Chapter 409 Fleet Destroyed

The Inland Sea is a very special sea area. It runs through the World Government's territory from north to south, dividing it into two parts, east and west.

For example, Crescent City and Iron Sun City are located in the eastern part of the Inland Sea.

The World Government Army was originally more proactive in strategy, crossing the Inland Sea and attacking on multiple fronts, hoping to rely on the huge war potential to drive the rebels back to the no-man's land.

But after the rebels captured Iron Sun City, the whole situation was completely different.

Now there is the main force led by Fenrir in the north, and the Wolf King is personally in charge, which is indestructible.

There is also a coalition force composed of the Xibel tribe and the Crescent City troops led by Sumer in the south, and there are a lot of masters.

The two-front battlefield has been completely opened up by the rebels, and the two main forces echoed from north to south, which is indestructible.

Since then, the fall of the eastern part of the Inland Sea has become an established fact.

The World Government Army also began to shift from strategic offensive to strategic defensive stage. According to the order of the Supreme Command of the Capital, various armies withdrew from the battlefield on the eastern front, with the "Inland Sea" as the boundary, and cooperated with the "Inland Sea Fleet" to defend the western front relying on the coastline.

This once peaceful and beautiful sea area has now been involved in turmoil. It lies between the two warring forces and has become their wrestling field.

Due to its geographical location, the Inland Sea has a unique strategic significance. Its west side has rich resources and prosperous cities, and the "Capital" is located here.

If the rebels cross the Inland Sea and attack, it will be a terrible disaster for the World Government. Therefore, the Capital has issued an order to the entire army to defend the Inland Sea at all costs, and has deployed heavy troops to guard it.

The vast and deep sea surface is as blue as a gem. The shadows cast by warships can be seen everywhere in the clear waters of the past, and the sea breeze is even mixed with a strong smell of engine oil.

The warships of the Inland Sea Fleet are arranged in an orderly battle formation. From the sky, they look like iron walls, and the ship bodies flash with cold metal light under the sun.

The sailors are on duty on the deck, their eyes fixed on the sea level ahead, and the sea breeze blows their uniforms to make a rustling sound, as if playing a prelude to the possible battle.

The Inland Sea Fleet has a total of 304 main warships, 104 submarines, more than 4,000 naval fighters, and more than 500,000 sailors and officers.

These ships are equipped with the latest radar and fire control systems, monitoring every inch of water in the Inland Sea and searching for the enemy's whereabouts 24 hours a day.

The missile launchers and torpedo tubes on the destroyers are ready to launch a swift and deadly attack at any time once the hostile targets appear.

Various fighters and drones are neatly arranged on the deck of the carrier. Many of them have taken off one after another, hovering over the Inland Sea, using reconnaissance modules to transmit battlefield information in real time.

The submarine detachment cruised under the deep sea, and many light spots flashed on the detection display screen. Each light spot represented a marked ship. Any movement on the water surface would be quickly captured and analyzed by them.

The coastal fortifications were also strict, the missile positions stood like giants, and the radar antennas kept rotating, searching for possible air enemies.

It is no exaggeration to say that this level of defense has never been seen since the establishment of the Inland Sea Fleet. Any of their warships can be taken out to perform tasks alone at ordinary times, but at this time they gathered together to form a solid iron wall on the sea.

On a destroyer of the Inland Sea Fleet, a sailor was complaining to his companion: "Do you think the superiors are overreacting? Is it necessary for us to completely blockade the Inland Sea? The rebels don't have their own fleet. Are they going to use rafts to paddle over here?"

The companion sighed and said: "Don't say sarcastic words. Tieyang has been shot down. The rebels may not be able to build a large ship for a while. Building small boats is like making dumplings."

"The Inland Sea is the gateway to the capital. There can't be any problems. It's okay to be a little exaggerated."

The sailor looked at the blue sea and said quietly: "After this battle, I will go back to my hometown to get married."

"Go, go, go, don't plant the flag here." The sailor pushed him and interrupted him directly.

"Yi-woo-" Just as the two were chatting, a sharp beep suddenly sounded on the ship's radio.

The two were stunned after hearing it.

