Departure

"Zhan Chi, can you help get something?"

It took a long time to drive from the castle to the airport to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It didn't take long to cross the entire North American continent, but it took a lot of time to transfer the plane. The airport saw that they were strange in shape and almost all kinds of people were available, especially the "catfish" Kilga and "snake" August, both of which were from the Middle East, and were impatient with the difficulties of the airport, FBI and the Department of Homeland Security agents, and almost had no conflict. Fortunately, Wulin called Insula and asked him to find a guy from the Navy Intelligence Department to accompany them. They could come to the west coast of the United States as quickly as possible and then find ways to solve the equipment problem on the spot.

It is completely different from the work they usually do under the familiar terrain conditions. The "Seal" Clemente, "Eagle" Gialny, and "Fighter Bird" Isabella are not a big problem. They are familiar with the marine environment, but even Clemente cannot move in the water all the time. At least they need to have a platform that can move and rest and replenish them with fixed food. They need to resist cold sea water, fight ocean currents, and open the power of nature to conduct a large-scale search, which is very expensive. Finding a boat has become a very realistic problem.

In fact, the Druid Council is quite rich, and Zuo Lin can now be among the rich. Garney has been trained at the headquarters, so I won’t mention it. August has been a killer for many years, and his wealth makes Zuo Lin a little jealous - August’s money is all liquid capital, unlike most of his money. They originally wanted to buy a yacht, but the yacht shape was too dazzling. It is really not suitable for them to have low profile and secrets this time, and they need to control the situation under complex conditions. Although there is no problem with the cost of modification, there is no time left. So Zuo Lin thought of getting a "scientific investigation ship", which may be a spy ship retired by a certain government. Zuo Lin didn’t know much about the people who could get such things, so he had to find Chengshen.

"What's the thing? Have you had a good time recently?" Cheng Chi's voice was a little vague, as if something was stuffed in his mouth and was chewing. I guess he had lived a good life these days, which was true. After Zuo Lin left, Cheng Chi blatantly moved into Zuo Family Garden under the guise of protecting the ladies living in Zuo Lin's house, so that he could please Ye Danju nearby. All kinds of delicacies made him enjoy eating these days.

"It's better to help get a scientific investigation ship faster and have a larger tonnage. I'm in a hurry to pay for cash," said Zuo Lin.

Cheng Chi was almost in shock and sprayed out the stewed clams stuffed with her mouth. He swallowed it and lowered his voice, saying, "I'll talk in another place." He ran to the study room, closed the door and opened the anti-monitoring device. Cheng Chi asked, "What do you want to do? That thing is not cheap. I have friends who have done this kind of business before, but they all booked it a long time in advance. I don't know the deal, the things are too professional, so I can only ask you."

Zuo Lin replied: "Please wait for your news. Things are more urgent, and I can't wait now. If you have to wait for something for many days, just forget it."

Cheng Chi immediately contacted a friend in Zeus Express and asked about relevant matters. Cheng Chi knew the tricks in the concept of scientific investigation ships. Since Zuo Lin did not mention the purpose, there should be no special restrictions on the type. The scientific investigation ships that are actually ordered by scientific research institutions and universities basically buy a suitable hull and then install it on equipment. Or they are more powerful to design them, but the manufacturing management is stricter, and it is difficult to apply for a period of time. And those retired spy ships, even if the age is not too large, are in danger.

The high-load operation in the sea area is also quite harmful to engines, with severe performance losses and may have speed problems. Moreover, even if it is a spy ship, as the name of the scientific investigation ship, it has nominal affiliation or non-existent institutions, and has their own so-called research fields, so there are roughly the activity sea areas, and there are many tricks in the middle. I communicated with Zuo Lin several times, and then studied it back and forth with my friends from Zeus Express. Cheng Chi found a very good ship for Zuo Lin:

"There is a new ship, a high-speed multi-function survey ship specially designed by an ocean research and consulting agency. It was launched in June last year. Because the ship booking agency went bankrupt, the ship is now on the verge. The equipment is very good, with a maximum speed of 34 knots, and one supply can sail about 5,000 nautical miles. Is it enough?" Cheng Chi added: "The ship is a little expensive, and if there are too few people on your side, you probably can't run. Pay 80 million US dollars at a time, and the ship is yours.

.The seller will register a nominal research institution in a small country to cover the identity of the ship, and there will be no additional fee for 2 years. In addition... there are 5 Rolex submersible watches, a complete set of underwater photography and video equipment, a fully enclosed speedboat that can be hung in the lifeboat position of the British, which has just developed a rescue operation in extremely harsh sea conditions... By the way, the ship also has a two-person submarine with a diving depth of 1,500 meters. I'll email you the information."

