The Los Angeles class is soaring underwater and has nothing to fear.
The big-haired naval submarine that used to play hide-and-seek with them in the ocean has long since disappeared. Due to lack of funds, nuclear submarines lie in the port all year round. At most, they maintain the activities of one or two missile nuclear submarines under the Arctic ice cap. The missile nuclear submarines just stroll in front of the house. , in the Indian Ocean, there is no trace of any Korean submarines.
As long as there are no submarines of the Mao Navy, what else is it?
They are not afraid of any other navies, which are nothing to them.
Due to the high-speed movement, the spherical sonar in front of the bow of the Los Angeles nuclear submarine still cannot hear any valuable information. They are equivalent to racing like blind people underwater, but they will not worry about anything.
After all, the average water depth in the Gulf of Oman is more than 3,000 meters, so there will be no obstacles underwater.
As for being discovered?
With the skills of a three-legged cat like Goudahu Navy, is it possible to discover their superior U.S. Navy?
Absolutely impossible!
Bostwick was very confident. He did not know that at this time, two Type 054 frigates had successfully captured its traces on the water and launched a confusing operation.
It would be easier if the captain knew that a nuclear submarine traveling at high speed underwater has no ability to observe the surface situation.
When entering anti-submarine warfare, the speed must be reduced. The lower the speed, the smaller the noise will be, and the easier it will be to find the big guys underwater.
However, if you want to imitate normal navigation, the speed cannot be too low, and if you want to monitor underwater, you have to use towed sonar, and put the sonar behind with a rope, away from the warship itself, so as to avoid its own interference.
Towed sonar is divided into two types according to different technologies. One is an ordinary sonar body, called towed body sonar, and the other can form a sonar array, called towed array sonar.
In the 1980s, Dongfang imported towed body sonar from Europe, and it was considered that it had more advanced submarine search technology. In recent years, Dongfang's technology has developed rapidly, and it has entered the ranks of towed array sonar, with long tow cables. are constantly being released.
The length of the entire sonar array is 250 meters, the length of the towing cable is 1,700 meters, and the towing depth can reach 300 meters. In the ocean, the detection distance can completely exceed the second convergence area, which is 120 kilometers. Now even if the search range is narrowed, only detection The distance to the first gathering area, which is thirty kilometers, is more than enough.
After all, underwater submarines have already traveled this distance.
Watching the target getting closer, Mahmoud was very excited. The weapons produced by the East were too powerful! The advanced weapons of the U.S. Navy are nowhere to be seen!
“Target starts to slow down!”
“Take off the helicopter immediately, release the sonobuoy, and locate it accurately!”
On the back deck, the Zhijiu that had been prepared for a long time quickly started up, left the deck with a roar, and flew towards the sea, throwing sonobuoys as it flew.
In anti-submarine warfare, helicopters are of great significance. They are highly maneuverable and can quickly fly to the target sea area. By throwing sonobuoys around, they can accurately determine the target location. They can also throw torpedoes and launch attacks at any time. The submarine has no way to deal with the helicopter.
There are also submarines trying to equip anti-air missiles to attack helicopters, but locking is a big problem. Even if the helicopters are destroyed, they will not be able to deal with the various reinforcements that appear later.
This German has the most say. In the Atlantic, there was once a submarine that did not believe in evil. After being discovered by a plane, it actually operated the anti-aircraft guns on the deck and fired into the sky. Within a few minutes, a large number of The plane came over and blew it up.
Plop, plop!
Sonar buoys were thrown into the water one after another. At this moment, a huge net was finally formed, and the submarine caught in the net had nowhere to hide!
However, the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Jacksonville apparently did not realize this at this time.
“Report, we have reached the target exercise area!”
"Slow down, wait silently in this sea area, and reduce the speed to 3 knots." Bostwick said easily: "Next, let us be hunters, start the sonar, and monitor the water. No movement, waiting for the aircraft carrier formation to arrive!"
Under high-speed sailing, even if the sonar is turned on, no other sound can be heard. Only the splashing sound of sea water hitting the bow of the boat can be heard. Now, as the speed slows down, the huge spherical sonar on the bow of the boat can finally be activated. For Los Angeles-class submarines that do not have side sonar arrays, bow sonar is the most commonly used method for observing the outside world. If it is started ten minutes earlier, an experienced sonar operator may be able to hear the sonar buoy entering the seawater. but now, it only heard two warships sailing normally on the sea.
“The two 054s are sailing towards the aircraft carrier formation. They are expected to meet up in half an hour and arrive in this sea area within an hour.” the sonar officer said.
Different warships have different sounds, different hull shapes, different engines, different propellers, and different noises. Modern sonar equipment has advanced databases and sound comparison software, which can completely determine it. The specific model of warship.
Now, they think they are in control.
On the water, the 054 frigate has sent the message to the aircraft carrier Fahd through the data link.
