Chapter 266: Norton (I)
- Local time: October 7, 2017
- Location: Kuimen, Three Gorges Basin, Yangtze River, China
β Weather: Rain
- Visibility: medium β low
On the surface of the Yangtze River, a huge warship is slowly moving forward, like a sharp sword, directly cutting the waves on the river, today is the last day of the 11 Golden Week, the flow of people in the Three Gorges area has gradually dispersed, at night, there are almost no people on the river.
The dragon slaying operation was supported by the Chinese government, so the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River is now in a state of temporary blockade, and only this warship is on the river, which is very wide.
-- Inside the ship --
"Hello Professor Mance from Kassel Academy, I am the captain of the Canghai, Liu Huaishan." A resolute man in a white military uniform gave a standard military salute to the old man who entered the command room.
For the excavation of the bronze tomb, the Huaxia officials originally wanted to hand it over to their domestic team, but after paying a heavy price, they realized that only with the power of dragons could they deal with dragons, and compared to those mercenary hybrids who were in the twilight and twilight, the Kassel Academy engaged in the dragon slaying industry undoubtedly became the best choice.
"Hello Captain Liu, I'm the leading professor of the dragon slaying team of Kassel Academy, Mance Rundstedt." The old man saluted the man, "This is the members who participated in this mission - captain Liu Yuan, deputy captain Caesar, as well as Lu Mingfei and Chen Motong of Team B, and Chu Zihang and Su Qian of Team A. β
It is true that compared to the original book, the personnel of this mission have changed a little, but overall there has not been much change.
"Professor Mance, according to our preliminary investigation, there is a huge gate cast of unknown materials at the entrance of the Dragon Tomb, and we do not have enough means to open it at present, I don't know if you have the ability." Liu Huaishan said.
"That's the alchemy of the ancient dragon clan, these materials are indeed very strong compared to modern materials, and they can only be opened with high-purity dragon blood without destroying the tomb." Mance said, "Why don't we go to the conference room first?" β
"Yes, please." Liu Huaishan walked to the door and made a gesture of please.
The giant ship sailed on the river, all the waves turned into foam under its feet, Huaxia attaches great importance to this dragon slaying operation, although there have been dragons in the territory, but the prince-level dragon clan, also into the second generation, is indeed the first time to meet.
Liu Qi did not follow everyone to the conference room, but stayed alone in the bow of the battleship, the barrel of the huge 130mm 70 times diameter naval gun stood horizontally behind him, and the black hole of the gun made people feel cold.
"Type 055, I didn't expect to run into you again." Liu Qi touched the guardrail of the battleship and said to himself, "The first 10,000-ton drive, it's not easy to go all the way!" β
Anyone who knows the history of the Chinese navy knows that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese navy has grown from scratch and from existence to strength, and it has really been a difficult journey.
"Miss Liu Yuan, let's go back, there's nothing to see here." A soldier walked from behind Liu Qi with an umbrella, looked at the back of the woman in front of him, and was stunned for a moment.
Not because he was stunned, but because he was stunned, the raindrops from the outside world made the faces of the soldiers who passed the raincoats full of water droplets, on the contrary, Liu Qi, who was wearing a school uniform without any protection, was not affected at all, and all the raindrops seemed to be unable to get close, and they bounced off at a certain distance.
"Hmm." Liu Qi turned around and walked back to the cabin with the soldiers, and in the surprise of the soldiers, went to the crew cabin at the stern.
"Dragon, it turns out that it's really not a legend!" The soldier looked at Liu Kite's back and muttered.
ββMeeting Roomββ
"After on-site investigation and sonar detection, we can basically determine the location of the dragon tomb, but at the same time, we have paid a lot of price." Liu Huaishan said, the holographic electronic map in front of him instantly changed to a three-dimensional state, and it was easy to see the ravines under the water.
"Ordinary people really don't have much resistance to the Dragon King's spiritual stance." "So our plan is for us to go underwater, find a way to lure Norton out, and then kill it with an alchemical warhead." β
"Wouldn't a normal torpedo or depth charge work?" Liu Huaishan asked, "The Canghai ship carried a lot of depth charges. β
"It's useless." Mance shook his head, "Prince-level dragons have a certain degree of resistance to nuclear explosions. β
"It's horrible." Liu Huaishan nodded, for the power of the nuclear explosion, it must be a nightmare in the eyes of ordinary people.
