Chapter 17 Chapter 15 The October Revolution

The Americans put down their weapons and began talking to each other.Cao Cang was sure that the Soviets on the submarine were really in trouble. Joey proposed to get closer to the submarine to see what happened on the submarine.But Joshua rejected Joey's proposal. "Maybe it's a trap. A Russian ruse." Joey retorted: "If they want to attack us, a torpedo will solve everything. You know, this is a submarine carrying twenty-six nuclear bombs. They are invincible to the external environment, whether it is on the earth or here. of." "It's so close," Joshua said, "how could they launch a nuclear bomb against us."

"But if they unlocked the distance setting of the torpedo," Joy said, "it is completely feasible to attack us with a torpedo, but they didn't do it." Joshua can't argue with that, now it's clear that the Soviets didn't attack the research ship, there are only two possibilities, either they didn't intend to attack at all, or something happened inside the sub, they couldn't take care of themselves, but Joshua still insisted not to approach the sub . Five Americans began to vote by show of hands.It turns out that Joy, Joseph, and Alan are in favor of getting closer, while Karin agrees with Joshua in remaining hostile to the Soviets.

Three to two. Joshua said suddenly: "There is one more person who should participate in the vote." Then he pointed to Cao Cang. "Why?" Joey asked. "Do you still remember that piece of paper?" Joshua said, "That piece of paper with Chinese characters written on it, the one we asked us to give to Cao." "What the hell do you mean?" "I remembered the shape of the text on it." Joshua continued, "I drew it and showed it to Ms. Zhou. She helped me translate it." "What did you write?" "We must obey Cao."

"Why are you saying it now?" "Because now we're in a state of war." Cao Cang walked over to the Americans. Before, Allen and Cao Cang communicated the most. He gestured with his hands to look like a note, and said the simplest words in his mouth, trying to make Cao Cang understand. Cao Cang also gestured to show that he knew the content of the note. The Americans stopped doubting and stood neatly in front of Cao Cang.Americans recognized Cao Cang's status, but everyone couldn't help wondering why Cao Cang concealed this. Cao Cang did not expect Joshua's memory to be so strong that he could remember the shape of the Chinese characters on the note the moment he read it.

Cao Cang couldn't remember at all, when he was reading the note, how Joshua peeked at the note without him noticing.Or there is another possibility that Joshua had secretly read the note countless times before handing it to him. What Cao Cang didn't want to see the most happened.As an imposter, Cao Cang tried his best to hide himself, and never showed his extraordinary ability except as a last resort, but now he was pushed to the forefront. From now on, Cao Cang is not only responsible for the tasks entrusted to him by the motherland, but on the surface, he is also responsible for the safety of everyone on board the scientific research ship.But things have developed to this point, and he can't shirk it.

Cao Cang thought for a while, pointed at the submarine, and said one word: "Go!" After Cao Cang finished speaking, he saw Sister Zhou and Sister Xi who were standing aside, looking at this side coldly.Cao Cang tried his best not to look into their eyes. The Americans took their positions on the ship again, and returned to the post of operating the ship.The scientific research ship approached the submarine. When it was only a dozen meters away from the submarine, the Soviet nuclear submarine suddenly and slowly dived under the sea surface, and disappeared after a while. Apparently, the Soviets on the submarine had a change of heart.Joey returned to the captain's cabin, and everyone followed.Joey was fiddling with communication equipment. He looked confused and turned up the volume of the communication receiving device.According to the voice of the Moore code, Cao Cang heard the content: "The situation is urgent, please help... The situation is urgent, please help!"

The submarine has not gone far, it should still be not far below the scientific research ship. Cao Cang thought for a while, then went out to find Sister Zhou.Sister Zhou saw Cao Cang making an indifferent expression. "No need to pretend." Cao Cang said, "I know who you are." Sister Zhou remained calm. "What's your name?" Cao Cang asked urgently, "It seems that I can't call you comrade anymore." Joshua once said that he wrote down the Chinese characters on the note and showed it to Sister Zhou, and asked Sister Zhou to translate the above content.This shows that Sister Zhou, like herself, can speak English, and her English is much better than her own.

"You bit me back." Sister Zhou said, "Why do you say that?" "Before Lao Yang died, he said something to me." Of course, Cao Cang couldn't tell Sister Zhou that he had deduced her identity through Joshua's leak.Cao Cang could only use Lao Yang as an excuse. Sister Zhou's complexion began to change.Cao Cang struck while the iron was hot, "The country knows your details and still allows you to participate because we are all Chinese." "What is your background?" Sister Zhou's tone loosened. "I am Cao Cang. Unlike you, I have never dealt with Americans before participating in this experiment."

