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Since the front horizontal rudder is at the bow, it is farther away from the tail than the shell rudder used in the Los Angeles class, and thus obtains a greater torque, which makes the submarine very flexible in up and down movements. However, in terms of vertical , only the rudder at the tail can be operated, and in order to obtain good results, the area of ​​the rudder surface at the tail is very large, and the lower part has already exceeded the lowest point of the hull.

In this way, it doesn't matter in deep sea, but in shallow sea, the tail may hit obstacles and be hit.

For example, now, there is a gradually rising shoal below. When the hull of the boat brushed past, it was just a scrape, but when the tail began to touch, it completely turned into a collision, and the consequences of underwater high-speed racing were immediately displayed. , if sailing at a slow speed, then the solid rudder surface can still withstand it, but now, the rudder surface was immediately torn apart under the strong impact force.

In later generations, advanced submarines have begun to use the X-shaped tail rudder. Compared with the cross rudder, it is equivalent to a 45-degree turn. However, the knowledge of this turn is very profound. In this case, the tail rudder It is flush with the hull and will not exceed the hull, thus avoiding collisions. Moreover, when the cross rudder is used, the steering and pitch are controlled separately, but the X rudder is four rudder surfaces that move at the same time. , requires more complex cooperation and operation, but such control will be more efficient.

The tail rudder is broken!However, as long as the upper half is still there, it can still have certain operational capabilities. Moreover, since the huge Oscar-class submarine uses two shafts and two propellers, it is also possible to change the direction of the submarine through the different speeds of the two propellers. , However, these are all emergency measures. The collision with the bottom of the sea this time is more violent than the collision with the Los Angeles submarine. If it weren't for the double-hull structure, I am afraid that at this time, the sea water has already poured in frantically.

Ye Ruofu guessed right. The non-pressure hull below has already been deformed by the impact. The tail rudder was twisted, and at the same time, the shell at the tail was also deformed. If it is a single-hull structure, it must be a pressure hull at this time. cracked.

If he stays any longer, danger will occur. This kind of accident is already the most serious accident, and he has to go up.

However, Ye Ruofu did not know that the crisis was not over yet.

Following his order, the submariners acted quickly, opened the valve, and the high-pressure air blew away the sea water in the ballast tank, and the hull began to float up. With the action of the bow rudder, the hull moved at an elevation angle of [-] degrees. , ready for water.

But here is the area with the most hidden reefs. Just under the water where it floats up, there are two reefs that can just block its way.

The pointer of the depth gauge was shaking. This was simply an emergency surfacing exercise. The sonar soldiers were in an emergency and heard no movement of ships overhead. They were very lucky.

In fact, it is unfortunate, because the ships here know that this water area is unnavigable, and some reefs can almost be seen with the naked eye.

It's a pity that Ye Ruofu didn't know that he could only see it after he floated up.

Three hours after the Los Angeles class was forced to float up, K-132 was also forced to float up. Both times were impacts, but this impact was completely human error.

The bow of the K-132, like a dragon coming out of the water, suddenly drilled out from under the sea surface, and the hot seawater flowed down from its body, especially the seawater between the two-layer shells of the bow, flowed out from the water discharge hole.

Due to inertia, the bow of the boat flew out of the sea, and then it will fall to the sea again, complete this emergency ascent, and finally sail smoothly on the sea, the sailors in the command tower are ready to open the top hatch , I need to go up to look after a while, and I have been underwater for more than a month, and I haven't smelled the humid sea breeze outside yet.

Under water, the belly of K-132 almost wiped the space between the two reefs, and flew up. This luck is simply great. Where can I find such two reefs, the position between them is the same as that of K-132? -132 so fit?Otherwise, the K-[-] would definitely be stuck.

If the body of K-132 can completely fly out of the sea like a flying fish, then it will be far away from this danger. However, the huge weight of K-132 makes the bow of the boat fly two meters above the sea before falling heavily again. Back on the sea, at this time, the sound of the hull beating the sea is very pleasant.

Yes, it was very pleasant. Just after this sound, more than 100 crew members in the whole boat heard a sound they did not want to hear again. This sound even overwhelmed the sound of the bow beating the water.

