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"Our navy is capable of defending the security of the Persian Gulf and does not need your country's nuclear submarines." Taha said: "We are waiting for the president to come back and will lodge a solemn protest with your country. This is a disregard for our sovereignty."

Although there are many countries along the coast of the Persian Gulf, these big countries, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are allies of Iraq, and Iran is a puppet of Iraq, so now, listening to Taha shamelessly claiming that this is the inland sea of ​​Iraq, although Brightman I really want to ask him, which international convention stipulates this, and whether it has been recognized by the whole world, but, thinking about the help that is urgently needed now, because there may be problems with the hull, maybe new situations will happen in the next moment , For example, such terrible things as the hull breaking, Brightman still decided not to conflict with the other party.

"In particular, if your nuclear submarine has a nuclear leak, it will seriously threaten the safety of our region, and the busy waterway in the Persian Gulf will also be greatly affected. Therefore, I hope you will drive this nuclear submarine away immediately. , and promise not to reappear in the Persian Gulf," Taha said.

"Our nuclear submarine is very safe. Now, the nuclear reactor has been shut down, and there will be no nuclear leakage or nuclear pollution." Brightman explained.

"That's the best. I hope you can get rid of this submarine as soon as possible. The sudden appearance of a nuclear submarine this time seriously threatens our national security. We must express our serious protest to you through diplomatic channels." Taha Said.

Listening to the opponent's protests, I hope that the submarine will be taken away immediately. If the submarine can go by itself, why should it float to the surface of the sea, let alone come here to tell the opponent that our submarine has been here. The other party will not know!

Brightman decided not to go around in circles with the other party. The other party took him on a wrong road, and it is still important to show his intention for coming!Although the current atmosphere has not been set up well, but at worst, just give the other party some rental fees, protest?Isn't it just to get some benefits!

Brightman knew that the guy in front of him was very scheming. If he didn't stop here, maybe the two of them talked for three hours, and they were still protesting. It would be dark outside. Those poor submarine soldiers, no The nuclear power is gone, and there is only a spare battery, and now after several hours of waiting for rescue, I am afraid that the power has been exhausted, right?

"This time our nuclear submarine collided with an underwater Soviet submarine, causing it to malfunction. Therefore, we request that you can rent the dock of the shipyard for us to inspect the damage of the submarine, so as to propose a solution." Lehmann said.

Not only can't they be driven away, but now they have to rely on the shore?As soon as Taha heard it, his face became very ugly: "No, doing so will seriously threaten our safety. Who knows if there is a nuclear leak in your place? We absolutely do not allow this kind of damaged nuclear submarine to be released at any time. Submarines that will have nuclear leaks will go to our shipyard!" However, Taha's heart is very full. It turns out that the Americans cannot get the submarine back safely by themselves and want to use the Iraqi shipyard. Iraq is Is it that easy to borrow?Make them pay more!

"Vice Chairman, we in the United States have always maintained a good relationship with your country, and we have maintained a close relationship with your country's President Qusay. We have provided your country with the production lines of F-20 fighter jets and F404 engines. We have provided your country with various advanced weapons including Black Hawk helicopters and Paveway laser-guided bombs, is this how your country treats your friends?" Brightman felt that it should be to put some pressure on the other party it's time.

"Yes, but we have also seen that your country is also providing various advanced weapons to Israel, allowing them to massacre our Arab compatriots, and Israel is secretly developing nuclear weapons. This has been unanimously accepted by the international community Condemnation, but your country continues to support and provide Israel with a large number of advanced aircraft, and our request to your country to purchase F-15 and F-16 fighters has always been rejected. Even if it is Now, you have imposed an arms embargo on Israel, and parts including engines are still being shipped to Israel in a steady stream. Your attitude can make us feel that we are our friends Is it? Our various requests to purchase weapons from you have always been rejected, especially recently, we have even been rejected when we proposed to purchase a few early warning radars." Taha said.

"Regarding the recent purchase of a few early-warning radars, our country will soon approve it." Before coming, Brightman had already received information about this. If he wanted Iraq to agree, he had to pay a price, right?Exporting such a few radars will not pose too much threat to Israel.

"Now, in addition to buying a few early warning radars, we also need to buy several more advanced early warning equipment to make up for our shortcomings." Taha said.

More advanced pre-warning equipment?Brightman felt that the other party would definitely say something that made him unacceptable.

Sure enough, what he heard made him very unexpected, but also felt that it was expected.

