Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 628: Adjusted Shooting Plan Again

Following an order from Lieutenant Colonel Louis, a Tomahawk cruise missile flew straight upwards from the back of the Virginia, which had already opened its vertical launch port.

The Tomahawk cruise missile ejected from the launch silo was extremely fast, rushing straight to the sea surface with a series of bubbles.

When launching submarine-launched missiles, the nuclear submarine will make an emergency ascent. When the missile was launched, the Virginia was less than 30 meters from the water surface.

Therefore, in about 1 second, the Tomahawk cruise missile slammed heavily into the ice sheet directly above it.

"Bang!"

A large hole was knocked out of the 4-meter-thick ice sheet, and cracks around the hole spread in all directions like a spider web.

The Tomahawk cruise missile that broke through the ice sheet ignited its rocket engine as soon as it left the water and soared into the sky.

The missile will be detonated remotely after flying to a safe no-man's land, without causing any adverse consequences.

Lieutenant Colonel Louis' voice came from the speaker in the escape pod:

"Tomahawk cruise missiles have been launched and have successfully opened the ice cap above."

"Thank you, Mr. Louis, well done!" Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Lin Yuan, who was in the underwater escape capsule, could not see the launch of the Tomahawk cruise missile, but he imagined the scene in his mind.

I have to say that the cold launch of a submarine is really cool. Almost no man can resist this scene full of violent aesthetics.

Normal missile launches require the combustion of oxygen for propulsion, but there is no oxygen available for combustion underwater, so cold launches must be used.

The so-called cold launch is to eject the missile from the launch tube with a "pop" sound.

During this process, the missile is silent, but the flying speed is not slow at all, and there is a kind of quiet beauty.

After the missile flies a certain distance, the rocket engine is ignited, and it flies straight towards the target with a long tail flame.

This method of dividing the missile launch process into two parts is full of technical and aesthetic beauty, and it is impressive at first glance.

Cold launch catapult technology was originally used to launch torpedoes underwater, but because it was so easy to use, it was later used to launch missiles from underwater submarines from the launch silos of surface ships.

The principle is roughly to use the instantaneous release of compressed gas to eject torpedoes and missiles.

Yes, it is the bamboo gun we played with when we were young.

However, there are still two difficulties in this kind of cold launch underwater.

The first problem to be solved is the problem of seawater flowing back into the launch silo after it is opened. The solution is to install a sealing cover at the launch silo mouth, which can prevent seawater from entering and seal the launch silo.

When the missile is ejected, it can directly smash this fragile sealing cover.

Even the land rocket launcher was seen breaking the sealing cover when launching a missile.

The second difficulty is that the internal space of an underwater submarine is limited, making it difficult to gather so much high-pressure gas.

The solution is to install two or more high-pressure air tanks inside the submarine, directly connected to the bottom of each launch silo.

The high-pressure gas used is mostly an inert gas, such as nitrogen.

During launch, a large amount of high-pressure inert gas is instantly injected into the launch silo to eject the missile.

When leaving the launch silo, the missile's speed is generally above 80 km/h, and the Virginia's launch speed can even exceed 95 km/h.

Combined with the missile's hard shell, it is enough to break through the ice under the ice sheet.

"Meng Tao, open the hatch. I'm ready to leave the cabin again."

Upon hearing the news that the ice cap above had been broken, Lin Yuan immediately said to Meng Tao.

Whether it is a bowhead whale or a narwhal, their underwater hearing is very sensitive, especially to the sound of ice breaking, after all, this is related to their life and death.

Lin Yuan believed that the whales that had not gone far away would definitely be able to hear the sound of the ice breaking here.

The escape capsule was filled with seawater again, the outer hatch opened, and Lin Yuan swam outside.

This time the experience of going out of the cabin was much more comfortable than before. After all, the water depth here was less than 30 meters, and both the water temperature and water pressure had dropped significantly.

Lin Yuan swam straight towards the water surface, and Meng Tao followed closely behind.

At a depth of 30 meters, the sea water is turquoise blue, and the visibility is much better than the gray edge of the 200-meter "twilight layer".

But even with good visibility, you can still see a bright beam of light shining through the hole in the ice cap above your head.

In the eyes of many sea creatures, this beam of light is the absolute light of life.

It symbolizes fresh air and also represents the opportunity for life.

Lin Yuan quickly surfaced and swam to the edge of the cave entrance. He found that the hole, which looked small from a distance, was actually a huge ice hole with a diameter of more than 3 meters.

Around the ice hole, there are a lot of broken ice floes and ice layers full of cracks.

The violence of the Tomahawk cruise missile just now can be seen from this.

