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Chapter 87 Raid on the Washington

The George Washington nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. ~

This steel giant beast with a full load displacement of 100,400 tons, a length of more than 300 meters and a deck width of 76 meters is sailing slowly on the sea like a floating city.

On the huge flight deck, there were a variety of combat aircraft that represented its majesty of majestic majesty. However, due to the particularity of the escort mission, the number of fighter aircraft carried by the Washington was not large, most of which were Seahawk Anti-Submarine helicopters and Vikings. This fixed-wing anti-submarine aircraft originally had only a small amount of equipment per aircraft carrier and mainly carried out reconnaissance missions. However, in order to adapt to the war with the Atlantis, the number of aircraft carriers on each escort mission increased by four times. Because it had been shut down for many years, it could only be drawn from other aircraft carriers, and even pulled out from the aircraft cemetery to repair it.

This is the most important rapid anti-submarine support weapon of the United States.

On the right side of the Washington DC is the Brisbane destroyer responsible for protection. Of course, this is only for personal protection. Thirty kilometers away on the left is the Normandy cruiser, twenty kilometers away in front of it is the Cannon destroyer, fifty kilometers away in front of it is the King Kong destroyer, and fifty kilometers away in the right is the Zhongyun destroyer, fifty kilometers away in the right is the Zhongyun destroyer. This is just a relatively special node on the escort route. On this long escort route, there are more than two hundred American and Japanese three-country warships, extending from San Francisco to Tokyo.

"Report to the captain, abnormal metal echoes were found underwater."

"Metal Echo?" The captain who was originally looking at the sea leisurely, turned his head and looked at the sonar officer who was running to report.

"Yes, multiple metal echoes are very close to each other, and are constantly moving, but there is no mechanical noise. It can be confirmed that they are not submarines." The sonar officer said.

Looking at the at least seven obvious metal reflection sources two thousand meters underwater on the sonar screen, even the experienced captain was a little confused. This was definitely not a submarine. The submarine could not be so small and could not move at such intervals.

"Quick, order to enter combat state, and all ships immediately gather at the mothership, and all anti-submarine helicopters take off with bounce!" Although I didn't understand what this was, the captain still instinctively felt a trace of danger. He issued an order to prepare for the battle without hesitation.

After receiving the order from the mothership, the Normandy, Cannon, and even Brisbane all approached the target position. On the deck of the Washington, accompanied by a shrill battle alarm, a pilot hurried out, followed by a Seahawk anti-submarine helicopters taking off one after another. At the same time, the six Seahawks responsible for the alert in the sky flew above the target first.

In the command room of Washington, the captain stared at the screen intently. The light spots representing the reflection source had stopped moving. The seven light spots formed a ring like open petals, lying under the route two kilometers away in front of Washington.

"Turn right, avoid this thing, and order the helicopter to throw a deep bomb." The captain hesitated and ordered him.

No matter what this is, it is not a good thing anyway.

"Uh, why did you turn?" Wang Yue, who was lying on the bed thousands of kilometers away, looked through Boss Crab's eyes at the location of the Washington marked on the big screen by Lucy's newspaper staff.

He didn't know that because of his negligence, Ersha's preparations before the sprint had already exposed its position too early. In order to obtain the fastest sprint speed, Ersha had to put down the spare torpedoes and mines, and only carried four torpedoes to launch an attack, but the alloy steel barrels placed around forgot to protect them.

"Ma, don't worry, attack!" The guy immediately shouted with a grim smile.

Ersha, who had originally opened his eight wrists and legs and spread flat in a rock under the sea, instantly ejected high-speed water flow like a jet engine. Its huge body was like a cannonball, and it suddenly bounced from the ground with a high-speed cavitation formed by a high-speed, and rushed toward the Washington, which was turning at a high speed of nearly two hundred knots.

In the empty sea, its body immediately lost its cover.

Less than three seconds later, the sonar screamed on the Washington squad: "Atlantis!"

"The port side rocket deep bomb was launched!" Almost at the same time, the captain's roar also rang.

After the tragedy of Sejong, all warships of the US and Japan, urgently installed rocket deep bomb launch devices on all warships of the US and Japan. This primitive weapon is actually the most effective against the Atlantis, whether it is a giant octopus or the high-speed monster fish. Especially for warships like aircraft carriers with sufficient positions and the most important ones, they were installed in large quantities. Washington had eight six-connected rocket deep bomb launchers on the left and right sides, and ancient mousetrap drawings were found to copy them from historical data.

The long-pole deep-water bomb with rockets at the tail immediately flew out one after another from the edge of the port deck, and at the same time, the Seahawk Anti-Submarine helicopter in the sky also began to drop light torpedoes to the sea.