Almost immediately, the pda in Zuo Lin received the email. Zuo Lin didn't understand the matter about the ship. But after seeing the information, the eyes of the "Penguin" Holger and "Seal" Clement, who were very familiar with this type of scientific investigation ship, immediately turned blood red. This ship... should be called the scientific investigation ship, with a full load displacement of 2,200 tons. Just the dense list of equipment on the ship listed in the information made the two amazed. They repeatedly signaled to Zuo Lin, which was a very cost-effective price.

"No problem. I'll give you an account, which is euro, equivalent to US dollars, which is about 82 million. No problem."

"No problem, this is a trivial matter. Take someone to Hawaii to carry a boat. I'll ask my friend to wait for you there... If you see the information, bring enough crew members, otherwise don't blame me if you can't drive it." Cheng Chi said with satisfaction. Zuo Lin is a customer like this. I think his friend will be very satisfied.

Zuo Lin didn't have time to worry about the price. On the one hand, he knew that this kind of thing had to be so urgent. There wouldn't be much room for the price. He had a good relationship with Chengchi and would never be slaughtered. But in the northern Pacific, Emil, who had lost contact with the druids, was really too great. In the two days they spent from Scotland to Los Angeles, Emil went south from the North Pacific and actually met the Japanese Self-Defense Force's investigation fleet. He sank a scientific investigation ship in the fleet and caused a destroyer to be injured. However, according to the message from Popov, the "polar bear" who is now monitoring Japanese radio communications in the former Soviet military base on the Kamchatka Peninsula, although the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force did not understand what was going on, it was confirmed that it had injured "unidentified marine objects."

The sank of an investigation ship and the damage of a destroyer made the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force a little angry. In addition to sending three more investigation ships, it actually dispatched an 88 fleet. In peacetime, this is a big event. Now it is not just a Japanese fleet. Russia dispatched two modern-class destroyers and two attack nuclear submarines, while the United States is even more generous. Three Burke-class destroyers and one Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine, and two Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines are rushing towards the waters where the incident occurred. There are often active sonar sounds in the entire sea area, and they are detecting and testing each other.

And Emil was really injured? Where is she now who lost contact with the Druid Council? Although it is a "dolphin", this does not mean that she can stay in the water endlessly. She must find a place to rest. How to find Emil without moving and bring her back is really a very serious problem.

"Squirrel" Zhuoma and "Snake" Gustav went directly to Japan to make preparations, while Zuo Lin convened people to fly to Hawaii. For any marine investigation agency or filming crew in the world, it is not easy to convene a trustworthy and high-level crew in a short period of time, but it is not a problem for the Druid Parliament. After receiving an emergency contact from Zuo Lin, a crew of "scientists" from multiple countries was formed in less than 12 hours. The attendants of these Druid Parliament all had rich experience in maritime work and had the ability to operate ships and various equipment on it. Their rich scientific research background would not arouse other people's suspicion. Among these people, in order to use the sonar system on the ship, four retired sonar sergeants with naval service experience were incorporated, one Russian, one German, and two Americans, which could ensure a full-time monitoring of 6 hours per shift.

It took almost a day to get from Los Angeles to Hawaii. Less than 24 hours after receiving the boat, the staff arrived one after another.

Cheng Chi's colleague threw out $82 million to buy a boat as much as he made. When the bankruptcy was settled, the ship was seriously underestimated. The quotation of $80 million was very cost-effective, but even if the expenses of urgently handling various procedures and cover methods were deducted, Cheng Chi's introduction fee was deducted, and the agent of Zeus Express Pacific region, named Sonny, also made nearly $15 million in profit. Seeing Zuo Lin and his party, he began to doubt what they were going to do when they bought the boat. Fortunately, Holger and Clemente were both famous polar biologists, and they had some background. But while buying various supplies to load and prepare to sail, Sonny was surprised and almost threw his chin away: all the celebrities came!

Of course, it is just some celebrities in the circle, such as BBC's ace underwater photographer. Wangshou, with 25 years of experience in deep submersible operation, he has dived into a small submarine with a depth of more than 8,000 meters many times. Several sonar soldiers who have different nationalities and may have tried each other together. Marine scientists and marine biologists can stand in a row. The commander and gunner are both famous super mercenaries in the industry, and the captain is a retired colonel of the U.S. Navy who have had experience in commanding destroyer formations. In theory, this person should teach at the Indianapolis Naval Academy... and even the chefs on the ship are the chefs of the most famous seafood restaurant in Hawaii.