Lin Yuan's head emerged from the water, and the cold sea breeze from Greenland blew on his face. The water droplets on his hair and face were instantly frozen into ice chips.

Everything was crystal clear, and he felt like an ice man. His face felt like it was being cut by a knife, a burning pain.

So, Lin Yuan quickly opened his mouth, took a deep breath, and dived back into the water.

Compared with the temperature of dozens of degrees below zero in Greenland, the temperature underwater is much higher.

Lin Yuan returned to the water and immediately felt Meng Tao pulling his feet.

Lin Yuan looked at Meng Tao in confusion, only to see him pointing towards the east.

Lin Yuan turned his head curiously and found a large group of narwhals swimming towards him quickly.

After a while, the group of narwhals swam in front of Lin Yuan and Meng Tao.

This time, they didn't charge at them recklessly like before. Instead, they swam curiously around the two of them, as if asking, "Did you open this vent, you two-legged hairless apes?"

Like killer whales and dolphins, many social animals of the order Cetacea have a special preference for humans.

They seem to realize that humans are intelligent species that can communicate like them, so they are full of curiosity and express kindness.

Faced with the questions from the narwhals, Lin Yuan did not rush to communicate with them, because he knew very well that there was not much oxygen left in the bodies of these narwhals.

So Lin Yuan stepped aside, making room for the cave entrance, and signaled the narwhals to go up and breathe.

The narwhals, who had long felt anxious about lack of oxygen, rushed to the surface and poked their heads out of the ice.

What surprised Lin Yuan was that the narwhals did not rush to the surface to breathe, but lined up in an orderly manner and completed the breathing process.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan and Meng Tao couldn't help but feel curious.

Although there is no doubt that humans are the most socially organized animals, many times, perhaps because humans have too high IQs, they have more selfish motives.

Faced with such oxygen-deficient conditions, Lin Yuan didn't dare to say that a fight would definitely occur, but the probability was indeed not low.

But the narwhal group maintained order very quietly, which was amazing.

At this time, several narwhals that had completed breathing began to swim to Lin Yuan and Meng Tao and circle around them.

Meng Tao was a little panicked and worried. After all, each narwhal was equipped with a long "rapier". If they really attacked them, it would be quite dangerous.

But Lin Yuan was not worried at all, because he could feel the joy and gratitude from the narwhals.

At this time, the narwhal expressed a friendly emotion.

Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and moved the water in a certain rhythm.

Narwhals' eyesight is not very good, so if you want to communicate with them, relying on expressions and other methods will not be very effective. You mainly have to rely on sound and touch.

This low-frequency sound of water flow is a friendly gesture to narwhals.

This method is also often used in narwhal groups to express emotions such as: safety, no danger.

At Lin Yuan's gesture of goodwill, a narwhal flapped its tail fin and approached Lin Yuan cautiously.

It also very carefully turned its head and horn to the side to avoid poking Lin Yuan.

But Lin Yuan didn't care at all. Instead, he reached out and stroked the horn.

To be honest, the touch feeling from the hand is not very good. It is rough and full of grooves, a bit like the touch of rebar.

But the narwhal's long, pointed horn can be sold for 10000 pounds on the black market in Europe, and sometimes even more than 20000 pounds.

This can all be attributed to the fact that in the Middle Ages, the upper class represented by the Pope once regarded the horn of the narwhal as the "holy horn" of the unicorn.

It is believed that it has the effects of purification, detoxification and exorcism, which makes this horn crazily sought after.

There are even many people who believe that grinding the horn into powder and taking it will have magical effects on men's sexual needs.

It can be said to be the Western version of "like cures like".

But in Lin Yuan's opinion, this is too strange. Although the narwhal's horn is very long, it is also pointed and thin. How can it be associated with that place?

Are they really similar?

Lin Yuan said he didn’t understand and left a question online.

At this time, more and more narwhals completed breathing, and they came to Lin Yuan one after another, splashing water to express their gratitude.

Lin Yuan was very happy about this situation. The Tomahawk cruise missile paid off. Now he could try to communicate with the narwhals and get their help in the subsequent filming.

Lin Yuan scanned the surroundings and quickly found the narwhal with the longest and thickest horn. He knew this narwhal was the leader of the pod.

Unlike other social animals in the order Cetiformes, narwhal groups are not led by females, but are divided into groups based on gender.

That is, female whales gather in groups, and male whales gather in groups of their own.

Except when mating, they live on their own.

This way of living is exactly what many human men dream of.

When you want to have fun, just find someone of the opposite sex and have a good time.

What about when there is no demand?
Are you kidding? How can being with the opposite sex be as fun as being with the same sex?
How many people of the opposite sex can play basketball, LOL and World of Warcraft with you, and chat about politics and history with you?
In the men’s community, the harmony level is really MAX.

