In the northwest of the Amirant Islands, the storm that lasted for several days finally came to an end.

Three hundred and fifty meters below the sea, the Calamari slowly drifted northeastward at a speed of less than two knots under the undercurrent of deep water. In the submarine, the natural circulating water reservoir was running at idle speed, driving the propulsion shaft to rotate slowly at a speed of five revolutions per minute. The officers and soldiers were even more slight when they were moving, fearing that they would make a sound. For three consecutive days, the cooks were useless because they had to make a sound because they had to cook.

In the sailor cabin, a soldier made a sound when he opened the canned sardines, which immediately attracted the glaring eyes of others. The sailor quickly made a face and shrank to his bed. Hua Jianfeng inspected the four sailor cabins in turn before returning to the captain's room.

Because one-third of the sailors had to sleep in the "hot shop", there were no extra bunks on the submarine to provide the three special forces soldiers who were "studying in the queue", Lu Chengwen could only go to the captain's room to sleep in the floor shop, and the other two special forces soldiers could only work with the deputy captain and the commander of the engine.

"How is the situation?"

"Fortunately, everyone's emotions are very stable." Hua Jianfeng sat down on the edge of the bed. Since living with Lu Chengwen, the captain's room, which was not spacious enough, has become extremely crowded. "Do you think the 'Houston' has given up tracking and returned long ago?"

"How do I know?" Lu Chengwen glanced at Hua Jianfeng and climbed up from the floor. "Lao Hua, do you believe in intuition?"

"Intuition?" Hua Jianfeng took out a cigarette. He has smoked a lot in the past few days. "Sometimes I believe it, sometimes I don't believe it very much. Colonel Xiang Yinghui said that you special forces soldiers believe in intuition very much."

"Yes, many times, we can only rely on intuition." Lu Chengwen took out a cigarette from the cigarette box placed on the table. Since he moved into the captain's room, he has become the second privileged figure on the boat.

"What does your intuition tell you?" After several days of getting along, Hua Jianfeng learned about many special forces from Lu Chengwen, especially the secret battles they participated in, and he admired these special forces even more.

After taking two puffs of cigarettes, Lu Chengwen rubbed his forehead and said, "Intuition tells me that the enemy is nearby, and we are waiting for us to show our own strength, and then give us a fatal blow. I think the submarine is the sniper in the sea."

"What's the meaning?"

"It's good to ambush. Wait patiently for the enemy to appear. Then shoot him and kill him. How about it? It's very similar, right?"

Hua Jianfeng smiled faintly. He wiped out most of the cigarette butts left.

Intuition also told Hua Jianfeng that the "Houston" was nearby and was waiting for the "Calachts" to appear on its own initiative.

Although Lu Chengwen never said what the land they stolen from the Rift Valley of East Africa was. However, combined with the orders from the top and the US military took tit-for-tat action, Hua Jianfeng had every reason to believe that the mysterious item was related to the fate of the country and the nation. The United States had long known that this mysterious item existed and even found the item first. But it was stolen by Lu Chengwen and others.

Such an important thing. If the United States cannot get it, it will not fall into the hands of other countries.

The Houston will definitely not give up, and will inevitably chase after it, and it is very likely that after the situation worsens, it will take the lead and sink the Calamari.

The question is, where exactly is the Houston hidden?

When Lu Chengwen finished smoking, Hua Jianfeng stood up. "I'll go out and have a look first, you can continue to sleep."

"I'll go with you." Lu Chengwen also stood up, "the intuition told me that the 'Houston' had arrived. Trust me, my intuition has always been very accurate."

Hua Jianfeng smiled faintly, left the cabin, and went directly to the command center.

The sonar was listening attentively to the surroundings, while the two sonar soldiers were helping him operate three passive sonars on the submarine.

Sonar chief is the most important and only senior non-commissioned officer on a submarine.

Generally speaking, Sonar Chief is the only experienced sonar operator on a submarine, and the other two sonar soldiers are just his assistants. If a sonar soldiers want to become a sonar, in addition to being born with a keen hearing, they also need to exercise on the submarine for at least five years. Therefore, Sonar Chief is not only the only seventh-class non-commissioned officer on a submarine, but also has the same status and treatment as other officers.

“Have you found it?”

Hearing the captain's voice, the sonar pinned the right earphone behind the ear and shook his head. "There were several faint contacts, but the distance was too far to determine whether it was a submarine or a passing whale."

"Which direction?" Hua Jianfeng lowered his waist and supported his right hand on the sonar operating table.

