sound of the unlucky submarine using compressed air to expel the seawater. They were indeed in a hurry. It seemed that the impact was not light.As long as K-132 can escape, he will never admit that he did it.

"Wow!" Following the prow of the boat drilled out of the sea, a huge monster revealed its body from the water.

"The shell of the lower part of our hull is severely damaged, and it cannot be subjected to more pressure, and danger may occur at any time." At this time, the crew inspecting the hull reported.

Fortunately, although the impact was so severe, HY-80 steel, an excellent shell material, still withstood this test.

Overhead, an anti-submarine helicopter has flown over, circling the Los Angeles-class submarine.

They were very surprised that the submarine exposed its body like this. After receiving the news of the submarine, Abdul immediately ordered the helicopter to rush to this sea area, and the real anti-submarine operation was about to begin, but , the anti-submarine operation has not yet been carried out, and the other party actually floated up by itself.

According to international practice, for submarines of unknown nationality, when the other party is hiding underwater, they can resort to various means. However, for submarines floating on the water, it means that the other party has given up underwater resistance. Just send them out of your own territorial waters.

Therefore, the anti-submarine personnel on the helicopter felt that the sonar buoys they brought this time were not useful.

"Two helicopters appeared above us, belonging to the Iraqi Navy." After surfacing, a sailor who opened the hatch of the conning tower and observed it said.

Although Johnson is very calm on the surface, as the commander of more than 100 submariners on the submarine, he must show calmness and confidence no matter what the situation is, but in his heart, he has actually begun to hesitate. Can a submarine that has been severely damaged be able to drive back to the base smoothly?

As the No.15 submarine detachment attached to the Seventh Fleet, the Los Angeles-class submarines in the Western Pacific are all stationed in Guam, and it takes more than ten days to sail away from here.

The first thing after surfacing was to report what happened here to the headquarters of the Seventh Fleet via satellite.

"Report, the nuclear reactor is malfunctioning." I just finished reporting to the Fleet Command. The focus is that the submarine being tracked has excellent silence performance. This must be a newly developed Soviet submarine. Then, I reported the collision incident. , The submarine has surfaced and can still sail without damage. I hope the US Navy will come to meet it.

Just after the report was over, Johnson received the worst news that the reactor had malfunctioned!

"Check if there is a leak." Johnson immediately ordered that the nuclear reactor is also a Pandora's box when it provides almost unlimited endurance power. If an accident occurs and a nuclear leak occurs, they will be in trouble.

Fortunately, the impact occurred in the middle. The front of the submarine is full of torpedo compartments. If there is a violent impact, it may cause an explosion. The rear of the submarine is the nuclear reactor. If a violent impact occurs and the nuclear reactor is damaged, That is a more dangerous situation. Even if the submarine explodes and sinks in front, it is only the submarine's own business. If the nuclear leak occurs, it will threaten the ecological environment here. If the nuclear leak causes pollution around, then, The consequences are even more serious, because this is a very busy oil transportation line. If the oil tankers stop sailing because of this, the world's oil prices will skyrocket.Now the impact took place in the central area, where people live and move. They were shaken to pieces. Fortunately, no one was in danger of life.

But now, the nuclear reactor actually failed?The United States has been using pressurized water reactors for many years, and has not developed abnormal sodium reactors like the Soviet Union. It is not because the US technology is not up to the mark, but because the US is using the most mature technology, in terms of advanced and mature. A balance has been made. For example, the self-circulation ability of the pressurized water reactor has been improved all the time. In this way, when the reactor has a problem, it can use its own circulation ability to take away excess heat, so as not to cause serious accidents such as core melting. .

"There was no nuclear leak." The person in the engine room behind said: "Some sensors failed, which caused the reactor to emergency shut down and could not be restarted."

The bad results caused by the impact, why are they only showing up now?However, fortunately, it is now shown that if the reactor shuts down underwater, it will be even more troublesome.

But now, the reactor shutdown means that they have lost power!In fact, as the power of nuclear submarines, as long as the nuclear reactor is installed on the submarine, it will almost never shut down. This kind of emergency response can only occur in extremely special circumstances. For example, this collision caused the reactor to go abnormal. .

"Report, weather data, in eight hours, there will be a storm in the northern Indian Ocean, which may affect the Arabian Sea." At this moment, another news came.

They have no power, and even if they have power, they will face storms after going out. In normal times, submarines will not be afraid of storms on the sea at all, because storms are all on the water surface, exceeding 50 meters, there is no wind and waves, except for the undercurrent.

