Babylonian Empire

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A six-meter-long torpedo began to drill out of the launch tube, and the tandem propellers at the tail began to rotate counterclockwise, stirring the surrounding sea water. The STU torpedo began to move towards its target!

Following this torpedo, there is a wire at the tail. As the torpedo advances, the payoff device is quickly releasing a wire with a diameter of less than one millimeter. This wire is connected to the submarine and the torpedo, and can help the torpedo get closer to the target at any time .

The cargo ship McCain is still sailing peacefully. They are still less than a hundred nautical miles away from their destination. After arriving tonight, they can unload the cargo overnight. If this is the case, our side will be safe .

Green still didn't take his guard lightly. He knew that the closer he was to the finish line, the more dangerous it would be.

Far away, in the middle of the Arabian Sea.

An E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft circled at a distance of [-] nautical miles in front of the aircraft carrier formation, monitoring everything on the sea.

The radar operator looked at the dots on the screen, which were another cargo ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz under the protection of the peninsula defense force.

It seems that the Americans have nothing to do here, but they are still unwilling to stay in the Arabian Sea.

In addition to those signals, there are also several cargo ships coming out of the Gulf of Aden, one of which is heading for the Gulf of Oman, which is the cargo ship of the Americans themselves.

Although sanctions have been imposed on Iran, those agricultural products are not within the scope.

He was a little dazed looking at those light spots. The E-2 pre-warning machine was just a small-sized pre-warning machine. There were only the three of them as operators. After more than three hours of work, he was a little tired.

A few nautical miles away from the cargo ship, he hadn't paid attention to the small echo signal. Most likely, it was just a small fishing boat.

Unbeknownst to him, it was the echo from the submarine's periscope.He missed an opportunity to protect America's own ships.

"Hawkeye [-], prepare to return." In the earphones of the pilot in front, he received an order from the aircraft carrier, and they were running out of fuel.

"Yes, ready to return."

Under the water, the STU torpedo was still sailing forward, and its speed at this time was the normal cruising speed, twenty knots!

When sailing to four nautical miles away from the opponent, the passive acoustic homing system at the front of the torpedo started to work.

It found its target immediately: that noisy cargo ship!

"The torpedo has found the target." The torpedo operator said.

"Get ready to cut the wire."

The STU torpedo uses a combination of wire guidance and autonomous guidance. When the distance is close, it can be guided by itself, and when the target is lost due to interference, it can be switched to wire guidance.

But now, the other party is a cargo ship and has no ability to cause interference at all. Therefore, as long as the torpedo finds its target by itself, there is almost no possibility of failure.

Sure enough, after the STU torpedo found the target in a passive way, it immediately found that the target was too easy to distinguish. Next, according to its own program, it used its own active sound homing method to launch two beams at the target. Acoustic pulses for precise positioning.

These two beams of pulsed sound waves are much smaller than the sonic pulses emitted by the submarine itself.

Therefore, the crew on the McCain cargo ship did not respond even though they heard two small sounds when the pulse sound wave hit the hull.

At this time, the torpedo finally fully confirmed the target. According to the procedure, the rear propeller began to accelerate and rotate, accelerating to the limit speed: forty knots!

This is the final sprint!

"Boom!" A loud explosion caused everyone on the cargo ship McCain, including Captain Green, to panic immediately.

Green's first reaction was that they hit a mine!

Damn Iranians really can't communicate, how can they lay mines in this kind of sea!

Both mines and torpedoes explode underwater. For those without military experience, it is impossible to distinguish the relationship between the two.

The only thing that made Green feel lucky was that the explosion occurred on the rear side of the hull, away from the cargo hold in front. Otherwise, if the explosion occurred in the middle or the front, the munitions carried in the ship might explode together. In that case , their entire ship would probably disappear immediately in the violent explosion.

Although Green made a strong promise at the time of departure, he still needs to make a lot of determination if the lives of the entire ship's crew are at stake in order to transport the ammunition.

And now, it's the critical time.

The sinking resistance of merchant ships is far inferior to that of warships. Now a powerful torpedo exploded at the tail, completely tearing the keel of the cargo ship McCain's tail and affecting the engine room.If the explosion occurred in the middle, it would be entirely possible to blow the ship into two pieces.

Several cabins at the bottom have already begun to be filled with water.

"Report to the captain, the stern has been severely flooded, and the ship will sink in the water at any time." A crew member ran up and said.

What?Isn't it just a sea mine?The captain looked back, only to see that the tail had begun to tilt, and his expression changed. Unexpectedly, the speed of water entering the ship was so fast!

How to do?

"Drain the water immediately, we must rescue our boat!" Green said.

He didn't notice that on the surface of the sea in the distance, the thing that had always been exposed on the surface of the sea had quietly retracted under the sea.

After observing the effect of the attack with the periscope, Mustafa was very satisfied. The ship was hit by the tail and was already tilting rapidly. I am afraid it will sink into the water soon. They have successfully completed the task.

Then, the next thing is to get out of here quickly!

You know, what they attacked was an American cargo ship. If this incident gets out, I am afraid that the reputation of Iraq and Iran will be as bad. Attacking civilian ships is an act that makes everyone in the world ashamed.

"Forward three, dive to 100 meters, left rudder two, immediately leave the launch position." Mustafa said.

At the same time, another TR-1700 submarine, knowing that the attack had succeeded, also began to speed up and leave.

The work of wiping buttocks is handed over to others.

"Captain, the flooding is serious, and we are simply unable to complete the work of rescuing the ship." A Jewish crew member shouted.

"Nonsense! Go ahead and rescue me!" Green yelled loudly.

"Captain, let's send out a distress signal!" Another crew member said.

At sea, when in distress, simply send out the SOS signal, and the nearest ship will come to rescue. This is the unshirkable responsibility and obligation of maritime navigation.

"No, we can't send out a distress signal." Green immediately dismissed the idea.Because, the secrets on board must never be revealed.

"We can ask the U.S. Navy to come to the rescue." The first mate said: "Now they are only a few hundred nautical miles away from here, and we can hold on until their helicopter arrives."

So what if the helicopter comes?The crew of them can be rescued, but doesn't the ship have to sink?The captain didn't think it was a good idea.

In fact, they knew in their hearts that the information from the Mossad showed that the escort ship of the peninsula defense force was only [-] nautical miles away from them, but they did not want the Arabs to intervene.

However, they don't want it, which doesn't mean the Arabs won't come, they are already ready!

Chapter 500 to the rescue

Bill is a reporter from the British Times. Half a month ago, he boarded a plane to Saudi Arabia to report news about the Strait of Hormuz at close range, where all the economic pulses of the world are affected.

Unfortunately, when he arrived, the Peninsula Defense Force, with the help of the Iraqi Navy, had completely solved the problem, shipping had resumed, and he lost the news value of the report.

Bill is not reconciled. If he wants to become a strong player in the news industry, he needs to report some news that no one else knows!