"Course 355, distance 223 links, speed 95 knots, a strategic nuclear submarine found!" A radar soldier shouted loudly in Cleaver's flagship.
Cleaver quickly looked at the monitoring screen, and sure enough, about 22 nautical miles directly behind his submarine formation, a strategic nuclear submarine was approaching at high speed.
"Course 276, distance 237 links, speed 95 knots, another strategic nuclear submarine has been discovered!"
Before Cleaver could look at the monitor screen, another strategic nuclear submarine appeared on the monitor screen.
"Course 12, distance 253 links, speed 95 knots, the third strategic nuclear submarine has been discovered!"
Cleaver's face became extremely serious. In less than 30 seconds, three strategic nuclear submarines were discovered in succession behind his formation. They rushed toward his formation at high speed in an "arrow"-shaped formation.
He knows very well where these three strategic nuclear submarines belong, but out of sensitivity and caution about war, he still needs to find out where they belong.
"Launch active search sonar to find out the submarine model and identity!"
"The three strategic nuclear submarines are all Beiguang class, with a length of 800 meters, a displacement of 50,000 tons, and are equipped with 128 space nuclear missiles and 216 conventional stealth missiles. They are affiliated to the Crisis Planning Agency!"
Clifford stood in front of the surveillance screen like a dead corpse, his face was gray and cold, and big beads of sweat were dripping down.
The mere 6 conventional submarines he led were completely vulnerable to the 3 strategic nuclear submarines, and a salvo was enough to bury them at the bottom of the sea.
This is a hunt, an extremely asymmetric strangulation!
It seemed that Li Jianfeng was going to kill them!
"Two anti-submarine patrol aircraft were spotted in the airspace 800 meters above the formation. They were dropping sonar and launching magnetic anomaly detectors into the sea area where our formation was traveling!"
"Sailing 326, distance 278 chains, speed 105 knots, two destroyers discovered!"
The war situation gathered in front of Clifford like snow flakes, and his hands trembled slightly. It seemed that he was doomed this time.
In the hall of the Supreme Military Executive Committee of the Crisis Planning Agency, Li Jianfeng's eyes were fixed on the two groups of light spots on the monitor screen that were gradually approaching the target---three strategic nuclear submarines and two destroyers.
"Report! Three of my submarines have found the target! Please give instructions!"
"Prepare to attack!"
"Report! Our destroyer formation has received the target signal from the anti-submarine patrol aircraft, please give instructions!"
"Start attacking immediately!"
Following Li Jianfeng's order, the fire control radars of the two destroyers were turned on on the sea surface, and 6 torpedoes entered the ready state; below the sea surface, 6 torpedoes of the three strategic nuclear submarines were also locked on the target.
"Beep beep beep..."
On the flagship where Cleaver was located, sirens were buzzing, and mottled red lights illuminated the interior of the boat.
"The fish and mine are coming! Distance is 5500 meters!"
"The fish and mine are coming! Distance 5200 meters!"
...
Six emergency military signals swept towards Clifford like six death talismans, and all six submarines in the entire formation were attacked!
He helplessly rubbed his sweaty forehead and looked at the map with desperate eyes.
At this moment, the entire formation is still more than 800 nautical miles away from the original sea area. According to his previous plan, that is where they will escape from the siege by the Crisis Planning Agency.
But now, it's too late.
"Our plan seems to have been discovered by the Crisis Planning Agency!" Chance said desperately.
After he finished speaking, he pulled up a map on the monitor screen. As the map continued to zoom in, a giant city under construction appeared.
In the city, row upon row of alien-style skyscrapers extend from the coast to the inland areas.
This is one of the many giant cities built by the Tiberians on the earth, and its scale exceeds any super city group on the earth.
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"Can it carry out long-range attacks?" Chance asked again.
Cleaver shook his head helplessly, and Chance understood. The long-range submarine-launched missiles equipped by six conventional submarines had a maximum attack range of only 500 kilometers.
If they want to hit the super city 800 nautical miles away, their submarine formation still needs to advance more than 300 nautical miles!
"The distance between fish and mine is 3500 meters!"
"The distance between fish and mine is 3200 meters!"
...
Clifford's thoughts were pulled back urgently. Now, instead of thinking about how to implement the previous strategy, he must get rid of the predicament of being attacked by torpedoes as soon as possible.
If it is sunk now, then there will be no strategy at all!
"Commanders of each boat, take necessary measures according to the speed and course of your boat to implement emergency evasion!"
The six submarines are in different positions, speeds, and directions. Except for the flagship, the other five submarines can only be evaded by the commander based on his combat experience. Even if Cleaver wanted to help, he was beyond his reach.
"2500 meters away!"
The radar soldier's reports were like sharp swords pointed at Clifford's life. At this moment, he could no longer take care of the other five submarines. In at most 30 seconds, his flagship would be hit by a torpedo.
"2000 meters!"
"Launch the anti-fish and mine interference device!"
As Cleaver's words faded, he launched several beams of acoustic jammers from the tail of the submarine. As the acoustic jammers spread in the water, the fish and mines deviated from the submarine and rushed towards the bait...
But just a few seconds later, the torpedo locked onto the submarine again, and the hearts of everyone on board were tugged together again.
"Fire underwater supercavitating projectiles!"
Underwater supercavitating projectiles utilize the principle of supercavitation and are launched through its weapon system as an underwater ultra-high-speed ammunition that attacks underwater targets. It is specially used to intercept underwater attack targets such as fish and mines.
Soon, a raging and dense tongue of flames shot out from the tail of the submarine. Beyond its speed, it was like a beam of bright light traveling underwater, and it hit the incoming torpedo in an instant.
