Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 60 Big Black Fish Under the Sea

At night, the waves gently hit the rocks on the shore, making a loud noise.

In the night, a man with a black plastic bag in his left hand stood on the beach.

Turning around and looking around to make sure no one was disturbing him, Wei Jiang took off his shoes, stuffed them into a black plastic bag, and slowly walked into the sea.

At a certain moment, a bright light appeared on the dark sea, and Wei Jiang held the edge of the cockpit and entered.

After closing the cockpit door, Wei Jiang did not sit down in a hurry. He threw aside the clothes that were wet by the sea water. Only when he was left with only a pair of boxer briefs did he sit down.

Taking out a can of Red Bull from the black plastic bag brought into the cockpit, Wei Jiang tilted his head back and took a sip, then grabbed the joystick with both hands and pushed it forward.

"set off!"

In the dark night, two circles of blue light appeared on the sea, and there was a fierce sound of water coming from the blue light.

The manta ray gradually sank into the sea, and the blue light reflected on the sea surface became weaker and weaker.

On the cockpit surround screen, a large number of detected targets are displayed. These targets are of different sizes, most of them are marine life, and the remaining few are human ships.

Dizzy from the densely packed marks on the screen, Wei Jiang tapped the screen to filter out small marine life.

“That’s refreshing.”

"Manta rays are just not smart enough right now, which is a bit troublesome."

The map on the right side of the surround screen shows that the manta ray is heading northeast at this time, directly into the open sea!

This vast sea area is navigable in Wei Jiang's view.

With nuclear reactor energy as the energy backing, Wei Jiang did not hesitate to increase the power output, and the manta ray's cruising speed increased to 40 knots in a very short time.

Adjust the manta ray's navigation depth in a timely manner. Manta rays navigate in the continental shelf area, where the ocean depth is limited.

Even if Wei Jiang tried his best to control the submersible to dive, the navigation depth was only about 200 meters.

As time passed, the number of detection ships displayed on the submersible's surround screen became smaller and smaller.

The waters near Dongda are densely populated international cargo routes with a large number of shipping vessels.

As manta rays travel closer to open seas, the number of large shipping vessels decreases significantly.

When Wei Jiang noticed that the time displayed on the surround screen was past 11 o'clock in the evening, it was almost difficult to observe human ship targets on the surround screen.

Setting the manta ray to a constant speed, Wei Jiang took out packaged snacks from a black plastic bag.

"Except for some marine life, it turns out that sailing under the sea is so boring."

While eating potato chips, Wei Jiang slowly calmed down from his enthusiasm a few hours ago.

Thinking about the fact that military submarines need to lurk under the sea for a long time, Wei Jiang couldn't help but sympathize with those hot-blooded men.

Time flies by with potato chips and Red Bull.

When Wei Jiang reached out again, he found that the snacks in the black plastic had been eaten by him.

Touching his bulging belly, Wei Jiang noticed that the environmental detection information displayed on the surround screen in front began to change.

The bottom of the manta ray is no longer solid rock, and the seabed environment drops sharply downward at a certain point.

"It's out of the continental shelf."

"Finally, I have the opportunity to test the manta ray's maximum diving depth."

Grasping the joystick to control, Wei Jiang stared at the manta ray's diving depth displayed on the surround screen.

309 meters,

342 meters,

Wei Jiang could feel the manta ray's navigation posture changing, until the number displayed on the screen reached 495 meters and a yellow warning light flashed on the surrounding screen.

"500 meters diving depth, accurate."

Wei Jiang stopped diving and turned on the manta ray searchlight.

The external environment of the submersible was clearly displayed in front of Wei Jiang.

Under the light, floating matter flashed past the field of vision until it was left behind by the manta ray.

Compared with the previous ocean environment at a depth of more than 200 meters, Wei Jiang observed that there were fewer fish at this moment.

Keep sailing at a slow speed, keeping the same heading as before.

It was as monotonous and boring as ever, but occasionally he would be surprised to see large marine creatures that he had never seen before swimming slowly by.

