The total length of the dark and deep undersea tunnel is about 10 kilometers.

Meng Lei drove the submarine Sea Locust and spent nearly half an hour finally seeing the end of this tunnel.

Since he had already walked through it the last time he came, he knew it well.

After coming out of this tunnel, it won't take too long to reach the Molten Outpost.

If nothing else, it is estimated that it will soon be able to meet the enemy's receiving fleet.

"Everyone return to their posts, get ready for battle, the enemy will appear soon! Alert! ”

Meng Lei shouted loudly in the earphones and reminded everyone.

Immediately, a noisy response from everyone came from the headphones.

"Roger!"

"Yes!"

"Okay Commander!"

……

Of the crew members who remain on board, only the electrical and mechanical engineers have been attritional.

Eugene, a clown who mixed in the crowd, was directly abandoned in the city by everyone when he ran away, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

However, in the case of being injected with drugs by Gina, it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to escape the fate of being parasitized in the end.

Charlie, on the other hand, died at the hands of the Painted Skin Parasite on the way to escape.

Now the only people who are good at submarine maintenance are Hans and Karl.

Normally, these two have the most leisurely duties.

As long as the submarine does not break down, they carry maintenance kits and wander around the submarine, and the entire four-story cabin is their place of activity.

However, they now have a new mission, to take a hand on Hawk, who controls the railgun at the bottom.

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

In addition, he is responsible for the production and transportation of the railgun in the engineering cabin.

The main weapons used in fighting the alien sea monster are melee defense systems such as electromagnetic turrets and laser turrets.

But in the battle between submarines and submarines, these melee shipboard weapons are completely useless.

It is simply impossible for the two warring sides to give each other a chance to get closer, and once a conflict breaks out, they will directly bombard each other with railguns and torpedoes.

Therefore, it is important to prepare in advance.

Just when everyone was busy, Meng Lei drove the Sea Locust out of the undersea tunnel, and according to the guidance of offline navigation, he slowly drove towards a hollow area in the southeast.

When you arrive in this area, the environment begins to become complex and diverse.

Instead of being barren and silent, all kinds of sea creatures began to appear in droves.

Surrounded by a large swarm of molluscs, the Sea Locust broke through the current and sailed at full speed.

The number of these molluscs was enormous, with thousands of them roaming around the Sea Locust, seemingly interested in the glowing searchlight.

Meng Lei sat in the cockpit, and through the virtual projection screen directly in front of him, he clearly saw these strange and small creatures, clinging to the submarine hull with their wriggling tentacles, in case they were swept away by the current.

If it was peacetime, Meng Lei would most likely activate the electromagnetic collar and pocket these little things as the fleet's rations.

But now, he is not in the mood.

As the Sea Locusts continued to move forward, the outline of the Molten Outpost complex gradually emerged from the edge of the sonar display's maximum detection range.

At the same time, two oval-shaped obstacle feedbacks, which look extremely thick in appearance, are also clearly simulated on the screen.

It's easy to tell just by looking at the shape.

These two oval-shaped objects suspended in the gap of the large shaft elevator must be two submarines.

"It's coming!"

Meng Lei's eyes froze, and he immediately shouted into the earphones:

"Everyone, get ready, Hawk, and let me know as soon as you're in the best firing range!"

"Yes!"

Hawke responded, and then stopped.

However, the railgun shell, which is more than a meter long and carries a high-explosive warhead, has been loaded into the launch tube at the moment.

Meng Lei took a deep breath and looked at the two large submarines on the sonar display, which were only smaller than the E-class frigate and not too much smaller, and felt a little apprehensive for a while.

To be honest, if he really wants to drive the Sea Locust and fight hard with the other party, he really doesn't have that confidence.

Because in any way, the Sea Locust has no advantage.

The structure and size of the hull determine the abundance of weapons on board.

In terms of firepower alone, these two ships were enough to completely crush the Sea Locust.

Once it starts, the Sea Locust will inevitably be beaten.

The reason why Meng Lei dared to risk getting close and trying to attack the other party was that he was purely gambling!

Bet that there are not many crew members on the opposing ship, and they will not be able to exert their full combat power.

In his opinion, since the main goal of the mastermind behind this incident is to collect the eggs of the painted skin worms, it is inevitable to eliminate the painted skin parasites in the whole city.

No matter how well prepared the other party was in advance, the removal of thousands of painted skin parasites would not be so easy to end.

Besides, even if all the painted skin parasites in the city are killed, the egg retrieval work will take time.

On the one hand, the mastermind behind the scenes has to kill monsters and take eggs, and on the other hand, he has to beware of the encirclement and suppression that the alliance may launch at any time.

This requires a lot of manpower to complete the collection of eggs as soon as possible.

