Chapter 488： silent sailing

Two days ago, the Oscar-class K-146 sailed to the Arabian Sea. For it, as long as it was close to the distance of 400 kilometers from the American aircraft carrier formation, it had already occupied the launch position. Through the coordination of other means of communication, You can use your own P700 anti-ship missiles to deal with the American aircraft carrier formation.

However, this obviously will not satisfy the captain Neil Geyev. As a Soviet submariner, you must have fearless courage, and let's test how vigilant the American aircraft carrier formation is for this submarine. , is also one of his missions! Can the 949-class nuclear submarine with the most advanced performance achieve those performance data on the designer's paper?

Therefore, he continued to command the submarine and approached the American aircraft carrier formation, approaching to a distance of 100 kilometers, and was not discovered by the Americans!

If you continue to approach to a distance of 50 kilometers, even if you don't need those anti-ship missiles carried by yourself, even with torpedoes, you can destroy the American warships! With this conviction, Neil Geyev moved on.

However, at this moment, the American aircraft carrier formation accelerated! The Americans have realized that they have been hit by the Soviet Union's strategy, so they started a full-speed pursuit and went in the direction of Bandar Abbas!

At this time, Neil Geyev was in a dilemma. The 949-class nuclear submarine has two VM5-type pressurized water reactors, and the power of a steam turbine of up to 90,000 horsepower is enough to propel the submarine to sail at a speed of 32 knots, which can completely catch up with the United States. Aircraft carrier formation! (The modified Oscar class has increased displacement, resulting in a reduced speed of 28 knots)

However, if you continue to increase the speed, you will make your own noise increase! The underwater silent navigation of submarines is all low speed! Listening to the US aircraft carrier formation in the sonar gradually drifting away, Nilgayev still did not hold back the heart of the battle and ordered the submarine to move forward at full speed!

full speed! The pressurized water reactor exploded with 190 megawatts of thermal power, driving the water cycle, heating the steam, pushing the steam turbine, and converting it into the power of the propeller at the tail. As the speed increased, the noise began to get louder!

Neil Geyev is betting that when the American aircraft carrier formation is moving at full speed, it is impossible to notice the movement of the underwater, and their own noise has covered everything!

Neil Geyev was about to bet right, but unfortunately, an underwater nuclear submarine was missed!

The Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine also has excellent mute performance, and has always been sailing in the waters in front of the aircraft carrier formation. It is 150 kilometers away from the 949 class. At this distance, the sonar of the hull cannot be found!

The 949-class nuclear submarine, which was moving at full speed, was discovered by the Los Angeles-class towed array sonar!

"The U.S. aircraft carrier formation has slowed down, and they are setting up an anti-submarine position." The sonar soldier listened to the sound of the water and reported to Neil Geyev.

Anti-submarine formation! Neil Geyev was stunned for a moment. It seems that his submarine was discovered by the Americans!

That's an aircraft carrier formation! When they are discovered, it will not be long before countless anti-submarine aircraft will besiege them!

"Reduce the speed, two cars, one forward, eight knots silent sailing." Nilgayev immediately gave the order.

At this time, continuing to run at full speed would be a complete courtship for death, but shutting down the engine, waiting silently, or even sitting on the bottom of the sea, is definitely not a good choice!

If it is the old and noisy old submarine, there are not many means of confrontation, and it may be the best choice if it is discovered by American surface ships.

However, it is different now! The Oscar class has excellent mute performance, and with this performance, it can deal with Americans!

"Comrade Captain, should we turn our course now?" asked the deputy captain Pulichev on the side.

Now, the Americans are searching for their own position, but they are going to meet them. No matter how you look at it, there is a feeling of being thrown into the net.

"Why change direction?" Neil Geyev said: "Even if we turn our heads and leave, can we run faster than American surface ships and anti-submarine aircraft?"

Now facing the aircraft carrier formation! In order to avoid exposing ourselves, we can only sail at an absolute low speed. Therefore, it is impossible to run faster than the US warships, and it is not possible to run past the surface warships. To run, we have to run past the carrier aircraft. This is almost impossible.

And walking towards it, this is the most difficult thing for the other party to think of, that is, the opportunity for your own side!

Moreover, this is also the right choice. No matter any submarine, sonar can only be deployed on the bow or side of the boat, and no sonar device can be arranged at the tail, where the noise of the propeller and the current will cover everything, all submarines, The rear is a blind spot.

In the face of so much anti-submarine energy now, it is very important to maintain correct monitoring of surface ships. If you turn around and leave, you will lose the means to control the surrounding situation. Nilgeyev will not do that.

As a result, in the 100-meter-deep seawater, the 949-class nuclear submarine headed towards the US aircraft carrier formation at a silent speed of 8 knots. At this time, the American S-3 anti-submarine aircraft had already flown to the predetermined sea area.

"They threw sonobuoys, all behind us," the sonar operator reported.

"Continue to monitor Neil Gayev said, as he guessed, the Americans' carrier-based aircraft were dispatched quite quickly, but unfortunately, the Americans still miscalculated, throwing buoys behind them, it was impossible to You can't catch yourself!

Keep going! The speed of eight knots is quite a quiet speed for the huge 949 class, and the noise is completely integrated into the sea water, which is difficult for Americans to detect.

"Active omnidirectional sonobuoy!" At this moment, the sonar operator continued to report to Neil Geyev.

It seems that Americans are already in a hurry!

Sonar buoys are divided into two types: active and passive. Passive can only monitor, and has a long operating distance, up to ten nautical miles, while active sonar buoys send out signals by themselves and then receive them, just like radar. The working distance of sonar buoys is only about one nautical mile. However, only such buoys can detect submarines in a sinking state.

Obviously, the Americans couldn't find the sound of their submarines, so they thought they were sitting on the bottom of the sea, trying to use active sonar buoys to locate. This thing, after forming a network, can map the shape of the seabed, and it is completely possible to find submarines sitting on the seabed. Unfortunately, the Americans are still heading in the wrong direction. (To be continued.) To find this site, please search for "" or enter the URL: