Chapter 22 Submarine Earthquakes

The Ogasawara Islands are now the Magic Island, because the U.S. military has sunk three destroyers and two submarines without any contact with the outside world.

But China's distant-water fishing fleet has taken root here. The same thing happened in Marianas. Some Chinese distant-water fishing companies have set up supply depots on the islands to recruit local crews. As soon as one fleet arrives, a second and third fleet will come one after another.

Some of the islands, which were once uninhabited, are now inhabited by people, who are building seawater purification plants to produce sea salt and fresh water. The two islands became bases for Chinese fishing in the area.

One after another, warships had accidents, and the US Navy in the Philippines almost lost contact with the mainland.

In order to cope with the increasingly critical situation in Asia, the US fleet was also split into two and became the Pacific Fleet.

A huge aircraft carrier battle group, more than 50 warships sailed towards the Philippines on the vast sea. They had encountered some equally large Chinese ocean-going fleets, which were so luxurious that they were a maritime city if they were connected. These fleets are armed with regular armies and not weakly armed. But they stayed away.

The appearance of rain clouds in the sky is a sign that a storm is coming.

In the past few days, the Japan Trench has been hit by a series of earthquakes, although it is not big, but there has been a large tsunami.

The Zhou-class submarine No. 4 dived at a depth of 400 meters. The maximum depth of the Zhou-class submarine was 800 li, but 400 meters was a relatively safe depth. The Zhou-class No. 4 has been eyeing this fleet for two days. Since they do not have to surface like ordinary submarines, they charge and exchange air with diesel engines. So the U.S. military has not found out.

And the submarines of the US military in order to solve the fuel and oxygen generation agents. Basically, they float on the water.

The US military's understanding of the role of satellites is still very shallow, and the fleet does not care about satellites in space at all.

And Li Chunpeng knew the direction and position of their voyage as soon as the fleet left the port.

However, it is the command ship of the distant-water fishing vessel, which has been neglected by the U.S. military, that is really responsible for relaying communications. They used a low-frequency signal to make contact with the submarine. This is due to the nuclear study of the sound signals emitted by marine surveillance vessels for the sound signals emitted by marine organisms.

It's just that this kind of signal is very easy to get confused with the background noise of the ocean. If you don't have a fixed frequency and an electronic computer to process it, you can't tell the difference.

Submarine signal corps is also using this equipment to listen to the sound conversations of dolphins and whales.

"They don't look like courtship." Jiang Hye-jung wore headphones and looked at the sound ripples on the electronic display.

Three or four killer whales frolicking in the deep sea. Yes. They're just playing, playing after they've eaten. A baby killer whale follows its mother. On a large display, the whales were inconspicuous in the lower part of the fleet, because they were too quiet compared to the signals of the huge schools of fish in the distance, and the noise of the fleet on the water.

They are noted because they are the closest large objects to the submarine.

"Don't mess with them, I don't remember when I was surrounded by a bunch of whales." Han Zi said with a smile.

For the language of whales. The maritime surveillance department has summed up some simple rules. Because some of them are very obvious, such as the warning sound when there is danger, the sound of courtship, and so on. The fleet was required to launch an attack to let these large sea creatures leave. So some languages still work.

Kang Hye-jung used a horn to simulate the greeting of a whale a few days ago.

It turned out that this greeting was not just a greeting, but also a language that asked to join the group. Seven or eight whales accompanied the submarine all day. Because Jiang Hye-jung didn't know how to tell them and let them go.

Suddenly. The whales paused. No more frolicking, start to quickly leave this water.

In fact, there are also several large schools of fish in the distance who make this move.

"The earthquake has started again." All the listening devices in the communication room made a screeching sound. Communicators have adjusted the frequency of listening.

The image on the display begins to shake. Computers can't handle so much clutter anymore. However, the programmer is starting the filtering process.

