Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Truth That Doesn't Matter

When the battle of the fifth middle school began, the battle under the sea also began. [No pop-up novel network]

It was not the Killer Whale class attack submarines of the Republic Navy that went into battle first, but the electric attack submarines of the Argentine Navy.

After Dugway arrived in London, Pei Chengyi asked Theresescu to summon the female submarine back to the north.

It must be said that the Argentine Navy seriously lacks experience in submarine warfare. According to the Argentine Navy's deployment, in addition to leaving female submarines to be stationed on the main shipping lanes east of the mainland and beware of the Royal Navy's blockade of the Argentine mainland, its goose boats all went north around the month of the month, and lined up near the island of Trindaddi, that is, on the southern latitude, forming a submarine cordon. Undoubtedly, this is the simplest submarine tactic, which was common in the Second World War. The problem is that submarine warfare now is very different from submarine warfare in World War II. To put it bluntly, if even military reconnaissance satellites are unable to find the task force, most of the eight submarines of the Argentine Navy will return in vain. There is no doubt that sending submarines to intercept a task force in a sea area many kilometers away from the battlefield is simply a waste of valuable military force.

After taking over the command, Pei Chengyi began to adjust the deployment.

In fact, it was not Pei Chengyi who commanded the submarine operation, but Hua Jianfeng.

According to Hua Jianfeng's arrangement, the "Killer Whale" class attack submarine sent by the Republic Navy to the South Atlantic Ocean and the Argentine Navy's mouth electric attack submarine will form four "two plus three submarine squadrons." "Each team consists of a sprinkling of "killer whales." The class is composed of 3 electric submarines, and uses "hunt and kill tactics" to search for the task force.

The so-called "hunting tactics" are also very simple, that is, after the current task force, three electric submarines with poor performance will attack the surface warships first, and the "killer whale" class will first deal with the more threatening Yingxian submarines. Only when electric submarines are unable to take out the aircraft carriers of the task force, the "Orca" class participates in attack operations.

This arrangement was highly supported by the Argentine Navy, because what Teresescu wanted most was a record.

And most importantly, how to use the Kouzhi submarine combat team.

At this time, Hua Jianfeng's relationship with the Military Intelligence Bureau played a very key role.

In fact, Li Cunxun sent Hua Jianfeng over first, because the Republic can only use submarines at most, so it needs a commander who is proficient in submarine warfare. When arranging tasks for Hua Jianfeng, Li Cunxun also gave him a lot of power, that is, when necessary, he could mobilize all the resources of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

To deal with the task force, Hua Jianfeng does not need to mobilize all the resources of the Military Intelligence Agency.

In accordance with Hua Jianfeng's request, starting from the day of the moon, the Military Intelligence Bureau frequently adjusted the operational orbits of reconnaissance satellites. Because the United States has more than 100 satellite detection points around the world, it is able to monitor every move of the reconnaisance satellites in a very timely manner, so when the military intelligence bureau adjusts the orbit of the satellite, the task force can receive an alert and adjust its route in time to avoid the search area of the reconnaisance satellite. It is precisely because of this that the task force has not been detected by reconnaissance satellites.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to adjusting the course according to the orbit of the reconnaissance satellite.

Hua Jianfeng wants to take advantage of this.

According to his calculations, "by adjusting the orbits of reconnaissance satellites, the task force has no choice but to go to the sea area of ambush of submarines." Although Hua Jianfeng didn't know what to do, the military intelligence agency had no shortage of technical analysts. Before the 2o of the month, that is, after Hua Jianfeng put forward this small idea, the Military Intelligence Bureau came to the conclusion that only 3 submarine teams need to be dispatched to complete the task of ambushing the task force. In other words, as long as the task force has been hiding from the republic's reconnaissance satellites, it will definitely appear in one of the three sea areas between the moon and the moon, and what Hua Jianfeng has to do is to let the three submarine teams arrive in these three sea areas in time.

The deployment of submarine wars is a trifle, the key is whether the conclusions drawn by the military intelligence are correct.

