The fragments produced by the explosion of the torpedo more than 80 meters away from the submarine can basically be ignored, because the huge resistance of the sea water makes the fragments unable to cause much damage to the shell of the 039A submarine, not to mention that the torpedo itself does not rely on fragments to cause damage to the ship, but the pressure wave generated by the explosion.

Because after the 800-kilogram warhead of the torpedo explodes, the bubbles generated by the explosion will be carried by the shock wave and spread to all sides and impact, forming a foam jet. Under the multiplication effect, if the shock wave acts directly on the hull, the hull can be destroyed and jacked up, and the foam that spreads will temporarily reduce the buoyancy of the water, so that the hull will sink, so the hull will be in a state of shock up and down like an aircraft that encounters turbulence, and the attacked hull will eventually be bent by its own weight, and then broken, which is the attack effect of the torpedo underwater.

So although it was not in the peak range of the pressure wave, the distance of more than 80 meters was not enough for 039A to avoid the pressure wave unharmed, and the whole ship was creaking in shaking, making people unconsciously feel fear from the bottom of their hearts. However, it is just fear, the US nuclear submarine has no intention of directly sinking 039A, and detonating the torpedo at a distance of more than 80 meters can only be said to be the result of rigorous calculations.

In addition to making people break out in a cold sweat, this explosion did not directly cause too severe damage to 039A, and the same was true for the 139 ship on the surface, and by the time the two ships came to their senses, the nuclear submarine that attacked them had disappeared from their sight like a ghost.

The commanders of the two ships did not dare to be careless and immediately reported the situation, and the Navy Command, which received the latest news, immediately issued an order asking the search team to concentrate in the direction of the latest target, but the USS George Washington aircraft carrier battle group, which was not far away, also put some pressure on the search team, and in addition, the carrier-based aircraft of the USS George Washington were also flying in the air and tried to get close to the search area, which also caused some mutual warnings and chases.

At the same time that the water was extremely lively, the officers and soldiers in the 039A command tower had a sense of weakness and prostration, and they were so close to death just now that many soldiers had not yet come to their senses. The captain of 039A did not intend to continue to let his soldiers ponder, the more he thought about it, the more likely it was to go wrong, so he forcibly suppressed the same fear, and began to give the order to search again, except for the gloomy, unrecognizable faces more or less recovering the mood of the other fighters in the commanding tower, and the soldiers of each post began to work again under the captain's order.

Listening carefully, but there was no discovery at all, whether it was 039A or 139 ship's sonar, they had lost the position of the nuclear submarine, at this time it reflected the numerical advantage, knowing that it was within this range, but how could not find the submarine, 039A's captain contacted the captain of the 139 ship, and then the 139 ship turned on the active sonar to search, and 039A was completely silent and hidden, in this case, As long as that nuclear submarine makes any move, it will suffer from 039A's preemptive strike.

And the U.S. nuclear submarine, as planned, has long been hiding in a groove, this sinkhole-like groove is very deep, enough to hide this huge nuclear submarine, more importantly, the groove is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, from top to bottom with the naked eye, only a small half of the hull can be found, plus the help of silencing tiles, the movement emitted by this nuclear submarine at this moment is similar to the movement of a shrimp on the bottom of the sea, and passive sonar may not be able to find it at all.

After the active sonar of the 139 ship detected this groove, it also did not make any noteworthy discoveries due to the complex seabed environment and other influences, except for several shadow areas and low echo shadow areas that need special attention, the 139 ship did not find hidden nuclear submarines.

Not enough, if it continues like this, it will be inevitable that the nuclear submarine will be discovered, because once the search force is concentrated here, even if it hides tightly, the situation on the bottom of the sea will be unobstructed, but the bearded captain of the nuclear submarine is not just hidden, before being discovered by the search team, he has already informed the George Washington in advance, hoping to get help, and the George Washington has also begun to move to the location where the nuclear submarine may be stored.

As soon as the alert circle of the aircraft carrier battle group is opened, there is at least a radius of 200 kilometers, and this is still the result of marking the frigate itself, the George Washington does not even need to move far, it can incorporate the nuclear submarine into its own escort circle, and then the Chinese ships can only leave if they do not want to break out into a serious conflict, after all, this position is only on the edge of the air defense identification zone, and there may be disputes, but whether it is China or the United States, at this point in time, Neither side wants to cause any serious damage to the other side, after all, many things can be done secretly, but if they are done blatantly, it will cause irremediable consequences.

All kinds of warplanes are entangled on the water, and the ships are facing each other, so lively, but the water is still as dark, quiet, and dangerous as ever. When the bearded man ordered the submarine to lurk in the groove, the activities on the submarine basically stopped, and the reactor pump, which was the most noisy, also stopped running, and the nuclear submarine at this moment was like a pitch black, huge rock, silently sticking to the bottom of the sea and motionless, without making any sound.

The bearded captain knew from the beginning that it would be impossible to remain hidden all the time if it was just lurking like this, that modern sonar technology was no longer as primitive as it was during World War II, and that it would only be a matter of time before it was discovered if the Chinese had enough time to search.

Forced to hide in the groove is just a helpless move, what will be the final fate of this submarine, it depends on whether the support of the USS George Washington aircraft carrier battle group is timely, if it has been discovered before it arrives, this nuclear submarine can only resist stubbornly, and finally be sunk at the bottom of the East China Sea.

No one doesn't care about their lives, and it's not even on a frontal battlefield. Don't look at the Americans messing around all over the world all day long, well, it seems to us so. But in the eyes of the Americans themselves, it is all for the sake of justice and their own interests. Whether a fight or war has the support of the American people can be seen from the votes of their presidents. Once the American people believe that a certain action of the US government is unjust, violates the Constitution and the spirit of the United States, and even harms the interests of the American people, all kinds of protests alone can make the government anxious.

And those American GIs who often appear in the TV media, don't forget that they were also ordinary Americans before. Discipline can form constraints, it can demand compliance, but it is impossible to restrain their minds, which is why the bearded captain's previous orders were questioned by his own first mate, but they could not enforce the orders, but explained them.

Want to take a desperate gamble and fight with the Chinese search team? Not to mention that the bearded captain himself does not have that awareness, and even if he does, if he can't convince his subordinates, no one will follow him. Of course, if his speech was demagogic enough, it was not impossible for the sailors in the submarine to play with their lives.