Chapter 2554: The Navys New FavoriteAll-Electric Submarine
Super quiet, super long endurance, surging power, ultra-low cost, excellent stability, reliability, and safety, all make such an all-electric conventional submarine that is comparable to nuclear submarines become the new darling of the navy.
Therefore, after this all-electric submarine passed sea trials and was put into service, it was quickly recognized by the submarine force commanders and combatants. Both submarine officers and soldiers, commanders and combatants, and relevant experts all expressed their appreciation for such a ship that combines its many advantages.
The new submarine has been highly praised.
And in the subsequent series of the Navy's own exercises, as well as joint exercises of various services, brilliant results were achieved. In particular, the submarine combat VS anti-submarine warfare series of actual combat exercises organized by the Navy made this all-electric submarine
Shine brilliantly.
The submarine combat VS anti-submarine warfare series of exercises is a back-to-back real-force combat exercise organized by the navy's submarine force and anti-submarine force. The submarine conducts ocean operations, including submarine submersible, silent, passing through blockades, avoiding the pursuit and interception of the anti-submarine network, and carrying out anti-submarine warfare.
, a series of strike missions against ships, air and ground.
The anti-submarine force is mainly composed of two parts. One part comes from the naval ship force. They are the main anti-submarine force on the sea surface in this series of exercises. In addition to the sleeping ships, there are also HNA anti-submarine aircraft units. They are also important participants in this series of exercises. It can be said that
It is the number one natural enemy of submarines.
In previous exercises, the submarine force was often at a disadvantage and was chased and intercepted by surface ships and anti-submarine patrol aircraft. The pursuit was very embarrassing. There were few complete victories, and most of the time they ended in failure.
If it is just submersible and silent on the surface, there is no problem. This is the advantage of submarines. However, they have to perform a series of specific tasks during the exercise mission, which gives anti-submarine ships and anti-submarine patrol aircraft the opportunity to catch it. Therefore, many submarines are
When participating in exercises, they are often spotted by anti-submarine ships and anti-submarine patrol aircraft after completing relevant tasks. They are eventually found and successfully "sinked".
And this all-electric submarine, because of its super quiet performance, can unscrupulously pass through the anti-submarine sonar arrays deployed by surface ships and anti-submarine patrol aircraft underwater, and it can also calmly and leisurely complete the relevant tasks.
They retreated and stayed in the water for half a month without showing their heads at all. This left these anti-submarine ships and anti-submarine patrol aircraft with nothing to do, and they had to declare failure in the end.
In addition to confrontations with anti-submarine forces, this all-electric submarine has also conducted related confrontation exercises with conventional submarine forces and even nuclear attack submarine forces, all of which have achieved excellent results.
Facing conventional AIP-level silent submarines, this all-electric submarine can be said to have gained an overwhelming advantage. This gap is like a fifth-generation fighter jet versus a fourth-generation fighter jet. The huge generation gap advantage is not something that these conventional submarines can handle.
Yes.
During the confrontation, the submarines on both sides were far apart. The conventional submarines here still found nothing. However, the all-electric submarines on the other side moved away and discovered the quieter conventional silent submarines.
Sometimes it is even exaggerated to the point that the all-electric submarine has already sailed in front of the conventional submarine, but the conventional submarine has not been able to find it. Finally, after being reminded by others, I suddenly discovered that the all-electric submarine has already arrived in front of me.
Wow, this is simply too scary.
When performing rapid maneuvers, conventional AIP submarines can only maneuver at full speed for a while, and then they stop working and need to surface for recharging.
An all-electric submarine, driven by strong power, can maneuver for a long time. Although it is not as good as the infinite endurance of a nuclear submarine, it is much longer than a conventional submarine.
Moreover, it has a huge advantage, that is, it is quiet enough, quieter than conventional submarines and nuclear submarines, so it can be invisible.
In the confrontation with the attack submarine, this all-electric submarine used its super quiet characteristics to play hide-and-seek underwater with the attack submarine, engaging in guerrilla warfare, and finally forced the opposing nuclear submarine out of the water.
On the water surface, the battle was won.
Because of its excellent performance and ultra-low cost, this all-electric submarine quickly received unanimous recognition from the navy after being in service for a period of time.
The low cost here does not mean that it is cheaper than a conventional AIP-class silent submarine. This is obviously unrealistic. Not to mention the fact that it is equipped with so many super solid-state batteries, the tonnage of this submarine is nearly 8,000 tons.
It is not comparable to conventional submarines.
The cheapness mentioned here means that while its performance is comparable to that of an attack submarine, its cost is only one-fifth of that of an attack submarine. This should be said to be high quality and low price.
As a result, the follow-up construction plan of this all-electric submarine was quickly put on the agenda, and the construction of No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 boats also started one after another.
In addition, in order to ensure the safety of ocean navigation of these all-electric submarines, the Navy has cooperated with Haoyu Energy to develop submarine support vessels specifically for charging these all-electric submarines.
It is said to be a submarine support vessel, but in fact it is a large marine mobile power bank, specially designed to provide charging needs for these all-electric submarines.
Of course, since it costs money to build this kind of submarine support vessel, it is of course impossible to just build a power bank. In order to ensure that these all-electric submarines can continue to operate in the sea, this kind of submarine support vessel can be regarded as a mobile submarine support vessel.
Submarine supply dock.
In addition to providing charging needs for submarines, it can also replenish relevant ammunition and living supplies for submarines. With it, these all-electric submarines can cruise wirelessly in the mission waters without docking at the dock.
And because this kind of submarine guarantees that the ship is erratic in the ocean, it has relatively strong confidentiality and strong individual survivability. Submarines no longer need to enter and exit various fixed docks that are closely monitored by the enemy.
It is completely possible to complete relevant supply tasks in the deep sea and disappear into the vast ocean. In this way, the submarine can avoid local surveillance forces and thus lurk in the ocean covertly, performing various special tasks.
In addition to its own generator set, this large submarine support vessel is also equipped with the most super solid-state battery. In this way, the power can be stored in advance to quickly charge the submarine.
If you rely solely on the generator to fire and charge at the same time, the speed will be too slow, which will prolong the replenishment time, which is not conducive to concealment, and is not conducive to survival on the seabed.
This kind of power is stored in advance, and then can be quickly released when charging the submarine. High-voltage fast charging technology is used to quickly charge these all-electric submarines, so that the charging of these submarines can be completed in a very short time.
Charging. And while charging, it can also complete the supply of submarine ammunition and living supplies, which can be said to serve multiple purposes with one stone.