Chapter 3: A Feast in the Deep Sea (Part 3) 3
"Tell them to leave immediately, and in a minute we'll activate the auto-defense system. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info "The captain finally couldn't swallow this breath anymore, and was not allowed to enter Pearl Harbor, and stopped outside for more than ten minutes. You even sent warships to intercept it, and now you have to land a ship-based helicopter on our ship, which is really unreasonable.
"That's not good, after all, there is no obvious provocation on the part of the other party." The third deputy was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't write the content of such a communication.
"There's nothing wrong with that." The captain did not hesitate, "Tell them to open the passage in five minutes and let us sail into Pearl Harbor, or we don't mind making it a day of national shame for the United States." ”
Two more beeps, and the dimmed light came back on.
"There's information again." The three pairs repeated the previous action and clicked on the dialog box to mark the communication level, but the three pairs were stunned for a moment.
"You have a new message. Grade: A. ”
The third mate gasped. This level is not arbitrary, the shipboard system will read the information content in advance, make the most reasonable analysis and then the underground information level, although such a process takes less than one millionth, but no one in the Admiralty will question such a result.
"What to do, sir?" The third officer asked the captain with some caution, "The content of the communication is A-class, and I have no right to look at it." ”
"Pass it to my computer." The captain frowned slightly. At this juncture, I also got an A-level message.
The file was quickly transferred, and the body of an email appeared on the captain's computer screen.
Clicking on the email, the captain began to read the contents of the email. The mail wasn't long, but the captain's face grew paler, and his lips looked a little trembling at the end. Although the captain's military rank is colonel, but such a military rank is not recognized by the international community, at best it will be considered an illegal military rank in a private organization, but even so, Mr. Colonel is still fearless, holding the only surface ship of the Admiralty, Mr. Colonel has a lot of weight in the Admiralty, and almost all the coastal defense projects on Newcart Island are handled by Mr. Colonel alone, and everything is handled in an orderly manner, and Mr. Colonel, who is over forty years old, is very respected by young people in the Admiralty. Nearly two years ago, when Ye Zifeng borrowed the "Gelfes" to bury Yuri at sea, he also met with Mr. Colonel.
But now an email has made Mr. Colonel's face pale, and it is clear that what is mentioned in the email is very intimidating.
"Sir?" The first mate asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”
"It's fine." The captain waved the mail into the bin, then got up from the captain's seat and "Free up the aft deck for that helicopter to land." ”
"Yes, sir." Although there were some doubts in his heart, the third officer still let out a long breath, and the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground, and the three felt a lot better, and after conveying the captain's order, the third officer turned his head to look at the captain.
"No need to ask, I won't tell." The captain seemed to understand what was expressed in the gaze cast by the third officer, but in fact, not only the third officer, but everyone in the bridge was very strange in their hearts, what was the content of a message to the captain to change his mind.
"I can't say what it is, but I can reveal a little bit." Facing the curious gazes of the crew, the captain couldn't help but sigh again, "There's a big man here." ”
"Big shots?" The second officer was puzzled, but then reported to the captain, "The helicopter has landed. ”
"Have the big guy lead him to the conference room on deck 01." The captain straightened his military uniform to make himself look a little more energetic.
"Yes, sir." The third mate nodded, and after a few taps on the keyboard, the command was delivered.
"Then I'll leave first, and my position will be taken on by the first mate for the time being." The captain turned around and walked towards the automatic door, "During this period of time, the opponent's warship should not make provocative moves, but you must also be vigilant, and don't act rashly." ”
"Yes, sir." The crew responded.
The automatic door behind the captain slammed shut.
There are a total of seventy percent of the splints up and down, which makes the "Griffith" look extremely huge, and it looks like an ordinary cruiser from a distance, but as soon as you land on it, you will immediately feel different, the tall hull building in front of it is extremely spectacular, as if it is a high-rise building on the sea, but despite this, the whole battleship will not give people a feeling of "this is like a Japanese battleship in World War II". Thomson was shocked, seriously, from the previous "Arleigh. The outline of the ship was basically not visible from Burke, and if it were not for the deliberate disclosure of the position of the "Gerfes", it is not difficult to imagine that this behemoth would not have been detected on the radar.