The submarine is slowly turning, making the sound perpendicular to the seismic waves. This is the way to have the least impact on the ship, and the captain has figured out the pattern after several earthquakes.

But at the same time, the alarm for the battle sounded.

Li Chunpeng became excited. Directly ordered: "Grab the outermost submarine." Don't attack it directly, detonate it about a hundred meters below it. ”

"Again measure the distance to the point of explosion. To keep us safe. ”

"Choose a 10,000-ton yield red torpedo."

"The sonar signal of the US military must have also been affected, launch, launch immediately, there is not much time."

"The safety distance is not enough, back and back."

The submarine shook slightly, it was a seismic wave arrived. But the torpedo has already been fired. The ship turned around again at the bottom of the sea, and then withdrew at full speed, despite being discovered.

"Alright, the filter is ready." The programmer screamed.

On the display, most of the images that were hidden by snowflakes were refreshing.

"Be prepared for the shock, we can't completely retreat to a safe distance." A sonar soldier shouted.

Jiang Huizhen pressed the lock button on the console and hugged the small flower pot.

The lights of the submarine were also extinguished one after another. Only some necessary power and dim lights remained. Even the display was pitch black.

The submarine shook violently, and then passively accelerated away from the point of explosion.

"Rising and floating, our diving depth is increasing." The sonar soldier shouted.

"Float." Li Chunpeng looked nervously at the depth display. The depth reached five hundred meters in a few short minutes.

Fortunately, the counterweight compartment of the submarine hull was under its effect, and it began to rise slowly, as if it had made a water drift on the bottom of the sea, gliding upward. It's just that this action caused both hulls to make a subtle, but thrilling, rattling sound.

The sky, the clouds dissipate in a short time, forming so-called seismic clouds. Countless seabirds flew from the sky, black and oppressive. The entire fleet was looking up at the wonders of the sky.

On the horizon, the waves are accumulating higher and higher, gradually becoming a line.

But no one found a single torpedo passing through the entire fleet. A blinding light lit up from underwater, and in an instant, a two-kilometer radius of sea water was raised, and a huge shock wave spread out in all directions.

The hulls of a destroyer and a submarine in the center almost vacated and then smashed hard into the sea. The hulls of the ships affected by the shock wave all tilted violently.

"Earthquake, we are at the center of an earthquake." The radio crews on both aircraft carriers wailed.

"We're out of steam, God, and hopefully we'll get through the tsunami."

"The Hummingbird and the USS California are on fire, and their hulls are damaged."

The tsunami was not high, but it was fatal for a ship that lost power and was unable to make evasive maneuvers.

After the tsunami, more than a dozen warships disappeared from the water. The two aircraft carriers themselves were fine, but the planes on them suffered heavy losses.

However, the fleet's doom came, as the clouds in the sky rolled back and were thicker than before. There were strong winds and waves on the sea, and soon heavy rain came.

The fleet that was supposed to support the Philippines now needs to wait for the help of other fleets. The battleship lost power, and the mechanics were shaking incessantly, desperately trying to get the engine back up. The sailors drained the water with pumps, and the sailors who insisted on the deck were swept into the sea one by one.

The lifeboat was rescuing the sailors and transporting them to the aircraft carrier.

This day was called the nightmare of the Pacific Fleet, and many sailors were discharged from the army after returning to Hawaii, and they had a psychological shadow on the sea. There were only more than thirty warships, three of which were towed back to port. Five ships drove back in front of the soldiers, thanks to the efforts of the soldiers.

The two fleets directly lost most of the size of the fleet in this earthquake.

But many soldiers said they had been hit by two earthquakes, but the first one was more like an explosion, an explosion from the depths of the ocean. They did not suspect that they were attacked, and apart from seeing no enemy, no ship was silent under direct attack.

Even the destroyer USS Hummingbird and the USS California submarine made a last-ditch effort, and the USS California remained silent in the storm that followed. Half of the crew on top survived. (To be continued......)