Chapter 296: Iceberg Crisis, the Power of Nuclear Submarines
"Okay, Mr. Mavi. After I go back, I will discuss it with the President!" Hasenmangalava, when she said this, she had already thought about the military budget for this year. Such a good opportunity, India cannot give up.
In order to ensure that the transaction will not happen, Mawei laughed after hearing this and said to the Indian Minister of Defense, "General Hasenmangarava, if you have time, why not take this Akura-class nuclear submarine with me and go out to sea to see it? See its power?"
Mavie has never sat on a nuclear submarine before. If you don’t try it, I’m sorry for his identity as an arms maniac.
"Yes, Mr. Mavie, I have time." General Hasenmangarava nodded and promised. He wanted to say a try, but Mavie didn't speak, and he was not embarrassed to say it clearly.
Ten minutes later, Mavie, Hasenmangarava and others successfully boarded the Acura-class nuclear submarine under the leadership of the submarine captain and Colonel Andre.
In terms of the internal structure of the nuclear submarine, it is quite complex. In the limited space, there must be a noise reduction spiral thruster, a missile torpedo compartment, a boat side torpedo launch device, a nuclear reactor, a command center, an escape compartment, a crew rest compartment, a main engine, a secret silencer device, etc.
This makes the movable space inside the nuclear submarine smaller. In many places, only one person or two people are allowed to pass through at the same time.
When everyone came to the nuclear submarine command room, Captain Andre picked up the walkie-talkie and issued a sailing order to all the staff. At this time, the special hatch of the submarine opened and the surrounding seawater was poured back into the boat. In this way, its density could be greater than the seawater, causing the submarine to slowly sink to the water.
Then the propeller thruster was started, and the submarine sailed away from the Northern Fleet base and headed towards the Arctic Ocean.
In the past, old-fashioned submarines used periscopes to view the water surface. This kind of optical equipment can only be viewed by one person, and the disadvantages are very obvious. Now, there are optical periscopes directly inside the submarine to replace the old-fashioned periscopes. Mawei and others can observe the situation on the water surface through electronic screens.
For example, after a nuclear submarine was sailing under the sea for nearly one and a half hours, an iceberg broke out from the Arctic Circle appeared on the electronic screen of the command room. Judging from the direction of the movement of the iceberg, it was heading towards the New Territories Islands. If it was allowed to float freely, it would affect the safety of the residents on the island and would also cause damage to the surrounding fishing industry.
In addition to the electronic periscopes provided by the nuclear submarine, in order to enable Mavi and others to better observe the scene on the water surface, the Russian Navy also specially called two helicopters for air shooting. The actual picture on the sea surface was directly transmitted to the two display screens in the command room through the signal.
"Mr. Mavie, the iceberg in front is a distance from the Arctic continent. Now we are about 25 kilometers away from it. After detection, the diameter of the iceberg reaches 500 meters. 90% of its volume is hidden underwater." Captain Andre said to Mavie carefully.
He must always pay attention to the direction of the iceberg, otherwise if a collision occurs, the hard iceberg will directly sink the submarine. This will be a big problem.
Mawei looked at the iceberg floating on the sea, and the height was estimated to be only about 50 meters. Most of them sank under the sea, which is the origin of the tip of the iceberg.
"How much ammunition is needed to blow it up to a safe level of iceberg like this?" Ma Wei asked the captain with concern. This time they were on a mission. Unlike the previous times, they were just to appreciate the power of the explosion.
"Mr. Mawei, for such a big iceberg, we need to launch 4 533mm caliber k-335 torpedoes first and bombard all sides of the iceberg. Then, according to the actual situation, launch about 8 to 10 RPK-7 Fierce Wind Anti-Submarine missiles to destroy the iceberg to a safe level." Colonel Andre said to Mawei truthfully.
Fighting an iceberg is a technical job. Because when the first torpedo hits a mountain, a huge explosion will cause it to burst into multiple pieces. The broken ice blocks will block the subsequent torpedo launch. Therefore, four torpedoes will almost hit the iceberg at the same time. This will make it evenly explode.
Colonel Andre, after explaining to everyone, received the task execution order from the base. So he picked up the walkie-talkie again and issued an order to all the staff, "Now listen to my orders, No. 1, No. 3, No. 5, and No. 7, aim at the southeast, northwest and northwest of the iceberg, and prepare to launch the k-335 torpedo."
“Countdown to prepare, 5!”
“4!”
“3!”
“2!”
“1!”
"emission!"
With Colonel Andre's countdown of 5 seconds, Mavi, standing in the command room, and Minister Hasenmangarava and others, were not sure whether it was an illusion or serious matter, but suddenly felt a slight shaking of the submarine.
At the same time, on the ship's radar, four green light spots representing the k-335 torpedo, quickly approaching the iceberg ahead at a very fast speed.
"Captain, four torpedoes, and 15 seconds to hit the target."
"Captain, it is expected that the torpedo will hit the target in 5 seconds!" In the command room, the crew members who were closely watching the torpedo launch were reminded to everyone.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a huge iceberg 25 kilometers away suddenly trembled violently, as if he was hit by some undersea giant! Immediately afterwards, a 10-meter-high water column in the four directions of the iceberg exploded at the same time!
The shocking scene, even if you can't hear the explosion, you can fully feel the power of the torpedo.
With four torpedoes, they accurately hit the iceberg. In an instant, the huge impact brought by the explosion knocked the originally extremely hard iceberg into countless pieces. The broken ice cubes were swept into the air by the bursting air waves, and there was a long white ice slag at the tail, and the picture was tragic and beautiful.
It was not until a full minute later that Ma Wei and others, who were standing in the command room, felt that the sea water around the submarine seemed to have increased a little fluctuations.
"Gear No. 2, 3, 6, 9, obey my orders, direction... launch the strong wind anti-submarine missile." Before Ma Wei and others could appreciate the explosion scene too much. Colonel Andre immediately commanded the crew to destroy the threatening small icebergs and missiles.
The icebergs are broken up by explosions, and this is the beginning of the danger. The impact of the explosion will quickly push them to all directions. The danger must be lifted as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!