As soon as these words came out, Edwards was also full of disbelief, and immediately looked at Mitchell: "Lieutenant Colonel, there are also our submarines in this area?"
Mitchell was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Unexpectedly, the reporter in front of him was focused on the U.S. submarine. He shrugged helplessly: "The Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine that monitors the movements of the Soviet navy in Cam Ranh Bay, the Archer Fish Number."
After finishing speaking, he pointed to the sonar buoy floating not far away: "But it doesn't matter whether we have submarines now. The key to the problem is that China has dispatched anti-submarine patrol aircraft and has discovered the Archer. Damn it, our reconnaissance The ships are equipped with simple air detection equipment, but who would have thought that China would dispatch anti-submarine patrol aircraft in such bad weather?"
As he spoke, Mitchell began to complain nervously. Because of the estimate of the Chinese navy, the U.S. Navy stationed in Subic did not use the most advanced large-scale reconnaissance ship when dispatching the reconnaissance ship.
After all, the obsolescence of Chinese naval ships is obvious to all, and coupled with the weak aviation force, dispatching a super reconnaissance ship specifically to track the Soviet Union's large maritime formations is really overkill. Ordinary small and medium-sized reconnaissance ships of more than 1,000 tons are completely sufficient, and even in a certain In terms of some electronic equipment, this type of medium-sized reconnaissance ship is stronger than the entire Chinese fleet.
However, the electronic equipment of small and medium-sized reconnaissance ships is good, but it has been castrated in air detection. There is no way that the ship platform of more than 1,000 tons is so big, and it has to do its best to pack in so many electronic detection, Monitoring, signal interception, and electronic countermeasures equipment.
It is inherently easy to cause mutual interference. If super-powerful air detection equipment is added, the entire reconnaissance ship will be in chaos. Therefore, the "Thinker" is actually equipped with an ordinary sea-to-air radar, whose main function is It is to check the surrounding sea conditions to avoid collisions between ships.
Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible to effectively detect and identify air targets.
Of course, no one took this flaw seriously before departure, because the Chinese navy¡¯s aviation force was not only insufficient in quantity, but also in quality. Therefore, the U.S. Navy stationed in Subic, including Mitchell, It is believed that the Chinese fleet lacking aviation support is just a piece of fat floating on the sea, and there is no need to spend so much effort on defense.
The fact is as they expected. Except for the frequent appearance of the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft to provide some negligible communication support, there is not even a decent combat aircraft in the sky above the Chinese fleet.
Even so, the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft do not often accompany the Chinese fleet, and the support is not strong. This shows that the number of Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft in the hands of the Chinese Navy is either insufficient or poorly maintained, resulting in low attendance rates.
But no matter what, it shows that the Chinese fleet tracked by the "Thinker" is nothing to worry about.
So when the Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine Archerfish, which was monitoring Cam Ranh Bay, discovered that the B-79 "Foxtrot" class conventional submarine left the port and quietly bit the Chinese fleet, conducting a series of underwater training, the Archerfish followed. Hao simply played the trick of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind.
Firstly, it is to continue its tracking and surveillance mission, hoping to catch the Soviet ballistic missile nuclear submarine by biting the B-79 "Foxtrot" class conventional submarine; secondly, it is to further test the Soviet Union and China through its own hidden tracking. anti-submarine reconnaissance and combat capabilities; finally, it cooperates with the "Thinker" to collect underwater voiceprints and communications intelligence.
All in all, the silent Archerfish was like a ghost, quietly watching the various performances of the Soviets and the Chinese, until it was hit by an acoustic signal from an active sonobuoy and hit the dark pressure-resistant shell, lurking under the water. It took Archerfish many weeks to realize in disbelief that he had been discovered.
The Archerfish nuclear submarine is unbelievable, and Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell is even more incomprehensible. He is considered a conservative in the U.S. Navy, and he is the type who will never take action unless he is fully prepared.
The reason why Edwards underestimated the Chinese fleet before was really not intentional, but a real conclusion drawn after a lot of research. Therefore, Mitchell is not afraid, so Mitchell is confident.
Until he found a Chinese anti-submarine patrol plane hovering over his head.
When did China have anti-submarine patrol aircraft? Isn¡¯t their Be-6, which is used for anti-submarine warfare, ready to be retired? Isn¡¯t the performance of the newly developed Shuihong 5 unstable? More importantly, aren't these two aircraft deployed in the north?
Question after question made Mitchell's head almost wrinkled into a knot, but he still couldn't think of a reason. Edwards on the side also turned his attention from nuclear submarines to China's anti-submarine aircraft, but he also didn't know what the Chinese side was doing. Suddenly there was an anti-submarine aircraft.
At this moment, there was a roar in the sky, and a twin-engine plane flew from a high altitude covered with clouds.Rushing down, Edwards quickly picked up his binoculars to look at the plane that broke through the clouds, and immediately exclaimed: "It's An-26!"
"No, it's a modified An-26!" Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell, who was also holding a telescope, corrected: "Look under its belly."
After hearing this, Edwards discovered that a streamlined module was installed under the belly of the An-26. The front section was a semicircular bulge, the middle section had an obvious embedded semi-cylindrical bulge, and the last section was composed of several honeycomb components. .
"This is¡¡"
Edwards wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to describe it. He couldn't help it. The streamlined structure under the belly of the An-26 was so strange and weird that even Edwards, a reporter, couldn't help it. Know what language to use to describe it.
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Above the sky, on the improved An-26 that was lowered from 1,500 meters to 600 meters, Song Changzheng held the joystick in his hand and said happily, then turned his head and shouted into the cockpit behind him: "Lao Zhou, do you know what model it is?"
"If you knew it, you wouldn't need to lower your altitude. You can tell with the voiceprint recognition system alone." There were four or five display devices in the simple cabin, and a bald middle-aged man was sitting on a makeshift chair. , looking at the stuck monitor in front of him, said helplessly: "There is no way we don't have the corresponding submarine voiceprint database at all. Even if we find it, we don't know which country it is and what model it is."
As he spoke, his originally helpless face showed unconcealable excitement: "But this is not the most important thing. The voiceprint database of submarines cannot be established slowly. As long as we have such aviation anti-submarine equipment, it will not be difficult at all, oh By the way, after this mission is over, leave your plane to us. Anyway, you are the one flying the plane, and it will be the same for anyone else."
Song Changzheng refused without any politeness: "That won't work. How can a plane fly comfortably with an anti-submarine aircraft that can catch fish? Let me tell you, Lao Zhou, catching fish, ah~~ no, it's anti-submarine, I'm serious."
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