Chapter 462 Four Hundred Meters Depth

The torpedo was automatically searching according to a set program. Just now, it discovered the sound in this sea area, but after sailing past, it found nothing. Naturally, this torpedo with an optimized program turned around and searched again.

This U-turn scared Johnson. At this time, the torpedo was right behind him, searching for the position of his propeller. Even if the propeller stopped, it would make a sound when the sea water flowed through it!

The submarine's hull sonar is placed at the front and does not have the ability to detect sounds directly behind it. It was just discovered by the towed body array sonar at the tail.

What to do? Johnson gritted his teeth and said, "Forward three, full speed!"

Full speed! Following Johnson's order, the nuclear reactor began to operate at full power. High-pressure steam was pressed into the steam turbine at the rear, driving the propeller at the rear through the shaft, and began to rotate at high speed.

At this moment, the noise suddenly increased, and the torpedo, as if stimulated, switched from the search state to the full-speed attack state! This electrically driven torpedo, with its motor fully running, swam towards the obvious target!

"Ten, nine, eight, seven..." The sonar operator counted down. When he counted to five, Johnson shouted loudly: "Full right rudder, release the air curtain!"

Since there was no way to deceive the torpedo, the only option was to fight it head-on! Underwater, the response of the rudder is related to the speed. The faster the speed, the more sensitive the response of the rudder. So, when the torpedo was about to collide with him, Johnson ordered a full right rudder turn and released an air curtain interference. For a torpedo that needs to rely on sound to navigate, those rolling bubbles are their biggest interference!

Now, we no longer care about whether we can attract the attention of other surface warships. We should avoid this torpedo first!

The E53-72 torpedo failed. Just when it was about to attack the target, a wall of bubbles appeared in front of it. When it passed through the wall, it had already passed by the turning submarine. The full speed just now wasted a lot of its power, making it unable to sail any further.

One hundred meters beyond the target, it detonated its warhead.

"Boom!" The sound reached the submarine, and many sailors almost cheered, as they successfully avoided the torpedo!

"Puff, puff." At this moment, the sonar operator heard two special sounds.

"Report, two more torpedoes are coming! Five nautical miles away!"

Originally, the other three torpedoes had lost their targets and were wandering in the sea far away from here. Because they were not sailing at full speed, they only had half of the battery left. But now, the Los Angeles-class ship sailing at full speed transmitted the noise through the sea water, so two of the torpedoes caught up!

"Damn it!" Johnson couldn't help cursing. The Soviets launched four missiles at once. This was simply insane! What should we do?

"Dive, depth 400!" Johnson shouted loudly, "Quick, emergency dive!"

The seawater from the tail began to be injected into the water tank at the bow. At the same time, the crew members who were fine ran to the front cabin. The movement of the elevator rudders and all the operations made the state of the submarine change rapidly. The bow tilted downward and dived quickly into the deep sea!

The maximum depth of this kind of anti-submarine torpedo of the Soviets is 300 meters. We are now at a depth of 200 meters. As long as we dive to a depth of 400 meters, these torpedoes will be helpless!

Relying on depth to avoid enemy attacks was originally a life-saving trick for Soviet submarines. Now, it is used on American submarines. For the Los Angeles submarine, high-strength alloy steel is used, which can dive to a depth of 460 meters in the sea!

The submarine was like a big fish, swimming rapidly downwards, getting deeper and deeper.

At 380 meters, the attitude changed, and at 400 meters, the submarine leveled off.

"The target is sailing at a depth of 300 meters and is not diving further." The sonar operator reported.

Damn the torpedoes, is there nothing we can do now? Johnson gave the sonar operator an order: "Keep watching the surface."

After all this trouble, judging from the time, the Soviet ship-borne helicopters must have arrived. In the next period of time, it will be time for us to fight against the Soviet ship-borne helicopters!

The torpedoes carried by their ship-borne helicopters were the same type as before, and they were unable to attack submarines at a depth of 400 meters. For the time being, they were safe.

Johnson was absolutely right!

Just as the underwater submarine was discovered and the Dreadnought-class began emergency anti-submarine operations, two Ka-27 ship-borne helicopters quickly took off on the platform behind the Kiev!

If taking off from the Dreadnought class, since the helicopter is now in the hangar, it needs to be pushed out to the landing platform, and the folded rotor needs to be extended, refueled, and a series of preparations need to be completed before it can take off. On the aircraft carrier, it is much more convenient. In the parking area behind the aircraft carrier bridge, two Ka-27 helicopters on standby have completed all preparations. After receiving the order, they are pushed forward to the deck area and can take off!

According to the target location sent by the Dreadnought-class aircraft via the data link, two helicopters flew to the designated sea area and then dropped buoys one by one.

It is very difficult to detect underwater sounds if there is only one sonar. However, if multiple sonar buoys are placed in different directions to form an array, it will be easier to determine the target direction through geometric calculations.

At this time, the two aircraft carriers had each launched four MiG-23s to carry out support operations for the land. After recovering from the tense atmosphere after takeoff, Admiral Durt's attention was also focused on the current anti-submarine operations.

"An American Los Angeles-class submarine has approached our formation within 40 kilometers," Lieutenant Colonel Andreyev reported to General Durt.

Forty kilometers! If it was an American heavy torpedo, it would be within range! This is a challenge from the Americans! Since the Americans are still not giving up, then we should completely destroy their confidence!

War? Do the Americans dare to really enter a state of war? They are just making trouble like clowns! Before the American aircraft carrier fleet arrives, give the US Navy a little warning!

"Encircle and destroy this submarine with all our strength. Either sink it or force it out of the sea!" Admiral Durt said in a resounding voice: "Our Soviet Navy is not afraid of any threats from any source, whether from the air or underwater!"