The speed of the 054A and 055 surface combat units remained unchanged and they maintained a catching-up posture, and the distance between them and the Sea Wolf continued to shrink.
The whole sea wolf is already a turtle in a jar.
…
Eighty meters underwater.
"Sir, the current overall strength of this boat is 60.6%. The left and right hulls are very seriously damaged. The current strength of the hull can only support sneaking at a depth of 100 meters." The command cabin, which was filled with rapid and sharp alarms, was in a mess and was responsible for monitoring the hull. The strong young sailor reported loudly.
After another forced torpedo strike, the overall strength of the Sea Wolf has dropped to 60% of its heyday.
The strength dropped to 60% does not mean that the diving depth performance will be reduced by 60%. According to the existing strength, the entire wave can barely maintain the water pressure at a depth of 100 meters. If it drops to a depth of 150 meters, the seawater pressure may Instantly crush the severely damaged surface metal of the hull and pour it directly into the interior of the hull.
At that time, it will be catastrophic.
This is unmitigatedly bad news.
However, there is more than one bad news.
"Reporting to the commander, a medium-sized pipe failure in the main engine room is being repaired. The estimated repair time is 3 hours."
"Reporting to the commander, there was a secondary accident in the torpedo room. One torpedo fell off, the safety lock was damaged, and three sailors had their legs broken. They are receiving first aid."
"Sir, the blood bags in the infirmary are insufficient and a large amount of blood is needed."
"Sir, the anechoic tiles No. 277-278, No. 399-401 anechoic tiles have fallen off, the total number is five."
Bad news came one after another, but no good news.
The torpedo strikes from Bihai 1 and Bihai 2 appear to be in an open area. In fact, they cause trauma to the sea wolf again and again through shock waves. This trauma is deep-seated and different from the obvious and direct trauma.
From the outside, the Sea Wolf is still fine and has no signs of damage, but the overall decrease in strength is simply fatal to the Sea Wolf.
In addition, just now, a 533 mm MK-48 torpedo in the torpedo room fell off. The safety lock suffered unprecedented lateral shear force under the influence of explosion shock waves, causing it to break and damage itself. It weighed a little The five-ton MK-48 torpedo fell directly, breaking the calves of three nearby sailors.
In addition, the most important trauma was still the medium-sized pipeline leakage accident in the main engine room. The pipeline leakage caused insufficient pressure, which ultimately made the main turbine unable to operate at full power, and the speed was directly reduced to 27 knots.
Reduced sailing speed is the biggest problem currently facing Sea Wolf.
"First officer, organize the sailors to go to the infirmary to draw blood, keep the main engine room at the current speed, repair it as soon as possible, and quickly rescue the three sailors in the torpedo room."
Looking at the yellow overall intensity data already displayed on the big screen, Captain Oliver held the metal handrail tightly with his right hand, looking extremely calm and orderly issuing various orders. Feeling the extremely depressing and low atmosphere in the command cabin, he then encouraged : "Boys, cheer up, are we going to fall just because of this difficulty? We haven't lost yet!"
Inspire.
Although at this moment, his heart was filled with thoughts of issuing an order to resurface, Oliver still showed his due qualities and responsibilities, inspiring the soldiers and calling on everyone to never give up.
When the first mate heard these words, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in his throat and could not be said. He sighed, saluted Oliver, turned and left, and quickly summoned the sailors who were in good health to go to the infirmary.
"Sir, what should we do? If the overall strength drops to less than 50%, we can't even maintain the current depth." Hearing Oliver's encouragement, the sailors no longer looked as enthusiastic as they were in the first place. Many remained silent and were responsible for navigation. The sailor was the first to break the silence and raised his doubts to Oliver, the supreme commander.
what should we do?
In other words, this sentence means, can we really win?
This is the unanimous thought in everyone's mind after being hit by torpedoes again and again. They are no longer passionate because their passion can no longer move.
The threat of death will envelope the whole body when a torpedo explodes. Being in the sea and under the sea eighty meters deep, if there is the slightest accident, the entire Sea Wolf boat will be buried at the bottom of the sea.
When the blood is over, when death comes, everyone will calm down, feel depressed, and...
Desire to live.
The other party carried out a torpedo forcing strike rather than a torpedo warning strike. There are completely different differences and treatments between the two.
"Persevere! All we can do is persist! Think about your family and children, think about them. I can issue an order to float up, but you have to think carefully about what this order means. You will receive countless discrimination and looks down your face. Your children will not be able to hold their heads up in school and company, and you won’t even be able to receive the remuneration you deserve. Boys, I sincerely hope you think about it.” Captain Oliver looked at the navigation sailor who was looking at him, his eyes were soft, and there was no Reprimanded, shook his head, looked around, and said seriously.