The group of narwhals in front of us are obviously male whales, as can be seen from the fact that their horns are much longer than those of female whales.

The way male narwhals elect their leader is by comparing the thickness and length of their horns.

This method of election made Lin Yuan think of something wrong again.

Why does it feel like a group of men are comparing sizes?

Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh, is this the ultimate pleasure for male animals?
The narwhal with the largest and longest horn swam slowly towards the source of the forest.

Lin Yuan originally wanted to reach out and touch its horn, but after the series of fantasies just now, he suddenly felt it was too strange and really couldn't bring himself to touch it.

So he changed the part of his body he was touching and gently stroked the narwhal's head.

Just as Lin Yuan was about to convey his request, there was suddenly a violent disturbance of water flow.

Looking at the huge figure approaching quickly in the distance, Lin Yuan suddenly remembered: I actually forgot about the existence of this guy!
I saw the bowhead whale crashing hard into the crack in the ice sheet.

"Bang!"

With the violent impact, the ice sheet, which was already full of cracks, completely shattered.

Countless tiny pieces of ice were thrown into the air, shining with golden light under the sunlight.

The falling ice fragments hit the sea surface, making dense "plop" sounds and splashing ripples.

But soon a huge black figure emerged from the water, and a water column several meters high spurted out of the bowhead whale's breath hole, completing this timely breathing.

After completing the breath, the bowhead whale finally calmed down. It sank its huge body underwater again and swam to Lin Yuan's side, staring at him with a puzzled look: "Did you break the ice, you clever hairless ape?"

Meng Tao naturally couldn't understand this look, but Lin Yuan could clearly interpret it... Bullshit!
How could a single glance carry so much information? Even the most impressive actor couldn't do that.

The low, humming sound produced by bowhead whales is the key.

Under Meng Tao's surprised gaze, Lin Yuan took the initiative to swim towards the bowhead whale.

This behavior is simply crazy.

This bowhead whale probably weighs up to 100 tons, which is equivalent to the weight of 20 elephants. If it does anything extreme, it can crush Lin Yuan to pieces.

But Lin Yuan knew he was in no danger, as he could discern the bowhead whale's good intentions.

Lin Yuan couldn't speak underwater, but that didn't mean he couldn't communicate with the bowhead whale in his own way.

The best way is to rhythmically slap the bowhead whale's large, round head and create water vibrations of different frequencies.

So, Meng Tao, who was standing by, watched as if he was watching a pantomime. In the atmosphere of confusion and awe, he saw that the bowhead whale seemed to understand Lin Yuan's words and swam towards a place not far away.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yuan communicated with the narwhal with the largest and longest horn, and then the narwhal group left.

After doing all this, Lin Yuan waved to Meng Tao, indicating that they should return to the Virginia.

This time the return was quite smooth and no accidents occurred.

Lin Yuan and Meng Tao re-entered the Virginia through the escape pod.

While Meng Tao was still taking off his bulky diving suit, Lin Yuan went to the shower room first, where he rinsed the sea water off his body and changed into clean clothes.

After doing all this, Lin Yuan returned to the restaurant. Lieutenant Colonel Louis, Director Cohen and others were already waiting there.

"Lin Yuan, thank you for saving my crew today." Lieutenant Colonel Louis expressed his gratitude first.

If it weren't for Lin Yuan's calmness in the face of danger, the three submarine sailors would probably have suffered considerable losses today.

Lin Yuan shook his head: "They are in danger because they accompanied me out of the cabin. It is my responsibility and obligation to save them."

Despite what Lin Yuan said, Lieutenant Colonel Louis still resolutely expressed his gratitude on behalf of the submarine officers and soldiers.

After all, in the face of danger, no matter what the reason, anyone who dares to take risks to save others deserves the most sincere gratitude.

After thanking him, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis continued to ask, "Have you achieved the purpose of today's spacewalk?"

Lin Yuan nodded: "Not only did we achieve it, we also exceeded it."

Originally, the purpose of this sea adaptation training was only two: to test whether one could withstand the environment, and to test how long one could hold their breath.

"Exceeded the target?" Director Cohen asked curiously.

Inside a submarine, apart from detection equipment such as sonar, you cannot sense what is happening outside the submarine.

Therefore, without any communication, Director Cohen and Depp were naturally completely unaware of what happened between Lin Yuan and Meng Tao.

"Well, I tamed a group of narwhals and a bowhead whale weighing 100 tons," said Lin Yuan.

Hearing Lin Yuan's answer, Director Cohen, Depp and Lieutenant Colonel Louis were all stunned.

