1738, Pufferfish Incident
A tanker loaded with crude oil departed from the port of Houston, Texas, and sailed towards the Atlantic Ocean via the Bahamas. On this 20000 ton tanker, the Guardian Group's T-shaped logo was clearly painted on it, and the ship's name was also painted on the side of the ship — Pufferfish.
On the bridge of Pufferfish, Captain James looked into the distance with a pair of binoculars. He smiled and said to the chief officer, "Alright kids! Say goodbye to your American mother! Tonight, apart from the crew on duty, everyone will get a bottle of rum. If you don't drink it, then go wash the toilet!! "
"Hahahaha!" The sailors laughed as they passed on the captain's order.
That night, on the wide deck of the tanker, the high-powered searchlights illuminated the ship. Dozens of sailors sang and danced with bottles of rum in their hands. The drunken chief officer personally performed a belly dance for everyone, and another group of sailors simply played football on the deck.
"Captain! I heard that we can earn a lot from this job, right? "A sailor walked over and said to the captain.
Captain James was happily drinking from a bottle of rum. "I heard that this is an urgent shipment. West Germany has an energy crisis, and they urgently need this batch of high-quality crude oil! For this ship of crude oil, West Germany offered us a high price! Together with the allowance from the Guardian Group, a conservative estimate is that each of us can earn 1,000 US dollars! Hahahaha! "
The surrounding sailors stared at him. "1,000 US dollars!! Hahahaha, that's enough for me to find a girl in Dallas for a month! Hahahaha!! "
"Since you know, then straighten your ass for me!! Keep a close eye on it, don't f * cking crash into the reef! "The captain said drunkenly.
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At the same time, in the Straits of Florida, a pitch-black submarine was floating on the surface. Ship number SSN-571, Nautilus nuclear-powered submarine, belonging to the US Navy.
In the narrow cabin, only a glaring red light illuminated the surroundings. This was a sign that the submarine had entered a state of combat readiness. A messenger came to the bridge with a writing board and handed it to the captain, Lieutenant Colonel Rondo. "Captain, the third communication has ended. The current coordinates are 81 degrees 03 minutes west longitude, 24 degrees 01 minutes north latitude. We have arrived at the predetermined location."
"Notify the Guardian Group's Director Tang Yu to confirm the target one last time," Lieutenant Colonel Rondo said in a deep voice.
The orderly immediately recorded the order and turned to the communications cabin. Soon, an encrypted telegram was sent out.
Colorado, United States, Guardian Group, Grand Canyon Base.
A staff member handed the telegram to Tang Yu, "Received telegram, highest level of confidentiality."
Tang Yu took the telegram and glanced at it. The photon computer in his brain had already finished decoding it. His eyes flashed and he said, "Call back. The target will arrive at the predetermined area in two hours. Proceed as planned. Highest level of encryption. "
The staff nodded and turned to leave.
Soon, the submarine Nautilus received the message. The captain, Lieutenant Colonel Rondo, waved his hand and said loudly, "Enter the first level of combat! Begin radio silence! "
The orderly immediately passed down the order. Soon, an ear-piercing alarm sounded in the submarine. "The entire ship has entered the first combat state! All personnel, get into position! I repeat, the entire ship … "
Soon, Lieutenant Colonel Rondo continued to order, "Fill the main ballast tank with water! Dive immediately. Mark the depth of 100 meters! "
"Fill the main ballast tank with water! Mark the depth of 100 meters! " The orderly immediately repeated the order. Suddenly, a dull sound came from the submarine. As more and more seawater was injected, the submarine shook and began to sink.
"Dive to 20 meters!"
"30 meters!"
"40 meters!" The soldier at the control desk kept reporting the current readings.
"90 meters!"
"100 meters! Stop the water injection!! "
"Torpedo room, report the situation," Lieutenant Colonel Rondo said without turning his head.
"Torpedo room, report the situation!" The orderly passed down the order. In the torpedo room at the front of the submarine, a few marines immediately checked the special torpedoes placed beside the launch tubes. These torpedoes had bright red five-pointed stars painted on their shells. They were all Soviet Union produced 53-51 thermal torpedoes!!
"Torpedo room normal!" Soon, the marines completed the final inspection of the torpedoes and gave the order.
"Torpedo tubes 1 to 6, all loaded with special torpedoes!"
"Torpedo tubes 1 to 6, loaded with special torpedoes!"
"Loading complete!"
"Stop advancing! The entire ship has entered radio silence! Activate the active sonar! " Following Captain Rondo's order, the entire submarine was silent. All the crew members held their breaths and stood motionless at their combat positions. For a time, only the faint tinkling sound of the active sonar echoed in the surroundings.
