Red Alert Somalia

"Your Excellency, the electronic jamming has worked, and the other party wants to escape."

When the six submarines were leaving the battlefield at full speed, the sonarman on Ashigara immediately spoke out.However, there was a wonderful change in his face immediately, and there was even a look of fear.

He found that the sonar signals on the seabed, in addition to the six submarine signals, suddenly added hundreds of suspicious signals, and they were just below and around Ashigara.

"Catch up right away and launch anti-submarine missiles..."

Just when Saburo Miyano issued an offensive order, the sonarman interrupted him anxiously, "Captain, there are mines, and there are a lot of mines. We are surrounded."

"What!" Saburo Miyano suddenly burst out of cold sweat on his forehead, saying in disbelief.

"That's right, it's a mine. It's approaching us." The sonar was already shocked and stammered: "It's an ambush mine with a built-in torpedo, a bit like an American mk60 mine. There are many... "

"Hurry up and avoid it." At this moment, Saburo Miyano has only the idea of ​​evasive. Although it is not clear why there are mk60 mines here, it is the current standard anti-submarine weapon of the US military, which is very lethal, but he fully understands that as long as it is so When the mine touches, Ashigara will be very sad.

The ton-weight mines are still self-guided mines, the shell tube equipped with target detection and identification devices, the torpedoes used as warheads, and the charge exceeds 900 kilograms.The shell barrel is made of aluminum alloy, has reserve buoyancy, and can be oriented vertically. The detection and identification device can ensure that the mine detects the target in the water and recognizes and locates the target according to the underwater acoustic characteristics. The target enters the torpedo homing head After the range of action, the torpedo engine is started, and the torpedo is launched from the cylinder.The passive acoustic homing system on the mine began to work, once the Japanese mark was detected.The torpedo is directed to the target.

At this moment, hundreds of mines suddenly appeared.It was originally just lying quietly on the bottom of the sea. When the weak signal of the strong electromagnetic interference signal was transmitted underwater, after the signal wave absorbed most of the energy by the sea, the remaining small signals successfully activated the insurance of these mines.

As a result, all the mines that had been ambushed long ago were all awakened, and Ashigara immediately became their target.

The Japanese never expected that these hundreds of mines had been placed here as early as yesterday, after the whereabouts of Ashigara was detected.The torpedoes were laid out, and to be safe, many other minefields were laid out.This is just one of them.

And this kind of mine, when the US army was in the Vietnam War, left thousands of them to Vietnam, and it is still Vietnam's main marine defense weapon.

Although Japan started these torpedoes itself, once Japan is not fooled, there are still other ways to start these torpedoes.The submarine can emit sonar signals, and it can also activate these mines.

Choosing such a troublesome approach is mainly to ensure the smooth operation of the entire operation, just like the self-confidence of the little Japan.Ashigara's anti-submarine capability is very strong, if it is a submarine and destroyer, it is completely unnecessary.After all, there are many weapons on the destroyer that can threaten the submarine.There are also two anti-submarine helicopters.

These six submarines had any damage, or one was sunk.It would make this sneak attack that originally framed Vietnam instantly fall short.The drama is done.It was time to withdraw, and then take out the truly irresponsible assassin. It would be best to be able to kill this Ashigara, and there would be no loss.

In modern warfare, the use of sea mines as a killer weapon against Aegis destroyers is also fully considered.If this was an American Ali Burke-class destroyer, it would not choose such a method to deal with it.

Japan’s Aegis destroyers are indeed very good in anti-submarine and electronic warfare, but there is a big weakness. Perhaps this weakness is not a weakness in the Japanese view, but as long as it is used properly on the battlefield, it can definitely make Little Japan is very tragic.

In Japan’s latest Aegis system, there is no remote remote mine hunting system integrated with underwater combat systems. If it is in the naval formation combat system, this small factor can be compensated by other warships, but in separate operations , Is a big loophole.

It was because of military expenditures that the Japanese gave up the comprehensive Aegis system. Now Japan has to pay for this decision.

Hundreds of torpedoes densely surrounded Ashigara. The shell of the mines fell off at the same time, and the torpedoes inside were activated at the same time. Hundreds of torpedoes came straight to Ashigara. The whole scene was extremely spectacular.

If it’s during the day, if you look down from a high altitude, you can clearly see that under the sea around Ashigara, one after another two-meter-long torpedoes pull out long white belts and rush towards the warship.