"We are now invited by the Iranian government to guard the skies of the entire Iran. Therefore, our early warning aircraft is very insufficient. We have applied for the purchase of E-3 early warning aircraft from your country several times, but they have always been rejected. This time, we I hope you can agree to our purchase request," Taha said.

E-3 pre-warning machine?What a joke, even if the U.S. brings its dry dock transport ships over, it will not export them to Iraq. This is completely beyond the bottom line of the U.S., especially since the U.S. has listed Iraq as a potential threat It is even more impossible to give Iraq such a strategic warning opportunity to support Israel's plan.

"Now, this kind of early warning machine has been scheduled until [-]. If your country needs it, it will take at least [-] to get this kind of early warning machine." Brightman didn't say anything else, just said such a thing As a matter of fact, NATO has ordered a lot of this kind of early warning aircraft, which are from Saudi Arabia, and their delivery will be postponed until next year.

If Iraq really wanted to make an order, it would be better to collect the deposit first, and wait until the time to see how the situation develops. Brightman even had this idea in his mind.

Taha shook his head, "No, besides, the production cycle of E-3 is so long, we can't waste a few years on it. I heard that you seem to have produced a simplified early warning aircraft for the navy. It’s called E-2? There should be no country to order this kind of early warning machine, right? We in Iraq, then order this small and simplified early warning machine from your country. After a few years, we will jointly develop the early warning machine with Sweden. machine, it can be produced, although this kind of early warning machine has limited performance, it can still meet our temporary needs."

E-2?Brightman listened to the tone of the other party, and it seems that if the government does not let go, it seems that Iraq will not agree to use their shipyard anyway. However, the performance of Iraq's existing pre-warning machine should not Will it be too bad for E-2?After all, it is a large-scale early warning aircraft. Although the technology is not very mature, the early warning aircraft jointly developed by Iraq and Sweden has been in progress. It adopts a phased array system, which is more advanced than that of the United States. Then , the United States exported this simplified E-2 early warning aircraft to Iraq, is it still a restricted technology?

Chapter 895 Export E-2B

"Inject water into the ballast water tank at the back." Yezhov ordered: "Empty the seawater in the ballast water tank in front."

Wanting to get out of this predicament, Ye Ruofu thought of a way, that is to let the rear propeller return to the sea water first.Then, the propeller reversed at full speed and pulled the hull out!

And the only way to get the rear back into the sea is to use the simplest lever principle, use the submerged reef as the fulcrum, increase the weight and torque of the rear, and pry the rear down again!

"Captain, can our hull withstand such a big change?" the deputy captain asked with some concern.

Now, the stress-bearing part under the boat is mainly where the reef is. The front half of the boat is long, so the bow of the boat is heavy and is compressed into the sea water, while the second half is light and is pried up. Increase the weight of the rear, so that it is easy to break the hull!

If the submarine breaks in two here, it will be completely troublesome.

However, looking at the captain in front of him, he seems determined to go his own way. In the submarine, the captain's words are absolutely authoritative. Unless the captain is found guilty of treason, others can take necessary countermeasures, such as imprisoning the captain and taking over the command Right now, it is obvious that this condition cannot be met.

"Empty the front ballast water tank and fill the rear ballast water tank." The order was conveyed to the engine room, and the crew in the engine room began to operate carefully.

With the sound of compressed air, the water in the ballast water tank in the front was pushed out of the hull, and the water in the ballast water tank in the back began to fill.

All the submarine soldiers did not dare to speak loudly. They listened to the movement of the hull with their ears. If the submarine could not withstand such a brutal operation, then the first thing they heard would be the broken steel plate sound.

As they operated, they felt that the hull seemed to be shaking slowly, shaking slowly, and felt that the floor under their feet, which was originally tilted forward, seemed to start turning backwards, and they knew that the hull was about to start moving , this is also the most dangerous time.

"Let all the front crew go to the rear of the boat." Ye Ruofu gave another order.

He felt that the ballast water tank was filled with seawater and the strength was not strong enough, so he asked all the above personnel to go to the rear to increase the rear torque.

In conventional submarines, there are often such maneuvers.When it is necessary to dive urgently, all crew members will run to the bow of the boat to increase the sinking of the bow, and when surfacing urgently, they will all gather at the stern of the boat.

However, their submarine now has a displacement of [-] tons, and the gravity of the crew members is almost negligible.

Ye Ruofu was fantasizing that these crew members were the last straws that broke the camel's back, and hoped that the rear hull could fall off smoothly.