As soon as these people arrived at the port where the ship was moored, they threw their luggage into the cabin assigned to the ship and immediately devoted themselves to the intense preparations, as if there was something big about it. Since they were all experienced and experienced professionals, and people with good relationships and channels, various equipment and consumables were ready soon, and it was even more relaxed and comfortable to be familiar with equipment and equipment. After loading the four boxes of mechanical parts and spare parts that were the most troublesome and difficult to make, Zuo Lin and Sunny shook hands and said that they were going to sail.

When the scientific expedition ship, now named "Sierren", sounded its whistle and slowly sailed out of the port, Sonny subconsciously looked at the time. It only took 53 hours and 22 minutes from Zuo Lin signing the transfer contract until now. In less than three days, a ship that had accumulated dust for five months in the corner of the port turned into a well-equipped and fully staffed heavy scientific expedition ship sailing, which was almost a miracle. Sonny couldn't help but guess what was wrong? He called and asked his friends to ask about the situation. Something must have happened on the sea and in the far north.

140.

fleet

Zeus Express has its own internal contact system, where everyone can ask various questions with name or without name. As for whether someone is willing to answer, that is another question. Every agent is very realistic, and there are few people who are willing to serve others free of charge. However, there are some information exchanges, which is an opportunity for everyone to get rich. When Sunny asked what happened in the Pacific, an unknown agent posted a few satellite photos on the forum.

Although I didn't write a single word in the post, those photos were very telling. The photos were full of warships and submarines that surfaced for replenishment and ventilation. These were photos from a few hours ago, and they were marked with detailed photo coordinates.

I don’t know if it’s Mune or considering thorough after-sales service, after calling Cheng Chi and confirming that Zuo Lin is not the kind of guy who will cause trouble, Sunny sent these photos to Zuo Lin and suggested that Zuo Lin use the satellite photos he purchased.

This is a very tempting idea. The captain knew that the operation was sufficiently budgeted, and he was afraid that the Druid Parliament's Marine Division would be formed with this group of people after this operation, so he suggested that Zuo Lin agree to Sunny's proposal. Those satellite photos were sent to the US Navy simultaneously, and some of them would be sold to Japan. Although he didn't know what channels Sunny got these things, it would be a good choice to be consistent with the United States and Japan in terms of intelligence.

Although the Siren is very fast, it takes quite a long time to get north from Hawaii to reach the Pacific Ocean. The situation is getting more and more complicated. Jiang, Russia and Japan have 200,000-ton warships and survey ships concentrated in a relatively narrow area. The United States relies on military bases on the Aleutian Islands and used a large number of shore-based aircraft to search the entire sea area very carefully. This is not surprising. The United States can easily obtain information about what happened from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Although there is no evidence to show that the United States understands what happened, but... no one is a fool, and will know sooner or later.

The more favorable situation is that the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces made an impulse, which attracted the attention of Russia and the United States. Everyone deployed the fleet and inspection ships in a sea area southwest of Otto Island, the westmost part of the Aleutian Islands. No one could leave the other side to investigate and guard against each other, and the efficiency was extremely inefficient.

"Who has friends in places like bbc and msnbc?" Captain William said after frowning for a long time.

"…I?" Robbie, ace underwater photographer from bbc, raised his hand tremblingly.

"Don't say anything, let's release the news of the assembly of fleets in the North Pacific Ocean... You said you were invited to inspect the whale group and felt that the situation was not right. Those people who were able to get these photos had their own ways. I guess some well-informed people have begun to doubt it. Making things big... Although it is not a military confrontation, the media can use the illusion of military confrontation for people. Just let them search for that area slow down, and we need time to get to that sea area... But how can we contact Lord Emile?" Since William learned that Emile was a druid directly trained by the headquarters and caused such a big mess, he began to scream "adults" one by one.

"Garni, can you fly over first and find a way to find Emil in advance?" Zuo Lin asked carefully at the map.

"It should be no problem. Emil and I are classmates. Although we don't communicate much, we can recognize the deformation of each other." Garney looked at Wulin and said.

"Finish her, if she is not seriously injured, let her work hard to go east... and try to get closer to the North American continent and try to leave the current focus area. Then we go there to pick her up." Zuolin knocked on the map, which was a larger island in the middle of the Aleutian Islands, with a military port on it. However, because the port is located in a special location, many scientific expedition ships conducting polar ocean inspections will stay there for supplies.

"Okay." Garney calculated. At his own speed, it didn't take much time to fly to Otto Island. "Then I'll set off now."