Salman is sitting on the aircraft carrier. This exercise is of great significance. If he wants to vent a bad breath, of course he will take command personally. However, when he heard the news from the water, he was also stunned.
"lurking in our exercise waters in advance? Well, these Americans are really uneasy!" Salman was stunned for a moment, and then became angry: "Can we launch torpedoes and beat this hateful guy!"
"Your Excellency Salman, we can't do that. After all, this is just an exercise, and it is still a nuclear submarine. If there is an accident underwater, nuclear radiation may occur, and our sea routes here will be forced to terminate. !" Captain Mutailer quickly stopped him.
“Really? What should we do?”
"The common practice in the world is to launch two sonar waves at underwater targets to let them know that we have discovered them. Then, they have to surface obediently and leave in despair." Mutailer said.
“No, this will not relieve my anger.” Salman shook his head, and then looked at the person standing on the other side of the porthole: “Instructor Dingo, do you have any better ideas?”
Delano has been working as an instructor for the Gouda Naval Air Force, and his actions on the way back made him famous and supported by everyone. Naturally, he did his part in this exercise and followed him.
Delano had a sneer on his face. What else could he say? Let’s throw a few anti-submarine depth bombs down first. Eastern warships have always had this kind of weaponry and equipment. It will scare those **** underwater to death!
However, he did not bring it up. This is no different from launching torpedoes. The big dogs will definitely not agree. It is useless to say that besides this method, is there any other way?
Of course! He thought of some words he had said when chatting with Mr. Qin, and thought: "I have a way to force it out without hurting the friendship!"
The underwater world is dull and boring. Being a submariner must endure loneliness.
The Jacksonville was lurking in the predetermined position, waiting for the exercise fleet. As time passed slowly, they felt something was wrong.
“What are they doing? Why haven’t they come here yet?”
"Yes, they stopped twenty nautical miles away. What was this action?"
The sonar is accurately searching for the target. They can detect every move on the sea. They cannot understand the strange actions of the big dogs.
"I guess they are waiting for other warships. The Eastern warships will also join their fleet and hold joint exercises together. However, the other side is currently in the Gulf of Aden, and it will take time to return, so they have slowed down."
“Why do you have to wait?”
“Because only if Dongfang’s No. 168 joins, their fleet can obtain perfect regional air defense capabilities, otherwise there will be defense loopholes.”
"Yes, they are afraid of our powerful fleet in Xi'an Bay, so they want to hold exercises here, but they are also afraid that our carrier-based aircraft will come to join in the fun." Bostwick confirmed this statement: "There is no rush, we will be patient wait!"
Being a submariner requires this kind of slowness.
“No, the voice is deep, it should be a cargo ship.”
“The waterways here are busy. Even if they hold drills, they cannot interfere with the normal navigation of ships!”
"Yes, it may be an exercise subject. They are talking about counter-terrorism. There must be a scene where terrorists hijack a cargo ship and then rescue it. Huh, counter-terrorism? We have never needed it in the U.S. Navy!"
Of course they don’t need it, they are the biggest elements.
“The other party’s route will pass above us, do we need to maneuver to avoid it?”
"Of course not." In Bostwick's eyes, what passed overhead was an ocean-going cargo ship with a draft of at most ten meters. At a depth of fifty meters, he was absolutely safe, but he was absolutely Unexpectedly, the nightmare was about to begin.
The sound above the head slowly faded away, and it seemed to have ended. However, at the moment when everyone was relieved, suddenly, the entire submarine shook violently!
Shaking left and right, rolling up and down, like a monster suddenly appearing underwater.
“No, we encountered a sea cliff!” the first mate said in surprise.
"It's not a sea cliff, **** it, it's a trawler!" Bostwick said angrily: "Now, give me full power!"
Bostwick was arrogant and arrogant. At this moment, he discovered the real cause of the problem: it was not the sea cliff, but the trawler!
If it were a seawater cliff, then their submarine would definitely not be rocking left and right and up and down, but would fall straight down! Although this is the scene that all submariners are most afraid of, it only appears in unfamiliar sea areas. They often come to this sea area, and there must be no sea cliffs.
If it were not a cliff in the sea, it would have to be another situation: the ship overhead was not a cargo ship, but a trawler, and they had hung up their fishing nets.
Damn it, fishing in this place with dense shipping routes is clearly causing trouble for yourself!
Hang up the fishing net? Full throttle? The first mate on the side reacted: "We can't do that, or the fishing boat will be dragged into the sea!"
There is a precedent for this kind of thing. As early as 1990, the British Royal Navy's nuclear submarine "Sharp" was training in the Firth of Clyde. After it came out, it got caught in a fisherman's fishing net. At that time, it did notice shaking and then became unresponsive. .
When it surfaced to the periscope depth, it looked around and found nothing, so it continued training. When it came back, it discovered that it had gotten into trouble: it had sunk the old fishing boat "Antarius 2" with this length. The 15-meter fishing boat simply couldn't compete with the huge nuclear submarine. When the fishing net was attached to the submarine, the submarine took the fishing boat directly into the sea, and all four fishermen lost their lives.
