Chapter 11 third quarter

"Can HNA's helicopter work?" Da Zhang asked. "No, the floating islands are basically accompanied by storms, and the helicopter will definitely not be able to operate." "Torpedo boat, go directly to the island." I continued. "That's a way, but what about evacuation? What if you encounter an attack?" While we were discussing, the radar soldier called. Staff Officer Wang memorized it, and immediately brought the record to us: "Mr. Lei, look, the latest radar report shows that there is a large-scale radar clutter signal about 47 nautical miles northeast of the base, with an absolute error of 200 meters. Since there are Storm, intermittent signal, tracking."

"Continue to follow up. Also, Staff Officer Wang, do you think this weather is suitable for going to sea?" Mr. Lei asked. "Absolutely not. Now the intelligence department has just sent the sea state assessment, level 7, absolutely not going to sea, and the storm intensity is increasing." Staff Officer Wang said. "What if we must go to sea?" Mr. Lei seemed to want to go now. "Report to the chief, this is absolutely impossible. I cannot guarantee the safety of you and the ship." Staff Officer Wang replied very affirmatively, without any tone of discussion.

Mr. Lei looked out the window: "Well, the rain is a bit heavy. Okay, let's do this first, and report any situation at any time." "You two come here." President Lei greeted Dazhang and me to the window. Da Zhang smoked the cigarette tacitly, and Mr. Lei took a light puff: "The legendary Penglai Island is right in front of us, should we go in or not? I want to go and see what it is." Dazhang also took a puff of cigarette: "Leader, the weather is really not very cooperative. Now that the location is confirmed, we will set off immediately as soon as the storm stops. We can see about it by then."

"Hmm." Mr. Lei thought for a while and said, "By the way, when you go to that village, how long does the old man say he can hold underwater?" "He said about ten minutes." I said.Mr. Lei refers to the old order. "Ask Wang Hao how long a normal person can hold his breath. I always feel that there is something wrong with that person." Mr. Lei said to me. Wang Hao was studying something there, and he didn't seem to notice that I came to him. "Bottom of the bottle, tell me, how long can we usually hold our breath in the water?" I patted him and asked.

Wang Hao was startled: "Oh, Xiao Liu, why are you asking this? Do you want to go into the sea to catch shrimp? The average person rarely takes more than 2 minutes, and the more prominent ones will not exceed 7 minutes." I was shocked at the time, and the old single really had a problem. Just when I was about to tell Mr. Lei the news, a sailor hurried to our house. "Report, the radar shows that there is an unknown huge object moving towards our base in the sea, the commander, please gather at the command tower immediately!" All of us hurried to the command tower, which was set up on a high platform in the base and connected to the anti-sea radar.

As soon as they entered the command room, it was like a pot was boiling, and everyone looked as if they were facing an enemy. "Report location." "The target is still 40 nautical miles away from the base with 5 links, and the current speed is 8 knots, with an absolute error of 80 meters." "Notify the shore defense artillery position, level one alert, prepare live ammunition. Note, this is not a drill, repeat again, this is not a drill!" "No. 4 sea-penetrating radar lost its target, please continue to illuminate No. 5." "The sea state is too high, close to level 8, and the No. 5 radar target is intermittent!"

"Radio Contact, Station 4 Radio Ready Contact!" "No response to radio call, alert!" The leader on duty is Captain Gao, a Confucian general wearing glasses, who greeted us as soon as he saw us coming. "Mr. Lei, let's take a look. What is this?" Leader Gao said, "According to the radar signal, such a large one can only be an aircraft carrier. Lost? Is the legend of Penglai Xiandao true?" Mr. Lei asked: "Can naval ships attack?" Captain Gao shook his head: "In such sea conditions, attacking is almost tantamount to suicide."

"When will the storm stop?" Mr. Lei asked again. "The Weather Service estimates 7 a.m. tomorrow morning." Head Gao stared at the aircraft carrier model that was constantly moving forward on the sand table chart and said: "Don't stop reporting the position, and estimate the time when the target enters the range of the coastal defense gun!" "How about the firepower of the coastal defense artillery? Are you sure you can kill this thing?" "The 152mm heavy artillery has a range of 8 nautical miles, and there are 8 guns around the base. As long as it enters the range, 3 salvos can sink it!" Head Gao pointed to the position of the coastal defense gun on the sand table, "All They are all rotating artillery with a fixed base, and they have just been bought from the Soviet Union a few years ago."

At this time, another report came. "No. 4 sea-penetrating radar lost its target." "The No. 5 sea-penetrating radar lost its target." "The No. 6 sea-penetrating radar lost its target." "All illuminated radar targets in the target sea area are lost, please instruct." Head Gao was a little panicked: "Keep searching, can such a big thing fly?" Boss Lei's eyebrows twitched together: "Could it really be possible to dive into the bottom of the water?" "What? That's unbelievable. The target illuminated by the radar is as big as an aircraft carrier. I've never heard of such a big submarine!" Captain Gao couldn't believe his ears.