The first person to witness the damage was the first person sent to check the watertight compartment.
When he walked down the winding metal stairs and came to the intersecting maintenance tunnel at the bottom and planned to enter the tunnel leading to the watertight compartment, he smelled a burnt smell at the door.
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The man on duty opened a watertight door with a face full of question marks, and then the question marks turned into shock.
In front of him was a narrow tunnel less than one meter high filled with various pipes. Below this tunnel was a grid of watertight compartments. Because no one cared about them, a lot of oil dripped from the pipe interfaces accumulated on the ground.
But now the oil was smoking …
As soon as the watertight door was opened, the burning smoke couldn't stop pouring out. When the smoke finally dissipated, the man on duty found a black burn mark running through the top of the tunnel.
It was not accurate to say that it was burnt because there was no fire inside. Instead, the insulation of the pipes seemed to have been heated by a microwave and turned into liquid, dripping to the ground with smoke.
Even if he wore a gas mask, he wouldn't be able to block the dripping hot rubber.
The man on duty picked up the intercom and was about to report the situation, but as soon as the intercom was turned on, he found that the channel was a mess.
"I need backup here. There are abnormal pressure conditions in many pipes."
"The light water foam fire extinguishing pipe pressure is completely lost."
"There are also data anomalies in the central control room."
"Reporting to the command center, the passage leading to the fire and damage control main pump room is full of foam. We can't go in at all."
"Yes … command center … I seem to hear something … something hitting the compartment in the fire and damage control main pump room."
"The watertight door was cut open by someone. The incision is melted. It may be some high-temperature cutting equipment."
"God ~ What stepped on this oil stain? This footprint can't be human."
"Enemy attack ~"
"Sound the invasion alarm, there is an enemy attack inside the cabin."
The series of events that had occurred in the cabin, from the captain who had been in the ship for twenty years to the sailors who had just entered the service, were all young ladies who had just boarded the sedan chair. It was so strange that they had never even heard of it before.
The cut marks of the watertight door that seemed to be scratched open by hot claws, and the inhuman footprints left in the oily maintenance tunnel.
In the passageway that was filled with light water foam, there was a faint sound of collision …
In less than three minutes, no less than twenty sailors had gathered outside the passage leading to the fire and damage control main pump room. But these people's teeth were chattering, they were staring at each other, no one dared to step forward.
A minute later, Matticus, who was in charge of this mission, rushed over.
Behind him were dozens of fully armed marines wearing breathing masks. They waded through the light water foam that was half a person's height and slowly moved to the front of the crowd.
The sailors lined up in two rows and blocked the narrow passageway. When they saw the marines with weapons, they immediately squeezed back as if they had seen their saviors, exposing the watertight door full of terrifying dangers to Commander Matticus.
Even though Matticus had heard enough reports while he was on his way here, he was mentally prepared for the severity of the situation.
But when he saw Watertight Door lying on the ground, he still felt his legs and stomach tremble and his teeth tremble.
They were in a high-speed warship that maintained radio silence.
This was the boundless deep sea, not the Middle East where enemies were everywhere.
How did the enemy get on the ship?
How did the enemy cut open the watertight door made of alloy so quickly?
The inhuman footprints, and the faint sound of collision at the end of the passage …
Matticus tightened his bulletproof vest, then leaned to the side of the passageway and ordered, "Advance to the target area in battle formation. No matter what happens, fire immediately."
Following the order, the dozens of marines behind him immediately raised their weapons and crouched behind the first shield-wielding member. When the last Marine stepped through the watertight door, Commander Matticus hurriedly informed all the non-combat personnel to bring along all the fire extinguishing equipment and stand guard near the ammunition and fuel depots. All combat personnel scattered to the passageways of the ship and didn't let go of any suspicious movements.
The enemy chose to destroy the fire and damage control main pump room. There was definitely a plan and a purpose.
When the most important fire-extinguishing system in the warship failed, the fuel and ammunition depots that could not be set on fire would inevitably become the enemy's next target.
Thinking about how for this combat mission, the guided missile cruiser not only filled the launcher with ammunition but also stored dozens of cruise missiles in the ammunition depot …
The power of those missiles was enough to destroy the cruiser.
Fortunately …
The ammunition in the missile launcher could be fired in less than ten seconds in the event of danger. There was no fuse installed in the ammunition depot. They had to be burned for at least two minutes before the fuel would explode.
Fortunately, although this was the most important fire-extinguishing system in the ship, it was not the only one.
In the fuel and ammunition depots, there was also an independent emergency fire-extinguishing system that could provide a few minutes of emergency fire-extinguishing before the main fire-extinguishing system was fully involved.
In addition, whether it was in the living area or the equipment area, there were always fire extinguishers and fire-extinguishing sand at the corners of the passageways.
No matter how bad these backups were, they were better than nothing.
With Matticus's orders, all the personnel inside the guided missile cruiser were mobilized. They either picked up fire-extinguishing equipment on standby or stood by the important facilities with their weapons.
There were even cleaners in fully sealed chemical suits who rushed into the ammunition depot and sprayed fire extinguishers on the ground and walls with hand-held water-based fire extinguishers.
However, just as Matticus was hesitating whether to violate the radio silence rule and issue a warning to the other nearby battleships, the marines finally arrived at the entrance of the fire and damage control main pump room with shields in their eyes.
Another watertight door was cut open, and it was in a melted state.
At this time, the fire-extinguishing foam in the light water foam tank had flowed out, and the carbon dioxide tank was no longer hissing.
Every Marine's helmet was equipped with a probe. Seeing these Marines standing at the door and not daring to enter, Matticus, who was hiding in the back, anxiously shouted "Go Go Go Go Go ~"
Don't … don't dare to enter!
Because the second after the Marines arrived at the door, the originally clanging sound inside suddenly stopped. It became silent, as if something was dormant.
A strange atmosphere spread among the Marines.
Who knew what was dormant inside?
Being urged by the commander, one of the Marines simply proposed to throw in a flash bomb before rushing in.
This proposal was carried out to the double combination of a flash bomb and a stun grenade. Then two Marines gently pulled out the bolt and counted down to three seconds with their fingers.
Three, two, one.
At the end of the countdown, the two threw in the flash bomb and the stun grenade at the same time.
The safety catch popped open in mid-air, and the flash bomb and stun grenade emitted thin smoke in mid-air.
However, in that split second, the Marines who were preparing to turn their heads to avoid the glare clearly saw from the corner of their eyes that a white blade that was as bright as a flash grenade suddenly flashed out from the fire-extinguishing foam that was half the height of a person.
The blade drew a Z shape in the air, and when the blade disappeared, the flash bomb and the stun grenade were cut in half …
"Ghost … Ghost!"
"Da da da ~ Da da da da ~"
Amidst the shouts and the sound of assault rifles firing, another white blade flashed.
The shouts of the shield-wielding Marine at the front came to an abrupt end. He first looked at the broken shield in his hand with a puzzled expression, then looked at the bulletproof plate that had been cut open on his chest and was still emitting thick smoke. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word because he felt that his body seemed to be ignited by something.
His companions behind him yelled and dragged him to the side of the cabin wall, and bullets poured into the foam where the blade disappeared.
The foam flew, and the sound of metal hitting metal was as dense as raindrops.
The magazine was quickly emptied, but before they could reload, the foam in front of them suddenly boiled.
A water column spurted out from there.
The water column pushed the foam away, hit the metal ceiling above, and poured everywhere.
A Marine was sprayed all over, and he subconsciously licked the water droplets on his lips.
The familiar salty taste.
It was seawater.
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