"My name is Zhou Qiang." Sister Zhou finally said, "A meteorological researcher at XX University." "And before that?" Sister Zhou's body tensed up, her hands shook slightly, and then she held back. "It's useless." Cao Cang said, "Before I came, the country trained me in fighting skills." Now that Cao Cang has completely confirmed the identity of Sister Zhou, maybe her real name is not Zhou Qiang.Like herself, she is trying her best to conceal her identity, and she tries to present herself as the most ordinary person. It would be fine to change it to someone else, but Cao Cang judged others by himself, and he heard the clue from Joshua.Cao Cang deduced that sister Zhou probably came from the other side of the strait.Because Americans don't have to do this, they have the initiative to arrange personnel.However, the Taiwan side that got the news will of course do something, and their source of news is of course the United States.

Cao Cang thought, it is logically feasible for the Americans to do so.China wants to use the Soviet Union to contain the United States from the general environment; while the United States uses "Taiwan's power" to contain China from within China.This is also the choice of the game between the two sides. Now both Chinese and American strategies are succeeding. "I don't want to ask you too much." Cao Cang said, "You have seen the current situation. If you don't stand up, even if we are not defeated by the Soviets, the two peoples on board will fight each other to the death. Lao Song now Still locked up."

"Do you think all Americans are the same as Lao Song?" "Who knows. But when the environment gets worse, the Americans will do this. Lao Song understands this very clearly." "Which side are you on?" Sister Zhou asked. "I don't force you, and you don't force me either." Cao Cang said, "I can only tell you that I am Chinese." "Me too." Sister Zhou followed up. The identities of those on board are now becoming clearer.For the sake of what Cao Cang said, there is really no need for Sister Zhou to keep concealing it.The Americans on board now have managed to tear the Chinese relationship apart from within.Lao Song has been brought under control, Xi Mei is just a teenage girl, and Zhou Jie is a spy inserted by Taiwan.Lao Luo and Lao Yang are dead.Cao Cang is really alone now, with no comrades to rely on. But Cao Cang has another biggest advantage, that is, the Americans still regard him as one of their own.Now Cao Cang understands why the Americans are so reassuring to the Chinese. There is really no threat if they cannot unite as a team. Cao Cang began to miss his comrades in arms. Those comrades who lived and died with him on the battlefield entrusted their lives to each other. When fighting on the battlefield, they didn't have to think about these complicated issues at all.But now, Cao Cang hated such an intricate relationship. Sister Zhou's will was completely defeated by Cao Cang.She and Cao Cang returned to the captain's room and began to take over Lao Yang's work, acting as the translator for the two parties.Xi Mei was not too surprised by Zhou Jie's sudden change.She thinks differently, and she is more loyal to her nation than to her country. "Tell them," Cao Cang ordered Sister Zhou, "from now on, they must obey my command." Joshua asked Cao Cang through Sister Zhou: "What should we do now?" "Wait for the submarine to come up again." Cao Cang replied, "When they come up again, we must get in touch with them. I also want to know what happened on the submarine." But in the next few days, the submarine did not appear again. The speed of the ocean currents began to slow down, and there were not as many fish in the sea. Carlin told everyone: "Maybe this intermittent ocean current has come to an end, and the fish that migrated with the ocean current have dispersed to find more suitable sea areas." The sea gradually began to calm down. Suddenly, the nuclear submarine of the Soviets was tens of meters in front of the scientific research ship, rushed vertically to the sea surface, and then fell heavily to the sea surface.The submarine moves rapidly across the sea. Judging from the submarine's frantic change of course, the people on board seemed to be avoiding something. They are avoiding the threat, and now Cao Cang has seen it.Everyone on board saw it: a huge eel chasing the submarine. The submarine also fired a few torpedoes while evading, but the speed of the torpedoes was nothing compared to the eel. Although the eel is huge, with a length of more than 20 meters, it is still very small compared to the submarine.Why would a rugged submarine be afraid of this flesh creature?Everyone on the scientific research ship was puzzled. The submarine circled the surface of the sea to avoid the eels, and the eels chased them closely, coming out of the water completely several times.At this time, everyone saw the appearance of the eel clearly.The body of this eel is thick, but it is still elongated. The difference from the eels living in the earth's oceans is that its head is very broad, twice the width of the body, and it is triangular in