The captain of the No. 1 boat of the Soryu-class submarine formation took the lead in entering the new attack position.
For more than an hour, his heart had been hanging near his throat.
Because he didn't know whether he would be discovered by the anti-submarine helicopters hovering in the sky - if he unfortunately entered the opponent's sonar detection range while sneaking, the possibility of being discovered was quite high.
Therefore, from the very beginning, the captain of boat No. 1 chose the route very carefully, trying to avoid entering the detection range of the aircraft carrier formation No. 001, and controlling the speed, trying to arrive before the opponent's formation entered the attack position.
At this time, Huang Fang's various forces are in an extremely subtle tacit understanding——
The three submarines had not communicated with each other before, but the last two submarines followed silently and maintained the battle formation.
The blue team's Joint Staff and Intelligence Reconnaissance Department have been using long waves to send instructions to the submarine formation, informing them of the direction of the No. 001 aircraft carrier formation and the detailed coordinates and location of the opponent's ship.
Although this is an unauthorized action, no matter how angry the Blue Joint Staff is, everything must be done after the attack.
Perhaps the three Soryu-class submarines have no chance of returning, and the three captains have no chance of standing in the dock of a military court.
After the three submarines arrived at the predetermined location, they immediately stopped submersing, activated silent mode, shut down all facilities other than necessary, minimized noise, and entered the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" mode again.
"Sir, the red team's 001 formation has arrived at our left front, direction 313, 118 kilometers away, and is expected to enter the attack range within two hours."
The communication officer on the boat received the latest intelligence sent by the intelligence and investigation department and quickly reported it to the captain.
"Order all departments on the boat to be on standby. From now on, everyone must stick to their posts and are not allowed to leave without permission. The torpedo room operators have entered the combat state, and the missiles have been loaded and entered the ready-to-launch state, waiting for my order to launch an attack!"
"yes!"
The communications officer replied softly and turned around to make the announcement.
The captain of boat No. 1 rubbed his sweaty hands, took a deep breath, and began what was not a long but the longest wait.
after an hour.
The situation suddenly changed.
First, the communications officer received information from Huang Fang's intelligence department, informing him that the 001 aircraft carrier formation seemed to have stopped moving forward.
At first, I thought it was entering a sensitive sea area and temporarily reduced the speed and increased the anti-submarine level to ensure safety - this practice is not uncommon.
When a formation enters a sensitive sea area, the ships in the formation will take turns dispatching ship-based anti-submarine helicopters and early warning aircraft to conduct high-level alert and reconnaissance of both the sea and the air. After ensuring the safety of the sea area, the ships will take turns to perform early warning missions.
There are four Z-18s on one 001 alone, not to mention the other warships accompanying it, which is enough to carry out reconnaissance and early warning of the surrounding sea and airspace 24 hours a day in a group of 3-4 aircraft.
No matter how advanced the shipborne radar detection equipment is, it cannot violate the laws of nature. The curvature of the earth determines that relying solely on shipborne radar for reconnaissance will create blind spots. Only by cooperating with early warning aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft to search together will the safety index be improved.
Twenty minutes passed.
Another piece of information from Huang Fang's intelligence investigation department came.
This time, the information told to the Canglong-class submarine is that the No. 001 aircraft carrier formation has completely stopped.
"Really stopped?!"
A big question mark rose in the mind of the captain of boat No. 1.
"Which song is it singing from?"
The aircraft carrier formation No. 001 did not follow common sense and stopped once before.
This time, I thought that after they restarted their advance, they would go to Xianlai Island to deal with those patrol boats of Haishang Hall.
Later the patrol boat withdrew.
There seems to be no point in the red team's formation heading to Xianlai Island.
However, according to the estimated route, they were heading to Xianlai Island.
Maybe they just go there to set up defenses and control the sea area to prevent Huang Fang from entering and causing trouble again.
Unexpectedly, it has stopped again now.
"hold on."
The captain of the No. 1 boat had no choice but to ask all the officers and soldiers on the boat to wait patiently.
Apart from this, there seems to be no other way.
withdraw?
I came all the way here and didn't catch anything. The flight mother didn't even see it, so I just retreated?
Of course not willingly!
What's more, I am now very close to the red team's aircraft carrier formation. If I slip up during the retreat and are discovered by an anti-submarine helicopter or the 039C lurking within 100 kilometers of the formation, I will really lose everything.
.
The gambler has made a heavy bet and it is impossible to stop.
Can only wait.
However, what awaited was not good news.
But it was a bolt from the blue.
Huang Fang's intelligence investigation department sent news for the third time.
The news this time is that aircraft carrier No. 001 took off a batch of 16 carrier-based aircraft in the direction of Xianlai Island.
The Intelligence Investigation Department analyzed that these records were directed at the four retreating Haishang Hall patrol boats...
"Damn it!"
The captain of boat No. 1 suddenly felt like he had been cheated.
He felt that he had simply been fooled.
Although, he firmly believes that the red side cannot deliberately play tricks on him, because the red side has not discovered the existence of his submarine formation so far, otherwise it would have sent anti-submarine helicopters to deal with him.
