Was the Humpback a submarine?
No, it wasn't.
Strictly speaking, it was an air cushion super cargo ship.
It relied on two nuclear power units with a total power of 400,000 kilowatt-hours. It could reach a terrifying speed of 130 knots on the sea.
Its power was twice that of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier …
Unfortunately, they didn't know.
Tactical Commander Matticus first submitted the request to the Pentagon. After the Pentagon discussed and confirmed its feasibility, they immediately issued the order to the Fifth Fleet.
The Fifth Fleet was headquartered in Bahrain. There was an aircraft carrier, four guided missile cruisers, nearly 20 guided missile destroyers and frigates, five attack submarines, and eight landing craft stationed here all year round.
In addition to naval forces, it also had a fighter squadron, three bomber squadrons, and 200 combat aircraft of various types, such as anti-submarine, early warning, and electronic warfare.
After receiving the order from the Pentagon, the Fifth Fleet immediately formed a combat team and began to discuss what warships to send to set up a blockade on both sides of Madagascar Island.
Inside the command center of the Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain.
The commander of the joint fleet, Lassiter, received the blockade mission. He was in charge of the Fifth Fleet's operations all year round and had rich experience in joint command of multiple warships.
"I'll emphasize again. This mission is to block and intercept, not sink." Lassiter emphasized in the meeting. "We'll set up a blockade on both sides of Madagascar Island. When the target submarine arrives, we'll surround it like a group of sharks and force the target submarine out of the water."
"Everyone has seen the information on the target submarine sent by the Pentagon. I think everyone understands that such a strange submarine must have technology that has never been seen before in the field of warships."
"So, unless it's absolutely necessary, we can't sink it."
Someone said, "Sir, there is no sound print of this submarine's propeller in the data, but judging from its hydrodynamic shape, when it is sailing underwater, the noise must be louder than that of Chinese submarines in the 1990s."
"We can ask the anti-submarine squadron to provide two P-8 anti-submarine aircraft to act together."
"Anti-submarine aircraft is no problem." Lassiter pointed to the big screen behind him. The assistant next to him quickly added two small icons of the P-8 anti-submarine aircraft on the screen.
The P-8 anti-submarine aircraft could carry more than 100 sonar buoys and could also carry four to six anti-submarine torpedoes or anti-ship missiles.
In theory, if the two blockade lines were equipped with an anti-submarine aircraft and professional anti-submarine ships, not to mention a civilian-class submarine, even a strategic nuclear submarine would not be able to escape.
But there was a problem.
Lassiter's orders were to capture the submarine and preserve its integrity as much as possible so that scientific experts could study it.
"Let's discuss how to force it out of the water."
Lassiter knocked on the table and said in a relaxed tone, "It's a civilian-grade submarine. Monster Industries might have used some advanced technology to build this submarine."
"But it is impossible for it to master the modern, absolutely confidential military-grade submarine warfare and early warning technology."
"In other words, it is very likely that our anti-submarine aircraft has found its tracks on Madagas Island and is constantly flying above it."
"The surface ships have already surrounded it in the most standard tactical formation."
"And this civilian submarine is completely unaware."
Sitting on both sides, the officers who were holding a combat meeting burst into laughter. The atmosphere was particularly relaxed.
They represented the most powerful maritime forces on the planet.
And this time, the opponent was a civilian-class submarine that did not have tactical attack capabilities.
Submarines … They were probably the weakest and most vulnerable existence among the military ships at sea.
It was an underwater ghost that launched a fatal blow to the ship in an unseen place. But once it was exposed to the enemy's sight, even if it was a 10,000-ton strategic nuclear submarine, it could be easily sent to the sky by a 1,000-ton anti-submarine torpedo ship.
Not to mention a civilian submarine that had no offensive capabilities.
For example, in 1940, a submarine called the Wolf of the Seabed attacked a transport ship. The submarine's fish blew the transport ship in half and it was about to sink.
The Wolf of the Sea proudly floated up, ready to watch the fun.
At this time, the transport ship exploded and blew up a tank that it was carrying.
