Chapter 810: Sea Rescue
The two wire-guided torpedoes in front of them were moving rapidly, and the thermodynamic system was constantly spitting out bubbles, exposing their own trajectory.
And behind, there are two torpedoes, which are sailing quietly, and these two torpedoes are not dragging the tail line at all, they are completely silent killers! These are two wake self-guided torpedoes!
"Two torpedoes found! A hundred meters apart! Inside the Los Angeles-class submarine, the sonar shouted loudly that he encountered a torpedo attack underwater, which was the first time he encountered a real combat attack for all the crews, without a warhead!
"Left full rudder! Unleash the air curtain interference! Locke shouted, it takes time for the air curtain to form, but it dissipates quickly, and there is not much time left for them, just as he guessed, the other party really set a trap, and the worst thing is that he jumped in.
What kind of torpedo was fired? If it is an old Pakistani torpedo imported from China, it has a weak anti-jamming ability, and it may be easy to dodge it, but if it is an advanced Western torpedo, it will be troublesome.
The air curtain was rapidly formed, the left rudder was full, and after advancing a hundred meters, he ordered the right rudder to be full, so that an S-shape was formed, and the two torpedoes would lose their targets one after another.
When the two torpedoes almost brushed off the edges, sailing near the Los Angeles-class submarine, and did not trigger the proximity fuse, Locke breathed a sigh of relief and dodged!
Now, it's time for revenge! Although our Los Angeles-class submarine has a large displacement and inertia, its maneuverability is still first-class, and it is time to use its own torpedoes to take out the other party!
"Boom!" At that moment, there was a violent explosion at the tail, and the entire hull shook with it, and the steel hull amplified the sound. Let all the people shake with inexplicable fear.
Damn, what's going on? Rising from the ground, Locke remembers himself as the captain!
"Report, the tail was hit by a torpedo, and the propeller and steering gear all failed!" Locke, who received the report, suddenly changed his face. This is a wake self-guided torpedo!
"Boom!" Just when he had just received the report and had not yet given the order to save himself, the second explosion began again!
Under this explosion, everyone heard the terrible sound of water under high pressure, and the sea water at a depth of 200 meters had a full pressure of 20 atmospheres! The second explosion blew up the pressure hull of the submarine!
The idea of the design of submarines in the East and the West is different, and Western submarines are single-hulled, which allows for a reduction in displacement. Make the power performance of the submarine even better. And the submarines of the Soviet era are all double-hulled, and on the outside of the pressure-resistant shell, there is another shell, and between the two layers, there is seawater, such as the Oscar-class submarine, the inner and outer two layers have more than a meter of seawater. This is specifically designed to break the ice and surface under the Arctic ice, that is. The outer layer is completely used for ramming, which is why submarines in the Soviet era often used ramming tactics, and Soviet submarines were strong! Even if you take a torpedo or two, you will be safe and sound.
However, American submarines. Take two torpedoes, then it's different!
The first knocked out the outside, the second through the pressure-resistant shell, and the icy sea water penetrated in, for submariners. It means death.
"Close the power compartment!" Locke gave the order quickly, a cold order, and a choice he had to make.
As a captain, you have to make trade-offs, and when necessary, you will sacrifice some people's lives for the rest of the people on the submarine. Only with such a decisive character is a qualified captain.
The aft compartment was damaged and had to be closed quickly, otherwise the sea would flood all the compartments, and the entire submarine would lose its buoyancy, and none of them would survive.
It has to be fast!
Having abandoned the personnel of the power compartment and sealing the door leading to the power compartment in time, listening to the sound of the knocking of the hatch from behind, Corporal Gruss shed tears, he closed his eyes, imagining the scene of his companions being drowned in the sea, but if the hatch was not closed in time, the swarming sea water would drown the entire ship.
"The main ballast tank drains and floats!" Locke shouted loudly, and with the loss of power, the power supply to the whole boat was interrupted, and the interior was already pitch black.
His commands were passed on one by one, and soon, the message returned: "The system is locked and cannot be drained!" ”
The submarine can freely navigate on the surface and underwater, mainly by ballast water tanks, when diving, inject seawater, it sinks, and when it floats up, it needs to use compressed air to shoot out the seawater to reduce its own weight.
American soldiers have become accustomed to operating on the keyboard, letting the system run automatically, but now, with the power compartment scrapped and the power supply interrupted, the system has been locked.