As the first nuclear-powered submarine in the United States and the world, and named after the legendary submarine from a famous science fiction novel, the crew members of the Nautilus were the elites of the elites of the US Navy. When they entered combat mode, they could go on for an entire day without making a single sound!
About two hours later, a signal came from the sonar! The sonar monitor immediately took out a writing board and handed it to the orderly. The orderly then handed the writing board to the captain.
"Launch tubes 1 and 2!" Lieutenant Colonel Rondo gave the order. The two launch tubes at the front of the submarine immediately spewed out a large number of bubbles, followed by two Soviet Union produced 53-51 torpedoes!
"Float to the marked 20 meters! Then launch tubes 3 and 4!! "
The submarine immediately began to float. When it reached a depth of 20 meters, another two torpedoes were fired!
"Raise the periscope!"
"Raise the periscope!" A small periscope emerged from the water and observed the huge object in front of it. On the side of the target, the logo of the Guardian Group was sprayed, Pufferfish!
…
Just as the torpedoes were fired, Pufferfish was still singing and dancing in jubilation. The more than 100 crew members on the ship did not expect that the god of death had already arrived. The disaster of annihilation was right in front of them!
An observer on duty nibbled on a chicken leg while looking into the distance with binoculars. Suddenly, he saw two long white objects underwater approaching at high speed! The observer did not react for a moment. He muttered, "What is this? A shark? "
Hearing his words, an old crew member beside him was shocked. "What did you say?" He snatched the binoculars. When he saw it clearly, he, who had served in the Navy during World War II, suddenly felt as if a large hand was grabbing his heart!
Amidst his fear, he roared hysterically, "Torpedo!!! There are torpedoes!!!! "
However, the crew members who were singing, dancing, and drinking did not hear his shout. He threw away the binoculars and ran toward the deck! However, before he could run more than a few steps, he heard a loud bang!! Immediately after, the entire ship jumped up and the old crew member was thrown out! At the same time, in the midst of the huge explosion, the middle of the oil tanker was blown up!
Flames and black smoke suddenly billowed out. Countless amounts of black crude oil were blasted tens of meters into the air. Suddenly, the entire area was covered in black rain!! Almost at the moment of the explosion, the crew members who were playing on the deck suffered heavy casualties. The captain was hit by a flying oil barrel and died instantly!
The sea of fire that soared into the sky immediately spread. A large amount of seawater poured into the cabin from the underwater gap. The entire oil tanker began to capsize at a speed visible to the naked eye! However, the attacker did not intend to leave any room for maneuver. Two minutes later, another two torpedoes were fired at high speed. The completely paralyzed oil tanker had no chance of evading!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!! Amidst the explosion of the torpedoes, the oil tanker's fuel tank suddenly exploded. The huge explosion even blew the ship into two! Countless amounts of seawater poured in from the fracture, and the oil tanker Pufferfish sank into the cold Caribbean Sea within a few minutes! 112 crew members, not a single one survived!
Through the periscope, Lieutenant Colonel Rondo, the captain of the nuclear submarine Nautilus, still had a stone-like expression on his face. There were no fluctuations at all. This was the basic quality of a soldier.
"Put away the periscope, mark the depth of 50 meters, rudder 45 degrees to the left, full speed ahead!" He coldly gave the order.
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Grand Canyon Base, the confidential telegram was sent again. Tang Yu looked at the telegram and said to the staff, "Immediately start the investigation and find the torpedo fragments as soon as possible. The compensation for the deceased crew members … will be paid according to the standard of ten times."
After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and took a deep breath.
Swoosh!! A pair of incomparably sharp bone claws pressed against his chest. Tang Yu opened his eyes and was greeted by the sight of Wolverine's furious expression!
"To achieve your goal! You actually sacrificed more than 100 innocent crew members!!! "Wolverine roared.
"Yes," Tang Yu replied calmly.
"Tell me a reason why I shouldn't kill you now!!" Wolverine's hair seemed to be standing on end, each strand of his hair stood up in anger like steel needles.
"Are you going to let the US army directly invade Cuba and then provoke an all-out war between the US and the Soviet Union, or wait for the Soviet missiles to fall on the US? Or, sacrifice these 100 people and give me a reason to use the robot army to intervene in the war. Choose for yourself. " Tang Yu said expressionlessly, "There is still time, because as long as the Soviet torpedo fragments are not found, the third situation will not happen. Instead, it will be replaced by the first two."
"You!!" Wolverine was about to explode, but he put down his hand in frustration. "What difference is there between you and Sita! You are also driving the civilians to die for you!! "
"Of course there is a difference, because I am not doing this for myself," Tang Yu replied.
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