Level 1 combat alert? !

The deck suddenly became busy. All the sailors, whether on duty or on shift, returned to their combat posts as soon as possible, and the naval guns started rumbling.

Level 1 combat readiness, this is an alarm that will be issued only when the enemy has obvious military operations at sea.

Are the rebels going to launch a naval battle?

On the flagship of the Inland Sea Fleet, the captain was issuing orders: "Everyone pay attention, there is an enemy."

"Three destroyers, seven destroyers, immediately disperse to the front sea area and block the designated area."

"Tianlong missile destroyer, open the weapon bay and be ready to launch the first round of strikes at any time."

"Reconnaissance submarine, report the situation."

Under the sea, the reconnaissance submarine is conducting detection operations, and the officers and soldiers in the command room are recording and analyzing various data on the system interface.

Suddenly, everyone fell into silence.

"Ding ding ding ding..." Only the dense sound of detectors like raindrops echoed around.

The submarine captain asked, "What's going on?"

"Captain... come and take a look at this." The interior of the submarine was very hot and stuffy, and the sonar detector operator's face was covered in sweat, and his trembling hands also showed his panic.

The captain frowned and walked over. When he saw the instrument screen, his head seemed to be hit by a heavy bomb.

Sonar is a detector that uses the propagation and reflection characteristics of sound waves in liquids to detect the location, shape, direction of movement and other properties of underwater targets.

At this time, countless light spots were scanned on the sonar instrument screen. They were so dense that they could not be distinguished at all and directly converged into a light curtain.

The captain couldn't believe his eyes and asked in astonishment: "How is this possible? Is the instrument faulty?!"

Sonar operator: "No... I checked it, the instrument is not faulty..."

Captain: "What are these?"

"According to the feedback data, judging from the display form, it seems..." The sonar operator seemed unable to believe what he was going to say next, and his voice was so low that it seemed like he was whispering, "It seems to be people."

The captain almost laughed out of anger: "We are a submarine force, and we are now more than 500 meters below the sea surface. What kind of frogman can dive to this depth?!"

The sonar operator seemed very confused: "I don't know..."

The captain asked: "Is it possible that it is a prosthetic implanter with a deep-diving module installed?"

Sonar operator: "Ah? This order of magnitude?"

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the light screen on the sonar display.

The captain realized that his idea was naive.

Now the sonar scanned thousands of people.

Things like deep-diving modules are expensive, mediocre in effect, and have a narrow scope of application. At most, they can be used in small-scale special operations.

Make thousands of them at once? It's impossible.

"Wait... these people are approaching us! How fast! How can they be so fast!" The sonar operator suddenly screamed.

The captain looked at the red warning interface and was so scared that he was sweating. He immediately shouted: "Launch torpedoes immediately! Intercept them!"

The submarine opened the weapon compartment, and several torpedoes with white waves shot at the dense human figures.

"Boom boom boom--" The explosion of the fish caused waves of shock waves, shaking the submarine up and down, but no one cared about such things. The crew members stared at the instrument intently.

The powerful torpedo worked, and the light curtain on the detector almost disappeared, leaving only some scattered spots motionless.

It seemed that the other party was destroyed.

However, just when everyone was relieved, without any signs, all the detection instruments made a loud noise, and a line of light first appeared at the edge of the screen, and then evolved from a line to a surface, sweeping towards the submarine like a torrent.

The captain's eyes were out of focus as his companions' screams and the alarms of the instruments lingered in his ears. He only murmured: "Oh God!"

The flagship "Cangming" was waiting for information from the submarine detection, but what they finally waited for was only screams and a trembling "Oh God", and then they lost contact.

A few seconds later, suddenly a series of surging water columns rose from the sea in the distance, and the raging waves hit the surrounding ships, causing the hull to vibrate violently.

These were the shock waves generated by the explosions of the submarines that were destroyed one after another.

All the ships, whether on the deck or in the command cabin, fell into silence, and the instrument interface showed that the submarines that issued the enemy warning had all lost contact.

But they didn't even know what the enemy was.

In the command room of Cangming, the first mate asked with a pale face: "Captain, what should we do?"

