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Having reached the predetermined sea area at an economic speed, the two submarines remained quietly underwater, and at the same time, the antennas of the longwave radio stations were released, waiting to receive instructions from the command.

Until now, they did not know what their goal was, so close to the Iranian port of Chakhbahar would most likely be Iranian warships, but this port had already been hit by missiles in the last long-range air raid, and they had no need to ambush them again.

The U.S. Navy has been looking for opportunities to enter the Persian Gulf, and they are here to stay outside the Persian Gulf, which is likely to pose a threat to the U.S. Navy's possible moves.

The advantage of the submarine is here, it is a stealthy underwater force!

However, the U.S. Navy is very powerful, not to mention the aircraft carrier formation on the sea, even the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines under the water, can easily find them.

Are you scared? Mustafa shook his head, no! The Iraqi army is absolutely not afraid of any forces, even the most powerful United States and the USSR!

The United States supports Israel and points fingers at the Palestinian issue, and although relations between Iraq and the United States are now improving, when we think of our Palestinian compatriots, they will not have a good opinion of the Americans. ≦≧

After a day of waiting, finally, the longwave radio station began to receive orders from the headquarters again.

Target: USS McCain, an American freighter. Time: 3 p.m. on July 23, Location: Ambush area, Mission: Damage the ship.

Seeing the order, the deputy captain was a little puzzled: "Could it be that it was a mistake, what we are going to attack is actually an American civilian ship?" ”

"No, you can't be wrong, we strictly follow orders!" Mustafa said.

In the current situation of submarines, they can only receive signals, and if they send back signals for questioning, then they will reveal their own location, especially the ships of the US Navy in the Arabian Sea, which are 200 nautical miles away, if they find radio signals, they may be curious to dispatch anti-submarine planes to search for them, and at that time, it will be troublesome to complete the mission.

As a soldier, you must make it your duty to obey orders! They must believe that the order is correct and that they will strictly follow it!

Whether the target is an Iranian ship, the US Navy, or an American cargo ship, as long as the order is given from above, what they need to do is to carry it out to the letter!

Now, there are seven hours left before the attack is launched. ≦≧

"One last preparation, check if the torpedo is in good condition." Mustafa said.

The main weapon used by submarines is torpedoes, and torpedoes are also a complex weapon, and missiles are launched, before use, to detect, just a year ago in the Falklands naval battle, the 209-class submarine of the Argentine Navy, also carried out several attacks, but, each time failed, the torpedoes they fired, either did not hit the target, or did not explode, did not pose any threat to the British Expeditionary Force, on the contrary, the nuclear submarine of the British Navy, two torpedoes killed the only cruiser of the Argentine Navy.

If the Argentine Navy is strong, then the outcome of this battle between Britain and Argentina is likely to be rewritten.

The Iraqi Navy, definitely not going to make a similar mistake, was in the bow torpedo compartment of the TR-1700 submarine, where they again tested the torpedo.

On the sea, the cargo ship McCain is sailing on the route to Chakhbahar. ≦≧

During the voyage, they had been very cautious along the way, but they found that their luck was very good.

Except for an Omani patrol boat that flashed across the ten nautical miles of the sea, which made them nervous, and there were no other threatening targets, their cargo ship went unnoticed.

Saudi Rear Admiral Talal was full of confidence, and in the escort formation, he was the only one who knew the news from the Iraqi side, and they needed to be at the right time and place at the right time, and at the same time, two salvage ships were also ready to leave in Oman.

In the escort formation, there are also several European reporters who report on the current situation of their escort, although it is no longer a hot spot, but it is still newsworthy.

In the Basra Navy Command, they were all paying attention to the situation on the sea, because the submarine needed to remain hidden, so they could only send a message to the submarine, but the submarine could not reply, and the commander of the navy, Nasser, was a little nervous.

This time, there must be no mistakes! If the submarine had not attacked the opposing cargo ship, or, if the attack had been wrong, their operation would have failed.

The commanders of the field, the captains of the two submarines, Mustafa and Ismail, were not nervous, they believed in their abilities. ≦≧

After the last inspection of the torpedo, the submarine became quiet, and only the sonar crews were still scrupulously listening to the surrounding ships.

In order to avoid accidental hits, they chose a position slightly away from the port of Chakhbahar, where the two submarines were ten nautical miles apart and set up ambushes on the same channel.

