Homo sapiens.

Chapter 280
22, April 4.

12 hours after the Carat Sunrise event.

The depths of the ocean floor west of the Guam base.

The dead of night in the Western Pacific.

The three nuclear submarines belonging to the Seventh Submarine Squadron of the Seventh Fleet-the attack nuclear submarine USS Oklahoma City, the USS Chicago attack submarine, and the USS Buffalo attack nuclear submarine.

Since the outbreak of the Eight Degrees Strait naval battle 13 hours ago, they quickly left the Guam base and entered a state of first-level combat readiness.

The Guam base is very close to the Luzon Islands, and the straight-line distance between the two sides is only 2000 kilometers.

However, these three attack nuclear submarines are all Los Angeles-class, and their main weapons and equipment are Tomahawk cruise missiles, harpoon missiles, and MK3 heavy torpedoes.

Among them, the harpoon missile is used against ships, with a range of only 120 kilometers.

The MK48 heavy-duty torpedo is aimed at ships and submarines, with a range of only 46 kilometers.

The core weapon is the Tomahawk cruise missile, which has a range of 2500 kilometers and is also a delivery platform for nuclear warheads.

At this time, the USS Oklahoma City attacked the nuclear submarine in the Luzon Sea northwest of the Guam base, about 1530 kilometers away from the Luzon Islands.

The USS Chicago attack nuclear submarine is in the Luzon Sea due west of the Guam base, 1370 kilometers away from the Luzon Islands.

The Buffalo attack nuclear submarine is located in the waters west of the Palau Islands southwest of the Guam base, 1550 kilometers away from the Luzon Islands.

Since the strongest strike force of the Los Angeles class is the Tomahawk cruise missile, they must be as close as possible to the Luzon Islands to cover the entire Luzon Islands.

Inside the cockpit of the USS Chicago.

Captain Richard Fox has received through the buoy communication system that the main force of the Seventh Fleet is besieged in the Strait of Malacca.

He couldn't understand why the Luzon people suddenly became so powerful.

However, he still doesn't know at this time that the crisis is quietly approaching.

The sea area where the Chicago is located has an average water depth of about 3227 meters, while the submerged water depth of the Chicago is about 350 meters.

Just now.

In the area below it at a depth of about 2000 meters, an improved version of the Tuna-class submarine opened the mine projection device on the roof.

Five methane-propelled heavy mines weighing 5 tons quickly floated towards the USS Chicago.

These mines are covered with a special biomass material that absorbs passing sound waves.

The sonar soldiers of the Chicago were also tense at this time, staring at the sonar monitoring system carefully, but the passive sonar system of the Chicago did not notice the approaching danger below at all.

3 minute later.

Didi... the face of the sonar soldier with earphones changed: "What's going on? Why is there a strong sonar signal response from the bottom?"

At this time, the five mines had been adsorbed on the bottom shell of the USS Chicago, and the sound-absorbing biomass layer on the surface automatically activated the self-ablation process, exposing the shell of ordinary mines on the surface.

The active noise system (ordinary electronic product) inside the mine began to emit rhythmic noise.

The Chicago, which was still in a low-noise submersion state, seemed to be driving a tractor on the bottom of the sea, and the sound was almost loud.

Captain Richard Fox broke out in cold sweat on his forehead: "Find out the reason..."

Suddenly the communications soldier's face changed drastically, and he said in disbelief: "Oh Maikar...Mr. Captain, we have magnetic mines at the bottom, and there are 5 magnetic mines."

"What? Impossible, why can't the sonar detect it?" The first officer looked in disbelief.

The voice of the communication soldier stuttered: "Those mines are creating long waves at us, requiring us to float to the surface of the sea within 10 minutes, otherwise the water pressure gauge of the mines will automatically detonate and sink us."

"In addition, the other party also told us not to try to launch the Tomahawk missile, otherwise the mine's sound monitoring system will automatically determine that we are trying to resist, and then directly detonate the mine."

"..." Richard looked confused, but when he saw the frightened sailor, he sighed: "Go up immediately!"

The sailors of the Chicago, with an extremely heavy heart, frantically controlled the submarine to float up.

At the same time, the communications soldiers quickly used the long-wave communication system to send a distress signal to the Guam base.

The sailors, eager to survive, drove the Chicago from a depth of 5 meters to the surface of the sea in less than 350 minutes.

at the same time.

The attack nuclear submarine USS Oklahoma City and the USS Buffalo also suffered the same blow and were forced to surface urgently.

Three tuna-class submarines also appeared not far from each other.

The Tuna-class submarine that appeared on the surface was quickly monitored by the Chicago's radar.

Seeing the tuna class at a distance of less than 5 kilometers, Richard Fox's face was extremely dark. This distance was almost close to his face, but the Chicago did not notice the existence of the opponent, and was forced out of the sea by the opponent.

The tuna class that released a drone quickly sank into the sea.

The drone broadcast in clear code, demanding that Chicago return to Guam immediately.

When the first officer heard this request, he yelled: "Bastard! Do they really think that the Luzon Sea is their territorial waters?"

"Return to Guam." Richard Fox understood that now was not the time to be arrogant, the other party had already tied mines to the Chicago, and he had to be responsible for the entire ship.

Chicago slowly returned to Guam.

The Tuna class hangs under the sea surface about 50 kilometers behind the opponent, using drones to monitor every move of the Chicago in turn.

Guam base.

The person in charge of the base, Major General Maybach, heard the news that the attack nuclear submarines Oklahoma City, Chicago, and Buffalo had been discovered and escorted back to Guam, so he sat in his office.

Once upon a time, the Seventh Fleet, which traveled all over the world, was reduced to the point of being escorted back to the voyage, which made it difficult for Maybach to accept for a while.

But no matter how uncomfortable it is, we must face reality.

While Maybach declared a state of emergency at the Guam base, he comforted the three nuclear submarines and at the same time reported to the Pentagon.

Just dawn in North America.

Inside the Pentagon, I didn't feel the beautiful morning of spring, but I felt full of malice.

Lei Dingfan approached the small conference room where the meeting was still in progress.

"Admiral Mark, urgent report from the Guam base. The attack nuclear submarines Oklahoma City, Chicago, and Buffalo encountered the Luzon Navy's submarine force in the Luzon Sea."

Mark William frowned: "Fight again?"

With an embarrassed face, Lei Dingfan could only bite the bullet and report: "Unfortunately, our three nuclear submarines were forced out of the sea by the Luzon submarine force, and are now being escorted by the other party to return to the Guam base."

"Fack! What are they doing? Why did they return?" Benjamin was so angry that the veins popped on his forehead.

"This is detailed information." Lei Dingfan directly handed the printed document to everyone.

After Mark William, Edward, Benjamin and others finished watching, there was no anger, only panic and being caught off guard.

As the chief of staff, Edward said very helplessly: "We have been surpassed by the opponent in terms of submarine technology."

"What should we do now?" Benjamin lost the anger he had just now.

The situation is actually very clear now.

America has basically fallen into a disadvantage in Southeast Asia, the Western Pacific, and the Eastern Ceylon Ocean. In the upcoming Xiangjiang talks, the only card they can play is the nuclear bomb that will die together.

The generals who had been thinking about winning the game elsewhere also felt helpless at this time.

In this tense atmosphere.

The Xiangjiang talks were held hastily.

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