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In addition to the air defense of the Combined Fleet, the anti-submarine defense of the Combined Fleet is the focus of this military exercise, and the purpose is to force the Los Angeles-class submarines and Seawolf-class submarines of the United States to give up monitoring of the Sino-Soviet Combined Fleet.

The Type 1155 anti-submarine ship, which originally cooperated with the Hyundai-class destroyers for anti-submarine missions, is now cooperating with the 037 hunting submarine of the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy to hunt and kill the US reconnaissance submarine.

In view of the lack of anti-submarine capabilities exposed by the Type 1135 anti-submarine ships in the Mediterranean crisis, the Soviet Union, in order to compete with the US Navy, prepared to develop a large missile ship comparable to the Spruance-class destroyers of the US Navy. So the Soviet Navy put forward the idea that the so-called 1+1 is greater than 2, that is, the Type 1155 is responsible for anti-submarine and air defense, and the Type 956 destroyer is responsible for anti-ship. The Soviet Navy believed that the two warships thus combined would overwhelm the two Spruance-class destroyers of the U.S. Navy in terms of firepower.

But this mission is only for anti-submarine and to lure the two American submarines out of the sea, so the Type 1155 anti-submarine ship will cooperate with the Chinese 037 hunting submarine to act together.

The Soviet Union's large Project 1155 anti-submarine ship was the Dreadnought, and the captain was Shaposhnikov, who had fought against NATO fleets in Norwegian waters and had rich experience in anti-submarine and anti-tracking.

"Sonar is our fishing line, and the submarines of the Americans are our prey, and anti-submarine aircraft are our fishing hooks. If you can force a Los Angeles-class submarine to surface, it's as exciting as hoisting a 130-pound catfish from the Volga. ”

After entering the designated sea area, the captain used a walkie-talkie to give orders to the pilot of the Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopter to conduct a sea area search.

Then he asked the operator to turn on the sonar and began to search for the exact location of Los Angeles and the Seawolf, although the anti-submarine ship Intrepid would not fire torpedoes at them, but it was enough to make the captains of both submarines break out in a cold sweat. Captain Shaposhnikov closed his eyes and waited for the prey to take the bait, he was only responsible for detecting the specific location of the prey, and the specific tracking was handled by the 037 hunting submarine.

The Ka-27 anti-submarine aircraft dropped a suspended sonar on the surface of the sea, a sonar towed by a carrier-based helicopter that can quickly change positions for search, against fast-moving submarines and for long-term search missions. This kind of sonar not only extends the detection range of the ship, but is not affected by the noise of the ship.

The large anti-submarine ship Intrepid not only turned on ordinary sonar, but also electronic support measures, magnetic anomaly detectors and infrared detectors, and Captain Shaposhnikov believed that the two submarines would never exceed a distance of 15 nautical miles. This is the optimal range for Los Angeles-class tracking ships.

Equipped with advanced detection devices, the Dreadnought soon spotted two large submarines in the southeastern waters, and the Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopter immediately reported the exact coordinates to the Dreadnought.

Captain Shaposhnikov, who had been squinting, suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the calm blue sea level, a smug smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Finally got you."

At this time, in the deep-water world a few hundred meters below, the captain of the Los Angeles-class submarine was still carefully tracking the Ulyanovsk, but he was completely unaware that he had become someone else's prey.

"What's going on now?" The captain of the Los Angeles-class submarine asked.

"The tracking is going well, Captain, our position has not yet been captured by the anti-submarine ship of the Ulyanovsk." The first mate stared at the screen and replied.

"Good, keep tracking." The captain stared at every move on the screen, and suddenly the captain noticed some unknown dots on the screen, and when he was just speaking, the dull sound of an explosion came from the outside of the submarine. The captain's face changed suddenly, it was the sound of a depth charge exploding.

"Continue to drop depth charges three hundred meters directly in front of the submarine, two at a time, and then inform the Chinese Type 037 hunting submarine that it is time to track them." Captain Shaposhnikov looked at the five depth charges that had been dropped, and thought to himself that there was enough for the gang to eat a pot. Since you can't directly use torpedo bombing, then at least disgust you in this way. Captain Shaposhnikov did not have the patience to force the other side to surface, but directly used depth charges to warn the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine that we have locked your position, either you will float or you will be buried in the belly of the sea.

From the frenzied Ivan to the depth charge warning, this is in line with the rough and violent style of the Red Navy.

The shock waves of the depth charges caused a lot of shock to the submarine one after another, and the Seawolf-class submarines and the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines began to retreat, but they detected that the Soviet anti-submarine ships did not stop pursuing, but instead pursued them in two ways. The 1155 large dreadnought-class anti-submarine ship used active sonar to continuously knock on the hull of the U.S. nuclear submarine, forcing the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine and the Seawolf-class to surface.

"Is the Soviets going to force us out of this area? No, if that's the case, why are there two ships attacking at the same time? Could it be against the Seawolf class and us? ”

In desperation, the Los Angeles class chose to float and sent a message for help to the USS Nimitz, requesting assistance from the two submarines to escape the pursuit of the anti-submarine ship.

"The two nuclear submarines are rapidly surfacing and immediately notify the captain of the Type 037 and prepare for a tight pursuit." At this time, the two Type 1155 and Type 037 had already separated from the combined fleet and were closely chasing the two submarines, in order to prevent them from posing a threat to the Sino-Soviet combined fleet.

"If we continue to chase like this, we may have to get close to the other party's aircraft carrier battle group, Captain Shaposhnikov, stop in moderation and give up the chase." The captain of the Type 037 hunting submarine said anxiously. This is not China's waters, but the high seas of the Pacific Ocean, and the other side may see this as a war.

"Give up? The show has just begun. Captain Shaposhnikov replied.

At this time, the air defense radar showed two flashes of light that were rapidly approaching their ships, and only the American aircraft carriers could reach this speed.

"It seems that the Americans have finally sent carrier-based aircraft to try to deter us at ultra-low altitudes." Shaposhnikov picked up the communicator and said to the command war room at the other end, "The U.S. Navy has sent carrier-based aircraft, and we can now carry out Operation Overlord." (To be continued.) )