"Professor Burke is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board, and I trust his judgment." Yang Fanglie expressed support for allowing the reconnaissance plane to return to Amsterdam Island to find out the situation.

Other chiefs of the General Staff did not object, and even Sergeyev expressed their support.

Subsequently, Stark made arrangements.

Although the RC-135 is a strategic reconnaissance aircraft, it is thousands of kilometers from Diego Garcia to the island of Amsterdam, and it is also necessary to consider a return flight. As RC-135 turned around and headed towards Amsterdam Island, the KC-10 tanker plane, which had been on standby south of Diego Garcia, immediately headed south at full speed. Due to fuel availability, RC-135 had to head north two hours later to join up with the refueler and refuel for half an hour. When RC-135 flew over the island of Amsterdam again, it was already four and a half hours later.

When the meeting was adjourned, Yang Fanglie called Wei Longzheng over.

"The transport plane to Amsterdam Island has already departed, but it is only half an hour at most. Director Yuan made arrangements, and the three pilots on the transport plane joined Chu Tianjiang with the speedboat, and the transport plane was controlled by the autopilot and flew south, and was expected to crash about a thousand kilometers from Antarctica. "Wei Long Zheng knows the reason why Yang Fanglie is looking for him." Director Yuan arranged for a hydrofoil speedboat, capable of traveling 1,200 nautical miles at a speed of 100 knots, and was expected to rendezvous with the Long March 7 submarine in 12 hours. ”

"And then?"

"The submarine will sail north for twelve hours, and then rendezvous with the seaplane, and it is expected that in thirty-two hours, Chu Tianjiang and they will arrive at Gwadar Port."

Yang Fanglie nodded and said, "Do a good job of communication, I want to know the situation at each stage of the Dao in time." ”

Because the RC-135 flew north for less than half an hour, more than twenty minutes later, the videoconference of the chief of the General Staff continued.

The eruption was very violent, and the magma jumped up thousands of meters into the air, and the gray-black volcanic ash obscured the sky.

In order to avoid allowing the engine to suck in volcanic ash, the RC-135 did not fly too close, kept its altitude above five thousand meters, and hovered more than ten kilometers from the island of Amsterdam. Obscured by the volcanic ash, the personnel on the RC-135 could not see the situation on the island at all, and most of the reconnaissance equipment became decorations, and only the topographic mapping radar could still be used normally. What has been detected is that the altitude of Mount Davis has been reduced by fifty meters. The Scientific Advisory Board expects the island of Amsterdam to sink within forty-eight hours.

Two hours later, RC-135 left the island of Amsterdam.

According to Scott's proposal, the US military immediately sent an EP-3B reconnaissance plane specially modified to fly closer to the island of Amsterdam. This turboprop engine is equipped with an air filter near the air vent of the engine to filter out the volcanic ash, and it can fly lower, so that it can get closer to the island of Amsterdam and find out what is going on on the island.

However, even if the EP-3B was dispatched immediately, it would take six hours to reach the island of Amsterdam.

At this time, on Amsterdam Island, Chu Tianjiang and others were in a very disadvantageous situation.

When the earthquake struck, Chu Tianjiang immediately took Jacqueline out of the cave, and Liu Zhanbo brought satellite communication equipment. As soon as the three of them rushed out, the cave collapsed.

The ensuing volcanic eruptions made the three of them even more dangerous. Especially in the first few minutes, the first eruption of the volcano released a huge amount of energy, the gas in the formation was heated, and then a violent explosion occurred, and a large number of rocks were thrown into the air and fell like cannonballs. Soon after, the volcanic eruption caused a landslide on Mount Davis, which completely collapsed in the northwest and the entire slope in the east.

If Chu Tianjiang and Liu Zhanbo were not doomsday warriors, the three of them would not be killed by the falling rocks, but would also be buried alive by the mud and rocks.

A few minutes later, as the volcano's energy was released and magma poured to the ground, the situation changed slightly, at least without having to dodge the falling rocks all the time.

Led by Jacqueline, the trio hid under a cliff southeast of Davis.

The sinkhole is in the northwest of the island, also northwest of Mount Davis, and the magma gushing out of the sinkhole flows northwest and does not have a great impact on the southeast of the island.

It's just that the three of them all know that this is definitely not a place to stay for a long time.

The earthquake triggered a volcanic eruption, and a large amount of magma poured to the ground, which was equivalent to emptying the foundations of the island of Amsterdam, which is sinking as the support under the earth's crust disappears.

In just a few hours, the coastline advanced tens of meters into the hinterland of the island.

According to Chu Tianjiang's visual measurements, Amsterdam Island has sunk dozens of meters. In a few dozen hours, the entire island will sink into the sea.

Waiting for the submarine to come and answer is obviously not realistic.

Coming to the bottom of the cliff, Liu Zhanbo activated the satellite communication equipment and received a message from the communication satellite.

More than three hours later, the three of them arrived at the southeast coast of the island, in a forest that had been mostly submerged by the sea. Because the magma enters the sea from the northwest of the island, causing the temperature of the nearby sea to rise sharply, the transport plane will definitely drop hydrofoils on the southeast of the island.

