Chapter 465: Surrender

Close the hatch! Lotus, who had just run past the hatch, immediately pushed the hatch shut. At this moment, the surging seawater had already poured into the cabin on this side.

After tightening the hatch, he could hear the sound of knocking on the hatch from inside, but he couldn't open the door! If he opened the door again, the sea water would flood the cabin on this side!

Thinking of those submarine soldiers who served with him, and now died because of his closing the hatch, Lotus' tears could not stop flowing. He could almost imagine that his comrades would be drowned by the sea water that poured in, or would be crushed into pieces by the tremendous pressure. However, he had no choice. If someone else came over first and locked him in, he could only accept his fate.

Yes, just accept your fate. When you join the army from the first day, aren't you ready to sacrifice at any time? Being a submarine soldier is so dangerous!

"The torpedo room is flooded and the hatch is closed." The first mate said to Johnson: "Eight torpedo soldiers have not been evacuated."

Johnson nodded: "This is all my fault." He was also in a depressed mood. If he didn't withdraw, there would be no other choice but death.

"Reporting damage control," Johnson said.

At this moment, the hull began to tilt gradually. Due to the ingress of water into the bow torpedo compartment, the gravity at the front increased and the bow of the submarine began to sink.

"All compartments are normal, but we cannot rule out damage to the hull and mechanical fatigue," said the first mate.

The submarine was constantly affected by the water currents from the recent barrage of rocket depth charges. Moreover, many depth charges exploded nearby, causing the submarine's hull to be more or less damaged. The torpedo compartment at the bow was the hardest hit, as two depth charges hit the same position at the same time, causing cracks.

Johnson nodded. Now he knew he faced a more difficult choice.

"Drain one-sixth of the water in the ballast tank at the bow to balance the bow," Johnson said.

Now, with the bow facing down, the submarine began to sink slowly. If this situation is not controlled, the submarine will continue to sink and will eventually exceed the designed depth of 450 meters.

In fact, if there are no other problems, submarines can dive far beyond their design depth. The design depth of submarines during World War II was generally more than 100 meters, but many submarines dived more than 200 meters when they were in an emergency. Now, Los Angeles-class submarines can dive to a depth of 600 meters without much problem.

However, the hull has already been bombarded! The outer shell has been damaged to an unknown extent. Can it still dive again? If it is crushed by the sea water, it will be a big trouble!

At this time, you can't dive anymore, but should slowly float up!

"Bang." As the valve opened, the high-pressure air carried by the submarine discharged the seawater in the ballast tank. At the same time, the submarine began to slowly restore balance.

"No!" At this moment, the sonar operator's voice became extremely embarrassing: "The Soviets are launching a second round of rocket depth charges!"

As a sonar operator, he must have a keen sense of hearing. He can not only hear the sound of rocket depth charges falling into the sea, he can even hear the sound of anti-submarine depth charges pushing the deck when they are launched from warships.

Swish, swish!

The Soviets' purpose is already very clear. They will never let our side go. They will either sink our side or force our side out of the sea!

The carpet bombing just now was really powerful! Soviet weapons have always been so overbearing, winning by numbers! And can we withstand this second round of attacks?

"Empty all ballast tanks and surface urgently!" Johnson gave such an order. When he gave this order, he felt extremely depressed.

We can't risk the lives of all the officers and soldiers on the boat. The Soviets will never give up unless they kill us! In this case, if we continue to sneak in the sea, we will only be destroyed by the Soviet bombing!

Don't have illusions! The Soviets' anti-submarine rockets are very cheap to make, and they don't need to be resupplied from supply ships. Their rockets can hit you at least ten times! You can withstand the opponent's attack once or twice, but can you withstand it ten times?

If something goes wrong here, there is no possibility of rescue! The deep-water submarines used by the United States for submarine rescue are still in the United States! The Soviets will definitely not bring this kind of rescue submarine this time, they will not save us!

Emergency ascent! All the compressed air was rapidly expelling the seawater. At the same time, the nuclear reactor at the rear began to operate at full power, the horizontal rudders were deflected, and the entire Los Angeles class was like a huge crocodile, swimming rapidly in the seawater.

There is no need to worry about any noise or hidden problems. When you decide to float up, you have already announced your surrender!

At the same time, by sailing quickly now, we can leave this terrible sea area before the enemy's anti-submarine rockets arrive!

The damaged torpedo compartment at the bow continued to stir up more waves, and the entire submarine quickly surfaced!

"Wow, wow." In one minute, the Los Angeles-class submarine emerged from four hundred meters of sea water. When it rushed out of the sea, the front half of the hull was almost hanging in the air, and then it fell down heavily.

At this moment, the anti-submarine rockets that were launched one after another have covered the sea area just now. The rockets falling from the sky are simply a terrible rain of death!

On the left side of the fleet, the Dreadnought-class destroyer, running at full speed and emitting black smoke, rumbled up!

As a fully fuel-powered destroyer, one of the characteristics of the Dreadnought-class is its outstanding acceleration performance. It was just conducting low-speed anti-submarine operations, but now, after discovering that the guy underwater was accelerating to surface, the Dreadnought-class began to accelerate. Just now only the cruise engine was ignited, but now the main engine is ignited and quickly reaches the maximum torque. Under the combined effect, the destroyer quickly accelerated to its maximum speed!

Now that we are out, we must accept the supervision of the Soviet formation! We must block the other party's escape route!

Several other escorting destroyers also moved over.

"Raise our flag. This is our American submarine. The Soviets will never be allowed to land here!" Johnson recovered from the overload caused by the emergency ascent and gave his men his final order as the captain of the American submarine.

He could almost imagine that when he returned, he would not only be dismissed from his post, but would even be brought to a military court. He had brought shame to the U.S. Navy!