After Einstein saw the nuclear explosions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he said: I let out the devil's remarks, even in the era of the sea of stars thousands of years later, the nuclear bomb is still one of the highest forces of mankind, and the earliest Star Destroyer cannon is made through cluster nuclear reactions, and nuclear weapons are really too important in the military field.
"So, what about the warhead of alchemy?" Liu Huaishan asked, "How do you plan to launch it?" β
"What is the caliber of the torpedo launcher on your ship?" Mance asked.
"We have 324mm Type 7424 fish launchers, plus a helicopter that can also carry torpedoes." Liu Huaishan said.
"Then there is no problem, I wish us a happy cooperation!" Mance said with a smile.
"Happy working together!" Liu Huaishan shook hands with Mance and finalized the plan for cooperation.
To be honest, in fact, Mance has fallen into a misunderstanding, that is, it is far from being as simple as imagined for a prince-level dragon body to hatch, and Norton at this time may not have a complete prince-level body.
-Stern--
"Ming Fei, Chu Zihang and I will go down first, and you, Caesar and Nuo Nuo will stay on it and take care of yourself, understand?" Liu Qi said solemnly to Lu Mingfei, this time when he came out, Ange asked himself to take care of Lu Mingfei, so naturally he still had to be responsible, otherwise he would offend the secret party and it would be very annoying to play in the dragon world.
"Well, got it, senior sister." Lu Mingfei nodded, and the people on the side also nodded, saying that they had no opinions, no way, the commissioner of the executive department who had graduated from the executive department was still very strange about the arrangement of this operation, after all, it was a dragon slay, and it stands to reason that the people from the executive department should have done it, but it was handed over to a group of students who had not yet graduated.
"By the way, why did you let us come on this mission, Liu Yuan?" Caesar asked, "Are all the commissioners of the Enforcement Department dead?" β
"The principal said that the younger generation has seen too little blood now, let you come out and see the blood, so that the next time the dragon invades the real dragon, you will be as busy as this time." Liu Qi pursed his lips and said, "I said that you will fight with others, where did you get so much nonsense, and now I am still being scolded." β
"Uh, don't I respect her?" Caesar scratched his head and said.
"I think you're just playing handsome, and you're falling in love with other girls?" Liu Qi raised his eyebrows, and Chen Motong beside him suddenly turned his head, seeing that Caesar's heart was furious.
"Nuonuo, don't listen to Liu Yuan's nonsense, there is no such thing, absolutely nothing." Caesar waved his hand again and again, shaking his head frantically to show that he had never done anything to be sorry for Nono, and he was sure that if he dared to treat Nono the same as his stallion father, it was estimated that the next day there would be a photo of the heir of the Gattuso family hanging in his father's room.
"It's good to do it yourself." Nono rolled his eyes, then ignored it and began to chat with Susie beside him.
The president of the student union and the president of the Lionheart Club are indeed a pair of rivals who like to compete, but the relationship between the two female partners is unexpectedly good, and they even live next door and often visit each other.
"Detective Group A and Captain Liu Yuan, please assemble in the aft engine room, repeat, please ask Group A and Captain Liu Yuan to assemble in the aft engine room." The authentic Chinese language came from the radio, and Liu Yuan, Chu Zihang and Susie walked towards the stern of the boat together, leaving Caesar, Lu Mingfei and Nuo Nuo in the crew cabin.
-- Dividing line --
"Three, wait a minute, the battleship will be on standby in the area 10 kilometers away from the Bronze City, the diving equipment is here, you can change it in the locker room, after the change, the helicopter will send you to the target sky, and the other instructions will be in charge of Professor Mance." The quartermaster holds the PDA and on the table three sets of diving gear.
"That's it, let's do as the locals do." Originally, Liu Qi could not carry any equipment, but in the end he decided to keep a low profile, and went to the locker room after taking a set.
A few minutes later, the three of them went outside wearing the diving equipment in the deep water area, this time the equipment is a veritable military equipment, even the professional equipment that was bought at a large price last time may not be as good as it is now, after all, the technology used in the military industry in most cases is top-notch.
However, it is a strong exchange for comfort, and civilian equipment is often more comfortable, but now it is not so much to care about, and the civilian diving suit is estimated to be so deep that it will be cool to fight, so it can only be used for military purposes.
