"Recovery formation, all ships recovery formation! That submarine is near us, catch her! Pedersen shouted at all.

"Communications officer, our sonar, it's so close, we can catch her!" Pedersen's tone has changed a little, he did not expect that nearly ten ships attacked together, and they would actually be played like this by a submarine, he now firmly believes that the enemy has not completed the task - sinking two merchant ships, if the captain of the Chinese submarine does not want to die, take a suicide attack, it can complete the task, but the 333 boat itself cannot survive, he can only hope that the Chinese do not have this spirit of sacrificing their lives.

The staff officer reluctantly responded: "Because we were shot, the director department judged that our sonar system could not be used normally, so we had to rely on friendly ships to find the enemy." ”

Pedersen slammed the table with a twisted expression, he never thought that the exercise with the Chinese would evolve to such a point, and he actually made such a big ugly. If the details of the exercise were published in the newspapers, he would have been under tremendous pressure, imagine that an entire fleet of the Free World could not resist a small Chinese submarine, so what would the United States do to confront the much larger Soviet Union?

The destroyers that were originally scattered on the periphery of the fleet immediately began to shrink their formation, because the aircraft carrier was seriously damaged, but the enemy was still there, and they had to muster up one hundred and twenty points of spirit to find the Chinese submarine that would definitely not escape too far, and not allow her to attack the merchant ship played by the two Chinese warships.

British Captain Li Pete was full of ridicule at the moment: "Mentally retarded Yankees, do you think that you can grasp the essence of the navy if you are strong?" It's not that the Chinese are so embarrassed, what can the Americans do except disgrace NATO. ”

Immediately after that, the captain ordered: "Compress the patrol range of the anti-submarine helicopter, with the Ranger as the center and a radius of 10 kilometers, the Chinese submarine definitely did not escape, but lurked again!" ”

The ambitious British captain had an old and spicy vision, and the Chinese made up their minds from the beginning to use this compound tactic of hiding and fighting, knocking out valuable targets and creating space for later actions with the front action. To put it bluntly, this is a Chinese game of Go, which is also in line with the traditional military tactics of typical Chinese. When Lippet was a student at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, he had read a series of classical Chinese military works, including "The Art of War" and "Thirty-six Strategies", but he did not expect that one day he would be able to really use them.

This game, which uses the ocean as a chessboard, is ultimately a battle for space. Including the transfer of the Darwin at the beginning and the elimination of it by using mines, to the current heavy damage to the core ships, forcing other destroyers to shrink their strength and shrink the encirclement, all of this is playing the trick of space, just like the "qi" in Go, winning and losing.

"He wants to use this opportunity to compress the fleet's space for maneuver, so as to create an opportunity for his escape!" Tactically speaking, although Lippet and Pedersen were both underestimated, Lippiter was not as flustered as Pederson, and he also discovered the true intentions of the Chinese submarine from the first time.

"So they want to give up on their target?" Li Pete shook his head, feeling that this might not exist, although in the first round of hidden attacks just now, the Chinese submarine did not choose merchant ships, but chose to damage the Ranger aircraft carrier, missing an opportunity. However, the Chinese submarine did not intend to be a martyr from the beginning, but to retire after success, so what kind of method will the Chinese submarine choose to accomplish the goal of sinking the merchant ship?

Soon, the answer was revealed.

When the entire fleet cautiously began to gather, suddenly the director's department sent another telegram: "The No. 1 merchant ship triggered the magnetic mine, the No. 2 merchant ship triggered the fixed-depth remote-controlled mine, and the protection mission failed." ”

It dawned on Lippet that it was another mine, and the Chinese submarine had released mines again, and if he was not mistaken, the Chinese submarine must have been hiding under the Ranger. The Ranger, who has lost her sonar and has been greatly broken, has actually become a perfect umbrella, and her hydroacoustic signal can completely cover the sneaking Chinese submarine, so hiding in the soft belly of this aircraft carrier, even if the other ships shrink their formation, they will not be able to detect her.

Lippitt already had a serious look on his face, and there was no doubt that his opponent had earned respect for his cleverness.

But Li Pete didn't want to admit defeat, his brain started quickly: "The three ships on our left flank are undoubtedly the places with the largest gap because they ran far just now, and the inward contraction is undoubtedly to control the outer circle, where is the 'qi' of this submarine, and it is her way of life!" Then the position in front of the left is the most convenient direction for her to break through, block her here! ”

Although the escort mission failed, as long as the Chinese submarine was sunk, Lippitt could not be regarded as a complete loss, the navy people have the stubbornness of the navy, for Lippitt, only hunting this Chinese submarine is the most meaningful thing.

