Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 96 The Old Sailor

The Annihilator slanted to one side, lying on the bottom of the sea. It had lost its power and balance, and could not leave the bottom of the sea by its own power or buoyancy. The colonel's order to urgently seal the rear compartment took effect. The damaged rear pressure The seawater in the pipeline of the water-carrying tank has not entered the bow part of the boat for the time being, but the order of the colonel to float up urgently did not work. In fact, most of the pipelines in the second half of the tank have been damaged or cannot be controlled. They were all drowned by seawater, only the front of the submarine could still be maintained with the support of backup power; the steam released from the primary loop cooling pump was quite radioactive, and those who survived had more or less been exposed to these emissions. In addition, the explosion caused a large hole of about one square meter in the front of the shielding layer. Everyone on board had been exposed to a large dose of neutron radiation in a short period of time (sea water entered Finally, it blocks most of the neutron radiation.) The end of life is only a matter of time for these people.

Long after No. 411 slowed down, the sound of desperate knocking on the bottom of the sea could still be heard far away. It was probably the sound of the crew knocking on the metal boat wall. All these messages are without any encryption.Being able to receive radio signals on the bottom of the sea is surprising in itself (since the two boats are at the same depth that can accept ultra-long wave communication), and what surprised Marin even more is that these desperate calls basically exposed the situation of the "Arivenger" station. At the same time, Marin can judge from the telegram that the Arihant did not shirk responsibility to the Chinese submarine.Although 2 hours ago, he and the unknown Indian commander were rivals, but now the fact that his colleague is slowly waiting to die at the bottom of the sea inevitably triggered a trace of sadness in Marin's heart.He was sure the commander of the Virginia that had started all the trouble felt the same way now.A submarine is actually a desperate tin can. If she is hit, there is no concept of casualty percentage; Army troops may be able to withstand 100% casualties and then withdraw from the battle to rest, but at a depth of [-] meters, everyone becomes No one can escape easily (although there is already a rescue capsule design that allows some people to escape from a wrecked submarine, but such an example has not happened in actual combat).

"Report, the American submarine has slipped away, but we have recorded its sound signature. It will not be so easy next time it dares to approach." Sun Xiangdong said, he has not been in the command cabin for two hours, and It was hiding in the sonar listening room to study the sound characteristics of the American submarine.

"Marked where it last disappeared?"

"Of course, we tracked it for 15 minutes, and then it slowed down and disappeared into the background."

"We still have to admit the technical difference." Marin shook his head and said, seeming to have some approval for the American submarine.

"But old horse, when do you think we were targeted by this beast?" Sun Xiangdong asked. He still called the submarine a "beast", which shows that the hatred is still there.

"Perhaps it was when the USS Washington was discovered. I didn't expect their anti-submarine capabilities to be so strong. Of course, it may also be other times. Unless the captain is captured alive, the truth will never be known."

"Do you think they used Autonomous Unmanned Submarines (AUVs)?"

"I'm sure of that, they're hiding far away and plotting, they must have used something like that, and it just so happens that we were at a low speed before and could easily be overtaken by these small submersibles. Unfortunately, we've been keeping an eye on these devices The reconnaissance capabilities and noise signature of the aircraft are poorly understood."

"However, I don't think it will be so easy if they repeat their old tricks." Sun Xiangdong said, seeming to hide a hint of pride.

"Oh? Why are you so sure?"

"Hehe, I went to the listening room just now and checked some side array sonar records, and I did find something," said the deputy captain.

"Go ahead." Marin asked eagerly.

"I looked at the voiceprint records in recent days. Our sonar is not without discovery. There are always some surrounding sound signals, which alternately appear on the port or starboard side. However, sonar monitors or electronic systems often They think that it is some special ocean background signal that cannot be measured, and filter it out. Of course, there is nothing wrong with their approach. The ocean background noise is quite complicated, and the human ear can only focus on regular or familiar sound signals, that is, on what we generally think of as the 'principal threat'."

"Well, you're right." Marin hurriedly urged him to continue.

"I re-listened to the situation on the port side of the explosive before it exploded several times. In fact, there is still a distinguishable movement, and there is a pattern. I believe I have found the characteristics of this thing."

"Great, don't tell me sooner."

"I just discovered it too. However, the sonar room has already filtered out the background noise in these tiny sound features in the recording, and amplified them in a single column. If they repeat the old tricks, I believe it will not be so easy to slip past."

