Chapter 633: I work and you pay
Once a nuclear submarine is killed, it is not only the safety of the crew members and the loss of a submarine, but also the possibility of a terrible nuclear leakage. This danger may remain for tens of thousands of years to come.
So, after knowing the following situation, Qin Tao continued to ask this key question.
The sailor shook his head: "I don't know, I'm not behind."
How is the nuclear reactor? You have to ask the engineers at the back.
Time goes back to the moment when the explosion occurred. When he heard the huge explosion, Alexi, the crew member in the engine room, suddenly trembled. What happened? Why did it suddenly explode?
He looked at the nuclear reactor behind him, gritted his teeth, closed the hatch, and locked himself in the engine room.
The engine room is very noisy and may contain radiation, so usually only one person can stay inside to patrol, while the others are outside. At this time, Alexi closed the door and let the entire engine room Completely isolated from the front.
He stared at the Geiger counter he carried. If the number on it soared, the nuclear reactor would have leaked. Fortunately, the value had remained normal. He took a few deep breaths, hoping that there would not be a second Chernobyl. , and then picked up the phone.
“Engine room call, engine room call, what happened?”
No one answered him. At this time, the control tower was also in chaos. He put down the phone helplessly and felt the dynamics of the submarine.
The submarine is sinking, sinking continuously!
At this point, if the sea water can be emptied immediately, will the submarine float? Alexi had such an idea in his mind, but this operation was not his responsibility. He continued to look at the row of buttons in front of him. Do you want an emergency shutdown?
Sweat fell from Aresi's forehead. He felt that his legs were weak and he slowly leaned against the bulkhead and sat on the floor.
I don’t know how long it took, but the phone rang. He picked it up and heard the captain’s voice: “Engine room, shut down the nuclear reactor immediately and come to the control tower!”
“Yes, captain!” Alexi was overjoyed. He pulled the operating handle. In the reactor, the cadmium rod slowly descended, absorbing a large number of neutrons. The chain reaction slowly decreased and finally almost disappeared.
The reactor has cooled down.
Alexey struggled to open the hatch, pushed himself up, and walked out of the engine room. At this time, the emergency power was switched on, and the corridor lights began to flicker.
When he arrived at the conning tower, he saw the captain Avakiants holding a pistol and pointing it at the chief engineer's head.
"Ivan, you have disappointed me so much. At this critical moment, you are so scared that you want to run away. Do you still remember what your mission is?"
“Captain, it’s my fault. When I heard the explosion, I thought I was going to die. I was so scared.”
"Hmph, you are so cowardly. Look at Alexi. He has completed the mission of your entire mechanical force by himself!" Avakiyants withdrew his pistol: "I won't shoot you now. After you go up, you wait. Let’s go to court-martial!”
After finishing speaking, Avakiyants looked at Alexi: "Alexi, the lifeboat will be coming soon. You can follow this round of people."
“Yes.” Alexi wanted to raise his hands in salute, but his body weakened and he collapsed there.
When the second round of rescue came up, it was already dark and the waves on the sea were getting stronger. When Alexi stood on the deck of No. 908 and reported to Nikolai, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. .
Alexi saved the nuclear reactor!
"The nuclear reactor is safe. Next, we should consider the issue of this submarine." Nikolai's face was gloomy: "Should we salvage it?"
"I think the total cost of salvaging at this depth will exceed 100 million." Qin Tao said: "It is a big burden for you. And..."
"And if we want to salvage it, it will definitely alert others, and it will slander the reputation of our navy." Nicholas said: "However, if this submarine is allowed to be underwater, it will always be a legacy."
●This joint naval exercise is very important and is considered to be a sign of Mao's rejuvenation. What is the result? The torpedo on the submarine exploded, the submarine sank, and all the sailors in the torpedo room were killed. If this incident spreads, I'm afraid the whole world will see Mao's joke!
So, what should they do?
“So far, we haven’t found the culprit. The **** Yankees will never admit it!” Nicholas was very annoyed.
"Even if they are not found, it was their fault. Now, it depends on Moscow's choice. If it is to settle the matter and treat it as if it never happened, then forget it. I won't say anything. If Moscow then If Bian wants to salvage, then I have ideas to help solve reputation issues and funding issues."
Nicholas was immediately overjoyed: "Qin, you always have many ways. Now, just tell me!"
After hearing Qin Tao's plan, Nikolai's eyes flashed: "Yes, your method is very good. I will report it immediately. Moscow will definitely agree with your plan!"
