Chapter 89: Vigilance Anti-Submarine Ship

Now, the Cold War has reached its climax. Although the United States and the Soviet Union are still on good terms on the surface, and even shook hands in space, the confrontation between the two sides has always been ongoing.

In the ocean, NATO relied on its superiority in maritime force to deter the Soviet Union, and the submarines of both sides often engaged in silent competition underwater. The Soviet Navy's tactics relied on its own surface ships to disperse NATO submarines, and then entered the deep ocean to escort its own submarines to launch ballistic missiles.

Therefore, the Soviet Navy had to further enhance its ocean-going anti-submarine capabilities to balance its opponents. The Type 1135 "Petrel" class, also known as the "Krivak" class in the West, was a milestone in the development of medium-sized ships in the Soviet Red Navy.

This warship is quite advanced. For example, the power system uses the advanced M-7 all-combined power (COGAG), two M-8K main gas turbines with a power of 18,000 horsepower each and two M-62 cruise gas turbines with a power of 6,000 horsepower each. Such a power configuration makes the British, who are proud of their shipborne gas turbine technology, envious. The total power of the ship reaches 48,000 horsepower, and the maximum speed can reach 32 knots. It can adapt to the anti-submarine or air defense maneuvers such as frequent switching of formations or forward turning. The performance is advanced, so that more than 40 ships of this series of warships were built in later generations.

The standard displacement is 2,810 tons, and the full load displacement is 3,200 tons. It is similar to China's Luda-class ship and can also be called a destroyer. If it arrives in China, it will definitely be a main warship.

At this time, the ship sailing in the Baltic Sea is the latest commissioned ship of the Petrel-class large anti-submarine ship in the Baltic Fleet, the Sentinel. This warship was built in 1973 and went to sea for the first time on June 4, 1974.

At this time, the warship was sailing on the Baltic Sea. It had left its home port and was about to cross half the globe on a long journey to the Far East for a maritime exercise.

At this time, on the bridge, Lieutenant Colonel Portulinyi, the captain of the Sentinel, was looking at the sea in the distance through a telescope. In half a month, the sea here will freeze, and in another month, all the ports will be frozen. Due to the geographical location of the Soviet Union in the north, there are not many good ports suitable for the navy!

This made Potulin think about the upcoming mission. For the naval officers and soldiers below, they all thought it was an ordinary exercise. After all, at the peak of the Cold War, the Soviet Navy also often conducted joint exercises, and the Far East army sometimes went to the Moscow Military District for exercises. However, only the captains knew that this exercise was not necessarily a simple exercise. There might be a follow-up combat plan. Everything would be known only when they arrived at the Far East Military District. Moreover, this warship of theirs would most likely belong to the Pacific Fleet of the Far East Military District in the future.

"Knock knock." Just then, a sound came from below, and a middle-aged man in a neat navy uniform walked up the gangway.

"Saberlin, what's the matter?" Portulin asked the person who came in.

Va-Saberlin, the deputy captain of the Sentinel, was also the second-in-command of the warship in charge of political work. (The Soviet army has implemented the one-man system again since 1942, with absolute power. At the same time, the Soviet army established the position of deputy political commander, which is similar to our political commissar.)

"Captain, there is a leak in the bottom fuel tank!" Sablin said anxiously.

This is an ocean voyage. Although we will meet up with more warships once we leave the Baltic Sea, and there will be supply ships to resupply us midway, we still have to rely on our own warship for this voyage. Due to repairs at the base in Riga, our warship is already outdated and must sail at high speed.

"Let's go and take a look." Lieutenant Colonel Portoline put down the telescope and followed Sablin to the bottom of the cabin.

All I could hear were footsteps, several people walking hurriedly, and the warship's first mate followed them down.

As a captain, one must be familiar with every position of the warship, just like being familiar with one's own body. Although Portulin had only been in charge of this warship for two years, he was already completely familiar with it.

The warship's fuel tanks are all at the bottom, which can lower the center of gravity and increase the warship's navigation stability.

Two minutes later, we arrived at the bottom of the cabin.

"Report, there is a serious leak here!" The sailor Schein next to him also looked anxious.

"Don't worry," said Portoline. He didn't smell a strong smell of fuel, which meant the leak was not serious.

Pushing open the hatch on this side, Portoline stepped in first, followed by the first mate.

"Squeak." At this moment, suddenly, the rear hatch closed! Potuline's eyes were suddenly dark. In order to prevent the electric spark from igniting the leaking fuel, he did not turn on the lights here.

"Hello? What's going on?" Portoline shouted loudly and banged on the cabin door hard.

Outside, Sablin patted Schein on the shoulder and said, "Well done, good job! Schein, I will gather all the people on the warship and announce our decision! I believe that justice belongs to us! We will ignite the glorious Leningrad and keep the flames of revolution burning!"

There was determination on Sablin's face. He had been preparing for this day for a long time!

As the person in charge of political and ideological work on the warship, Sablin often gave political lessons to the sailors on the warship. In class, Sablin told his sailors how the workers, soldiers and peasants, under the leadership of the great comrade Lenin, organized to fight against the bureaucrats, capitalists and landlords and finally carried out the October Revolution, overthrowing the rule of the Tsar. He focused on the Leninist ideas on the democracy of the workers, soldiers and peasants Soviet.

The effect was immediate. In the past, sailors often became listless and dozed off in similar classes, but they showed great interest in Sablin's lectures. The sailors liked Sablin and thought that among the officers, Sablin was the one who got along well with his subordinates.

No one knew that Sablin’s political class was for this day!

The Soviet leaders had made a serious mistake, and now was the time to correct it! Sablin was convinced that once he reached Leningrad and made a call, many people would come to support him, and Sablin himself would become a hero of the Soviet Union!

"Comrades, except for those on duty, please assemble on the front deck immediately." Soon, the voice of Deputy Captain Sablin was heard from the loudspeaker inside the warship.