Chapter 461 Homing Torpedo

The Soviets were really generous, launching four SS-N-14 missiles at him at once! At that moment, Johnson knew how much danger he was facing!

This torpedo that flew dozens of kilometers to attack its own side should be the E53-72. This anti-submarine torpedo is a new type of general-purpose anti-submarine torpedo developed by the Soviet Union after World War II. It was developed on the basis of the first light general-purpose anti-submarine torpedo SET-40 developed in the 1960s and its improved version E40-75A. It has very good versatility and can be equipped on fixed-wing anti-submarine aircraft, anti-submarine helicopters, surface ships and submarines.

This torpedo uses a self-guided method. The maximum distance at which the acoustic self-guided system of the bow can intercept the target is 580m, which is not as far as the distance at which the wire-guided torpedo can intercept with the large sonar of the ship. However, this torpedo is like a mad dog, and will cruise back and forth repeatedly in the area set by the system until it finds the target, or until it runs out of fuel or electricity and explodes!

Moreover, the Soviet Union's electronic technology has developed very advanced in recent years. God knows how sensitive the guidance head of this torpedo is!

"All ships are silent, low speed of five knots, left rudder one, continue sailing!"

As soon as they were discovered by the Soviets, they would have encountered a crazy anti-submarine attack. The Soviet ships on the surface had at least thirty Ka-27 helicopters. It can be imagined that with the first round of anti-submarine missile attacks, these helicopters would also take off from the decks of the warships and strangle them together.

At this time, where can I run to? Once the ship-borne helicopter drops a sonar buoy, no matter how far away I am, I will be found, unless I sink to the bottom of the sea!

No, in front of the Soviets, it is not reliable to sit on the bottom of the sea, because all Soviet warships are equipped with anti-submarine rockets. Once the Soviet anti-submarine rockets are launched, they will plow this sea area like a carpet, and your own submarines will definitely not be safe!

After World War II, the U.S. Navy eliminated multi-tube anti-submarine rockets and focused on improving the performance of torpedoes. The Soviets, on the other hand, continued to practice big artilleryism. Not only did they not eliminate anti-submarine rockets, but on the contrary, they deployed more and more of these weapons, and their calibers became larger and larger!

Originally, submarines rely on their stealth to deal with surface ships underwater, and just now, Johnson's carelessness caused his own submarine to be discovered.

In fact, it was not entirely carelessness. If the Soviets were not allowed to know that there were American submarines underwater, how could they continue to fly fighter planes so openly instead of switching to slow anti-submarine warfare?

This is playing with fire, this is a game of hide-and-seek that makes every submarine soldier excited!

In this situation, Johnson did not order a retreat, but let his submarines continue to move forward! There was only one way to get out, and that was to get inside the Soviet fleet!

Wait until tomorrow, when our aircraft carrier formation arrives, we will float up next to the Soviet aircraft carrier, scare the Soviets, and then leave arrogantly!

The unwritten rule of naval warfare is that as long as the submarine surfaces, there is no hostility. The submarine is underwater, and the ships on the water can do whatever they want. Even if the submarine is sunk, there is nothing to say, just like a thief who breaks into the house and is beaten to death. If the submarine surfaces and then attacks the submarine, it is an act of challenging the bottom line. At that time, the US aircraft carrier formation and carrier-based aircraft will be dispatched to kill the entire Soviet aircraft carrier formation!

In terms of combat effectiveness, a fleet consisting of one US aircraft carrier is enough to challenge all the Soviet Union’s assets!

"The torpedo in front has swam back again!" At this time, the atmosphere inside the submarine was highly tense. The sonar operator was constantly listening to the underwater noises. The four torpedoes were all sailing towards the outside. In this way, the opponent's bow was facing away from our side, and they could not hear the noise made by our side at all. Moreover, at the extremely low speed of five knots, our noise was also very low.

The torpedo in front, after sailing for a while, turned back. This time, the opponent's bow sonar was facing it!

"Stop the propeller and drift!" Johnson gave the next order.

Although he believed in the silent performance of his submarine, in order to avoid accidents, it was still appropriate to take the safest approach!

Following Johnson's order, the officers and soldiers in the wheel bay turned the switch and shut down the tail drive turbine.

The propeller at the tail slowly stopped rotating, and the entire 7,000-ton submarine continued to move forward slowly under the huge inertia.

In the submarine, every crew member stopped moving to prevent such noise from attracting the attention of the torpedo.

In the movies about submarine warfare in World War II, it was even filmed that a submarine sonar operator could hear the sound of a coin dropping by the opposing crew member and could even tell which side was facing up. This was actually an extremely exaggerated shot, but unnecessary noises should not be made for the sake of one's own life.

Only the sonar operator was still listening carefully to the sound of the torpedo.

"Two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters..."

A light torpedo would not completely sink the Los Angeles class, as long as it did not hit a critical part, a few compartments would still be able to float. And the last few dozen meters of distance was a test of life and death!

"Zero meters!" The sonar operator's voice was very soft, but everyone heard it clearly. No sound of impact was heard, so it seemed that they had already avoided it!

"Start the propellers, three knots," Johnson said.

Due to the resistance in the water, after the turbine is turned off and the propeller stops, the submarine will slowly stop moving. This situation is the quietest. If there is no other situation, then continuing to maintain this state and waiting for those mad dog mode torpedoes to run out of fuel or electricity is the most appropriate option.

But it's not possible now, because after discovering this submarine, the helicopter of the surface ship will definitely arrive quickly! We must go as far as possible before the helicopter arrives!

The large 7-blade side-slant propeller at the tail continued to rotate, stirring the sea water and making a gentle gurgling sound.

The submarine began to accelerate slowly!

"Speed ​​up to five knots," Johnson continued. We have been sailing for a minute now, and the torpedo is starting to move away, right?

"Damn, that torpedo has turned around again!" Just after accelerating to five knots, the sonar operator heard a special sound that surprised him. The torpedo was back again!

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