Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 100
"Distance 75 chains, bearing 255. Within half a minute, it opened at least 4 torpedo tubes."

"Damn it, you actually hid closer than Virginia." Sun Xiangdong said, this situation was completely beyond his expectation.Captain Marin is still standing in the center of the command module, that is, behind the periscope; he seems to be patiently waiting for the other party's next reaction, but it is obvious that the next reaction is undoubtedly to launch a torpedo.

"Launched, high-speed propellant, the sound is very sharp, it seems to be a Russian torpedo." The sonar monitor said, because the Chinese navy also often uses Russian-made 53 series acoustic homing torpedoes in exercises, so he is very Be sure to hear a similar torpedo.

"Is it coming towards us?" Marin suddenly asked a very strange question.

"At least one is headed towards us. It's still firing... A third torpedo has also been fired."

"Full speed forward, full right rudder, emergency dodge."

Submarine No. 411 began to turn sharply. At the same time, after checking the initial track of the torpedo, Marin added some new orders, including increasing the speed to 20 knots, although this speed was still only one third of the maximum speed of the Russian torpedo. However, it can provide sufficient turning efficiency and is more effective when dodging.

"The other two headed for Virginia."

"Great, torpedo type?"

"Some kind of homing torpedo, very fast."

On the electronic chart, all the tracks that can be collected are clearly displayed, including the hiding Virginia class, which is now in a more dangerous position than No. 411, because it is closer to the torpedo and trails It has 2 torpedoes.

"Some kind of acoustic homing torpedo?" Marin asked.

"Looks like they are, no active sonar was detected."

"Speed?"

"Acceleration stopped, about 40 knots now."

The listener's guess may be right, the opponent's torpedo's speed is not too high, which more or less shows that it must rely on its own passive sonar to search for targets, rather than sailing according to the submarine's instructions.If it is not afraid of cavitation causing the search range to fail, it can swim faster.As for why the expected fourth bomb was not launched, Marin can only judge for the time being that the Indian captain has left behind some backhands, but he knows that as long as he escapes this blow, the opponent behind his butt will not have a second shot. Second chance.

About 7 nautical miles away, the 9000-ton "Chakra" is turning slowly.In the command cabin, Colonel Yakov was not entirely satisfied with the surprise attack, as one of the torpedo launches had failed.Before the launch, the torpedo cabin had checked the state of the impeller pumps in the first-stage torpedo tubes of No. 1 to No. 4 torpedo tubes. The torpedo chief ensured that these torpedoes were in a complete state, but when the torpedo chief pulled down the launch handle, a torpedo in the No. any movement.It was a troublesome situation, not only because there was one less torpedo out there, but also because the Chakra was now in a dangerous wartime malfunction.In addition to being very superstitious, the Indian sailors on this submarine also have insufficient training. It will be a problem to get the torpedo out of the torpedo tube in time.

"Captain, we must quickly eliminate that failure." Yakov said to Captain Dihena.

"I've sent my mate to the torpedo bay and tried to get that torpedo out, but you mustn't turn the aisle, and...don't increase your speed...I'm worried..." said the captain, worried that the rapid If the rudder is turned incorrectly, the dismantling operation will be deviated, and the torpedo may fall off the shelf.

"I see, we can turn slowly." Yakov could only agree. He also knew what would happen if the torpedo filled with hydrogen peroxide fell due to the excessive tilt of the bottom plate. He also knew that the perennial vegetarian The Indian sailors will be a little powerless when dealing with a torpedo of one and a half tons, so he can only give up the pursuit. Now all his hopes are pinned on the 3 torpedoes outside, hoping that they will not all miss the target.

No. 411 has accurately discovered that the Virginia on the side began to accelerate vigorously. The person driving this boat is definitely not a waste. Affects the tracking ability of torpedo passive sonar.The speed is undoubtedly an advantage of Virginia. In just 2 minutes, its speed has increased to 29 knots. This speed has far exceeded the speed of No. 411. It seems that it is very sure to run out of the range of the trailing torpedo.

"Right rudder 70." Marin suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Sun Xiangdong asked.He couldn't understand this command for a while, because most homing torpedoes will calculate the turn lead, which means that meaningless turns will give them an advantage in the inner circle, and the only result is that they will catch up faster.

"This old dog's speed is too fast, we can't let it speed up and run away so easily, we have to get on its course." Sun Xiangdong said, the "it" he said obviously refers to Virginia.No one could have guessed that Marin, who had always been cautious, would suddenly become so crazy.He actually wants to take advantage of the leading position to seize the channel of the US nuclear submarine.