He can issue an order to resurface at any time, but once this order is issued, it means that he and everyone else will face extremely severe punishment.
silence.
Deathly silence.
Everyone in the command cabin fell into silence. Oliver's voice spread through the ship's sound element system to all cabins and all sailors.
At this moment, the atmosphere inside Sea Wolf was terrifyingly quiet.
Navigation sailor Bruce, who asked the captain Oliver a question, took a deep breath, his eyes were clear, and he saluted Oliver: "Sir, I will do my job well, and I will prove to you that I am the best sailor in the world."
No one wants to be discriminated against and looked down upon, and no one wants their children to hear comments from classmates and colleagues at school or in the company. Look, that's Bruce's son. Bruce is the sailor of the Sea Wolf. They surfaced and surrendered.
"Okay, no need to prove it. In my heart, you are now the best sailor in the world." Looking at Bruce's eyes, Oliver breathed a sigh of relief and saluted with praise.
Bruce said nothing and turned to work. Immediately afterwards, all the sailors and crew members in the command module became busy and performed their duties.
Feeling the changes in everyone, Oliver nodded with satisfaction.
"Reporting to the officer, the sonar shows that a water target was found ahead, bearing 1-8-0, due south, about 20 nautical miles away, floating without power, with a displacement of about 30 tons. The system determined that it was a small civilian yacht." At this time, the sonar preparer suddenly found new surface ship sonar data detected on the screen and immediately reported it.
Captain Oliver was stunned for a moment when he heard the content of the sonar report prepared by the sailors. He immediately reacted and was extremely surprised: "Yacht?! Hahaha, boys, our chance is here!"
The excited and joyful voice broke the silence in the command cabin and injected a different atmosphere.
Chance.
Here comes the chance to escape.
Seeing their parents so excited, all the sailors were a little confused.
"Order, move forward to this small yacht immediately, prepare the torpedo room..." Oliver took a deep breath, already had a plan in his mind, thought briefly for a moment, and immediately issued the order.
Before the order was given, suddenly, a sailor's urgent and serious voice directly interrupted Oliver.
"Reporting to the commander, the long wave radio station has received the highest level information." A sailor stood up and held a sealed paper document that had just been printed.
Long wave radio station?
Oliver was stunned for a moment, and felt overjoyed. He quickly stepped forward to take the sealed paper document, opened it, and saw a letter - R on it.
The letter R means rescue is coming.
"It's finally here, the damn rescue is finally here." Oliver's mind naturally translated the meaning of this information R, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and his thoughts of going up disappeared instantly.
Rescue is coming, no need to float.
It's great that I saved my job and pension.
"Order, move forward to this small yacht immediately. The torpedo room is on standby and floats to a depth of 50 meters." Oliver put the paper documents into the document shredder, with a ray of light in his blue eyes, and said seriously: "Boys, help is on the way."
"yes!"
After hearing what Oliver said, everyone suddenly became energetic.
…
The area bordering the Huangbu Sea Area and the Eastern Sea Area.
This has always been an excellent place for fishing and sailing. You can enjoy the charm of the sea without worrying about safety issues after encountering wind and waves.
A small yacht is cruising slowly on the sparkling sea. The deck is divided into two levels. There are four fishermen fishing on the bottom deck. On the top deck, there are several young girls sunbathing. They are lying on chairs and enjoying the scenery. The sea breeze blows.
The sea is not cold in May. The direct sunlight gives it a warm feeling.
Jiang Xiaochun stood on the right side of the deck, wearing a light white dress. The sea breeze blew gently, and the corners of her clothes were rolled up. Her eyes looked at the sea and blue sky in the distance. On the left was a drawing board, which was the distant scenery.
"Huh, Xiaochun, the scenery is so beautiful today, and your painting is so beautiful." Lin Yu came over with a glass of fresh orange juice, took a sip, smacked his mouth, and then showed the comfort of a little fox eating meat. Expression, looking at the sea in the distance, he said happily.
Jiang Xiaochun looked at the appearance of his best friend, laughed and shook his head: "The skirt I wore today is not suitable for painting. It's a bit restrictive." After finishing his words, he started sketching lightly.
"Hehe, you look beautiful in a skirt." Lin Yu chuckled.
Jiang Xiaochun had no choice but to concentrate on painting her oil paintings. During this period of time, she has been constantly improving her painting skills. From sketching to oil painting, it is a huge leap and progress.
However, compared to skillful and exquisite sketching, the field of oil painting is still an unfamiliar field for Jiang Xiaochun.
"By the way, how many more days do we have to play?" Jiang Xiaochun asked suddenly while drawing.
Lin Yu thought for a while: "My dad said he would drive back on the yacht the day after tomorrow. It's okay. We don't need your money for our own yacht anyway, hehe."