"This is a depth charge, you need to go to the Bronze Dragon Tomb and install and blast it." The quartermaster took out a half-man-tall blasting device from behind him, "The helicopter will be dropped directly into the water, and then you will need to take it in, and the underwater should not have much impact on your movements." β
Depth charges, weapons specially designed to deal with submarines, must not be less powerful, and they are enough to cause a sensation in the ancient bronze city.
"Has the fixed depth fuse been removed?" Liu Qi asked, touching the appearance of the bomb, "I don't want to swim halfway through and not see the bomb next to me explode by itself." β
"Demolished, it's been changed to timed blasting." The quartermaster said, "After installation, you can press the red button to start, fool-like operation, explode with a delay of 3 minutes, and a kill radius of 20 meters." β
"I'm going, I'm really not afraid of blowing us up." Liu Qi pursed his lips, "Okay, got it, so be it!" β
"There is no way, the conditions are simple, and there is no time to make a special underwater remote control device, so the ordinary deep bomb has been transformed." The quartermaster said embarrassedly, "The preparation time given by the superior for this mission is too short, otherwise we can still make a nuclear deep ejection for you." β
"No, we don't dare use that." Liu Qi hurriedly waved his hand, and got on the helicopter with the oxygen tank on his back, joke, playing with a nuclear deep bomb underwater, is it a long life?
You must know that the nuclear depth bomb is not only terrifying in terms of explosive power, but also nuclear radiation! It's the kind that basically gets cold when you take a photo.
"Haiyan 1 reported that the mission members had boarded the plane and requested to take off." Said the pilot.
"Received, there is light to moderate rain outside, pay attention to safety, return immediately after transportation, and be ready to take off again at any time." Liu Huaishan's voice came.
"Roger, now start the warehouse." The pilot replied, then gave a thumbs up to the staff outside the window, and then the trailer started and towed the helicopter out of the hangar and onto the tarmac outside.
-- Inside the plane --
"How's that, isn't the military helicopter enough?" Liu Qi leaned back on the seat, holding an underwater assault rifle in his hand, looked at Chu Zihang and Susie in front of him and asked.
"It's okay, it's a bit noisy." Chu Zihang replied.
"That's it, military power, horsepower must be big!" Liu Qi smiled, "Captain, how much time do we have?" β
"Two or three minutes, it'll be there soon, everyone fasten their seatbelts, and we're ready to take off." The captain's voice came, and the three of them all smiled, there are no seat belts on this plane, after all, it is military, for the rapid response on the battlefield, so there is no seat belt at all, some are only safety hooks and handrails.
"Let's go!" The captain said, and then he pulled the joystick, and everyone felt their bodies stagnate, and then the tarmac outside the window began to shrink rapidly, and soon only the indicator lights were visible.
"I said that you little dolls actually ran out to slay dragons, which really surprised us." The captain's voice sounded in the headphones, "I was still in a daze, there are dragons in this world?" You guys are amazing! β
"It's okay, each doing his job." Liu Qi replied, "You also protect your family and defend the country." β
"Ha, each performs its duties, we protect the motherland, you guard the world, ha, okay, there are successors." The captain smiled heartily, "I heard them say that you are still some kind of foreign college, international students, it's amazing!" β
"Actually, all the school speaks Chinese." Liu Qi replied, "It's not a famous school, and others may not know about it." β
"Understand, after all, according to what you said, the dragon can't be known to the common people, so it must be kept secret!" The captain didn't care, "I'm curious, if this dragon is the same as the one on the Qing Emperor." β
"That's the dragon of the East, and the dragon we slay is from Western mythology, like a big lizard." Liu Qi said, "Besides, dragons are all mythical beasts in Eastern mythology, who has nothing to trouble them!" β
"Alright, it's almost there, you can get ready, I'll be close to the sea level, good luck." As the captain spoke, Liu Qi saw the river appear outside the window.
"Ready to jump." Unhooked the safety hook, Liu Qi stood up, walked to the door of the cabin, and then opened the door, and the river below appeared one after another due to the wind pressure formed by the rotors, as if cursing people in circles.
"When it's safe, you can jump, remember to spread out when you go down, don't get hit by your own bomb!" The captain said.
"Understood." Liu Qi nodded, and then jumped first, and the remaining two also jumped quickly, and finally, the depth charge was dropped from the magazine at the bottom of the helicopter, making a big splash.
Liu Qi floated to the surface, gave a thumbs up to the helicopter in the sky, and turned over and went into the water.