"Take us there."
As soon as Meng Qingxiao finished speaking, he heard the sound of machine guns and the sound of grenade explosions coming from outside. It seemed that Zhang Chao was at war with the enemy.
"Brother Zhang, what's going on outside?" Meng Qingxiao hurriedly pressed the frame of his glasses and asked. Their glasses all have intercom functions.
At this time, Zhang Chao's voice came to my ears: "The colonel came out of the boat. He mistakenly thought that I was a friendly force and wanted to board my speedboat. I pushed him back and took a shot from me. I don't know whether he died or not." "
"Then did he bring Dr. Meng Wen with him?"
"No, I didn't see it."
Zhang Chao fired while talking. The sound of the gun almost drowned out his voice, but Meng Qingxiao still managed to hear it.
"If you don't want to die here, please show me the way quickly." Meng Qingxiao shouted to the guy with a broken leg.
"To go up, you have to go up first and go to the second deck. You can't get through from here."
Meng Qingxiao's face suddenly turned cold, and he snorted: "Do you know the consequences of lying to me? I can take you up, or I can kill you."
"I'm not lying to you. It is indeed a very suitable place to hold important prisoners, but I don't know if there is the person you are looking for."
Meng Qingxiao hesitated for a moment, then looked at Audrey. Audrey smiled charmingly and said, "Take him up, and I'll continue to search down here."
"Thank you." Meng Qingxiao thanked her solemnly, turned around and ran away, but after running a few steps, he turned around and came back. He took out the breathing ball from his pocket and handed it to Audrey: "Then Just in case.”
Audrey was not polite and took it with a smile.
Meng Qingxiao communicated with Zhang Chao while running. He hoped that Zhang Chao could catch Colonel Thomson Harvey. If he didn't find the man, he could ask Thomson Harvey to find out where his father was hiding.
"I'll do my best. People from the Maritime Self-Defense Force are here. I have to board the ship, otherwise they will blast me to pieces when I attack."
"so fast?"
"We haven't arrived yet, but we can already see the ship."
"Damn it, I have to hurry up too." Meng Qingxiao raised the person in his hand and shouted: "Quickly show me the way, where to enter?"
"Over there, that's the door."
Meng Qingxiao quickly went over and kicked the door open, only to find an empty space inside. Meng Qingxiao's eyes were so cold that they could kill someone.
The soldier with the broken leg couldn't help but shudder, and he hurriedly pointed to a place and said: "There, that wall is a hidden door, and inside is a downward staircase, and below is the rest room."
Meng Qingxiao ran over and made a gesture to push the door open. Before his hand touched the door, the soldier with the broken leg reminded him again: "Open out, open out."
Meng Qingxiao had no fingernails, and the door had no handle. When opening the door, he needed to use the pulling force of the key. He picked at it twice and it didn't open, so he shot it with a bullet and broke the lock.
Meng Qingxiao was not worried that this man would escape, so he left him behind and walked down the stairs. There was a door below, but this door opened inward, and Meng Qingxiao kicked it open.
There was actually a person in the room, and he was wearing a white coat. He was standing in front of a large desk with his head lowered and he didn't know what he was looking at. Even Meng Qingxiao kicked the door open and then raised his head with a confused expression. .
Meng Qingxiao couldn't help but be overjoyed as soon as he saw someone. Just as he was about to speak, he had already seen the person clearly and couldn't help being disappointed.
This is a middle-aged man in his 40s, and his face is very distinctive. At first glance, he looks like a woman. His skin is as good as snow, and his lips are red and white. He wears narrow-rimmed glasses, but his chest is flat and his hair is white. His hair is short, and most importantly, he is of yellow race and has an oriental face.
"Who are you?" Meng Qingxiao asked in English.
"I'm Liu Yingsheng, doctor of medicine. Are you here to save me?" Even his voice was very feminine.
Meng Qingxiao did not respond, but asked: "Are you the only one here? Dr. Meng Wen is not here?"