The tank fell and smashed into the Wolf of the Seabed.
As a result …
The Wolf of the Sea crashed.
In 1944, there was another submarine that was even more miserable. Just because someone used the bathroom, they flushed the toilet in the wrong direction, causing the submarine to flood and eventually sink.
Therefore, the officers in the meeting room did not have to worry about how to find it.
Instead, they had to worry about how not to hurt it.
Moreover, in their analysis, it was impossible for this civilian-class submarine to be equipped with advanced military-grade reconnaissance equipment. It should be similar to a blind man underwater, only able to passively navigate along a fixed route.
They couldn't throw a depth bomb down to remind them, right?
"The depth bomb is too powerful. This doesn't meet our operational requirements." An officer suggested, "Can we use sonar interference bombs to remind them?"
"Aren't our submarines equipped with sonar interference bombs that use the principle of underwater multi-directional, small-scale explosions to interfere with the operation of surface reconnaissance equipment?"
"This kind of interference bomb has a small charge, but it will produce a particularly loud echo when it explodes underwater. When the time comes, we can throw a batch around the submarine. Even if they don't have sonar listening equipment, they can still hear it with their ears in the submarine. "
This method was feasible.
"If the target submarine still doesn't choose to surface, we can detonate a Rocket -type depth bomb in the distance."
"Although this has the possibility of destroying the operating equipment on the target submarine."
"But I don't think it will cause too much damage to the submarine's shell, so that they won't even have the ability to surface in an emergency."
"Reduce the charge of the depth bomb by half." An officer pretended to be worried. "For a civilian submarine, after our standard charge of hundreds of kilograms explodes, I can't guarantee that the shock wave generated will be able to paralyze all their electronic equipment. But the shocking vibration will definitely be able to paralyze all the sailors in the submarine. "
Everyone smiled again and said that after they floated up, the Navy commandos had to be gentle when they went in to clear the obstacles. Don't scare this group of people.
After all, they still had to interrogate them for specific information about this submarine!
..
In less than a few hours, the battle plan called [Operation Whale Hunt] was quickly finalized.
Whales were large animals, but they had an abnormally gentle personality. They were very suitable for this group of shark-like navies to locate the target submarine.
A comprehensive supply ship.
Two.
P-8 anti-submarine patrol aircraft.
Two Burke-class guided-missile destroyers.
Four Perry-class frigates.
This was a big gift prepared by the commander of the joint fleet, Lassi, for the submarine of Monster Industries.
Two destroyers and four frigates.
The military power represented by these six ships could already sweep away the naval power of 90% of the countries in the world.
One must know that Spain, which ranked tenth in naval power, only had dozens of frigates. Moreover, the weapon systems on the frigates were sold to them by the United States.
Powerful strength was their relaxed confidence, and at the same time, their determination to win.
Less than two hours after receiving the operation order, the various types of warships that were on duty and cruising in the open sea quickly turned their course and headed in the direction of Madagascar Island.
At this time, the Humpback Whale, which was far away in the port of Anut Special District, was still unloading a whole ship of industrial equipment.
These equipment were the second batch of large-scale diamond smelting equipment to arrive. After the unloading was completed, it would also be loaded with all the mineral raw materials refined by the factory and metal raw materials purchased from other mining areas and return to Zhongyun City.
The next day.
All the warships of this [Operation Whale Hunt] completed their formation in the high seas near Kissel.
After the assembly was completed, the fleet entered a state of war.
All warships executed radio silence and actively avoided all civilian ships on the route.
Being relaxed didn't mean being arrogant.
Since Monster Industries had already shown off the technical work of radio positioning once, they wouldn't be able to succeed a second time.
Even if in their analysis, the submarine didn't have a military detection device at all.
At nine o 'clock in the evening local time, the fleet arrived in the waters near Madagascar Island.
Under the light signal of the command ship, the fleet quickly divided into two forces according to the plan and went to the waters on both sides of Madagascar Island.
According to the photos from the reconnaissance satellite in the morning, the target submarine was still docked in the port to load cargo.
Therefore, they had no chance of failure in this operation.
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