"Did he still think about the position of the navy commander?" Fan Wubing asked curiously.
"What's wrong with that? After all, he is already an admiral, and his level and experience are qualified." Fan Heng replied, "What he lacks is just an opportunity, and there is also the support of the senior management."
Fan Wubing still felt a little incredible. He had never seen much of the running officer at this level. Although he had run for his father Fan Heng before, that was different because Fan Heng had already worked as a member of the Standing Committee and Executive Vice Premier, and what he is seeking now is just a normal re-election.
But Chen Guangyi is different. He is just a deputy commander ranked lower now. There are several senior deputy commanders ahead of him, and there are also candidates such as political commissar, deputy political commissar, secretary general, etc. If he wants to rank him, there will be at least five or six people.
In Fan Wubing's opinion, Chen Guangyi's appetite is indeed a little bigger.
But Fan Heng doesn't think so, "It seems that way, but it's not necessarily true. If you choose a commander and is also about seniority, then do you still have the enthusiasm? In fact, the candidates for leaders in key positions are generally not generated by seniority."
Fan Wubing nodded and admitted that what his father said made some sense.
In fact, after reaching this level, everyone is determined to win with steadily.
It is of course best if you can go further, but even if you cannot be straightened, your level can be satisfactory. After all, you are already an admiral, so what else can you not satisfy?
In contrast, many people have been a lieutenant colonel for their whole lives, or are worse than this one. There is really no room for reason. As a human being, there shouldn’t be so extravagant hopes.
The reason why Chen Guangyi came to Fan Heng was because the two of them had dealt with each other before.
More than 20 years ago, when the three and a half years old Fan Wubing made the design sketch of the blizzard torpedo, Chen Guangyi met Fan Heng. Because Fan Heng was mainly responsible for torpedoing, he had a lot of contact with Chen Guangyi in both production and testing. Although he met less later, when it came to this matter, it seemed like he was yesterday.
This is also considered a friendship formed during the battle, so Chen Guangyi dared to go directly to Fan Heng to express his feelings. Fan Heng did not think that Chen Guangyi was a bit unreliable to do this. The key is that the two had a fighting friendship.
According to Fan Heng's son Fan Wubing, after the accident, the leaders of the Military Commission made a special trip to the military base. They personally investigated and learned about the relevant situation, personally boarded the towed submarine, went down to each cabin, carefully checked every battle position, asked about the details in detail, held discussions with the military leaders and relevant experts, and analyzed the cause of the crash together.
In fact, submarine accidents are not uncommon, and navies of various countries have experienced tragedies of submarine accidents. According to incomplete statistics, from the second World War II to 1990, there were about 90 non-combat sunk accidents in submarines in various countries, including fifteen nuclear submarines, more than 600 deaths, and seventy-six conventional submarines.
There are many reasons for the sinking of nuclear submarines, and among conventional submarines, the top three are collisions, water inlets and unknown causes.
There were also submarine crashes in China. In 1959, the Navy 418 submarine crashed after the exercise was completed and was salvaged out of the water two and a half months later. Later, it was towed out of the sea and placed on the playground of Qingdao Naval Submarine Academy, becoming an image textbook for a new generation of submarine soldiers.
In the Martyrs Cemetery on the Zhoushan Islands, there is a group of tombs that are particularly eye-catching. It consists of thirty-eight tombs, with a bluestone stele on the front, with the words "Monkey of the Martyrs' Monument to the 1385th Unit Death". This group of tombs is located on the mountain road in the middle of the Martyrs Cemetery. Standing in front of it, you can just look at the vast East China Sea. These thirty-eight tombs are the officers and soldiers who died when the Navy No. 418 submarine crashed.
For a long time, this is a story unknown to the world, because no deeds were left on the tombstone of the martyrs. Even today, many young people in Zhoushan do not know that more than 40 years ago, there was a group of selfless and fearless Chinese submarine soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the vast East China Sea to explore the combat technical performance of submarines, a cutting-edge weapon at that time. They were a group of silent sea souls.
"The data from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation shows that three parts of the Type 035 conventional submarine have underwater wreck escape ports, namely the torpedo launch tube in the front, the command cabin lifting port in the middle and the life gate cover at the rear lifting port. At the same time, each battle position is also equipped with a single lifesaving gear, which has a mask, a breathing bag with a buoy, and three high-pressure gas cylinders. Even if the submarine hull is damaged and enters water, you can escape with a submersible gear. As long as the water depth does not exceed 60 meters, it will be fine.
