One morning in early May 1971, on the high seas east of Taiwan, two hunting submarines belonging to the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Navy were sailing, and they were going to form a small antisubmarine fleet with another frigate to escort a nuclear submarine that would cross the Bass Strait and return to a base in the north via the high seas five days later.

The movements of China's nuclear submarines have attracted the attention of the United States on the other side of the ocean.

Defense Secretary Ryder said with a grim expression to the US president that China's development of nuclear submarines might cause trouble to the United States: "We should find that submarine and get rid of it." This is the 'plan' that we have just drawn up, please take a look at it. ”

Two days later, the US missile submarine USS Great White Whale, which had been ordered to carry out the "Jupiter plan," mysteriously sailed into the South China Sea.

One day in May 1971, the Great White Whale was sailing 100 meters underwater. Just about 30 nautical miles from the Great White Whale, in the sonar room of the Chinese Navy's No. 225 conventional attack submarine, sonar crews picked up another faint sound through the sound of the submarine's propellers turning. Sonar soldier Xu Yang said to his companion after thinking: "I am sure that it is not an ordinary submarine, and the sound is made by the reactor." ”

Xu Yang immediately reported to the control room: "Captain, a nuclear-powered submarine has been found ahead!"

"You heard me right, did you?" Captain Yang Zhou asked sternly.

"You can't make a mistake! The sound emitted by the reactor power unit and the diesel engine is not at all the same. ”

"Can you tell which class of nuclear submarine it is?"

"Listening to the voice, that guy's reactor power seems to be very large, and the attack submarine with a narrow hull can't accommodate such a large reactor."

"It's not an attack submarine, so it's a missile submarine?" In the control room, captain Yang Zhou said to Ning Haibo, who was standing next to the helm platform as a conductor: "It seems that we have to go a little further and find out its identity." ”

In order to chase a target in rapid motion, Boat 225 was forced to increase its own power as well. Of course, the noise will also increase, and it can no longer hide itself.

Spotting a Chinese W-class submarine nearby, the American commander Bryant gave a loud command to dive. He didn't quite believe that the outdated W-class submarines could spot the Great White Whale, which was probably just a submarine returning to base. Pearson, the deputy captain standing on the side, said dissatisfiedly with the diving order: "Why don't you simply withdraw to the left from the territorial waters of the Chinese?" ”

Bryant roared, "Shut up! You're getting a concept wrong. We have not invaded China's territorial waters, so there is no such thing as 'exit'. The US government has never recognized the sea frontier drawn by the Chinese themselves! Besides, if you go to the left now, it will get closer to the submarine, and it will definitely bite in. And the Great White Whale has never been chased and escaped! ”

After the 225 submarine reported to the base and moved forward another 2 nautical miles, the sonar crew reported to the captain that the ghostly target was about 20 nautical miles to the left of the 225 boat.

"Looks like that guy has no intention of running away." Ning Haibo said.

Yang Zhou looked at the chart and analyzed: "The location where the target is now is a dangerous island and reef area. If we dive into that water, we're going to crash headfirst into the hard rocks......"

"Then let's hide at the edge of the reef area and give it a guard!"

"But who can guarantee that the 'rabbit' will run all the way down the course? What if this guy suddenly turns around and sails east? We'll never be able to catch up with it then. ”

"Then let's set a trap and lead it southwest." Ning Haibo came up with an idea, "Let's turn around and head northwest at high speed now, creating the illusion that we are leaving this sea area, and then slowly turn back along the channel and wait for it there." When it turns to the southwest, let's suddenly accelerate and give it a stick! ”

"Good!" Yang Zhou immediately made a decision.

Boat No. 225 increased its full power and headed northwest. Half an hour later, the submarine slowly slowed down and drifted in the water almost without a sound. This fading sound will give the other side the illusion that it is fading away, and then the 225th submarine follows the same path and slowly moves towards the predetermined ambush location......

Boat 225 silently lurked underwater for nearly four hours, and the target finally appeared!

Submarine 225, which had been afloat all along, was revived after a moment of restlessness. It turned the bow to the right, aimed itself at the right side of the target's channel, and suddenly rushed forward.

"Positive rudder, full speed!" Yang Zhou ordered, "Prepare to send a pulse modulation signal!" Xu Yang immediately pressed the pulse signal transmitter button. The emitted sound wave signal is reflected back, and the image of the "Great White Dick" nuclear submarine is clearly displayed on the monitor.

As soon as the No. 225 submarine was launched, the sonar operator of the "Great White Dick" nuclear submarine was frightened by this sudden sound. "Oh my God, it's the sound of submarine engines!" For submariners, this sound means that they are already on the enemy's torpedo trajectory and have been bitten!

When the huge body of the "Great White Whale" completely turned around, the distance between it and the No. 225 submarine was less than 1,200 meters.

"We can't let it run amok through our territorial waters, keep it at its original speed, and go straight ahead!" Yang Zhou decisively gave the order.

