Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 97

Just when Lieutenant Colonel Dihener was feeling a little depressed because of the fate of the Annihilator, his Russian adviser became eager to fight.Colonel Yakov suggested that the captain immediately float the submarine to the depth of the communication antenna to grasp the situation in the entire sea area.Previously, the Chakra had been monitoring the U.S. fleet. In view of the large anti-submarine range of the U.S. aircraft carrier formation, this submarine has been hiding deep in the bottom of the sea without raising the antenna above the water. But since the nature of the mission has changed, let’s learn more about it. It doesn't matter, after all, the amount of information in low-frequency communication is really limited.Soon the encrypted radio communication from the sea confirmed most of the guesses. It was indeed a Chinese submarine that broke into the Bay of Bengal. The request of the Eastern Naval Command was very simple. Find her and destroy it or force it to surface to prove its nationality.

In Yakov's view, India's self-made "Enemy" is at best a technology verification submarine that exists to solve technical problems, just like the early nuclear submarines like Nautilus or K-3.If the Indians are naive enough to put it into actual combat operations, it will be a matter of time before its power part has an accident; but on the contrary, this Akula class is another matter entirely. One of the best and most mature attack nuclear submarines. Maybe the American sea wolf has a slight advantage in some technologies, but at its doorstep, it should not be a problem to find and destroy a Chinese nuclear submarine that is panicking. With the mastery of the underwater acoustic channel, Yakov is sure to greatly increase the detection distance of this submarine.

Alexander Yakov has no ill feeling towards China, and has no concept of being involved in international disputes. He is just a combative veteran. For a long time, he has become a mercenary for money. Ideal The honor and honor have long since left him; on the boat, most Indian sailors never salute him, because he is just a "consultant" without actual command authority, or in other words, the technical support part of a lease contract.The colonel always thought that what he pursued all his life seemed destined to come to an end in this tropical sea.The order from the Indian Naval Command to allow fire suddenly ignited the long-buried desire to fight in this Russian old man who had nothing to do with either side of the conflict. He suspected that his daily prayers were working. All, in fact he was more grateful than any Indian sailor aboard the boat that fate had thrown him into this war.He has been a sailor underwater for half his life, and he has fought with countless submarines-searching, tracking, intercepting, breaking away, everything is familiar to him; but he has never really fired, and this has always been the biggest regret that haunts his heart.

"Look, Colonel, should we adjust our route?" In the command cabin of the Chakra, Captain Dihena asked humbly.Colonel Yakov behind him walked slowly to the chart table, and made a slight gesture on the chart with a ruler; the Indian captain on the side noticed that the Russian adviser was different from his usual attire, and today he specially brought his I don't know what the purpose of that shiny medal is.

"Look, Mr. Captain, this is the sinking site of the "Adversary". It is 190 nautical miles east of Chennai. It is only about... 450 nautical miles away from us. This reminds me of the sea area from Aberdeen to the coast of Norway, maybe It's a little wider, but if the enemy wants to use the depth of the water to escape according to common sense, there are not many paths he can choose. Here...or...here... Unless we move north, we have a very good chance of finding her. Big."

"Colonel, please be more direct." Lieutenant Colonel Dihener then asked. He still didn't know the colonel's overall plan, but he was determined to hand over part of the command. It is safe for an old hand to attack for him, and once the attack is successful, the credit will undoubtedly belong to himself.

"We can adjust the course to 200, stick to Haiti, sail at a quiet low speed, and wait for her to fall into the trap; you know, the average submarine commander always has a little slack in deep water, when they think they have got rid of all Tracking on the surface or in the air will lose patience and increase the speed. Hehe, this reminds me of the British avant-garde missile nuclear submarines I have tracked before. As long as they reach the west of the Faroe Islands, they will drive very fast, just like Like a steer, they thought that the entire North Atlantic could cover them; therefore, it is very important to set up ambushes in key positions, which makes more sense than blind searches."

"Okay, I think I'll do as you say. I hope it's all right, we'll find her and send them to the bottom of the sea with a torpedo, and you know, Colonel Manush is from my country."

"Captain, you won't be disappointed, I promise."

Hundreds of nautical miles away, inside the No. 411 submarine.

Marin finally decided to go to sleep for a while, and the command of the command module was left to the deputy captain Sun Xiangdong and the political commissar Su Changjin.Seeing that India has no further anti-submarine measures, No. 411 has gradually entered the deep sea area again. It seems that the task of leaving the continental shelf has been completed for the most part.