"May I ask who is Mr. Thomson?" A crew member in white uniform pressed the military cap on his head firmly to prevent the strong wind from being hung by the propellers, and the corporal, who was resting in the lounge, immediately ran over after receiving the order, and it seemed that he did not miss the plane's landing.
"I am." Jace straightened his back, in front of the other party, even if he was a friend, he had to show his momentum, not to mention that the person in front of him was just an in-service mercenary soldier who did not have an internationally recognized Admiralty. How can an organization that has not even applied for an observer organization play a big card in front of me? This was the first thing in Jace's mind, but soon he realized that something was wrong, the only person who came to greet him was this soldier of unknown rank, and Jace really couldn't understand a lightning-like sign on his epaulettes, but looking at the ears of wheat and five gold stars on his epaulettes, Jace was immediately full of pride, and the weight of his epaulettes was overwhelming.
"Hello sir." After a military salute, the corporal said to Jace, "Please come with me, sir, the captain is waiting for you in the conference room." ”
Well? Jace was stunned for a moment, and instead of coming out to greet me, he waited for me in the conference room, which was bigger than a bunch of people lined up to greet me. His heart was suddenly filled with anger, Jace has not been looked down upon since he became this admiral, but he didn't expect that now he would be planted in the hands of a mercenary who is not recognized by himself, even when he visited the Philippines, no Chinese warship dared to sail within twenty nautical miles of his flagship, but now he was left out in the cold, and he didn't come out to greet him because he was not taken by his own momentum, but because he was too lazy to move.
calmed down a little excited, Jace understood that he was on other people's territory, no matter how this is the ship of the Admiralty, even if he does not approve of the Admiralty, there is no way to take them, once he makes the Admiralty hate the United States, even if the United States exerts all its strength, it is definitely not the opponent of a frigate of the Admiralty, of course, the frigate mentioned here is flying in the sky.
"Lead the way." Jace pointed to the hatch ahead, which presumably was the entrance to the interior of the battleship.
However, at this time, there was a trace of confusion in the corporal's eyes, and he looked directly at the guard behind Jace, and spoke a little embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, sir, there's an order from above not to bring a guard to the conference room." The corporal was a little embarrassed, "If you are afraid of danger, you can use my gun." ”
"It's ......" Jace couldn't help it, but it was Mr. Guard who was even more intense.
"No way, the order I received was to stay with the prefect not an inch, how can an order conveyed in an illegal private organization be higher than an internationally recognized law." The guard was a little excited, and his right hand was even on the handle of the pistol.
"Please, please don't get excited." The corporal wiped a cold sweat, "Why don't you contact my commander?" ”
"Bully...... The guard pulled out his pistol, but Jace held down the guard's hand.
"No problem, I'll go with you."
"Sir!" The guard shouted.
"You go back first, to 'Ali. Burke's class has a good rest, I'll be back in a moment. Jace turned his face to the corporal, "You guys have something to send me back." ”
"Yes, there's an albatross transport plane in the hangar." The corporal nodded.
"Sir, this is too dangerous!" The guards also wanted to shout for Jace to change his mind, but it seemed to have little effect, so the guards had to wish good luck and turned back to the helicopter, while Jace followed the corporal into the inside of the armor plates of the "Gelfish" hull, and Jace visually inspected the thickness and material of these armor plates and came to a conclusion that even if a whole squadron of destroyers bombarded for ten minutes in a row, the shell hit rate of more than 90 percent, and the ship could not necessarily be sunk.
"This way, please." The corporal made a gesture of please, and on the right hand side was an elevator, which looked plain, just like the elevator in a high-end apartment, but it was strange here, how could there be an elevator on a combat ship, it was clearly an embroidered pillow, flashy and unreal, but this was not a surprising place, it was originally like this useless facility, Admiral Jace would definitely scoff at first sight, no matter who was around him, he would count down two sentences, saying how this kind of facility was, but I didn't expect it, It wasn't until Admiral Jace had entered the elevator that he realized that he was in an elevator, and although he could distinguish it after seeing the elevator door, he didn't notice a sense of incongruity, as if there must be an elevator here, and it would make people feel awkward without an elevator.
