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After re-examining and judging the strategic intentions of the US Fifth Fleet, Xue Chenguang changed his tactics, and when the PLA task force advanced to about 300 kilometers west of the Goa region of India, it suddenly stopped, stayed in the sea area for a day, and then changed the direction of its advance from the original route and turned to advance due west, as if the front was pointing at the US Fifth Fleet.

This unexpected move by the PLA task force made Vice Admiral Nicholson, commander of the US Fifth Fleet, puzzled, and after the study and judgment of the staff team, Vice Admiral Nicholson decided to stand still and no matter what the PLA task force was going to do, the Fifth Fleet would still act according to the original plan and not be led by the nose by the adversary.

The Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines dispatched by the Fifth Fleet chose the latent route, which is the shortest and most mature international route for the PLA task force to enter Pakistan, and generally large ships heading from the Gulf and Pakistan in the direction of Northeast Asia pass through this international route through the Arabian Sea.

However, when the PLA task force stayed for a day and then turned westward, completely detached from its original route, and as time gradually passed, several hours passed, and the PLA task force still showed no sign of returning to its original route at all, and had sailed westward for more than 100 nautical miles.

At this moment, most of the submarines of the Fifth Fleet were sent to carry out the ambush and sneak attack plan, and Vice Admiral Nicholson, who had been greatly weakened in anti-submarine aspects, was in a dilemma, he was worried that the PLA task force would still have a hand left to deal with his Fifth Fleet, and he was worried that the ambushed submarine combat power would be wasted. After a long inner struggle, Vice Admiral Nicholson finally couldn't help but give the order to send the latent submarine out.

However, to Vice Admiral Nicholson's surprise, the PLA's 4 041-class and 2 097-class Qin-class nuclear-powered submarines have quietly arrived in the waters west of Mumbai and Gujarat at this moment, and then dived at an ultra-low speed of 3-5 knots, turned off the active sonar system, and only formed an anti-submarine network of more than 200 nautical miles in front and behind with passive sonar, although the sonar systems of these two nuclear-powered submarines are worse than the Sea Shark integrated anti-submarine systems of the 052 series destroyers. However, in terms of passive sonar detection distance, with the help of a super intelligent noise analysis system, the effective detection distance can basically reach about 25 nautical miles.

Therefore, when the three Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines of the USS Charlotte, USS Jeffersontown, and USS Portsmouth, which were lurking in this area, were ordered to move westward and prepare to move to a new sea area to intercept the PLA task force, they happened to crash headlong into the net of the PLA's Seawolf submarine squadron.

"Lao Xue, our trick to find the snake is really effective, the Seawolf Squadron and the Sea Shark Squadron have sent a message, they have discovered that 130 nautical miles west of Mumbai, the Seawolf Squadron has searched for 2 Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines moving at high speed; At a distance of 150 nautical miles west of Gülagade, the Sea Shark squadron also detected the activity of a Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine of the United States.

Now the Seawolf Squadron and the Sea Shark Squadron are using passive sonar to track, but they have released a fish communication system to prepare for battle, and they have asked if they want to launch an attack on these American ships. Chief of Staff Tang Deen looked at the latest news from the operational command system and said to Xue Chenguang excitedly, "I think we can make a move, these are three Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines, and there are only eight in total in the Fifth Fleet of the US Navy. ”

"Order the sea wolf and the sea shark, shoot with all your might, and win with one blow!" Xue Chenguang nodded and ordered, since the big fish has surfaced, there is no need for him to hide it anymore, relying on the team combat mode formed by the fish communication system, the PLA 041 Yuan class and 097 Qin class These two nuclear-powered submarines are equipped with 6 533 mm torpedo launchers, and can launch up to 12 new wire-guided fish 6 torpedoes at one time to launch an attack, under this saturation attack, the US nuclear submarine has almost no possibility of escaping, Xue Chenguang ordered to win with one blow, It is to ask the Sea Wolf Squadron and the Sea Shark Squadron not to skimp on weapons and use attacks with the highest probability of success.

Xue Chenguang's command was instantly transmitted to the early warning aircraft 300 nautical miles away through radio waves, and then transmitted to the fish communication system on the sea surface and into each submarine of the Sea Wolf Squadron and the Sea Shark Squadron. A saturation attack was launched on 3 exposed US Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines.

The sonar systems of the US submarine USS Charlotte, USS Jeffersontown, and USS Portsmouth all sounded a terrible siren at almost the same time, because the noise from the high-speed navigation of the new wire-guided Fish-6 torpedo was so harsh in the sonar system of the US submarine.