At about 2 a.m., Wei Jiang felt his eyes starting to feel sore and his body becoming tired. Should he return?
Now we are back on the plane and can sleep for a few hours at the hotel.

After finally getting out, Wei Jiang certainly wanted to push forward the submarine enhancement mission.

Just as Wei Jiang was hesitating and thinking, a marked target suddenly appeared on the surround screen.

Detection information shows that the target is nearly 80 meters long.

Considering that the target was also in a stealthy state underwater, Wei Jiang knew that things were not simple at all.

"The target's water depth is 308 meters."

"691 meters to the right."

Compared to his previous consideration of whether to return, Wei Jiang was more curious about who the submarine in front belonged to.

Controlling the manta ray to slow down the sailing speed, Wei Jiang hesitated whether to track and obtain more information about the target.

Noticing that the target was travelling very slowly, as time passed, the manta ray eventually got closer and closer to the target.

Recalling the encounter with the giant flat-top ship No. 3 around Shangdu a few days ago, Wei Jiang felt that the extremely low noise characteristics of the manta ray should be able to ensure its own concealment.

When the manta ray sailed to a depth of 150 meters below the target, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray's extravehicular equipment to rotate and aim upwards.

With the faint moonlight on the sea, Wei Jiang vaguely saw a round black shadow above him.

“I can’t see this clearly.”

Wei Jiang was a little annoyed, but of course he had no intention of turning on the manta ray searchlight.

Such a close contact is already very risky, and he also cannot confirm whether the target boat is equipped with photosensitive elements.

Looking at the black shadow above, Wei Jiang picked up his mobile phone and took several photos in succession on the surround screen.

Looking at the dark submarine on the surround screen, it is difficult to distinguish the details of the submarine.

Considering that the sea area they are currently in is located between several families, Wei Jiang naturally cannot be sure whether the target is one of his own.

Wei Jiang, who had no idea about the underwater handover mode, could only observe silently.

More than ten minutes later, a new target appeared on the submarine's surround screen again.

The new target is different from the submarine above. It is a large ship sailing on the water.

Detection information showed that the target ship's displacement was over 5000 tons.

Just as Wei Jiang was checking the information of the new detection target, he suddenly found that the submarine above the manta ray changed its course and moved closer to the ship on the water.

With the intention of watching the excitement, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to slowly follow behind the submarine, keeping a certain distance.

When Wei Jiang saw the submarine target rising to the surface of the sea on the surround screen, he controlled the manta ray to rise as well.

The manta ray moved slowly, like a black ghost in the ocean, emerging from the sea one kilometer behind the submarine target.

In the shooting footage, Wei Jiang finally saw the appearance of the target ship.

With the faint light from the deck of the ship, Wei Jiang zoomed in and clearly saw a familiar plaster flag.

"Damn it! Life is easy!"

"What are these bastards doing here?"

Wei Jiang couldn't help cursing. Living in Nanshi, Wei Jiang had never had a good impression of the simple life.

Seeing the plaster flag in this sea area at this moment, Wei Jiang was filled with doubts, and a kind of deep-rooted disgust arose in his mind.

In the next few minutes, Wei Jiang occasionally saw human figures flash by on the deck of the ship, but no one appeared above the submarine.

It was not until the submarine dived below the sea surface again that Wei Jiang had some guesses in his mind about what had just happened.

Judging from the size of the submarine, it is a conventional-powered submarine. This type of submarine needs oxygen to generate electricity and needs to surface to breathe regularly.

After taking a last look at the ships on the sea, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to dive.

He did not choose to continue tracking the Xiao Ri Zi submarine. The manta ray did not have any attack capability at this time, and it could not do anything by continuing to track him.

Changing course, the manta ray returned at full speed under Wei Jiang's control.

[Enhanced mission: 1896km/5000km]

After taking a look at the progress of the strengthening task in the red panel, Wei Jiang has begun to think about the direction of strengthening the manta ray.

Wei Jiang is extremely eager to interact with Xiao Rizi, which will definitely be very interesting.

(End of this chapter)