65°47'E, 20°42'N, northern Arabian Sea.

The attack nuclear submarine "Killer Whale" with the number 410 on board again dived to a depth of 350 meters after receiving an order from a communications satellite at the periscope depth.

In the command center, Major Du Xinghua stared intently at the screen of the fire control computer.

The "Killer Whale" is the sister boat of the "Gun Squid", and Du Xinghua and Hua Jianfeng are also classmates of the Submarine Academy. The two served together in the submarine force, were promoted to senior officers, participated in mid-term training together, and served together on attack nuclear submarines. For more than ten years, Du Xinghua has been ranked second and has never surpassed Hua Jianfeng.

Du Xinghua's difference is not ability, but luck.

Before graduating from the Submarine Academy, he suffered from acute appendicitis, and the final assessment was less than ten points less than Hua Jianfeng. In the middle of the training, he was hospitalized for five days with gallstones and failed again. Five years ago, when Hua Jianfeng was in the limelight in the Indian Ocean, the first circuit of the "Killer Whale" reactor failed, and he lay in the dock for overhaul.

At critical moments, Du Xinghua is always unlucky.

Du Xinghua never complained, he knew that sooner or later, luck would befall him, and his fate would change accordingly.

Ten days ago, Du Xinghua finally caught the tail of luck.

The "Killer Whale" and the "Spear Squid", which belong to the South China Sea Fleet, headed south together and entered the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Malacca. As Du Xinghua and Liu Haifeng, who replaced Hua Jianfeng as captain of the "Gun Squid", speculated, they had just entered the Strait of Malacca when they encountered two attack nuclear submarines of the US Navy.

According to the plan, the "Orca" was responsible for entanglement of the American submarine and cover the breakthrough of the "Gun Squid" into the Indian Ocean.

After entering the Indian Ocean. Two "Los Angeles" seem to prefer the "Gun Squid". Didn't look at the entangled "killer whale".

Taking advantage of the "Gun Squid", two "flower thieves" were distracted. "Killer Whale" turned to solitary operation.

According to the battle plan. After getting rid of the American submarine. The "Killer Whale" headed for the Arabian Sea. Responsible for searching for Indian submarines, assisting and covering Pakistani submarines.

In the waters of the Daandaman and Nicobar Islands. "Killer Whale" encountered the third American submarine.

Or a "Los Angeles". Du Xinghua did not entangle with the US military. Take advantage of the Killer Whale's excellent silent performance. Get rid of American submarines. Continue towards the Arabian Sea.

It's just that. Du Xinghuadi's luck is still not much better.

When the "Swordfish" cleaned up the Indian aircraft carrier, the "Killer Whale" was less than 250 kilometers away from the battlefield. If the "killer whale" arrives in time, even if you can't get fat, you can still drink two mouthfuls of soup.

At that time, Du Xinghua didn't know what was happening in front of him, otherwise he would definitely sigh again.

Entering the Arabian Sea, the "Orca Whale" encountered US submarines several times, but there was no conflict. Scheduled missions have also become decorations, because Indian submarines are huddled in harbors and have not gone to sea to carry out combat missions. Several Pakistani submarines have also been cowering in offshore waters, with no intention of heading south to deal with the Indian fleet.

After a few days of cruising, Du Xinghua finally waited for the opportunity he dreamed of.

It's not an opportunity that comes easily, but an opportunity that requires a risk to get.

On the screen of the fire control computer, three bright targets and three conventional submarines of the "Squid" class were clearly displayed. There are also two less obvious targets, computer analysis turned out to be two attack nuclear submarines of the "Los Angeles" class of the US Navy. These two goals are moving away, and there is no intention of staying to "watch the excitement".

Although the "Killer Whale" set a record of one-to-five in previous actual combat exercises, the situation at this time was not very favorable to the "Killer Whale." The first is that the "Killer Whale" has only two fire control channels and can only attack two "Squid" at the same time. This was followed by the fact that the three "Squids" used the "wheel" tactic and moved in a spiral course, and there was always a submarine in a position capable of attacking the "Killer Whale".

The Indian submarine captain is not bad, and when he tries to sneak attack the task force, he does not forget to be vigilant against the danger underwater.

Du Xinghua glanced at his watch, nine forty-five. "What time is it?"

"July 15." Deputy Captain Rong Kangjian walked over, "There are still twenty minutes left before the scheduled time of engagement. ”

Du Xinghua nodded and said, "The Indian submarine is still one hundred and fifty kilometers away from the task force, and maybe they don't plan to use torpedoes to sneak attack the air defense destroyer at all." ”

"In that case, why not wait patiently?"

The hero saw the same thing, and both of them showed a hint of a smile.

There are two main types of weapons used by submarines to attack surface warships, one is heavy torpedoes, and the other is anti-ship missiles. The torpedo is powerful, destructive, and well concealed, but it has the problem of short range, and even the maximum range of an electric torpedo tailored for the "Swordfish" is only tens of kilometers. Anti-ship missiles have a much longer range than torpedoes, reaching hundreds of kilometers at most.

According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, the conventional submarines of the "Squid" class are equipped with Russian "Club" anti-ship missiles in addition to the French-made "Exocet" anti-ship missiles. The maximum range of this missile reached 220 kilometers, and it posed a great threat to warships.

Because of the limited capacity of the waterproof and pressure-resistant container in which the missiles are loaded, the submarine can launch anti-ship missiles only at periscope depth. If the three "Squids" want to launch missiles, they must float upwards and cannot continue to maintain the posture of covering each other, thus creating an opportunity for the "Orca Whale" to attack.

