Alan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, then pointed to the submarine and said, "The cargo is indeed there!" It's a pity you can't take it with you, because it's this submarine. ”

"The submarine itself?"

Chen Xu asked with some surprise: "The Soviet Union still needs the submarine technology of the Germans?" And it doesn't make sense to spend such a large price on a conventional submarine! ”

The Germans installed two propulsion systems in the submarine, a conventional diesel generator set, and an experimental fuel cell power system. This battery-powered system was the main purpose of the Soviets, and according to the Germans, the Soviets were very eager to get this technology. Alan scratched the back of his head, he didn't know much about submarines, he didn't understand the advanced aspects of this 209-class submarine.

"If it's a battery power system, it's no wonder!" Chen Xu groped for the little beard on his chin and nodded indifferently.

The battery powertrain that Allen is talking about is that AIP does not rely on air engine technology.

Conventional diesel-electric submarines can only rely entirely on batteries as a power source under water, and they will not be able to run when the batteries run out. It must be surfaced or ventilated by a tube protruding from under water before the diesel generator can be started to charge the battery.

The biggest disadvantage of the battery is that the range under water is too short, and the battery may be used up in about ten hours at full speed. However, it is strictly forbidden to charge batteries below the surface, because the diesel generator will instantly drain the few oxygen in the submarine after starting, and the crew will die before they even have time to react.

But during the war, it is also extremely dangerous to recharge if the submarine surfaces, and it is not even different from sending it to death. Submarines can only be called tactical weapons when they are underwater, and they can be reimbursed by a single enemy shell when they float to the surface.

Germany is a submarine power, they began to study during World War II to make submarines no longer rely on diesel-electric systems, the implication is to abandon diesel generators, directly use fuel cells to generate electricity, such submarines can stay underwater for more than ten days without surfacing the surface.

Germany is a submarine power, and because it is a defeated country, the development of submarines has been greatly limited. However, their AIP fuel cell system has always had a technology stockpile, but it has never really been equipped on a submarine.

And the Soviets happened to need this technology, so the Germans installed an experimental AIP system on their self-developed 209-class submarines, and then sold them to the Soviets along with the entire submarine.

Chen Xu didn't even need to look at it, he knew that this AIP system must be very bad, and it didn't even matter if it could work. The Germans' real AIP submarine will not be built until a few years later, and the more advanced 209 submarine was developed on the basis of the 212 submarine.

The sample that is being taken out now is actually pit the Soviets, and what they bought back at a high price of hundreds of millions of pounds is an unusable AIP submarine.

But that's how business is, it's not you who lie to me, it's me who cheats you. Beria came to South America empty-handed this time, isn't he ready to snatch this submarine!

"Chen? You don't seem to care at all about this German-made submarine, which is the most advanced conventional submarine in the world. Building nuclear submarines is very expensive, costing more than a billion dollars. Your country is not rich in the first place, and if you take this submarine with a fuel cell system back, I think it is what your country needs the most! Allen rarely said a reasonable sentence, because at this stage, China is a coastal defense type, and attacking nuclear submarines is expensive and not the most ideal equipment, and ordinary diesel-electric submarines can protect coastal security.

"Would you believe me if I said I preferred nuclear submarines?" Chen Xu said with a smile.

Alan rolled his eyes, not bothering to pay attention to him.

In fact, Chen Xu still likes this 209 submarine very much, Allen is right, it is indeed one of the most advanced conventional submarines in the world, although it is not as good as the Alpha-class attack nuclear submarine, but there are still many technologies that China needs.

What's more, there is also a half-hung AIP fuel cell system in the boat, which is also invaluable to our country.

It's a pity that these are of little use to Chen Xu, because in the big deal with Japan, he includes the very mature AIP fuel cell production technology, and he really has no shortage of conventional submarine technologies.

So Chen Xu must sink this U209 submarine to fake the collision accident in order to keep this Alpha-class!

……

Next, Eren has to go to the coastal castle above to clear the remnants of the enemy, and the underground port must be kept strictly secret. As for the officers and soldiers captured in the 209 submarine, they were also taken away and lost their usefulness, and their fate was already sealed.

And Chen Xu waited for Eagle Hooknose and others to clean up the corpses in the nuclear submarine, and after cleaning and sanitation, he entered the nuclear submarine to familiarize himself with the use of instruments and equipment.

Q: How many people can drive a submarine away at its limit?

This Chen Xu also has no way of knowing, the Alpha-class is a nuclear submarine, with a high degree of automation, with a captain, engine, helmsman, navigation, reactor operator, theoretically six people can run the submarine smoothly. In the movie Hunt U571, the U.S. military used only seven sailors to drive the German submarine, and by the way, there was a big battle and killed a German patrol ship.

