At the same time, at the headquarters of the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
After the efforts of countless people, they finally roughly figured out the cause of the major accident that happened in the Gulf of Guinea.
Strictly speaking, it was not an accident, but a disaster.
Ever since the two comprehensive supply ships did not wait for the cruiser and submarine, the headquarters of the Fifth Fleet immediately sent the route map of the cruiser and submarine and ordered the comprehensive supply ships to search back along the route.
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, the two supply ships quickly turned around.
The headquarters of the fleet also coordinated with the Pentagon to urgently mobilize reconnaissance satellites to conduct a large-scale scan along the route.
There were also intelligence personnel lurking in the port of Anut, reconnaissance satellites that had been constantly watching the port, and long-range reconnaissance aircraft that had taken off urgently.
All of them locked their sights on the three routes.
First, a supply ship found traces of the ship burning on the way back to the cruiser's route.
The black smoke in the sky had already dissipated, but some of the wreckage left behind by the cruiser's fire and explosion were still floating on the sea.
There was also fuel that had not been burned after the sinking.
Based on the traces of fuel that seeped out, the supply ship successfully found the exact location of the sunken ship. After releasing the deep-sea aerial camera, the cruiser that had sunk to the bottom of the sea also appeared in their field of vision.
The intelligence personnel lurking in the port of Anut also sent key news.
In the evening, without any prior notice, the port was suddenly put under martial law.
Combined with the reconnaissance satellite images that had been watching the port, at least 500 ship crew members were escorted to the direction of the Monster Industries mine.
The next day.
The reconnaissance satellite locked onto a large camp near the diamond mine. Due to the weather and resolution, the optical lens could not see the details of the people who were detained there. However, after checking the number of people, it could be confirmed that the crew members of the cruiser and submarine were basically there.
This could be considered the only good news among the countless bad news.
But, how did the cruiser sink?
How did the two submarines that could perfectly blend into the background noise of the ocean and whose routes were highly confidential sink?
The deep-sea aerial camera scanned the cruiser back and forth more than ten times, but it did not find any traces of a weapon attack outside.
The two submarines did not need fuel to power, so they had not found any traces for the time being.
They could only wait for the professional underwater terrain sonar scanning equipment to arrive and scan them one by one along the route.
Now, there were countless questions waiting to be answered.
However, the culprit behind all of this was definitely the Monster Industries.
There was also General Maups as an accomplice.
The Fifth Fleet angrily contacted the Monster Industries branch in the Anut Special District and General Maups, the highest-ranking officer in the Anut Special District.
The liaison officer in charge of passing on the message roared, demanding that Monster Industries and General Maups take full responsibility for the disaster, immediately hand over the culprit who caused the disaster, and immediately release all the crew members in the camp.
Otherwise, they would have to wait for the joint fleet of aircraft carriers to arrive and turn the Anut region into a wasteland.
Inside the bunker, General Maups answered a call from the Fifth Fleet with his legs crossed.
"The culprit?"
General Maups's face was full of questions and indignation. "If there is really a culprit behind this shipwreck, doesn't it mean that your fleets that could crush other superpowers are no longer invincible and have lost their deterrence in the past?"
"Is there a need for a fleet that can't even find the enemy and will be sunk for no reason?"
"Why don't you just disband on the spot and change the warship to run transportation?"
"I caught your crew?" General Maups's indignation turned into grievance again. "It was clearly my coastal patrol that received their distress signal, and I rescued them one by one in the spirit of humanity."
"Of course, I won't keep those crew members."
"But … with your attitude, how can I dare to let them go?"
As he spoke, General Maups couldn't pretend anymore. He held back his laughter and said, "How about this, you let your Foreign Affairs and Commerce Department sign an open and friendly trade partnership agreement with the Anut region."
"In addition to a declaration of peace in the agreement, there should be some economic support and trade preferential provisions."
"As soon as the agreement is signed, I will immediately send these crew members in distress home."
"Of course ~"
"You can also directly send the joint fleet of aircraft carriers over and turn the Anut Special District into a wasteland."
"Our Anut Special District is not worth much anyway. I, Maups, was scared by you before and didn't have any ambition. At worst, I will take my family to Hua Xia to do some small business."
"It's just that I don't know what the attitude of Monster Industries is."
"What if another shipwreck incident happens on the way …."
…
The Fifth Fleet and the Pentagon were in a state of incompetence and fury.
No one dared to let other warships take the risk of going to the Gulf of Guinea without accurate information about the culprit of this disaster and corresponding countermeasures.
One cruiser and two attack submarines.
It was already a heavy responsibility that the Fifth Fleet could not bear when tied together from top to bottom.
Three main ships disappeared at once. It would not be long before there would be related rumors in the outside world.
At that time, not to mention international pressure, just the pressure of public opinion within the US military and the outside world would make them unable to bear the consequences.
The displacement of the three ships added up to more than 20,000 tons, and they were all the most advanced ship models.
Even if this mission was mobilized under the excuse that the three ships had finished their duty and returned to their home port for repair and maintenance.
Even if this mission was strictly confidential to the outside world, except for a few commanders who made the mission plan and the crew who were already trapped in the Anut Special District, no one knew the true movements of the three ships.
That couldn't be hidden for long.
Public opinion would come rushing in.
Because more than 500 crew members on the ships had lost contact.
According to the slowest voyage time for the three ships to return to their home port for repair and maintenance, they could only hide for half a month.
After half a month, the three ships could not reach their home port, and the families of more than 500 crew members could not contact them. Anxious family members and public opinion would quickly surge in.
Unless the crew members were brought back within this half a month.
In this way, the family members could contact the crew members. At most, the public opinion would question where the three ships had gone.
At that time, they would use the reason of ship maintenance and upgrade. Because of the replacement of new weapons and equipment, they had to be strictly confidential to respond to public opinion questions. They could delay the outbreak of public opinion for another three to five months.
With a buffer period of three to five months, they could use a major accident during maintenance or because of immature technology to extend the upgrade time by another year or two.
In a year or two, it would be understandable if some major accident unfortunately happened …
As long as they kept the news secret well, the evidence presented by the news and public opinion could also be distorted into conspiracy theories.
After clarifying the priorities of the problem, the Fifth Fleet could only fight a war of words with Monster Industries and General Maups before the crew members were brought back.
But what price would they have to pay to get the crew members back?
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