Visakhapatnam, Eastern Indian Naval Command.Lieutenant General Vijaypat just got the most terrible news in his life, India's first domestically produced nuclear submarine is finished.

He hesitated for a long time, and finally picked up the phone almost tremblingly, and notified the matter to the Ministry of Defense.Singer's reaction was within his expectations. He began to blame him and the command of the Navy Command. After the lieutenant general listened numbly to the reprimand for a few minutes, Singer finally stopped and said: This is not the first incident in this war. A group of victims will not be the last, and history will prove that such sacrifices are inevitable and valuable.Then Singer stepped in again and asked the Navy to deploy personnel to try to rescue the survivors.Lieutenant General Vijaypat went all out and did not go around the bend. He said that the rescue is very unrealistic. The water depth there is 120 meters. India does not have such rescue equipment. Moreover, the Arihant was designed to add ballistic missiles under the rear deck. Part of the rescue capsule will be canceled.

Then Singer was silent for a while, admitting that the rescue was impractical.He quickly vented his anger on the Chinese nuclear submarine that was still at large in the Bay of Bengal, and thought of a new idea to turn defeat into victory. He asked the lieutenant general to strictly order the "Chakra" attack nuclear submarine to rush to the sea area, and force the Chinese submarine out no matter what. surface or sink to the bottom of the sea.

Singh further added on the phone that the Prime Minister is about to start an important state visit to the United States in more than ten hours. The success or failure of this operation will directly affect the development of US-India relations, which are difficult to get out of the country.Vijapat said cautiously that he is just a soldier who cannot understand such advanced diplomatic logic.Singer thought for a while, and told the lieutenant general a secret. The location information of the Chinese submarine was provided by the United States. Facts have proved that the Americans are not joking; therefore, be sure to find the submarine and kill her.

The lieutenant general did not dare to disobey the Minister of Defense's wishes, and verbally agreed to the plan.

150 nautical miles west of Smith Island.The "Chakra" (the Russian Cheetah) sailing at a medium speed in the deep sea received a special order from the headquarters: 1470 SATPURA.

Within dozens of hours, the Chakra has received this command for the second time. Just as the translator on No. 411 guessed, this is a simple password, which saves precious words in low-frequency communication. The number of sections is not easy to be guessed, and of course the amount of information is also very small.

The number 1470 is the code name of the Chakra, and satpura is a mountain in central India. In the code book of the Chakra, this word means search and return and permission to fire, so the submarine immediately departed from the southern waters of Smith Island. Ended the surveillance of the US aircraft carrier formation, and quickly turned back to Chennai, the departure port.

While the submarine was returning, it also received the ultra-long-wave distress signals sent by the Arihant several times. These unencrypted messages revealed the location of the Arihant accident and information about the Chinese submarine.The commander of the Chakra has guessed the seriousness of the matter. There is no doubt that a Chinese nuclear submarine is hiding in a certain channel fleeing the Bay of Bengal.

The current command system of the "Chakra" is very wonderful. On the surface, the highest commander is Lieutenant Colonel Dihena, but the lieutenant colonel has not been on board for a long time. His past command experience has been in a small ship. On the conventional submarines made in Germany, everyone is not familiar with large nuclear submarines, and the level of boat operation is also very average, so the real order is often Colonel Alexander Vladimir Yakov, an experienced Russian submarine expert and consultant.

The 55-year-old Colonel Yakov has no specific position, but he is the oldest person on this submarine. When he was young, he served as the commander of the Alpha-class attack nuclear submarine in the Northern Fleet. At close range, tracking the Ohio or Vanguard-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines of the United States and Britain, obtained a large amount of data and information on enemy submarines, and won a Lenin Medal for this.It is said that once, the submarine under his command went deep into the sea off Faslane, Scotland, and used a periscope to photograph a piece of light in the port.The colonel has commanded a wide variety of attack nuclear submarines, from the Alpha class to the Shark II class, and he is a very formidable commander.Now he has been given a concession to India along with this submarine as part of a $10 billion contract between India and Russia. The only task is to teach Indian commanders to be familiar with the operation of attacking nuclear submarines. The lease agreement also reads: In the war in India Under the circumstances, he can also choose whether to assist the Indian commander to participate in the battle according to the situation, which has nothing to do with the Russian Federation.

(End of this chapter)