Chapter 112 Joint Operations
The Silver Shadow has arrived.
This strange fish, which swooped straight at nearly two hundred knots, immediately caused chaos on the Connecticut.
"Quick, launch a nuclear torpedo!" The captain shouted hurriedly.
He didn't care about the sunken ship at this time, the U.S. Imperial Navy had done many deductions, and in the face of this monster of speed, the surface warship might have the strength to fight with a dense salvo of deep shells, but the submarine had no resistance other than launching nuclear torpedoes or nuclear anti-submarine missiles.
The MK48 of the nuclear charge quickly flew out of the launch tube, dragged a long wire in an upward sloping course, and crashed head-on into the silver shadow that swooped in from thirty kilometers away.
Two points of light, six kilometers per minute and one seven kilometers per minute, quickly close the distance between the two sides on the sonar screen.
"That monster down there is retreating!" The sonar man screamed.
Yes, the second fool who was originally dormant at the bottom of the sea suddenly jumped into the distance.
"All the remaining torpedoes followed." The captain calmly gave the order, he didn't have the time to care about the two fools now, he just needed to make sure that it wouldn't come to sneak attack, compared to it, the silver shadow was the biggest threat.
There are actually two nuclear torpedoes on the Connecticut, but there is no launch tube, and the outer cover of the launch canister must be opened after the wire guide torpedo is launched, because the wire connecting the torpedo extends from the inside, and the outer cover is not closed, and all spare nuclear torpedoes are on the storage rack behind the same launch tube, and it is impossible to move to other launch tubes, so it is impossible to launch a second nuclear torpedo before completing the attack on the Silver Shadow.
The seven torpedoes that were originally cruising below the Connecticut immediately rushed towards the two fools according to the instructions issued on the submarine, but their task was to guard rather than attack, and as long as the two fools did not float within their attack depth, they could only follow the guy's head.
On the Connecticut, so people dare not breathe and are busy at their posts, for these crew members who do not have any actual combat experience, today is obviously the biggest test in their lives, in order to prevent accidentally breaking the wire, the propeller of this submarine has stopped rotating, quietly hovering in the seawater, eight wires extending from the launch tube, controlling eight torpedoes like eight octopus tentacles, facing different enemies.
The second fool didn't pay any attention to the torpedoes cruising overhead, in fact, it didn't know the specific location of these torpedoes, which was why Wang Yue didn't dare to take the initiative, there was no sonar in the dark sea, it was difficult for him to avoid these torpedoes, maybe he could hit them when he attacked, his goal now was to get the second fool back to where he was, to get the weapons that were placed there.
Two minutes later, when the two fools rolled up four pressure canisters and began to rush under the Connecticut again, everyone in the submarine looked at the screen blankly, of course they were not looking at it, because at this moment, the silver shadow, which was about to enter the attack distance, suddenly turned around on the spot, and it was obvious that the purpose of this monster was to make a false shot, divert the nuclear torpedo and create a chance below.
"Torpedo turn, go attack the wreck." The captain immediately sneered and made his choice.
There was no point in chasing a monster that could reach two hundred knots at the fastest, and it was impossible to return to attack the monster below with a torpedo that had already been fired for nearly four kilometers, so the shipwreck was the best target, and he didn't believe that these two monsters would sit back and watch him destroy the munitions that were about to arrive.
The nuclear torpedo, which was chasing Silver Shadow according to the original route, immediately turned around and rushed towards the wreck position under the command of the submarine control system behind, but at this moment, Silver Shadow, who was already far away, suddenly turned around and rushed over again.
"These bastards! Cut off the wire torpedo into self-guided mode, ready to load the nuclear torpedo. The captain shouted angrily.
Obviously, this enemy's cunning is not inferior to the one below, its goal is to exhaust the fuel of this torpedo, MK48 is a thermodynamic torpedo, the engine uses Otto fuel, the maximum range is forty-six kilometers, once the fuel is exhausted, it can only sink to the bottom of the sea automatically, even if it launches another one, this monster can continue this kind of play, its speed is fast enough and its range is almost unlimited, in this way, even if all the torpedoes are exhausted, don't want to hurt it.
But without a nuclear torpedo, the USS Connecticut would be dead.
In that case, there is no need to follow its train of thought.
Under the order of the captain, the wire dragged behind the nuclear torpedo was quickly cut off, and then the outer cover of the submarine launch tube was closed, and the inner cover of the seawater was opened, and a spare nuclear torpedo on the torpedo rack was pushed up the slipway, and then pushed into the launch tube, the inner cover was closed, the outer cover was opened, and the torpedo was shot out again, and then dragged the wire straight to the silver shadow.
In fact, the captain was completely overthinking, even if he didn't fire the second nuclear torpedo, it would be impossible for Silver Shadow to really rush to him to attack, Boss Wang asked Silver Shadow to come to reinforce, it was nothing more than interfering on the upper level to buy time for the second fool to attack.
