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Very terrifying, pure destructive power.
"I have a feeling that if we don't destroy that monster in time, it will cause even more terrible consequences." Mu Kaji shuddered at the thought of letting that kind of power invade the Earth's oceans. "The difficulty now is not how to destroy it, but how to find it. I am confident that I can destroy it with special missiles, but the missiles cannot locate it."
"So I have an idea. If we can insert a locator into the monster, then with precise guidance, we can definitely kill it with one strike."
This is one way.
But although the idea is good, it is still difficult to realize.
"It's going too fast. Our submarines can't keep up, and planes can't go underwater." Long Wulang was a little embarrassed.
"Regarding this, we have actually developed an underwater aircraft, but it has not yet been put into use. It was originally intended to be installed on the ZAT fleet, and is currently in the actual testing stage. The maximum propulsion speed underwater can reach Mach 1.2!"
"Breaking the speed of sound underwater?"
"Yes."
The Defense Force did not lack underwater equipment in the past, such as the S series from the Kot Team era, the Sea Wolf series from the Ultra Guard era, and ZAT's own Iron Fish.
But that's just a special submarine. Its maximum underwater speed is less than 30 knots, which is about yards per hour, equivalent to the speed limit for cars in urban areas.
But the underwater aircraft developed this time is different. It is not a submarine, but a rocket-propelled underwater aircraft!
"Great! With weapons like this, we will be able to destroy this monster!"
"That's right, in this way, the sea also belongs to us humans!"
In the conference room, the senior officials of the Defense Force were all very surprised, but the last sentence always made Captain Long feel a little harsh.
The sea belongs to humans?
He glanced at the staff officer He Zhi who was speaking. He was an old man from the TDF era of the Defense Force. After the "Friendship Plan" was shelved, TDF was also disbanded, and then MAT was established, but Long knew that there were still many people in the Defense Force who were obsessed with the "Friendship Plan".
After the Yabo people ceded Mars to Earth, these people were even more eager to make a move. They thought they had already mastered the solar system, and wanted to bring the surrounding star systems into Earth's sphere of influence. They expelled the indigenous people and used it as a defense base for humans.
I am really worried that one day humans will put these plans into action.
In that case, the Giant of Light might become an enemy of humanity.
But these are all later stories. Long put them aside after a little worry. The most important thing now is the imminent threat.
"Then let our ZAT team take charge of this mission." Captain Asahina said, "We will use this underwater aircraft to locate the monster."
The ZAT team received the underwater fighter that afternoon after receiving the order.
The black and red streamlined underwater equipment looks like a giant whale in the deep sea.
"Aragaki..." Asahina subconsciously wanted to call Aragaki, but suddenly remembered that Aragaki was no longer in the ZAT team.
Because the lunar base was attacked and a group of officers and soldiers were lost, Araki was transferred to the space army as commander.
This was a promotion, and Asahina certainly wouldn't stop it. The transfer order came the day before yesterday, and Araki left yesterday at noon.
Nishida left, Ueno left, Araki left. And that guy Kotaro, I don't know if he will leave.
It always makes people feel a little sad when the song ends and the audience disperses. Maybe the ZAT team will disband soon.
Human beings have already stepped into the universe. What they need is a more professional space force and no longer need this one-size-fits-all team on the ground.
To replace Wasteland, ZAT has a new vice-captain named Nitani Kazumi, who is almost fifty years old, older than Asahina. To be honest, at this age, it is really not suitable to be a first-line player.
So, after Asahina swallowed Araki's name, she looked around and called out Kotaro and Kitajima's names.
"Kotaro, Kitajima, this mission is very difficult. This underwater fighter has never had any actual combat experience. Is it okay to leave it to you?"
"Yes, of course."
There's nothing wrong with Kotaro and Kitajima, but there's something wrong with Nitani.
"Captain, I can do it too, please let me go with you!"
Asahina was a little hesitant. Logically speaking, as the vice-captain, she should be on the front line herself.
But it is really inappropriate to let a person in his forties or fifties go to the front line.
"Okay, Nitani, Nanyuan, the two of you will take the Sky Whale and set off together, and keep alert in the air."
As a last resort, Asahina could only come up with a compromise plan.
Ertani had something to say. He wanted to say that he was not an old man who needed care, but he was also a qualified soldier, but after hesitating for a moment he swallowed it.
"Understood, Captain."
Chapter 495: Sky Whale Enters the Water
The sea is a deep blue, and there are still many places where humans have not set foot.
Under the deep sea, a giant steel creature is cruising.
