Chapter 56: The Shaking of the Old World
"If you pretend to be a ghost for too long, you will inevitably bump into a real ghost. γFengyun Reading Network. γβ
South of the Northeast Pacific basin, there should be nothing but seawater. At this time, the ghost aircraft carrier USS Washington was removing camouflage nets and debris, folding huge infrared/optical mimicry curtains on both sides. When the operation is completed, the ship will take off the deceptive cloak of an "ocean-going container ship" and restore the full functionality of a fleet-type aircraft carrier. However, this is also the time when the true identity of the Washington is revealed and the easiest to be discovered.
The crew of the USS Washington is not a military establishment, but it is more capable than an active aircraft carrier. This team trained the crews of the post-war Pan-American Entente aircraft carriers and was a seed-trained combat team. Interestingly, this group of veterans of the sea actually had their time of panic, and at the moment they were being enveloped by an atmosphere of unease: in order to achieve the camouflage effect, the Washington did not lead the escort ship on its daily cruises, maintained radio silence, and with perfect camouflage, it stands to reason that no one should be able to track the ship. But just before nightfall, when the last rays of light were still on the horizon, the carrier encountered an unpredictable tracker.
"The bridge lookout reports the appearance of a mast on the horizon, direction 025." With the help of the red light reflected by the setting sun on the horizon, the sailor shouted loudly, he held the high-powered telescope and adjusted the magnification with his right hand, "It's an aircraft carrier, and an aircraft carrier has been discovered." β
The captain sat in the middle of the bridge: "What about the report from the war center." β
"The radar did not react, and the war center did not find any targets."
"It's a fleet-type aircraft carrier." The voice of the lookout was unequivocal. What he reported meant was a head-on encounter with another large warship that could rival it.
"Pay attention to the size of the opposing fleet."
"No escort ships were found."
"Keep an eye out."
"Understood. The shadow of the ship was completely revealed, "the lookout was lying on the telescope, the magnification was increasing, the shadow of the ship was moving between the virtual and the real, and a huge black silhouette gradually emerged from the horizon, "Excluding the Kuznetsov class, it is a former American-made aircraft carrier." β
The captain's fighting mood relaxed a little. If it is a reservoir class, nine deaths, the best case scenario is that they encounter the Kuznetsov of the Aleutian feint attack fleet in the Northern Theater outside the Central Continent, and the worst is to collide with the glorious Liaoning. Either way, it's going to be a life-and-death battle. Since the lookout confirmed that it is a former American-made aircraft carrier, the other side can only be a lost ship of the Pan-American Entente. After the Tronpu incident, many large warships lost contact with the open sea, and most of them claimed to be mercenary ships or even pirates. If it's an ordinary mercenary ship, maybe you don't have to fight.
"Stay vigilant." The captain of the USS Washington tried to control the situation. Within minutes, the other party was able to confirm that it was the ghost carrier USS Washington. If this is the case, you must use a sneak attack to destroy the other party, and not a single living mouth can be left. The current USS Washington must not be exposed.
"The War Intelligence Center reports that there is still no contact with the sea search radar and we can't see anything."
"There are ships that are so well concealed, better than us." The captain stood up from his seat, his face gloomy, as if he had bumped into a real ghost. He couldn't think of a supercarrier that would use such a powerful covert method.
"It will be treated as a normal rendezvous. The whole ship was on heightened alert, closed watertight doors, and wore fireproof clothing. β
There was a lot of tension in the bridge of the nautical ship, and the members of the various positions began to pull out the fireproof hoods, wrap their heads tightly, expose only their faces, and put on their helmets. Compared with the First Sino-Japanese War, there is a very big difference between the current battle and the First Sino-Japanese War, because there is no radar and other electronic intelligence information support, and there are no satellites and reconnaissance planes. Not only that, but even once the two ships fought, both sides could only use close defense guns, like two fencers duel with toothpicks. "Which boat it is, can you tell?" The captain asked for a lookout on the bridge.
"Not sure" lookout hesitated, in his opinion, the former American-made supercarriers were the same from the front.
"Don't bother, it's Kitty Hawk." A woman's voice occupies the bridge.
The watchman informs: "The supervisor enters the bridge. β
Miss Wang, the executive officer of Shishi Military Company, entered the cabin with her entourage and accepted the salute of others. There is a slight difference between the duties of private defense ships and naval warships, that is, the addition of a supervisor position at the same level as the captain. The responsibility of the captain is the practical duties of navigation and operations, while the supervisor is a civilian position created to deal with frequently changing tasks, and to formulate the ship's combat strategy and course direction.
"The other party requests communication."
"Allow communication." Miss Wang stood in front of the captain, facing the monitor.
The screen flashed a few times, and the signal gradually stabilized, and the center of the screen showed Bill Prince, the former chairman of the United States Prince Military Group Corporation, calling the head wolf. There are obvious scars on his face, and the original confident and uninhibited face is now engraved with a lot of vicissitudes: "Hey, the container bulk carrier Mitsui on the other side, cough, in fact, this registered name is really not suitable for you." Okay, here's Bill from Kitty Hawk. Our ship is about to rendezvous with yours, and I would like to wish you a smooth voyage. Bill deliberately called the other person's disguised name to make a sarcastic.
"Why don't you get straight to the point, Bill." Miss Wang replied with a smile, she was completely confident that she would capture Bill's heart, but now she didn't have time to play anymore, "Seeing your expression so embarrassed, I didn't expect me to be on this boat." β
"Where can I be, I want to surprise you." On the screen, Bill's expression is indeed very strange, like bumping into his first love at a wedding. But his tone remained calm.
