Chapter 607 The rudder is broken
"For a long time, the theory that super aircraft carriers are useless has been popular." On the island of the No. 001 aircraft carrier, Qin Tao looked at the three J-15 fighters that had completed their mission and returned to land. He said with great emotion: "However, these All these claims are deceiving people. Just look at the United States, where aircraft carriers are getting bigger and bigger, and you can see that super aircraft carriers are the easiest to use."
"Yes, if we want to operate the J-15 fighter jets smoothly, the deck area of the aircraft carrier must be large enough." Li Yan agreed: "If we start building an aircraft carrier ourselves in the future, it must not be smaller than the current one."
"Of course." Qin Tao said: "The new aircraft carrier designed by our aircraft carrier design bureau for the navy must have a displacement of at least 80,000 tons." Qin Tao said with a smile: "Now that everything is ready, we owe it to Dongfeng."
“Electromagnetic catapult?” Li Yan asked tentatively.
Qin Tao shook his head: "It's about money. The electromagnetic catapult is nothing. The construction period of the aircraft carrier is long, and the dock needs to be built for two years. During this time, our electromagnetic catapult has long been mature. The key is whether the navy can have it." Such funding.”
Wu Shengli also sighed with emotion: "Yes, the superiors have unified their thinking. If we want to protect economic development and maritime trade, we must have a strong navy. Aircraft carriers must be developed. As long as However, aircraft carriers are too expensive. Look, even the European powers do not have enough economic strength to develop a powerful aircraft carrier fleet."
The old Britain relies on the Invincible-class aircraft carrier with a displacement of 20,000 tons. The French have developed a new Charles de Gaulle, which has a displacement of only 40,000 tons. Moreover, it often encounters problems.
What about our own side? We have the current 001 aircraft carrier, which is already very difficult. A lot of the navy's funds have been eaten up by the aircraft carrier. Now, it is not suitable to start building a new aircraft carrier.
"We are different from Europe. We have the advantage of low labor costs." Qin Tao said: "For the same aircraft carrier, our cost is only one-third of that of the West, or even lower, and maintenance and other things are cheaper. However, if you suffer After this stimulation, those guys on the opposite side will also realize that small and medium-sized aircraft carriers are worthless. Their next-generation aircraft carrier will also expand the displacement to more than 60,000 tons. However, this is just the sunset of the empire, hum. Now let us stand on their shoulders and rise!"
Ships are a mobile land. Although the airspace above the ships is not a mobile airspace, it is an agreed upon rule. All fleet commanders believe that the airspace above their heads is inviolable. Now, if two of our own three-plane formations fly over, it would be humiliating the other party. Yes, how would the other party react at this time?
Is he getting angry and yelling, or is he breaking his teeth and swallowing it?
"I guess it's the latter." Qin Tao said with a smile: "They want to lose face. They will investigate in secret at most, and they will definitely be embarrassed to make it public."
“Report, the early warning aircraft sent news that the opponent’s formation did not enter our territorial waters and began to circle on the high seas.”
"It seems that they have taken this breath." Wu Shengli said with a smile: "Next, we will just wear it out. If they don't leave, we won't leave either. Just treat it as a training exercise."
“It’s a pity that there is no carrier-based early warning aircraft. When our next aircraft carrier is completed, our combat power will be more complete.” Qin Tao sighed with emotion.
In the sky, the Air Police-2000 is flying with its wings. It is accompanied by two Su-27s, ready to respond to emergencies. Electromagnetic waves radiate around, giving a panoramic view of the entire southern sea area.
The situation here has attracted the attention of many people, and the most well-informed among them is of course the other side of the ocean.
"What's going on? The show hasn't even begun yet, how can you give in?" Swift held the latest news in her hand and asked the people around her: "What are they afraid of?"
"According to the latest news, early this morning, their aircraft carrier formation was passed by two waves of air formations. They should be frightened." Brian said.
"Two waves of air formation? Is it the J-15? Even if this kind of aircraft carries anti-ship missiles, there is nothing terrible. Their Sea Harrier fighter jets have been upgraded and can carry medium-range air-to-air missiles. It is fully capable of intercepting the J-15." Swift was a little surprised.
“One of the formations is the J-15, and the other formation is the Tu-22M.”
The cigar in Swift's hand fell to the ground.
Tu-22M?
“Impossible, this is impossible! How can Easterners have such weapons?”
