Otherwise, Le Hai's situation would be very dangerous.
In fact, the current situation Li Hai is facing is far from what the Party, the People, and others worried about. After the Incompetence carried out its anti-submarine deployment, it paid less attention to the No. 53 ship.
The threat on the surface was controllable, and besides, it was just an old frigate. Sweeney and Sherfield had the same opinion—find the AIP submarine underwater first.
After confirming that an unknown pneumonia was spreading on the Discomfort, Li Hai decided to surrender without fighting. Then the intensity of the confrontation would be much lower, and Li Hai was convinced that as long as he did not take action, the other party would not dare to take action easily either.
of.
Therefore, after the No. 53 ship entered the visual distance of the Discomfort, it was like a crowd watching the Discomfort carrying out large-scale anti-submarine deployment. As many as three anti-submarine helicopters were conducting submarine searches, and the detection buoys were deployed one after another.
cast.
Li Hai saw these valuable detection buoys being used one by one, and he was so happy in his heart, it was all money.
He couldn't help but laugh, "If they knew that what they were doing was all useless, their faces would probably turn green, right?"
Chang Haizhou was also in a good mood. The Great Wall in Wuhai had returned to sea for nearly twelve hours. By now, it should be in the western part of Alasuhai. Passing through the island chain there would lead to the South China Sea, and the safety factor would be greatly improved.
Even if I searched for the sonar signatures of fish in the sea, I couldn't find the Great Wall.
Li Hai stood in front of the cabin window with his arms folded and looked ahead. The sky gradually dimmed. The No. 53 ship was about 8 nautical miles away from the Discomfort. The course was the same, heading towards the Luojing Waterway. The two sides seemed to have reached a tacit understanding.
No one takes the initiative to provoke anyone.
The reason why the transfer time of the ship-based interview team was set at 5:30 the next day was because of the range problem of the ship-based helicopter. Only then could we reach a position where the Z-9H ship-based helicopter could fly back to the New Youth Ship after taking off.
Prior to this, Li Hai could not do anything to the Discomfort, and the timing of the action was very clear - the interview team accompanying the ship returned safely to the New Youth Ship.
"Arrange comrades to recharge their batteries tonight and those on duty to be more vigilant." Li Hai said in a deep voice, "After dawn, it will be a tough battle."
"It has been arranged. All cadres are on duty and the soldiers are resting," Chang Haizhou said.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year.
An old-fashioned frigate and an aircraft carrier strike group were traveling in the same direction 8 nautical miles apart, and there was no communication between the two sides during this process. It was just that the old-fashioned frigate was focused on rushing, while the aircraft carrier strike group was running while conducting anti-submarine warfare, which looked a little embarrassed.
In order to save fuel, the No. 53 ship must sail at an economical speed. Therefore, the No. 53 ship moved to the Luojing waterway at about the same speed as the mobile anti-submarine ship. Moreover, the commanders of both sides were subconsciously staring at each other and would not let the other side escape easily.
sight.
It was like a calm night before a storm.
However, it's a different story inside a nuclear black fish underwater.
The command cabin was so quiet that you could hear everyone's heartbeat. The red light that had been on for a long time reflected on everyone's face, making the atmosphere even more solemn.
"Check, get to the bottom of it, we must find out how they discovered us." Zhao Yunlong's voice was very low, and he said this through gritted teeth.
Boatswain Peng Ende said solemnly, "Captain, I have already conducted an investigation and found no violations. Comrades are strictly following the silent operation requirements."
The first mate said, "I reviewed our entire silent tracking, and there was nothing wrong. The noise level of our boat is within the requirements."
"That's weird, how did the Discomfort detect our presence?" The boatswain crossed his arms, puzzled.
Peng Ende is in his forties, a short first-class sergeant major, and his military age is similar to that of deputy division-level Zhao Yunlong. He is an absolutely senior submariner.
Zhao Yunlong looked away from the sonar image and said with emotion, "Yes, how did they realize that we were lurking within their core circle?"
Everyone couldn't understand it.
From the moment the Incompetent strike group moved from the Western Pacific into the Sulawesi Sea, the nuclear-powered attack submarine code-named Blackfish 11 began to follow it all the way to the western Sulawei Sea, without the Inapplicable noticing it.
In another three hours, Blackfish 11 would have achieved the purpose of simulation training and would then evacuate without anyone noticing. Unexpectedly, at the last moment, Zhao Yunlong was surprised to find that the Discomfort suddenly carried out quite intensive anti-submarine deployment.
This made Zhao Yunlong have to wonder which link on his side had gone wrong and led to his whereabouts being leaked.
Seeing that the training requirements were met in three hours, the target suddenly carried out anti-submarine deployment. The efforts of more than thirty hours in the past were in danger of being wasted, which made Zhao Yunlong and others very depressed.
Li Hai did not know the existence of Blackfish 11, and Zhao Yunlong also did not know that a maritime confrontation operation from the West Pacific to the Sulawei Sea was taking place on the water.
This is not due to poor communication, but due to different affiliations.
Although they are all submarines, the nuclear-powered Blackfish series are directly under the command of the Supreme Command, which is completely different from conventional submarines that accept theater commands.
To put it bluntly, surface denial operations do not require the participation of Blackfish series submarines, and they will not participate in such "pediatric" operations.
For nuclear-powered submarines, they are most capable of deterrence when they are cruising covertly in the depths of the ocean, rather than engaging in tactical confrontations with the other party's ships.
Attacking Blackfish is the knife-carrying guard of Strategic Blackfish. Generally speaking, where there is Attacking Blackfish, there must be Strategic Blackfish nearby. However, Blackfish No. 11 went to sea this time for routine training and did not accompany the Strategic Blackfish.
Therefore, without synchronizing the latest intelligence, the Discomfort's anti-submarine deployment against Wuhai's Great Wall made Zhao Yunlong's Blackfish 11 nervous, thinking that his whereabouts had been exposed.
There are not many opportunities for this kind of actual combat training, and it is even more important for the Blackfish 11, which has not been in service for a long time, because it needs to test the silent performance in actual combat environments, which is of great significance to the improvement of subsequent boats.
Seeing the possibility of falling short, Zhao Yunlong and others became depressed and even more nervous.
Analysis from the sonar room continued to come in. The sonar commander Fu Zhenguang suddenly raised his hand. His voice was not loud, but it seemed very abrupt in the quiet cabin, "Captain."
Zhao Yunlong hurriedly walked over and stood behind Fu Zhenguang. Peng Ende and the first officer walked over at the same time and stood on both sides of Zhao Yunlong. Their eyes fell on the comprehensive display screen invariably.
"The target seems to be searching blindly. They don't have a specific area." Fu Zhenguang explained the results of his analysis and handed the hot line chart to Zhao Yunlong.
Through passive detection, he obtained the specific actions of the Unsuitable's anti-submarine deployment, mainly the actions of the anti-submarine helicopters. Fu Zhenguang found that their search did not have a specific target area, which showed a problem - Blackfish 11 was not exposed.
Zhao Yunlong agreed with Fu Zhenguang's conclusion and turned to Peng Ende and said, "There are two possibilities. First, they are conducting routine anti-submarine deployment. Second, there are other submarines operating in this area."
The possibility of Blackfish No. 11 being exposed was ruled out, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Shaking his head, Zhao Yunlong did not relax. He said, "But no matter what the possibility is, the anti-submarine deployment of the Misfit poses a threat to us."