"Anti-submarine helicopters, pay attention to the intensive search in the direction of 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock!" Lippet did not dare to be careless, her opponent was like a cunning fox, and the empty sea was her pasture, and only by going all out could she contain her opponent's victory.

But before he could receive the good news from the anti-submarine helicopter, he suddenly heard the news from the director department again: "The FF-1071 Wolverine was hit by a torpedo, and the waterline was seriously damaged and lost its combat capability." ”

Lippeter was immediately shocked, "This can't be! ”

A set of simulated sand tables quickly appeared in his mind, the Wolverine was located in the direction of the merchant ship at six o'clock, that is, the tail of the entire fleet, there was no reason for the Chinese submarine to want to break through to the upper left but attacked the Wolverine at the very end - then the conclusion is very simple, the Chinese submarine did not want to break through at all in the relatively weak and open space in the upper left, but to break through in the rear.

Soon Li Pete had to admit that it was also a good choice to break through from the rear, because Pederson's division of troops just now caused the front and rear to be relatively weak, the front was the British Beaver frigate, and the rear was the American Wolverine frigate, if you break through from here, you can also reap another result, the chaotic aircraft carrier and merchant ships were attacked in the water, covering up the bold submarine hidden underwater, when the Wolverine found that the merchant ship in front of it was blown up by the coefficient, Unbeknownst to him, one of the guys had reversed and slid under his hull, and the submarine unceremoniously fired a torpedo forward, reaping its fifth victory.

At this time, Li Pete already knew that if the Chinese submarine did not make a mistake, they would not be able to catch her again, the sea behind it had been opened, the submarine had been kept underwater, and it would soon be able to escape from the dangerous area, and if they still had self-propelled underwater acoustic decoys on board, then the retreat would be more secure.

Li Pite sighed: "This is a tactical genius, from the layout to the control of the rhythm, every small change in the entire fleet, the addition and subtraction of speed, and the direction of action must be carefully calculated, a slight flaw can lead to a complete loss, but in this way he can complete the mission goal, by the way, sink two frigates, severely damage an aircraft carrier, and leave safely, it is an incredible miracle!" ”

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On the 333 boat, a group of sailors hugged each other, they applauded, they sang and cheered, if it wasn't for the space being too narrow, the captain Li Chun would have been thrown into the sky by them to play human surfing.

The young submarine captain Li Chun is only 27 years old this year, but he was exceptionally promoted to captain of the 333 boat because of his outstanding professional ability. He was also one of the first people to come into contact with the Type 039A air-propelled submarine, and when he stepped on the other side of the submarine, he knew that he would deal with this thing for the rest of his life.

The excellent performance of 039A has become the best platform for this talented young man, and he studied a large number of detailed information from the Red Police base all night, and took his soldiers to drift on the sea for more than 20 days a month, studying his strengths, planning his own tactics, and learning the enemy's weaknesses. Except for a few Red Alert soldiers on the 333 boat, most of them are ordinary people, they have no experience in submarine warfare, and they have no actual combat experience, but their captain can lead this group of people out of a dazzling golden avenue.

Li Pitt had thought well before, Li Chun was a natural tactician and a dynamic submarine warfare expert.

In this exercise, the Chinese navy represented by Li Chun taught a good lesson to those Western counterparts who claimed to be veterans, with their own strength to resist nearly 10 main warships. As a comrade-in-arms, how could Lu Junfu not feel excited.

And from the young Li Chun, Lu Junfu saw the future of the navy. With an excellent combat platform, better logistics supply, and open management ideas, some talented and intelligent seedlings have begun to emerge. The future of the republic's sea power is in the hands of young people like Li Chun.

And the captain of the Ranger, Pederson, who received the instructions from the director department and announced the end of the exercise, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he still did not admit his defeat, and repeatedly explained to Hayes, the commander of the Pacific Fleet on the phone: "In the real escort fleet, there will definitely be nuclear submarines, and our nuclear submarines will easily destroy the enemy." ”

Hayes retorted, "So won't the enemy use more submarines or other modes of support?" A failure is a failure, and the US Navy should have enough grace to admit defeat and draw nourishment from failure. However, one thing is certain, that is, this exercise has no real combat significance, because the process is almost unrepeatable, and our enemy cannot be a freak like the captain of a Chinese submarine every time! ”