As the U.S. Navy, of course it will not forget the threat posed by the Tu-22M. At the peak of the Red Empire, the naval aviation had nearly two hundred Tu-22Ms. This supersonic penetration bomber has become a lingering concern for the U.S. Navy. nightmare.
The Tu-22M can carry three heavy-duty KH-22 anti-ship missiles for supersonic penetration. As long as it passes through the first line of defense of the Tomcat fighter jets, it can launch anti-ship missiles, even with a maximum range of 600 kilometers. , it can also launch missiles outside the interception radius of Tomcat fighters. This terrible missile can accelerate to more than Mach 4 at the end. Coupled with a huge warhead, one can destroy a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. .
Two hundred Tu-22Ms and six hundred KH-22 anti-ship missiles far exceed the U.S. Navy’s ability to resist saturation attacks.
Thanks to the collapse of the Red Empire, a large number of such bombers have also been retired. Otherwise, the U.S. Navy would never dare to boldly eliminate the Tomcat fighter jets.
Even the U.S. Navy can't deal with the Tu-22M bomber, and the current formation of light aircraft carriers can't even deal with it. I don't know how many such aircraft there are now. If there are a huge number, it will definitely be their nightmare!
“Protest to Mao immediately! How can they export this kind of bomber?” After a moment of surprise, Swift reacted.
The bombers of the Orientals must have been purchased from Damao!
This matter had to be dealt with as soon as possible, and just two hours later, Moscow received the news.
Their reaction was, firstly, surprise, and secondly, surprise!
“Grishin, are you sure that the batch of Tu-22Ms bought back by the Easterners have been scrapped and cannot fly?” The boss immediately came to Grishen for questioning.
"Yes, I am sure that if those planes can take off again, then all the junk in our aircraft cemetery can be resold." Grishin said: "And we just took inventory, Kuzne Zov Design Bureau has a lot of engines in stock. Even if they really had the ability to renovate those aircraft, they would not have renovated the engines."
Of course Grishen didn't know that Qin Tao was prepared for a rainy day. When he first started doing business with Nikola, he took away all the Tu-22M engine spare parts from the Pacific Fleet base, and waited until Lao Maozi counted the inventory later. , those engines were not included at all.
“Then where did they get the Tu-22M?”
"It can only be Ermao. We won't take the blame. Ermao must have sold it to them!" Grishen said through gritted teeth.
In addition to them, there are also Ermao. Now, the Americans are looking for them aggressively, just to pour dirty water on them.
"Then reply to the Americans like this, this matter has nothing to do with us." The boss said: "We will never sell strategic weapons to neighboring countries. This is not in line with our strategy!"
“Yes.” Grishen nodded.
After Damao's failure, this matter could only come to an end temporarily. Reconnaissance satellites in space kept searching, trying to find the base where this bomber was located, but they still found nothing.
At sea, separated by hundreds of nautical miles, the two aircraft carrier formations were sailing calmly, and time was slowly passing by, one day, two days, three days.
“Reconnaissance satellites in space have not found the Tu-22M base, and Da Mao has not admitted to selling bombers of this level to Dongfangren.” After receiving the information, Drake reported to the commander.
"No? How did the bombers in the hands of the Easterners come from? Huh, they are obviously covering up!" Brown said with some annoyance.
“Then what do we do now?”
Under the threat of bombers, they did not dare to take another step forward. There was no other way to just hang around here!
“Report, our Sea King early warning helicopter discovered that there is an opposing warship operating alone one hundred nautical miles away from the formation.”
Since the last ultra-low-altitude sneak attack, they had cheered up. After all, they were within the range of the opponent's aircraft carrier aircraft, and they had to be careful. Therefore, their Sea King helicopters began to take off frequently.
Although this kind of early warning helicopter is not advanced in performance and has a short search range, it is more than enough to provide low-altitude blind coverage for the aircraft carrier formation.
The last time they were penetrated by the opponent's fighter planes twice, they were really embarrassed. After analysis, there were many reasons.
The fleet was blindly arrogant. Only two Type 42 destroyers turned on search radars, and the warning time for ultra-low-altitude flying targets was seriously insufficient. Moreover, the Eastern fighters were obviously equipped with some kind of electronic jamming equipment, which further reduced their Radar warning time.
Now, they can no longer be negligent. Early warning helicopters alternately relay to provide 24-hour uninterrupted early warning capabilities. At the same time, one or two Sea Harrier fighter jets are always on alert above the formation.
