"This is the periscope. We will be able to see it when we get below. The remaining radio antenna will be raised when sailing on the water to receive telegrams."
"I heard that you are also the captain of a submarine. Do you usually stand here and direct the submarine's navigation and operations?" Assad lowered his head and fiddled with the folding seats in the bridge.
"I sometimes come up when sailing on the surface. If you want to fight, it will be useless here. If the submarine wants to fight, it must be in a submersible state. Let's go down and have a look." Yan Yu pointed to a round shape at his feet.
It was raised and I stamped hard with my feet a few times.
"Crash...crash..." Soon there was movement within the circular bulge, and then the bulge with a diameter of several dozen centimeters was lifted up from below, and a large hole appeared at the general's feet.
"Oh Allah, this smell is not very pleasant... Can I light a cigarette?" Assad was just about to lower his head to take a closer look at the scene inside the cave, when a hot and strong-smelling air came.
It jumped up from below and almost knocked him over. He hurriedly avoided the hole, took out a Turkish cigar from his pocket, and asked Yan Yu if he could light it.
"You are a guest, of course. The submarine is not started now and is on the water, so the ventilation is very good and there will be no hydrogen explosion." Yan Yu said, lowering himself to hold the ground, stretching his legs, and his whole body
He entered the big cave and climbed down on the escalator. When Assad saw Yan Yu had gone down, he looked at the cigar in his hand, gritted his teeth, put the cigar back into his pocket, and held in his breath.
He also imitated Yan Yu and got into the hole.
"Oh God...it's such a mess here..." After getting into the boat, Assad got used to the turbid air a little, but when he saw the surrounding scene clearly, he felt that the smell was no longer there.
What's the matter? Pipes, wires, and valves are all colorfully covered everywhere he can see.
"This is the command module of the submarine. The dark blue ones are high-pressure gas pipes, the light blue ones are medium-pressure gas pipes, the white ones are ventilation pipes, the dark green ones are drainage pipes. The yellow ones are hydraulic pipes.
The brown ones are the fuel lines, and the red ones are the high-pressure valve wheels. They look very messy? When working on a submarine, you have to remember these things clearly. You can’t remember anything wrong." Yan Yu told the crew members on duty
In return, he explained to Assad the general equipment in the submarine.
"This place is so... too narrow... If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard for me to believe that this thing can float in the water, oh... it's still made of copper..." Assad tried hard to shrink himself
With his big belly, he squeezed past Yan Yu. He reached out and touched a valve, and then exclaimed.
"These are the rudder and horizontal rudder, which are controlled by two helmsmen respectively. They sit here side by side and are responsible for..." Yan Yu pointed to the three handles and two seats on the starboard side of the command module and explained to Assad.
"The left and right and up and down of the submarine, Yan, I am also a naval officer. Although this thing does not look like the steering wheel on a warship, I can guess their function." Assad was very dissatisfied with Yan Yu treating him like a primary school student.
"Haha, General, please forgive me, I forgot that you are also the captain."
"This is a high-pressure gas station, a medium-pressure gas station, a low-pressure gas station, a crash drainage station..." Yan Yu pointed to the densely packed valves and wrenches on the starboard side and said.
"What are these locked valves used for?" Assad asked, pointing to a row of locked valves and wrenches on the port side.
"Oh, those are the main water tank filling valve and ventilation valve of the entire submarine. Only the captain and watch officer have their keys. Without their orders, others cannot move these valves at will, otherwise the submarine will be in danger."
"This is the periscope. When the submarine is traveling at periscope depth, you can use it to observe ships on the water and measure distances. It is part of the submarine's eyes. You will have the opportunity to use it when the submarine sets sail in a while, General.
Let's go take a look at the front." Yan Yu patted a thick "chimney" standing in the middle of the command cabin and said to Assad, then bent down and got through the hatch in front of the command cabin.
"Oh...my feet..." Assad also followed Yan Yu's example, lowering his head first, then stretching out one leg and crossing the hatch together, but when the back leg was retracted, the ankle
He hit the lower edge of the hatch, and the general screamed in pain.
"Slow down, general, is your foot problem serious?" Yan Yu quickly helped Assad, who was shaking.
"This hatch is too small. Can't it be made larger?" Assad grinned and rubbed his ankle.
"This is a watertight door. It needs to be closed most of the time. If it is too large, it cannot withstand the water pressure. If this cabin gets flooded, this door can keep other cabins safe. The size is all calculated." Yan Yu
Explaining.
"Let's continue. My feet are fine, but they hurt a lot." Assad recovered a little and limped along with Yan Yu as he continued walking forward.
"This is the battery room at the bow of the boat. The officer's cabin is here. On the starboard side are the captain's, navigator's and translator's rooms, all of which are single rooms. On the port side are the electromechanical chief, bosun, fish and mine chief, sonar chief, and engineer chief.
The bunk, which is usually a sofa, can be used as a bed when propped up, and the table in the middle can be used as a dining table, office desk, conference table and operating table." Yan Yuyi
While talking, Assad looked at the three single rooms and several officer berths one by one. The more he looked, the more he gnashed his teeth. Compared with surface ships, the space of this submarine is too small, even for the captain's single room.
, which is the size of a soft sleeper in a train. Apart from a bed, a small table and a small cabinet on the wall, there is no other place.
"This is the frontmost cabin of the submarine, the torpedo room. Be careful, these torpedoes are covered with butter. If you rub it on your body, you need diesel to wash it off. This is the cleanest and coolest place on the submarine. It is more comfortable than the officer cabin.
But when it comes to launching torpedoes, it becomes uncomfortable here. In order to prevent too much high-pressure air from launching torpedoes,
Excluding the exterior of the submarine will cause a large number of blisters and expose the submarine's position, so the high-pressure air used to launch the torpedoes and the exhaust gas ejected from the torpedoes will be sucked back by the suction system. Those exhaust gases are toxic and very pungent, and the smell here will be unpleasant."
Yan Yu explained the principle of launching torpedoes to Assad while introducing the environment here.
"Oh, is this the coolest place? I'm already covered in sweat. It seems you are right. The conditions in the submarine are too difficult. I agree to the conditions you proposed. If those people are not satisfied, you can send them back to me directly.
Come here and I will add more to you until you are satisfied. I believe you can do it, and so can we Turks.
It can be done, but I really can't. If possible, I would like to refuse your offer to take me out to sea, because I'm going to vomit it out. The smell and temperature are too torturous." Assad said with his head full.
His face was covered with sweat. I don't know if he really couldn't bear it anymore or if he was just pretending. Anyway, his face was getting paler.
In order to fear that the rear admiral would have an accident in the submarine, Yan Yu stopped the planned sea trial and hurriedly sent the general out of the submarine. When Assad stepped onto the dock, he could clearly hear a heavy breath coming from the submarine.
He gasped out. It seemed that the general was really suffocated in the submarine.
In fact, Yan Yu has not taken Assad to the most uncomfortable and difficult compartment in the submarine. In the power compartment of the submarine, there is only a narrow passage between the two rows of diesel engines. When the diesel engines are started, people working in the power compartment
The engineer soldier seemed to be in a closed room, with two rows of big drums beating hard around him, waiting for the rhythmic "dong dong dong" sound.
For a few hours, you will feel like someone is hitting your heart with a big hammer. Even if you plug your ears, it will be of no use. After a long time, many people will suffer from irregular heartbeats, and the engine room's
The temperature is often 50 degrees, and the people who work here can't even stay for an hour if they don't have extraordinary endurance. (To be continued...)
