Chapter 1222 There Is Another Reason

"It's hard to say, he was thinking about the position of commander of the navy." Fan Dan's disease has such a good idea.

"There's nothing wrong with that. After all, he's already a naval officer, and his rank and experience are both qualified." Fan Heng replied, "What he lacks is an opportunity and the support of senior officials."

Fan Wubing still felt a little incredible. I really haven't seen many running officials at this level. Although he had run for his father Fan Heng before, it was different. Because Fan Heng has already served as a member of the Standing Committee and Executive Vice Prime Minister, and what he is seeking now is just a normal re-election.

But Chen Guangyi is different. He is just a lower-ranked deputy commander. There are several senior deputy commanders in front of him. Besides, there are also candidates such as political commissar, deputy political commissar, and secretary-general, who have to be ranked He was separated by at least five or six people.

From Fan Wubing's point of view, Chen Guangyi's appetite was indeed a little bigger.

But Fan Heng doesn’t think so. “It seems like that, but in fact it’s not necessarily the case. If the selection of commanders is also based on seniority, then will everyone still be motivated? In fact, leadership candidates for key positions are generally It’s not based on seniority.”

Fan Wubing nodded, admitting that what his father said made sense.

In fact, after reaching this level, everyone has the same intention and strives for victory steadily.

It would be best if we could go further. But even if it can't be corrected, its level can still be satisfactory. After all, it is already good, what else can't be satisfied?

In comparison, many people spend their whole lives becoming lieutenant colonels, or even worse than this, which is really unreasonable. As a human being, you shouldn't have so many extravagant expectations.

The reason why Chen Guangyi approached Fan Heng was because the two of them had dealt with each other before.

Chen Guangyi and Fan Heng met more than 20 years ago when the three-and-a-half-year-old Fan Wubing came up with the design sketch of the blizzard torpedo. Because Fan Heng was mainly responsible for making torpedoes, he had a lot of contact with Chen Guangyi during the production and testing process. Although they met less often later, they still talked about it. It seems like just yesterday.

This can be considered a friendship forged in battle. That's why Chen Guangyi dared to go directly to Fan Heng to express his feelings, and Fan Ting didn't think that Chen Guangyi's doing so was a bit unreliable. The key was that the two had a fighting friendship in the past.

According to what Fan Heng told his son Fan Wubing, after the accident, leading comrades of the Military Commission made a special trip to the army station to personally investigate and understand the relevant situation.

I personally boarded the wrecked submarine that was towed back, went down to every cabin, carefully inspected every fighting position, inquired about relevant details in detail, and held discussions with troop leaders and relevant experts to analyze the cause of the crash.

In fact, submarine accidents are not uncommon, and navies of all countries have experienced tragic submarine accidents. According to incomplete statistics, from the post-World War II period to 1990, there were about 91 non-combat sinking accidents involving submarines in various countries, including 15 nuclear submarines. More than 600 people died, including 76 conventional submarines. There are many reasons for the sinking of nuclear submarines. Among conventional submarines, the top three are collision, water intrusion and unknown reasons.

There have been submarine crashes in China. In 1959, the submarine HMS Mate crashed after the exercise was completed and was salvaged from the water two and a half months later. Later, An was dragged away from the sea and placed on the playground of the Qingdao Naval Submarine Academy, where he became an image teaching material for the new generation of submarine soldiers.

In the Martyrs Cemetery in Zhoushan Islands, there is a group of tombs that is particularly eye-catching. It consists of thirty-eight tombs. There is a bluestone tablet on the front with the words "Monument to the Martyrs of the 1385th Army" written on it. Character. This tomb group is located on the mountain road in the middle of the Martyrs Cemetery. Standing in front of it, you can just overlook the vast East China Sea. These thirty-eight graves are the officers and soldiers who died when the USS Navy Hill submarine crashed.

For a long time, this was a story unknown to the world because no deeds were left on the tombstones of the martyrs. Even today, many young people in Zhoushan do not know that more than 40 years ago, a group of selfless and fearless Chinese submariners sacrificed their lives in the East China Sea to explore the combat technical performance of submarines, a cutting-edge weapon at the time. They were A group of silent sea souls.

"Information from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation shows that three parts of the field-type conventional submarine have underwater escape hatches, namely the torpedo tube at the front, the command module lift in the middle, and the lifeguard cover at the tail lift. At the same time, each The first battle station is also equipped with a single-person survival gear, which has a mask, a lifebuoy-style breathing bag, and three high-pressure gas bottles. Even if the submarine's hull is damaged and flooded, you can escape by wearing the diving gear, as long as the water depth is not more than 60 meters. It's no problem. You can escape beyond 60 meters, but it's very dangerous." Fan Heng said to his son Fan Wubing, "The accident happened in a shallow sea between 50 and 90 meters deep. The personnel in the submarine should be able to survive with the help of a single-person rescue suit. In fact, if all ten naval officers and soldiers were unfortunately killed, this would It can be explained that all seventy naval officers and soldiers were killed in a very short period of time, and there was no time to use single-person survival equipment."