The belly of K-132 just pressed against the middle of the reef when the huge impact force fell, and the body of K-132 just got stuck in two thirds of the rear of the boat. In the middle of the reef, the outer non-pressure shell was squeezed to reduce its diameter by nearly one meter. Then, because the front part was heavier, the body began to lean forward, and the head part was completely immersed in the water, while the tail part left the water surface, especially the Two dazzling seven-blade large skew propellers.

This time it was really thrilling. If it was stuck a little further forward, it would be the position of the granite missile. Under the huge squeeze, it is unknown whether this missile will have special situations, such as explosion.

The huge impact even caused several crew members who were not grasped to fall out and fell unconscious.

Ye Ruofu also felt a tightness in his chest. He endured it and began to ask about the situation of each cabin, especially the nuclear power cabin at the rear. trouble.

Fortunately, this submarine is still strong. Although there were two "traffic accidents", it still survived. However, after being hit like this, after returning, there was no other choice but to scrap it.

The top of the conning tower was still on the sea, and the hatch on the top was opened. Ye Ruofu saw a surface submarine in the distance, using semaphores, and asked if he needed help.

The traffic police chased the car illegally and caused a traffic accident. Of course, the traffic police should take full responsibility!

No, there is no responsibility for the traffic police, because the traffic accident certificate is determined by the traffic police.

Chapter 892 Aircraft carrier formation, there will be trouble in the future

"Report, there is an urgent document from the Seventh Fleet, please Your Excellency the Minister for approval." In the Pentagon, Weinberg rubbed his red eyes. He had just received an emergency call from home.

After the last espionage incident, the United States has raised the level of secrecy in all aspects, and all kinds of information cannot be taken outside. Therefore, Weinberg had to go to the office to get the documents.

Generally speaking, the commander of an aircraft carrier is already a qualified diplomat, representing the United States and exercising various powers, and the commander of the fleet is also a veteran of diplomacy, but now, this document has to be If it is sent to the Ministry of National Defense for approval, then something must have happened.

After getting the documents, Weinberg frowned. One of his Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines had an accident!

The hull of the boat experienced a serious collision, and after barely floating, it lost its power. Now, two warships of the Iraqi Navy came next to it, and the captain, Johnson, was waiting for orders from his superiors.

This submarine has not sent any news since it tracked a Soviet submarine more than half a month ago. Now, it has sent another message. It is actually in the Persian Gulf. A nuclear submarine with a displacement of [-] tons ran to What to do in such a narrow Persian Gulf!Moreover, there was an impact!

However, now is not the time to pursue the responsibilities of the above-mentioned personnel. The key question now is, what should we do?

The office door opened, and James David Watkins, the US Chief of Naval Operations who was also sleepy, walked in. As the most powerful naval force in the world, its highest command organization is also set up in the Pentagon.

As the chief of the Navy, James has a rich resume as an admiral. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1949 and served on destroyers and submarines. In 1958, he entered the Naval Academy for advanced studies and obtained a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. From 1964 to 1966, he served as the executive commander of the nuclear submarine Snook, and in 1967 as the commander of the nuclear-powered cruiser Long Beach. In 1969, he served as the head of the Naval Personnel Bureau of the Ministry of the Navy responsible for the management of submarine and nuclear power personnel allocation.Afterwards, he was successively promoted to the director of the Soldier Personnel Division of the Naval Personnel Bureau, the assistant director of the Naval Personnel Bureau, the director of the Naval Personnel Bureau, the commander of the Sixth Fleet, the deputy director of the Naval Operations Bureau, and the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.Until 1982, succeeded Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward as Chief of Naval Operations.

Such a professional person in charge is very familiar with the navy, especially the navy's submarines.

After receiving the information from Weinberg, James immediately felt that the situation was very bad this time.

Obviously, this collision was very violent, otherwise, the captain would not have taken the method of emergency surfacing. Fortunately, no water leakage was caused. After surfacing, the nuclear reactor was shut down, which is even more fortunate and unfortunate.

Now, the submarine lost power and was hit too hard, what to do?

"We need to let this submarine into the dock, check the damage below, if it is not too serious, it can be towed back to our naval base, if the damage is serious, we can only use the dry dock transport ship to transport it back to our mainland shipyard."