"Manually open, manually open!" Locke shouted, didn't this kind of training be done before?
If the power is gone, the carbon dioxide concentration in the submarine will become larger and larger, and if it does not go up as soon as possible, the entire people on the submarine will die because they can't breathe oxygen, and the chemical oxygen production agent will be left in the power compartment behind.
Several sailors moved the valve vigorously, and with a creaking sound, finally, the valve came loose.
"Snort." Eventually, the high-pressure air lines were opened, the air flow was injected into the tank, and the seawater was discharged. Buoyancy increased, the submarine shook, and all the people fell backwards.
The ballast tank in front of it was just connected, which led to a large angle of inclination of the hull, and the tumbling Locke, lying on the hatch, shouted: "What about the ballast tank in the back?" All open and restore balance! ”
If you go up like this, the submarine will definitely roll over after coming out of the water, and when the time comes, it will fall upside down, and no one will be able to get out.
At the same time that the Los Angeles-class submarine began to save itself, Tors also ordered his submarine to float and turned on the engine at the depth of the snorkel.
Fresh air poured into the interior of the submarine, the dirty air was constantly discharged, and the sound of the diesel engine was so pleasant.
The brief opportunity to recharge the battery while maintaining high speed was so rare that it would take less than an hour for the submarine to continue diving.
"Captain, we seem to be on the wrong course?" The deputy captain said, now, his submarine is sailing south, isn't this close to the enemy?
"At this point, it would be foolish for us to sail back north or east into the Maldives." Thors didn't say much, his eyes continued to be fixed on the periscope.
If you hit another submarine, the chaos will be even bigger, and the enemy will definitely go crazy to surround you, and you will also find out that your real purpose is to leave through the coral reef in the Maldives, and you must not surround it to death? At such times, it is necessary to make dangerous moves and sail south! The areas that the Americans are focusing on searching are the north and the east, and the south has just been searched, and they will definitely give up, and only through the southern sea area can they make a detour and return to Pakistan safely.
Tors was very confident, and in his periscope, a submarine appeared out of the water, with a high bow, almost half of the hull out of the water, before it smashed down heavily, and the people inside would definitely be hit on the head and bleed!
With a conventional submarine and a Los Angeles-class submarine, Tors knows that he must be famous, but how will the rear "dispose" himself after stabbing such a big basket?
"Report, message received from Karachi." At this moment, the signal soldier took the order and came to the conning tower.
In the snorkel state, communication was finally restored, and although for the sake of secrecy, only messages were received, not sent, and Thors was very anxious to know.
President Mhamad really did not give up on himself! actually sent a double aircraft carrier battle group to rescue their own side! After getting this information, Tors's hand was shaking involuntarily, which was amazing! Even if you are sunk, it is worth it! The Motherland has not given up on its side!
The Los Angeles-class submarine that surfaced did not turn upside down, and when it fell down like a dragon, everyone inside was upside down, slammed into the side, and their heads were bleeding.
It feels so good to be alive!
Sensing that the hull was not buckled, Locke ordered the hatch to be opened, and a sailor cautiously climbed out of the submarine to first observe the blown up tail.
Sure enough, it was already a mess, the steam engine was blown up, and the reactor in the rear was temporarily intact and did not leak.
All that remains is to wait here, hoping that the surface troops will come over and scoop them up first. From the bathtub of the conning tower, Locke used a telescope to observe the south, and his own formation should arrive in two hours, right? The radio was also broken, and the distress signal could not be sent.
When his gaze turned to the north, he saw a large formation, already in the field of view of the telescope.
Damn, how did it come to be the Navy of Pakistan in the first place?
"Report, radar detected a warship on the sea." At the forefront of the entire formation, the Shield of Friendship battleship Hazard, a long-range sea-to-sea search radar spotted a floating ship on the surface.
Soon, it was at a visual distance, and the captain of the battleship looked through the telescope at the ship on the water, which was a Los Angeles-class submarine in a floating state!
What's going on? Do American submarines like to surface to fight? The captain was stunned for a moment, and then looked at it, and suddenly realized that the other party was almost sunk, and now he is waiting for rescue!
The name of this formation is sea rescue, but I didn't expect that there is really a rescue mission waiting for you now!
"Indomitable, Indomitable, found an American Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine at sea, damaged in the tail, incapacitated, ready for rescue operations." The captain picked up the radio and reported to the flagship in the rear. (To be continued.) )