Although Fan Heng did not personally inspect the wrecked submarine, he was originally engaged in torpedoes and was quite familiar with the old O-Witch conventional submarines, so the explanation was very vivid. Fan Wubing could understand the meaning at first listen. matter.

According to Fan Heng, a submarine is a metal cylinder divided into several sections by metal partitions. The partitions are divided into three forms: concave, convex, and flat. Taking the retired O-type submarine as an example, the pressures they can withstand are 20, 7, and 4 atmospheres respectively.

"For example, if the partition of your cabin is facing outward on all four sides, then if your neighboring cabin is unfortunately damaged and flooded, within 200 meters underwater. Your cabin will not be pressed into water. This is different from the commonly understood convex surface that is more resistant to pressure. The compressive strength of the convex surface is only seven atmospheres, which is converted to the hydrostatic pressure at a depth of 70 meters." Fan Heng said.

If a submarine wants to sail smoothly underwater and not tilt forward and backward, it needs the cooperation of several parties. Taking the adjustment of torque difference as an example, when sailing underwater, the water adjustment volume is usually dozens of liters and dozens of liters, so it is particularly taboo for personnel to walk back and forth over a long distance, such as walking from the boat to the stern, because that will make the chief engineer and elevator helmsman busy again.

The West-type submarine has seven compartments with watertight doors between each compartment. When sailing underwater, the watertight doors of the cabins must be closed tightly, and the watertight doors of the cabins must be opened and closed when personnel pass through, so that even if the adjacent cabins are damaged and flooded, it will not affect the entire boat. This is stipulated in the regulations.

Based on the above analysis, Fan Heng believes that there was no big explosion in the submarine at that time because there was a sudden violent fire with a strong leakage of toxic gas, or the high-pressure cabin valve for pressurization was opened by mistake and lost control. And because all the watertight doors of the submarine's cabins were open at that time, seventy naval officers and soldiers were killed in a very short time measured in seconds, but the submarine's hull was not damaged.

The biggest possibility is that the submarine was testing a new weapon, and the extra thirteen people on the boat were from scientific research units. Because many instruments and equipment need to be temporarily installed on the submarine to test new weapons. The instruments and equipment are distributed in different cabins and connected by cables, so all the watertight doors of the submarine are open.

"The new weapon being tested should be an underwater missile rather than a torpedo, because the fuel of a torpedo can only leak slowly, and it is impossible for a sudden violent fire to occur with a strong leak of toxic gases. Under normal circumstances, underwater missiles are fired at a distance from the submarine before ignition, but the missile on the crashed submarine ignited inside the submarine for some reason. The violent jet of flames and the toxic gases produced killed all 70 people in the submarine in a very short time," said Fan Heng. Seeing that his son did not understand, he explained, "The missiles used in the test are not equipped with actual combat warheads, and usually only carry one or two, so the crashed submarine did not explode, but only burned or poisoned people to death. Fan Wubing felt that Fan Xiang's inference was more reliable after hearing it. After all, Fan Heng had been on a submarine and tested torpedoes before, and he also had some knowledge of underwater missiles, so Fan Wubing thought his father's words made sense.

Moreover, Fan Heng also inferred that the missile being tested might be Russia's Club Sister series submarine-launched missiles. If it is made domestically, it is unlikely to make such a mistake. After all, domestic military enterprises rarely make mistakes on this issue.

"It seems that it is safer to use our own things, Fan Wubing couldn't help but sigh.

However, after saying this, Fan Wubing figured it out. It turns out that Chen Guangyi's request this time is not aimless.

After this incident, the navy must undergo some rectification, especially since it has just changed its term. It is impossible that there will be no fine-tuning of the military. In recent years, the navy has always made the top leaders dissatisfied. Now such a thing has happened again. It is impossible not to dismiss several important cadres.

Chen Guangyi himself was very familiar with submarines and was a senior general who had worked hard for many years. He had both grassroots experience and leadership experience. If he can win some nominations, the possibility of further advancement is still very large.

Especially when the navy just had problems, there are really not many people willing to sit in this position that seems a bit hot.

"In this case, it is better to give him a push. I believe it is still good for the modernization of the navy, especially for the application of independent intellectual property rights in ships. "Fan Wubing suggested to his father Fan Heng.