Under the quiet deep sea of the Bay of Bengal, a humpback whale was looking for food. But suddenly, it seemed to have discovered something, and it flapped its fins and swam over.
But in the deep, dark sea with a depth of thousands of meters, the sound of electric current broke the silence.
A giant steel beast swam slowly underwater, with eight thick octopus-like tentacles stirring the water flow.
Humpback whales are highly intelligent animals. When they saw this creature made of steel, their big eyes were very confused.
Gu Gu Gu Gu!
The humpback whale curiously circled the steel behemoth and escorted it back and forth. Suddenly, the steel behemoth slowly rose to the surface, and its eight tentacles spurted out high-speed water.
The humpback whale screamed, dizzy under the impact of the current.
The Devourer-class deep-diving cruiser continued to accelerate, leaving the humpback whale behind.
In the hull of the cruiser, more than a hundred crew members were busy. The various instruments of the battleship emitted faint light, which was projected on the focused and silent faces.
"Floating, depth 958 meters, 700 meters, 300 meters."
"The torpedo loading is completed, the firing angle is being adjusted, and preparations for launch are being made."
"Launch the attack on time in one minute and surface at the same time to complete the annihilation."
One after another instructions were passed inside the cruiser, and the bioradar and biometric sonar mounted inside the Devourer-class cruiser were already operating at high speed.
On the electronic screen of the sonar radar, a dense patch of light spots was displayed more than a hundred kilometers away from the Devourer-class cruiser.
It was detected by biological sonar, the main fleet of the Asan Kingdom Navy.
The data on the screen was beating every moment. After the Devourer deep-diving cruiser floated to a predetermined height, the torpedo launch button on the console was turned.
The eight octopus tentacles of the deep-diving cruiser suddenly stood up upwards, with a ferocious chrysanthemum-shaped mouth opening at the end. A series of bubbles emerged from the inside, and eight rocket-assisted torpedoes drilled out from the inside of the tentacles.
The rocket-assisted torpedo emerged from the water in an instant, and the hot flames at its tail expanded in a circle, like a missile taking off, flying hundreds of kilometers away.
Rocket-assisted torpedoes are also called anti-submarine missiles. They are composed of a rocket aircraft and an acoustic homing torpedo. The torpedo is mainly carried by a rocket. When it reaches a predetermined point, the acoustic homing torpedo breaks away from the rocket aircraft. After entering the water, it automatically searches for the submarine according to a predetermined procedure and damages the location. Submarines within its power radius are a great weapon against submarines.
It was not just this Devourer-class deep-diving cruiser that launched an attack at the same time.
Surrounding the Asanguo fleet, the other four Devourer deep-submersible cruisers that had been ambushing here had already completed surfacing, launched rocket-assisted torpedoes, and carried out saturation bombing.
In the bridge of the aircraft carrier Vikrant, the bridge is the brain of the warship. It is the place where the warship is controlled and operations are commanded, including the command room, wheelhouse, open-air command post, etc.
The atmosphere on the bridge, which should have been tense and busy, had been particularly depressing before. Kumar and a group of senior fleet officers had dull expressions, and their faces were ashen.
They had already received the news that the carrier-based aircraft formation had been wiped out. Even if not one of the twelve MiG-29K fighters came back, they had not even damaged the Jieco Group's stealth cruiser at all.
"How could this be possible? There are so many carrier-based aircraft, and they are gone."
Kumar murmured to himself, unwilling to believe this cruel truth.
That's a total of 12 MiG-29K fighters!
Since the rise of aircraft carriers in World War II, the theory of aircraft carrier victory has become a truth in naval battles. The beautiful country can become the overlord of Blue Star because of their 12 aircraft carrier battle groups.
As for cruisers, this is an outdated warship type that has long been eliminated by the times, and is not built by mainstream countries now.
However, when the two collided, with the maneuverability and flexibility of the carrier-based aircraft, they should have bullied the stupid, big and thick cruiser, but in the end, there was not a single carrier-based aircraft left, which Kumar could not understand.
"Commander, we still have two destroyer formations, and we will soon bring the stealth cruiser into range. By then, the other party will be within our grasp."
Beside, the naval staff officer spoke, breaking the dead silence at the scene.
"The fastest speed of our destroyer is 32 knots. He can't escape."
"As long as you sink this stealth cruiser, you should pay a small price."
"The aircraft carrier is still there, and the subsequent addition of carrier-based aircraft can restore its combat effectiveness. Compared with sinking a 40,000 to 50,000-ton cruiser, our victory will be greater."