At this moment, at the southernmost point of the sea west of Mumbai is the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine of the US Fifth Fleet, which broke into an ambush circle composed of two 041-class nuclear-powered submarines of the People's Liberation Army, Great Wall 243 and Great Wall 244, before the PLA submarine attacked, the three submarines just formed a triangle, at that time the Charlotte dived to a depth of about 200 meters, and was sailing westward at a high speed of 30 knots.

On the right side of the Charlotte, about 18 nautical miles away, the Great Wall 243 submarine of the People's Liberation Army hides the Great Wall 243 submarine, with a depth of about 300 meters, and below the left side of Charlotte is the Great Wall 244 submarine of the People's Liberation Army, at a distance of about 24 nautical miles, when Xue Chenguang's order came, the Great Wall 243 submarine immediately locked on the Charlotte and fired 4 Yu-6 torpedoes at it, while the Great Wall 244 fired 2 Yu-6 torpedoes.

After the torpedo launch is completed, the PLA's two 041-class nuclear-powered submarines face the high-speed Charlotte, and at the same time choose to accelerate outward to avoid being hit by the dying and struggling US nuclear submarine, because at this distance, if the Charlotte commander desperately launches a counterattack at the first time, its four 533-mm torpedo tubes can instantly launch four MK48 heavy anti-submarine torpedoes, and the two 041-class nuclear-powered submarines of the PLA are also extremely dangerous.

The speed of the US MK48 heavy anti-submarine torpedo is as high as 55 knots, and the maximum range has reached 46 kilometers, if you do not take timely measures to open the distance as soon as possible, it will be difficult to get out of the attack by the active sonar lock attack of the US Charlotte, especially the Great Wall 243 submarine close to the Charlotte spacecraft, but the captain of the US Charlotte did not choose to attack at the first time, but took the lead in taking the right full rudder steering to maneuver and avoid, and at the same time launched all the decoy targets on the submarine.

Although from the perspective of escape, the actions of the captain of the USS Charlotte are beyond reproach, but at this distance, the PLA's submarine theater joint combat tactical system has taken into account the most important options for US submarines, and at present, this is the most likely instinctive reaction, so the action of the captain of the Charlotte is completely futile, even if the decoy target launched successfully attracted the attack of the PLA's three Yu-6 torpedoes, but after struggling for about 40 minutes, In the end, the USS Charlotte could not escape the hunt of the remaining three Yu-6 torpedoes, and sank to the bottom of the sea amid three violent explosions.

For the two Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines of the US military, the Jefferson City and the Portsmouth, their encounters are also very similar to the Charlotte, the only difference is that the captain of the Portsmouth, in desperation, chose the tactics of the same end, and launched a deadly attack on the nearest PLA Great Wall 233 041 Yuan-class nuclear-powered submarine, and 4 MK48 heavy torpedoes locked on the Great Wall 233 submarine at the same time, and finally realized its wish to die together.

However, when the news of the simultaneous attack of the three Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines of the US military was transmitted to the command center of the US Fifth Fleet, Vice Admiral Nicholson was stunned when he saw the news, although for him, it was finally clear what the final hole card of the PLA task force was, but it sank more than one-third of his submarine force at one time, and such a heavy loss still made Vice Admiral Nicholson feel unbearable.

More importantly, the exposed PLA 4 041 Yuan-class submarines are very likely to be nuclear-powered, plus the confirmed 2 PLA 097 Qin-class attack nuclear submarines, and now the PLA task force still has at least 5 nuclear-powered submarines in their hands, and 6 conventional diesel-electric submarines, plus the powerful combat power of the PLA nuclear submarines just now, Vice Admiral Nicholson suddenly felt that his submarine power had become completely weak.

Under these circumstances, Vice Admiral Nicholson did not dare to gamble any further, and he ordered all the remaining Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines to return to sea and abandon the attack on the PLA task force, while the main surface ships of his Fifth Fleet also chose to retreat and retreat to the naval base in the Gulf of Oman. Vice Admiral Nicholson completely lost the confidence to defeat or severely damage the PLA task force, and in the face of the aggressive offensive of the PLA task force led by Xue Chenguang, he chose to retreat and preserve his strength.

Just as Colonel Gao Yang analyzed, the US military could not bear the huge risk of annihilation of the Fifth Fleet, and although the US Fifth Fleet clearly had the upper hand in terms of surface ships and carrier-based aircraft, Vice Admiral Nicholson completely lost confidence in victory when the tragic news of the submarine encounter came. He still hasn't figured out why the U.S. submarine was the hunter and the People's Liberation Army from afar was the prey, but why was it the opposite in actual combat?