But now, they no longer have that ability.

At this moment, on the distant sea, two Iraqi frigates had already rushed over, using lights to indicate that this is Iraqi territorial waters, please leave immediately!

... The collision only caused damage to the enclosure, and knowing that the American submarine had been forced to surface, Yezhov was very satisfied.

He didn't know that an Iraqi submarine was following behind him.

"Forward four, left rudder one," Mustafa said from the conning tower, "Have you heard about another submarine?"

"Yes, they have already rushed to the predetermined sea area, ready to intercept." The deputy captain said.

When the collision happened, Mustafa’s submarine did not collide with the two unlucky guys in front because it was behind and stopped in time. Now, when he found that the submarine wanted to escape, he immediately Command the submarine and follow.

After the collision, it is not known whether the other party was injured. In short, the speed slowed down and sailed at a speed of ten knots. In this way, his submarine could easily catch up. However, because of the full-speed pursuit just now, the power was consumed. Nearly halfway, now, with a speed of ten knots, they can chase out of the Strait of Hormuz at most, and they have to surface to recharge.

Hopefully another sub will pick up the job.

Ismail lamented that he lost this opportunity. His submarine sonar also heard the loud sound from the underwater one. Unfortunately, they were thirty nautical miles away at this time.

In order not to expose themselves, they moved towards the predetermined target at a speed of eight knots, and at the same time, they used their sonar to continuously search for the target.

K-132 did not know that due to damage to the enclosure, the noise became significantly louder during the voyage.Moreover, behind it, there is actually a submarine following.

Two conventional submarines started a battle to "encircle and wipe out" a large nuclear submarine in the Persian Gulf. Their advantage is that they are familiar with every water area here.

8 Chapter [-] Submarines in Iraq will never back down!

In countries equipped with ocean-going nuclear submarines, they will be equipped with another type of ship: ocean-going scientific research ships. The main purpose of this type of ship is to draw charts.

If you want a submarine to sail anywhere, you need to be familiar with the topographical characteristics of the seabed around the world. In this way, when a nuclear submarine is sailing, you can know where is deep and can pass without difficulty, and where is the bottom of the sea? It is relatively shallow, so you need to pay attention when sailing. In case the captain orders to dive to 300 meters, as a result, the underwater depth is only 200 meters. In this way, the submarine will sit on the bottom.

Therefore, in the areas where nuclear submarines operate, they all know the local seabed, and they can pass through the Strait of Malacca, which is difficult to walk.However, for the Persian Gulf, they did not draw a chart.

Nuclear submarines are mainly used to lurk secretly in the depths of the ocean and prepare to launch nuclear bombs. The area where they operate is in the sea and near the opponent's naval base. They are very familiar with the appearance of the seabed in these places, but For other areas, such as the Persian Gulf, they have never been active there. Therefore, they are not clear about the appearance of the seabed here. The shallow water here is less than 30 meters. They only dared to make a signature move in a wide area, but in other places, it was appropriate to stay in the middle of the channel.

Although they can use their active sonar to scan the seabed to determine the situation there, but this will expose their existence, so the K-132 submarine walked very honestly.

It doesn't know that there are already two conventional submarines following up. The Iraqi Navy's submarines have a displacement of only over 2000 tons, which is one-ninth of its size. However, they are fearless, especially Ismail, He's already in a good position.

The sonar soldiers were listening carefully to the voice. The other party was getting closer and closer from the eighty-degree position on the left side.

Here, it is already close to the Strait of Hormuz, and the seabed below is more complicated. It often wanders in the Persian Gulf. Beanie is familiar with every seabed here. The diving depth here cannot exceed 50 meters, and the two sides are moving rapidly. The raised seabed.

"Report, the suspicious target is only five nautical miles away from us. Thirty degrees to the side." The sonar soldier reported.

After hearing what the sonar soldiers said, Ismail waited for so long, and finally got this opportunity to force them out. This is Iraqi territorial waters!

"Engine room start, move forward, active sonar ready." Ismail said.

Use active sonar to warn the opponent. This is a common tactic used by submariners. It is like using radar to lock the opponent in air combat. They can fire at any time. Only when the opponent floats up can they show no hostility.

Following Ismail's orders, the Iraqi submariners began their heroic operation.

Seize the launch position, and then, the high-frequency sonar waves of the German-made CSU-3 search/attack sonar hit the side of the K-132.