Chapter 13: Mandalas

Before a storm, the water is usually transparent. [No pop-ups. The surface of the water is blue and dark, and a faint layer of light penetrates the ocean surface, making the darkness of the depths even more eerie. If you hold your breath and look down and try to look deeper and lower to the bottom of the sea, you can feel a realm darker than darkness. The depths of the ocean are filled with immeasurable fear factors, which are constantly converging and condensing into a kind of great energy that causes the currents to surge incessantly.

Beneath the tumbling undercurrent, a Type 33 diesel-electric submarine is sailing at snorkel depth, the shark-shaped bow looks strange and fierce, and the new propeller that has been silently treated rotates at high speed and silently. The submarine had just undergone a secret modification, carrying two huge sealed tanks on its back, like a cylindrical hump. The sea interfered with the view, and even if you were very close, you couldn't see what the mysterious devices were. The steel shark swooped silently, its snorkel rising from its shell standing upright and sticking out of the sea, scribbling into tiny white sprays

"That's a shark?" Not far away, a large RoRo transport ship was sailing, and sailors at the lookout post spotted the submarine snorkel.

"How can there be sharks around here?" The other looked around.

"I don't understand it either, wait, I'll show you." Lookout leaned on the telescope again and searched carefully, but saw nothing, "It's strange, it was still there just now." ”

"You must be mistaken, there can't be sharks around here."

"Maybe."

The Type 33 submarine under the surface of the sea has completed charging, retracted the snorkel and transferred to the submersible state.

At the same time, another distant-water fishing vessel sensed something was wrong: their sonar clearly heard dozens of large ships moving nearby at high speed, but not a single boat could be seen. On a foggy day, it's like sailing into a fleet of ghosts.

In the depths of the invisible ocean, sea wolves gather.

A large number of submarines are gathering towards the intended location, most of them are Type 33, Type 35 and Romeo diesel-electric submarines, a total of more than 30 units, like a large-scale wolf pack. These submarines all have a unified feature, all of which are equipped with large sealed canisters on their backs, each of which is about 5 meters in diameter and has a strange appearance. Now the time is not ripe, and the wolves have died down and walked in silence.

In the southern seas, the mercenary battleship Novominsk is also breaking the waves at maximum speed.

The rough sea conditions greatly reduced the speed of the huge ship, and the black wall-like turbid waves occasionally arched the ship high and fell from mid-air. On the flight deck, a MiG-29K carrier-based fighter was fastened to a tethered ring by an iron chain, which made a terrible clicking sound under the repeated pull of the huge force, and seemed to break at any moment.

Kim Gang-hee's new subordinate, Staff Officer Park Cheol-gyu, was standing in the porch under the flight deck, and was just about to open his mouth when a big wave rushed over him, filling his mouth with salt water. He snorted several times before he hissed and asked the ground staff, "How is it?" Is it reliable. ”

"No problem!" The deckman replied, "Anyway, I only brought one, and I had plenty of men." ”

"The key is not to let it unlock and crash into the bridge."

"Don't worry, Counselor Park."

The waves hit again, and the deck was like a torrential rain.

Staff Officer Park clutched the railing, shook off his overcoat, and only straightened up after the waves had passed, looking at this sea area that should be very familiarβ€”the eastern edge of the Central Continent, the sea of the gateway to Goguryeo. Now everything has changed, the waters are strange and elusive, and the currents are unpredictable. The Hundred Days Ghost has completely destroyed this place, it is a strategic weapon with geo-level destructive capabilities, and once it is put into use, the climate will even be affected by it.

However, the battlefield environment is always an objective factor, and the disturbance of the ocean current will also make it impossible for the opponent, the royal capital force that framed Jin Jiangji, to have accurate information. On the whole, the little princess's rebellion plan is quite sure to succeed. And her own little life is all gambling on her.

He descended from the aviation deck and went directly into the flight preparation room. The lights were dim, there were no pilots inside, and operational briefings were stacked in the corners of the table. Several ground staff sat in the corner to rest, they were on duty preparing for a shift change, and they stood up when they saw the staff officers coming in.

"How's the security work?"

"No problem at all. For the first time, there were so many people that we couldn't find a place to try our best. ”

"Don't take it lightly."

"Understood. In any case, this kind of plane is not completely useless, and there is at least one pilot on this ship. The ground crew smiled and said, "Staff Officer Park, we all guessed that you had flown a fighter plane before." The last two plays were really beautiful, and many pilots sighed to themselves. ”

Staff Officer Park, who was born in poverty, was always able to get along with the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, and after a long time, he gradually gained the trust of the officers and soldiers under the command of Jin Jiangji.