"Dr. Meng Wen? The Dr. Meng Wen of the powerful Han Kingdom?"
"right."
"Are you from the Japanese country or the Qianghan country?"
"Strong man."
"Oh, Dr. Meng Wen is my idol. Was he also captured by the Bode people and on this boat? I have never seen him."
Meng Qingxiao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but in response to the opponent's idol words, he kindly reminded him: "This place is about to sink. You should run away quickly."
"Friend, thank you for saving me. I am an Aolai Chinese. What is your name?"
"Zhang Chao." Meng Qingxiao dropped his name and disappeared.
The soldier with the broken leg was still crawling desperately to the deck. At this time, he had climbed outside the door. Meng Qingxiao picked him up again and asked again: "Where else can I lock people up?"
"No, other places are not as comfortable."
"Damn it, I'm looking for the prisoner you captured, not the guest. Why do you want to be so comfortable?"
At this moment, there was a sudden knocking sound from under the boat. The sound was so weak that you couldn't hear it unless you paid close attention.
Meng Qingxiao's heart moved, but he was a little unsure. He asked the person in his hand again: "Did you hear any sounds?"
The soldier was stunned and said hesitantly: "Sound, what sound?"
"Knocking sound."
At this moment, the knocking sound from the lower level sounded again. Although it was still very weak, Meng Qingxiao heard it clearly this time, and the knocking sound was very regular.
"Where can I get down?"
"Downstairs? Go back the way you came."
"You run for your life." Meng Qingxiao threw the soldier with the broken leg to the ground, immediately returned along the original path, and ran towards the lower level again.
Three short, three long, and three short, this is the sound that Meng Qingxiao heard. This is the international Morse code rescue signal. Who will be asking for help in this way at this time? Meng Qingxiao couldn't help but think about this.
Meng Qingxiao had just rushed down the steps, but before he could reach the lower corridor, several more gunshots rang out below, making him even more anxious.
The sages have used countless examples to prove that if you are not calm when things happen, the consequences will be mistakes while busy. Perhaps Meng Qingxiao's biggest shortcoming is here.
He was walking too hastily, and the water in the lower space had spread to two-fifths of the hull, just at the footing of the stairs. The floor was usually fine, but became extremely slippery when it encountered water. He suddenly As soon as one foot landed on the ground, it suddenly slid forward, and the second foot could no longer be lifted. This time, it was a high split.
He seemed to hear the cracking sound of broken bones in his ears, and he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. Meng Qingxiao was completely stunned.
The pain this time was a hundred times more intense than the previous pain in the submarine. Meng Qingxiao covered her crotch and lay down in the water, unable to get up for a long time.
Fortunately, he still remembered his purpose, climbed up with the greatest perseverance, and stumbled towards the bow of the ship, shouting Dr. Meng Wen's name as he ran. He really wanted to call him dad directly, but here In this case, it is undoubtedly better to call the person by name directly.
As he was running, he suddenly heard someone calling his name, but the voice was very familiar to him. It belonged to Audrey, but Audrey's voice sounded very weak.
Audrey was sitting on a table holding her belly, her hands were covered in blood.
"How are you?" Meng Qingxiao hurriedly came over to help her.
"Accidentally, I was sneak-attacked by that guy." Audrey smiled helplessly, her face had turned pale, as if she had made up as Rachel Zhang before.
Meng Qingxiao followed Audrey's hand and found that not far from his feet, a male corpse was lying there, his body had been beaten into a sieve.
"Be patient." Meng Qingxiao said as he quickly took off his backpack and took out medicines and bandages from it.
Audrey snatched it away and said to Meng Qingxiao: "Go and save people first. I heard something moving in front of me."
"I'll save you first."
"No, I didn't hurt any vital parts. Maybe my intestines were punctured and I won't die."
Meng Qingxiao was about to continue to insist, but was interrupted by Audrey: "Go quickly, I can already hear the heart-wrenching sound from the keel. This ship will not be able to support it soon." ”
Meng Qingxiao looked at her blankly: "What do you mean?"