But at this time, Ersha had already started his second sprint.

Six mk46 anti-submarine torpedoes were first entered the water, and then Leitou actively turned on the phone, captured and locked the target in less than two seconds, and then rushed to Ersha at a speed of 40 knots.

At this time, Ersha also completed the second sprint. After two sprints, it had already entered a depth of one thousand meters, but this was far from enough, because even his eyes could not see the Washington on the sea surface. The light could not be transmitted from the sea surface to such a depth. He had to enter a depth of less than five hundred meters, so Ersha immediately began his third sprint.

At this time, the first rocket deep missile on the sea also fell into the water, but it took longer for them to reach the attack depth with their own weight. At the same time, on the three ships Normandy, Brisbane and Cannon, Aslok anti-submarine missiles were flying out of the launcher one by one, drawing arcs to attack Ersha.

Ersha's third sprint was completed in a few seconds, with a depth of 400 meters.

With its extremely photosensitive eyes, the huge shadow of the Washington is vaguely visible in the background of the sunshine on the sea.

Without any hesitation, the four wrist-foots with the launch cylinder were lifted to the front almost at the same time. Then the other four wrist-foots curled the cylinder cover with the wheel, just like pulling out an ordinary bottle stop. Ersha's terrifying strange force instantly pulled out the rubber cover with the rubber cover, and the sea water immediately poured in.

Just before the torpedo in the launcher was fired, the four launchers were fine-tuned at the same time, and the ports of the cylinder were all facing the Washington. As the recoil generated by the compressed air moved slightly backwards with four wrist feet, four heavy torpedoes more than six meters long flew out of the launcher with bubbles. Then the engine started, and under the push of the tail propeller, they rushed to the Washington, which was more than 700 meters away.

And at this moment, the first torpedo arrived.

Looking at the tiny torpedoes that suddenly appeared in the sea water, Ersha abandoned the launcher without hesitation and suddenly turned around and rushed to the deep sea. The speed of the anti-submarine torpedo was simply incomparable to its high-speed sprint. The torpedo, which was less than fifty meters apart, disappeared from his field of view almost instantly.

However, the torpedo, which relies on active sonar self-guided, did not stop chasing, but continued to follow the sonar signal to rush towards Ersha. Behind it, the same torpedo pierced into the deep sea one by one. On the sea, the Aslok anti-submarine missile launched by the Brisbane also arrived, and the booster and warhead were separated, and the torpedo, which was the warhead, also followed the companions in front.

In the sea water above, four heavy anti-ship torpedoes were dragging obvious tracks under the action of the engine and buoyancy at the same time, crashing into the Washington waterline in a straight line that was inclined upwards.

"Torpedo! Four torpedoes! Speed ​​forty-six knots, distance of 600 meters!" The heart-wrenching scream of the sonar officer on the Washington DC was heard.

On this giant aircraft carrier, countless screams rang out in an instant.

This is the first time it has been attacked, and it is the first time that Nimitz-class aircraft carrier has been attacked in decades of service. Not to mention those ordinary sailors, even the captains and officers are a little confused. The concept of being attacked almost never really in their minds is just a conceivable during routine exercises.

But not today, the four torpedoes were like knights' spears stabbed at the giant ship.

"Rocket deep bomb interception, anti-submarine torpedo interception, torpedo bait launch active sonar..." Captain Washington woke up instantly, then wiped his head and kept shouting.

The rocket deep bomb, which was originally still firing towards Ersha's position, immediately changed the navigation path of the target's target toward the underwater torpedo. On the Brisbane, which had just turned in front of Washington, four anti-submarine torpedoes were shot and hitting the four torpedoes. The torpedo bait dragged behind Washington also began to fire active sonar signals outward. Of course, it was dancing for blind people to see. The mk8 did not have a seeker, so no matter how powerful it was, it was meaningless to lure it.

In fact, the other two interception methods are also meaningless. Ersha's launch position is too close, just seven hundred meters, and the torpedo of forty-six knots is only half a minute. The anti-submarine torpedo on Washington is fired to attack Ersha. It has no time to launch the second round. The Brisbane is more than one kilometer away, and the mk46 torpedo speed is only forty knots, so it is impossible to arrive within this period.

As for the rocket deep bomb, this is indeed useful in theory.

The remaining ten rocket deep bombs on the port side of the Washington port were fired out in an instant, but they still couldn't fall into the water in front of the four torpedoes. The reaction time left for them was too short. Both of them almost passed by. Moreover, it also took time for the deep bomb to fall into the water to reach the explosion depth. So it was not until the first torpedo hit Washington that the water column of the deep bomb exploded rose on the water behind it.
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