In the competition between submarines and fishing boats, submarines have an advantage. After all, submarines have a large tonnage.
Of course, there are some large-tonnage fishing boats in the world, such as the Spanish Bertasmann trawler, which has a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, but such fishing boats are rare, and most trawlers have a displacement of only a few hundred tons.
The smaller the displacement, the lower the cost. After all, fishermen still have to consider the cost when going to sea to fish. The key is that although the tonnage is not large, the trawl net is not small. The net towed by a 500-ton fishing boat can be dragged down by several thousand tons. The fishing boats are no different.
Nowadays, with advanced technology, storm areas can be avoided in advance, and fishing boats of several hundred tons dare to go fishing in the deep sea.
The trawlers of the big dog owners do not have a displacement of more than one thousand tons, so Bostwick is not afraid of being dragged away by the fishing boats. He will do the opposite and drag the fishing boats directly to the bottom of the sea!
The first mate was a little shocked, this was completely murder!
But...the captain is the biggest on the submarine. He cannot disobey the captain's orders, and he also knows the necessity of doing so.
If the fishing boats on the water are not dragged down to the bottom, then they have to float up. If they float up, the mission will fail and it will become a joke. The fishing boats on the water can only blame themselves for their bad luck!
In the nuclear reactor at the tail, all the control rods were pulled out again. The atomic nuclei split under the impact of neutrons, releasing energy, which was passed to the circulating water and entered the steam turbine. The propeller at the tail began to accelerate.
At this moment, the sonar operator suddenly shouted: "The fishing boat overhead has changed its course!"
“How are they changing their course? Are they being towed by us?”
“The one on the right is going to the left, and the one on the left is going to the right. It may be dragged by us, or it may be...”
Before the sonar operator finished speaking, Bostwick reacted: "Quick, empty the sea water immediately and surface at full speed!"
Whether it is intentional or unintentional, they have no choice. This fishing net has already wrapped them up!
Generally speaking, a trawler can operate alone, but if necessary, two trawlers can also operate together, and the effect is better. For example, two 300-ton trawlers can cooperate to release a set of trawlers. A huge 30-ton trawl net.
After this kind of trawl is deployed, its width can exceed 500 meters and its depth can also exceed 500 meters. Two ships pull one end of the huge trawl and drag it for hundreds of kilometers on the sea, and they can get dozens of tons of marine fish. The effect Still very good.
Now, two trawlers operating together can also pose a huge threat to submarines!
After accurately knowing the specific coordinates of the submarine below, the two 500-ton trawlers set off jointly. After they passed the underwater submarine, they began to close the net. This closing did not pull the net up. The two trawlers set out together. A 600-ton submarine in front of a Los Angeles-class submarine with a displacement of nearly 7,000 tons underwater is a child's play. As long as the Los Angeles-class submarine exerts force, it can bring them down!
So, after confirming that the underwater Los Angeles-class submarine was trapped in the net, the two fishing boats immediately turned the rudder ninety degrees and drove towards each other. As long as they passed each other, they could close the fishing net! In fact, at this time, the underwater Los Angeles class has not yet started to shake.
Now, the underwater things have been completely caught in the net, what’s next!
Of course throw away the tow cable immediately!
With a little carelessness, their fishing boat may be dragged into the sea. This mission is absolutely thrilling.
In the distance, the formation on the water is quietly waiting for the result.
“The submarine is accelerating underwater!”
When hearing the news, everyone's hearts tightened. Will the other party break free?
But later, new news came.
“The sonar heard the sound of the opponent emptying the ballast water tank, and the opponent was surfacing at full speed!”
Submarines, like fish, rely on ballast water tanks to rise and dive. They sink when filled with water, and float when they are emptied of sea water. When emptying sea water, compressed air needs to be used, which will make a sound, especially Emergency refloating.
The other party is coming out!
“Go at full speed, go and have a look!” Salman said.
It was twenty nautical miles away and took forty minutes to soar. They were destined to be unable to witness it with their own eyes. However, the helicopters performing anti-submarine missions around them were staring closely below.
A whirlpool appeared in the sea water, and the bow of a huge submarine suddenly rushed out of the sea, like a whale leaping out. The bow came out for more than ten meters, and then it hit the sea heavily. Water splashes.
There is a fishing net on the bow of the boat, which looks very spectacular. The propeller on the stern of the boat is also wrapped with a fishing net, and it seems that it can no longer rotate.
For a submarine, the underwater is its survival area. As long as it comes to the surface, it means that there is no threat, which means that it has given up!
Seeing the footage from the helicopter, everyone clapped excitedly.
Salman was even more excited: "The fishermen who performed this mission will each receive a one million bonus! The wild dog instructor who proposed this plan will also receive a million!"
The formal exercise project has not even started yet, but they have already gained something!