"The yellow flag is the yellow flag, they raised the yellow flag!"

Through the telescope, he saw the floating Soviet submarine hanging a yellow signal flag. Gulundes, a new United Kingdom Navy lieutenant from Wales, screamed excitedly.

In contrast, Major Davis was much calmer. He held a telescope and observed and analyzed: "From its position, it should have been hit by the deep bomb we fired. Uh... it should be an X-class submarine, which is what the Russians call Leninist. It is said to have been in service since the late 1930s, with relatively advanced performance, and has performed well in the Soviet-Japanese War. It is one of the main submarines of the Northern Soviet Fleet."

However, Lieutenant Gulundes' attention was not here. He muttered: "This credit is ours, and we will not be recorded on the Galway number! Although they are also carrying out anti-submarine operations, that position is clearly our attack range."

"According to the practice of maritime operations, this kind of result will most likely be recorded as formation record." Major Davis said, "Don't care too much, this is just an exercise after all."

Gulundes curled his lips dissatisfiedly: "Although this is just an exercise, it is also the result we have achieved through hard work. If we confirm it as the formation record and talk about it in the future, people will inevitably say that we are benefiting from the Irish people. Sir, I think we should argue with reason, and this is obviously our result!"

Major Davis took a deep breath and replied without objection: "I get it."

Gulundes no longer recounts, but focused on the Soviet submarine floating on the sea. The wind and snow continued, and its low-profile black hull appeared and disappeared in the waves. There were some crew members standing on the front and rear decks, but it seemed that they were just coming up to watch and breathable, and no one controlled the deck guns and machine guns. At this time, the "Galway" was in contact with it in an international clear code. According to the exercise rules, after being "sinked" by the other party, one ship should truthfully provide information such as ship name, number and combat process.

In a moment, an alarm came from the sonar chamber, mechanical noise was detected underwater, and there was more than one target.

"So that's it!" Major Davis narrowed his eyes and a vigor ignited all over his body. He ordered in a veritable voice: "Sonar tracks the target position, and the anti-submarine department is ready for continuous deep bomb launches. We must not let the 'Defender' submarine slip past our noses!"

Seeing that the captain seemed to have changed, Gulundes became excited. He no longer paid attention to the Soviet submarine on the sea, but devoted all his experience to commanding and deploying anti-submarine operations.

The Red Dragon-class destroyers equipped with the new United Kingdom Navy are each equipped with two quadruple rocket deep bomb launchers. Four rocket deep bombs can be fired in 5 seconds, and the standard manual reloading time is 30 seconds. Well-trained crew members can fully achieve a burst rate of two times per minute. According to the combat density of 3 meters apart of each rocket, a Red Dragon-class destroyer can form a dense coverage area of ​​42 meters x 3 meters or a standard coverage area of ​​84 meters x 3 meters per minute. By continuous attacks, a submarine that evades deep bomb attacks slowly, theoretically has an absolute hit rate. A Red Dragon-class destroyer can carry up to 960 rocket anti-submarine deep bombs, while the Red Dragon-class destroyer equipped with the new United Kingdom Navy has a standard combat compliance with the standard combat compliance of 720!

After everything was deployed properly, Major Davis ordered the signal soldiers to inform the formation leader Galway that they discovered underwater targets and would launch anti-submarine attacks. At this time, they were in the combat state simulated by the exercise. Cardiff had the power to judge the situation by itself and take emergency measures when an enemy situation occurred. The Galway, as the formation leader, could authorize or restrict the Cardiff from taking separate actions, or they could ask them to cooperate with themselves to carry out operations.

Lock the target position, calculate the shooting parameters, and launch three rounds of rapid fire. All of this was completed before the "Galway" made a reply. 24 rocket-type deep bombs entered the water one after another, forming an insurmountable underwater fence. Although the submarine in submarine cannot observe the deep bomb falling into the water, its landing point can be inferred through sonar equipment, so as to make corresponding evasion actions. The destroyer carrying out anti-submarine attacks also tracks the submarine's operating status through sonar and guides the anti-submarine department to adjust the projection position of the deep bomb.

At this time, the "Galway" sent out a message of "Your ship will first and our ship will support us." It quickly left the Soviet submarine that flew yellow flags and had completely stopped fighting, and turned to support the "Cardiff". Whether in the Irish Navy or the current new United Kingdom Navy, technical coordinated operations have always been placed in a position that is more valued and encouraged than fighting alone, and the actual effect of one plus one is mostly greater than two, which has been firmly rooted in the consciousness of professional Irish soldiers. In comparison, Welsh officers prefer British personal heroism, but they are not as brave as American officers to question and refute the decisions made by superiors.