"What's the purpose, do you want to beg me to give you back the toy, do you want the Hundred Days Ghost so much?"
"Not to beg you, but to coerce you." Bill's tone wasn't serious, "I'm going to show up and stop you, and then slowly threaten you until you hand over the mass production of the Centennials." That's not fun, the Central Continent is looking for me. Bill raised his tone, after all, the Central Continent's cargo plane carrying the Hundred Day Ghost disappeared, and the responsibility lies with Bill.
However, Miss Wang heard that Bill's drunkard did not mean this, if he cared about the mass production of the 100-day ghost, he should use a sneak attack instead of negotiation, not to mention that he could successfully sneak attack. She wanted to continue to tease Bill, but she didn't say anything: "If that's the case, you can get it." But your flight deck is empty, and it looks like there are no planes. She laughed, "By the way, next time, you'll have to adjust the camera before threatening someone." Otherwise, your bottom will be completely leaked. β
"Oh, indeed." Bill glanced out of the bridge, but he didn't know there were any planes on deck, "But how many planes do I have to work, and the mass-produced Centriens are on your ship." He stared at Miss Wang on the screen with those charming and deep blue eyes, "Come to my boat for a drink, the banquet was interrupted that day, and we haven't finished drinking yet." β
"Bill, I've always felt that you have more content than your average playboy. Open up, you have seen the shadow of the Hundred Day Ghost. Soon, it will be able to fully mature and come to earth, you just have to wait, there is no place for you on the stage. Things get to this point where it's useless for you to do anything. β
"Not necessarily. Since you've been waiting for this day for so long, why don't you wait a little longer and come over for a glass of wine to catch up. β
"Are you stalling for time, Bill?"
In front of the USS Washington, the massive silhouette of the USS Kitty Hawk has been fully revealed, like a floating city on the sea.
"Delaying time doesn't have that idea at all. I'm threatening you to give in and return the prototype test chamber of the mass-produced Zinnia and Scalp System. Moreover, I have given you a complete reciprocal status, so that you do not have to feel that I am intimidating by force. The most important thing is that you have to hand over the blindfold as well. β
"Hit you so much need him"
"I'm protecting you from him."
"Funny. I'm no stranger to the struck man you're talking about. The hero of salvation and the king of ghosts is already mine. Why do I need you to protect. β
Bill became serious: "Miss Wang, you are doing something that you can't control. You took the full-status Centennial, and you stole the full set of Centennial support equipment from me, and you took control of the only Centennier pilot. These things shouldn't be put together, you don't know what you're doing, you've dug up the grave of the Centennia. β
"I know, exactly, that's part of my plan."
As soon as she finished speaking, the USS Washington whistled a deep and loud sound. The two giant warships were approaching, and the Kitty Hawk whistled with it.
"The Hundred Days will ruin everything, including everything you want, though I don't know what you're after." Bill pouted, "Whatever it is, as long as it's on Earth, it's going to be destroyed." By the way, destroying the Earth is not your plan. β
At this time, the entourage leaned into Miss Wang's ear and said a few words. Miss Wang pursed her lips: "Okay, Bill, I don't want to play with you anymore." You're stalling for time, right, you need time to get your company's fleet of refugees through this sea. I know that the Hundred Days Ghost has caused Prince Company to lose a lot, and the Central Continent has begun to take over the defense of the former United States, and you must find a chance to fight back, so you have to move the entire company out, this is not a small project, and there are too few transit bases to choose from, and Baker is your last chance. So your company fleet is going to pass over my head, and you're just making such a big battle just to get my attention. Miss Wang applauded, "It's really touching, I didn't expect Bill Princes to have such a sense of responsibility." β
"You also have a part in the affairs of the former beauty. Shishi is also a private security company, do you think the Central Continent Expeditionary Force will make you satisfied? They don't intend to set up proxies at all, and they don't have a transitional government at all, they want us to be chaotic, and the more chaotic the better. β
"I'm different from you, Bill. Whether it's chaos or governance, I only want what belongs to me. Miss Wang looked to the port side, the Kitty Hawk was slowly approaching, "There is no rocket launcher hidden in the elevator, oh, Bill, I think too badly." It turns out that you really procrastinate just for your company. β
"Do you think I'm using the trick of destroying the country with a false way, I have always been upright and never conspired." Bill, who has always been interested in Chinese idioms, blurts out a plan to "destroy the country in the name of borrowing roads", but Bill's use of the idiom is as inappropriate as usual. But he has a knack for understanding, and he always learns strange but effective tactics from Chinese idioms.
"You're still stalling for time, and in terms of time, your company's fleet should have passed." Miss Wang smiled, "However, do you think you're the only one procrastinating?"
After saying this, Bill's expression really became nervous.
The door of the second hangar on the starboard side of the ghost aircraft carrier Washington was open, revealing an extremely bizarre monster inside, the outline of which could not be seen, and no one had ever seen it, which could be said to be some kind of super weapon beyond common sense. Bill had never seen anything like this in the world, and there was no doubt that this was the real Hundred Days.
Miss Wang took Bill aside, took a signed contract from the attendant beside her, and handed it to the captain: "This boat belongs to you, I have run out." β
"Wang Xiangzhu, what do you want to get back?" Bill asked.
"I'm afraid you don't understand." She laughed, a charming smile, "I'm going to restore my world." β
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