Silver lightning pierced the dark night sky, as if weaving a dense spider web between heaven and earth.

On the Ka-27 helicopter, Lu Chengwen suddenly thought of a text in a middle school Chinese textbook. Although Lu Chengwen had long forgotten the name of the text, he felt that the helicopter at this time was the swallow in the text, the swallow shuttling in the thunderstorm.

"Major, fifteen minutes to go."

Hearing the captain's shouting from the headphones, Lu Chengwen quickly came back to his senses. "Got it. Continue the search and report immediately if you find something. ”

"Understood." Yan Yunxiang, who was sitting on the left side of the cockpit, grimaced at his partner on the right, then shook his head with a wry smile.

This was indeed an extraordinary mission, and until now Yan Yunxiang did not have time to mourn the three fallen comrades-in-arms, and he didn't even have time to grieve for the seriously injured Kong Zhigao.

More than 20 special forces killed hundreds of militants in 10 minutes.

By the time Yan Yunxiang returned to camp in a helicopter, the battle was over. Immediately, he returned to the destroyer patrolling the Gulf of Aden with the group of special forces, the wounded Kong Zhigao, the remains of three comrades-in-arms, and the mysterious cargo. After replenishing aviation fuel, the KA-27 once again took off with three special forces including Major Lu Chengwen, two large auxiliary fuel tanks, and the mysterious cargo.

It flew all the way south, south, and then south, for three hours.

In another fifteen minutes, the maximum flight radius of the helicopter will be reached. When the time comes, whether the damn submarine is found or not, they will have to return home.

Yan Yunxiang glanced at his partner again, hoping to gain something, but he was disappointed.

At this time. Inside the ground-electronic antenna fairing under the head of the helicopter. The ground antenna of the sea search radar is rotating at a speed of 10 circles per minute. Electromagnetic waves swept over the surrounding sea over and over again. In addition to the echoes of the ground stirred up by the waves. Not even a little bit of harvest.

In general. The sea search radar is controlled by a professional electronic officer.

This time in order to carry more fuel. Increased helicopter ground flight range. The other two crew members remained on the destroyer. The work of operating the radar was handed over to the co-pilot.

"Old Yan. It seems that the submarine did not arrive at all. We've got to go back. ”

"Return?" Then. Yan Yunxiang only found out. More than ten minutes have passed.

"No return. We're all going to have to be sharks early. The co-pilot looked at Yan Yunxiang. This area has been searched several times. Nothing will be found. ”

"Alright, get ready to go home."

"No way!" Without waiting for Yan Yunxiang to react, Lu Chengwen got into the cockpit. "Captain, we can't return now, we must be sent to the submarine. Do you have fifteen minutes of fuel left on this plane? If the submarine has not been found after fifteen minutes, it is not too late to return. ”

"But ......"

As soon as Yan Yunxiang spoke, the co-pilot hurriedly said: "That's wartime spare oil, it can only be used in battle, we ......"

"I tell you, if we don't send us to the submarine, the war will break out before dawn!"

Both pilots were taken aback, and it could be seen that the special forces major was not joking.

"Keep flying, make sure you find that submarine!"

As soon as Lu Cheng's words fell, a bright point of light appeared on the radar screen in front of the co-pilot, and the co-pilot immediately shouted: "Found it, about three nautical miles ahead, look, is it the submarine you are looking for." ”

"Major, look!" Yan Yunxiang also saw the submarine that rushed out of the sea.

On the rough sea, the "Gun Squid" burst out of the water like a cannonball, and only after a third of the hull was exposed to the air did it slam into the sea. Immediately, the submarine was swallowed up by the huge waves again, and by the time the command platform surfaced again, the submarine was already floating on the surface of the sea.

"Catch up, contact the submarine, have them send divers, and get ready to meet them."

As soon as Lu Chengwen left the cockpit, a second signal appeared on the radar screen. The co-pilot hesitated a little and said to the captain: "Old Yan, what's going on?" ”

"Second submarine?" Yan Yunxiang glanced at the radar screen, and his gaze returned to the front.

"How can there be a second submarine, isn't there only one submarine?"

"Send the message to the Squid, we need to get them away as soon as possible!"

At this point, the fuel warning light is on, indicating that the remaining fuel is less than half of the fuel loaded.

Inside the cabin, all three special forces put on wetsuits and stuffed boxes containing mysterious cargo into a special submersible thruster. The helicopter came over the submarine, and the three special forces walked to the hatch in turn. As the altitude of the helicopter slowly decreased, and the officers on the submarine sent out a light signal that they could dive, Lu Chengwen was the first to jump out of the engine room and fell straight into the sea. Immediately, two other special forces pushed the submersible thrusters into the sea and jumped into the sea.

"'Gun Squid', the goods have been delivered, now it's up to you."

After making a final contact, the Ka-27 helicopter turned around and flew away to the north.

On the command platform of the submarine, Hua Jianfeng glanced at the helicopter that flew away, then picked up the telescope and looked in the direction where the helicopter found the periscope.