As a result, there is a high probability that the ship's responders will also enter the city to help, which causes the ship's garrison to be empty, and it may not be able to exert its full combat power.

In addition, since the Sea Locust can appear here, it can pass through the opponent's tightly sealed defense line.

The point is that the lone army is still so swaggering.

This will undoubtedly create an allied illusion for the other side, paralyze the other side's vigilance, and thus achieve the goal of surprise.

Before the other party reacts, he is caught off guard.

These two points are the chips in Meng Lei's hands, so he dares to gamble so riskily.

If you win the bet, everyone is happy.

If you lose, you will immediately withdraw from it, thinking that the other party will not have the energy and time to chase after it.

In any case, he will not at least put himself in a desperate situation.

Meng Lei had asked Simon and Hawke before, and with the overall structure and hull hardness of the Sea Locust, there was no problem at all in resisting two small torpedoes.

Even high-explosive railgun shells can maintain the integrity of the power and control system after a single shot.

You can still run away, but if you encounter any powerful attack, you can easily disintegrate.

That is, there is only one chance.

If you don't achieve a single blow, you have to evacuate immediately, and there is not that much room for error to make multiple attempts.

While thinking about it, the Sea Locust gradually approached, and soon reached the signal reception range of short-distance communication.

At this time, the communication system of the center console immediately popped up the information of two strange submarines.

Behind the two strings of pure numeric codes, there are two unfamiliar submarine names.

They are "Luke" and "Colin".

The name of the submarine alone is indistinguishable, but the two submarines do not seem to notice the approach of the Sea Locust, and the communication is always silent.

It was less than a kilometer between the Sea Locust and the Molten Outpost.

The submarine named "Colin" finally discovered the Sea Locust, an outsider, and immediately launched a short-distance communication application.

A slight cry accompanied by a vibration sounded in the delicate command room of the Sea Locust.

Meng Lei took a deep breath and pressed the answer button while vigilantly paying attention to the two submarines on the sonar display.

"Hello friend."

This time, Meng Lei was the first to speak and expressed goodwill.

"Who are you? How did you get here?! Didn't anyone tell you that the Molten Outpost had suddenly changed and forbade anyone to approach it?! ”

There was a hint of doubt and a hint of vigilance in the tone of the man speaking on the other side.

Again, there is the same toughness as ever.

Meng Lei smiled and explained seriously:

"We were asked by Eddie, the mayor's secretary, to help, and we just got the permission of the Brandy, so we were let go."

Eddie's name was heard by Meng Lei from Lynn.

It was also in order to deal with the current situation that he deliberately went to Lin to ask.

He was well aware that in order to dispel the enemy's doubts, it was not enough to pass through the blockade line in the outer seas.

Only with a complete set of rhetoric can people be more convincing.

Hearing this, the person who spoke on the other side was obviously stunned for a moment, and muttered secretly:

"Eddie? When did he contact people outside the organization? Brandi, that guy actually let him go? ”

After saying that, he immediately asked:

"What's your relationship with Eddie, and did he tell you why you're here?"

Meng Lei sighed and pretended to be helpless:

"I was friends with him, and he just said that I should come and pick him up at this time, and he didn't tell me the specifics.

If it is convenient, I hope you can convey it to him on my behalf and tell him that I have arrived as agreed. ”

Meng Lei has always behaved very normally, including his tone and attitude, and there is nothing to doubt about it.

But in fact, he was very nervous at the moment, and even his palms were full of sweat.

While the two sides were communicating, the Sea Locust did not stop advancing.

At this moment, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to five hundred meters!

The more they get in, the lower the chance of their escape if they suddenly change and are detected by the other party and take the lead in making the first move.

However, Hawke's side never said anything, and Meng Lei could only bite the bullet and continue to delay time.

Fortunately, his performance did not arouse the suspicion of the other party.

And his behavior of taking the initiative to ask the other party to verify with Eddie also made the other party less vigilant to a certain extent.

After all, being able to get through the blockade of the Brandi is enough to say a lot.

In addition, Eddie's identity also plays a certain auxiliary role.

The man on the other side groaned slightly, and finally did not continue to stop him, and said in a deep voice:

"I'll send someone to say hello to Eddie, you dock the boat at the dock below, just wait!"

Meng Lei nodded hurriedly and said with a smile:

"Okay, thank you!"

As soon as the voice fell, the two sides had not hung up the communication.

Hawke's voice rang in the headphones.

"Captain, the position of the other party has been locked, and he can fire at any time!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei was overjoyed and immediately hung up the communication.

After making sure that the call connection was completely disconnected, he did not hesitate to yell into the earphone:

"Do it!"