After a few days, no fighter planes were found to attack, but instead a warship broke away from the formation on the opposite side!
Brown immediately became excited: "Quick, send a warship over!"
The destroyer No. D970 in the formation accepted the order, left the formation, and headed towards the warship acting alone.
The D970 was a warship that was commissioned in 1985, so it did not catch up with the tragic sea and air battle. Moreover, it also learned various lessons from the naval battle at that time and carried out equipment replacement. For example, the original 965R long-range air battle The warning radar is replaced by the new Type 1022 radar, and its performance has been greatly improved. In addition to moving target display, frequency agility and pulse compression technology have been added; the 992Q medium-range sea and air warning target indication radar is replaced by the Type 996 medium-range lightweight multi-functional three-dimensional coordinate system. The radar was replaced and made more modern; in order to intercept sea-skimming missiles, it was also equipped with 2-4 Olyken 20mm cannons and 2 American MKl5 six-barreled 20mm "Phalanx" short-range weapon systems.
Its electronic system has been modified and a large number of electronic jammers and JTIDS joint tactical information distribution system have been installed.
With this system, it can receive information from the mother ship at any time. At this time, it sails according to the information from the mother ship.
The two gas turbines at the rear are working at full power. This Olympus TM3B gas turbine is their main ship gas turbine. Each has a continuous power of 18.38MW. When two of them are used together, they can provide 50,000 horsepower, which is enough Let this kind of destroyer of more than 4,000 tons reach a high speed of thirty knots.
Now, it’s time to be quick!
The Type 1022 radar on the top was searching the sea surface. Soon, it discovered the small target. Captain Jericho stood on the bridge and searched the sea surface with a telescope. When he saw the outline of the target in the distance, At this time, I was suddenly stunned.
what is that?
With its long mast and bulging sails, it was not the destroyer and frigate they expected at all, but a sail training ship!
At the same time, Zhao Dahai, the captain of the Breaking Waves, was also looking at the approaching destroyer through the telescope, looking at its antique hull and the unique big ball above the bridge: "It's a Type 42 destroyer, heading towards Report from superiors, everything is according to plan. Order the whole ship to prepare for collision at any time!"
On the light aircraft carrier, when Brown received the news, he was stunned: "What, is it a sail training ship?"
“That’s right, it should be the Oriental ship Breaker.”
"No matter what kind of warship it is, in short, that ship is for military use. We must take this opportunity to kill the opponent's majesty!"
The corners of Rupert's mouth twitched a few times. The commander must have gone crazy. He used a warship to bully a sailboat. It would be such a shame to spread this kind of thing!
"Huh, we want to sail freely in this sea. This is our right." Brown continued.
After receiving the order, Jericho had no choice but to give the order: "Attention, we continue to sail forward and ask the other party to give us a way!"
They come here just to show off their power!
"yes."
The gas turbine at the tail continued to rotate at high speed, and the D970 jumped forward at a high speed of thirty knots. In the distance, the sailboat was also approaching quickly.
“Listen to the sailboat in front and give us a clear path immediately!” Arrogant English came from the public frequency band of the radio.
“This is our country’s territorial waters, please leave immediately!” came an echo from the other side.
Zhao Dahai had excitement on his face. The service of this sailboat had attracted a lot of criticism.
Those who like it really like it and think it is promoting the culture of the navy. Those who don’t like it are full of hostility. What is this? sailboat! We have not experienced the Age of Discovery, we do not need this kind of thing! Now, our navy does not need to untie the mooring rope or this complicated set of gadgets! This is purely a dumpling.
Now, the Wavebreaker is finally ready to unleash its power!
The D970 is still rushing towards us. The two sides are not equal in size. Even if they really collide, are we still afraid that the warship will not be able to hit the sailboat?
At this time, the sailboat also raised its sails and moved forward faster and faster.
Like two raging bulls, the two sides are rapidly approaching, getting closer.
Jericho suddenly had a strange feeling.
The other party did it on purpose! The other party must have done it on purpose! The other party has an early warning aircraft, so it is impossible that he does not know that his warship is coming. Is all this a trap?
Seeing the distance between the two sides getting closer, Jericho suddenly hesitated in his heart.
“Right full rudder!” Jericho ordered.
The huge hull began to deflect to the right, stirring up beautiful waves on the sea. The water was rolling, and Jericho's eyes were fixed on the sailboat.
