The water column was like a giant fountain.
The water column thicker than a person rushed into a straight line. If it wasn't for the metal ceiling above, it would make people wonder if it could spray to the highest point of the warship in one go.
The Marines retreated as if they were fleeing. Some of them subconsciously wanted to close the watertight door to stop the seawater, but after a long time, they only felt the broken part of the watertight door left behind after it was cut.
When water entered the warship, there was a series of corresponding damage control operations. These operations were also practiced irregularly, so the Marines would subconsciously close the watertight door and try to open the drainage system.
It wasn't hard to accept that the watertight door was cut off.
But why was there such a serious leak in the fire and damage control main pump room?
The fire and damage control main pump room was located in the middle and lower level of the cabin. It was separated from the bottom of the ship by a maintenance passage and a watertight compartment.
Not to mention how many closed compartments there were, how did the seawater flood from the bottom to here with a height difference of nearly five meters?
Did the seawater appear here prove that the area below had been completely flooded?
As the Marines retreated, they reported their encounter to the outside. At the same time, they tried to find a watertight door to stop the seawater from entering.
After passing through two damaged watertight doors in a row, the Marines finally met up with Commander Matticus at the other end of the main maintenance passage. They encountered an intact watertight door.
In addition to Matticus, there was a row of sailors behind the door who were preparing to rush in to repair the fire suppression system. But now they couldn't possibly have the opportunity to repair it. When the Marines rushed through the watertight door, the two of them worked together to close the watertight door with a bang and frantically turned the door valve.
The seawater chased under their feet and was finally mercilessly blocked in front of the watertight door.
Commander Matticus's poker face gradually turned pale as he looked at this group of cowardly and fearful Special Forces members.
He had just received a report from the sailors guarding the passage on the lower level. With the watertight compartment 063 as the center, the compartments 065, 066, and 067 nearby had all experienced large-scale infiltration.
In less than two minutes, the seawater filled these compartments and rushed into the passage.
The watertight doors of the lower compartments were usually closed. This measure also prevented the seawater from further flooding into the lower compartments.
But as soon as they thought of the watertight doors that were cut off, no one could guarantee that the water wouldn't continue to enter the compartments.
Inside the warship, there were orange alarms flashing everywhere.
The warship that was originally moving at full speed was forced to slow down because of the water in the lower cabin.
…
What he was afraid of had come true.
Closing the watertight door was not the only way to damage the pipe.
After the watertight door was closed, the crew immediately started the drainage work of the leaky cabin.
However, before the drainage system could be activated, the needle started to jump around randomly before it completely collapsed.
Then …
Behind the watertight door in front of Matticus and the Marines, there was a strange sound that sent chills down their spines.
Less than a second after the strange noise, a small orange dot suddenly lit up on the watertight door. Just when everyone thought that it was someone's flashlight shining on it, the orange-red dot immediately began to expand and melt. Then, a crescent-shaped incisor appeared.
A scorching white light blossomed in front of everyone, accompanied by the sound of metal being twisted. They subconsciously covered their eyes.
"Run!"
"The monster is catching up."
"It's … it's it. It's the one that split our stun grenades and cut Lance's shield and bulletproof vest in half.
Thinking of the empty assault rifle, the cut stun grenades and stun grenades, and the terrifying power of the incisor, the Marines began to retreat one by one.
They felt that it wasn't that they weren't brave enough, but that the enemy was too unknown and powerful to hurt it.
No one would have thought that the Marines would actually desert. Matticus wanted to stop them, but he couldn't stop them at all.
The only armed force deserted. Looking at the watertight door that was half cut open and beginning to leak water, Matticus could only order a retreat in fear.
The crowd ran away like a swarm of bees. They ran to the next watertight door and closed it again. Then, without stopping, they continued to retreat and close the watertight door.
Officer Matticus retreated all the way to the command room below the tower.
The atmosphere in the command room was worse than Matticus's expression.
Seeing that Matticus, the commander of this joint operation, had arrived, the captain and a few department heads on the ship all gathered around him.
"Sir Commander, due to the unpredictable danger in the cabin, I think we have to give up this mission." Captain Carlo saluted him with a serious expression and said stiffly, "This is the unanimous decision of a few departments on the ship. I don't think our ship can last until the mission starts."
The ship was the life of the captain, as well as the home and companion of the nearly 400 crew members.
Unless it was a mission that involved victory or defeat on a strategic level, no mission could sacrifice this ship with a glorious history.
If it weren't for the fact that the order couldn't be disobeyed, Captain Carlo and his subordinates wouldn't have cared about Matticus at all.
"We can't give up." Matticus's attitude was just as tough. "I don't want to repeat the meaning of this mission. Are we going to give up a chance to avenge our comrades and destroy the enemy's overseas base just because an unknown enemy is on the ship?"
"Then tell me what we should do."
"If we don't retreat, are we going to let the monster cut open all our watertight doors bit by bit?"
"We can only use guns in the cabin, but guns can't hurt it at all."
"Right now, five watertight doors have been destroyed, but we can't do anything about it. We can only retreat to the coastal waters. That way, we won't have to worry about the risk of sinking the ship. "
Captain Carlo kept asking questions. Matticus wasn't the only one who saw what happened to the Marines in the lower cabin. Everyone in the battle command room also saw it.
The white blade that seemed to be able to cut through everything, and the unknown figure that lurked in the liquid and wasn't affected by bullets, made them wonder if a monster from a sci-fi movie had transmigrated here.
That unknown enemy was most likely from Monster Industries.
Anyway, Monster Industries' overseas factory was built there. They weren't afraid that they couldn't find the culprit.
"Even if we sink, we have to launch all the missiles before sinking." Matticus only had the mission in his eyes. As long as the missiles were launched, the mission wouldn't be considered a failure.
In other words, after the few ships assembled and successfully destroyed the overseas factory of Monster Industries, they would have to pay the price of sinking a guided missile cruiser.
It was far better than being beaten by the enemy without any ability to fight back and causing the mission to fail. The responsibility was much smaller.
He was the commander of this operation. If they failed, he would have to bear the greatest responsibility.
"If you insist on carrying out the mission, then I request that you remove the radio silence and report our situation to the superiors." In the hearts of Captain Carlo and the crew, the ship was the most important.
"No." Matticus rejected again.
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