As the order was given, Hawke did not make any response, only heard the muffled sound of "winter" in the lower area of the cabin.

Immediately, the hull of the entire submarine trembled slightly.

A railgun shell carrying a high-explosive warhead was disemboweled from the launch tube in an instant.

At a speed that is indistinguishable to the naked eye, it dragged up a long string of bubbles, tearing through the barrier of the sea water in an instant, passing through the void of five hundred meters.

Then, with an unparalleled momentum, he rushed towards a submarine that was quietly suspended in the distance next to the large shaft elevator, and crashed wildly.

And the moment the shell ejected out of the warehouse, Hawke's cold voice also sounded in the headphones at the same time.

"Keep reloading, quick!"

As soon as the words fell, Hans and Kokar, who had been guarding the reloader, immediately picked up a new cluster of high-explosive railgun shells and scrambled to stuff them into the reloader.

At the same time, without waiting for new shells to reload.

I just heard a loud bang suddenly in the distance!

"Boom!"

At a short distance of five hundred meters, the speed of the railgun can almost be said to be fleeting.

The moment the high-explosive warhead touched the enemy's hull, the huge energy exploded in an instant, and a dazzling spark bloomed in the dark deep sea!

Meng Lei really saw it in the bridge command room.

On the virtual projection screen in front, in the depths of infinite darkness, a little scarlet fire shone first.

Then, a low thunderous explosion rolled in, and the listeners were extremely excited.

What kind of scene was at the center of the explosion at this moment, because the environment was too dark, Meng Lei couldn't see it clearly.

However, the sonar display on the side simply depicted the scene in the dark for him.

Confusion!

Chaos to the extreme!

The sound waves released at the same time as the huge explosion energy disturbed the surrounding large area of the sea, and the three-dimensional graphics on the sonar display instantly became chaotic, and it was impossible to distinguish anything at all.

The ocean currents outside the cabin also began to stir wildly with the sound of explosions.

Circles of irregular water waves, in the shape of sound, kept crashing into the sea locust.

A large number of soft-bodied creatures around them, like fish, seemed to be frightened, and quickly dispersed in the impact of the current, desperately retreating backwards.

A high-explosive grenade, separated by a mile, caused such a huge momentum.

It is entirely conceivable that the epicenter of the explosion would have been a terrible scene at this moment!

After the first shot, Hawke didn't stop.

As an experienced security officer, he knew that a single railgun shot was not enough to completely paralyze the opponent.

At the very least, any good security officer can carry the leaky cabin and calmly launch a counterattack against the enemy.

As long as the artillery lines of the submarine are not destroyed, the fighting will not stop.

Therefore, when the second railgun enters the launch tube.

Without hesitation, Hawke took advantage of the victory and immediately pressed the launch button again.

After a short delay, the bright light of the fire shone again, equally fleeting.

Soon, the sound of the explosion came again, as low and violent as ever, making people feel like their hearts had been hammered, and they were so nervous that they almost suffocated.

At this time, Hawke shouted again:

"Reload, reload!"

Then, he said to Meng Lei in the earphones: "Captain, float up immediately to avoid the other party's counterattack!" ”

Before Hawke's words fell, Meng Lei had already controlled the submarine and left the place after he fired the second railgun.

He knew that even if Hawke had already taken out a submarine, half the threat was solved.

But the other side has two submarines docked nearby.

When the Sea Locust locks onto the opponent, it will also be locked by the opponent.

If you don't avoid it in time, you may get a shell at any point.

At that moment, Meng Lei controlled the submarine to rise urgently, and at the same time quickly arrived in the direction of the molten outpost.

During the process, Meng Lei asked:

"Hawk, can you lock on to another enemy submarine?"

Hawke replied in a deep voice:

"If the other party is still in place, it can be based on the coordinates recorded before, and carry out long-range bombardment, but I am afraid that the other party will leave the same place as us, then it is difficult to say."

Meng Lei groaned and immediately said:

"Then give it a try, if you can use long-range attacks, try to avoid close contact with the other party! Let's test it with two shots! ”

"Yes!"

Hawke replied loudly.

At this time, the third railgun shell had been pushed into the chamber, and Hawke adjusted the target, and immediately pressed the launch button again.

Surprisingly, after a short delay, the high-explosive warhead again touched the obstacle and was instantly detonated.

A ball of fire flashed, and violent explosion fluctuations swept madly across the sky.

Meng Lei was overjoyed in his heart and shouted:

"Come again!"

Immediately, another shell was fired.

Also at the same site, a high-explosive warhead exploded.

The sound of rolling thunder stirred, boiling the entire sea.

"Captain, do you want to keep fighting?"

