Chapter 127: The Frozen Shark
In the nearly a month since Li Chunfeng was fully prepared to dig up the Iceman battleship, to the initial construction of an undersea city, and the dispatch of a space transport aircraft formation into the asteroid belt, the global situation has also been constantly changing.
After entering 2019, the situation seems to be a little turbulent, whether it is the new C nuclear crisis caused by the various changes in the face of country M after the CM summit talks last year, or the chaos in the Middle East caused by country M's continuous attack on Xu.
The biggest superpower on the planet has always been able to shape the development of the world with its every move, and the current incumbent president is known for his ability to change face.
Not to mention the repetition of the CM summit talks in 2018, or the change of face after the talks, or the face of the trade war in China will change face to the end.
Towards the end of the year, the world was again surrounded by his lightning-fast shuttle visit to his allies, and he suddenly announced that country M was in a critical moment, and after gathering a group of allies, he dispatched eight aircraft carrier battle groups to jointly hold the "Defender" military exercise in the central waters of the Indian Ocean.
The M Army's large-scale military exercise shook the world as soon as it was announced, and you must know that with the combat strength of the M Navy's aircraft carrier battle group, eight aircraft carrier battle groups were dispatched during the Gulf War.
First of all, it attracted the attention of the YD country, and its "Chaori King" aircraft carrier fleet, which was in frequent condition, immediately prepared to dispatch, but what is ironic is that its aircraft carrier fleet has not yet left its 200-nautical-mile economic zone, and the aircraft carrier has a malfunction and has to return to the dock for maintenance.
The second is Huaxia, which, on the basis of the original Gulf of Aden escort formation, announced for the first time that it would send its first domestically produced aircraft carrier "Dongshan" to the relevant waters of the Indian Ocean for ocean-going seaworthiness training.
And country E, the fighting nation, also announced that it would send the Pacific Fleet, led by the Varyag missile cruiser, to the relevant waters of the Indian Ocean, apparently also wanting to observe the intentions of the people of country M.
China and E also announced annual joint military exercises in the Indian Ocean.
For a while, the situation in the Indian Ocean suddenly broke out, and the media around the world were racing to speculate about what the navies of various countries were gathering in the Indian Ocean.
At this moment, President Plante of country M changed his face again, and in his 2019 New Year's message, he said that country M is now in the best era, and the Indian Ocean exercise is only a part of the annual exercise in 2019, and there is no imaginary enemy.
As a matter of fact, not only did the M Navy have no imaginary enemies in this large-scale exercise with the navies of allied countries, but the location of the exercise is even more puzzling to the media.
The exercise was held in the heart of the vast Indian Ocean, with no large islands for thousands of kilometres and the nearest Mauritius 2,000 kilometres away.
Such a strange place for the exercise did not match the scale of the exercise at all.
The exercise assembly site is set in Perth, Australia, and the exercise area is also 4,000 kilometers from here, and the assembly of the exercise fleet has been very slow since Plante announced a large-scale military exercise.
After all, it has been more than a month since this matter was being shouted, but there are only three aircraft carrier battle groups assembled at present, and five are on their way.
Many military reporters came to hear the news, but there was no special news, and just when the reporters were disappointed, a piece of gossip circulated.
Exercise imaginary enemy is an alien!
Although reporters did not believe the rumors that aliens were imaginary enemies, they still spread around the world at the speed of light.
Although some well-known media outlets have not issued statements or editorials on this, there have been various claims on Twitter and various claims.
Of course, everyone's main concern is, where are the aliens?
This is the question that Odell of the Heavenly Organization wants to know the most.
Because the last time he led the Third Knights, he participated in the battle against alien stealth vehicles, and this reconnaissance activity, the Heaven Organization still sent him out.
This time, we took the "May" scientific research ship to carry out reconnaissance activities in the sea area close to the last engagement, and the search operation has been carried out for more than half a month from the time of departure to the arrival of the nearby sea area.
With a standard displacement of 5,000 tons, the "May" is nominally a scientific research ship under the name of the World Environmental Protection Organization, equipped with a series of advanced detection equipment, and of course, the quantum monitor of the Heavenly Organization is also indispensable on board at this time.
In addition, it also carries deep-sea seabed exploration equipment, which can detect the topography of the seabed at about 4,000 meters.
In this way, once the quantum monitor finds the target, it can detect the bottom of the sea, and if there is a falling spaceship, then it must be found.
It's just that Odell is a little worried, if the aliens are really here, can they allow the research ship to approach?
Early in the morning, the researchers on the research ship began another busy day, throwing some detection instruments into the seawater, retrieving some instruments at night, and collecting relevant data for analysis.
Looking back at Davis, a diplomat who has been busy fishing in the sea, he admires the other party's psychological quality very much, is he really not afraid of aliens at this time?
Davis was sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the president, after later meeting with the Speaker of the Assembly, agreed to conduct reconnaissance activities in advance and send diplomats to deal with possible Type III contacts.
"Odell, look at me catching a big fish!" Davis stood at the bow of the boat and shouted triumphantly, and quickly reeled the line.
Soon after, a tuna about a meter long was caught.
A smug Davis pulled some crew members along and began to process the tuna.
At this moment, the biologist Effenberg shouted, "Hey, Odell, come and see, how can there be a few shark corpses over there?" ”
Effingberg was the leader of the team of experts sent by the organization during the operation.
Odell walked over and followed Effenberg's finger to see that about a few hundred meters to the northwest, there were several shark carcasses floating around, and several large fish were coming to devour them.
Before Odell could react, Effenberg had already beckoned the captain to drive the research ship there, and instructed the crew to help lower the net and salvage.
After a busy day, on the foredeck, there were already a few shark carcasses piled up, and some big fish that were jumping around, this was the fate of the glutton, and they were fished up with the sharks.
After studying it for a while, Effenberg stood up and said to Odell, "These sharks are frozen to death, and they seem to be frozen to death. ”
Odell was surprised: "It's strange, this is tropical, how can there be sharks that freeze to death?" ”
"Could it be that the guest we're looking for did it?" Davis, a diplomat next to him, interjected.
At this moment, he had put away his fishing tools and was looking at the shark carcasses on the deck with great interest.
Effenberg's eyes lit up and he agreed, "Possibly, the appearance of these fish has begun to rot, apparently they have been floating in the sea for a few days after being quick-frozen.
Based on this, we can deduce the approximate location of their freezing, and maybe there is really a guest we are looking for. ”
"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and calculate, and report our current location to the headquarters first." Odell explained.
Watching Effenberg leave in a hurry, he began to feel a little worried.
"Why, are you worried about being stopped by the force of the guests? Rest assured, I've seen the videos and records of the last incident, and in my judgment, these guests still know the etiquette of the earth very well, and I swear in the name of the great diplomat Davis, I can't be wrong. Davis saw Odell's concern and hurriedly reassured.
"You don't understand how terrible it is to fight an invisible enemy, because you don't know when, they attack right behind your back. I saw with my own eyes that our fighters and planes were blown up, but they didn't know where to shoot. Odell shook his head.
At this time, the captain came over and said, "Mr. Odell, we are now 120 kilometers west of the original sea area, which direction do we need to go?" ”
"Oh, we'll know where we're going when Dr. Effenberg is done, but it's probably in the direction of the shark." Odell said.
Davis clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I should go and change my clothes, maybe I need to make a grand appearance later." ”
Watching Davis walk back into the cabin, Odell called his general, Chris Wood, and ordered the Third Knights to all get dressed and ready for battle, just in case.
It took a full twenty minutes for Dr. Effenberg to finish the calculations, and he excitedly said to Odell, "Odell, from where you are now, head south-northwest, and you should be there in about eight hours. ”
Odell said to the captain beside him, "O'Neill, listen to the doctor, let's go." ”
The "May" research ship quickly withdrew various detection instruments and then headed northwest at a speed of 25 knots.
When the "May" finished its circle in this area and headed northwest, in mid-air 20 kilometers away, a "Tornado" flying saucer was stealth.
The "Asuka 2" intelligent brain quickly calculated the time for the "May" to arrive at the sea area where the base is located based on its course and speed.
In the next second, the "Tempest" saucer quietly entered the water, and then approached the "May", and from a distance of 10 kilometers, a batch of objects like long-billed swordfish were shot out of a hatch somewhere, with a total of 20 pieces.
The group of objects quickly swam towards the May.
On the May issue, a researcher in charge of underwater sonar reported to Dr. Effingberg: "Doctor, just now the hydrophone heard a strange sound on our left, and after listening closely, it seems to be the sound of a school of fish. ”
After hearing this, Effenberg said, "I'll listen to the sound recorded by the hydrophone." ”
After a few minutes, the sound was released, and when a strange sound was followed by a sound of some kind of fish, Effenberg listened carefully twice before frowning: "I haven't heard the sound in the front, the one in the back seems to be the sound of a swordfish, well, it seems to be made before predation." ”
As soon as the words fell, the left side of the "May" suddenly seemed to be hit violently, and the 5,000-ton hull exploded with a loud bang.
If someone has a good ear, in this loud noise, it can be heard that it is a conjunct produced by multiple sounds overlapping each other.
Just when everyone on board was in shock, the whistle suddenly sounded, and the captain's voice sounded on the radio.
"Everyone, please note that the ship has been hit inexplicably, the left side of the ship has been damaged and flooded, and it may sink at any time, please withdraw to the stern lifeboat in an orderly manner, follow the crew's arrangement, and prepare to abandon ship."
Effenberg couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, Odell was in the cockpit at this time, and he had just heard a report from the engine room, the left side of the ship had several large holes after the impact, and the sea was rushing in.
Abandonment of ship is inevitable.
Half an hour later, when the last bow of the "May" was submerged in the sea, everyone in the lifeboat looked at each other, completely unaware of what had happened.
Effenberg suddenly saw a reflection hundreds of meters away, and when he looked up, some black swordfish quickly submerged into the water.