Chapter 380: Discovery of a Somali submarine

"Lao Lin, the Americans seem to have disappeared! Looks like we're lost! ”

A huge submarine slowly emerged from the bottom of the water near the southwest of the British Indian Ocean Territory, the exit above the submarine was opened, and two officer-like men jumped out of it, and then stood on the side of the ship and looked around with their glasses, one of them said.

This Typhoon-class attack nuclear submarine with the board number 201 is one of the four ships in the official Somali twin aircraft carrier formation, and the four nuclear submarines are numbered 201 to 204, which belong to the same class of ships. Because of the unity of the base, all the equipment and data of this type of ship are exactly the same, and they cannot be distinguished at all except for the gunwale.

The United States has the most complete seabed mapping in the world, and this map is the top secret of the US Navy and is an essential navigation map for every US nuclear submarine. Because inside the submarine, you can't see the bottom of the sea, and all navigation needs to be very strictly according to the map.

The four nuclear-powered attack submarines owned by the Red Guard Corps used submarine maps were all contributed by the USS Carter. The great value of capturing the US nuclear submarine has already been reflected, and without this map, the four submarines of the Red Guard Corps would not be able to freely carry out deep-sea diving.

At the beginning, Li Lan sent four submarines to sea for training in order to survey the seabed environment, but now, this step can be omitted. This map of the United States is enough for Li Lan to save 10 years of effort. This is because the United States has surveyed most of the world's seas, forming a very detailed map of the seabed.

At this time, the two people on the submarine were the captain of the submarine, Colonel Lin Kexing, and the other was the chief of staff, Colonel Chen Zhihong. The two of them have been following the coalition fleet since it entered the central Indian Ocean. But after all, the anti-submarine capabilities of aircraft carrier formations are quite massive, in order to avoid detection by the Americans. They can only follow from a distance, using passive sonar to find each other's traces.

What makes Lin Kexing and others strange is that. The Americans did not immediately go to the eastern part of the Indian Ocean, but when they were about to arrive, they turned around and went straight south, continuing straight down towards the southern part of the Indian Ocean, which made Lin Kexing start to think that he was following the wrong fleet. I had to risk catching up with him to identify it, but the result still put Lin Kexing at ease, and the Americans did turn.

Lin Kexing: A third-class Chinese soldier unit, military rank: Colonel Captain.

Ability: Senior Commander Ability......

Chen Zhihong: A third-class Chinese soldier unit, military position: colonel chief of staff.

Ability: Senior Commander Ability...... (Both of them are book friends with real names and cameos)

"No way. It seems that we can only estimate one direction to find those people! Lin Kexing's face did not show a look of helplessness. They lost them at least three times along the way, but each time they managed to get it back. As they spoke, more soldiers stepped out of the submarine and jumped directly into the sea on both sides, where they began to play happily.

Although the living conditions inside the nuclear submarine are okay, there are swimming pools and sunbathing, as well as sports rooms and a lot of activity space, which is such a luxury that only a nuclear-powered submarine can have. But after so many days underwater, every submariner was still uncomfortable.

"This ......," Chen Zhihong saw the fighters jump into the sea. I just wanted to speak. was stopped by Lin Kexing, who shook his head lightly and said, "Let them move." If we dive, we don't know when we will be able to come up. And it's highly likely that the battle is about to start! Let's enjoy a short time of peace! ”

Chen Zhihong listened to Lin Kexing's words, although he felt a little inappropriate, but he could only nod. After all, they had already searched the surroundings when they surfaced, and it was absolutely safe. Lin Kexing turned back to the signal corpsman standing behind him and said, "Send a report to the base, just say that the coalition fleet has begun to move south." The whereabouts are unknown, and we are under surveillance. The signal soldier just nodded. Just as he was about to return to the submarine, a soldier emerged from the mouth of the submarine. He shouted loudly: "Captain, five planes have been found, and they are flying in our direction!" ”

Lin Kexing was only slightly stunned when he heard this, such a thing can be said to be very common. Lin Kexing could only shake his head helplessly, and shouted loudly to the soldiers who were swimming in the sea: "It's back, we're going to dive!" "The fighters got back to the submarine as fast as they could, and then got into the submarine. Lin Kexing also returned to his command position at this time, standing next to the periscope and said: "Dive sixty meters!" Release the sensor! Open the periscope! ”