The officers' voices came from the conference table, and everyone was making excuses for their failure.
However, they do feel that they still have a chance. Their huge fleet is still there, and the speed of the destroyers is definitely higher than that of the cruisers. The opponent's position has been exposed, and they can no longer escape the pursuit.
Just as many naval commanders were thinking about it, the sound of sirens pierced the atmosphere.
The correspondent received the missile incoming message from the outer frigate and sounded the aircraft carrier's air defense alarm without saying a word.
The Asanguo crew members on the aircraft carrier were alerted by the siren, and they seemed to be in a hurry due to lack of training on weekdays.
At the aircraft carrier's bridge radar warning station, the radar operator's face suddenly changed, because the aircraft carrier Vikrant also discovered the incoming missile. The aircraft carrier is equipped with a large number of radar electronic equipment for air warning and anti-aircraft missile terminals. Guidance has strong early warning information.
"Commander, the radar has detected forty incoming unknown missiles, and the targets are heading straight for our fleet."
The red light of the incoming missile flashed, and the radar operator immediately reported more detailed information, hoping that the superiors would immediately come up with a charter.
After receiving the news, Kumar stood up and said anxiously: "The counterattack of the Jieco Group has arrived. Prepare anti-aircraft firepower immediately. Be sure to destroy these missiles, and then find the launch source of these missiles for me, right away."
"We are investigating and have found it. We have determined that the source of the attack is in five general areas around our fleet, and the latitude and longitude coordinates are"
Radio waves are constantly transmitted back and forth on the fleet, and the sea radar and air search radar on the warship can search hundreds of kilometers.
Anti-submarine rockets fired more than 100 kilometers away were captured by radar soon after they took off from the sea, and then were continuously pushed back by the radar to find out the approximate direction.
Seeing the missile's incoming direction marked on the screen, showing five points on the front, back, left, and right, surrounding their fleet of the Three Kingdoms, Kumar felt a panic in his heart for no reason, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead. So much so that his voice became shrill.
"Submarine? Let the anti-submarine helicopters immediately move to these areas for reconnaissance, drop sonar buoys, frigates and destroyers turn on active sonar, find the enemy submarine, drop depth bombs to sink it for me."
Kumar made urgent arrangements for the operation and asked the fleet to prepare for air defense and anti-submarine warfare.
The siren echoed on the warships one after another. The 30 main fleets of the Asan Kingdom were like a nest exploded at this time. The frigates and destroyers kept sailing out, preparing to conduct anti-submarine operations. At the same time, they arranged an air defense fire network to protect Aircraft carriers and supply ships in the center area.
On those frigates, short-range air defense missiles have been launched to intercept incoming missiles.
Just when the tension was at its peak, a ball of fire suddenly lit up in the sky. It was the scene of an anti-aircraft missile destroying an incoming missile.
The number of incoming missiles was visibly reduced, and they were continuously shot down by anti-aircraft missiles. This made the fleets of the Three Kingdoms breathe a sigh of relief.
Only a few missiles broke through the firepower network of anti-aircraft missiles, but the destroyers, frigates, close-in anti-aircraft guns and naval gun defenses, and the aircraft carriers inside also had anti-aircraft firepower.
Bang!
Suddenly, the incoming missiles had no intention of penetrating further into the air defense fire network. Instead, they separated automatically in the air, and the front end plunged into the seawater, like a spear, drilling towards the seawater.
At this time, the aircraft carrier formation of the three countries was organized in a circular formation, and among them, the two 6,000-ton nuclear submarines Arihant and Aligat were located in front of the aircraft carrier formation, which provided better warning, surveillance, and protection for the entire aircraft carrier formation. Tracking and attack tasks.
Therefore, the incoming torpedoes are not intended to hit warships, but to attack submarines without continuously impacting and breaking through the aircraft carrier formation's fire blockade network.
Once the rocket-assisted torpedo enters the water, it immediately starts the automatic enemy search mode.
The torpedo adopts acoustic homing mode, and the pulse sound signal emitted by the guidance head continues to spread in the seawater until it touches the submarine and is reflected back into the torpedo to complete the locking.
When the two nuclear submarines Arihant and Aligat detected incoming torpedoes and wanted to respond, it was already too late.
The positions of the two submarines had long been captured by biological sonar. The flight trajectory of the rocket-assisted torpedo was carefully calculated. The falling torpedo was located just above the two nuclear submarines.