Audrey explained: "One of my torpedoes hit the keel in the middle of the ship. Although it only scraped a little side, the main body of it was already damaged."
"The reason why our place has not been flooded yet is that the air in the cabin prevents the seawater from flooding. However, as time goes by, the bow of the ship rises higher and higher, and the pressure it endures will increase. The keel is likely to withstand If it cannot withstand this pressure and breaks directly in the middle, the entire ship will be quickly submerged, and it will be too late to save people."
"What about you?"
"I can't help you anymore like this. I'm leaving after I've bandaged it up."
Meng Qingxiao said in shock: "You won't come with me?"
Audrey chuckled and shook her head: "If I wasn't injured, I might still be able to help you. Now if I follow you, I can only drag you down. It's better for me to leave first, so that you can save people with peace of mind."
"What are you talking about? You have helped me so much..."
Audrey directly pressed Meng Qingxiao's mouth to stop him from continuing: "Listen to me, it is okay for me to escape alone. I have experienced this situation many times. If I follow you, This will undoubtedly increase the risk for both of us, and may very well lead to both of us being arrested together."
"Okay." Meng Qingxiao had nothing to say, "You must be more careful, then I'm leaving."
"Wait a minute." Audrey returned the breathing ball to Meng Qingxiao, then held Meng Qingxiao's face with her cold right hand, kissed him on the lips like a dragonfly, and smiled. He said, "It's a pleasure working with you. Let's meet again in the future."
Meng Qingxiao nodded silently, then turned around and started running forward, or climbing up. The angle between the hull and the horizon was now almost 45 degrees.
Soon they came to the soldier cabin. This is where the crew lives. It is divided into three floors: the upper, middle and lower floors. The uppermost floor is the sergeant major's cabin, and the lower two floors are ordinary soldier cabins. Meng Qingxiao shouted while searching. The three floors He searched everywhere but didn't see a single figure, so he had no choice but to continue climbing up.
Further forward, there is a room similar to a boiler room, where high-power turbines are placed.
This place seems to have reached the very center of the ship. Going further forward is the rocket, shell and missile storage room, and above it is the gun emplacement or missile silo.
Meng Qingxiao hesitated immediately. These things and places in front of them did not look like places where people could hide, but where did the previous beating sound come from?
Meng Qingxiao tried to hit the wall next to him with the butt of his gun, and only heard a low banging sound. It was impossible for a knock of this level to reach the top.
Meng Qingxiao realized that he was looking in the wrong place. There must be something there that could make loud sounds and spread to the top. What could this thing be?
Meng Qingxiao was pretty good at physics in high school. He immediately thought of the principle of solid sound transmission. What he needed to find was some kind of metal pipe, or something similar, that could go straight from the bottom of the ship to the deck above. Up.
Oh, wait a minute!
Meng Qingxiao woke up suddenly.
Bottom of the boat!
This is not the bottom of the ship, there should be another layer below.
Meng Qingxiao hurriedly looked for a way to the bottom. He seemed to have seen the metal ladder in the soldier cabin just now and could continue to go down. However, the seemingly seamless pedal under his feet gave him an illusion and made him mistakenly I thought I had reached the bottom.
There was indeed space under the gangway in the soldier's cabin, but it was locked. Meng Qingxiao aimed at the keyhole and fired more than a dozen shots until the lock was completely broken, and then he finally lifted the cover.
The cover was about ten centimeters thick. After it was lifted, it was pitch black underneath. Meng Qingxiao adjusted his glasses before he could see a little more clearly. The bottom was already submerged in sea water.
Meng Qingxiao was concerned about his father's safety and climbed down without hesitation. He took out the breathing ball and put it in his mouth, then quickly sank underwater.
Less than a minute after Meng Qingxiao entered the water, fierce gunfire rang out again outside. The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force finally arrived and launched a fierce attack on Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao couldn't resist and had to jump into the sea water. At this time, Audrey also happened to surface.
