Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 696 Hunting Submarines
Although the Kaifeng frigate is very small, with a displacement of only two to three thousand tons, it cannot be ranked among the main battleships of the Ming Dynasty with tens of thousands of tons, but in terms of technical content, this small frigate is really better than many The large ships of the Ming Dynasty are all strong. For example, the Kaifeng frigate is equipped with 5 sonars in total, including hull sonars and towed sonars. Tow sonar.

This situation is actually very common in the Ming army, and Bai Mingxiu is sometimes very surprised. The mainstream active weapons of the Ming Dynasty belong to the technical level at the end of World War II, but some technologies have broken through to the peak of the Cold War. Technology developers and a large number of research institutes are inseparable.Bai Mingxiu is also very happy to continue to invest funds in this field.

In fact, the towed sonar used by the Ming Dynasty Navy was not a military model. It was first developed by a marine technology research institute for oil companies and geophysical exploration companies to use in oil exploration, and the frequency is relatively low.Later, this technology was favored by the Navy, and the Ming Navy, which was very expensive, immediately spent money to set up a special project to apply this technology to the general naval anti-submarine warfare system.

The sonar officer on the frigate Kaifeng reported to Captain He Pingdaohui with uncontrollable excitement: "Captain, it's that sea rat! We found her!"

He Pingdao's eyes widened, and he confirmed very seriously: "Are you sure?"

The sonar officer also responded seriously: "Yes, I'm sure. When she sank the Shunxiangji transport ship, we once captured her weak underwater sound signal, but because she escaped quickly, we lost her track , but we recorded this signal, it was her!"

He Pingdao showed a satisfied smile: "Great, it's impossible to escape after sinking our Daming's transport ship."

Political commissar Ye Huachen also laughed and said: "This should be preparing to return to Hong Kong. These submarines of the Qing army can only operate in relatively offshore areas, and they do not have this capability in real ocean operations."

He Pingdao had already entered his own state. He waved his hand and shouted: "Lock her, let us sink her!"

After the Kaifeng frigate notified the fleet, it obtained authorization to hunt and kill the HL-32 submarine.

At this time, on the HL-32 submarine, Dmitry was already in a state of complete disarray.

"Has the opponent's active sonar detected us?"

The densely emitted active sound waves are constantly echoing, and the position of this submarine will be like an elephant under a strong light, with nowhere to hide.

Dmitri still did not give up: "Urgent dive!"

The HL-32 submarine can dive to a depth of 150 meters, but the Mediterranean Sea is not a deep water area, and this diving depth cannot effectively protect itself.

The depth of the depth charges used by the Ming Dynasty Navy is 50 meters to 300 meters. When the Xiqing submarine encounters this thing at its working depth, it will basically be finished.

The bow of the submarine fell violently, and everyone in the boat was nervously holding on to things that could hold them, while things that were not fixed began to slide under the action of gravity.This emergency dive is not only a test for the hull, but also a psychological and physical test for the submariners.

Each of them knew that a frigate of the Ming army was chasing them fiercely, and they had to do everything possible to escape from her "claw".

He Pingdao was full of confidence: "Launch a depth charge."

The depth charge launcher on the Kaifeng frigate is similar to the K-gun invented by the British in another plane, with some beneficial modifications to launch multiple depth charges at a time.

After these large depth charges enter the water, it is like a nightmare for the people on the submarine. Because of the relatively slow sinking speed and the relative position between the surface ship and the submarine, bombing the submarine with depth bombs is like a classic. According to the interpretation of quantum physics, the submarine is in a superposition state where it may be blown up and may be fine.

This debilitating situation even led to the direct suicide of a German captain in another dimension.

Dmitri is a very tough captain, he immediately ordered: "Maneuver horizontally, avoid it!"

The continuously falling depth charges push the spring with the action of water pressure, so that the spring reaches the preset depth and triggers the fuze, resulting in a violent explosion.This kind of bomb is not high in technology and is very cheap, and it is widely equipped in the Ming Navy.

The explosion began to occur around the HL-32 submarine. The water waves generated by the explosion pushed the submarine and caused some irregular shaking of the submarine. However, these deep bombs did not explode too close to kill the submarine.

After Dmitry survived the attack, he immediately demanded: "Put the oil, we pretend to be sunk!"

This kind of coquettish operation was completely risky, but he had no other choice.

The explosion of the depth bomb will cause the sonar to not work normally for a period of time. Dmitri wants to use this time window to escape from this sea area.

He Pingdao obviously found something on the water: "Oil stains? Could it have been bombed and sunk?"

Just when He Pingdao was suspicious, his sonar officer said again: "Captain, she is not sinking, she is sneaking away."

He Pingdao slapped his hands: "Do you think we are so easy to deceive?"

"Continue to put deep bombs!"

In fact, in addition to depth charges, He Pingdao's ship is also equipped with deep-water rockets and anti-submarine torpedoes, but He Pingdao just thinks that depth charges are cheap and likes to save public money for the country.

This time, Dmitry was not so lucky. The depth bomb exploded less than 20 centimeters above the submarine, directly shattering the hull of the submarine, and pouring a large amount of seawater into it.

"Damage control, damage control!" The submarine was already in chaos, and everyone's faces were filled with fear and paleness.

Dmitri had already closed his eyes, his feet had already started to flood, and the electrical installations inside the ship had already emitted sparks.

Dmitri picked up his military cap from the command podium. It was a very Manchu-style warm hat, with gems on the top and red tassels.Dmitri let go of his money rat tail and put on the hat.

"I, Dmitri, have devoted my life to my country!"

"Long live the emperor, long live the Qing Dynasty!"

"Ula!"

A depth bomb exploded from the side of the midship, completely cutting the submarine in two. Nearly a hundred Xiqing officers and soldiers in the submarine were all buried on the seabed.

The Ming Navy Fleet on the water stood quietly on the water, as if the battle had never happened.On land, small marines and airborne troops began operations in the mountains of Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia, gradually occupying the area.

And they found that the established Qing army had already left the Balkans by train, and only a small number of troops were still stationed. With the arrival of the Ming army and the Italian army, the Balkan Peninsula was quickly occupied by the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)