The fact is that the task force did reach the No. 2 sea area designated by the Military Intelligence Agency on the night of the day, that is, about 10,000 degrees east-north of the Falklands, a kilometer from the port of Argentina.

Operating in the area at that time were the attack submarines "Fin Whale" and "Gray Whale", as well as the Argentine Navy's "Corvehuapi". The electric submarines "Cadel" and "Viedma" are all named after the lakes in Argentina.

It was the intelligence received from the Navy of the Republic that the reconnaissance aircraft of the Argentine Air Force reached the sea area.

In other words, when the battle in the air is raging, it is not calm under the surface of the sea.

According to Hua Jianfeng's arrangement, after determining that the task force was ahead, the "Fin Whale" and the "Gray Whale" did not continue to advance, but lowered the degree and ambushed. Because they were less than four kilometers away from the task force, the three Argentine Navy's electric submarines did not use anti-ship missiles, but continued to approach the task force according to the alternate battle plan, preparing to use heavy torpedoes to attack the aircraft carriers in the fleet.

Although the performance of the Argentine Navy's electric submarines is not comparable to that of the Republican Navy's attack submarines, the torpedoes they are equipped with are definitely no worse than those of the Republican Navy. In addition, in order to expand the export volume and make potential customers tempted, the shipyards of the Republic took the lead in equipping the exported submarines with advanced electric torpedoes, and were the first to introduce the Xun mm heavy anti-submarine and anti-ship dual-purpose electric torpedoes to the international market. Although the exported electric torpedoes used an 8-class composite battery instead of a mouth-class composite battery compared to the Republican Navy's own use, the increase in the battery "comes at the cost of reducing the charge of the mine head." It is also possible to attain the same ratio, that is, to sail a concave kilometer in the degree of 10,000 knots, or to sail a beater in the degree of a witch festival for 4,000 kilometers, or to sail a kilometer in the degree of a stone knot. Relatively speaking, the biggest problem with export heavy torpedoes is that they are not powerful enough, they are not equipped with high-performance warheads, and the charge of the mine head is only equivalent to the explosive yield of the kilogram state. Based on this calculation, in order to sink a large aircraft carrier, at least chromium heavy torpedoes are required, and the warped millimeter heavy torpedoes of the Republic Navy are equipped with a class warhead with an explosive yield equivalent to that of a blade ton, and a single torpedo can take out an aircraft carrier. Of course. The submarines of few countries need to deal with the class aircraft carriers, and in dealing with ordinary ships, even cruisers with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, there is basically no difference between a battle mine head with an explosion yield of a kilogram and a war mine head with an explosion yield of a ton It is exactly like this, the Republic Navy has also purchased an additional batch of heavy torpedoes of millimeters using ordinary charges, after all, at some point, the explosive yield of a uniform ton is too large, which will have a counterproductive effect.

The Argentine submarines all had six torpedo tubes, and all of them were intestinal millimeter tubes. In fact, the standard equipment of the strong concave submarine is 2 millimeter torpedo tubes and 4 millimeter torpedo tubes. Because when carrying out anti-submarine missions, the combat effectiveness of millimeter heavy torpedoes is not much higher than that of nephews' millimeter heavy torpedoes, and their price is o times that of Tang millimeter heavy torpedoes, so many countries are not willing to warm a large number of millimeter heavy torpedoes, and some countries even hope to continue to use their stocks of heavy torpedoes. It's just that the anti-submarine mission of the Argentine Navy is not heavy, there is no threat in the surrounding area, and due to the limitations of submarine performance, the Argentine Navy has never thought of using electric submarines to deal with the attack submarines of the Royal Navy. That is, from the very beginning, the Argentine Navy set the main task of submarines as sea control. In this way, the value of the existence of the nephew's millimeter heavy torpedo is debatable. Besides, if necessary, it is possible to shoot a torpedo from an intestinal millimeter tube by installing an adapter.

There is no doubt that if 3 electric submarines are put into attack range. The three carriers in the task force are in danger.