This night is destined to be restless.
To the east of this sea area is the island country, and the people on the island country are also paying attention to this exercise.
All this time, they had been trembling under the power of Lao Maozi's Pacific Fleet. Later, the Red Empire collapsed and Da Mao's naval fleet became weaker and weaker. Only then did they slowly let go. Their Eighth Eighth Fleet also fought against Da Mao. It's getting more and more promising.
"Their drill today is very strange." Masano Kazuken said: "Our early warning aircraft have been monitoring them. At the beginning, they were conducting a rescue drill, but halfway through, the ship that had been outside the drill circle Comprehensive supply ship No. 908 became the focus, and later, they launched an anti-submarine formation. I don’t know what they were doing.”
“Our coastal monitoring system also detected a weak seismic wave, which came from the location where they were conducting exercises. I don’t know what they were doing,” Matake Ryomori said.
“Is there something wrong with their underwater nuclear submarine?” their superior leader Tatsuo Takeda asked.
Is there something wrong with the nuclear submarine? Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up: "If this is the case, we must publicize it loudly and let the whole world know that the polar bear is getting weaker and weaker."
"Report, Moscow broadcast a message to the outside world." While they were discussing, an adjutant came up in a hurry.
"Release it."
A figure appeared on the TV screen.
“Today, we seriously protest against the American nuclear submarine maliciously ramming and sinking our nuclear submarine in the waters of the Peace 97 exercise!”
What?
An underwater nuclear submarine crashed into it?
They were all stunned.
Underwater confrontation is blind, and a collision is definitely not the intention. In 1992, Lao Maozi's 971 Sierra-class nuclear-powered attack submarine B-276 Kostroma sailed from the American Baton Rouge underwater. The belly of the USS floated up, directly pushing the belly of the USS Baton Rouge against the railing. The USS Costema only suffered damage to the conning tower.
In every collision, Lao Maozi's double-shell nuclear submarine has an advantage. How could it suffer a loss in the collision this time?
"This was completely a sneak attack. They hit the bow of our submarine. Our submarine was carrying a torpedo at the time, causing the torpedo to explode. Even in this case, our submarine still kept the middle and rear parts intact. With its powerful multi-chamber structure and reserve buoyancy…”
Sneak attack?
This is even more nonsense. Isn’t it like being on land underwater? It’s pitch black below and no one can see anyone. If you rely on sonar to search for each other, the accuracy cannot be improved to the meter level. How can you hit it accurately? Your head?
However, since Da Mao said this, it is useless to question. Moreover, although it was hit and the torpedo exploded, the hull remained intact, and the strength of the Damao submarine was still verified.
“Now, the nuclear reactor has also shut down, and the submarine has sunk to the bottom of the sea and is waiting for rescue.” The host continued to tell the follow-up: “We strongly condemn...”
“Hmph, Da Mao is also here today!”
“No matter what, their nuclear submarine sank, which was a serious blow to them!”
“Yes, this is a symbol of Da Mao’s weakness.”
Everyone present was very happy, as if they had defeated Da Mao. Only Tatsuo Wu Gengtian had a gloomy face: "Everyone, are you all thinking about shit? Have you ever thought about it, the submarine has sunk, has Da Mao got there?" Salvage money? If they don’t salvage it, what will we do?”
what to do?
Everyone reacted: "Are you afraid of nuclear radiation? What's so scary about this? Our nuclear wastewater is planned..."
"Can this be the same? The nuclear wastewater will flow away and spread to the entire sea, so the concentration will be reduced. Now, if that submarine is left in the sea, it will be in the next few decades, hundreds, or even thousands of years. , we will all be affected by it! And, who knows if there is a nuclear warhead on it! Did you see it? That is Oscar-level!"
The shadow of a submarine appeared on the TV screen just now, but it was fleeting. They didn't look at the details. Now, everyone was stunned.
The biggest weapon of the Oscar-class nuclear submarine is the anti-ship missiles on both sides, and those anti-ship missiles can also carry nuclear warheads!
What if the nuclear warhead fails or the nuclear warhead safety fails and suddenly explodes?
“Damn it, Da Mao is doing this just to force us coastal countries to help them clean up their garbage!” Longfu Wu Gengtian was extremely annoyed.
“Help them? Why? If it interferes with our ecology, we will still ask for compensation from them!” Matake Ryomori said.