Sure enough, the floor under his feet began to turn slowly, slowly turned.

Suddenly, they felt a loud noise coming from their feet, and they no longer turned back, but sank for a while!

"Stop moving, go out of the cabin to observe." Ye Ruofu said, his expression was also a little depressed at this time.

The crew had already guessed what happened. Although the boat turned around, it was also deeply stuck in the reef, which was even worse than before!

In fact, the sailors on the conning tower can already feel it without going into the water to observe, because the surrounding sea level has risen again, and the divers who have just left the cabin have to climb up the conning tower. More than one meter high.

When the divers who went into the water to observe came up again, their faces were pale, and as expected, they got stuck even more!

"Report, the military district contacted us and asked us to report the current situation." At this time, the signal soldier said to Ye Ruofu.

After Marshal Gorshkov learned that there was a stranded nuclear submarine in the waters of the Persian Gulf, he attached great importance to it. He immediately ordered the military region to contact the K-132 submarine, and at the same time ordered a special accident investigation and handling team to fly to Iraq to prepare for the accident. Handle the incident.

Until now, the United States and the Soviet Union have not expressed their position to the outside world, but this incident has already spread internationally.

After all, on the busy waterway of the Persian Gulf, the two ships that appeared in the sight of the seafaring sailors were too shocking.They float on the sea all year round, and they have no interest at all. They can only see military nuclear submarines on TV, and rarely see them on the sea. This time, they saw two ships, and one of them was gone. Power, the other ship’s buttocks were turned upside down, and the propellers were all exposed. Propellers of that shape are even more rare, so they were very excited. Then, there were reporters who arrived. In addition to renting speedboats, there were even more What's more, I rented a helicopter, hoping to take some wonderful pictures from afar.The hot land of the Middle East has never lacked such shocking news.

Ye Ruofu has a big head. After returning, he may not even have the job to find an easy job. As long as he is not investigated by his superiors, it is considered good to be dismissed. Through the communication satellite, he began to report the situation here to the base.

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Iraq proposed to purchase several long-range early warning radars and ten E-2 early warning aircraft from the United States. At the same time, Iraq will provide rescue work for this American submarine. With a great and selfless heart, it will not The U.S. submarine will be held accountable for entering the Persian Gulf, and the [-]-ton shipyard of the shipyard will be provided for the U.S. side to inspect the damage to the Los Angeles-class submarine.

This request from Iraq made the United States feel very embarrassed.

On the one hand, the United States really needs the help of Iraq. It is indeed a very troublesome process to drive a dry-dock transport ship from the mainland. It is unacceptable for them to consume time and money. The submarine has been floating there like this, and it is also owned by the US Navy. A manifestation of incompetence.

However, Iraq wanted to purchase the American E-2 early warning aircraft, which obviously violated the existing US decision-making. Although the performance of the E-2 early warning aircraft is far from that of the E-3, but, After all, this is the main carrier-based early warning aircraft of the US Navy. Selling this early warning aircraft to Iraq will seriously damage the interests of the United States.

However, the current Iraq has also mastered the technology of early warning aircraft. The four hunter series early warning aircraft have shown good performance in previous wars. The United Kingdom has not completed the development of this early warning aircraft. It was sold to Iraq, and he bought the American early warning aircraft. On the contrary, after Iraq got this early warning aircraft, it continued to experiment and make improvements, especially reducing the unrealistic requirements of the British military. The technical requirements are lower than those of the E-3. However, this type of early warning aircraft is, after all, a much larger aircraft than the E-2. 2 to be low.

In this case, exporting to Iraq is not considered to help Iraq's military technology progress, after all, they already have a similar early warning machine.

Moreover, in Iraq, the research and development of a new generation of early warning aircraft has already begun, and the main investment has been made in the Swedish Saab company to jointly develop the early warning aircraft with a phased array system. Although it takes a few years for a technological breakthrough, Iraq The advanced pre-alarm technology has begun to mature.

So now, Iraq is only temporarily buying emergency services. The issue they raised over Iran is indeed reasonable. Most of Iran is covered by mountainous areas, and the early warning aircraft is more critical. However, Iraq only has a few early warning aircraft, and it is impossible to get them. [-]/[-] protection.

It can’t use force against Iraq. Now we need Iraq, but we can’t let Iraq’s military strength continue to grow, and we can’t leak the military technology of the United States. This is a difficult choice for balance.