A ball of fire exploded in the water, and the torpedo was destroyed.
But the joy did not last long. The second torpedo broke through the afterglow produced by the explosion of the first torpedo and rushed towards Cleaver's flagship at high speed!
The distance between fish and mine is only 600 meters!
Clifford was taken aback. He looked at the torpedo coming at high speed on the radar screen and was stunned for a moment.
It turned out that the two torpedoes were only 5 or 6 meters apart, almost superimposed on each other, and the sonar signals they formed were also intertwined with each other. On the radar screen, only the signal characteristics of one torpedo were shown.
Clifford instantly understood. The current situation was that the 12 incoming torpedoes were divided into 2 groups. In other words, 2 torpedoes locked onto one submarine at the same time.
"What to do?" Chance shouted.
Chance's words made Cleaver immediately wake up. At such a close distance, it was too late to release interference devices or launch underwater supercavitating projectiles at the incoming torpedoes.
At a speed of Mach 25, it only takes 5 seconds to hit a submarine!
Now it’s all about luck!
"Left full rudder, right two forward!" Cleaver ordered loudly.
"Full rudder left, right car forward two!" the helmsman shouted back.
Cleaver's flagship began to try its best to avoid torpedoes. The entire submarine was like a spinning top in the dark deep sea, maneuvering to the left at high speed amidst the swells aroused...
Everyone on the boat held their breath, their hearts almost jumped into their throats, and their empty and angry eyes almost stared to the extreme.
This is a life-or-death moment, three seconds, but it feels like a long sentence.
Three seconds later, the torpedo arrived as expected. It almost passed by the submarine's port side at high speed. On the monitoring screen, the torpedo sprayed long sprays of water and disappeared into the deep sea in the distance.
Everyone on the boat breathed a long sigh of relief, Clifford's face full of deathly silence,
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Finally a little bit of vitality was restored.
Before he could fully recover from the shock, two huge fireballs appeared in the deep sea not far from his flagship. As the fireballs exploded, the two submarines sank to the bottom of the sea in a fierce explosion.
They were struck by fish and lightning.
In the command hall of the Supreme Military Executive Committee of the Crisis Planning Agency, Li Jianfeng, Snett, and Miyazawa stared intently at the two disappearing spots of light on the monitor screen. There were no smiles, but more solemn expressions.
"Did the first wave of attacks achieve the expected combat objectives?" Snart asked.
"No." Li Jianfeng shook his head slightly frustrated.
"No?"
"The original plan was to destroy three of its submarines, but I think it was just to force them to submit and achieve the goal of knocking the mountain out of the water. There was no need to sacrifice more people."
"I understand the mood of Chief of General Staff Li Jianfeng at this moment, because they are all from Earth." Miyazawa and his party said.
Snart nodded.
Li Jianfeng's heavy expression caused everyone present to fall into deep contemplation. From the moment this plan began, that is, from the moment the Crisis Planning Agency appointed Cleaver as the commander-in-chief of the ocean transport fleet, Cleaver and his Followers are destined to become victims of this collection of red soil resources.
"They are Earthlings, but their death can give more Earthlings a chance to live," Snart said.
"But they are more than 1,200 living lives." Li Jianfeng lamented.
"I feel that now is not the time to discuss this." Miyazawa and his party said hurriedly.
He looked serious, paused and then continued: "Now that the plan has been formulated, we must do our best to complete it. Now that we have reached a very critical moment, we cannot hesitate at all! Those 500 million tons of red soil resources determine our future! "
"I believe that Chief of General Staff Li Jianfeng is just acting out his feelings. He just wants to complete this plan at the minimum cost."
After Snate finished speaking, he gently patted Li Jianfeng on the shoulder. He smiled bitterly and then turned his eyes to the monitoring screen.
"The warning strike has achieved results. Next, will Clifford take action in advance as you envisioned?" Li Jianfeng asked Gongzawa and his party.
"As you said, a poor criminal must find a desperate way, and he has no choice."
In Clifford's flagship, he had just escaped a disaster, but there was still a little panic on his face. He stared at the two submarines that were gradually falling on the monitoring screen, and a trace of sinisterness flashed in his eyes as if he were surviving a disaster.
"Just now was just their first wave of attacks. They will launch a second wave or even a third wave of attacks at any time until they completely destroy us!" Chance said in panic.
Cleaver ignored Chance and looked at the satellite map. As the map zoomed in, a large Tiberian farm under construction appeared on the screen in the African interior about 233 kilometers away from the formation.
"Fire a submarine-launched missile at the farm!" Cleaver ordered.
"What? The farm is not a valuable target!" Chance blurted out.
"It doesn't matter whether it's valuable or not. We have no time. We must revise our original plan! I hope this missile can bring us a bargaining chip to escape danger!"
Cleaver's original plan was to use the speed advantage of conventional submarines to maneuver to the coastal area of the super city that the Tiberians were building on the southwest coast of Africa before the Crisis Plan launched an armed attack on it, and use the attack on the city as a bargaining chip. Force the Crisis Planning Agency to abandon its armed attack so that it can return to Dark River Company smoothly.
Attacking a Tiberian city would mean triggering an all-out war.
He was sure that this move was enough to counter the Crisis Plan. The Crisis Plan would definitely not take risks because of their small submarine formation and risk an all-out war with the Tiberians to eliminate them.
As everyone knows, his plan is just the bargaining chip for the Crisis Planning Agency to regain control of the ocean-going transport fleet.
His bargaining chip is also the Crisis Plan's bargaining chip.
(End of chapter)
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