Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

In the quiet deep sea of ​​the Gulf of Bengal, a humpback whale was foraging for food, but suddenly, it seemed to have discovered something and flapped its fins and swam over.

But in the deep, dark sea thousands of meters deep, the sound of electric current broke the silence.

A giant steel beast swam slowly underwater, its eight thick octopus-like tentacles stirring the water.

The humpback whale is a highly intelligent animal. When it saw this creation made of a combination of steel and creature, its big eyes were filled with confusion.

Cuckoo!
The humpback whale curiously swam around the steel giant, but suddenly, the steel giant slowly surfaced, and its eight tentacles sprayed out high-speed water.

The humpback whale cried out, dizzy from the impact of the current.

The Devourer-class deep-diving cruiser continued to increase in speed, leaving the humpback whale behind.

Inside the cruiser, more than a hundred crew members were busy. Various instruments on the warship emitted faint light, projected onto the focused and silent faces.

"Ascending, depth 958 meters, 700 meters, 300 meters."

"Torpedo loading complete, adjusting firing angle, ready for launch."

"Launch the attack in one minute, and surface at the same time to complete the annihilation."

Commands were transmitted one after another within the cruiser, and the biological radar and biological sonar installed inside the Devourer-class cruiser were already operating at high speed.

On the electronic screen of the sonar radar, a dense cluster of light spots appeared more than a hundred kilometers away from the Devourer-class cruiser.

That was the main fleet of the Indian Navy detected by bio-sonar.

The data on the screen was jumping every moment. After the Devourer deep-diving cruiser surfaced to the predetermined height, the torpedo launch button on the console was pressed.

The eight octopus tentacles of the deep-diving cruiser suddenly stood up, and a ferocious chrysanthemum-shaped mouth opened at the end. A series of bubbles emerged from inside, and eight rocket-assisted torpedoes drilled out from the tentacles.

The rocket-assisted torpedo emerged from the water in an instant, and the blazing flame at the tail expanded in a circle, like a missile taking off, flying hundreds of kilometers away.

Rocket-assisted torpedo, also known as anti-submarine missile, consists of a rocket vehicle and an acoustic homing torpedo. The torpedo is mainly carried by a rocket. When it reaches the predetermined point, the acoustic homing torpedo separates from the rocket vehicle and automatically searches for submarines according to a predetermined procedure after entering the water, destroying submarines within its power radius. It is a powerful weapon against submarines.

It wasn't just this Devourer-class deep-diving cruiser that launched the attack at the same time.

Around the Indian fleet, the other four Devourer deep-diving cruisers that had been lying in ambush had already surfaced and launched rocket-assisted torpedoes for saturation bombing.

In the bridge of the Vikrant aircraft carrier, the bridge is the brain of the warship. It is the place where the warship is controlled and operations are directed, including the command room, the driving room, the open-air command post, etc.

The atmosphere on the bridge, which should have been busy and tense, was exceptionally depressing. Kumar and a group of senior officers of the fleet had dull expressions and looked as pale as death.

They had already received the news that the carrier-based aircraft formation had been completely wiped out. Not only had none of the twelve MiG-29K fighters returned, but they had not done any damage to the Jeko Group's stealth cruiser.

"How could this happen? So many carrier-based aircraft were gone just like that."

Kumar murmured to himself, unwilling to believe this cruel truth.

That’s a total of 12 MiG-29K fighter jets!
Since the rise of aircraft carriers in World War II, the theory of aircraft carrier victory has become a truth in naval warfare. The United States was able to become the overlord of the blue planet thanks to their 12 aircraft carrier battle groups.

Cruisers are an outdated type of warship that has long been eliminated by the times and are not built by mainstream countries today.

However, when the two collided, the carrier-based aircraft, with their maneuverability and flexibility, should have been able to bully the big and black cruiser, but the result was that not a single carrier-based aircraft was left, which Kumar could not understand.

"Commander, we still have two destroyer formations. We will soon bring that stealth cruiser into range. Then the other party will be ours."

At the side, the naval staff spoke, breaking the dead silence at the scene.

"Our destroyer can travel at a maximum speed of 32 knots. He can't escape."

"As long as we can sink this invisible cruiser, it's worth paying a small price."

"The aircraft carrier is still there, and the subsequent replenishment of carrier-based aircraft can restore its combat effectiveness. Compared with sinking a 40,000-50,000-ton cruiser, our victory is greater."

The officers' voices could be heard from the conference table, each of them trying to find excuses for his or her failure.