Wang Yue's task to it was very simple, to make a feint, rush to a distance of more than ten kilometers from the Connecticut and then turn around and return, jump back a distance and then turn around and launch a feint again, and so on and so on, and it was impossible for him to know whether the Connecticut fired a torpedo or a few torpedoes at Silver Shadow.
But as before, his allies knew.
Less than 10 kilometers away from the USS Connecticut, an anti-submarine helicopter of the Chinese Navy that had just arrived was hovering over the sea, and a suspended sonar hung down from the belly of the plane and sank into the seawater, using extremely sensitive passive sonar to listen to the noise of the propellers behind all the torpedoes, including the nuclear torpedo.
"Torpedo turn?" This information made Wang Yue stunned.
"Yes, in addition to the seven torpedoes cruising under the USS Connecticut, another torpedo that was supposed to attack westward suddenly turned, and the target should be the wreck, and behind it a second torpedo has been fired, which should have been fired from the same tube." Lin Ying said on the phone.
It is impossible to fire two wire-guided torpedoes at the same time from one launch tube, and it is clear that the first torpedo was transferred to self-guidance, which means that it will not detonate without reaching the position and depth of the wreck.
"I need a precise location." Wang Yue hurriedly said.
"Passive sonar can't be truly accurate." Lin Ying said.
"Then turn on the active sonar, I want to hang the sonar and have an active mode!" Wang Yue said.
"Impossible, if we turn on active sonar, it is equivalent to openly helping you, passive sonar detection can, we found that there are submarines of unknown nationality nearby who use active sonar to open active sonar for every reason to consider it as a threat for reconnaissance, but when you are engaged in war, it is an open provocation to use active sonar to irradiate." Lin Ying replied without hesitation.
"This problem will be solved by the diplomatic department, how do you know that it is a US imperialist submarine, and how do you know that it is at war with the Atlanteans, and our warship sailing on the high seas suddenly encountered the active sonar irradiation of a submarine of unknown nationality, you also said that this is a provocation, since it is a provocation, why can't we also use active sonar irradiation? Think about it, a nuclear submarine, a nuclear submarine of the US imperialists, even the Los Angeles class is probably full of treasures, right? Wang Yue said in a tone full of confusion.
"We don't have much time, I'll count to ten, if you haven't made a decision, then my friends will have to retreat, anyway, they are just losing some goods, and it's a big deal to transport some more from places beyond the reach of the US imperialists. One, two, three...", he then began to count.
He really didn't have much time, less than five minutes, and the position of the submarine and the sinking ship at this time were only a ten-minute torpedo voyage, and it was estimated that it was now halfway through.
"Turn on the active sonar!" Just as he counted to five, a man's voice came from the phone, and Wang Yue immediately showed a smile on his face.
"There's active sonar powered on nearby!" Just a dozen seconds later, the frightened cries of sonars aboard the Connecticut rang out.
"Cut off all the wires, all the torpedoes are turned into self-guided mode, and the submarine urgently rises to the surface and surfaces!" The captain screamed in horror in the same way, knowing very well what that meant.
At this moment, the silver shadow on the sonar screen suddenly accelerated to the limit, and instantly pounced on the nuclear torpedo that rushed towards the sunken ship, and then found the target with the naked eye nearby, and then opened its mouth to bite the torpedo from above and then rushed to the sea in the distance.
Behind it, another nuclear torpedo was also put into self-guided mode, but its active sonar seeker could not find the target at all because of the distance, and this torpedo was sailing according to the previously set attack route, of course, it was impossible to find the target again.
Almost at the same time, the second fool suddenly burst out of the water, swept through the gap of the seven cruising torpedoes, and then swooped straight for the Connecticut.
At this time, the helicopter hoisting sonar was turned off.
But in this short moment, the fate of the Connecticut was decided, and the nuclear submarine, which was about to jump out of the sea after cutting off all the torpedo wires, was suddenly hugged by the second fool, and before the US imperialist officers and soldiers inside could react, under the terrifying torque of the second fool who sprayed water sideways, the entire submarine immediately began to roll.
The nightmare of the Cloud Dragon befell them.
At this time, the torpedoes that switched to self-guided mode also reached the underside of the Connecticut, and with the experience of the Cui Ying, of course, they would not attack their submarines again, and the protection procedure was immediately activated, and then all the torpedoes turned to search for targets again.
But their target was clutching the Connecticut with their eight brachiopods and playing a fun little game.
As for the silver shadow holding the nuclear torpedo, it was already more than ten kilometers away at this time, Wang Yue didn't know what program the thing in its mouth was detonated, what if it was time? So after reaching a safe distance, Silvershadow dropped the nuclear torpedo and turned around the sea, avoiding the nuclear torpedo that was searching for it, and rushed towards the USS Connecticut from the other side.