"Captain, targets 1 and 2 are up!" The sonar chief broke the silence.

Du Xinghua smiled coldly and immediately said: "The whole boat has entered a combat state and floated to a depth of two hundred and forty meters. ”

The red lights flashed, and more than a hundred crew members entered the combat position as fast as they could.

"Torpedo No. 1 self-guided to attack target No. 1, torpedo No. 2 and torpedo No. 3 adopt line-guided mode, aiming at target No. 1 and No. 2 respectively." Du Xinghua quickly gave the order, "Equip the No. 3 target data for the No. 4 torpedo." The torpedo tubes were filled with water, ready to open the front cover. ”

"The torpedo tubes are filled with water, ready to open the front cover!" The chief of ordnance conveyed the order to the officers and men of the torpedo compartment.

"Captain, targets 1 and 2 have reached a depth of 50 meters and are still floating."

"Did Target Three keep up?" Du Xinghua glanced at the horizontally placed fire control computer screen. The two "Squids" are about 5,500 meters above the front and are about to reach the depth at which the missiles are launched.

"Nope. Target No. 3 was still at a depth of 280 meters, just ahead of us on the left. ”

Du Xinghua glanced at his partner next to him, hesitated slightly, and said, "Open the front cover and launch the torpedo!" ”

"Bang...... Bang...... "Bang" three times, and three heavy torpedoes rushed out of the launch tube.

Torpedo No. 1 rushed to the "Squid" on the left at a top speed of 70 knots from the start, while torpedoes No. 2 and No. 3 approached the target at a silent speed of 45 knots.

In order to stop the Indian submarine from launching missiles, Du Xinghua had to "say hello" to his opponent in advance.

"Captain, targets 1 and 2 are diving quickly."

"Leave them alone and keep an eye on Target Three." Deputy Changrong Kangjian helped Du Xinghua remind the sonar chief.

Against conventional submarines, the probability of killing a single shot of a heavy electric torpedo is as high as 90 percent, and the probability of killing a double shot is as high as 99 percent. Unless the two "squids" turn into winged "flying fish" and fly out of the sea, they will certainly not be able to escape the "clutches" of the three heavy torpedoes.

"Target Three accelerates and maneuvers to our left."

"I want to be in a good position." Rong Kangjian glanced at his partner.

"Is it possible?" Du Xinghua smiled coldly, "Ah San is too arrogant, he actually fights with us for speed." ”

"Perhaps, they used us as a regular submarine for Pakistan."

"Captain, Target Three is approaching at high speed."

"Calculate time." Du Xinghua glanced at his watch, "Kill the two ships in front first, and then deal with the No. 3 target." ”

The third "Squid" went around the left side of the "Killer Whale" at a speed of twenty knots, presumably hoping to go around the back of the "Killer Whale" and then launch a torpedo. The "Squid" is not the most advanced conventional submarine, the length of the passive sonar base array is very limited, it is not possible to provide accurate target information for the torpedo, and before attacking, the shooting data must be measured with active sonar. Submarines are not fighters, and it takes a lot of time to turn at high speeds. For a while, it was difficult to align the bow with the "Killer Whale".

"Thirty seconds!" Rong Kangjian sighed. In another ten seconds, the active sonar of the "Squid" will be able to illuminate the "killer whale".

"Captain, launch decoys at targets 1 and 2."

"Twenty-five seconds!"

"Torpedoes No. 2 and No. 3 are ready to switch to self-guided attack mode." Du Xinghua stood up and counted a few times silently, "Cut off the wire." Left full rudder, full power propulsion, let Ah San see our speed! ”

Before cutting the wire, Torpedoes No. 2 and No. 3 passed through the blister area created by the decoy and re-locked onto the target.

When the third "Squid" was about to attack, the "Killer Whale" left its active sonar irradiation zone and circled the rear of the third "Squid" at a faster speed. About two minutes later, two dull explosions were heard outside the boat.

"Captain, targets 1 and 2 are gone."

Rong Kangjian breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his partner at the same time.

"Torpedoes No. 1 and No. 4 are equipped with target data, self-guided attack mode." Du Xinghua sat down, "Fill the torpedo tube with water, open the front cover, and launch!" ”

Immediately after the two heavy torpedoes left the launch tube, they pursued the target at a speed of seventy knots.

As if knowing that there was no escape, the third "Squid" gave up the counterattack and rushed to the surface of the sea as fast as possible. "Squid" is not a "flying fish", submarines are not airplanes, and even if they are on the surface, they cannot escape the range of torpedoes.

When the third explosion came, Du Xinghua stood up.

As the sound of the explosion faded away, the sea returned to calm.

It's a battle with no fairness at all, like an advanced fighter of the twenty-first century against a piston fighter of World War II, and there was no suspense from the start.

"Captain, a group of ships has appeared in the southeast direction."

"The Western Fleet of India." Rong Kangjian immediately added.

"What's the distance?" Du Xinghua became excited again. It was indeed transferred, and just killed three "squids", and encountered bigger prey.

"One hundred and fifty kilometers, which exceeds the maximum range of torpedoes."

Du Xinghua was stunned for a moment, and immediately glanced at his watch. At ten o'clock, the battle on the sea was about to begin.

"It's definitely too late, only missiles."

"Loading four torpedo tubes with anti-ship missiles and ascending to periscope depth." Du Xinghua did not hesitate, he said to his deputy again, "Use the communication buoy to send a message, so that General Lin can deal with the Indian West Fleet with peace of mind." ”

The "killer whale" quickly floated, and the sonar buoy was immediately launched.

Damn it*

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