The South Pacific Ocean is bathed in clear blue skies.
On the vast sea, a massive aircraft carrier fleet is cutting through the waves from north to south.
Nine warships of varying sizes left long white trails on the sea.
Sailing in the very center of the fleet is none other than the famous USS Nimitz nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
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Nimitz Carrier Strike Group
As the most powerful carrier strike group in the United States, the USS Nimitz nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is undoubtedly the undisputed king of the sea.
At 10:00 AM this morning, the fleet received an order personally issued by the President:
"Within 48 hours, the carrier strike group must reach the target sea area 2,500 kilometers away to search for the missing USS Miami nuclear submarine."
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A powerful nuclear-powered submarine has mysteriously vanished without a trace?
This is unprecedented in the military history of the United States.
Most absurdly, the area where the USS Miami nuclear submarine went missing has mysteriously become a signal dead zone:
That place is completely undetectable by satellites and radar.
Even the imaging footage taken by high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft did not reveal any clues.
The vast sea area of nearly 5,000 square kilometers appears as an eerie blank in high-resolution satellite images.
There was nothing but seawater...
The Nimitz aircraft carrier, its island superstructure and command tower.
Captain Emerson lowered his binoculars, glanced at his watch, and muttered to himself:
"There are still 18 hours of sailing to our destination. An ocean that can block any signal is the graveyard of modern aircraft carrier battle groups."
"These sons of bitches of politicians, don't they realize how dangerous this is?"
"The USS Miami nuclear submarine has been out of contact for over 24 hours; its fate is likely sealed..."
After a moment's hesitation, Emerson turned around and instructed the messenger behind him:
"Order: Graf, anti-aircraft cruiser, and Carl, destroyer, increase speed and advance 30 nautical miles ahead of the fleet for early warning."
"Order all anti-submarine frigates to dispatch anti-submarine helicopters every half hour to intensify the collection of underwater sonar data."
"Order, the nuclear submarines USS Voll and USS Sloh must remain on the perimeter of the fleet and cautiously activate their active sonar."
The messenger recorded everything, then stood at attention and said, "Yes, General!"
Just as he was about to relay the order, Emerson stopped him and added:
"Notify the logistics support ships to readjust the high-frequency military walkie-talkies. All commanders of surface warships must be issued one."
"If the satellite signal fails, immediately use the walkie-talkie channel to make contact."
"clear!"
The messenger received the order and carried it out.
Emerson walked back to the command table and picked up a magnifying glass from the nautical chart on the table.
Through the magnifying glass, a red circle on the ocean map stood out prominently.
There is an island in the very center of the red circle.
Above the island, two lines of prominent English text are displayed:
【South Pacific No. 6 Unmanned Island】
(Translation: No. 6 uninhabited island in the South Pacific)
【The latest hazard rating is level s】
(Translation: Latest hazard rating: Level S)
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Two days have passed since the USS Miami nuclear submarine was sunk.
The hidden island has returned to peace.
In addition to the booming infrastructure projects, the island's livestock and farming projects are also thriving.
Following Lin Dong's instructions, Yamada Tomoko sent people to collect a large number of high-quality grain and vegetable seeds from all over the world.
In the first phase, they planned to reclaim several large tracts of wasteland in the eastern and southern parts of the basin.
Rice, corn, soybeans, and peanuts are planted in designated areas according to soil type.
As the highest-yielding crops, potatoes and sweet potatoes were naturally not left out.
In addition, there are small red peppers, Erjingtiao peppers, lantern peppers, bird's eye peppers...
Perilla leaves, ginger, garlic, scallions...
Tomatoes, water spinach, broccoli, lettuce, bok choy, green beans, cucumber, pumpkin, radish...
These common vegetables and fruits are indispensable.
Anyway, the island has a warm climate and plenty of rainfall, so whether you grow grains or vegetables, you'll have a good harvest.
Speaking of growing vegetables, Lin's mother has been urging Sun Jialu to use her connections with Lin Dong to get a lot of vegetable and fruit seedlings from the agricultural department these past few days.
The two women completely renovated the 1,500-square-meter back garden of the manor villa, planting it entirely with vegetables and fruits.
According to the two of them, they had nothing to do on the island during the day, so they had to find some work to pass the time.
This was a trivial matter and naturally no big deal, so Lin Dong let them be.
There's still a long road ahead. Since I can't be home often, isn't it good to give the women in my family something to rely on?
Life on the island was leisurely yet fulfilling.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's already July.
On this day, the 633 submarine, commanded by Qinling, finally completed the topographic mapping of the underground karst cave water passage.
The survey maps he compiled confirmed Lin Dong's conjecture.
This mysterious seawater channel is 3,100 meters long, with an average depth of 136 meters and an average width of 67 meters.
It can accommodate two submarines simultaneously.
Starting from the seawater lake in the underground cave, one can go directly to the depths of the ocean.
The exit over the sea was also extremely well hidden.
This exit is hidden behind a large coral reef, and it is difficult to find unless someone is specifically looking for it.
A vast population of Antarctic deep-sea crayfish lives in a seawater channel that stretches over three kilometers.
According to Qinling's estimates, the shrimp population inside is no less than 300 million...
The waters surrounding the hidden island have yielded countless new species of seafood.
If you are a seafood lover, even if you eat seafood every day, you probably wouldn't be able to finish it all in ten years if you lived on this island.
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July 5th.
The 633 submarine, which was patrolling around the island, suddenly received a strange sound wave.
The sound waves were brief, but clearly belonged to the sonar band of large ships.
The Type 633 submarine, which had been maintaining full stealth, did not dare to be negligent and immediately reported the situation to the command center on the island.
At the same time, Qinling immediately ordered the submarine to shut down its active sonar and sink to deep water.
The slow speed made the stealthy 633 submarine resemble an underwater ghost, with even the ripples caused by its hull squeezing the seawater becoming barely perceptible.
"Report: Unidentified signal wave detected at 35 degrees starboard, 1.2 nautical miles ahead..."
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