shape, while the blunt wide mouth is Keep it open. The next thing, let everyone understand why the submarine is so afraid of the attack of the eel.When the eel was only a few meters away from the submarine, its wide mouth suddenly closed.Then a dazzling white light flashed in front of the eel, and blue light burst out from both sides of the eel's body. It's a giant electric eel! "The electric current hits the submarine," Joy said. "Maybe it won't pose much threat to the people inside the submarine. However, the electronic instruments and various sophisticated systems on board are not so lucky." Joey is a little gloating now: "In terms of the structure and shape of the nuclear submarine, of course it is the giant of the ocean. But the submarine is made of steel, and the Russians must attack fish unscrupulously on the bottom of the sea. I didn't expect to meet this nemesis .” "We have to help them." Cao Cang told the Americans through Sister Zhou. The Americans discussed with each other for a while, and questioned Cao Cang's order through sister Zhou. Cao Cang explained: "Our scientific research ship alone cannot complete the experiment. Only the nuclear submarine has the ability to continue sailing." Allen agreed first, and he told everyone: "The fuel on the scientific research ship is about to run out. We didn't consider such a long cruising time at the beginning. At present, we haven't found a way to go back." When Allen said this, everyone suddenly realized this. An emotion began to pervade everyone's hearts: how should everyone return to the real world? Pocket watch! Cao Cang understood that the most important part of this experiment was how to go back.Only descendants of the Cao family have the ability to go home.This ability must have come from the pocket watch. However, the Americans have not fully figured out how the descendants of the Cao family will go back. Cao Cang already knew that if he wanted to go back, he had to rely on this pocket watch—this special mechanism that the Cao family ancestors had collected for generations. Allen and Karin silently obeyed Cao Cang's order, stood at the bow, set up machine guns, and started aiming at the eels. After all, the electric eel is a flesh body, and the bullets from the heavy machine gun hit it, causing blood and flesh to splatter.The electric eel was seriously injured and ran away far away. The submarine got rid of the electric eel's pursuit, but kept a distance from the research ship.Joey used the radio in the captain's room to keep sending messages to the Soviets to express his sincerity.But there was no reply from the submarine. The Americans asked Cao Cang through Sister Zhou what to do next. Cao Cang said, follow the submarine. The submarine did not sink again and remained afloat.After a long time, until night, the top plate on the bridge of the submarine finally opened, and someone was using a flashlight to send a message to the scientific research ship in Morcode. "Something must have happened inside their submarine," Carlin said. "Should we get involved?" Allen said. Sister Zhou translated the American words to Cao Cang. Cao Cang said: "We must contact them, regardless of the consequences." Cao Cang knew very well that when Lao Yang jumped into the sea regardless of his life, he just wanted to get in touch with the submarine.You must do this, otherwise Lao Yang will die in vain. The scientific research ship gradually approached the submarine.Joshua remained vigilant, pointing his machine gun at the Soviets on the submarine. Joey stared at the rhythm of the flashlights of the Soviets on the submarine, and translated the meaning of the Soviets to others: "The situation is urgent, please approach, please approach." The more this happened, the more nervous Joshua became.He pointed the front sight at the people on the submarine, and the muzzle of the gun kept adjusting with the fluctuation of the hull. "Who on our ship can speak Russian?" Joshua asked. Karin interjected: "I can speak a little bit. Before immigrating to the United States, I took Russian as an elective in college." Cao Cang always knew that although Karin was dark-skinned, he was not black. He guessed that he should be of Indian American descent. He did not expect that he immigrated to the United States after growing up in India. "Like you, I have also learned a little Russian." Cao Cang said to Karin in Russian. Karin said in surprise: "Why didn't you say it earlier, we will be able to communicate sooner." Cao Cang smiled, and didn't continue talking to Karin. The scientific research ship and the submarine were already very close, but the submarine did not stop and kept moving at a certain speed on the sea.The scientific research ship can only keep parallel with the submarine. "How did you get here?" Cao Cang shouted to the Soviets on the submarine in Russian, his voice barely passed through the waves. "Just like you, follow the current." The Soviets shouted back. "What happened to you?" Cao Cang shouted. "We are ready to surrender to you," the Soviet shouted, "but we do not have full control of the submarine yet." "What are you