The periscope that Lin Kexing is talking about is not a periscope in the traditional sense, but a virtual periscope, which is based on the principle that the surface of the ocean is actually a primitive lens, which absorbs the light on the surface of the water and refracts them underwater. A virtual periscope captures these refracted rays and restores them with high-speed signal processing software to "piece together" an image of the sea surface. The virtual periscope, mounted at the bow and looking like a protruding eye, is actually a sensitive camera that captures light refracted from the surface. However, the image seen by the virtual periscope is not clear enough to distinguish the type of ship on the surface, but it can at least warn the submarine of suspicious targets on the surface. At a depth of 60 meters above the sea surface, it can detect targets up to 1,600 meters away and give early warning.

And as for the sensor, it's actually a miniature camera, tethered to a buoy. If you don't look closely, it's like a piece of garbage that drifts with the flow. It can take pictures 3 inches above the surface and then send the images back to the submarine for restoration using signal processing software. It allows the submarine to see clearly within 360 degrees of the sea. After completing the mission, the submarine cut the rope and quietly slipped away, discarding it. These two new periscopes contribute to the stealth and security of the submarine. But they also have limitations. The imaging ability of the virtual periscope is weak, and it is not yet possible to accurately determine the type of target. In addition, both systems are overly reliant on signal processing software, and the viewing distance is not as far as that of traditional periscopes.

Lin Kexing is only so careful because in this area, there are very few formations of five planes, and what mission they should be performing. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, as well as your own safety, it is safer to adopt such a method. To his delight, he didn't find any enemy ships around.

Lin Kexing's guess was not wrong at all, these five planes were indeed carrying out the same mission. And the task is not about someone else, but about himself. Their mission was to find the submarine where Lin Kexing was and blow it up.

The people on the 201 submarine didn't know that the reason why the coalition fleet changed course was because it found such a small tail following behind them, which kept them awake at night.

So, the commander of the coalition fleet, Gothney, decided to suddenly change his course and pick up the pace.

Are there any submarines in Somalia? This is a very big controversy among the coalition forces, and if this controversy did not have a good result before the aircraft carrier came out, there is no need to say much about it now. Somalia definitely has submarines, a country capable of having an 80,000-ton aircraft carrier, absolutely has the level of building submarines, if not the world's first-class submarines, but not second-rate submarines.

This is the simplest explanation of a country's industrial strength, without any exceptions. Not to mention anything else, the steam catapult on the Somali aircraft carrier, to put it mildly, is that the current Russia does not have such industrial sophistication to build.

Although Gothney is very fame and fortune, he is also a real and powerful general, and has strong leadership skills for naval battles. He knew very well that the little tail of Zhilu Dao would definitely think that he was following the wrong team because he changed course, because it could only track itself through radar and sonar. At this time, he will definitely find a way to confirm, and if he wants to confirm, he must be close to himself.

However, the last attempt failed, and the little tail of the Gothney came up to confirm itself, but found no trace of it. Just when Gottney thought that his judgment had failed, or that there was no such little tail at all, it reappeared, and the place where he passed through more than ten hours ago, it seemed that it relied on the complex and hidden places under the sea to avoid his sight, which made Gottney even more determined to kill this hidden hazard.

Then it accelerated again, then slowed down, changed course, and after two confirmations, finally the position of the submarine was roughly determined. And this time, after shaking off this tail, Gotney ordered the anti-submarine squadron to go to this area to search for and deal with the submarine.

Lin Kexing didn't know that he had been completely exposed to the sight of the US military, and he couldn't blame himself, the key was that the US military didn't react to his actions every time, and if they found out, they would definitely react, and not like this. No matter how crazy the fleet commander is, he would not dare to ignore the existence of a nuclear submarine, and it is the enemy's, so the reaction of the Gotney is an abnormal reaction, and it is not an exaggeration to confuse Linkexing. It can only be said that Lin Kexing was a little careless and did not discover the Gothney conspiracy.

Through the images sent back by the sensor, Lin Kexing clearly saw that five planes were hovering over him, as if looking for something, and Lin Kexing began to have a bad premonition. Sure enough, after a large plane slowly circled in the air, it began to reduce its altitude, Lin Kexing had clearly seen at this time that this plane was the U.S. military's V-22 Osprey multi-purpose aircraft, if he guessed correctly, this plane should be the U.S. Navy's SV-22, and his performance is - anti-submarine. (To be continued......)