- It's really weird.
Jace said secretly in his heart, but even so, Jace's contempt for the Admiralty in his heart still did not diminish in the slightest.
The elevator was running fast, the two of them just entered the elevator, and they didn't even feel that the elevator was running, and the elevator door opened in the next second, and the same scene appeared outside the door as before, Jace had some doubts in his heart, but he still followed the corporal's steps and left the elevator.
There is not a trace of welding visible on the all-metal channel, which is similar to the "Arlie. The Burke-class was completely different, the white walls seemed to glow on their own, and they couldn't see any light but didn't feel that the passage was dim at all. Every few meters on either side of the passage you can see a tall, strangely shaped metal box, about two meters high, and the roller shutters on the walls of each box are all pulled up, closing the box, Jace doesn't know what this box is for.
"What is this box?" Jace pointed to a metal box next to him, and suddenly a sentence came out of nowhere.
"This, this is the equipment box." The corporal replied with some panic, "It will be opened when the hull is invaded, and anyone can access the weapons inside." ”
"That's right." Jace pretended to answer leisurely, thinking in his heart, isn't this providing weapons to the enemy, it seems that the people in the Admiralty are really brainless. However, what Jace didn't expect was that this equipment seemed to be assembled on the "Gelfes" after the internal equipment of the space battleship was determined, and the purpose of assembling this equipment box was not to deal with human invaders but to defend against the invasion of pilgrims.
Although it is said that it is not common for the Pilgrims to invade human warships, they do happen, and this kind of equipment box was established after the invasion.
After turning a few right angles in a row, I finally came to the only conference room on the plywood on the 01st floor, the two-way sliding metal explosion-proof door detected that there was someone in front of the door, and the camera confirmed that the corporal's face was a person on this ship, the door automatically slid open to both sides, and the wide conference appeared in front of Jace's eyes, the long conference table with solid wood hardcover and the ergonomic chairs of the neatly arranged people on both sides of the conference table, the three-meter-high lifting frame and the huge screen in front of the conference room that seemed to be an LCD screen all made Jace refreshed, If the elevator is a "superfluous thing" on a battleship, then a luxurious conference room like this is simply a "burden" on a battleship.
- That's right, the Admiralty is the Admiralty, and no brains is no brains.
Jace was in his heart, in fact, it was not because the disgust for the Admiralty in his heart had reached its peak, but because he had a trace of jealousy in his heart for the Admiralty's generous move, not to mention the "Perry" class and "Arleigh. Frigate destroyers of the Burke class, cruisers and aircraft carriers of the Ticonderoga class and Nimitz class are rare, at least they have not used such a conference room themselves.
A private organization that is more generous than the "state" sounds really incredible, but when the reality is in front of you, there will be a chill in your heart. Jace was a little uncomfortable, as if an ant on a hot pan was mixed with a frog in an ice cave, and it was uncomfortable anyway.
However, in any case, the meeting I decided to meet in private this time can be regarded as representing the United States to a certain extent, no matter how uncomfortable it is, it cannot be revealed on the surface, and the most important thing is to be calm.
Jace walked into the conference room with a calm expression on his face.
The corporal gave a military salute to one of the people in the conference room behind Jace, then turned to leave, the automatic door slamming shut.
There was a person sitting at the end of the conference room, wearing a white military uniform that was very similar to the corporal who led the way before, but there were obvious differences, but from the jewelry on the uniform and the badge indicating military age, it could be seen that this person had to have deep seniority, and there were as many as three lines of military age card on his chest, and he had been in the army for at least nine years.
"Sit down, Jace. Mr. Admiral Thomson. The figure in white gestured to a seat next to him, but had no intention of standing up.
Jace was a little angry, but even more annoyed was Captain Colonel, Regan. Kleiman, who had been with the Admiralty for nine years and eight months, was the first time anyone had dared to refuse his request to his face.
Both of them have a sense of anger in their hearts, yes, they plan to apply everything they have learned in the military school to each other, but both sides can't just make a resolute move, one is that both of them are in their forties, and they are still fighting like children because of a little anger to let their subordinates know that it is not good-looking, and the second is that this private meeting is not for fighting, but for peace talks.