According to the general situation, they have full right rudder, and the other side also has full right rudder, and the big guy will miss it.
But what now?
The opponent actually used a full left rudder!
In this way, the two sides formed a T-shaped route. D970 was horizontal and the Breaker was vertical. In this way, the Breaker could just hit their sides!
“Damn it! They must have done it on purpose, hurry up! Speed up, speed up!”
Now, if you don't want your side to be hit by the opponent's bow, there are only two ways: either speed up and wait until the opponent's bow comes over, and your own warship has already completely passed by, or slow down and let the opponent pass from your own The bow of the ship jumped over.
However, it is not easy to slow down a destroyer of more than 4,000 tons. This is not like driving a sports car on land. Relying on the effect of propeller reversal, the deceleration is like slow motion in a movie, slowly.
So, we can only speed up!
The two gas turbines were running crazily, even reaching super power. The propellers stirred the sea water, forming two water waves. Almost everyone was staring at the sailboat.
Closer, closer!
fine! Jericho felt relaxed. He had simply calculated that when the sailboat came over, it would pass through the stern of his warship!
This is the advantage of high speed. On the sea, thirty knots is a speed that warships must reach, because at this speed, warships can maneuver better!
Just like it is now!
The same cannot be said for a sailboat. Since it relies on sails to sail, it will be very difficult to operate the sailboat and it will be impossible to adjust it in time!
The sailboat continued to move forward, and when it was about to miss them, bang! There was a huge crash.
Everyone’s expressions changed.
what happened?
“Report, the rudder is out of control!”
“Report, the ship can no longer move forward in a straight line!”
The bad news keeps coming one after another.
Jericho's face turned ugly.
The sailboat had passed through the current at their stern, continued to sail forward, and then left, but D970 found that its rudder had failed!
If you get under the water, you will find that one side of the two rudders has disappeared, and the other side of the rudder has been bent and deformed, and can never return to its original shape!
When sailing on the sea, you have to rely on the rudder to control the direction. Now, without the rudder, the D970 has become like a headless fly and can only go around in circles.
The Wavebreaker left in style, mission accomplished!
The news was sent back to the fleet, and Brown was immediately dumbfounded: "What's going on?"
"The lookout post of D970 can be sure that the sailboat passed behind them and should not collide with them. They also took photos. This time it should be an accident. It may have hit a reef on the bottom of the sea. .”
The collision was too coincidental. From the part of the sailboat exposed on the sea, it can be confirmed that the two ships did not even touch each other, let alone a collision.
Then it could only be that they hit the rocks on the bottom of the sea. After all, it was an unfamiliar sea to them.
“Then what should we do?”
“Now, the only way is to send a high-powered tugboat to tow the warship back.”
"Damn, this is too embarrassing. If this gets out, will we still have the face?" Brown was very angry.
This time I came here to show off my power, but what was the result? I've been wandering around the high seas, not daring to take a step forward at all. I finally got a chance, and then something like this happened again. It's shameful, it's really shameful!
"Your Excellency, Commander, it is meaningless for us to stay here now. We might as well evacuate as soon as possible and take advantage of the darkness to drag our D970 to join the formation. This way we can still fool the outside world. If the outside world knows that our warship is broken, It would be even more embarrassing if you couldn’t walk,” Rupert said.
Brown looked at the sea water around him angrily, and finally said angrily: "I'm feeling a little uncomfortable. I'll leave the return trip to you."
After saying that, Brown strode out.
Rupert finally breathed a sigh of relief. Rather than showing off his majesty, he was more worried that the fleet would suffer losses. Although some small losses had occurred, after all, everyone could return. For him, this was enough. That's pretty good news.
That night, the fleet left the relevant sea area in despair and embarked on the voyage home.
The Y8 surveillance aircraft on duty at sea searched for this scene and sent the news back to the formation. The entire formation was immersed in an atmosphere of joy.
"We won again!" Wu Shengli said with emotion: "This time, our sail training ship made a great contribution!"
"That's right, although it can't be disclosed to the outside world, it's fine if our internal people know it." Qin Tao said cheerfully: "For wet and dry work, this sail training ship is the best to use. This time it is very accurate and fully reflects Despite the superb skills of the sailors, it’s time to give their collective second-class merit. Their actions were the last straw that broke the camel’s back.”
"That's right." Wu Shengli nodded: "What's next? How do you plan to go back?"
(End of this chapter)