Having three electric submarines in each team is meant to allow the Argentine Navy's submarines to attack the aircraft carriers in the task force in a one-on-one manner. If you attack with a slight torpedo, the probability of hitting the aircraft carrier with a torpedo will definitely not be low. As long as you choose the right way to attack, you can even be 100% sure. There is no doubt that it only takes one gut-millimeter heavy torpedo to paralyze the class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Besides, the Royal Navy does not dare to guarantee that the Republic has not sold those heavy torpedoes equipped with class warheads to Argentina, or that Argentina has not used its own technology to equip heavy torpedoes with the powerful "fifth-generation tactical nuclear weapons", then the submarines covering the task force will have to keep the Argentine electric submarines out of the task force's gates, and they must not be allowed to get close to the aircraft carriers.

Because when the "George V" class was designed and built, various new ship types that could greatly improve the navigation of ships were not yet mature, at least they could not be used to build aircraft carriers with a displacement close to the old 10,000 tons. The class is of the ordinary ship type, and even if all extraneous power-consuming equipment is turned off, its maximum sailing degree cannot survive the Witch Festival. In this case, as long as the Argentine submarine shortens the attack range to within a kilometer and sets the torpedo terminal guidance mode to wake and acoustic self-guidance, the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier will be doomed. There is no doubt that the Argentine Navy, no matter how stupid it is, knows how to deal with aircraft carriers on the sea.

Because it was reported that the "Killer Whale" class was covering behind, the three Argentine submarines had nothing to fear.

After the start of the air battle, that is, it was confirmed that the task force was in a state of air defense and was intercepting the incoming enemy planes in full force, and the three aircraft carriers were also sailing against the wind, so that the fighters parked on the deck took off urgently, and the three Argentine submarines began to refuel, preparing to shorten the distance as quickly as possible, and strive to shoot torpedoes before the task force came to its senses.

Of course, it's risky.

Ships on the surface of the sea need to deal with air threats, but submarines below the surface do not need to think about air threats.

According to the intelligence service, the task force has at least three attack submarines in its fleet, and if the Royal Navy is well prepared, there are probably four or six attack submarines. That is, by the time the Argentine submarines began to be added, the attack submarines of the Royal Navy must have entered a combat state and even fired torpedoes.

In fact, the Canadian voyage was not Argentina's decision to dive slightly, but Hua Jianfeng's tactical arrangement.

From the very beginning, Hua Jianfeng did not expect Argentine submarines to be able to write history, so all the "Killer Whale" class rendezvous with submarine carriers in the Indian Ocean before entering the South Atlantic, and replaced all the heavy torpedoes with millimeters, without carrying the kind of perverted torpedoes with a warhead explosion yield of one ton per ton. According to Hua Jianfeng's arrangement, the main force attacking the task force was the "Killer Whale" class submarine. The task of the Argentine submarine was not to act as a daredevil, but to force out the British submarine hiding in the sea.

Hua Jianfeng can underestimate any opponent, but he will definitely not underestimate the "Kuai" class attack submarine, because this is one of the few advanced submarines in the world that can compete with the "Killer Whale" class. The mother is undoubted. Task force, "fast" class submarines will not be headed towards two. Argentine submarines plus sprints, the task force escorting the Royal Navy's attack submarines will have no choice.

The escort warships on the sea were intercepting the approaching fighters and anti-ship missiles, and in order to avoid accidental damage, it was impossible to dispatch anti-submarine patrol planes at this time. That is, surface escort warships can use only anti-submarine torpedoes at best. Although the range of rocket-boosted anti-submarine torpedoes on ocean-going frigates exceeds 1,000 kilometers and can deal with electric submarines at a distance of 1,000 kilometers, when the fleet is fighting in air defense, the ocean-going frigates must maintain a high range, so they cannot use towed sonar, but can only use hull sonar. In this case, the detection range of the electric submarine will not exceed the edge kilometer. That is, surface escort warships could not intercept Argentine submarines.

Escort warships are not to be counted on, and anti-submarine patrol planes are not to be counted on.

The only thing that can be counted on is submarines that are not affected by air strikes.

