Chapter 488: Silent Sailing
Two days ago, the Oscar-class K-146 sailed to the Arabian Sea, and as far as it is concerned, as long as it is close to the US aircraft carrier formation at a distance of 400 kilometers, it has already occupied the launch position, and through the coordination of other means of communication, it can use its own P700 anti-ship missiles to deal with the American aircraft carrier group. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, this obviously will not satisfy the captain of the boat, Nilgeyev, as a Soviet submariner, he must have great courage, and moreover, to test how vigilant the American aircraft carrier formation is against his own submarine is also one of his tasks this time! Can the most advanced 949-class nuclear submarine achieve those performance data on the paper of the designers?
So, he continued to direct the submarines, approaching the aircraft carrier formations of the Americans, all the way to a distance of a hundred kilometers, and was not detected by the Americans!
If you continue to get closer to a distance of 50 kilometers, you will be able to destroy the American warships even if you don't use those anti-ship missiles that you are carrying, even if you use torpedoes! With such convictions, Nirgaev moved on.
However, at this very moment, the aircraft carrier formations of the Americans accelerated! The Americans had realized that they had fallen for the Soviet ploy, so they began to pursue at full speed and headed in the direction of Bandar Abbas!
At this time, Nirgayev was in a dilemma, the 949-class nuclear submarine has two VM5 pressurized water reactors, and the power of a steam turbine of up to 90,000 horsepower is enough to propel the submarine to sail at a speed of 32 knots, and it will be able to catch up with the US aircraft carrier formation! (The modified Oscar class increased its displacement, which led to a reduction in speed to 28 knots)
However, if you continue to increase your speed, you will make yourself more noisy! The underwater silent navigation of submarines is all at low speed! Listening to the fact that the American aircraft carrier formation was gradually moving away in the sonar, Nirgaev still did not hold back the heart of the battle and ordered the submarine to move forward at full speed!
Full! The PWR emits 190 megawatts of thermal power, circulating water, heating steam, and pushing the steam turbine, which is converted into power for the propeller at the tail, and as the speed increases, the noise starts to get louder!
Nirgaev is gambling that when the aircraft carrier formations of the Americans are moving at full speed, it is simply impossible to notice the movement under the water, and their own noise, which has already covered everything!
Nirgayev was almost right in his bet, but alas, a nuclear submarine under water was missing!
The Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine also has excellent silent performance, and has been sailing in the sea area in front of the aircraft carrier formation, at a distance of 150 kilometers from the 949 class, and at this distance, the sonar of the hull cannot be found!
And the 949-class nuclear submarine, which was moving at full speed, was discovered by the towed array sonar of the Los Angeles class!
"The US aircraft carrier formation has slowed down, and they are putting up an anti-submarine position." Listening to the sound of the water, the sonar soldier reported to Nilgeyev.
Anti-submarine formation! Nirgeyev was stunned for a moment, it seems that his submarine was discovered by the Americans!
That's an aircraft carrier formation! Discovered by them, it won't be long before countless anti-submarine aircraft will come to surround them!
"Lower the rpm, double car, forward one, eight sections of silent sailing." Nirgeyev immediately gave the order.
At this time, continuing to race at full speed is to find death, and turning off the engine, waiting silently, or even sitting on the bottom of the sea is definitely not a good choice!
If it is still an old-fashioned submarine with a lot of noise in the past, there are not many means of confrontation, and it is discovered by the surface ships of the Americans, perhaps floating is the best choice.
However, this is no longer the case! The Oscar-class has excellent silent performance, and with this performance, it can compete with the Americans!
"Comrade Captain, should we turn the course now?" Prichev, the co-captain on the side, asked.
Now, the Americans are searching for their own position, and they are trying to catch up, and no matter how you look at it, there is a feeling that you have fallen into the net.
"Why the other way?" "Even if we turn around and leave, can we run faster than the surface ships of the Americans, as well as anti-submarine aircraft?" ”
Now it is an aircraft carrier formation! In order to avoid exposing itself, the side can only sail at an absolute low speed, so it is impossible to run faster than the US warship, and it is impossible to run past the surface warship, and if you want to run, you have to run past the carrier-based aircraft, which is almost impossible.
And to go, this is the last thing the other party can think of, that is, their own opportunity!
Moreover, this is also the right choice, no matter what submarine, sonar can only be deployed in the bow or on the side side, and it is impossible to arrange any sonar device in the tail, where the noise of the propeller and the current will cover everything, and all submarines, the tail is a blind spot.
Now in the face of so many anti-submarine forces, it is very important to maintain correct monitoring of surface ships, and if you turn around and leave, you will lose the means to control the situation around you, and Nirgeev will not do that.
So, in the sea water at a depth of 100 meters, the 949-class nuclear submarine headed in the direction of the US aircraft carrier formation at a silent speed of 8 knots, and at this time, the American S-3 anti-submarine aircraft had already flown to the predetermined sea area.
"They threw sonar buoys, all behind us." The sonar officer reported.
"Keep listening." Nirgayev said that, as he guessed, the Americans' carrier-based aircraft were dispatched quite quickly, but unfortunately, the Americans still miscalculated, throwing buoys behind their own back, it was impossible to catch themselves!
Keep moving! At eight knots, a fairly quiet speed for the massive 949 class, the noise blends completely into the sea, making it difficult for Americans to spot.
"Active omnidirectional sonar buoy!" At this moment, the sonar crew continued to report to Nilgeyev.
It seems that the Americans are already in a hurry!
Sonar buoys are divided into two kinds: active and passive, the passive can only be monitored, and the action distance is long, up to ten nautical miles, and the active sonar buoy is to send out its own signal, and then receive, just like the radar, the sonar buoy has a range of only about one nautical mile, but only this kind of buoy can find the submarine in a sinking state.
Obviously, the Americans could not find the sound of their submarine, so they thought it was sitting on the bottom of the sea, and tried in vain to use active sonar buoys to locate it. This thing, after forming a network, can map the shape of the seabed, and it is completely possible to find submarines sitting on the bottom of the sea. It's a pity that the Americans are still going in the wrong direction. (To be continued.) )