Chapter 482 482 Underwater and Heavenly
The Chinese Expeditionary Fleet is not the same as the Black Sea Fleet, if the Black Sea Fleet is a slack salmon, and the Expeditionary Fleet is a great white shark waiting for an opportunity to move dangerously!
Except for the fleet commander Zhang Lingzhong and some command logistics departments in the home port of Constanta, the Chinese fleet is actually cruising on the Black Sea, and they are here to fight, not to spend vacation in Romania. So before the Black Sea Fleet left the port, the expeditionary fleet of the Chinese PLA, had already entered a combat state.
Among them, the closest Chinese naval vessels to the port of Sevastopol are three Chinese attack nuclear submarines.
The young submarine captain Li Chun took his deep-sea Magic Shark Type 095 attack nuclear submarine 439 and two other attack nuclear submarines in ambush in the outer waters of Sevastopol. The Black Sea is an oxygen-deficient and closed ocean system with an average depth of more than 100 meters, and the conditions for submarine operations alone are much better than those of several marginal seas near China
The three attack nuclear submarines blocked outside Sevastopol are one 093 and two 095, although there is a certain generation difference, but it does not affect the coordinated operation. What's more, the Type 093 attack nuclear submarine is already a relatively advanced attack nuclear submarine in the world today, and from the comprehensive consideration of silence, power, armament and other aspects, it is only lagging behind the US military's Seawolf-class nuclear submarine, which is slightly better than the Los Angeles-class and Soviet-made Akula-class.
And the Type 095 attack nuclear submarine is even left behind by super nuclear submarines developed by the United States with a lot of money such as Seawolf. With a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, its quiet ability can even be as low as 86 decibels, which is really difficult to find in the deep sea. The large size of the submarine also allows it to have 16 VLS (Vertical Launch Systems), which are mainly used to launch submarine-launched cruise missiles for land attacks. It has a special operation section and a small manned diving gear, which can carry out special operations for near-shore infiltration.
Moreover, the Type 095 submarine is equipped with two kinds of torpedo weapons that are also the most advanced in the world, one is the Yu-9 intelligent torpedo developed by the PLA in the later generations, which can automatically identify false targets and decoys, and can restart the scanning after losing the target, and continue to seek the enemy and attack the enemy. The other is the weapon of the Akula submarine of the Soviet Navy from the Red Alert 3, the RU-20 supercavitating torpedo, and the PLA is officially finalized as the Fish-10 supercavitating torpedo.
This kind of supercavitating torpedo in the game actually has no seeker, and it doesn't matter if you really shoot it, and it depends on luck whether you hit it or not. It can be set casually in the game, but it is naturally impossible to do so in reality, and the Yu-10 supercavitating torpedo naturally has a seeker. The Fish-10, which has a super long range and a super fast rate of fire, is sometimes more terrifying than the Navy's two supersonic anti-ship missiles, and is one of the killer features of the Type 095 attack nuclear submarine (the Type 093 nuclear submarine can only launch fish such as the Fish-6 and the Fish-9)
At this time, when the Black Sea Fleet slowly sailed out of the port of Sevastopol, ready to face its fate and fight like a warrior, they had no idea that the Black Sea waters that should have belonged to their firm control actually lurked such terrible deep-sea killers as 093 and 095.
"Captain, the enemy fleet has left the harbor, less than 10 nautical miles away from us, is it going to attack them?" The weapons officer on the 439 boat asked their captain Li Chun.
As early as the 86 Rim of the Pacific military exercise, he used an AIP submarine to play the naval fleets of major countries, and was considered a genius in underwater submarine warfare. Over the years, he has also been constantly promoted, and eventually served as the captain of an attack nuclear submarine, and there are even rumors in the navy that this genius may directly skip the strategic nuclear submarine and directly become the leader of a submarine group.
Li Chun pinched his chin and said, "Wait a little longer, let them lean over by themselves." ”
The three nuclear submarines had already received permission to attack from Zhang Lingzhong, and they were supposed to take advantage of their silent latent advantages to launch the first round of strikes against the enemy fleet. But Li Chun, who treats submarine warfare as an art, will not simply let three submarines fire a salvo and scrap a few Russian ships first.
"Confirm the location of the HNA strike fleet." Li Chun stood in the CIC (War Center), and he didn't look nervous or panicked at all, and such a captain also gave the sailors full confidence. In their opinion, Li Chun is actually a legend of a naval man, and when following heroes, famous generals, authority, and the like, people can't help but feel a sense of confidence.
"The Iron Hook Strike Brigade, the Iron Blade Strike Brigade, and the Snow Cat Strike Brigade are coming, and they are expected to meet the enemy in 10 minutes."
Li Chun remained silent and did not say anything, and the sailors and officers at the center of the war did not ask him, because they all unconditionally trusted Li Chun's abilities. Li Chun stared at an electronic clock in the war center, and an ultra-thin electronic map dynamically displayed his own fighters flying from different directions.