Now, no one can be sure about the situation of the Baton Rouge. Therefore, it is necessary to let it enter the floating dock, expose the entire hull, and check the situation carefully. These divers cannot do a good job, even if only A small mechanical strain or a small crack is absolutely fatal. Only when you are completely sure that there is no problem can you be towed back, and it will take half a month to tow it back to the base in the Pacific Ocean. All kinds of bad weather will happen, and they are all factors that need to be considered.

It is also very lucky that the nuclear reactor is shut down. Since the reactor has been shut down, there must be a problem. The reactor can no longer be opened at risk, and it needs to be inspected and confirmed by experts.

The most troublesome situation is that there is a serious problem with the hull, and the safety of the hauling process cannot be guaranteed, so the only way to use a dry dock transport ship is.

This is a kind of dock-style transport ship. By operating water intake and drainage, the front flat hull of the transport ship is semi-submerged in the water, and the nuclear submarine floats above it. Then, the water is drained, the hull rises, and the The nuclear submarine was fished out, and it was safely loaded on the front half of its body. It was a special civilian ship.

In fact, this method is a better method, but the key issue is that the U.S. Navy does not have this kind of transport ship. If you want to use it, you have to rent it from a civilian company. You must know that after the nuclear submarine is built in the shipyard, it has always been I drove away by myself and did not use this method. Therefore, this kind of nanny with a big belly has to be rented temporarily. It will take two or three months to sail from the coast of the United States, and then drive back. Half a year has passed. These ships are all low-speed. .

Therefore, James knew that it was necessary to check the suitability of a nuclear submarine that had lost power and had collided with unknown forces.

"There are inspections there?" Weinberg said. "Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are our allies there. Unfortunately, they don't have a shipyard."

"Iraq has it." James said: "Iraq has built a shipyard itself, and it is said that a missile boat with a displacement of more than 500 tons has been built. Moreover, the construction of civilian ships in this shipyard has also begun. There is a largest A dock that can accommodate a [-]-ton tanker. They haven’t received an order yet, and that dock is empty.”

Shipyards in Iraq?Weinberg frowned. From the bottom of his heart, he has always regarded Iraq as a potential threat. Now, he wants to make a request to Iraq to lease their dock. Satire.

But now, the relationship between the United States and Iraq is relatively good, especially, various arms sales projects between the United States and Iraq are in progress.

"We need to report to the president and ask for Iraqi support," Weinberg said.

In the current situation, they can only choose the nearest place, which is the shipyard in Iraq, and hope that Iraq can take the initiative to cooperate this time.

"Our submarines have been tracking Soviet submarines, and there was only one collision, which was not as serious as this one. What's going on this time?" Weinberg continued to ask.

"It's very strange this time. We usually can distinguish Soviet submarines from twenty nautical miles away, at most ten nautical miles away. Their noise is very loud, but now, the noise of this submarine is very loud. Small, in order to be able to track our submarine, we can only shorten the distance, and the other party is sailing at high speed, so when the other party suddenly turns, our submarine will..." This kind of experience, on the James Downs Snook When the nuclear submarine was in charge of the commander, it often did it, but at that time, the noise from both sides was very loud, so it was safer to track and the distance was far.

Only now, with the improvement of the mute performance, the safe distance is getting closer and closer, and it is becoming less and less safe to track. However, it is still within the controllable range. Like now, the mute performance of the Soviet nuclear submarine is unexpectedly Already under the American submarines, it is dangerous.

"Soviet submarines have always been very noisy. What's going on this time?" Weinberg asked.

"It is possible that they adopted a new method. Our satellites once observed that there were patches on the surface of Soviet submarines, which were laid with sound-absorbing tiles, but the technology was not up to standard. After a long voyage, some of the sound-absorbing tiles Come off," James said.

Laying sound-absorbing tiles on submarines can greatly reduce the noise inside the boat. This is a method that the Soviet Union has begun to adopt. However, the U.S. Navy’s sound-absorbing tiles are still in the development stage. Their Los Angeles-class does not have sound-absorbing tiles. However, thanks to the excellent low noise and propellers, their noise level is still very low.