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Although theoretically, the steam catapult has an unrivaled advantage to help the carrier-based aircraft overcome the limitations of its own power and take off from a small aircraft carrier with a full load, the steam catapult also has disadvantages. Pen, Fun, Court www.biquge.info{{}}

Among them, the biggest disadvantage is that it will consume a lot of steam, you know, the aircraft carrier wants to sail at full speed, the steam boiler needs to provide a large amount of steam to power the steam turbine, but the steam catapult will also compete with the aircraft carrier for valuable steam.

So, after catapulting two squadrons of F-14 fighters, the pressure of the steam dropped, and the speed of the aircraft carrier dropped to 27 knots, at this time, the Kitty Hawk paused the take-off of the fully loaded F-14 fighters, and once again stored enough power before the next takeoff.

Two more squadrons of F-14 fighters took off, and at this time there were already sixteen F-14s in the sky, which was enough to carry out enough air defense operations under the command of the E-2 AWACS aircraft, and a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, equipped with 20 F-14s as standard, except for one squadron in the hangar below for maintenance, the rest had already been used.

After taking off the air defense fighters, the aircraft carrier no longer has to sail against the wind, and naturally has to turn according to the original course, which is exactly on the route of the K-132. {{}}

"Slow down to 3 knots and slowly descend to 150 meters." Yezhov ordered.

This time their luck was good, they easily caught a big fish, as a Soviet submariner, this is the moment that makes them the most excited, let the Yankees know how powerful they are! An entire aircraft carrier group, an invincible fleet built for more than $10 billion. Not at all as good as a submarine of the Red Navy.

Although until now, the submarine of the opposing side has not been found. However, there is no doubt about it. The US aircraft carrier group will definitely be equipped with one or two attack nuclear submarines to escort the escort, Yezhov is very confident that the performance of his own nuclear submarines is even better than that of the other side, but. He also knows that the quietness of the US submarine is very good, and if it were not for the new propeller of the other side, it might be even louder than the other side's. Now the submarine of the opposing side has not been detected. It could be a long distance, or it could be in another direction.

Although the other party's submarine was not discovered, and Yezhov was sure that the other side must have a nuclear submarine, he did not give the order to use a towed array sonar with a longer detection range and higher accuracy, and now, as the two sides got closer and closer, he had to be ready to be discovered by the other party at any time. {{}} If you release the towed array sonar, maybe it will be too late to take it back, so you can only cut it off, if it is okay in wartime, but now, if you lose the precious tail, the commander of the base will reprimand him to tears when he returns.

The orientation of the other party is determined, according to the preset point of the estimate. K-132 is moving slowly, almost completely hiding its voice in the background of the sea as it travels at a speed of 3 knots.

The Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier formation is now mainly conducting air defense exercises, so with the exception of one of the outermost Perry-class frigates, which turned on the bow passive sonar, there was little attention paid to underwater.

It's safe underwater, because there's a Los Angeles submarine!

The underwater Baton Rouge, along with the formation, began to turn, protecting the underwater safety of the aircraft carrier in the black world.

As he turned, the sonar seemed to hear a suspicious signal, but then, the signal disappeared. {{}}

Maybe it was a big fish spitting bubbles, and the sonar soldier thought that there were still a lot of noisy sounds underwater. He often heard all kinds of strange sounds, for example, the sound just now, which was different from the various sounds he had heard during training, so he ruled out the possibility of a Soviet submarine.

As a submarine sonar officer of the U.S. Navy, before boarding a submarine, he needs to be familiar with the sounds of various surface and underwater submarines of the Soviet Union and distinguish them, but he cannot distinguish the sound of the new submarines newly built by the Soviet Union, because he has not heard them. Especially, the voice was so faint that he didn't even pay attention.

Originally, the Oscar-class submarine in this case, the excellent quietness of low-speed navigation made it impossible to be detected by the other party at all, but various underwater situations will occur, such as underwater currents!

Now, at the depth of the K-132's voyage, there was just a current, which was going in the same direction as it, and as a result, it brought the sound exactly to the Los Angeles-class submarines. {{}}

Unfortunately, after the Los Angeles submarine completed the turn, the passive sonar on the side could no longer be aimed at the target, so the sound disappeared.

This kind of underwater current, which is not usually noticed, can only be known when the submarine has completely stopped and finds that the hull is still moving.

The K-132 submarine is underwater, and at the same time, every ten minutes, the hull is lowered and turned at an angle, so that the sonar on the side can more accurately determine the opponent's tracks.