It has not yet been put into service and has no official code name. Like the experimental products of the past Meteor Project, it is a prototype of fantasy.
Since it is a prototype, there will of course be many flaws, but the ZAT team does not have time to perfect it now.
It's fast enough to catch up to the enemy, that's enough.
"We are currently in the Indian Ocean, near the Cocos Islands, and have found no abnormalities. Radar shows no signs of monsters within 300 nautical miles."
Every ten minutes, Kotaro contacts the headquarters on time.
Bei Dao was carefully observing all the data on the instrument in the hope of finding any clues.
"No, it's been five hours and there's no sign of the monster. There's only 20% fuel left. We need to go to a nearby supply point."
Although all countries are willing to provide supplies because of the global mission, the experimental underwater aircraft uses special fuel that can currently only be provided by the Defense Force.
Kotaro checked the map. From his current location, the nearest defense force supply point needs to go through Indonesia from Jakarta into the South China Sea, at the military port of State G.
"Let's go get supplies first. If we stay under the sea, we'll be doomed."
The underwater fighter is not even equipped with too many weapons. What is really important is a special missile that can emit positioning signals.
As long as the chip in this missile is implanted into the monster's body, the mission will be successful.
"Wait, Kotaro, look at the radar!"
Bei Dao exclaimed, and on the radar screen, a light spot flashed 300 nautical miles southwest. That was the outermost edge of the radar detection.
"Is it a monster?"
"For an individual that big, it should be."
If we chase after it, the underwater fighter may not have enough fuel to return, but if we let it go, we don't know how long it will take for it to be discovered next time.
Without much hesitation, the two men immediately chose to give chase.
The monster was very fast, faster than any human ship, even close to 300 kilometers per hour, but still far from Mach speed.
"It's getting closer, it's 500 meters underwater! Kotaro, reduce the speed and don't alarm it!"
At a depth of 500 meters, the light from the sky can hardly penetrate. Further down is the lightless zone.
It was dark, but they didn't dare turn on the lights for fear of disturbing the monster. Soon, a huge monster appeared in front of them.
"That's it! Found it. It's the same as the one photographed during the Pacific Fleet encounter!"
"Why, Kotaro, can you see?"
He couldn't see Bei Dao at all, so he could only judge the enemy's position based on the radar. It was too dark here, and without the searchlight, the field of vision was almost pitch black.
Kotaro could indeed see it.
"Let me fire it."
Since Kotaro could see, Kitajima gave up the position of fire controller and exchanged seats with Kotaro.
Unlocking the weapon and switching to the special missile equipped with a locator, Kotaro took aim briefly and pressed the fire button.
The missile penetrated the monster's body more easily than expected, and no accidents occurred.
But this startled the monster, and it cried out in pain, and its whole body rolled over wildly.
"Get out of here quickly!" Kitajima turned on the engine, changed direction and started accelerating at full speed.
The underwater aircraft has no other weapons and equipment, and their mission is not to fight monsters. Now that the mission has been completed, all they have to do is leave the battlefield!
Their underwater plane was much faster than the monster and could easily escape.
That was originally the case, but a black shadow suddenly appeared on the monster's body and entangled the underwater plane in the blink of an eye.
Nothing happened.
No, that's not right!
"What the hell is that? The fuel is running out fast!"
It was originally 20%, but now it is visibly falling, and soon it has dropped below 10%.
This is already an extremely dangerous area, and this amount of energy is not enough to reach any supply point.
"No, the engine will stall if this continues!"
Kotaro didn't know what it was, but it gave him a bad feeling. Even worse than the monster itself.
The energy of the underwater plane was still decreasing. Once it was exhausted and they were caught up by the monster, they would not even have the means to fight back.
"That monster is still chasing us!"
The monster was much slower than them, but it seemed to be neither hurried nor slow, and was not going in the wrong direction.
Kitajima thought of a creature, the Komodo dragon.
When hunting, the Komodo dragon does not bite its prey to death, it only needs to bite through the skin and lick it. There are more than 50 kinds of bacteria in its saliva, and the prey will soon die of infection, and secrete a smell that only the Komodo dragon can smell.
It only needs to follow the smell and walk slowly to enjoy the dead prey.
It was exactly the same as their current situation, they were like a dying prey that had been bitten by a monitor lizard.
The opponent doesn't have to be very fast, as long as they run out of energy, it can catch up and deal a fatal blow.
"At this rate, the energy will be exhausted in five minutes!"
Of course, Kotaro also knew the danger at this moment.
He habitually reached for his shoulder, but there was no badge there. He had already given the badge to Lingye.
Regret?
Kotaro doesn't know.