However, they did feel that they still had a chance. Their huge fleet was still there, and the speed of the destroyers was definitely higher than that of the cruisers. The enemy had exposed their position and could no longer escape pursuit.

Just as many naval commanders were daydreaming, the sound of alarm pierced the atmosphere.

The communicator received information about the incoming missile from the outer frigate and sounded the aircraft carrier's air defense alarm without saying a word.

The Indian crew members on the aircraft carrier were startled by the alarm, and they seemed to be in a panic due to lack of training.

At the radar early warning workstation on the aircraft carrier's bridge, the radar operator's face suddenly changed, because the Vikrant aircraft carrier also discovered the incoming missile. The aircraft carrier is equipped with a large number of radar electronic equipment for air defense and terminal guidance of air defense missiles, and has strong early warning information.

"Commander, the radar detected forty incoming unknown missiles, heading straight for our fleet."

The red light of the incoming missile flashed, and the radar operator immediately reported more detailed intelligence, hoping that the higher-ups could come up with a plan right away.

After receiving the news, Kumar stood up and said anxiously, "The counterattack of the Jeko Group has arrived. Prepare the anti-aircraft firepower immediately. Make sure to shoot down these missiles and find the source of these missiles for me. Immediately."

"We are investigating. We have found the source of the attack. We have determined that the source of the attack is in five approximate areas around our fleet. The longitude and latitude coordinates are as follows."

Radio waves are constantly transmitted back and forth across the fleet, and the sea-search radars and air-search radars on the warships are capable of searching over a range of hundreds of kilometers.

The anti-submarine rocket launched from more than 100 kilometers away was captured by radar shortly after it took off from the sea, and then the radar was continuously reversed to find out its approximate location.

Seeing the missile attack directions marked on the screen, showing five points in front, behind, left and right, surrounding their Indian fleet, Kumar felt panic for no reason, cold sweat oozed from his forehead. So much so that his voice became sharp.

"Submarine? Have anti-submarine helicopters move to these areas for reconnaissance immediately and drop sonar buoys. Frigates and destroyers turn on active sonar to find enemy submarines and drop depth charges to sink them."

Kumar made arrangements for the operation in a hurried tone, asking the fleet to prepare for air defense and anti-submarine operations.

The alarm sounded on each warship. The 30 main Indian fleets seemed to be in chaos. Frigates and destroyers kept sailing out, preparing to conduct anti-submarine operations. At the same time, they set up anti-aircraft firepower networks to protect the aircraft carriers and supply ships in the central area.

Short-range air defense missiles have been launched from those frigates to intercept the incoming missiles.

At the moment when tension reached its utmost, balls of fire suddenly lit up in the sky. It was the scene of anti-aircraft missiles blowing up incoming missiles.

The number of incoming missiles decreased visibly and were continuously shot down by anti-aircraft missiles, which made the Indian fleet breathe a sigh of relief.

Only a handful of missiles broke through the firepower network of anti-aircraft missiles, but the destroyers and frigates also had close-in defense guns and naval guns for defense, and the aircraft carriers inside also had anti-aircraft firepower.

Bang!
Suddenly, the incoming missiles had no intention of further penetrating the air defense firepower network, but automatically separated in the air, and the front end plunged into the sea water like a spear, drilling into the sea water.

At this time, Argentina's aircraft carrier formation was in a circular formation, and among them, the two 6000-ton nuclear submarines, the Arigate and the Arigat, were located in front of the aircraft carrier formation, performing better tasks such as warning, surveillance, tracking and attack for the entire aircraft carrier formation.

Therefore, the incoming torpedoes are not intended to attack warships, but submarines, and there is no need to continuously attack to break through the fire blockade of the aircraft carrier formation.

Once the rocket-assisted torpedo enters the water, it immediately activates the automatic search mode.

The torpedo uses an acoustic homing mode. The pulse sound signal emitted by the guidance head continues to spread in the sea water until it touches the submarine and is reflected back into the torpedo, completing the lock.

When the two nuclear submarines, USS Arihant and USS Arigat, detected the incoming torpedoes and wanted to react, it was too late.

The positions of the two submarines had long been captured by biological sonar, and the flight trajectory of the rocket-assisted torpedoes was carefully calculated. The fallen torpedoes were just above the two nuclear submarines.

When several acoustic homing torpedoes approached at a speed of 50 knots, the two nuclear submarines had no way to avoid them. They could only dive to the maximum depth of the submarine as much as possible, hoping that the torpedoes would be misjudged and they would be lucky enough to avoid them.

Bang!
An acoustic homing torpedo exploded in the middle of the Arihant nuclear submarine.

The power of a bomb exploding underwater is much greater than that on the ground because water is incompressible.

In the face of such an explosion, the Arihant nuclear submarine was completely defenseless. The submarine did not have the huge reserve buoyancy like a surface warship, and could not be equipped with thick armor and watertight compartments for protection.

The shock wave from the hit part of the submarine tore open the hull of the submarine, causing large amounts of water to enter the compartments, and the submarine lost control in an instant.

The whole picture looks like an eggshell that can be crushed by two fingers. It is extremely fragile.

The submarine sailors in the USS Annihilator were submerged in sea water and they had no means of escape.

Because the Destroyer submarine is currently diving at a depth of 31 meters, the human body exposed to the sea water at this depth needs to withstand 30 atmospheres of pressure, which is equivalent to the human body bearing a pressure of about kilograms per square centimeter. The internal organs of the submarine soldiers are directly squeezed, blood gushing out of their seven orifices, bones and muscles are squeezed and torn, and the blood dyes the sea water red.

The situation of the other ship, the Arigat, was even more miserable. The submarine sailors stayed in the submarine as if they were huddled in a sealed steel ball. When the acoustic-guided torpedo exploded, it was like someone outside was hitting it with a hammer. The violent vibration and sound made them uncomfortable.

Because the USS Arihant sank prematurely, the remaining acoustic homing torpedo firepower was attracted to the USS Arigat, and three acoustic homing torpedoes hit it at the same time.

When the explosion occurred, the Arigat was like a chopstick that was bent by someone and broke in the middle. The sea water expanded and impacted repeatedly, and a huge amount of sea water poured in, destroying everything inside the submarine, whether it was machinery or human bodies.

All the sailors on the two nuclear submarines, a total of 208 people, died along with the submarines.

Submarine sailors are in much greater danger than warship crew members. When a warship sinks, there is still hope of escape, but when a submarine sinks, there is almost no possibility of survival.

On the bridge of the INS Vikrant aircraft carrier, when Kumar heard that the two nuclear submarines had lost contact and large amounts of oil and debris floated on the sea, he closed his eyes in pain, knowing in his heart that the INS Arihant and the INS Arigata had been lost.

But Kumar had no time to continue feeling sad, because the reconnaissance drone launched from their aircraft carrier had already arrived at the launch source area of ​​the rocket-assisted torpedoes and discovered the movements of the enemy ships.

Kumar walked quickly to the large screen in the command center, where the drone's reconnaissance perspective was transferred back.

On the turbulent sea, suddenly a portion of the water arched up like a mountain, and a dark steel behemoth displaced thousands of tons of sea water and floated to the surface like a whale leaping out of the sea.

Countless sea water and small fish and shrimps slid down the steel hull. As the sea water flowed, the windows of the missile launch units opened synchronously.

The number of them looked like a beehive that had been opened, with anti-ship missiles igniting one after another, emitting dazzling flames and pulling out beautiful tail flames that rose into the sky.

There were too many missiles launched, and the launches were continuous, so the tail flames continued to spew out.

A bridge of fire appeared between the blue sky, the sea and the warship.

This situation happened in five places at the same time, with more than a thousand anti-ship missiles attacking them. What an exaggerated number.

Witnessing this scene, Kumar and a group of naval officers in the command room of the Vikrant aircraft carrier's bridge all stared with their eyes wide open. Some of them even lost control of their legs and began to tremble like sieves.

"A stealth cruiser, a submersible stealth cruiser, how could it possibly have so many missiles? Order the entire fleet to immediately organize air defense firepower. This is an ambush against our Indian Navy."

Kumar's heart turned cold and his lips trembled. This sentence almost drained all his strength.

Only then did he realize that the stealth cruiser they were chasing was just a cover to lure them into a carefully set trap, because the Jeko Group had five more such missile arsenal cruisers.

But he was completely unaware of it, and was filled with desire for military merit and glory, and plunged headfirst into a trap set by others.

Although the other party only has five cruisers, looking at the terrifying firepower attack in the video, one cruiser can match the firepower of ten of their destroyers. The two sides are completely not at the same level of strength.

He finally understood why the carrier-based aircraft formation had gone out without returning. With such powerful firepower, how could the carrier-based aircraft succeed in breaking through? (End of this chapter)