In October 1981, a Soviet submarine ran aground near a Swedish military base, and the Swedish Army and Air Force quickly surrounded it and dropped a large number of depth charges, and the captain prepared to detonate the nuclear weapons and die with the Swedish army.
On the night of October 27, 1981, an old Soviet W-class submarine, S-363, was sailing near Sweden's largest naval base when an earth-shattering noise suddenly came from the bottom of the submarine, and the crew was shaken to the ground by the violent shaking. What the hell is going on? The captain hurried to order someone to check it, and it turned out that the submarine had unexpectedly run aground.
It turned out that the 12-meter-high submarine had taken the wrong channel and was firmly stuck by the shoal with a depth of less than 9 meters, but fortunately it was next to another channel with a depth of 13 meters, which allowed the submarine to pass unharmed. The captain was excited and helpless to find that at this time the tide was rapidly receding, the submarine had been stuck and did not move, and he could only wait until the next high tide.
Unfortunately, the Swedes did not intend to give him this opportunity, and only an hour later, a passing Swedish patrol boat noticed that the situation was abnormal, and immediately came to check it out. They could not have imagined that a Soviet submarine would dare to quietly advance to this place, which is only 2 kilometers from the Naval Base in Karlskron, Sweden.
This enraged the Swedish side, who did not hesitate to send a large number of heavily armed army soldiers, and without saying a word, surrounded the Soviet submarines and set up artillery positions on the shore, and the mighty anti-aircraft guns were ready to fire at any time. At the same time, Swedish naval warships blocked the submarine's escape route, and it seems that they intend to catch turtles in the urn.
Not only that, Sweden's anti-submarine helicopters and fighter jets have been circling back and forth in the air, in addition to closely monitoring the submarine's every move, but also carrying out large-scale searches in nearby waterways and dropping a large number of depth charges on important waterways and suspicious targets in an attempt to expel the companions of Soviet submarines, or rescue teams and other uninvited guests.
The Swedish Army, Navy and Air Force's imposing maneuver was aimed at deterrence, but the Soviet soldiers in the submarine were not at all impressed, and after being trapped all day, they waited for the high tide to come, so they desperately started the engine and prepared to leave the land of right and wrong. The Swedish army hurried to carry out warning fire to threaten the Soviet submarines, and it was not necessary to act rashly, otherwise the war was in sight.
After some effort, the captain found that with his own power, he could not leave the shoal at all. In fact, even if they did succeed in entering the channel at a depth of 13 meters, they might not be able to highlight the siege of the Swedish army. At this point, the only way to be rescued is to use tugboats to tow, the question is whether Sweden will agree to the Soviets to drive the tugboats in?
Apparently impossible, Sweden quickly protested to the Soviet Union, demanding that they explain the situation and formally apologize. In addition, Sweden planned to take the opportunity to tow the submarine and conduct a detailed investigation, but the cost of the towing had to be borne by the Soviet Union. Other conditions are good to say that the Soviet Union could not agree to the investigation of the towing away the submarine, after all, there are many military secrets hidden on it, and it must not be leaked.
What's more, Sweden obeys the United States, and as long as the submarine falls into the hands of Sweden, it will become the research object of the US military in the blink of an eye. In fact, the Soviet Union had sent a combined fleet of several "destroyers, frigates, large missile boats and tugboats" to the rescue, and finally confronted the Swedish Navy near the territorial sea line, and the Soviet warships soon found themselves locked by Swedish fire control radars.
Not to be outdone, the Soviets roared over the sea from time to time, and seeing the great war on the horizon, the captain knew that it was the last moment, and the Swedish army could forcibly board the ship at any time. For the sake of the country's interests and dignity, he decided to coexist with the submarine without hesitation. To this end, he immediately distributed all guns to the soldiers, who would not hesitate to fire as long as the Swedish army dared to board the submarine.
If they really can't stop it, they will detonate the nuclear torpedoes on the submarine at all costs, and they will die with the enemy, and in any case, they must not let the military secrets leak out. While the two sides were at odds with each other, the United States wasted no time in sending a heavy message to the Swedish army: there were nuclear weapons on the submarine.
This intelligence is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, suddenly calming down the blood-boiling Swedish army, if the nuclear weapons really explode on their own territory, not to mention that the naval base 2 kilometers away from the submarine will be razed to the ground, the entire sea and land will suffer irreparable huge losses, the consequences are unimaginable. The Swedish army, which wanted to forcibly board the boat, could not help but hesitate.
At the critical moment, a Swedish patrol boat, because of the poor sight at night and overturned near the submarine, the submarine captain found out, hurriedly let the soldiers turn on the searchlights to help the Swedish Navy that came to the rescue, which greatly touched the Swedish army, obviously the goodwill of the Soviet soldiers, completely changed their inherent concepts. Therefore, the Swedish army did not force them into a desperate situation, but took the initiative to provide fresh water supplies to the submarines.
The Swedish army can't help but ponder, is it true that the submarine was stranded as the captain said, just because of a simple system failure? The captain of the boat saw that the atmosphere of the sword was eased, and took the opportunity to prove that the "navigation system failed", it turned out that when the submarine first arrived in Swedish waters, it was entangled in fishing nets, and the navigation system had serious problems, so that the submarine gradually yawed, but the crew did not know it, until finally completely stranded.
After some heated discussions, the Swedish side agreed with this reason. Seeing that Sweden had taken the initiative to take a step back, in order to save the submarine as soon as possible, the Soviet army also gave the steps in return, and they finally agreed to arrange for the Swedish side to rescue the submarine by tugboat, and in the case of not boarding the boat, it was completely handed over to the Soviet army. A nuclear war was thus defused without any danger, and in the process, the captain's courage to swear to die was impressive.