The sonar could hear voices coming from the busiest shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz in the distance, and the target coming from the Gulf of Aden to the west had not yet appeared.

The clock ticked by.

When the submarine's watch hand pointed to fourteen o'clock and forty o'clock, the sonar crew finally heard the suspicious target: twenty nautical miles, speed: twelve knots!

It was emitted by a large propeller for a low-speed ship, and the sound of the bow crashing into the sea water should have been emitted by a cargo ship with a displacement of several thousand tons.

Hearing the appearance of the target, the crew on the submarine began to act.

"Forward one, left rudder two, head and tail ballast tanks displacement, ready to ascend to periscope depth. ≦≧," Mustafa said.

The use of periscopes to observe the target, and then the data for the torpedo is only the way used by submarines in the early days, and the torpedo nowadays mainly uses sonar to detect the navigation data of enemy ships and provide them to the torpedoes.

However, it is not a warship that is attacking now, but an ordinary civilian ship, and in order to hit the wrong target in a way, you must make sure that the target you are attacking is not wrong.

How to confirm?

The sonar system used by submarines has been installed in advance with the sound signals of most warships in the world, and after the sonar is discovered, in addition to listening to the sonar crew's ears, it can also be analyzed and compared with a computer. However, at present, the capacity of the system is limited, and it can only be equipped with the sound signals of major warships in the world.

So, the only way to identify your target is to look at it with your eyes!

Because the submarine is almost stationary on the bottom of the sea, if the submarine is operated only by the horizontal rudder surface, the submarine needs to slowly accelerate and gradually float, which takes a long time.

And directly draining the water in the ballast water tank is a way to quickly float, the buoyancy is greater than the gravity, even if the submarine is not started, it will surface itself.

Seeing that the depth of the submarine was gradually decreasing, when it was still twenty meters above the surface, Mustafa refilled the submarine with water and balanced the hull, otherwise, if it resurfaced, it would have to surface.

After this period of training, the submariners have completely mastered the operation steps, and under their operation, the 2,000-ton submarine, swimming in the water with a huge body, resumed its diving posture when it was still 12 meters above the sea surface.

"Ascend periscope."

On the submarine's conning tower, a thick pipe rose and gradually exposed the sea.

At this point, the clock pointed to 14:50.

"Sonar signal, fifteen degrees to port, fifteen nautical miles away."

Listening to the sonar crew's report, Mustafa turned the periscope to a position fifteen degrees to the port side.

Inside the periscope's crosshairs, below is the rippling blue water, above is the endless sky, the sea is empty, there is nothing.

Mustafa knew that although the periscope of the submarine was already a very complex and sophisticated equipment, the search distance was not very far, and at a distance of fifteen nautical miles, the periscope was likely to be invisible.

Gradually, in the narrow field of view of the periscope, a ship emitting black smoke appeared, and it was a large cargo ship with a low-speed marine diesel engine.

The goal has finally appeared!

Forward two, right rudder three, ready to occupy the attack position. Mustafa said.

The TR-1700 submarine, skillfully began to seize the launch position.

At the same time as the submarine accelerates, the horizon in the periscope begins to blur a little, and when using the periscope, because it will cause additional resistance, it will also cause the periscope barrel to shake slightly, so the speed cannot exceed eight knots.

However, in order to occupy the launch position as soon as possible, it is also necessary to maneuver quickly, if it cannot move to a suitable position as soon as possible underwater, it will lead to the submarine being very passive, and sometimes even losing the opportunity to launch.

Fortunately, the other party is a slow cargo ship.

The underwater submarine began to accelerate and began to move towards the starboard side of the McCain.

In Mustafa's field of vision, the outline of the ship became clearer and clearer, and the number on the bow and the appearance of the hull were indeed the target they were looking for: the McCain!

"Ready, Tube 1 loaded." Mustafa said.

This time, it was a complete live firing.

The officers and men in the torpedo compartment began to load SUT torpedoes of 533 mm caliber into the launch tubes.

In World War II, all of this work was done by strong young men, and it was completely manual work, but now, there is basically no manual labor, and the torpedo has been loaded into the launch tube.

Although the TR-1700 has only six torpedo tubes, due to its high degree of automation, the launch speed is even higher than that of other submarines with eight torpedo tubes.