The most likely possibility is that the 001 aircraft carrier formation has no intention of stationing at Xianlai Island.
The reason why they moved forward was that they planned to fly to the vicinity of Xianlai Island and then send carrier-based aircraft to attack those patrol boats. From the perspective of an aircraft carrier formation, there were too many ways to deal with several patrol boats and it was overwhelming.
It is simply a piece of cake to go directly to the opponent and serve them with missiles, send a few loaders to throw a few anti-ship missiles, and deal with a few Haishangtang patrol ships without any air defense interception capabilities.
As for why it stopped suddenly, it may be because it was discovered that the patrol ships were already escaping from Xianlai Island. Before they entered Huang Fang's area denial range, carrier-based aircraft were dispatched to launch anti-ship attacks outside the defense circle, directly attacking them.
It was sunk and brought down.
Before the captain of the No. 1 boat decided how to proceed, his superiors sent another message.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The content of the message is to order the Canglong-class submarine formation to abandon the attack mission, and take advantage of the opportunity of the aircraft carrier formation to focus on attacking the coast guard ship, and quickly turn around and take a detour to the east of Xianlai Island
In the sea area, sail eastward and then return to the base of Okitori Island.
This is obviously to let the Canglong-class formation protect itself, because the situation has changed. At this time, the aircraft carrier formation has not yet entered the ultimate attack range circle of 50 kilometers. The concentrated fire attack capabilities of the three Canglong-class submarines may not be able to break through the one No. 001 aircraft carrier.
The air defense interception network of the formation, so let the formation leave after pre-judgment to avoid losses.
But this order made the captain of the No. 1 boat miserable again.
It took so long.
It's already six o'clock in the morning.
It's almost dawn.
There is no intuitive sense of time changes in the underwater submarine, and the captain's mind seems to be stuck on last night.
He still couldn't bear to give up his plan.
So he asked the communications officer to get the previous message and carefully checked the location of the No. 001 aircraft carrier formation.
He found that the nearest 052D destroyer was only 70 kilometers away!
And the aircraft carrier No. 001 that I miss so much is actually 89 kilometers away!
This couldn't help but ignite his hope, and also completely aroused the captain's desire to fight.
too close!
And his formation was not discovered!
It can be seen that the silent level of the Soryu class is very excellent!
A kind of confidence in equipment brings confidence in one's own tactics, and tactical confidence brings out the courage to take risks.
Maybe……
It’s worth a try!
Even if the three Soryu-class submarines only fired a wave of submarine-launched Harpoon missiles and then turned around and ran away, that was still 18 missiles, a short distance of 89 kilometers. The Harpoon anti-ship missiles finally changed their trajectory and launched an attack. As long as they entered the end
, there is still a chance of breaking through the interception network.
To fight or not to fight?
After less than twenty seconds of hesitation, the captain issued an order: "Open the combat data link with the headquarters, immediately lock the enemy aircraft carrier No. 001, inform the remaining two submarines, and launch a salvo at the same time! Two rounds are recommended!"
This order made the communications officer take a breath of air.
The three submarines had been in silent mode before. Except for turning on the long-wave radio to receive instructions from the command center, all other data connections were basically closed to avoid releasing radio waves and discovering that there was something fishy hidden underwater.
Now opening the combat data chain channel means that these three Canglong-class ships can lock on the No. 001 aircraft carrier through the yellow and blue satellite systems, early warning aircraft systems, shore-based and sea-based radar systems for attack.
More importantly, he ordered two rounds of attacks.
This means that each Soryu-class ship will fire 12 missiles for a total of two rounds of attacks.
This is to ensure that the attack intensity of 32 Harpoon missiles is achieved to sink the aircraft carrier No. 001 to the greatest extent possible.
But doing so is almost equivalent to exchanging one's life for one's life.
When the first harpoon comes out of the water and takes off, it will be detected by the early warning radar of the No. 001 aircraft carrier formation, and the source of the emission can be calculated in a short time. The anti-submarine helicopters hovering in the air will immediately receive instructions and inform them.
There is a blue submarine at a certain location.
They will swoop here like eagles hunting rabbits on the ground, and then use various sonar and fish to strangle the three Soryu-class ships directly to the bottom of the sea.
Just as the three Soryu-class submarines on the blue side opened their data links and started exchanging data, a Z-18 early warning aircraft in the red side captured a weak signal, and a reconnaissance controller in the crew shouted: "
A suspicious signal source was found, suspected to be an underwater target, direction 98, distance 63 kilometers!”
All the shield ships in the formation and the remaining anti-submarine helicopters nearby received the message.
In the formation command room on the No. 001 aircraft carrier, the formation commander immediately gave instructions: "Attention all ships in the formation, a suspicious underwater signal source was found about 60 kilometers to our right, suspected to be a blue submarine. Be on alert, and the anti-submarine crew will go to search for submarines."
…”
The tense atmosphere suddenly reached its peak.
In less than a minute, a huge water column rose from the sea more than 60 kilometers away. Then, a submarine-launched Harpoon anti-ship missile emerged from the water, rushed into the sky, and then adjusted its direction.
Pounced in the direction of the aircraft carrier formation.