The bold move of the Project 225 submarine greatly surprised the Americans. They simply dare not imagine that a small boat of more than 1,000 tons would dare to fight with a nuclear submarine several times larger than it. Although the "Great White Whale" may not sink to the bottom of the sea after the collision, the damage will also be heavy. And for American sailors, it would be a shame to be buried in the dark seabed of another country's territorial waters for no reason!

At this moment, Boat 225 was rapidly rushing towards the Great White Whale. In a few minutes, it will pierce the body of the "Great White Whale" like a sharp sword......

"Report to the captain, the target is starting to retreat at full speed and is dodging us." Xu Yang shouted happily.

At the headquarters of a certain submarine base of the South China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, the commander was listening to the report of the combat staff officer with a serious expression: "I have just made contact with submarines 210, 213, and 214, and they are heading to the designated position at full speed. It is estimated that in one day, a blockade of the No. 3 sea area will be formed......"

The No. 225 submarine followed the target trail at the highest speed in the 150-meter deep sea and drove for three hours. Despite this, since it simply could not reach the high speed of the Great White Whale, it was not possible to reduce the distance between it and the target.

"Hai Bo, if you were commanding that submarine, once it was intercepted in the No. 3 Sea, which direction would you go?" Yang Zhou asked suddenly.

Ning Haibo pondered for a while and replied, "It's safest to go southwest." It is the closest shipping channel to the open sea, and if there is a wind and grass, it can quickly slip away. ”

"That's right. I don't think I can go on like this, I should change course and go southwest, where I will block it. ”

"However, in this case, we will not be able to grasp the target at all for at least 12 hours." "If it keeps going east, we're going to lose our goal forever." ”

Yang Zhou was silent. Yes, if it's just that the submarine loses its target because of its slow speed, the excuse is always grandiose. However, due to a mistake in judgment and the loss of the target, the responsibility can only be borne by the captain himself.

"Right rudder 5 degrees, heading 175, full speed ahead!" Yang Zhou gave the order firmly.

The Great White Whale could have gone all the way east into the open sea, but the humiliation it had just suffered aroused its desire for revenge, and it was bent on continuing its contest with the Chinese. As a result, the "Great White Whale" drew an arc-shaped track under the water at a depth of more than 100 meters and headed southwest at full speed.

After more than 10 hours of arduous "long-distance travel," the No. 225 submarine finally reached the best position to intercept the target both longitudinally and horizontally.

Suddenly, Xu Yangjing heard an extremely weak signal. "Dog, burnt to ashes, I can tell it's your bones!"

After the submarine No. 225 caught the target, it immediately picked up speed and met it. "Search with active sonar and give me the target distance!" Yang Zhou ordered.

"Active sonar finds the target, 8000 meters away!"

Yang Zhou raised his head and issued an order in a low voice: "Torpedo ready!"

With the captain's order, the outboard doors of the two torpedo tubes of the No. 225 attack submarine were opened, and the torpedoes were fired at the first command.

The high-frequency pulses emitted by the Project 225 submarine hit the target one after another. At the same time, the active sonar wave spread rapidly in the silent waters, and was soon picked up by the passive sonar of the three attack submarines 210, 213, and 214, who were rushing to pick them up. The three attack submarines immediately accelerated towards the target.

When the "Great White Whale" learned that it was the attack submarine that suddenly appeared 10 hours earlier, they were simply confused: "Where the hell did it come from?" It is simply impossible for a W-class submarine to have such a fast speed!"

The Great White Whale has invaded the territorial waters of more than one country, but has never encountered such a dangerous hunt. At best, those countries are merely insignificant protests to the U.S. government after the fact. However, the tenacity and fearlessness displayed by the Chinese submarine over the past few days have made the American captain of the "Great White Dick" feel that the Chinese navy is not as easy to deal with as he thought. At this point, he finally understood that the "Great White Dick" was completely surrounded by a group of Chinese attack submarines and had fallen into a situation where there was no way out. It had to burst out with a thud. This US Navy 616-class nuclear-powered missile submarine has finally been completely exposed to the world......

Soon, only 2,000 meters away from the "Great White Whale" missile nuclear submarine, the No. 225 submarine slowly emerged from the water, and immediately issued a solemn warning to the "Great White Whale" in an international code:

"The most reluctant! The most reluctantly warned! You have invaded our territorial waters, and you hope to identify yourself and withdraw immediately. Otherwise, you will be beaten!"

Although China's conventional submarines appear very thin compared to the huge body of the "Great White Dick," the majesty and strength displayed by it are something that no one dares to underestimate.

"Bang!" Bang!"" Bang!"

The bow and starboard side of the "Great White Dick" missile nuclear submarine were suddenly bombarded by a continuous attack of high-frequency pulses, which were the three attack submarines that had already surrounded the "Great White Dick" and were using active sonar to locate the torpedoes......

After receiving the president's order to "cancel the plan", Bryant stared at the attack submarine floating 1,000 meters away from the starboard side of the "Great White Whale" and was stunned. Pearson leaned in, "What are you thinking, sir?" Bryant whispered, "Any country can build a modern navy — as long as it has the money." However, it is not able to create the undaunting and uncompromising offensive spirit of a real navy with money. You can destroy a fleet, but you can't destroy the spirit. ”