The school of fish did not stay near the underwater obstacle. They continued to move towards the outer defense line of the metropolitan area in an S-shaped route. It was obvious that the shipyard was just an unexpected situation in their plan.
After this round of harassment, the sea monsters' attack did not come for a long time, which made the four cobblers on the bottom of the submarine confused. After thinking about it, they decided to go to the cafeteria first. After all, they had not eaten for a while.
The food in the cafeteria was quite good. Jiang Ling saw several fruits and vegetables that had only appeared after the war. Their standards were indeed very high, but it didn't seem like mealtime. The lights were not on, and the self-service cafeteria window only offered some canned food and convenience foods. The food processor was not turned on.
Forty minutes later, the three men, who had eaten and drunk their fill, dragged a reluctant Jiang Ling to the command cabin of the bridge.
Most of the crew members gathered here. The excess crew members should be the designers and builders of 509, who have been arranged to take refuge in a relatively safe place.
The command module was a hemispherical structure, with a ring-shaped command platform mounted at its center. A holographic map was projected above it, displaying various information processed by the onboard computers. The operations staff sat near the ring, still analyzing the attack.
[Bearing 032, 300 meters underwater, 16 nautical miles away, unidentified object spotted.]
[Bearing 027, underwater 240, distance 15 nautical miles, unidentified object spotted.]
Jiang Ling saw a few lines of small text floating across the command platform. A strange-looking object quickly appeared on the holographic chart, far from the center. It looked very flat, with several sharp spikes, like a ray-like creature on the seabed. It was very large, perhaps as large as a pyramid. It was definitely not a living creature, at least not an ordinary one.
This is the information sent back by the roving drone array. Modern warfare in 2055 is very dependent on these little guys.
"...I understand, they must have come from this transition layer!" A staff officer suddenly stood up and operated a few times on the holographic chart with a hand wearing a special glove.
Soon, the attack process simulated by artificial intelligence was played on the command platform in the form of a dot matrix 3D video.
In the trench near the continental shelf, the tranquil cline layer, under the influence of some external force, gathered some denser water, engulfing the fish that had been driven there and following the ocean current to their current location. Then, disturbed again, the fish rushed out of the water mass with a unique behavioral pattern.
If such a simulation is similar to the real situation, then the only question is - is there some unknown mutant in that water mass?
If the simulation doesn't match reality, then how did that water mass come about? It couldn't have just appeared there suddenly, right? There haven't been any reports of icebergs floating around recently.
"If there's anything inside, why not just send a drone in to check?" Jiang Ling yawned and said while leaning against the hatch.
Her voice was not too loud, but her tone was very contagious and most of the people present heard it.
This is something to consider, even if they can't fly the drone.
In fact, those drones were designed to be uncontrollable from the beginning to prevent them from being used by others and causing greater harm. They are like read-only software, and only when the key is correct can the information they broadcast be interpreted.
Fortunately, 509 has other options.
Captain Yu asked, "Do we have any empty torpedo tubes?"
"Only No. 3 at the tail is left. Do you need to reload it?" replied the commander of the fire control team.
"Load a high-speed reconnaissance torpedo and launch it immediately. Let it turn around on its own. Sixteen nautical miles is not far." Lao Yu said.
After 12 seconds, the torpedo's autoloader reported that reloading was complete.
The fire control operator immediately pressed the launch button.
Three seconds later, the hydroacoustic team reported that the torpedo engine had started. At the same time, a red light spot appeared on the holographic chart.
"Azimuth unknown, depth 260, speed 25 knots, 30 knots, accelerating, distance 10 chains..."
The hydrographic team reports the location of the detected torpedo every 10 seconds.
"The target is aligned, the rocket engine is ignited, and it enters the supercavitation state." The commander of the fire control team reported.
"Confirmed to have entered the supercavitation state, and the simulation path is being uploaded." said a hydrophone operator.
A diagonal red dotted line appeared on the holographic chart, and its end point was the center of the unidentified object more than ten nautical miles away.
Ten minutes later, the data collected by the wire-guided torpedo was transmitted via optical fiber and continuously summarized on the command platform. A two-hundred-meter-long sonic cavity appeared in the upper half of the magnified projection of the unidentified object.
The combat staff knew exactly what that thing was, and the atmosphere at the scene became tense.
"Listen to my orders!" Captain Yu said with his eyes wide open, "Dive to 280 meters, turn to 030, and increase the engine room horsepower to maximum, but do not overload."
The helmsman immediately obeyed, and the entire submarine vibrated slightly. Jiang Ling felt a strong thrust coming from behind, which made her jump and grab the open hatch. The force lasted for about eight minutes before gradually weakening.
On the holographic chart, some noise appeared behind 509, but it was much less than that of the Tranquility 5. The unidentified object remained in place for the time being, the seawater in the transition layer also blocking its perception.
"The speed has reached the upper limit, now it is 35 knots." Report from the engine room.
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