"Compensation? Think about it. Maybe they will compensate us? If you **** them off, they dare to sink another scrapped submarine into the **** sea!" Tatsuo Takeda said.
Everyone calmed down, and they had already thought of this outcome. Now, not only could they not hold Da Mao accountable, they had to pay to help Da Mao salvage!
“We have to contact the Kimchi Country. They are also coastal countries. They will also get a sum of money from this salvage.”
“Them? They haven’t recovered from the economic crisis.”
“Then lend them money first.” Longfu Wu Gengtian said.
The third day of the accident, Pacific Fleet base.
“Mr. Nikolai, we hope that you can salvage the nuclear submarine as soon as possible to avoid accidents.” Tatsuo Takeda appeared in the conference room of the base and made a formal request to Nikolai.
“We also want to salvage the submarine as soon as possible, but as you know, we are short of money. We have already inquired and it will cost 200 million US dollars to salvage the submarine.”
"What, two hundred million US dollars?" Tatsuo Takeda opened his eyes in surprise: "You are kidding! The salvage work can be completed with up to 100 million US dollars! Our domestic rescue team can perform this kind of salvage mission."
"That's great." Nikolai said: "But when you go down, you must be careful to bring a qualified Geiger counter and a professional hospital ship. There must be doctors who treat radiation sickness, and you must provide them with Buy enough insurance.”
What?
Tatsuo Takeda reacted: Lao Maozi lied. The submarine was probably seriously damaged, and maybe there was nuclear radiation! In this case, the risk taken by the salvage crew is too great!
He immediately gave up the idea of helping with the salvage and decided to pay. At least he wouldn't risk his life by paying!
“We will bear 80 million, South Kimchi Country will bear 20 million, and you can raise the remaining 100 million yourself, how about? I hope you can salvage it as soon as possible! Don’t delay it until next year.”
Winter has arrived, and the cold wind is biting. Salvage will become increasingly difficult. In a month or two, the sea may begin to freeze, and we will have to wait until the next year for salvage. Will the submarine have an accident by then? No one knows.
"Okay, we are also a responsible big country. Since you are willing to help provide half of the funds, we will also try our best to raise the other half of the funds and complete the salvage as soon as possible." Nicholas said.
Qin’s method is so good. Now the funds for salvage are directly available!
Sent off Longfu Wu Gengtian, Nicholas walked briskly towards the dock.
After the exercise, the fleet from the East also arrived at the home port of the Pacific Fleet. Here, the two sides further conducted friendly exchanges. Although the crash of K-442 made this exercise somewhat unpleasant, the follow-up was handled promptly and appropriately, and Mao was very grateful to Dongfang. Very grateful.
At this time, a large number of Da Mao officers were observing on the destroyer No. 138.
“These vertically launched medium-range anti-aircraft missiles of yours are very similar to our Shkili missiles.” said an officer.
"Yes, it is indeed similar. However, this Hongqi-16 missile has been developed before we introduced the modern-class destroyers. Therefore, this should be called the heroes seeing the same thing. Our technicians arrived at the same goal by different routes and chose the same Technical route." Qin Tao introduced to everyone.
"That's right, different routes lead to the same destination, which shows that our technical staff's routes are all the best." Nikolay came over and said to his men: "Our vertical launch devices are also cold launches. These are our best Good choice."
“Nicholas, you are here.” Qin Tao said, “How is the matter?”
“Everything goes well, let’s continue admiring this ship. I have been very busy these days.” Nicholas said: “I want to go to the bridge to take a look first.”
The most important part of a warship is the bridge. When the warship is open to the public, the bridge is usually closed, but now, old friends are treated differently.
Nicholas had a request, so of course Qin Tao had to take him up, so a large group of people entered the bridge.
When they walked in, they were immediately shocked.
The design here is completely different from theirs! A row of computers replaced the original chart table. Looking at the flat LCD monitor and the spotless keyboard and mouse, they were all a little envious.
“You have upgraded the combat command system of the entire warship?” Nicholas was also surprised.
“Yes, we have replaced it with a new combat command system, which makes it easier to unify all weapons. When encountering a situation, it is easier to rationally allocate weapons to attack the enemy.”
Although Da Mao's Kirov-class and Glorious-class carry a large number of weapons, these weapons are independent of each other. Various long-range, medium-range and short-range air defense weapons all fight independently. This is also the case in later generations of Moscow. One of the reasons why the USS was sunk: The air defense radar on the warship was all focused on the drones and did not notice the missiles flying across the sea. Even weapons such as the AK630 close-in anti-cannon did not respond because the response time was serious. insufficient.
