w Although in theory, steam catapults have unrivaled advantages, helping carrier-based aircraft overcome their own power limitations and take off from a narrow aircraft carrier with full load, steam catapults also have disadvantages.

Among them, the biggest disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of steam. You should know that if an aircraft carrier wants to sail at full speed, the steam boiler needs to provide a large amount of steam to power the steam turbine, but the steam catapult will also compete with the aircraft carrier for precious steam.

Therefore, after ejecting two squadrons of F-14 fighter jets, the steam pressure dropped and the speed of the aircraft carrier dropped to 27 knots. At this time, Kitty Hawk paused the takeoff of the fully loaded F-14 fighter jets and stored enough power again before the next takeoff was underway.

Two squadrons of F-14 fighter jets were taken off. At this time, there were already sixteen F-14s in the sky, which was enough to carry out enough air defense operations under the command of the e-2 early warning aircraft. A Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier is equipped with 20 F-14s at standard. Except for one squadron in the hangar below, the rest have been used.

After taking off the air defense fighter jet, the aircraft carrier no longer has to sail against the wind, so naturally it has to turn according to its original course. This steering is just on the route of k-132.

"Slow down to 3 knots and slowly dive to 150 meters." Ye Ruofu ordered.

This time we were lucky, and finally caught a big fish. As a submarine soldier of the Soviet Union, this was the most exciting moment for them to let the Americans know their power! An entire aircraft carrier formation, an invincible fleet built with a capacity of more than 10 billion US dollars, is not as good as a submarine of the Red Navy.

Although no other party's submarine has been discovered so far. However, there is no doubt that the US aircraft carrier formation will be equipped with one or two attack nuclear submarines to escort. Ye Ruofu is very confident that his nuclear submarine performance is better than the opponent's, but he also knows that the quietness of American submarines is very good. If it weren't for the new propeller, the noise might be greater than that of the opponent. No other party's submarine has been discovered now. It may be because of the distance or in another direction.

Although he did not find the other party's submarine, and Ye Ruofu was convinced that the other party must have a nuclear submarine, he did not order to use the tow array sonar with a farther detection distance and a higher accuracy. Now, as the two sides get closer, he must do any action such as being discovered by the other party at any time. If the tow array sonar is released, it may not be too late to retract it, and he can only cut it off. If it is understandable in war, but now, the precious tail is lost, and the commander of the base will scold him to tears after returning.

The opponent's position was determined and according to the estimated preset point. k-132 was moving slowly. When it sailed at a speed of 3 knots, it would almost hide its voice completely in the background of the sea.

The Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier formation is now conducting air defense exercises, so there is little attention to underwater except for the passive sonar on the bow of a Perry-class frigate on the outermost.

It is safe underwater because there are Los Angeles submarines here!

The underwater Baton Rouge began to turn with the formation, protecting the underwater safety for aircraft carriers in the black world.

As he turned, the sonar seemed to hear a suspicious signal, but then the signal disappeared.

Maybe a big fish was spitting bubbles, the sonar soldier thought that underwater, there were still many noisy sounds. He often heard all kinds of strange sounds, such as the sound just now, which was different from the sounds he heard during training, so he ruled out that it might be a Soviet submarine.

As a submarine sonar soldier of the US Navy, before boarding the submarine, he needed to be familiar with the sounds of various surface and underwater submarines of the Soviet Union and distinguish them. However, he could not distinguish the sounds of the new type of submarines created by the Soviet Union because he had never heard of them. In particular, the sound was too weak and he didn't pay attention to it.

Originally, in this case, the Oscar-class submarine's excellent silentness during low-speed navigation makes it impossible for the other party to discover it at all. However, various underwater situations will occur, such as underwater currents!

Now, at the depth of the k-132 sailing, there happened to be a current, the same direction it was heading, and as a result, it just brought the sound to the Los Angeles-class submarine.

Unfortunately, after the Los Angeles submarine completed its steering, the passive sonar on the side could no longer be aimed at the target, so the sound disappeared.

This kind of underwater current will not be noticed normally. Only when the submarine stops completely and finds that the hull is still moving can we know it.

The k-132 submarine is sailing underwater. At the same time, every ten minutes, it lowers the hull and turns an angle, allowing the sonar on the side to more accurately measure the other party's traces.