going to do?" Cao Cang shouted. "We're in trouble now, but we can get it under control. Believe us, come here," the Soviets shouted. Cao Cang said to Carlin: "Put the boat into the sea, let's go there." "No." Joshua said, "They must be lying to us." Sister Zhou translated this to Cao Cang. "Then I'll go." Cao Cang said to Sister Zhou, "I'll go alone." Sister Zhou conveyed Cao Cang's meaning. "I'll go too." Karin volunteered, "I can also speak a few words of Russian, so I can take care of you." Joshua and the other Americans couldn't hold on anymore and had to lower the boat.Cao Cang checked the clip of the pistol and put it on his waist.Karim did the same, pulling out a pistol to check.Cao Cang knew that the Americans were all carrying weapons. "You guys stop first." Cao Cang shouted. "Wait a minute," the Soviet replied, "It's a bit troublesome." Everyone on board seemed to hear the crisp gunshots coming from the submarine.After half an hour, the Soviet submarine gradually stopped and floated on the sea. Cao Cang and Karin quickly jumped into the boat, picked up the oars on the boat, and rowed vigorously. In the process of paddling, Cao Cang discovered that the ocean current had disappeared and the sea surface became very stable.During this day, everyone on board focused their attention on the submarine, and their spirits were highly concentrated, but they ignored the flow of the ocean itself. Cao Cang didn't bother to think about these things now, and continued to row towards the submarine. Cao Cang and Karin quickly rowed to the side of the submarine.The Soviets lowered the rope and let Cao Cang and Karin climb up to the observation deck of the bridge. After Cao Cang and Karin arrived on the observation platform, they did not speak, but kept a certain distance from the Soviets.The three Soviets stood face to face with Cao Cang and Karin.One of them was a Soviet man, about fifty years old, with a big beard and a burly figure.From his naval officer's uniform, it can be seen that his rank is very high.The other two Soviets standing on the left and the right must be his subordinates. It is the man on the right hand side of the naval officer who uses the flashlight to contact the scientific research ship. The two sides were silent for the time being. "Is there a Chinese?" After a while, the bearded man took the initiative to ask. "Yes." Cao Cang replied. "Where are we now?" the bearded man asked. "You don't know where you are?" Karin asked strangely, "Can you tell us your identity?" "I am the captain of this submarine, Remus." The bearded man introduced himself. "I'm Karin," Karin said, "He's Cao." "What happened to your submarine?" Cao Cang asked. "Chinese." Remus said with a smile, "Our former brothers." Cao Cang did not speak. He and his teammates suffered a lot from Soviet-made weapons on the Vietnam battlefield, and he had a strong hostility towards the Soviet Union. "It's not the time to talk about friendship." Remus said, "I'm getting down to business. I led this submarine. I originally planned to get in touch with the US Navy and hand over this submarine to the Americans." Cao Cang never thought that Remus would say such a thing. "Everyone has their own ideals and pursuits." Remus said, "I have good reasons for doing this." "But how did you get involved in this experiment?" Karin asked. "This is an experiment?" Remus looked shocked, "No wonder I'm completely unfamiliar with the sea here." "What the hell happened on your sub?" "This submarine is the pride of our Soviet Union." Remus couldn't help but be proud. "It is the most advanced submarine in the world. I want to take this submarine to freedom...but when my cronies and I carry out During the operation, my political commissar—Ivan, carried me and other subordinates on the submarine, and changed the direction of the submarine.” "Where is your political commissar now?" "After being controlled, my cronies and I were detained in my lounge." Remus said, "But something strange happened." "The people on the submarine disappeared and reappeared for no reason..." Cao Cang interrupted. "Yes." Remus said, "The people on our submarine began to appear in every corner of the submarine inexplicably, and then disappeared." "Space shocks," Karin said. "Have you encountered a similar situation?" Cao Cang and Karin nodded. "The crew on this submarine are basically my students, and when I was able to move freely, most of them began to obey my command." Remus said, "But there are still more than a dozen people who obey the orders of my political commissar Ivan. " "So you guys fought in the submarine?" Cao Cang said. "Now Ivan has been cornered by us to the last cabin. I basically have control of the sub." "But it seems to me that you haven't done that." "Yes." Remus replied, "Ivan and the others are now in the nuclear power cabin. Although I forcibly activated the conventional power, Ivan can choose to die with us." "You sent a message asking us to come, do you want us to help you?" "Of course, aren't you the United States Navy?" "Of course it is," Carlin said. When Remus was talking, Cao Cang saw him touch his