"Northwest." The sonar called out the previously recorded files from the computer and pointed out several prominent peaks on the screen. "This was received two hours ago. The result of the computer analysis was the screams of the whale. I have heard them dozens of times and always felt something was wrong."

"What's the meaning?"

“Are there any whales active nearby?”

Hua Jianfeng immediately showed a suspicious look.

"We have been here five times and have never met whales. In addition, judging from the global distribution of whales we have obtained, the Somalia waters are not a place for breeding and foraging for large whales. Of course, it is not ruled out that whales pass by here when swimming, which is not so coincidental, right?"

Hua Jianfeng touched his chin and nodded. "If I shorten the distance a little, can you determine the nature of the target?"

"It should be no problem, I will do my best."

"It depends on you!" After saying that, Hua Jianfeng patted Sonar's long shoulder and asked the officer on duty to call Le Jiacheng over.

Like Hua Jianfeng, Le Jiacheng also believes that the faint noise source in the northwest direction is very suspicious.

"If it was really the Houston, its speed would have been below two knots, otherwise we would have heard the noise it made long ago." Le Jiacheng drew a straight line on the chart. "The direction of the noise source is not a problem. But why should the Houston control the speed below two knots? If it is chasing us, it should increase the speed instead of staying and waiting for the opportunity."

"It must have guessed that we will come to this sea."

Hearing Lu Chengwen's words, Hua Jianfeng and Le Jia looked at him in Chengdu.

"I heard from Lao Hua that you encountered the "Houston" mainly on Digo Garcia Island and the northern Arabian Sea before, and have never encountered the "Houston" here. In addition, the main mission of the "Houston" is to patrol the Arabian Sea and deal with the Iranian Navy's "Kiro-class submarines, and there will be no need to run here to wander around."

"You mean, the 'Houston' also has a mission?" Hua Jianfeng immediately asked.

Lu Chengwen nodded and said, "We encountered a mercenary during the operation, but now it seems that it is very likely that it is the US special forces. If this is true, the mission of the Houston is the same as that of the Caldera, and it is here to receive the goods."

Hua Jianfeng and Le Jiacheng seemed even more surprised.

"Major, why didn't you say it before?"

"I just thought of it." Lu Chengwen said, Le Jiacheng, who asked the question, shrugged his shoulders and said, "In this way, the Houston must know that the cargo is on the Calamari, and he will not let the Calamari easily go. When we turned southeast, the captain of the Houston guessed our intentions, knew that we chose this place as the duel arena, and knew that we would use force in extreme cases, so we did not chase after him at full speed, but just followed far away. If they could not get the cargo, they would not let us get it. For both of us, the five thousand meters of seabed is a good cemetery."

"Then we can't let go of the 'Houston'." Hua Jianfeng stopped talking. He took out a chart with all the ocean currents. After a careful look, he called Le Jiacheng over. "There is a shallow water warm current to the west in the north. Following this warm current, we can move about twenty-five nautical miles northwest. If the 'Houston' is waiting for the northwest, we can quietly reach its southwest. You re-plan the route, strive to reach the attack position quietly, and then take action."

“It will take about twelve hours.”

Hua Jianfeng nodded. "Take it now, you can command it."

The Lejia immediately started planning a new route and issued a steering order in advance.

Hua Jianfeng and Lu Chengwen flashed to the corner of the command center, and both of them were a little uneasy. Hua Jianfeng was worried about whether he would fall into the trap of his opponent, while Lu Chengwen was worried about whether the "Houston" had sent the news.

"Lao Hua, I want to figure out a problem."

"What's the problem?" Hua Jianfeng's eyes shifted from Le Jiacheng to Lu Chengwen.

"How much information can a communication buoy on a submarine send at a time?"

"Are you worried that the Houston number will send the message out with a communication float?"

Lu Chengwen nodded. This is exactly what he was going to ask.

"Don't worry, unless the captain of the Houston is an idiot, he wouldn't send a message in these days."

"What does it mean?" Lu Chengwen was still a little worried.

"The information capacity of the communication buoy is very limited, and it can only float on the sea for about half an hour, and then the shell will be dissolved by sea water and sink into the sea. If the Houston wants to send the digital information of the collected characteristic noise to the base, it must at least rise to the depth of the periscope and extend the satellite communication antenna out of the water. Didn't you say that this mission is very important? At this moment, there must be several electronic reconnaissance satellites monitoring this sea area. If the Houston sends a communication signal, it will definitely be discovered by our reconnaissance satellites and their location will be exposed. We have received relevant news a long time ago, right?"

After hearing this explanation, Lu Chengwen calmed down.

"Don't think too much. In twelve hours, we will know if the Houston wants to fight us for life or death."
Chapter completed!