"It is very likely that they will collide with each other, so the loss outweighs the gain." The political commissar stopped.

"Don't worry, I will be careful, this is the best way to get rid of the torpedo, just wait and see." Marin said with a smile.

The 6000-ton No. 411 began to turn quickly. She was fearless in the face of 2 huge attack nuclear submarines and 3 torpedoes, and was preparing to make full use of her positional advantages to deal with them.

The commander of the USS Virginia may have been worried about the trailing torpedoes, or the cavitation effect caused by the high speed and the explosion of a large number of air curtain bombs limited the capability of the bow and side sonar. The approaching action did not respond in time.During the acceleration process, she fired several air curtain bombs that interfered with the torpedoes backwards, and the huge explosion decoyed one of the torpedoes. These screaming Russian-made torpedoes have average turning performance, and once they miss the target, it is difficult to turn back and make a second attack.

When Virginia just returned to 300 meters from a depth of 250 meters, she still maintained an amazing speed of 25 knots.Only then did it discover that the Chinese submarine appeared in a very close leading position and hit it straight.Seeing that any manoeuvres on the horizontal plane were useless, it could only gamble on luck—either up or down.

"The air curtain bomb is launched. Balance the helmsman, lean forward at 30 degrees, and maneuver at a large angle." Marin shouted.No one knows whether his previous guarantee will be effective. Although judging from the track, the huge Virginia is still about 450 meters away from the bow, but these electronic data are not so real, because the detection based on sound waves has Great delay.

"Report, the trailing torpedo is close to 10 chains away. Our turn failed to shake it off."

"Leave it alone, let it follow." Marin shouted, and Sun Xiangdong touched its thinking a little bit. Perhaps his turning was not just to prevent the US nuclear submarine from escaping with its speed advantage.

The balance helmsman pushes hard forward on his rudder stick.The submarine tilted downward with a huge slope. If the Virginia in front repeated the same action, No. 411 might hit its midship. Of course, if it collided like this, No. 411 might take advantage of it.

The U.S. military commander in Virginia disappointed Marin. He reacted quickly and pulled up quickly; when the two air curtain bombs fired by Marin exploded violently, No. 2 had already rubbed Virginia's keel and ran into a deeper hole. area.And when the torpedo that just lost its target drilled out of the air bubble, it had to follow an optimized program to choose a target with a closer distance and a louder sound.The torpedo exploded near Virginia's sail cover, which was not the most deadly location, but it still blew up the outer hull and destroyed all the various antennas on the upper part.The submarine had no other choice but to use its huge inertia to rush towards the sea.

On the calm Indian Ocean, a huge Qatari liquefied natural gas ship "Algaria" is sailing eastward quietly. The destination of this huge natural gas ship is far away in Japan.The Philippine captain Santos has been on this lonely route for many years. Recently, he discovered a new joy to pass the boring time at sea, which is to constantly shoot videos on the sea, and then connect to The global area network formed by Maritime Satellite is on the video website connected to the Internet. Of course, these expensive satellite usage fees are all paid by wealthy ship owners.In the first half of the year, Santos successfully captured a video of a group of sharks attacking dolphins, and the number of hits on YOUTUBE was once very high.Now whenever he is in the cab, there is a digital video camera on the console.He thought it would be nice if he could get a shot of Indian Ocean blue whales crossing the equator.As the saying goes, if you are prepared, you may be able to take more exciting pictures, who knows?

Santos in the cab was startled by the sudden surge of sea waves and the huge explosion that followed. Of course, he would not immediately know that it was a Russian torpedo detonated by an air curtain bomb launched by Virginia. He thought something was wrong with his dangerous goods ship.

Immediately, there was another huge underwater explosion, this time very close.The huge waves hit the port side of the big ship directly.Then, when the huge Virginia-class submarine drilled out of the water from the side of the "Algaria", Santos couldn't believe his eyes. It can be seen that its conning tower was blown to pieces, and the rubber layer on the front deck has been curled up.

Sanchez suddenly realized that it was time for him to become famous, and maybe CNN or the BBC would pay a high price to buy such news.He decisively ordered the main engine to slow down, then desperately ran to the stern, and took pictures of the huge submarine that was still moving slowly with his video camera.He saw a sailor emerge from the poor sail cover, and in no hurry to inspect the damage, he put up an American flag there, as if eager to identify himself to some dork in the middle of the ocean.

4.5 nautical miles away, Captain Dihener also saw this scene through the periscope.He suddenly had some kind of ominous premonition just now, and decisively interrupted the Russian adviser's request to continue the pursuit, and he floated up to the periscope position.He found himself making the right decision, but it was too late.

(End of this chapter)