Chapter 82: The Tiger Shark (Part II)
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-- Kinshasa bureau of Evolution Daily.
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"One, hit the target, confirm that the target is sunk...... No. 2 misses and hits the cargo ship...... Three, four are approaching the target...... Hit ...... soon Number Three hits the target! Number 4 misses and hits the cargo ship!. β
However, no one on the surface of the water noticed at this time, and in the sea more than a hundred meters below them, a strangely shaped ACA submarine was quietly following the fleet to slow down to ensure that its track was completely covered by the noise and magnetic field emitted by the fleet itself.
Wrapping up these excellent ACA submariners is an ACA's latest cutting-edge "Experimentaladvancedintelligenttorpedocarrier", which is somewhat similar to ordinary submarines, but has some differences.
This torpedo carrier is much smaller than the average ACA attack nuclear submarine, about two-thirds of the length, and in fact, this torpedo carrier is not equipped with torpedo tubes, and its overall design does not have much breakthrough compared to the average attack submarine. But its greatest peculiarity is that around it, there are four - or now only three huge pods remaining.
"For the record, the AI related to target screening needs to be adjusted a little more, and there are still shortcomings in this area. The first priority after a missed shot is to re-search for the target, not to attack the nearest target, I don't know what the bugs are, but this one still needs to be fixed first, right, Captain Caesar. β
At this moment, in the bridge of the submarine, an old man in a white coat with a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face gave an order to the young assistant who was also wearing a white coat behind him.
"It must be admitted. It was a perfect ambush for Dr. Lincoln's forward control of Captain Julio. Captain Caesar thoughtfully straightened his beard, but he still didn't hesitate to praise himself, he turned his head and looked at the old man in the white coat with a complicated look, "Although this does not dispel my doubts about the reliability of this weapon, at least this time, these artificial intelligence tables have come up with surprisingly excellent tactics. β
"If it weren't for you. First of all, I would like to thank you for using your extraordinary skills to infiltrate the blind spot of this escort fleet. This is not only a testament to the success of submarine design, but also a testament to your extraordinary abilities...... As for torpedoes, I regret the small bugs in the entire system in terms of seeking the enemy, but you must understand that after all, in the entire ACA, there are only a handful of submarine captains as good as you. But in other words, once this weapon technology matures, then it can free a good captain like you from this pointless job of ambushing merchant ships, and go to the main fleet of the Safari League to achieve greater results. β
The doctor, known as Lincoln, turned to Captain Caesar and smiled flatteringly. This opportunity was won by him with great difficulty, and it is a miracle that this technology, which has always been unfavored within the ACA and is extremely short of funds and manpower, can persist to this day.
In the long research and development process, he has become accustomed to being questioned and even belittled, but he knows that as long as he gets through today, it will be over, and the truth will give a heavy slap in the face to those who have questioned him.
"Hah, that's an interesting design."
It seems to be a clichΓ© but sincere compliment to Dr. Lincoln - no ace submarine captain of the ACA would take the ambush of merchant ships as their own glory, and their real purpose was to harvest more of the wreckage of Allied warships.
Captain Caesar stepped down from the captain's podium and walked over to Dr. Lincoln's side, reaching out a little arrogantly and flipping on the projected holographic screen, "What's this...... Highly intelligent self-guided torpedo. β
High-intelligence self-guided torpedoes, although there is only one more definite term compared with self-guided torpedoes, but it can be understood as two different weapons, the range of the self-guided torpedo itself is not to mention for the time being, another problem is "insufficient IQ", although compared with the self-guided torpedo a hundred years ago, the current self-guided torpedo has been able to determine the target through a variety of detection means, but there is still no good means for the alliance's composite decoy, and more importantly, the alliance is now completely inclined to direct interception rather than dodge the self-guided torpedo, This allowed the self-guided torpedo to be used only as ambush mines.
However, the highly intelligent self-guided torpedo is another weapon entirely, this highly intelligent self-guided torpedo is composed of a group of four super-heavy torpedoes, this super-heavy torpedo is much larger than the general attack torpedo, and the size of a small sightseeing submarine is similar, the surface is made of silencing material, and it can be selected according to the environmental conditions whether to sail silently, pure electric also makes it much more difficult to detect, the main computer can even judge the sonar signal of the anti-torpedo torpedo, and the torpedo design is divided into two sections, The second half is equipped with jamming devices that can create a bubble curtain, and if it is really impossible to get rid of, the second half can also be directly discarded to lure interceptor weapons, and in the second half is covered by the sound of the explosion of the hit, the first half can only work ten kilometers, but the assault sound of the extremely fast electric propeller is difficult to distinguish, and, generally at this time, the distance of the torpedo from the target ship is only a few kilometers.
Then, the warhead of the chemical explosive, which weighs nearly half a ton in the front half, will hit the keel of the ship directly upwards after a dive of the torpedo - in the previous tests, the deviation of 100 rounds did not exceed 20 centimeters.