When several acoustic homing torpedoes dived and approached at a speed of 50 knots, the two nuclear submarines were unable to avoid them at all. They could only dive as far as possible to the ultimate depth of the submarine, hoping that the torpedoes would misjudge and be dodged by them with luck. past.
Bang!
An acoustic homing torpedo exploded in the middle of the Arihant nuclear submarine.
The power of a bomb exploding underwater is much greater than on the ground because water is incompressible.
In the face of such an explosion, the Arihant nuclear submarine is defenseless. The submarine does not have the huge reserve buoyancy of a surface warship, and cannot be protected by thick armor and watertight cabins.
At the location where the Arihant was hit, the shock wave tore open the submarine's shell over a large area. A large amount of water entered each cabin, and the submarine instantly lost control.
The entire scene is like an egg shell, crushed directly between two fingers, extremely fragile.
The submarine sailors in the Arihant were submerged in the sea and they could not find any means of escape.
Because the Arihant submarine is currently diving to a depth of 300 meters, the human body exposed to seawater at this depth needs to withstand 31 atmospheres of pressure, which is equivalent to a pressure of about 30 kilograms of force per square centimeter of the human body. The internal organs of each submarine soldier are directly After being squeezed, blood spurted out from the seven orifices, bones and muscles were squeezed and torn, and the blood dyed the sea water red.
The other ship, the Aligat, was even more miserable. The submarine sailors stayed in the submarine as if they were huddled in a sealed steel ball. When the acoustic homing torpedo exploded, it was like someone outside was hammering the head with a hammer. When the knocking, the violent vibration and sound made them uncomfortable.
Due to the premature sinking of the Arihant, the remaining acoustic homing torpedo firepower was attracted by the Aligat, and three acoustic homing torpedoes hit simultaneously.
When the explosion occurred, the Aligat was like a chopstick that had been bent by someone. The middle part was broken. The seawater expanded and impacted repeatedly. A huge amount of seawater poured in, destroying everything inside the submarine, whether it was machinery or the human body.
All sailors of the two nuclear submarines, a total of 208 people, died along with the submarines.
When submarine sailors are far more dangerous than warship crews, there is still hope of escape when the warship sinks, but when the submarine sinks, there is almost no possibility of survival.
On the bridge of the aircraft carrier Vikrant, when Kumar heard that the two nuclear submarines had lost contact and that large amounts of oil and debris were floating on the sea, he closed his eyes in pain, knowing in his heart that the Arihant and Alijat had been killed.
But Kumar had no time to continue feeling sad, because the reconnaissance drone launched from their aircraft carrier had arrived at the source area of the rocket-assisted torpedoes and discovered the movement of the enemy ships.
Kumar quickly walked to the big screen in the command center, where the reconnaissance perspective of the drone was switched back.
On the rough sea, suddenly a place of sea water arched high like a mountain peak, and a dark black steel behemoth displaced thousands of tons of sea water and floated to the surface of the sea like a whale leaping out of the sea.
Countless seawater and small fish and shrimps slipped from the steel hull. As the seawater flowed, the missile launch unit windows opened simultaneously.
The number looked like a honeycomb being opened. Anti-ship missiles were ignited one after another, spraying out dazzling flames and drawing beautiful tail flames into the sky.
There were too many missiles launched, and with the continuous launch, the tail flames continued to spurt out.
Between the blue sky, the sea and the warship, a bridge of flames appeared.
And this situation happened in five places at the same time. There were more than a thousand anti-ship missiles attacking them. What an exaggerated number.
Witnessing this scene, in the command room on the bridge of the Vikrant aircraft carrier, Kumar and a group of naval officers all stared blankly. Some even lost control of their legs and trembled like chaff.
"How can a stealth cruiser, a diving stealth cruiser, have so many missiles? Order the entire fleet to immediately organize anti-aircraft firepower. This is an ambush from all sides targeting the navy of our three countries."
Kumar's heart felt cold and his lips were trembling. This sentence almost consumed all his energy.
Only then did he realize that the stealth cruiser they were chasing was just a cover to lure them into a carefully laid trap, because there were five more such missile arsenal cruisers in the Jieko Group.
But he didn't realize it. Filled with desire by military achievements and glory, he plunged into the pocket array prepared by others.
Although others only have five cruisers, but looking at the terrifying firepower in the video, one can match the firepower of their ten destroyers. The two sides are not at the same level of strength at all.
He finally understood why the carrier-based aircraft formation would never return. How could a carrier-based aircraft successfully break through with such powerful firepower. (End of chapter)