"Tell me, Mr. Admiral, what's the matter here?" Regan leaned back and looked straight at Jace.
"I just want to tell you that Pearl Harbor will not let stateless warships enter." Jace's answer was straightforward, sounding like there was no room for manoeuvre, "And I want to ask, this ship has been there for so many years, and we haven't seen your whereabouts since it was built, and we haven't seen it until now." ”
"It's classified, I can't answer, I'm sorry, Mr. Admiral." Reagan shook his head, a look on his face that didn't ask again, "We're not here to demonstrate. ”
"What are you here for? It's not always here for tea, is it? Jace made a slight joke, but neither of the two in the room laughed, and the atmosphere was a little solemn because of the joke.
"We're here to replenish supplies." Reagan finally couldn't keep his face, as soon as he thought of the reason why he came here, Reagan felt a little unreasonable, after all, he came to ask for others, and it was not good to be too tough, "There is no problem in terms of power, but food and fresh water are already insufficient, we are here to replenish food and fresh water." ”
"Replenish food and fresh water?" Jace was stunned for a moment, exposing himself to the artillery coverage of the entire Pacific Fleet for such a simple purpose, and I really didn't know whether to say it was honest or stupid.
Jace almost burst out laughing, and after trying to keep the smile back in his stomach, Jace had a serious expression on his face again.
"I'm really sorry, the warships moored in Pearl Harbor are full, you should know that the last wave of the U.S. Navy's fleet was moored in Pearl Harbor at the same time as the Canadian fleet, overloading Pearl Harbor, and we really don't have the extra energy to replenish your food and fresh water." Jace cleared his throat, trying to reason with Reagan that he didn't have any energy left to pay attention to you, so you better go.
"But we are the executors of the 'Marianas' plan, and we will not be able to travel long without adequate supplies, and even if we have the ability to cross the Pacific Ocean, we will not be able to conduct combat operations." Reagan was a little anxious, and his heart became more and more angry, how old a person, how come he doesn't even understand this little bit of reasoning, no matter how many of your ships are just acting as bodyguards, we are the boss.
"I'm sorry, we can't meet your requirements." Jace got up, "Just ask for the Chinese, we don't have extra energy, the huge fleet is already very anxious to me, I just came to tell you in person, we refused to sail the 'Gelfes' into Pearl Harbor." ”
Jace said categorically, and the last few words were word-by-word to strengthen the tone, Regan's originally slightly anxious face finally collapsed, and the anger that he had suppressed in his heart exploded again.
"It's so deceitful, we just want a little fresh water and food, and you're doing everything you can to obstruct it!" Reagan stood up and shouted at Jace, "Who do you think you are, I don't care about the United States, have you forgotten hospitality for too long!" ”
"I'm just here to remind you! Mr. Captain! Not to be outdone, Jace shouted at Regan, "This is the United States, not space, on Earth is our home field, even if you are in space, you can't help us on the ground, even if you can, you don't dare!" ”
It is true that the Admiralty really does not dare to use any action against the human beings on the ground, and it is impossible to threaten it, and once the government of a certain country makes a big report on this matter with ulterior motives, the reputation of the Admiralty will definitely plummet, and rumors will definitely spread when the time comes, and the Admiralty will not be at peace, and once such a situation occurs, the Admiralty will definitely be chaotic. With the title of the patron saint of mankind, the Admiralty is beyond the world, and it will definitely become a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats.
"......" Reagan glared at Jace fiercely, and Jace looked at Reagan with a smug face, so the two held each other like this for five seconds, Reagan slapped the conference table hard, and the muffled sound echoed in the empty conference room.
"Nothing more, Mr. Thomson, please come back." Reagan sat back in his previous seat, taking it with an unexpectedly gentleness, as if the previous anger was teasing you, "The 'Albatross' is ready, just go out and follow the corporal at the door." I don't think we'll see each other again. And you remember, you will pay for what you did today. ”
"Don't threaten me, you bastard!" Jace said a sneering remark before turning away.
(To be continued)