Although various sonar departments are carefully searching for the Virginia-class submarine of the US Navy, since it disappeared, it has never been found.Sun Xiangdong believes that unless active sonar search is used, it is difficult to determine where it is hiding. It may have left long ago, or it may still be nearby; When I want to become the top leader in the future, I may also suffer from the same suspicion as Marin.

"The water here is relatively deep, which makes me feel relieved." Political commissar Su Changjin said.

"That's right, but it will be even more difficult for us to find that American submarine. You know they are not gods, and they will leave flaws when they pass by. It depends on whether we can catch them."

"I think getting rid of it is the priority, where is their skill set and level of training."

"If we don't find it, how can we confirm whether we can get rid of it?"

"I think you are almost as suspicious as the captain. However, for a submarine commander, you are a good character." The political commissar said.

"By the way, do you want to increase the speed?" Sun Xiangdong felt that the current speed was too slow, and now he only crawled a few nautical miles an hour. He wanted to increase the speed.

"I still agree with Marin on this matter. It is not appropriate to increase the speed. You see, we have not been out of combat for a short time. The opponent can easily guess our approximate course on the chart, and then draw a search circle. If We were not careful enough and it wasn't hard to find us."

"Because of this, I think we should break away from this generation and use the strategy of driving at high speed and then stopping and drifting suddenly to detect the enemy's reaction. If there is a nuclear submarine secretly planning to follow us, then it must increase its speed, which is also easy to expose Own."

"I don't agree, and I bet Marin wouldn't agree either." Su Changjin categorically denied this plan, which in his opinion was too risky.

"Old Su, why?"

"How do you know that there is only one American submarine nearby that dare not fire? Remember the long-wave telegram we intercepted? It appeared again after the "Aribi" hit the bottom of the sea. Obviously, it was sent to the ocean Another nuclear submarine." The political commissar analyzed.

"I don't think that would make a big difference, 'Stepla' is the name of a mountain, such a short number of bytes, it doesn't hide too much meaning, there can't be a specific coordinate or other more complicated meaning."

"Don't underestimate the enemy, this is not our doorstep. Once we make a mistake, it will bring great trouble to the country."

The two were arguing, and the sonar monitoring made new discoveries. The sub-array sonar on the starboard side found a weak but coherent signal.Sun Xiangdong walked over to check it out, and it seemed to be a very special ocean background, maybe a huge school of barracuda rolling and swimming by, or a small submersible looking away from the side.He picked up the earphones and put them on his head, listening for a while.

"Look, this fool is really tireless. Have you checked your voiceprint? What about the distance?" Sun Xiangdong asked.

"The comparison between the voiceprint and the recording is in progress, but the voice is too soft and the distance is not easy to grasp. I think it is very close to the voice characteristics intercepted in the past few days." The monitor said, and the second half of the sentence was completely based on experience.

"Well, your whole view is similar to mine, continue to monitor."

After Sun Xiangdong finished speaking, he turned his face away, and the political commissar was waiting for him to speak in doubt.

"It's it again?"

"It's very possible. We can turn a little bit. If it's still on the starboard side after an hour..."

"This is unbelievable. We only have a speed of 6 knots. How could they easily find us?" The political commissar shook his head. Of course, he completely believed in Sun Xiangdong's judgment.Sun Xiangdong is sometimes a little reckless, but his professional ability in all aspects is not bad.

"I also find this strange. We are driving at a low speed deep in the seabed, the noise radiation has been minimized, and the route is quite changeable."

"I consider further reducing the speed of the ship to reduce the pressure of the cooling pump, or shutting down the seawater desalinator." The political commissar said that his suggestions are always conservative. It seemed inappropriate for Marin to make up his mind, so as a last resort, Sun Xiangdong agreed to this method.

"The left rudder is 10, and the depth is increased to 200 meters. After the turn is completed, the speed is reduced to 4 knots. All sonar departments pay attention to listening." Sun Xiangdong ordered in the center of the command cabin.

"Left rudder."

"Shut down, desalinator." He went on to issue a second command through the intercom.

After everything was finished, he waited quietly for a while, and found that the value measured by the vibration detector on the floating raft had decreased very little. After all, he couldn't stop the source of the noise—the reactor cooling device.

(End of this chapter)