It can escape even if it is 60 meters, but it is very dangerous." Fan Heng said to his son Fan Wubing, "The accident happened in shallow sea 50 to 90 meters deep. After the submarine, even if the submarine cannot move due to mechanical failure, the personnel in the submarine should be able to escape with the help of a single life-saving gear. The fact is that all seventy naval officers and soldiers unfortunately died. This can only be explained that all seventy naval officers and soldiers died in a very short time in seconds, and they did not have time to use single life-saving gear."
Although Fan Heng did not personally inspect the crashed submarine, he was a torpedo at the time and was quite familiar with the old-fashioned 035 conventional submarine, so it was very vivid in explanation. Fan Wubing could understand what happened here as soon as he heard it.
According to Fan Heng, a submarine is a metal cylinder, divided into several sections by a metal partition, and the partition is divided into three forms: concave, convex and flat. Taking the retired Type 033 submarine as an example, the pressures they can withstand are twenty, seven and four atmospheric pressures respectively.
"For example, if the partition of your cabin is concave and facing outward, then if your adjacent cabin is unfortunately damaged and water inlet is within 200 meters underwater, your cabin will not be pressed into water. This is different from the commonly understood convex surface, which is more compressively resistant. The compressive strength of the convex surface is only seven atmospheres, which is converted to the hydrostatic pressure at a depth of 70 meters." Fan Heng said.
If a submarine is sailing smoothly underwater, it is necessary to cooperate several sides. Taking the adjustment of the torque difference as an example, when sailing underwater, it is usually a few dozen liters of water, and dozens of liters of water transfer. Therefore, it is particularly taboo to walk back and forth at a large distance, such as walking from the bow to the tail of the boat, because it will make the mechanical and electrical lengths and the elevator drivers work hard again.
The Type 035 submarine has seven compartments, with watertight doors between each compartment. When sailing underwater, the watertight doors of the compartment should be closed tightly. When personnel pass through, they should open and close the watertight doors of the compartment at will. In this way, even if the adjacent compartment is damaged and water inlet will not affect the entire boat. This is stipulated by the regulations.
Based on the above analysis, Fan Heng believes that there was no big explosion in the boat at that time. The crash was caused by a sudden violent fire accompanied by strong leakage of toxic gases, or the high-pressure chamber crash valve for supercharged injection was accidentally opened and lost control. Moreover, because all the watertight doors of the submarine's compartment were opened at that time, the 70 naval officers and soldiers were killed in a very short time in seconds, but the hull of the submarine was not damaged.
The biggest possibility is that the submarine is testing a new weapon. The thirteen additional people on the boat are from scientific research institutions. Since testing new weapons requires the temporary installation of many instruments and equipment on the submarine, and the instruments and equipment are distributed in different compartments and connected with cables, all the watertight doors of the submarine are opened.
"The new weapon for the test should be missiles fired underwater rather than torpedoes, because torpedo fuel can only leak slowly, and it is impossible to suddenly cause a violent fire and a strong leakage of toxic gases. Under normal circumstances, the missile fired underwater is fired after being fired a distance from the boat. However, the missile on the crashed submarine was ignited in the boat for some reason. The violently ejected flames and the toxic gases produced killed all 70 people in the boat in a very short time." Fan Heng said, seeing that his son was a little confused, he explained, "The missiles used for the test do not carry actual warheads, and usually only carry one or two, so the crashed submarine did not have a big explosion, but just burned or poisoned people."
Fan Heng's inference made Fan Wubing think it was more reliable after hearing this. After all, Fan Heng had been on a submarine, tested torpedoes before, and also had some understanding of underwater missile launches, so Fan Wubing thought that his father's words made sense.
And Fan Heng also inferred that the missile tested may be Russian Club-S series submarine-launched missiles. If it is domestically produced, it is unlikely that such a mistake will be made. After all, domestic military-industrial enterprises rarely make mistakes on such issues.
"It seems that using your own things is safer--" Fan Wubing couldn't help but sigh.
However, after saying this, Fan Wubing understood it. It turned out that what Chen Guangyi asked this time was not aimless.
After this incident, the navy will definitely undergo some rectification, especially since the term has just changed, it is impossible to not make some fine adjustments to the military. In recent years, the navy has been dissatisfied with the senior management. Now that such a thing has happened, it is impossible not to dismiss a few important cadres.
However, Chen Guangyi himself was once very familiar with submarines and was also a senior general who has been through many years. He has both grassroots experience and leadership experience. If he can win some nominations, there is still a great possibility of further development.
Especially when the Navy had just had problems, not many people were willing to sit in this seat that looked a bit hot.
Chapter completed!