Liu Zhanbo glanced at Jacqueline, and then turned his gaze to Chu Tianjiang.

"Lao Liu, this matter has nothing to do with you, no matter what the result is, I will bear it." Chu Tianjiang knew what Liu Zhanbo wanted to say. In the current situation, they don't have to do it themselves, they can eliminate the trouble by leaving Jacqueline on the island, but what is the difference between this and killing her with their own hands?

Liu Zhanbo knew that Chu Tianjiang was a person who valued love and righteousness, so he didn't say it.

Jacqueline saved Chu Tianjiang, and also helped a lot in the battle against the shadow troops, even if it has lost its use value, but Chu Tianjiang will definitely not be able to do it.

Thinking about it again, Liu Zhanbo was also relieved.

If Yacqueline was abandoned because she had lost her use value, or even got rid of her, Chu Tianjiang would not be the Chu Tianjiang that Liu Zhanbo knew and understood.

Besides, how harmful is a weak woman who is defenseless?

"It's here!" Chu Tianjiang whispered.

To the northwest, the Y-20A had turned, headed southeast of the island, and was climbing. About ten kilometers from the shoreline, the aft hatch of the Y-20A opened, leaving the hydrofoil. After switching to a southerly flight, the three crew members parachuted off.

"Let's go." Liu Zhanbo put on the satellite communication equipment on his back and launched the water first.

Chu Tianjiang glanced back at Jacqueline.

"Don't underestimate me, I'm an expert swimmer."

"Really?" Chu Tianjiang smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Jacqueline.

Jacqueline didn't say a word, took off the warm coat of the Shadow Warrior System, handed it to Chu Tianjiang, and then waded into the water. Chu Tianjiang smiled, put the only remaining shadow warrior system into the backpack that Liu Zhanbo gave him, and also went down to the water, walking towards the deep water area.

Even without the Doomsday Warrior system, Chu Tianjiang and Liu Zhanbo could swim twenty kilometers away.

Jacqueline was not a soldier, and even if she had the physique of a mountaineer, she was much worse than the special forces, and she was already exhausted.

Chu Tianjiang had long seen that Jacqueline was holding on and had been following her.

After swimming less than five kilometers, Jacqueline's speed slowed down significantly.

Chu Tianjiang sped up and chased after him. "Grab my backpack."

"No—" Jacqueline was strong. After Liu Zhanbo arrived, she noticed that the doomsday warrior who claimed to be Chu Tianjiang's comrade-in-arms was guarding her everywhere. Several times, Jacqueline wanted to find Chu Tianjiang to make things clear, but she couldn't help it, because some words were not clear at all.

"Obedient, grab my backpack." Chu Tianjiang already knew something about Jacqueline, and knew that she was very stubborn, and her tone was much gentler.

"Do you look down on me?"

"No one looks down on you, we're running for our lives now." Chu Tianjiang sighed and said, "The reconnaissance plane is about to return, we have to hurry." ”

Jacquelyn looked a little aggrieved, but grabbed Chu Tianjiang's backpack.

Chu Tianjiang didn't ramble anymore and began to swim faster.

"When you get to China, will you let me go?"

"I'm not going to stop you, I just can't guarantee that others will let you go."

"You're going to be honest."

Chu Tianjiang smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just a soldier, I have to obey orders, and you know too many things. But I can promise that as long as you are willing to cooperate, I will not let anyone hurt you. As for whether to let you go, I said that it was useless, and it was up to the superiors to decide. ”

"What does it mean to be cooperative?"

"Like keeping secrets."

"Do you believe me?"

Chu Tianjiang hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer this question.

"If you don't believe me, people will believe me?"

"What happens now has nothing to do with whether I believe you or not." Chu Tianjiang knew that Jacqueline's heart was definitely not a taste. "What you know about the Tao involves state secrets. Even if I believe you, I can't change your situation. But either way, your only option is to work with us. ”

Jacqueline didn't speak again, she understood the meaning of Chu Tianjiang's words.

In addition, the key is not whether Chu Tianjiang believes in her, but whether she can only trust Chu Tianjiang. If she had the slightest suspicion about Chu Tianjiang, even if Chu Tianjiang couldn't do it, someone else would come to kill her. Jacqueline has not forgotten what Halevi said about the Security Liaison Office. In order to keep it a secret, the Planetary Defense Council secretly got rid of many insiders, and there is no shortage of well-known scientists, not to mention an ordinary woman?

Jacqueline thought very clearly, in order to survive, she had to rely on Chu Tianjiang.

However, what capital does she have to rely on Chu Tianjiang?

Not long after, Chu Tianjiang caught up with Liu Zhanbo.

More than ten minutes later, the three of them boarded the hydrofoil. Liu Zhanbo piloted the hydrofoil, went to the south to pick up the three crew members, and then turned to full speed to sail northeast.

The hydrofoil had a maximum speed of one hundred knots and left the search area of the reconnaissance aircraft after half an hour.