It's not too daring, but dare to float up! Hua Jianfeng smiled coldly, but he was thinking about how to solve the trouble in front of him.

"Houston" definitely recorded the characteristic noise of the "Gun Squid". Fortunately, the sea was too windy and rough, and the "Houston" was not necessarily able to take pictures of the "Gun Squid", and even could not see the appearance of the "Gun Squid" clearly.

If he could, Hua Jianfeng really wanted to strike first and solve the problem with a torpedo.

"Major, everyone has been saved."

"All rescued?" Hua Jianfeng looked at the chief engineer who had just climbed up.

"Three special forces, a submersible thruster, are all in the No. 3 sailor cabin. I had them make them hot coffee, and they looked like they were all very cold. ”

"Prepare to dive, go to the deputy commander, let him take over the command, and try to get rid of the 'Houston'."

After the last lookout went down, Hua Jianfeng left the command platform and locked the upper and lower pressure-resistant hatches.

Within half a minute, the "Gun Squid" dived into the sea and dived rapidly at an inclination of 20 degrees.

Under the leadership of the cook who delivered coffee, Hua Jianfeng came to the No. 3 sailor cabin. The twenty or so sailors who lived here had been chased away by the chief engineer, and the only people in the cabin were three special forces wrapped in towels and the submersible thrusters covered in canvas.

When he saw Hua Jianfeng, Lu Chengwen hesitated slightly.

When submariners go to sea to carry out their tasks, they wear civilian clothes cut from linen cloth and do not have regular military ranks, so it is difficult for laymen to recognize the captain of the submarine from the head of the line.

"I'm Hua Jianfeng, the captain of the 'Gun Squid', you ......"

"I am Lu Chengwen, a major of the 'Lion' special forces, and the commander of this operation."

Hua Jianfeng quickly looked at Lu Chengwen, and his expression changed slightly.

"We've seen each other before?" Lu Chengwen was also recalling, had he seen this major captain.

"No, we haven't met before." After glancing at Lu Chengwen again, Hua Jianfeng said, "During last year's exercise, I worked with Colonel Xiang Linghui of your unit, and I know what kind of unit you are. ”

After hearing Lu Cheng's self-report, all the doubts in Hua Jianfeng's heart were solved.

"Colonel Xiang Linghui is our captain, so in this way, we are half acquaintances."

"Really? Then you gave me a big gift. As he spoke, Hua Jianfeng glanced at the submersible thruster, and intuitively, Hua Jianfeng knew that the submersible thruster must contain something very important. Because, the submersible thrusters used by special forces in the performance of combat missions are "disposable" and do not need to be recycled. The three special forces brought it to the submarine, indicating that the thruster, or cargo inside, was very important.

"This ......" Lu Chengwen immediately diverted the topic, "Captain Hua, can I say a few words to you in private?" ”

"Absolutely glad."

Hua Jianfeng glanced at the chief engineer who came with him, as well as several officers and soldiers who were watching outside. Lu Chengwen also nodded to the two special forces behind him and let them leave the sailor cabin. The two then closed the watertight hatches at each end of the cabin.

In the command center, Roca stared intently at the uninterrupted and beating numbers of the electronic depth gauge.

200 meters, 250 meters, 300 meters...... When the reading turned to 330, Rojiacheng pressed the helmsman's shoulder. "Five on the head, ten on the tail, keep the speed."

The helmsman first adjusted the index on the depth controller to 330, then adjusted the index on the speed controller, and finally stabilized the steering controller that looked like a car's steering wheel. Next, the automatic control equipment on the submarine adjusts the navigation status of the submarine, without the need for direct control by the helmsman.

A nuclear submarine with a displacement of several thousand tons is not a car, and it took about a dozen seconds for the speed of the submarine to slow down.

"How's that, do you hear me?" Lejiacheng looked at the sonar chief.

The sonar chief pressed his hands on the headphones, listening intently, and glanced at the sonar screen in front of him from time to time. Adjust the control knobs on the sonar panel. After a long while, he shook his head at Le Jiacheng.

"Didn't find out!?"

Not found, not the best answer, but the worst answer!

Before the ascent, the "Houston" was not far in front of the "Gun Squid". Submarines are not airplanes, and in just a few minutes, they simply cannot run out of the detection range of passive sonar. It was not found, which means that the "Houston" is not within the detection range of the "Gun Squid" passive sonar, but in the detection blind zone of the "Gun Squid" passive sonar, that is, behind the butt of the "Gun Squid".

"Full left rudder, control the speed and depth, and don't make a sound." Le Jiacheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the sonar chief again. It must have been when the "Gun Squid" was diving quickly, and the "Houston" did not dive immediately, and reduced its sailing speed and fell behind the "Gun Squid".

As if hearing something, the sonar chief raised his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then his face changed.

The sound of banging that followed immediately made every officer and soldier in the submarine feel creepy, and it was cold from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet