22, April 26.

12 hours after the Carat Sunrise event.

Deep under the sea in the direction of the west side of the Guam base.

The Western Pacific Ocean in the dead of night.

Three nuclear submarines belonging to the Seventh Submarine Squadron of the Seventh Fleet - the USS Oklahoma City attack nuclear submarine, the USS Chicago attack nuclear submarine, and the USS Buffalo attack nuclear submarine.

Since the outbreak of the Battle of the Eight Degrees Strait 13 hours earlier, they have quickly left the Guam base and entered a state of first-class combat readiness.

The Guam base is very close to the Luzon Islands, and the distance between the two sides is only 2,000 kilometers in a straight line.

However, these three attack nuclear submarines are all Los Angeles-class, and their main armament is Tomahawk cruise missiles, whaling fork missiles, and MK48 heavy torpedoes.

Among them, the Whaling Fork missile is used against the ship, and the range is only 120 km.

The MK48 heavy torpedo is ship-to-submarine, with a range of only 46 km.

The core weapon is the Tomahawk cruise missile, which can reach a range of 2,500 kilometers and is also a delivery platform with a nuclear warhead.

At this time, the USS Oklahoma City attack nuclear submarine was in the Luzon Sea, northwest of the Guam base, about 1,530 kilometers from the Luzon Islands.

The USS Chicago attack nuclear submarine was located in the Luzon Sea, 1,370 kilometers west of the Guam base.

The USS Buffalo attack nuclear submarine is in the waters west of the Palau Islands, southwest of the Guam base, 1,550 kilometers from Luzon.

Since the strongest strike force of the Los Angeles class is Tomahawk cruise missiles, they must be as close to Luzon as possible in order to cover the entire Luzon Islands.

Inside the cockpit of the Chicago.

Captain Richard Fox has already received through the buoy communication system that the main forces of the Seventh Fleet are besieged in the Strait of Malacca.

He couldn't understand why the Luzon people had suddenly become so powerful.

However, he did not know at this time that the crisis was quietly approaching.

The average depth of the sea where the Chicago is located is about 3,227 meters, while the Chicago's submersible depth is about 350 meters.

Right now.

In the area below it at a depth of about 2,000 meters, an improved version of the tuna-class submarine opened the mine projection device on the roof.

Five 1.2-ton methane-propelled heavy mines quickly floated towards the Chicago.

The surface of these mines is covered with a special layer of biomass material that absorbs the sound waves passing by.

The sonar crew of the Chicago was also nervous at this time, staring carefully at the sonar monitoring system, but the passive sonar system of the Chicago did not perceive that the danger below was approaching.

Three minutes later.

DiDi ...... The sonar soldier with headphones changed his face: "What's the matter?" Why does the bottom react violently to sonar signals? ”

At this time, five mines had been adsorbed on the bottom shell of the Chicago, and the sound-absorbing biomass layer on the surface automatically activated the self-ablation procedure, revealing the shell of an ordinary mine on the surface.

And the active noise system inside the mine (ordinary electronics), began to emit rhythmic noise.

The Chicago, which was still in a low-noise submersible state, was almost loud as if it was driving a tractor on the bottom of the sea.

Cold sweat broke out on Captain Richard Fox's forehead: "Quickly find out the reason......

Suddenly, the signal soldier's face changed drastically, and then he said in disbelief: "Oh, buy karma...... Mr. Captain, our bottom is a magnetic mine, which is 5 magnetic mines. ”

"What? Impossible, why can't sonar detect? The first mate looked incredulous.

The signal soldier's voice stammered a little: "Those mines are inventing code long waves to us, requiring us to rise to the surface of the sea within 10 minutes, otherwise the water pressure gauge of the mines will automatically detonate and sink us." ”

"In addition, the other party also told us not to try to launch Tomahawk missiles, otherwise the sound monitoring system of the mine will automatically determine that we are trying to resist, and then directly detonate the mine."

"......" Richard looked puzzled, but when he saw the frightened sailors, he sighed: "Float up immediately!" ”

The sailors of the Chicago, who were extremely heavy, hurriedly steered the submarine to float.

At the same time, the signal corps quickly used the long-wave communication system to send a distress signal to the Guam base.

The sailors, who were full of desire to survive, drove the Chicago from a depth of 350 meters to the surface of the sea in less than five minutes.

Meanwhile.

The USS Oklahoma City and USS Buffalo attack nuclear submarines also suffered the same blow and were forced to urgently surface.

Three tuna-class submarines also appeared not far from each other.

The tuna-class submarine that appeared on the surface of the sea was soon monitored by the radar of the Chicago.

Seeing the tuna class with a distance of less than 5 kilometers, Richard Fox's face was already extremely dark, this distance was almost close to his face, and the Chicago did not even notice the existence of the other party, and was forced out of the sea by the other party.

The tuna-class that released a drone quickly sank into the sea again.

The drone made a clear broadcast demanding that Chicago return to Guam immediately.

When the first mate heard this request, he scolded directly: "Bastard! Do they really think that the Luzon Sea is their territorial waters? ”

"Return to Guam." Richard Fox understood that now was not the time to be presumptuous, the other party had tied the mines to the Chicago, and he had to take responsibility for the entire ship.

The Chicago slowly headed back toward Guam.

The tuna-class hangs under the sea about 50 kilometers behind the opponent, using drones to monitor the Chicago's every move in turn.

Guam base.

Rear Admiral Maybach, the head of the base, sat in his office when he heard the news that the USS Oklahoma City, the USS Chicago, and the USS Buffalo had been discovered and escorted back to Guam.

Once upon a time, the Seventh Fleet, which crisscrossed the seas, was reduced to the point of being escorted back, which made Maybach difficult to accept for a while.

But no matter how uncomfortable it is, we must face the reality.

While declaring a state of emergency at the Guam base, Maybach pacified three nuclear submarines while reporting to the Pentagon.

North America at dawn.

Inside the Pentagon, I didn't feel the beautiful morning of spring, I only felt full of malice.

Redding Van approached the small meeting room where the meeting was still taking place.

"Admiral Mark, Guam Base Emergency, USS Oklahoma City, USS Chicago, USS Buffalo Attack Nuclear Submarine, encountered the Luzon Navy's submarine forces in the Luzon Sea."

Mark William frowned: "Fighting again?" ”

Redding Fan, who looked embarrassed, could only report head-on: "It's a pity that our three nuclear submarines were forced out of the sea by the Luzon submarine force, and now they are returning to the Guam base under the escort of the other party." ”

"Fack! What are they doing? Why return? Benjamin was so angry that veins broke down on his forehead.

"Here's the details." Redding Fan handed the printed document directly to everyone.

After reading it by Mark William, Edward, Benjamin and others, there was no anger, only panic and surprise.

As the chief of staff, Edward said very helplessly: "We have been surpassed by the other party in submarine technology. ”

"What now?" Benjamin didn't have the anger he had just gone.

The situation is actually very clear.

In Southeast Asia, the Western Pacific, and the Eastern Ceylon Ocean, the America basically fell into the upper hand, and in the next Xiangjiang talks, the only hole cards they could play in their hands were the nuclear bombs that ended up together.

The generals who had been thinking about winning a game elsewhere also felt helpless at this time.

It's in the midst of this tension.

The Xiangjiang talks were held in a hurry.

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