"Before, I used a much more dilapidated plane than this one." The latter words, Staff Officer Park did not say: At that time, in order to eat a mouthful of food, in order to survive, I don't know how many competitors who were also poor children were killed, and then I got the opportunity to fly training.

The ground crews still laughed and said, "No wonder the technology is so good." It's different from those staff officers sent by the royal family. ”

Staff Officer Park didn't stay long, he walked through the flight preparation room, bypassed several corridors, and passed the sailors saluting him and getting out of the way. He already has a lot of prestige in the ship.

Push open the next watertight door and enter the main garage of the new Minsk. Unlike usual, there are not a single fighter jet here, and the huge hangar space is filled with fuel and water supplies and movable crane cranes. Today's new Minsk will carry out a special mission. The ship did not carry any aviation and no pilots, only a MiG-29K was parked on the deck to hide people's eyes. Jin Jiangji was not on the ship either.

Staff Officer Park inspected the whole thing before he was relieved, turned around and walked to the staircase and boarded the ship island. After receiving the sailor's salute, he walked to the side lookout post: "It's time to come." ”

Before the words fell, a few white sprays had already appeared on the sea. A huge black shadow appeared under the surface of the sea near the side of the sea, like a giant whale cruising. The shadow expands, revealing its distinctive form. In the waves, the dark and huge metal enclosure of the Type 33 submarine was first revealed, and then the entire hull was led by the shark-shaped bow to line up the waves and rush out of the sea. There were also two white spots on the sea in the distance, followed by two other submarines.

"Report to the staff officer, the first batch of detachments has been assembled and is ready to receive supplies."

"It can be refilled."

"Understood. Start resupplying now. ”

It was a risky move, but it almost worked.

Staff Officer Park knew that he still did not have the full trust of Princess Kim Gang-hee, but this operation was not hidden from him. The air battleship Novominsk was ostensibly invited to prepare to enter the Central Continent, but the real combat intention was to assist the Princess's youth regiment in counterattacking the royal capital. The Youth League was unable to confront the Goguryeo Northern Army head-on, but was also stationed on the island for defense, and the terrain could not be deployed. If you want to succeed, you must rely on roundabouts. For this reason, Jin Jiangji recalled the first and second detachments of submarines that were dismissed that year, and modified each boat with large personnel transport compartments, ready to be used for troop transportation.

"Such a submarine, too reluctantly." Staff Officer Park looked at these old goods and couldn't help but sigh at Princess Jin's tactics. The only ones she can recall are mercenary submarines, including the 33, 35 and Romeo types, diesel-electric hybrids. Range is limited and not suitable for underwater navigation. In order to complete the raid, she even gambled on the new Minsk, and the entire aircraft carrier has been converted into a large submarine repair and supply ship. The ship went to the castle tower dock for refit under the pretext of receiving the base of Marutsu Castle, and then secretly set off to join the submarine. After completing the replenishment mission of the two submarine detachments, he abandoned all the modification facilities to meet the Jinjiang-hime flight team that flew directly from the base of Maruto Castle, and finally joined the celebration formation of the Glorious Liaoning, in order to achieve a battle that should be combined with the outside world.

"After all, she is still a little girl, and there is no room for the whole plan."

Two Type 33 and one Type 35 submarines are approaching, and the new Minsk, which serves as the carrier of submarines, stretches out ramps and cranes. The sailors inside the submarine got out and pulled the towing cable with hooks and tied it to the belt bollard. The oil pipeline crossed, and the ships were connected.

Four more submarines surfaced and began to move closer to the mothership. Seven hunting submarines are already located on both sides of the mothership, like sharks lined up, which is spectacular.

"Boat locks, this is the most dangerous time." Staff Officer Park remembered the Battle of Chibi that he had read about in ancient books. He had already asked the war center to fully monitor the airspace, but he was still not at ease, looking at the sky from time to time, and it seemed that he could not even trust the air search radar.

This is the last secret supply of wolves, and as long as it is completed, the royal capital will be at his fingertips. Once you can control Goguryeo in the whole territory, it is equivalent to choking the dragon whiskers of the Central Continent, and then you can gather mercenaries from all walks of life to besiege them, tear through the black hole blockade of the Central Continent, and see what secrets are buried there. At that time, there will be capital to negotiate with the central mainland and confirm the status of the golden princess.

"Isn't it too beautiful?"

He held his breath and waited for the resupply to be completed. Even though the metal collided and the waves roared, he could still hear his heartbeat clearly.

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