Although Lieutenant Colonel Louis knew that Lin Yuan asked to launch a Tomahawk missile to break the ice cap in order to save these whales, he did not expect that Lin Yuan could actually tame them?
By the way, what does it mean to tame them?
At this moment, Meng Tao, who had changed into a diving suit, also walked into the restaurant.

Meng Tao smiled and said, "Haven't you seen 'Jungle Bully'? The behind-the-scenes footage of the film has already shown how terrifyingly talented Lin Yuan is at taming and communicating with animals."

"We didn't have time to watch it. When "Jungle Bully" was released, we were on a mission at sea," said Lieutenant Colonel Lewis.

"I haven't seen it yet, but I think this masterpiece directed by Eastwood must be very exciting," said Director Cohen.

"I want to watch it! But I just don't have the time!" Depp said.

After a moment's thought, Depp added, "Don't say I don't support Lin Yuan's films. I've booked ten screenings and are giving them away through raffles to my fans to watch."

"Your fans? I'm afraid they are all Lin Yuan's fans?" Meng Tao complained.

The words imply that Depp's fame and popularity are all due to Lin Yuan taking Depp to shoot the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, so Depp's fans are essentially Lin Yuan's fans who have made cross-border guest appearances.

In response, Depp said guiltily: "Anyway, they all saw "Jungle Bully" from me."

At this time, "Jungle Bully" was still in theaters, which once again set off a forest source craze around the world and drove the film market to quickly enter the hot period of the summer season.

The Virginia had just returned, and Lieutenant Commander Louis and all the officers and soldiers on the ship had no time to rest before they went out to sea again to cooperate with the filming. They had no time to go to the cinema to watch a movie.

The reason why directors Depp and Cohen haven't seen it yet is because when "The Jungle Book" was released, they happened to be filming "The King's Avatar 2" in the Yala Snow Mountain, and they also didn't have sufficient conditions.

Meng Tao participated in the filming of "Jungle Bully" and naturally knew quite a bit about it.

So Meng Tao took over the introduction and introduced the highlights of "Jungle Bully" again:
The film features exciting close combat action scenes involving three oppressive animals: the tiger, the anaconda, and the giant elephant.

And how Lin Yuan tamed these animal actors and made them cooperate with the filming.

After Meng Tao finished his introduction, Lieutenant Colonel Louis couldn't help but exclaimed, "Mr. Lin Yuan, you are incredible. You can actually make animals cooperate with you to complete such a wonderful action scene.

After hearing Director Meng’s introduction, I really wanted to fly to the cinema to watch this movie immediately.”

Depp also sighed: "Lin Yuan, you are really getting more and more exaggerated, but I have to say, using animal actors to play with actors is really thrilling and exciting, and it is also very eye-catching. The gimmick is really enough."

Director Cohen seemed to have guessed Lin Yuan's thoughts. He asked uncertainly, "Lin Yuan, do you want these narwhals and bowhead whales to participate in the filming of 'King of Spy 2'?"

As soon as this question was raised, Director Cohen immediately felt that it was quite feasible and even very necessary.

"The King's Avatar 2" already has too many explosive and eye-catching highlights. What if it could introduce a 100-ton bowhead whale and a large group of visually impactful narwhals?
The effect was simply explosive to an extent that could not be surpassed!

Humans are naturally curious about the giants in nature, so much so that documentaries with relatively bland plots can attract the attention of countless viewers, making them fascinated and talk about them with relish.

But if we could use bowhead whales to cooperate in filming a movie, the effect would be unimaginable.

Director Cohen immediately said, "Change the script! We need to revise the shooting plan."

Lin Yuan asked, "Director, how are you going to change it?"

"I think the story of the Virginia rescuing the bowhead whales and narwhals today is very exciting and worthy of being included in a movie." Director Cohen asked, "Lin Yuan, are you sure you can get them to cooperate with you in reshooting?"

"No problem." Lin Yuan nodded.

"That's great! This segment must be included in our movie. It's worth it for us to fire another Tomahawk Cruise Director to complete the filming." Director Cohen said.

Speaking of this, Director Cohen couldn't help but get excited.

A deadly weapon of mankind cruising in the deep sea, full of the smell of iron and blood.

But the submarine accidentally encountered a group of desperate whales.

So the submarine fired a very cool cold-launch cruise missile, breaking through the ice and saving the whales.

What a touching story this is!
Just think about this picture, it is full of the beauty of harmony between man and nature.

Not to mention that this scene is achieved through a deadly weapon, the huge contrast is full of tension.

Although plans can never keep up with changes, everyone agrees that changes like today's will definitely not allow the design to be a brilliant stroke of genius.

(End of this chapter)