What the captain of a national submarine lacks the most is experience, and Sun Xinchang is no exception...

As the only Korean submarine captain who survived the Dokdo War, although Sun Xinchang failed to create a miracle between himself and the South Korean submarine force in the Dokdo War, he was also considered a "old" of the South Korean submarine force. He has more capital than those newcomers who serve after 2022 and go to the United States to "gilded".

From a personal point of view, Sun Xinchang does not advocate war with North Korea because it will fight the Republic.

During the Dokdo War, Sun Xinchang was able to survive, which was closely related to several Republican submarines entering the Sea of ​​Japan at that time. If those submarines had not appeared at a critical moment and "scared away" the Japanese submarine, Sun Xinchang would have become the first submarine captain to the South Korean Navy in the Dokdo War.

Later, if Liu Zongchun had not taken the extremist line, Sun Xinchang would have probably come to the Republic to "seek the scriptures".

Even if the submarine performance is not considered, the quality of submarine officers and soldiers, especially the captains, the South Korean Navy is never as good as the Republic Navy. In several naval battles in the 211th century, there were the Republic Navy submarines, and the Republic Navy's submarines were the final winners. The Indian Navy's submarines lost completely in the Fourth India-Pakistan War, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's submarines were defeated by the Republic's submarines in the East China Sea War. According to outside rumors, even the US Navy's submarines were defeated by the Republic's submarines in the East China Sea War!

When fighting with the Republic's Navy, the first thing you have to do is consider the Republic's submarine!

Although the performance of the 2211 class submarine is very advanced and can be regarded as a good player among AIP conventional submarines, it is still much worse than that of the Republic's all-electric submarines, and even less than those "nuclear-powered hybrid submarines".

Sun Xinchang did not want to be a victim of Liu Zongchun's personal ambitions, but his identity as a soldier forced him to execute orders.

On December 17, 2024, the "Li Zhenzhong" commanded by Sun Xinchang quietly left the Busan Military Port.

What made Sun Xinchang feel ironic is that Li Zhenzhong was his classmate in the Submarine Academy. The two of them served on the same submarine for three years. The relationship is very good. Because Li Zhenzhong died in the Dokdo War. So he had to drive a submarine named after his classmates to run towards the sea like a bottomless abyss! If he could make the decision, Sun Xinchang hoped to give another name to the submarine. Because no one wanted to "sacrifice" the submarine he drove.

Fortunately, the Navy did not arrange specific combat missions for the "Li Zhenzhong".

Because the Republic had not participated in the war when the "Li Zhenzhong" went to sea, and the North Korean Navy did not have decent warships. Therefore, the six submarines at the first place of departure carried out the "combat readiness patrol" mission to prevent potential enemies.

Combat readiness patrol means that Sun Xinchang can decide on the submarine patrol route within the naval waters formulated by the Navy.

It was not until December 20 that Sun Xinchang received the news that the Republic had joined the war!

The patrol waters of the "Li Zhenzhong" were transferred from northeastern Jeju Island to southwest Jeju Island. They used the US aircraft carrier battle group where they were active in the Yellow Sea at that time. The "Li Zhenzhong" went south from the east of Jeju Island and arrived at the designated naval areas without any danger. They lurked on a continental shelf basin suitable for lurking.

No one among the officers and soldiers guessed that the Republic was about to attack Jeju Island. If Sun Xinchang "pretends to be deaf and dumb", let the "Li Zhenzhong" continue to patrol the waters designated by the navy. More than 30 officers and soldiers, including Sun Xinchang, are expected to survive until the end of the war, and then surrender to North Korea or surrender to the United States; if Sun Xinchang expresses his thoughts, those officers and soldiers poisoned by Liu Zongchun will definitely ask to ambush the Republic's aircraft carrier battle group or intercept the landing fleet. All officers and soldiers, including Sun Xinchang, are likely to have only the last few dozen hours of their lives left!

After a fierce ideological struggle, Sun Xinchang chose to be loyal to the duties of a soldier.

Liu Zongchun is also the president of South Korea. As a Korean man, he should obey orders!

Before the early morning of the 7th, the "Li Zhenzhong" turned to 330 degrees and advanced to the westward direction at a speed.

I have to admit that Sun Xinchang's judgment is very accurate.

The material consumption of the aviation battle group is very amazing. Sooner or later, the supply ships will be merged into a relatively safe sea area to carry out supply operations. There is no doubt that the aircraft carrier battle group of the Republic Navy will choose the supply sea area to the west rather than the east. Even if the aircraft carrier has enough self-sustainment, the landing fleet will head from the west to Jeju Island.

The submarines maneuvered westward, and the chances of sneak attacks increased greatly.

Because the submarine's speed is very slow, you can only choose a larger cutting angle.

After nearly 20 hours of slow navigation, the "Li Zhenzhong" approached the aircraft carrier battle group.

At 17 o'clock, the passive sonar of the "Li Zhenzhong" measured the course and speed of the aircraft carrier battle group, and could even distinguish the noise emitted by the aircraft carrier and the escort warship. This shows that the distance between the "Li Zhenzhong" and the aircraft carrier battle group will not exceed 80 kilometers, and it has entered the "ideal range" of the anti-ship missile.

Sun Xinchang did not take risks because anti-ship missiles pose little threat to aircraft carrier combat groups.

The "Li Zhenzhong" is still approaching the aircraft carrier battle group at an extremely slow speed, and Sun Xinchang is preparing to launch an attack with torpedoes.

At this time, Sun Xinchang discovered the problem.

At less than 20 o'clock, the three aircraft carriers were dispersed. In addition to the one that had already met with the supply ship, the other two were sailing at a speed of more than 3c knots, and the duration exceeded the time it took to eject dozens of fighter jets!

Obviously, the two aircraft carriers did not launch a fighter jet, but were intentionally sailing at high speed.

There is only one purpose for high-speed navigation of aircraft carriers: avoid submarines!

This sign shows that the other party had long anticipated that there would be submarines nearby. Since they expected that there would be submarines, the anti-submarine alert would definitely be very strict and there would be no slack.

In other words, there must be a submarine from the Republic nearby!

Just as Sun Xinchang was hesitating whether he should continue to approach, something else happened.

Passive sonar discovered five very obvious noise signals. Although they were not sent by the Republic submarine, but were 5 conventional submarines that also belonged to the South Korean Navy, Sun Xinchang was still very shocked. The 5~South Korean submarines were like heavy cavalry in the Cold Weapon Age, regardless of possible threats, approaching the Republic's aircraft carrier at a speed of 8 knots.

This is not a death sentence, so what?

In addition to being shocked, Sun Xinchang saw the opportunity.

At 211:35, Sun Xinchang ordered the speed to be reduced to 2 knots and followed behind the five submarines.

If those five submarines can deflect the Republic submarine, the Li Zhenzhong can take this opportunity to attack the airline. Even if they cannot approach the aircraft carrier, they can still attack the Republic submarine that exposed their whereabouts.

Whether it is sinking an aircraft carrier or a submarine, the Li Zhenzhong will not return empty-handed.

Sun Xinchang believes that he has fulfilled his duties as a soldier and has made the best efforts within his ability. Whether he can achieve results depends on the development of the battle situation! (To be continued,)

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