"Fifteen nautical miles away, fifteen degrees to port in the direction, target determined, Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, seventeen degrees to port, a California-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, a Perry-class frigate, ten degrees to port, a Kidd-class destroyer and a Spruance-class destroyer." At a relatively long distance, sonar soldiers can only roughly distinguish the tonnage and number of ships, only now, at a distance of fifteen nautical miles, the sound characteristics of each ship are already very obvious. However, he still did not find the presence of the Los Angeles-class submarine.

Fifteen nautical miles, what does this mean? It means that Yezhov can fire the torpedoes in the six torpedo tubes in the bow of the boat at any time if he wants. {{}}

In addition to the 533 mm caliber torpedo, the K-132 also has two 650 mm caliber super-large torpedo tubes, which are used to launch advanced super-heavy 65-73 torpedoes, which have a large charge and weigh half a ton, moreover, it is also possible to use a nuclear warhead, which uses a turbine engine, is fast and has a long range, at this distance, it is easy to kill the Kitty Hawk with one torpedo!

"Left rudder three, forward two, shark gills energized, ready to intercept target data, torpedo compartment ready." Yezhov calmly ordered.

His words surprised Serov, the deputy captain next to him: "Captain, are we going to attack?" We didn't receive orders from our superiors. ”

Seeing Serov's surprised expression, Yezhov said: "No, we are just simulating an attack, don't you think that this is a very good training opportunity for us?" ”

Being able to touch under the other party and test the silence ability of your own nuclear submarine is indeed excellent, so it is enough, do you still need to make a big move? If the US aircraft carrier squadron is discovered, it will be subjected to frenzied retaliation, and if it is bombarded indiscriminately by various US anti-submarine weapons and finally forced out of the sea, it will be a great loss of face for the Soviet Union.

However, Yezhov was the captain of the boat, and the decision was in his hands.

With the captain's order, the huge Oscar 2-class K-132 submarine began its sharp blow, the propeller in the tail accelerated and rotated, and with the movement of the tail rudder, the hull was also rotating flexibly, and the maneuverability that seemed to be very inconsistent with his body quickly seized a favorable torpedo firing position.

"Eighteen degrees to the port side, unknown noise." Suddenly, the sonar crew of the Baton Rouge nuclear submarine suddenly noticed a unique noise at a distance of fourteen nautical miles.

"What's that?" Captain Johnson asked.

The sonar soldier continued to confirm it, and finally it was determined: "The noise of the low-speed propeller, which is now accelerating, is at a depth of one hundred and fifteen, and a distance of fourteen, a submarine of unknown nationality." ”

Johnson's face suddenly lengthened, and at such a close distance, he was actually approached by a submarine of unknown nationality! If this had been in war, the Kitty Hawk would have been sunk!

"Report to the Kitty Hawk, a submarine of unknown nationality has been discovered," said the captain, "right rudder two, forward four, we need to get it out!" ”

Although he has lost the first opportunity, but, as the underwater nanny of the aircraft carrier, he must do that, if he wants to challenge the underwater safety of the aircraft carrier formation, it is simply impossible, in a few minutes, there will be SH-60 anti-submarine helicopters and S-3 fixed-wing carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft take off, plus a few escort ships, will definitely be able to find out the damn submarine.

During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union used submarines for underwater confrontation, and the American attack nuclear submarines often tracked the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear submarines, and the Soviet Union's nuclear submarines often found trouble with aircraft carrier formations, so although the sonar said that he was of unknown nationality, Johnson could know without thinking about it that it must be the Soviets.

Although this kind of confrontation is lively, it is actually very dangerous, and although both sides are very restrained, driving a submarine is not as simple as driving a car, and there will be occasional collisions, which neither side wants to see.

A submarine of unknown nationality was found underwater, only fourteen nautical miles away! The news was transmitted back to the aircraft carrier through the underwater data link, and the captain of the aircraft carrier who was directing the exercise, Thomas Wallen, who was also the commander-in-chief of the formation this time, was immediately taken aback: "The air defense exercises are over, anti-submarine warfare is carried out immediately, pay attention, this is not an exercise!" ”

Although it is an emergency, the US Navy has been conducting various training all year round, and it can quickly adjust at any time in response to different threats, and the position of the strongest maritime hegemon established since World War II is not blown.

All warships began to slow down, and at the same time dispersed, assuming an anti-submarine combat posture, and the bow sonar was turned on to detect the situation below.

In World War II, no matter how famous the German Sea Wolf tactics were, submarines could only win by sneak attacks, and as long as they were discovered, it would be absolutely difficult to escape the hunt of surface ships