"Fifteen nautical miles away, fifteen degrees on the side of the port, the target was determined, Kitsea class aircraft carrier, seventeen degrees on the side of the port, a California-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, a Perry class frigate, ten degrees on the side of the port, a Kid-class destroyer and a Spruins class destroyer." At a relatively long distance, the sonar soldiers could only roughly distinguish the tonnage and number of ships. Only now, at a distance of fifteen nautical miles, the sound characteristics of each ship are already very obvious. However, he still did not find the Los Angeles-class submarine.

Fifteen nautical miles, what does this mean? It means that as long as Ye Ruofu is willing, he can launch the torpedoes in the six torpedo tubes on the bow of the boat at any time.

In addition to the 533mm caliber torpedo, the k-132 also has two super-large torpedo tubes with a 650mm caliber to launch advanced super-heavy 65-73 torpedo. This torpedo has a large charge and weighs half a ton. In addition, it can also use a nuclear warhead, which uses a turbine engine with a fast speed and a long range. At this distance, it can be easily killed with a torpedo!

"Left rudder 3, forward 2, shark gills are powered up, ready to intercept the target data, and prepare torpedo cabin." Ye Ruofu ordered calmly.

His words surprised the deputy captain Selov next to him: "Captain, are we going to attack? We did not receive orders from our superiors."

Seeing Selov's surprised expression, Ye Ruofu said: "No, we are just mocking attacks. Don't you think this is a very good training opportunity for us?"

Being able to touch the other side and test that the silent ability of one's nuclear submarine is indeed excellent. This is enough. Do you need to make big moves? Seizing the torpedo launch position will definitely cause a big disturbance. If you tease the US aircraft carrier formation like this, you will be subject to crazy revenge. If you are bombarded by various anti-submarine weapons from the United States and forced out of the sea, it would be too embarrassing for the Soviet Union.

However, Ye Ruofu was the captain and the decision was in his hands.

With the command of the captain, the huge Oscar-level 2 K-132 submarine began its sharp attack, and the propeller at the tail accelerated and as the tail rudder moved, the hull was also rotating flexibly, which seemed to be very inconsistent with its body, and quickly seized the advantageous torpedo launching position.

"There are eighteen degrees on the right side, and the noise is unknown." Suddenly, the sonar soldiers of the nuclear submarine Baton Rouge immediately discovered a unique noise at the 14 nautical miles.

"What is that?" asked Captain Johnson.

The sonar soldier continued to confirm and finally confirmed: "The noise of the low-speed propeller is accelerating now, with a depth of 15, a distance of 14, and an unknown submarine."

Johnson's face suddenly stretched out. At such a close distance, he was approached by a submarine of unknown nationality! If it were in the war, the Kitty Hawk would have been sunk!

"Report the Kitty Hawk and found a submarine of unknown nationality," said the captain: "Right 2, advance 4, we need to pull it out!"

Although he has lost the initiative, as an underwater nanny of an aircraft carrier, he must do that. It is impossible to challenge the underwater safety of the aircraft carrier formation. In a few minutes, the sh-60 anti-submarine helicopter and the S-3 fixed-wing carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft will take off. In addition to several guard ships, the damn submarine will definitely be able to find out the damn submarine.

During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union used submarines to fight underwater. The United States' attack nuclear submarines often tracked the Soviet strategic nuclear submarines, and the Soviet nuclear submarines also often found trouble for aircraft carrier formations. Therefore, although the sonar said that they had unknown nationality, Johnson could know without thinking that they must be Soviets.

Although this confrontation is lively, it is actually very dangerous. Although both sides are very restrained, driving a submarine is not as simple as driving a car. There will be occasional collisions, which neither side wants to see.

A submarine of unknown nationality was discovered underwater, only fourteen nautical miles away! The news was transmitted back to the aircraft carrier through the underwater data link. Thomas Valen, the captain of the aircraft carrier who was commanding the exercise, was also the commander-in-chief of the formation. He was immediately surprised: "Air defense exercise is over, anti-submarine operations will be carried out immediately. Note that this is not an exercise!"

Although it is an emergency, the US Navy has conducted various trainings all year round and can be quickly adjusted at any time to target different threats. The position of the strongest maritime overlord that has been established since World War II is not a blow.

All warships began to slow down and disperse at the same time, posing as anti-submarine combat. The head of the ship started to detect the situation below.

During World War II, no matter how famous the German sea wolf tactics were, submarines could only win by sneak attacks. As long as they were found, it would be impossible to escape the hunting of surface ships. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.m

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