But this is not the most lethal thing about this torpedo, in fact, if it only has these above capabilities, it can only be regarded as a new generation of penetration torpedoes at best. But the most terrifying thing about this torpedo is that they work in groups of four -- and there may be more in the future -- using underwater acoustic communication -- that is, the sound signal is disguised and encrypted into a natural ocean sound for directional transmission, and then AI decrypts it after receiving it -- and these torpedoes will work out specific strikes based on the information of the target. They will even attack from multiple angles to disguise themselves as multiple ACA submarines to ambush their targets, or deliberately expose themselves to lure anti-submarine units, and then other torpedoes will take advantage of the situation...... Similar to the collective intelligence and group cooperation of insect hunting, it is also incorporated into the experience accumulated by the ACA in submarine warfare for more than a decade. More importantly, once the torpedo is deployed, it can completely cut off contact with the mothership and hunt completely according to its own "judgment". This greatly reduces the possibility of the mothership being exposed, and the mothership can even flee hundreds of nautical miles after deployment, leaving these "underwater drones" to hunt on their own.
This is the biggest trump card of this mothership, and this mothership's first real submarine, this transport fleet was selected.
"This tactic is good, after reaching the designated position, the attack is launched from the south, attracting attention, while the torpedoes from the north sail silently below the thermocline, approaching a very close distance. Then he suddenly threw off his tail and accelerated forward...... Catching the opponent off guard, as far as the AI is concerned, this self-developed tactic is really quite commendable. Captain Caesar narrowed his eyes, reviewed the battle just now, and nodded again, "Still, to be honest, there's a fatal problem. β
"We will adjust the problem of seeking the enemy." Dr. Lincoln smiled awkwardly.
"Nope. That's not what I'm talking about. β
"Please." Looking at the captain who shook his head earnestly, Dr. Lincoln made a gesture of please. Although this Julio is a little arrogant, he does have enough arrogant capital, and in the 25 years since he became a submarine captain, he has achieved nearly 300,000 tons, including heavy damage to an aircraft carrier and sinking two escort aircraft carriers, ranking in the top ten in the entire ACA range. And anyone with such achievements will inevitably not be a person who likes to talk about it.
"The tactical design and implementation of this smart torpedo is very dependent on underwater communication, and now you use hydroacoustic communications, but the allies will react very quickly, and hydroacoustic communications can be easily cracked. In this way, the opponent can not only be aware of your ambush circle through guΓ² hydroacoustic communication, but also crack and understand your tactics, and then counteract. β
"Besides," Caesar thought about it for a moment, and continued, "it's only expedient to abandon the tail to fend off the Alliance's interceptor rockets, the Alliance only needs to make slight modifications to the enemy seeking mode, if the technology allows, I think, the best way is to let the rear detachment automatically continue to crash into the incoming interceptor rocket, that is, 'intercept' the interceptor rocket, if the technology can't achieve it, you can consider letting the entire explosion in the rear shatter into pieces of iron suspended in the water, so that it is better." β
"It's really a valuable building." Dr. Lincoln thought for a moment, nodded, and turned to look at the assistant next to him, who was already taking notes quickly, "Write it down, I already have some ideas." β
"Anyway, congratulations on inventing an extremely powerful weapon." Captain Caesar, who was greatly satisfied psychologically, politely nodded at Dr. Lincoln, then turned around and walked back to the command platform, "Release the second pod, set the self-guided torpedo to fully automatic mode, and see what kind of surprise these little guys will give us this time." β
"Yes, sir!"
Captain Caesar looked at the holographic screen in front of him with satisfaction, and directly above him, the entire Confederate transport fleet had become a cold number on his battle sheet.
At least that's what he thought.
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"The Black Rose has taken over the command of the flagship, and we are about to go to the D22E area to drop sonar buoys!"
"We're dead, we're dead! Bastard! β
"Calm the fuck!!"
The helicopter was already in chaos, the captain's voice was a little out of tune due to panic, and one sonar officer was already yelling at him, until another sonar officer grabbed a spare pair of headphones next to him and smashed it on his head.
"Calm down, all of you!"
Ling Yu, who finally couldn't stand it anymore, turned his head and shouted at the cabin to silence the radio, "You have your order, captain, carry out the order!" β
"Yes! Sir! β
The captain took a deep breath, spun the joystick, and the helicopter adjusted its position and flew towards the target location, while the sonar soldier also focused his energy on the sonar screen and headphones.
It is difficult for surface ships to accurately locate the location of submarines, even if the sonar finds the traces of submarines, it is difficult to accurately calculate the distance because of the complex underwater sea conditions, so it is generally determined that there is a submarine threat, so the first reaction is to release anti-submarine aircraft, use sonar buoys at possible locations for screening, and finally use magnetic detection to determine the location of the target submarine and launch a strike.
As long as the anti-submarine fleet remains, there is hope for the fleet.
Ling Yu, look below.
At this moment, Helis suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the sea below, and Ling Yu followed Helis's finger - or the arrow marked by Helis on the hollow eye, and also noticed that in the sunken destroyer Jones. Not far from the John, a naval officer was floating at sea holding a piece of plastic material. (To be continued......)