Lao Maozi’s electronic technology is backward and unable to solve these problems, but Dongfang is different. Dongfang has advanced electronic technology and its integration capabilities are getting stronger and stronger. It is very powerful to integrate various weapons on warships!
Before No. 138 came, everyone still dismissed No. 138, but now, the weapons and equipment on No. 138 have completely convinced them. This warship is more useful than theirs!
“It would be great if our warships could also undergo the same type of transformation.” Nikolai couldn’t help but speak.
“Of course, you can take the Varyag to our shipyard for modification at any time,” Qin Tao said.
Nicholas smiled bitterly and shook his head. Even if they raised enough funds, Moscow would not agree. This is definitely a slap in the face. A few years ago, Dongfang purchased warships from Da Mao. Now, they are going to Dongfang. Upgraded the warship?
I can’t afford to lose this person.
“By the way, what are you going to do with the Chelyabinsk when it is salvaged?”
Hearing this question, Nicholas frowned again.
"Since there has been an explosion and sank to the bottom of the sea more than a thousand meters deep, it must be scrapped." Nikolai said: "However, in the cemetery of our nuclear submarines, more and more scrapped nuclear submarines are being added. There’s no time to dismantle it!”
"If you don't have time to dismantle it, the Chelyabinsk can be handed over to us for help." Qin Tao said: "Since we are friends, we must help to the end."
You dismantle it?
Nicholas shook his head: "It still requires a lot of money to dismantle it. Qin, even if this nuclear submarine is handed over to you for dismantling, we don't have the money to give it to you."
“You don’t have money, but the West has money.” Qin Tao said: “You should know what happened in the United States some time ago, right?”
"Of course I know. Now let's read the book "Unrestricted Warfare" again and find that it is a masterpiece. This book accurately predicted this war! A war where the enemy cannot be seen!" Nikolai said with emotion.
"After this incident, the eyes of Western countries began to change. These invisible enemies pose a greater threat to them." Qin Tao said: "Currently, in your nuclear submarine cemetery, there are one or two hundred large and small nuclear submarines. The nuclear reactor on the ship will become the coveted object of some people. They lack the purification technology. However, even if it cannot produce a nuclear explosion, it is enough to cause panic as a dirty bomb. As long as you explain this danger to the West, they should Those who can donate.”
Nikolai's eyes were bright. They didn't spend money to salvage the nuclear submarine. Of course, they couldn't spend money to dismantle the nuclear submarine!
“What if they don’t pay?” asked an officer.
"If you don't want to pay? Then break the pot and smash it!" Qin Tao said: "You sink a scrapped nuclear submarine directly to the bottom of the sea and to the doorsteps of Westerners' homes to see if they give you money!"
This time it was an accident. Several countries along the coast were very worried and quickly paid for the rescue. This is a good start!
Qin Tao said this, but there is basis for it. In his original time and space, Mao asked the West for tens of billions of funds to dismantle and dispose of nuclear submarines. However, the West gritted its teeth and promised to pay, but the money has not been received. , but it turned out that Mao got impatient and sank the Type 627A nuclear submarine K-159 directly into the sea in 2003. The location was twelve nautical miles away from the coastline of a certain country. The country was instantly confused and quickly distributed iodine tablets to the whole country. To prepare for emergencies, the level of panic is comparable to the Chernobyl incident in 1986.
Now, Qin Tao just showed what Lao Maozi had done and immediately woke him up.
Nicholas nodded: "Yes, Qin, you are right, let's take this opportunity to talk to them. If they don't pay for it, don't blame us for being rude!"
Nicholas felt confident.
The Eastern Navy officers present looked at Qin Tao with different eyes. They all said that Mr. Qin was awesome. In the past, they only heard about it, but now they finally understand how incredible Mr. Qin is!
Only Mr. Qin can come up with this kind of idea, which is really damaging.
However, none of them dared to say it. Moreover, this was a compliment to Mr. Qin, not a disparagement.
After Da Mao visited Dongfang’s warships, the next step was for Dongfang’s officers to visit Da Mao’s warships. When everyone boarded the Varyag, they instantly realized that it was like going back decades ago. The layout inside was somewhat similar to our own. The Type 051 destroyer from decades ago has a retro feel.
The rusty warship has a sense of vicissitudes of life. It is indeed time for this warship to be upgraded in the dock!
(End of this chapter)