Garney is a person who focuses on action. He exchanged with Zuo Lin and William for a while and said what to do if he couldn't find someone and then rushed to the deck and took off. The sea was surrounded by a vast area, and the boat was full of his own people, so he was not worried about being discovered at all.

The Siren continued to move towards the north, but when it gradually approached the predetermined sea area, another problem arose. How can we enter the focus sea area without being expelled by several parties?

In fact, they were discussing this issue along the way. Although the news was released through Robbie, BBC did not follow it further, because the information in his hands was not enough to support a news report. It was impossible to rely on a group of nonsense experts to make pure guesses. Although there were satellite photos, they could not ask any of them to contact all parties. The main reason was that everyone didn't know anything. It could not be said that they encountered unknown creatures in the ocean, right? If such news was released in the name of military departments of various countries, then the first thing they did after seeing the news report might be surprised, but the second thing might be to go through the calendar to see if they remembered the wrong day. It is still April 1st.

When the Siren approached the focal sea, it indeed attracted the attention of all parties. After all, it was a "scientific investigation ship" of more than 2,000 tons, and its origin was still under investigation. However, helicopters from several parties were very alert to the point of being on equal distances and sent a notice asking for identification.

"What should I do?" Zuo Lin asked William. This seems to be something that can be easily missed.

After all, William is a senior commander of the US Navy and has a very clear understanding of the verification of identity and sea area warning procedures in this regard. He knows that if he does not specify his identity, he will probably be beaten once he breaks into the sea. However, can their identities stand the investigation now? William chooses to remain skeptical about Sonny, who claims to have completed all the procedures to cover his identity.

"Simple! Turn the rudder towards the Japanese fleet and rush over with all our strength. Our identities, whether they can withstand investigation or not, will be sent to the United States clearly. The list and identity of the personnel on the ship are selected and put my name first. I see that the Japanese dare to open fire on my ship." William thought for a while and said.

"Go to touch the Japanese fleet?" Zuo Lin didn't understand William's thoughts.

"Just say it's environmental enthusiasts, or something... they rushed to the edge of Japanese warships, but they didn't dare to fire anyway. They pretended to be the idiots of Greenpeace, and threw stones at Japanese warships... they didn't throw cans or anything else. This is the guardian area of ​​the Aleutian Islands. Even if the Japanese are angry, they dare not fire. The Russians would not pay attention to us, and they were eager to watch the fun. After enough trouble, I knew several captains of the American fleet, all of them were

Members of the Destroyer Captain Club will come back and talk to them, and they will come out to "mediate". Then we pretend to be angry and retreat to Fox Island." William poured himself a cup of coffee and said happily. If it were an ordinary boat, he would not dare to play like this, but after all, it was a ship of more than 2,000 tons, and there were many oceanographers, marine biologists, photographers and others on the boat. It would be fun to make such a fuss.

William's approach proposed is rather embarrassing, but it is a relatively reasonable approach. Of course, if Garney has contacted Emil, it would be even easier. Just turn around and go to Fox Island.

After a brief discussion, we passed this proposal. We sent a long feedback message to the identity questioning of the US fleet...

William issued an order to turn around and head westward and head towards the Japanese fleet. When the message was sent, William ordered to turn off the radio and no longer have radio contact with the outside world. Two hours later, the 88th Fleet formation of the Japanese Self-Defense Force had already appeared on the horizontal line.

The Japanese fleet also received a clear message. After the translation, the commander of the fleet who commanded the 88th Fleet was a little dumbfounded. William was a very famous naval officer. In fact, the guys who could be the commander of the destroyer squadron and teach at the Naval Academy after retirement were generally more powerful. It is impossible for people with this qualification to build this qualification that Sagawa had never heard of William's name. It is hard for outsiders to imagine the importance of the robes among soldiers. Just based on the name William, Sagawa could have known that the American fleet would not come out to persuade the Siren to return at this time.

Although I don’t know what kind of mental illness these people are getting and why they came out to oppose large-scale whales fishing at this critical moment, Japan has always had a bad reputation in this regard, and they can’t help but become targets.

The people all over the boat were extremely nervous. The two Japanese helicopters were hovering over their heads and shouting. They saw the Japanese fleet destroyers in the distance in the telescope, and they removed their guns and turned their guns toward them. Behind them, the Seahawk helicopter sent by the United States followed from a distance, maintaining this limit of visual distance...

Only William, proudly and confidently, rushed towards the Japanese fleet.

On the deck, the 37mm cannon originally used to prevent pirates was loaded blatantly... but that was for everyone to see that they were loading dyed bullets - blood-red dyed bullets.
Chapter completed!