Moreover, Allen guaranteed that the submariners who were dispatched would not be less than twenty, and with these people, they could basically guarantee that the Alpha-class would be launched.

Needless to say, it may take about two months for this nuclear submarine to sail from Argentina, which is close to the Antarctic, across the ocean to China, whether it is the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean, and to avoid various dangers during the process.

Fortunately! Chen Xu knows how to operate a nuclear reactor, especially the operator of the Soviet Union's liquid metal reactor, which must undergo long-term professional training before he can enter service.

Because once the operator is not skilled in the business, and there is any problem with the operation, the loss is not just a submarine, but a catastrophic nuclear contamination.

This can be seen in Chernobyl and the Fukushima nuclear leaks.

In Soviet nuclear submarines, the reactor operators were highly educated officers, and in real life it was not a problem to be a physics professor at a university.

This is also the key reason why Chen Xu dared to steal this submarine, because even in the Soviet Union, the number of operators who have the ability to control the Alpha-class liquid metal reactor can be counted on ten fingers, and ordinary people don't even know how to start it, so the Soviet Navy would never have thought that this submarine would be stolen by someone.

If the submarine goes missing, there are only two possibilities:

Either that's an accident and sinks!

Either the crew defected and fled to the United States!

To say that the most advanced nuclear submarine of the Soviet Union was driven away by a rabble engaged in smuggling, the Soviets themselves were the first to disbelieve it.

It's a pity that they met Chen Xu, a demon, who not only knows how to operate a nuclear reactor, but is even extremely proficient in all the electronic equipment in the boat.

"Hey...... Don't itch to touch those buttons, this is a nuclear submarine! "There are also fifteen mercenaries in the underground port, they are cleaning the cabin according to Chen Xu's instructions, these mercenaries because they saw these two submarines, as insiders, they can only choose to take the submarine to China together. On a submarine, they can do chores such as cooking, cleaning, watching, and monitoring instruments so that professional submarine operators can get a break.

After all, these guys are just big soldiers, and they are mercenaries who don't pay for their lives without discipline. They stay in the nuclear submarine just curious babies, they will touch everything they see, if it wasn't for Chen Xu to stop it in time, maybe there would be an accident.

Hooknose was temporarily appointed as the leader of this group of mercenaries, and asked him to control these people not to cause trouble, and then he himself became familiar with the various operations in the submarine.

Walking around the torpedo compartment, it was found that the weapons system inside the boat was loaded with a total of eight torpedoes and four submarine-launched missiles. These torpedoes and missiles are very technologically advanced, and they are weapons that China does not have, and they are very worthy of being brought back to China for reverse study.

The six cabins were checked inside and out, and five hours passed unconsciously, and when Chen Xu climbed out of the control tower, he happened to meet Allen delivering dinner.

Everything is simple, everyone can only squat on the dock to eat.

"How's it going up above?" Chen Xu was eating roast beef and asked in a vague voice.

"The submarine pilots who have been dispatched have already set off and believe that they will arrive here soon, and they have also brought the corresponding supplies to ensure that you will not lack food and clothing at the bottom of the sea." Allen's spirit is not very good, and he is weak when he speaks.

"I don't have to worry about you doing things!" Chen Xu smiled and patted Allen on the shoulder, this guy thinks too much about problems, and he won't be able to bear the pressure when he encounters big things

Allen said to Zhong Siyang Nunu, who was sitting on the concrete floor resting in the distance: "Are you going to stuff the big man into the submarine and bring it back?" With his size, it's not a good idea to live in a cramped submarine for dozens of days! I'm afraid he's going to go berserk and kill you all. ”

"Speaking of which, you reminded me that after the submarine departs, the crew must hand over their pistols and are not allowed to bring weapons!" Chen Xu reacted, the inside of the submarine is cramped and cramped, and it will be very uncomfortable for people to stay in it for a long time, and there is a high chance that they will go crazy, so the gun is absolutely not allowed to be brought in.

Chen Xu continued: "The big man has another task, you have to send him back to China by private plane, he wants to bring back the news here, and let my country's navy send professional crew to pick us up halfway, it is impossible for us to form a temporary team to hold on to the bottom of the sea for dozens of days." ”

The only trustworthy person around Chen Xu is Zhong Siyang, and it is safest for him to verbally bring the news here back to China, and there is a possibility that he may leave evidence on the phone.

The risks on the way home with a nuclear submarine are completely unpredictable, especially since the crew is made up entirely of smugglers and mercenaries, plus a few prisoners.

Chen Xu was worried that the submarine would sink to the bottom of the sea halfway, after all, this was a Soviet nuclear submarine, and it was also an unstable Alpha-class technical experimental boat.

The best thing to do now is to drive the submarine out, meet the navy on the way, and replace all the crew inside with professional naval soldiers.