By the time the rescue boat on the guided-missile destroyer arrived at the area where the anti-radiation missiles had attacked, the area that had been hit by hundreds of discrete rods had already calmed down. Several searchers stared at the surface of the sea for a long time, but they couldn't find any wreckage floating on the sea.
There wasn't even a speck of oil.
They were unwilling to give up and used the sonar on a small ship to measure the depth of the sea. The sonar showed that the depth was more than 320 meters.
This depth had eliminated the possibility of divers searching underwater. The unmanned submarine on the guided-missile cruiser could do it, but it required the cruiser to stay in this area for a long time.
The cruiser still had an important attack mission, so the searchers could only record the approximate coordinates and report back.
The searchers who returned without any results made Matticus furious. Half of his anger was vented on the searchers, and the other half was distributed to Monster Industries.
Why was it so difficult to get some "technical materials" from Monster Industries?
He had missed three opportunities from Matticus, and each time, it seemed to be within his reach.
The accumulated anger made Matticus secretly ruthless. After the Monster Industries' production base was turned into ruins in the evening, the follow-up ground troops would ensure that not a single piece of intact metal was left for them.
Thinking of this, Matticus looked at the time on his watch. It was 2: 50 in the afternoon, four hours before the scheduled attack time.
He asked the navigator to recalculate the current position of the two submarines on the electronic nautical chart.
As the situation changed after the end of the Cold War, the mission of their submarines also changed dramatically.
From suppressing and hunting targets on the surface and underwater in the straits, it changed to more diverse long-range support and the combat mission of using submarine-launched missiles to attack land targets.
Therefore, the two submarines were also important participants in the attack in the evening. When the time came, together with the guided-missile cruiser, they could pour at least 150 missiles of various types toward the four targets of Monster Industries in just ten minutes.
Of course, the guided-missile cruiser and the two submarines carried far more missiles.
However, Matticus had been traumatized by Monster Industries. In addition to the necessary land-attack missiles, he also had the cruiser and submarine carry a large number of combat missiles to prevent Monster Industries from launching attacks on them.
Fortunately, they still had two comprehensive supply ships. In three hours, they would be able to replenish the land combat missiles.
The navigator was a fat man wearing glasses. When he was lying on the electronic nautical chart to calculate the position of the submarine, one-third of his round belly was stuck on the nautical chart screen.
After a while, the navigator straightened his belly and said, "Commander, according to the calculation of the speed, the two submarines should have arrived at the scheduled battle area. We will maintain the same speed and meet up with the submarines in 40 minutes."
"Increase the speed to the maximum and rendezvous with the submarine in advance." Just now, Monster Industries' stealth reconnaissance aircraft had already made him a little nervous.
After he finished giving his instructions, he sat on the chair and took a few deep breaths. Only by meeting up with the submarine as soon as possible would he be able to give him a sense of security.
…
The speed of a ship on the sea was usually around 20 knots. Even at full speed, it would not exceed 31 knots.
The cruiser's speed, in front of the Lord-class battleship, was like a father with a world sprint gold medal around his neck chasing his naughty son, the kind that had just learned how to walk.
In less than 20 minutes, the Lord-class battleship was within ten nautical miles of the cruiser.
Sitting condescendingly in the cockpit, Tianjin and Ye Na could clearly see that on the blue sea below, there was a dark gray battleship breaking through the waves and galloping towards the distance.
The short-wave anti-air radar on the guided missile cruiser was constantly rotating. Its effective detection range was 50 nautical miles. Within this range, even a flying bird would be clearly marked on the screen.
But it could not capture the trace of the Lord-class battleship.
"What about the other two comprehensive supply ships?" Dian Jing stood up from the pilot's seat and looked out for a moment. She only saw a lone cruiser and did not see any other ships.
In stealth mode, the Lord-class battleship could only use optical reconnaissance equipment that did not emit electromagnetic waves to search for the target. There was no sign of the supply ship on the screen, nor in their field of vision.
One cruiser and two comprehensive supply ships. This was the information that the Fifth Fleet had announced to the port of the Gulf of Guinea a few days ago.
They formed a fleet and sailed into the Gulf of Guinea. According to their naval combat deployment practice, there must be one or two submarines hiding near the comprehensive supply ship, responsible for protection and attack.
It did not matter if they could not find any trace of them. It did not matter if they did not know how many submarines there were. As long as the cruiser was attacked, they would definitely rush over to provide support.
"Maybe they are hiding in the distance." Ye Na's mouth twitched and she smiled coolly. "The cruiser below does not seem to have a displacement of less than 9,000 tons. As long as we sink it, the two supply ships will come to the rescue."
It did not matter if they could not find any trace of them. It did not matter if they did not know how many submarines there were. As long as the cruiser was attacked, they would definitely rush over to provide support.
Dian Jing thought about it and felt that it made sense. But she was not convinced and argued, "The weapon system used to execute the attack was designed by me. I did not even boast about it. How can you be so confident?"
Ye Na's expression was as proud as ever. "Hurry up and activate the weapon. I can't wait."
Dian Jing snorted twice before she got up and pushed open the connecting hatch between the cockpit and the cargo hold.
Inside the cargo hold, two silver-white indeterminate weapon systems, codenamed saber-toothed tigers, stood quietly on specially fixed bases.
Without any extra packaging to cover them, they were like two silver sculptures, but their surfaces were enshrouded in a strange metallic luster.
Dian Jing happily pinched the saber-toothed tiger's head twice. It was cold to the touch.
Ye Na also touched the other saber-toothed tiger's cold head, and her smile became even prouder.
The base of the saber-toothed tiger was connected to an independent charging system in the cargo hold. It could provide the internal energy module of the saber-toothed tiger with no less than five charges.
Next to the saber-toothed tiger, there were two square metal cabinets.
These two metal cabinets were painted orange-yellow. Other than a few pressure gauges on their surfaces, there were no other extra parts.
So from the outside, they looked more like two square metal ingots, giving off an unusually thick feeling. If one ignored the red circular radiation mark in the middle, it did not have much of a presence.
But there was a fission knife hidden inside.
Dian Jing and Ye Na stood beside the silver-white saber-toothed tiger and admired it for a while. Dian Jing held a special tablet and entered a long string of English and numeric passwords. Then, she pressed her translucent palm on the screen.
"Verifying security …"
"Verification passed. The mechanical carrier matches the security identification code."
"Self-check complete. System matching rate is 100%."
"Activating …"
A prompt appeared on the screen. Dian Jing entered the operation interface of the saber-toothed tiger.
[Manually select attack target:
Target locked: Ticonderoga-class cruiser.
Manually enter target position:
Attack mode/underwater infiltration mode.
Install fission knife?
[Yes.]
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