The expeditionary fleet, although nominally only one aircraft carrier, can actually be counted as three. In addition to the Shandong aircraft carrier, which carried more than 70 fighters, the Hainan and Shangri-La also carried more than 10 J-7 attack aircraft. There was a clear division of labor between them, with the Tomcat fighters on the Shandong providing air supremacy and air superiority for the fleet, while the J-7 defenders on the Hainan and Shangri-La launched ground-to-sea strikes.
"The torpedo tubes are filled with water and go into preparation for launch." Li Chun was still calm, and the weapons officer and weapons department on the ship immediately got busy, although the whole process was basically completed by the automatic system of the nuclear submarine, but they were also responsible for selecting the target for attack and so on.
"Two minutes later, the aviation unit will meet the enemy!"
Li Chun took a deep breath, and then ordered: "Open the position, launch!" ”
Not only the 439 boat he was in, but the other two nuclear submarines also maintained the same pace as them, and this ship detachment was led by him.
A number of Yu-9 and Yu-10 heavy torpedoes were fired from the launch tubes of the three nuclear submarines, while the Russian fleet, which was slack on the other side and lacked real fighting spirit, did not even start the official work of the sonar crew, until the torpedoes approached the terrible splash at high speed and were seen by the naked eye, and the sirens sounded.
"Submarine, submarine! We are in ambush! Some sailors cried out in fear.
The fleet commander Baldin, who was located on the flagship cruiser Glory, changed his face and shouted angrily: "Avoid, evade!" ”
However, it was too late, especially since the Fish-10 supercavitating torpedoes fired by the Type 095 attack nuclear submarine could reach a speed of 200 knots, and almost all ships in the water could not avoid such high-speed torpedoes. This heavy torpedo plunged headlong into the bow side of the Glory with great kinetic energy, not to mention that it also carried a warhead, and even if it was an empty shell, its speed was powerful enough to tear the ship's hull apart.
After this supercavitating torpedo hit the cruiser Glorious, it immediately opened a large hole in the 10,000-ton cruiser, and the water column generated by the explosion pressed against the hull and lifted several meters high, and even Bardin felt thrown up on the boat, and then fell to the surface of the water.
What's even more unfortunate is that another 093-fired Yu-9 torpedo also hit the cruiser, and this torpedo hit the cruiser in a better position, hitting the cruiser's waterline amidships, causing a large amount of seawater to pour in, and the sailors didn't even have time to damage the tube. In fact, the submarines ambushed in the water cannot be accurately judged by passive sonar which ship of the Black Sea Fleet is which ship, so the relatively large size is the target of their main attack.
In addition to the Glory, there were three other ships of the Black Sea Fleet that were torpedoed, the worst was a Milka-class frigate, this kind of corvette was only a thousand tons out of the nod, was directly hit by a Yu-9 heavy torpedo, and was directly cut into two pieces without suspense, the power of the explosion was too huge, and even directly tore apart the bridge superstructure of this Milka-class corvette, that is, in an instant, a light frigate was without a ship.
Baldin stood firm, slightly felt a little pain in his head, but still insisted on directing the battle, "Quick, quick, we have to find out these submarines of the Chinese, their threat is too great!" ”
Kravchenko, who couldn't find his military cap, grabbed Bardin and shouted: "Commander, the Glory is dying, we must change a flagship so that you can continue to command!" ”
Bardin could clearly see that the things on the table were slowly sliding, indicating that the Glory had tilted and might be sinking soon, but before Bardin could make his decision, the ship's air defense sirens sounded.
"Enemy planes, it's enemy planes coming, what about our anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft missiles?"
Before the Maozi sailors who were manipulating the weapons could resume their operations from their combat positions, they saw several planes the size of sesame seeds, dropped something, and then quickly pulled them up.
"Damn it, anti-ship missiles!"
The first to strike was the F-14CN+ red Tomcat fighter that took off on the Shandong, these fighters were a pair of YJ-83 air-launched anti-ship missiles on the heavy load pylons in the middle of the air intake, and the composite main pylons carried air-to-air missiles with two middle and four near. Their task was simple, to escort other attack aircraft after dropping anti-ship missiles. The Chinese version of the Tomcat has obtained a certain ground strike capability, but among the fighters of the whole army, it is considered a fighter with relatively weak strike capability, so the Navy still mainly uses it as an air supremacy fighter.
The ensuing Qiang-7 also did not consider the problem of stealth at all, and each carried four YJ-83 or YJ-18 anti-ship missiles on the wings, in fact, when the Qiang-7 was modified to meet the needs of the navy, its large magazine was actually filled into small and medium-sized anti-ship missiles, but the navy did not like to use it like this, and the magazine was mainly used to hang guided bombs.
The continuous strikes of the Navy have made the Black Sea Fleet, which had just been very frightened by the sneak attack of the nuclear submarines, even more chaotic, and Baldin's orders could no longer be effectively conveyed to the rest of the ships.
The reason why Li Chun had to wait for that moment before launching a torpedo attack was finally shown. A good tactician will not only calculate the firepower and scale of his own side, but also calculate the speed and rhythm, although Li Chun is a submarine captain, he also pays attention to the coordination and level of three-dimensional strikes.
The coordination of submarines and naval aviation made the strikes more rapid and effective, leaving the Black Sea Fleet breathless.