0218 Don't be a submariner if you're afraid of death

Back on the ground, a feeling of sudden enlightenment, seeing the submariners gathered, Wang Liang wanted to say a few words.

Just as a senior, as a veteran.

"Don't be a submariner if you're afraid of death!"

"I remember that it was 1959, and it was also such a season, near the waters of the Zhoushan Islands, the Navy held a military exercise......"

In 1959, a turbulent year, there were many things that could not be explained clearly and could not be understood.

This is history, and you don't need to delve into right and wrong.

"December 1 of that year was a dark day." Wang Liang couldn't help but fall into deep memories.

The frigates of the East China Sea Fleet organized a submarine attack exercise in the waters of Zhoushan.

By 12 o'clock in the afternoon, the exercise was coming to an end.

The weather at sea changed very quickly, and just before the sky was clear, it changed its face in a short time, and it rained heavily, and at the same time the waves were turbulent and monstrous.

Seeing this, the commander of the exercise could not help frowning.

The warships equipped by our navy are all in disrepair, and the extremely bad weather suddenly comes, can they withstand it?

Wang Liang recounted as an eyewitness: "It has been in disrepair for a long time, to what extent it has fallen into disrepair, I can only say that it is dilapidated that you can't imagine. The exercise was unsatisfactory, the results were very poor, and the training objectives of the submarine attack drill were not achieved. ”

The officers and men of the submarine listened carefully and carefully, and the netizens who watched the live broadcast also listened quietly.

"Submarine Project 418, an M-class mini-submarine, in layman's terms, is a Soviet baby-class submarine. If the submarines equipped by the navies of European and American countries at that time were compared to automobiles, the No. 418 submarine was at most a bicycle. Wang Liang tried to speak in plain language as much as possible.

In 1959, China's knowledge of submarines was almost nil.

"This exercise is the first time that the Chinese Navy has gone to sea after receiving a submarine, and of course, it is an exploratory exercise, the beginning of a Chinese submarine."

"The fighters on the submarine were carefully selected from all over the army, and they all went to the submarine study team to be trained by Soviet instructors. Due to the constraints of various conditions at that time, although after a long period of study, the fighters only mastered the basic operation techniques of submarines, but they knew very little about the tactics of attacking submarines and countering ships. Wang Liang said.

This is not to blame our fighters, and the conditions are one factor.

What's more, Big Brother is not open and honest with us, and he is secretive about the core technology.

No one wants their neighbors to be a threat to them.

If the Navy wants to develop submarines and make submarines form combat effectiveness, it can only rely on itself to explore step by step.

Exploration always comes at a price.

Fifty meters below the sea in the sea area of Zhoushan.

Project 418 went at full speed, rowing in huge zigzags to evade search by surface ships.

"The captain's name is Zhang Minglong, my comrade-in-arms, and on the day he went to sea, his pregnant wife was approaching her due date. Minglong kept showing off to me, 'Old Wang, I'm going to be a father.' ''What do you think I'll give our son a name?'' ''Patriotism? Wei Min? If it's a daughter, it's called Weihua! I could see the joy in his face. ”

Familiar faces appeared in front of Wang Liang's eyes.

"Deputy Captain Wang Mingxin, a graduate of the Leningrad Naval Academy, has just become a father. Navigator Jin Zuoyin, a college student who graduated from Lianshi Maritime School, and acting political commissar Zhang Qianchong......"

At 1:40 p.m., this is the scheduled end time of the exercise.

The Hengyang frigate, which was cooperating with the 418 submarine for training, had already arrived at the specified sea area in accordance with the predetermined plan, parked and drifted.

Wang Liang analyzed: "Parking and drifting, this is a fatal mistake. Once stopped, the submarine cannot listen to the sound of surface ships, let alone ensure the safety of the afloat. ”

"Originally, the navy only knew a little about submarines, and the captain of the Hengyang participated in activities on the shore......"

After a brief introduction, Wang Liang didn't want to draw everyone's attention to the 'activity'.

What he wants to talk about is a pure soldier, a soldier who takes obedience to orders as his vocation.

The officers and men on the Hengyang threw three grenades under the water, which was the agreed contact method with the submarine.

Fifty meters underwater, on 418 submarines.

"Report to the captain, three explosions have been detected." The sonar crew immediately reported to the captain.

According to the days, the wife should have completed the delivery, and he is determined to be a father, so the captain Zhang Minglong showed a long-lost smile on his face: "You don't need to report it, we can all hear such a big movement." Attention units, get ready to float! ”

"Prepare to float!" The crew in the watch room repeated the captain's command.

The siren sounded, and the crew who were resting in the dormitory quickly arrived at the battle position.

"The first cabin is ready."

"The second cabin is ready."

"The third cabin is ready."

“......”

"Report, captain, the cabins are ready."

"Start floating!" Zhang Minglong gave the command again.

The crew on duty repeated: "Start afloat." ”

"Everything is in the exploration stage, and the officers and men on the submarine only know a little about the submarine. Another fatal mistake entangled, watertight! Watertightness refers to the airtightness of the hull after it is immersed in water or the tank or cabinet is flushed, and its structure and corresponding closing equipment remain impermeable under a certain water pressure. In fact, at that time, the submarine did not close all the watertight doors of the watertight compartments in accordance with the regulations. ”

Wang Liang said: "If there is no accident, the negligence of the watertight is nothing, and there will be no consequences." It's like a car driver who forgot to wear his seatbelt, if he hadn't been in an accident......"

The reason why Wang Liang explains so much is to let everyone understand that history has certain limitations.

Perhaps in the eyes of onlookers, the mistakes at that time were so incomprehensible.

But if you lived in that era and in that environment, I am afraid that you would have made the same mistakes.

Buzz Buzz –

The chief engineer activated the drainage system, and there was a roar in the engine room, and there was a lot of movement, after all, it was old equipment.

Fifteen atmospheres of high-pressure gas were quickly injected into the tank, and the seawater was squeezed out of the tank under the powerful high-pressure gas, and the submarine began to float.

"Fifty meters."

"Forty-five meters."

"Forty meters."

"Thirty-five meters."

"Thirty meters."

Minutes and seconds passed, and the submarine kept floating.

Smiles bloomed on the crew's faces, and it became a luxury to take a breath of fresh air after more than a week off the ground.

They all couldn't wait to float up, go to the sea to raise the five-star red flag, and then take a few breaths of fresh air.

Shout a few times to release the depression in your heart.

Although they were the elite selected from the whole army, it was the first time they were on a mission under the sea, and that kind of day was really an ordeal.