Before the Galway occupied the deep bomb launch position, the sonar department of Cardiff came from exciting news: sound waves generated by the impact of hard objects were detected in the deep bomb attack area!

Major Davis immediately ordered the correspondents to send a illuminated message to the "Cardiff" that "our ship hits the enemy submarine."

A few minutes later, another Soviet submarine floated onto the sea. However, the crew of the submarine was not as leisurely as the companions of the previous one. They quickly drilled out of the cabin door and rushed to the deck gun and machine gun battle positions. The commanders of the two new United Kingdom destroyers saw everything on the boat. Since the exercise did not define which situation was "war sinking" and which situation was "injured" after the submarine was attacked by deep bombs, the Soviet submarine had the right to conduct the subject exercise of "injured floating combat".

Faced with this defensive submarine that "resisted the enemy" defensive submarine, two Red Dragon-class destroyers opened fire almost at the same time. Before the deck guns of the Soviet Russian submarines made a sound, the Galway completed a round of three rapid fires. The position of the Cardiff was less than 500 meters away from the target. The dual-equipped 127mm naval guns bombarded the target with all their strength, and four rounds of guns had been launched at this time. With the current technical level of the new United Kingdom Navy's fire control radar, stabilization instrument, and mechanical ballistic calculator, a fully equipped destroyer with qualified crews, even in very harsh sea conditions, the shooting hit rate of 500 meters on submarine-like targets was more than 5%, which means that the Cardiff had at least one direct hit, and the 127mm caliber shell was enough to cause fatal damage to a submarine of more than 1,000 tons.

While the crew manipulated the deck guns and machine guns, the Soviet submarine suddenly fired a cold arrow, and two looming torpedo tracks extended towards the closer "Cardiff". On this Red Dragon-class destroyer, dominated by Welsh crews, anti-submarine lookouts and sonar soldiers discovered the incoming torpedo almost at the same time, and the alarm sound of emergency turning immediately resounded throughout the ship. Due to the anti-submarine combat mission, the speed of the "Cardiff" was less than half the speed, but this 2,000-ton class driving force was driven by the 2,000-ton class.

Compared with the 3,000-ton destroyer that some countries are keen to develop, the ship has an absolute speed that is inferior, but its maneuverability at sea has reached an excellent level. With sufficient early warning, it threw out a magnetic-acoustic jammer behind it, and calmly turned to avoid the torpedoes for exercises fired by Soviet submarines without any pressure. When turning, three sets of dual-mounted 127mm guns were quickly adjusted, and the black hole muzzles were fiercely staring at the Soviet submarines that were getting closer and closer.

Since it is a conventional non-live-fire exercise, the attack of the naval gun cannot confirm the effect through ballistics, but the torpedo is different. The torpedo commander on the ship skillfully calculated the shooting parameters, and the torpedo soldiers completed the setting adjustment work before the torpedo launch after receiving the command in just 30 seconds. Just after Major Davis' order, four high speed and low-degree sound-guided torpedoes were fired from the No. 1 torpedo launcher group in turn. At this time, the "Cardiff" and the target submarine were only more than 300 meters. Both sides could clearly see the other's face through the telescope!

It was discovered that the opponent's torpedo was almost rushing towards the sea, and its trajectory formed a perfect fan. The officers and crew members on the Soviet submarine were immediately in a hurry. Although their submarine had already started the diesel engine, the speed had only increased to about 10 knots. The inefficiency of emergency steering was so low that it was crazy. The extra slender hull was exposed to the opponent's torpedoes. At the last moment, the Soviet crew members loaded their machine guns with live ammunition and tried to intercept the torpedoes that were approaching quickly. Unfortunately, they had no results. In the end, they could only watch one of the torpedoes hit the submarine. Although the torpedoes used for the exercise would not explode, when the navigation was blocked, they would float to the water and emit red signal smoke. Seeing this, the crew members on the Soviet submarine finally gave up their useless resistance and honestly hung a yellow flag.

On the destroyer "Cardiff", the red smoke released by the torpedo hit the target and the yellow flag hung from the opponent competed for "beautifulness" on the sea with wind and snow. The officers and crew members celebrating. In the battle bridge, whether it was the young and energetic Lieutenant Gulundes or the calm and sophisticated Major Davis, their faces were filled with the joy of victory.

"Ha, this kind of battle is the most enjoyable!" Gulundes smiled, "Look, the Russians are salvaging our torpedoes. Do you want to see what new technology we use in it?"
Chapter completed!