Hawk looked at the miniature sonar display in the railgun operation compartment, and the picture in it was chaotic,

He couldn't be sure whether the two cannons just now had hit the enemy, so he asked Meng Lei for instructions with suspicion.

However, Meng Lei, who was in the command room of the bridge, had surprise on his face, and shook his head and said:

"No need, the effect of the two cannons just now is good, and the two submarines on the other side should have all been hit!"

The reason why Meng Lei is so confident is because in the short-distance communication channel at this moment,

The two submarines of the enemy, the signal has been completely lost.

Therefore, even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he could be very sure that the two submarines were definitely cold.

However, for the sake of safety, Meng Lei still cautiously did not dare to approach.

He piloted the submarine backwards until the surrounding waters had completely calmed down and the sonar system had returned to normal.

At this time, he looked at the sonar display with a look of hope.

I saw that the two submarines that were still suspended in the damaged part of the shaft passage just now were gradually falling at a relatively slow speed. Falling into the buildings in the lower part of the Molten Outpost.

The originally intact oval exterior structure has also been damaged to a certain extent.

Obviously, the hulls of both submarines were badly damaged, much worse than the Brandy's.

Even if it is dragged to the shipyard, it will not be repaired at all in a few days.

Meng Lei took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and shouted into the earphones:

"Hawke, well done!"

Hearing this, during the entire battle, Simon and Huo Ye, who had been staying in the artillery control room to prepare for the battle, immediately realized something, and immediately interjected excitedly:

"Commander, it's over?!"

"Has the enemy been sunk? Oh my god, this battle is too fast-paced, isn't it?! ”

"I thought we were going to have to go through a fierce battle, but it was so easy?"

……

Several people looked at each other, and although they felt incredulous, they couldn't help but be excited.

"That's it, just destroy the exit of the outpost, and our mission is complete!"

Meng Lei was also very excited.

The experience of going to sea led by him this time was really thrilling step by step, and the whole process was full of tension and excitement.

First, halfway through, it was discovered that a clown had mixed in with the team, intending to sabotage the submarine and drag the whole ship to accompany the burial.

I finally arrived at the outpost, but I couldn't catch my breath yet.

Immediately after, there was another outbreak of painted skin parasites.

After breaking out of the encirclement, he fought two battles with the fleet of the separatist organization in succession.

This experience is quite rich!

Fortunately, although there are so many things, there are no dangers, and the result is quite gratifying.

not only prostituted hundreds of thousands of supplies and three submarines in vain, but also brushed a wave of prestige on the alliance side and earned enough benefits.

After all, the actual total income from going to sea this time has exceeded millions of marks!

And all of Meng Lei's assets combined, he can barely be regarded as a millionaire.

Such a fast speed of making money is definitely beyond the reach of any fleet at present, and even Meng Lei himself will inevitably feel a little frightened!

Either way, the mission isn't yet complete, and if you want to celebrate, you'll have to wait until you get back to Sil City.

Take a deep breath and calm your excitement a little.

Meng Lei drove the Sea Locust forward and approached the pitch-black molten outpost.

By the time the Sea Locust approached the huge shaft elevator, the two cargo ships, baptized by railguns and sadly sunk, had completely fallen into the outpost substructure.

In order to avoid accidents, Meng Lei did not have any mercy, and immediately ordered Simon to perform another "surgical operation" on the two sunken ships that had lost the power to resist.

The red laser laser is like a sharp scalpel, easily tearing through the already broken hull shell, leaving a large number of holes through the entire structure.

Now, even if there are still people hiding in the boat, they can't hold out for too long.

After doing all this, Meng Lei pulled the Sea Locust away from the shaft elevator again.

From a relatively safe distance, Hawke was ordered to launch a two-minute non-stop bombardment at the top of the shaft elevator, which was connected to the airlock room on the way into the city.

Railgun after railgun silently cut through the darkness, slamming into the outer wall of the massive shaft elevator, and then exploding violently.

Even the strongest metal structure could not stop such a fierce bombardment.

Eventually, the entire top area of the shaft passage was cut off by the railgun, completely disconnected from the airlock chamber.

In addition, even the rock formation at the top was severely damaged by the continuous explosions, and there was a large-scale collapse.

Judging by the extent of the collapse, if nothing else, the airlock chamber may have been flooded with a large amount of rubble.

It is almost impossible to clean up the debris and block the backflow of seawater in a short period of time.

At the very least, before the alliance's fleet arrives, the people inside will definitely not be able to get out of trouble.

Mission done.

Meng Lei looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, and prepared to lead the team back.

At this moment, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.

The mastermind behind the scenes has collected so many painted skin worm eggs, it is impossible to pile them all up in the city, and wait for the final centralized transportation.

In this way, will there be any more gains from the two submarines that were sunk just now?