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Volume 1 108 Deep Sea Diving

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    In the quiet but eerie underwater world, a huge submarine is slowly traveling underwater at a speed of 4 knots.  She is the Type 039A breathless propulsion submarine of the PLA Navy. In the anti-submarine warfare subject of this Rim of the Pacific joint military exercise, she plays the role of the submarine that is regarded as the "enemy".

    Even though it participated in the RIMPAC exercise, the projects China participated in did not reflect much of the attitude of allies. On the contrary, almost all projects with the exception of maritime transportation and supply projects were clearly confrontational.  This also reflects that Western countries still have a strong sense of distrust towards China. Perhaps the more important factor is that they want to know the actual combat strength of the Chinese navy, and they hope that through joint training with China, which has many connections with the Soviet Union, it can learn more about what it can do.  Means to deal with the Soviet Red Navy.

    So this 039A submarine is actually playing the role of the Soviet Union¡¯s recently launched Kilo-class conventionally powered submarine.  The Kilo-class, known as the black hole of the ocean, was a major advancement made by the Soviet Union in submarines. It is said to be related to Japan secretly selling to the Soviet Union the embargoed processing equipment in Batumi. The previous Walker leak case also showed the Soviet Union's use of stolen  U.S. intelligence has made breakthroughs in its own equipment.

    No matter where the Kilo class comes from, this thing will cause quite a headache for the Americans and their allies in the near-shore coastal areas. It can not only serve as an underwater guard to protect the Soviet strategic nuclear submarines, but also can pass the performance after the real war breaks out.  and numerical superiority, seriously damaging the NATO group's maritime transportation and supply lines.

    The 039A is undoubtedly more BT than the Kilo-class. If the 039A can be dealt with, the United States will not have to worry about the Kilo-class causing trouble in the future.

    On the sea with clear sky, Captain Pedersen of the Forrester-class aircraft carrier USS CV-61 Ranger stood on the bridge and scanned the magnificent sea with a telescope. The captain was quite relaxed at the moment, as if  Like going on a camping trip.  The Ranger is at the front of the fleet. This grand fleet consists of nearly ten Allied warships, and the Ranger is its core.  In the center of the fleet are two warships painted significantly whiter - Shenzhen and Jiaxing. They play important merchant ships.  The scenario of this subject is to simulate an entire fleet escorting two merchant ships carrying particularly important supplies, and this sea area is a carnival hunting ground for Soviet conventionally powered submarines.

    The two British frigates Amazon and Beaver are located directly in front of the fleet, one on the left and one on the right. They are using their bulbous sonar to clear a channel for the fleet.  The Australian and New Zealand ships are on the left, a few kilometers away, the Canadian and Japanese anti-submarine destroyers are on the right, and the American large destroyers are behind.  In Captain Pedersen's view, this is an impregnable iron barrel formation.

    In the sky 60 kilometers away, the S-3 fixed-wing carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft taking off from the Ranger is the outermost line of defense, followed by the SH-60 Seahawk and other anti-submarine helicopters launched by the destroyer on the outside, and then the ships  They all have their own anti-submarine sonar, and even the U.S. Navy's Adams-class destroyer tows a line array sonar behind it.  In the words of Captain Fiore: ¡°If a pin dropped in the ocean, we would find it.¡±

    At this time, Pedersen received news from the Australian frigate Darwin. The sonobuoy dropped by their anti-submarine helicopter found an unknown sound source signal and was cruising outward, seemingly trying to escape the fleet's anti-submarine force.  net.

    Pedersen said with a smile on his face: "Although Chinese submarines don't need to come up for air for a long time, in such a cramped anti-submarine formation, it is absolutely impossible to escape our intensive search and destroy the target merchant ship.  It¡¯s not an easy thing, maybe they may choose to set the depth at a certain location and then ambush us, but the choice of the channel is ultimately ours!¡±

    He ordered: "Order the Darwin to enter combat mode immediately and destroy her!"

    After receiving the order, the Darwin pursued the submarine that seemed to have realized that it was exposed, and kept moving forward in panic.

    "What a great opportunity!" Captain Bentley's eyes flashed, but because the opponent was not slow and their anti-submarine aircraft could not lock onto the opponent, the Darwin immediately moved forward and broke away from the formation, chasing the submarine in the direction in which it escaped.  past.

    Pedersen has no objection to the Darwin being detached from the team. It is unrealistic to plan to destroy the Chinese advanced submarines with just one SH-60. Moreover, if all the Seahawk's torpedoes fail, then the professional anti-submarine frigate Darwin  Then you can give it a last-ditch hit.

    Sure enough, two Mk46 torpedoes were launched in succession but neither of them hit the ship that was escaping at high speed. Bentley also sighed on the Darwin: "The speed of Chinese submarines is very good. I wonder if we can also buy them from China."  Their power system will create Australia¡¯s own AIP submarine.¡±

    But before he could finish his thoughts, he suddenly felt his battleship shaking a few times, and the Navigation Commander shouted: "Be careful of the impact!"