However, Ashigara did not wait for death quietly, but opened all the weapons on his body in an instant. Hundreds of depth charges were ejected, causing a series of huge explosions in the surrounding sea. I hope these depth charges can be destroyed. These torpedoes.

The two phalanx systems also laid a dense firepower net over a large area of ​​the sea in the distance.The heavy machine gun shooters on both sides kept pouring bullets toward the sea.

No one on the entire warship spoke, only clear and audible gasping, hundreds of torpedoes, the farthest was no more than two kilometers, and the closest one was even two to three hundred meters away.In this case, the release of induced torpedoes and any evasive methods are all in vain.

In addition to destroying these close torpedoes as much as possible, all they have left is prayer. Maybe Amaterasu can bless them and escape this disaster.

However, with hundreds of torpedoes, in such an urgent space, it is almost impossible to intercept 100% of them even if there are a few more warships.

This was an ambush with no tactics to speak of. Those hundreds of torpedoes were more effective than any tactic.

These torpedoes, like flies, rushed straight towards Ashigara. Although many torpedoes were detonated by depth charges, machine guns and machine gun barrage, some torpedoes passed through the fire net and rushed towards Ashigara.

A series of four torpedoes passed through the firepower net. Amid the countless horror sounds on the warship, the huge metal hull quickly rammed towards the end of his fate.

Looking at the four approaching torpedoes, even though the helmsman had played for a long time to avoid, the torpedoes were too close, and the result was that the shadows enveloped every Japanese crew member.

"Boom!" The shocking explosion sounded at the moment when the torpedo touched the hull of the ship, and huge waves splashed under the hull of the Asigara. The huge energy generated by the explosion not only set off a water column tens of meters high, but also A large hole several meters wide was torn through the solid shell of Ashigara.

The turbulent water poured into the cabin in an instant, and the warship trembling violently in the explosion also slowly tilted. Every Japanese naval soldier could even hear the crunch of the hull being squeezed. It was the warship groaning. , Like a person who was shaved, let out a painful gasp.

The matter is not far over yet, and two torpedoes hit again, making this 10,000-ton destroyer face the danger of sinking.The sea water poured in from the damaged part of the hull, the water level began to rise, and the sound of life-saving and the warning of the hull of water entering, as if the god of death was blowing the final countdown to life.

The turbulent sea is the cruelest enemy for today's Ashigara. Multiple compartments were instantly closed, but the turbulent sea still could not be stopped.After the seawater flooded the entire powerhouse, Ashigara's power was completely lost, and the power room quickly suffered. Not to mention the loss of power, the entire warship lost its power.

All the electronic equipment on the warship was completely black, and Saburo Miyano could only hear a desperate report, and the hull was seriously tilted. This new pride of the Japanese Navy has really entered the countdown.

"Start the backup power system immediately." Saburo Miyano is still unwilling to watch his beloved warship destroyed.

The huge explosion and the tilt of the hull made everyone unsteady. Some people were surprised that they were still alive, and some people had no chance to open their eyes.

"Captain, there is no chance." When the backup power was turned on, some electronic equipment began to return to normal operation, but when the situation of the hull appeared in front of everyone, there was only deep despair.

Three holes with a diameter of more than four meters appeared in the hull, and the means of sealing each cabin and the emergency closing of the water inlet cabin slowed down the sinking speed of Ashigara a bit, but this also eased the sinking trend.

"Absolutely not sinking..." The roar of Miyano Saburo just came out. The already severely tilted Ashigara was hit by a torpedo once again. This time the torpedo hit the bow of the ship. The entire bow was completely detonated under the violent explosion. Was flattened.

"Captain, we have no chance. There are at least dozens of torpedoes around us." The first officer ran over and grabbed Saburo Miyano by the collar and shouted loudly.

Miyano Saburo, who still wanted to struggle, looked at the young chief mate in front of him and the youthful sailors around him, and then at the hull that was almost unstable. Finally, he shouted with difficulty: "Abandon the ship!"

Although he really wants to carry forward the tradition of the Rising Sun Navy, it is definitely not today. He is responsible for the lives of these young naval officers.This is a difficult decision, but it is also a decision that has to be made.

With the direct hits of four torpedoes, plus a large number of torpedoes in the distance, Ashigara was hopeless.

The navy soldiers on the bridge began to escape. As for the officers and soldiers in the engine room and inside the hull, it is luck to escape at this moment, and it is fate not to escape.No one thought that the mighty Atago-class destroyer Ashigara would actually end up like this, buried under a group of torpedoes.

ps: There is one more tonight!