In fact, this is why each naval power has two attack submarines in the carrier battle group, and in some cases, even more attack submarines. In the same way, this is also the reason why the naval powers will definitely build a powerful underwater fleet before the aircraft carrier battle group. Without advanced submarines, carrier battle groups will be vulnerable to an adversary with advanced submarines. There is no doubt that the total annihilation of the aircraft carrier battle groups of the Japanese Navy and the Indian Navy in the battle is the most direct lesson.

The Royal Navy has advanced submarines, the number of ears is too small.

According to the combat records of the "Kadil", at about 2 o'clock, its passive sonar showed a high-closing anti-submarine torpedo. Threatened by torpedoes, the captain had to abandon the attack on the British aircraft carriers and began to float all the way up to avoid the approaching heavy torpedoes. Several noise jamming bombs were released in succession. And after rushing out of the water, "Kadier" avoided 2 heavy torpedoes behind.

After re-entering the water, the passive sonar of the "Kadier" first heard three very obvious underwater explosions, and then heard the sound of several heavy torpedoes departing high. By the time it was determined that the "Corvewapi" and "Viedma" had been sunk by torpedoes fired by British submarines, the passive sonar of the "Kadil" again intercepted several obvious explosions, and they were surface explosions. That is, at least several surface warships were hit by heavy torpedoes.

This, of course, is a combat record within the Argentine Navy.

According to the information released by the Argentine Navy, during the battle in the early morning of the moon, the submarine "Kadier" attacked three large aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy with a slightly heavy torpedo, of which the Luo torpedo hit the "Ark Royal". , and the other licked torpedoes hit the "George V" and the "Revenge", respectively. When the "Kadil" attacked the British aircraft carrier, the "Corvehuapi" and "Viedma", which were on cover duty, engaged three Royal Navy submarines and sank at least one of them, while the two electric submarines were also sunk by heavy torpedoes fired by British submarines. For this reason, the Argentine president not only conferred the highest honor on all the officers and men of the "Kadil", but also posthumously awarded the "Corvehuapi" and "Viedma". "National heroes and thugs." Title.

On the way back to Ascension Island, the "Ark Royal" was tilted heavily and was drawn at the southern latitude. The thugs sank in the sea. "George V. Both the HMS and the Revenge returned to Ascension Island, plugged the holes in the hull, and returned to Portsmouth together.

Although the Royal Navy announced the "Ark Royal." The reason for the sinking of the aircraft carrier was that the design flaw of the aircraft carrier, that is, the integrated power management system did not work properly, resulting in the inability to discharge water in time as the main cause. But everyone knows that these are secondary, and the real "murderers" will definitely be the attack submarines of the Navy of the Republic.

In fact, the Royal Navy raised this issue in its report to the House of Commons Armed Services Committee.

According to the Royal Navy, although the lobby that hit the "Ark Royal" was loaded with chemical explosives, and the explosion power was about o kilograms, which is comparable to the heavy torpedoes used by the Argentine Navy, at least the thugs were "smart." The torpedo, because it was this torpedo that entered through the gap blown out by the previous torpedo, and then exploded inside the hull, causing serious damage to the aft compartment of the "Ark Royal", and finally sank due to severe water ingress. Since the point of explosion is not in a straight line with the gap in the hull, it is certain that it was not due to luck. The only explanation is that it was a smart torpedo, and only the Republic Navy and the US Navy possessed smart torpedoes.

It is a pity that the sinking site of the "Ark Royal" is more than four meters deep, and it is impossible to salvage the wreckage of the aircraft carrier with existing technology. In other words, the Royal Navy's view can only be supported by the surviving officers and soldiers, as well as the damage records of the aircraft carrier before it sank, without any substantial evidence.

Without evidence, it is naturally impossible to point the finger at the republic.

Besides, the British authorities certainly did not want to mess with the republic.

What the hell is going on, perhaps only the Navy of the Republic knows best. It's just that, according to Pei Chengyi's recollections, the relevant battle records have long been destroyed, and no one knows the truth except for a few parties.

Of course, the point is not the truth, but the collapse of the Royal Navy task force!