    There was no strong explosion, just like being raped by a loverThey touched it lightly, but everyone on the ship looked extremely ugly, because this was an exercise, and all units used simulated ammunition. If it was a real battle, then these few touches just now would probably  It can lift this more than 4,000-ton warship into the air.

    Bentley picked up the communication phone on the ship with a dark face, and a message from the exercise director's department came from it: "FFG04 Darwin hit a mine, was judged to be seriously damaged, and withdrawn from the battle."

    The same news also reached the ears of the originally confident Captain Pedersen. His eyes widened and he kept saying: "That's impossible. The Darwin has clearly received the enemy's audio signal!"

    The combat staff next to him coughed lightly and reminded: "It is most likely a self-propelled hydroacoustic decoy launched by the 333 boat. This Chinese-made thing has a long range and can send out interference information. It will be mistaken for a submarine sailing. The Soviet Union  People have put a lot of effort into this before.¡±

    "Damn! The Chinese could be anywhere now!"

    The combat staff denied: "No, even if the self-propelled hydroacoustic decoy has a very long range, it will not exceed a few kilometers. The Chinese are in our anti-submarine network, and they must be on our left wing, which should make New Zealand  The warships went out to scan the sea area again."

    Pedersen nodded and said: "One ship is not enough, so we sent a signal to the British Royal Navy Amazon and our Berkeley to move to the left. We must catch this mosquito!"

    After receiving the order, the warships of the three countries immediately gathered and formed a Y-shaped standard anti-submarine formation. Through their own sonar and the sonar buoys of the anti-submarine helicopters, they opened a submarine hunting screen on the left side of the fleet as if digging three feet into the ground.  net.  The experienced destroyers and frigates adopted a relatively roundabout trajectory in order to avoid being attacked by torpedoes launched by submarines that raided at close range.

    "Where is it? Where is it?" Captain Lippett of the Amazon was holding back his anger. He insisted on catching this 039A submarine to expose the weak nature of the Chinese navy and prove that no matter how good the warship is, it can only be used by a group of farmers.  Even if they fight, it won't change the fact that their combat power is pathetic.

    It¡¯s just that the more anxious he is to find the submarine, the less he can find her.  Boat 333 is like an assassin in the middle of the night, hiding itself well in the shadows, waiting for its next opportunity to take action.

    More than twenty minutes later, the three anti-submarine ships still could not find the naughty Chinese submarine. Their anxiety became more and more obvious. They tried to use a finer net to catch the 333 boat, but they still found nothing.

    "Where is it?" Pedersen was sweating profusely at this time. It was obvious that this Chinese submarine not only had a good level of silence, but also did not look like a novice in terms of tactical use. By launching a  The hydroacoustic decoy attracted the Darwin to pursue it, leading it into the mine array that he had laid out before. The anti-submarine ship was not a minesweeper. Its own magnetic characteristics were too obvious, and it was destroyed immediately after being triggered.

    When they came up, they successfully killed an escort ship, which made Pedersen and others feel a pressure, like a thick dark cloud hanging over their heads.

    Just when they were about to give up, the enemy himself appeared!

    Four anti-ship missiles suddenly emerged from the water, forming a fan and flying directly over the Ranger from a height of less than 10 meters above the sea towards the core of the fleet.

    "Prepare to impact!" the XO (executive officer, in charge of staff) on the aircraft carrier shouted, because these four anti-ship missiles were fired almost at the same time, and the flying altitude was too low, and even the Phalanx on the aircraft carrier had not had time.  reaction, even anti-ship missiles cannot be aimed at such a low level.

    At the critical moment, these missiles suddenly self-detonated in the air, but one flew too close. After the explosion, some fragments still hit the aircraft carrier's hull. However, the impact was very small, and there was no major damage except for a little scratch.  hinder.

    But this is a simulated bomb!

    "The CV-61 Ranger was hit by four ASMs (anti-ship missiles) on the waterline. The flight deck was shattered, a large amount of water entered the port side, the hull tilted, and it lost its combat capability. The speed was reduced to 11 knots." Someone from the director's department seemed to  The voices were trembling because the scene unfolding in front of them was simply unbelievable.  A lone submarine first used mines and lures to kill a frigate, and then actually hid in the blind spot of the sonar echo, hiding itself on the seabed. It did not slowly surface until several anti-submarine ships were far away.  Following the fleet, we got so close to the aircraft carrier.

    Pedersen slammed the table: "Asshole, your target should be the merchant ship behind us! Why are you attacking us? Why!?"

    But his rationality has not relaxed yet. He knows that because he underestimated the enemy just now, an irreparable gap appeared on his left wing, which also gave the Chinese submarines room to move. In the end, the Chinese made a choice that was completely close to actual combat.A more suitable target - an aircraft carrier.
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