The captain silently lit a cigarette. Although this behavior is absolutely prohibited in wartime, he took a deep breath and whispered: "Do you know? In my service career, I have never been afraid of storms, rainstorms, or huge waves..."

"Because these things can be seen and felt, as long as you know what you are going to face, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"What I fear most is what is under the water."

"Underwater imaging technology has always been immature. Various underwater detection devices can only know that there is something, but many times they don't know what it is."

"I can't see it, I have no concept, and I can't feel it. Over time, I will fall into panic, and this is the beginning of collapse..."

Just then, a crew member reported in a startled voice: "There are a large number of unidentified objects approaching underwater! Too many! Everywhere! The number cannot be counted!"

The captain put out the unfinished cigarette, exhaled the smoke in his lungs, and came to the observation window alone.

Looking around, the sea surface is black all around.

This is not its original color, but the huge shadow formed by countless underwater objects approaching the sea surface, extending far to the farthest end of the sea horizon, and there is no end in sight.

Seeing this scene, the captain was like a general at the end of his rope, his back could no longer be straightened, but his eyes were still filled with the fighting spirit that a soldier should have. He ordered with the loudest voice in his life: "All ships, release depth charges! Anti-submarine aircraft take off, attack freely!"

"Boom boom boom boom--" As the ships began to drop depth charges, flames continued to explode underwater, followed by columns of water rising into the sky, and huge waves shook the hull from side to side, and those sailors who were slightly lacking in experience could not even stand steadily.

However, even if the ships attacked with all their strength, it seemed that they could not stop the underwater objects at all.

"Boom!" A sudden explosion occurred at the bottom of the "Bipolar" on the flank of the fleet. The destroyer with a displacement of more than 4,200 tons was broken in two from the middle, like a broken stick, and sank forever to the bottom of the sea in the sparks of the explosion.

The screams of observers from other ships were heard in the communication band: "Bipolar is sunk! Repeat! Bipolar is sunk!"

"Boom!" Immediately afterwards, another missile frigate "Notake" exploded at the bottom. This warship with a displacement of 6,000 tons turned sideways and sank into the sea, raising huge white waves.

The officers and soldiers of each fleet were going crazy.

What the hell is underwater? !

Anti-submarine aircraft taking off from the carrier began to join the battle. A large number of guided torpedoes and depth charge weapons were released, exploding one after another underwater. The violent shock waves further aggravated the shaking of each ship. Some sailors were even dizzy and vomited.

But no matter how the fleet fought back, everything was in vain.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Fires continued to break out in each warship, and the smoke spread on the sea like the black claws of the god of death.

In less than an hour, the Inland Sea Fleet had lost dozens of warships, but they had not even figured out the true face of the enemy.

Just as the communication band fell into chaos, the sailors in the middle of the sea suddenly felt a flash in front of their eyes, and their vision disappeared for several seconds in the blazing white light.

When their vision was restored again, their hearts completely fell to the freezing point.

In the center of the battle array, the largest warship exploded, and the flames soared into the sky and illuminated the surrounding sea surface red, as if a huge flower of fire bloomed on the sea.

The hull was deformed and cracked under the impact of the explosion, and billowing smoke filled the surroundings, covering the once majestic hull. The flames spread rapidly along the deck, burning everything that could be burned.

The fuel in the engine room came into contact with the flames, instantly triggering a more violent secondary explosion. The entire hull gradually collapsed in the flames, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of tar and gunpowder.

The soldiers on the deck ran and shouted in despair, trying to extinguish the spreading flames, but their efforts were so insignificant that the tiny human bodies were engulfed by the flames one after another.

The command tower collapsed after a violent explosion, smashing onto the deck with countless sparks and debris. The outline of the entire ship gradually blurred under the flames, as if a dying beast was struggling in pain and sinking into the water.

The ignited fuel leaked from the hull, igniting a raging flame on the sea surface. The sea water was polluted and became turbid, and countless tiny fragments and wreckage floated in the water.

In the end, as the hull was completely submerged by the sea, it was buried forever in the deep seabed.

The flagship of the Inland Sea Fleet, the spiritual pride of the World Government Navy, "Cangming", sank. (End of this chapter)