50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 852 Lurking
When discussing "supercavitating torpedoes," we must mention the phenomena of "cavitation" and "supercavitation."

Its principle is also very simple: when an object moves at high speed in water, the pressure at the interface between the solid and the liquid will be greatly reduced, and sometimes even a negative pressure close to a vacuum will be generated.

At this point, even at room temperature, the water in some areas will boil, forming tiny, low-pressure bubbles.

Under the influence of surrounding water pressure, these bubbles collapse rapidly, generating powerful shock waves. This is the phenomenon of "cavitation".

If air or gas is injected into the cavitation area at the appropriate location using a nozzle, the negative pressure of the cavitation will become positive pressure, forming a larger cylindrical cavity that surrounds the torpedo.

This phenomenon is called "supercavitation," and "supercavitating torpedoes" are manufactured using this principle.

It is well known that objects move faster in air than in water.

When a torpedo is surrounded by air, it is essentially moving through the air, and its speed is naturally very fast.

The "Blizzard Torpedo" is such a torpedo, capable of reaching speeds of up to 200 knots (370 km/h) in water.

This speed is simply incredible in the water; it travels 100 meters per second and hits a target 1 kilometer away in 10 seconds.

It has two drawbacks: one is that it can only fire in a straight line like a bullet, and the other is that because torpedoes carry limited fuel, their range is very short.

But regardless, this is a deadly weapon that can be used as a trump card.

This weapon is now unique to the Russians; even America hasn't been able to develop a similar torpedo.

Currently, China has not even fully grasped the basics of "supercavitation theory".

Sun Zhiwei believes that as long as these six "Snowstorm torpedoes" are transported back home, the scientific research experts there will be overjoyed.

Now, he has obtained the main body of the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" submarine, but he still needs to find the lost escape capsule that was ejected.

Because of the two defects in the hull, the cracks caused by the explosion can be repaired by re-welding.

But if a large part is missing, it will leave domestic experts at a loss, because they won't know what exactly is missing.

After another two days, he finally found the lost ejection escape pod in the seabed silt several kilometers away, and the salvage operation was finally brought to a close.

He had just seen that the "Communist Youth League Member" ship, which was supposed to be sealed with cement, was not sealed as planned, and he didn't know why.

But now, he needs to provide a plausible reason for the disappearance of the now-vanished "Komsomolskaya Pravda" wreckage.

After thinking for a moment, Sun Zhiwei turned his gaze to a deep-sea trench not far from the location of the sunken ship.

He had just tried to probe the space, but couldn't detect the bottom of the trench, which shows how deep it is.

This reminded him of the method he used last time when he destroyed the Javan submarine from a helicopter.

This time, he could use the same trick again, but with this trench, his plan became much simpler, and he didn't even need to dig the deep trench himself.

He first used spatial cutting to cut the submarine's sank position to the inner wall below the trench. This large section of wedge-shaped seabed rock was cut in half, leaving only a small number of rock layers connected to temporarily maintain its stability.

He then retrieved an anti-ship torpedo from the "Komsomolskaya Pravda," placed it at the cut in the rock, and drove his "Kharkovchaka 2" polar vehicle far away. Once he confirmed the distance was safe, he detonated the heavy torpedo.

With a loud explosion on the seabed, the wedge-shaped rock, which had already been cut in half, completely broke apart and began to slide into the trench.

Looking at the drastic changes on the seabed in the distance from the ice, Sun Zhiwei confirmed that the terrain there could no longer be restored, and immediately accelerated southward.

At the same time, due to the torpedo explosion, the ice above the explosion point was directly hit by the underwater shock wave and began to break apart.

The sound of the underwater explosion traveled far beneath the ice due to the refraction of the solid ice.

Soon, all the submarines and detection equipment deployed on the Arctic Ocean seabed by the countries along the Arctic Ocean coast detected the explosion.

Several tens of minutes later, the closest Typhoon-class strategic nuclear submarines, the Ulyanovsk and the Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine, the Henry Jackson, simultaneously began to turn and head towards the location of the explosion.

One strategic bomber from each side, one from the Soviet Union and one from the United States, which was patrolling in the Arctic, also began to turn and fly towards the explosion site.

The explosion triggered by Sun Zhiwei seems to have stirred up a hornet's nest, drawing the attention of various forces in the Arctic.

At this moment, Sun Zhiwei was driving the "Kharkovchaka 2" polar vehicle, frantically fleeing across the ice.

He had anticipated that the explosion would attract attention, so he was now trying to get as far away from the scene as possible.

After driving for several dozen kilometers, when they arrived next to a huge iceberg, Sun Zhiwei suddenly stopped the polar vehicle.

The distance is about right. There must be a lot of people gathering in the direction of the target. He doesn't know which direction the people are coming from. If he runs away now, he might run into people who are coming to check.

The best course of action now is to remain in hiding and wait for the situation to cool down.

He came to the edge of this huge iceberg for this purpose.

Digging is excavation, and digging through ice is also excavation. He is now preparing to dig out a shelter to hide in this huge iceberg.

This wasn't difficult. He first got out of the polar vehicle and stored it in his spatial storage. Then he began to use spatial cutting to dig into the interior of the iceberg. Before long, he had dug out a passage leading to the center of the iceberg.

After he entered the passage, he covered the opening he had dug outside with ice and snow, and then continued digging toward the center of the iceberg.

Half an hour later, Sun Zhiwei arrived at the center of the iceberg and carved out a space of several tens of square meters. Only after confirming that the space was sufficient did he release the polar vehicle again.

Now, the passage he had entered through has been completely sealed off with ice again, and he is now in the middle of this huge ice floe.

But that's not enough. He also needs to add a few more ventilation openings, otherwise, once the polar vehicle's diesel engine starts, the air in this small space will be consumed instantly.

By the time the ventilation vents were finished, more than an hour had passed. Just then, he suddenly heard a familiar rumbling sound faintly approaching.

Sun Zhiwei looked up at the glacier at the top. Although he couldn't see the sky through the glacier, he knew that such a big commotion meant that a strategic bomber was flying overhead.

(End of this chapter)