Chapter 463 Carpet Attack (Subscription Request)

No matter which country's navy it is, if they find themselves being tracked by submarines, they can take various measures to deal with the submarines. After all, submarines are like rats crossing the street, and everyone will shout and beat them. Once they are discovered, they must be treated as enemies. If the submarine comes in quietly, it can easily cause damage to the surface formation.

And now, the war may break out at any time, and the Soviet Navy must be on high alert!

After launching the fighter planes, all the warships switched to anti-submarine mode. They lined up in an anti-submarine formation, which made it easiest to take advantage of their sonar. Almost all the sonar operators in the fleet were listening for the traces of the submarine.

However, nothing could be heard. Even the sonar buoy dropped by the ship-borne helicopter that flew over first did not detect any trace of the submarine underwater.

"Those damn Americans must have shut down the engine and maybe sunk to the bottom of the sea." Colonel Gokinaev said. As the captain of the Minsk, he had to be familiar with all kinds of weapons and equipment, and was also extremely proficient in submarine combat.

No traces could be heard, because the other party had shut down the engine and sailed in absolute silence! It was sailing only under the drift of the ocean current, and at the same time, it might sink to the bottom of the sea like a big rock!

Sonar cannot find the big rocks. If it was the World War II era, all they had to do was wait in the nearby sea area until the enemy ran out of power and surfaced to recharge, and then they would attack in a swarm. But now, submarines are nuclear-powered, and unless the crew can't support themselves physically, it is common for them to stay underwater for several months!

Therefore, it is very troublesome to deal with a nuclear submarine in this situation.

"It's impossible for it to sink to the bottom of the sea. The seabed here is more than 600 meters deep. American submarines can't dive that deep." The first mate of the Minsk ship said: "The last sound of the American submarine was detected at a depth of 400 meters, which is also the maximum depth of American submarines. They basically stay at this depth. It seems that we have to bomb the Americans up."

"Order, all warships, fire anti-submarine rocket depth charges, set the depth to 400 meters! Aim at the place where the American submarine was last seen, and fire all the rockets for us!"

Anti-submarine rocket depth bomb! This anti-submarine weapon, which was used extensively during World War II, is still not outdated! For example, in the current situation, large-scale rocket coverage is more exciting than anti-submarine mines!

Upon hearing Admiral Durt's order, all the warships began to prepare.

On the "Kiev" class aircraft carrier, the "Dreadnought" class anti-submarine ship, the "Krivak" class frigate and other warships, the Soviet Union's most common RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket depth charge launcher system launcher began to rotate. The base with a dual-plane stabilization function eliminated the impact of the ship's pitch and roll on aiming. The 12-unit launch tubes are arranged in an arc shape, with 6 tubes on each side. At this time, these launch tubes are quickly aimed at the target. At the same time, the automatic loading system has already automatically loaded the RGB-60 depth bomb from the bomb bay, through the bomb feeder, and through the bomb hoist into each launch tube.

At the same time, other warships of the fleet, such as the Kresta-II class missile cruisers, the Kirov class nuclear-powered missile cruisers, the Kara class anti-submarine ships and the Modern class anti-submarine ships, equipped with RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket depth charge launchers, also began to aim.

The two launchers can be distinguished at a glance, mainly because of the number of tubes. The RBU-1000 has only six tubes, so its firepower density is a little weaker. However, the diameter of the RGB-10 anti-submarine rocket depth charge is 300 mm, which is larger than the 210 mm diameter of the RGB-60 anti-submarine rocket depth charge, which means it is more powerful, but has a shorter range.

However, they are all within the range of the surface ships! If the range is not enough, then get closer! If the American submarines dare to maneuver now, they are simply courting death!

Even if they didn't move, they would be seeking death. Challenging the Soviet aircraft carrier formation would be seeking death!

"Mass blast mode, shoot!" Admiral Durt gave the order personally.

"Swish, swish, swish!" The warships that had been prepared long ago began to launch at the same time. As the ignition button was pressed, a series of anti-submarine rocket depth charges flew out of the launch tubes, dragging tongues of fire. The rising smoke enveloped the entire warship.

Tongues of fire flew out one after another, and every warship was constantly releasing anti-submarine weapons. In terms of firepower density, it was much more powerful than another deep-water torpedo!

After flying forward for 1,300 meters, the RGB-60 anti-submarine rocket depth charge entered the water. After entering the water, it dived at a speed of 2 meters per second. It took three minutes to reach a depth of 400 meters.

During this period of time, the warship certainly did not stop. The second round of depth charges had been loaded into the launch tube, and could launch a new round of strikes at any time based on the underwater movements!

One after another, more than 200 anti-submarine rockets fell into the water and dived rapidly. Although the RGB-10 anti-submarine rocket depth bomb had a short range, which required the warship to move forward a little further before it could be launched, resulting in it finally entering the water, the weight of the bomb allowed it to dive faster.

Four hundred meters underwater, the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine USS Baton Rouge.

Everyone held their breath, and the sonar operators kept listening to the sounds on the water, waiting to see what tricks the Soviets would use against them.

When they heard the surface warships forming an anti-submarine formation, they felt something was wrong. And now, when they heard the depth charges falling into the water one after another, the sonar operator's report was already tinged with worry.

There were a lot of noises! How many anti-submarine depth bombs fell into the water at the same time? The sonar operator couldn't count them, but one thing was certain, there were a lot!

"The depth charge is expected to reach our depth in two minutes," the sonar operator continued to report.

What to do? Johnson also frowned. It was unrealistic for him to challenge the entire Soviet aircraft carrier formation with just one submarine. He was just faithfully carrying out the orders of his superiors, delaying the actions of the Soviet aircraft carrier formation and waiting for his own fleet to arrive!

And now? The Soviets actually launched a carpet attack! He could guess without thinking that the Soviets had just fired all their anti-submarine rockets! The Soviets have been fond of this kind of firepower coverage since World War II!