nose occasionally.Cao Cang knew that Remus must be hiding something. There is no reason why the Soviets on the submarine could not find that the scientific research ship does not have any strong attack power, and they have already experienced similar weird incidents to the scientific research ship.They must know that this sea area is a completely strange place.But Remus is still talking about surrendering to the U.S. Navy.Cao Cang was aware of the danger. The inside of the submarine was firing again, and now Cao Cang was sure that a gun battle was taking place inside. Cao Cang quickly pulled out his pistol and pointed it at Remus. Remus' entourage also took out their guns and pointed at Cao Cang.Karin was stunned by the sudden change.Remus' entourage immediately held Karin's head with a gun, and Karin had no ability to attack. Cao Cang had no chance of winning at this time, but he told himself to stay calm. "You are not the captain, you are not Remus." Cao Cang said. "I'm Remus. My father gave me my name, why change it?" "Let's go back," Cao Cang said. "Do you think it possible?" said Remus, "to bring your ships near us, you traitor to socialism." "You are the political commissar on this ship." Cao Cang finally figured it out, "You are the one who brought your submarine to this sea area." Remus said in surprise, "How do you know?" "Don't forget, who disclosed the news of the American experiment to you." Remus looked at Cao Cang with sharp eyes.Cao Cang knew that he was thinking and judging. "Can we talk calmly?" Remus changed his tone. "Have you really controlled the situation on the submarine?" Cao Cang asked.Cao Cang heard gunshots from inside the submarine again. "Ivan is stubborn," Remus said, "but trust me, I can control it." Just as he was speaking, the top cover of the submarine suddenly opened, and a rising soldier, seeing this situation, began to shout towards the bottom.Then several low-level Soviet soldiers quickly climbed up one by one, holding small submachine guns, aiming at Cao Cang and Karin. Cao Cang said to Remus: "Since you asked our ship to come over, don't threaten me like this." Remus waved his hand, and the Soviets put down their weapons. Cao Cang gestured to Karin and called the scientific research ship to approach.Karin was hesitating, Cao Cang said in Russian: "Listen to me." Karin borrowed a small flag from the entourage around Remus, signaled to the scientific research ship, and called the scientific research ship to come.The scientific research ship adjusted its direction and slowly approached. Remus stretched out his hand, "Cao, you are right to do this, we must cooperate. We are in the same camp." Cao Cang also stretched out his hand, and Karin's face was cloudy. Cao Cang held Remus' hand, and in an instant, Cao Cang pulled Remus to his body, the arm that shook hands grabbed Remus' throat; the other hand He quickly pressed the pistol against Remus' temple. "What are you doing! Are you crazy?" Remus' junior officers and soldiers all raised their weapons and aimed at Cao Cang. "Get back!" Karin saw Cao Cang's actions, and shouted at the Soviets, "You all retreat under the submarine." "Let our captain go!" The Soviet soldiers shouted wildly. The people on the scientific research ship saw the change in the situation and aimed their heavy machine guns at the submarine observation tower. Seeing that the emotions of both parties are about to lose control.Rush is on the verge of breaking out. "Cao." Although Reimus was controlled by Cao Cang, his tone was still calm, "What are you going to do?" "You have to ensure my safety," Cao Cang said. "I never attacked you," Remus said. "If I had thought that, your ship would have sunk to the bottom of the sea." "That's because you want what you want from us." Cao Cang said, "Of course you will do it when you get it." "What do you want?" "Come with me to the scientific research ship." Cao Cang said, "I will ensure your safety. Of course, we are safe with you." "You all go back." Cao Cang shouted at the Soviet soldiers. "Listen to him," Remus said to his subordinates. "They will understand that it was a misunderstanding." The Soviets saw the machine guns on the scientific research ship, but they didn't say a word. The space of the observation tower was not large, and it was already crowded with eight or nine people standing on it.If they killed Cao Cang and Karin rashly, they would not be able to avoid the machine gun attack on the scientific research ship in such a small area. Cao Cang shook his head at Karin. Karin walked out of the observation tower first and stood on the top of the hull of the submarine. Cao Cang pointed his gun at Remus' back and stepped back from the observation tower step by step. The Soviet soldiers also wanted to follow, but Karin stopped him by comparing them with guns. Cao Cang and Karin pulled Remus into the small boat, and then rowed the small boat to the scientific research ship.After boarding the scientific research ship, Karin breathed a sigh of relief. During the whole process, the Soviets were at a disadvantage and watched as Remus was captured by Cao Cang.