Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 633 An unexpected accident
Depp rolled forward suddenly and hit the sideboard hard, making a loud noise.

"Boom!"

"F*CK! My back!" Depp wailed.

He lay on the ground, rubbing his back and shouting in pain. It was obvious that the collision just now was not light.

Depp is in such a mess, and directors Meng Tao and Cohen are not much better.

They looked like they were drunk, unable to keep their feet steady on the ground, swaying back and forth and almost falling like Depp.

But Meng Tao was a martial arts instructor after all, so his reaction was faster than that of ordinary people. He quickly hugged the dining table fixed to the floor beside him to steady himself.

But director Cohen didn't react as quickly as he did. He staggered and was about to fall and hit the sideboard like Depp.

For an old man who is almost 60 years old, his body is not as strong as that of a young man. If he bumps into something head-on, the consequences will probably be quite serious.

At this moment, Lin Yuan stretched out his right hand like lightning, firmly grasped Director Cohen's arm, and led him to the dining table.

"Director, save the dining table." Lin Yuan shouted.

Director Cohen instinctively hugged the dining table to steady himself.

"Director, are you okay?" Lin Yuan asked.

"It's okay, it's okay. Luckily you're here. If I had bumped into the cabinet or the table, I'd probably have a bloody head," Director Cohen replied.

"I almost bumped into it, but luckily I grabbed the dining table in time," said Meng Tao.

Depp, who was lying on the ground, was about to cry. Why is it always me who gets hurt?
"Lin Yuan, can't you protect me too?" Depp shouted.

"Then I suggest you hold on to the cabinet quickly. I don't know what happened, and it's probably not that simple." Lin Yuan shouted.

Depp was so afraid of death that he listened to the advice and immediately hugged the sideboard tightly.

In the end what happened?
This question flashed through their minds.

Did it hit a whale?
That's not right. With the Virginia's displacement of 8000 tons, even if it hit a blue whale, it wouldn't feel such a strong shaking.

What's more, it is impossible to encounter a blue whale in such a deep water environment.

Before Lin Yuan and the others could breathe a sigh of relief, their bodies suddenly sank again and they felt an extremely strong sense of falling.

Although he was in the submarine and could not see what was happening outside, Lin Yuan, who had rich experience in falling, immediately determined that the submarine was falling rapidly.

This feeling was very similar to the feeling of falling in the elevator when he was filming "Lin Yuan and His Wife". He felt empty all over and his heart beat faster involuntarily.

"Everyone hold on tight!" Lin Yuan shouted.

The few people didn't know what was going on and could only hold on to the dining table next to them tightly to avoid being injured by collision.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

At this moment, the shrill alarm sounded in the submarine, making everyone's heart tighten.

The alarm shattered the last bit of hope in everyone's hearts, and now everyone clearly realized that an accident had occurred.

Although I don't know what the situation is, it is obvious that the problem is quite serious.

Lin Yuan held on to the dining table tightly, and put aside the many chaotic thoughts that came to his mind. In such a dangerous situation, any panic would be meaningless, and only by staying calm could he make the right response.

Lin Yuan silently felt the current fall and soon found that the falling state was continuous.

Nearly 20 seconds have passed since the accident occurred, but the Virginia continues to fall.

"A cliff in the sea!" Lin Yuan and Meng Tao exclaimed at the same time.

The Virginia suddenly seemed to lose its buoyancy and continued to fall rapidly for 20 seconds and was still falling.

In this situation, the most likely possibility is that the submarine has encountered the "sea cliff" that it fears the most.

Lin Yuan had already known about this "sea cliff" known as the force majeure natural disaster for submarines, thanks to Old Tommy's reminder and Lieutenant Colonel Louis' explanation.

To put it simply, the submarine suddenly sailed from high-density seawater into low-density seawater, causing its buoyancy to drop sharply. As a result, the submarine fell instantly like a person stepping on the edge of a tall building.

When a submarine encounters a "cliff in the sea", it may fall below its maximum diving depth from the seaworthy water depth of 200 to 300 meters in a short period of time, causing the submarine's hull to burst due to water pressure, leading to a terrible accident in which the people on board are killed.

Faced with this terrible sudden accident, even Lin Yuan felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

At this moment, he had no ability to change anything. He could only hope that after the fall, the buoyancy of the sea water would increase, so that the Virginia would not fall too deep.

But bad things in this world often happen contrary to one's wishes. The Virginia was still falling rapidly, with no sign of stopping.

This made Lin Yuan and Meng Tao's faces look quite ugly, and Director Cohen and Depp became even more panicked when they saw their serious expressions.

Lin Yuan's attention was focused on his ears. He didn't know the exact speed of the descent, nor did he know the current depth of the Virginia.

But the situation he feared most happened. There was a creaking sound coming from the hull around the Virginia.

It was obvious that the submarine's hull was beginning to be overwhelmed, approaching or even exceeding the limit of water pressure, and was emitting a dying "howl".

The shrill "creaking" sound, mixed with the "beeping" sound of the alarm, was like the god of death blowing the horn, about to draw his scythe to reap the lives of everyone on the Virginia.

Lin Yuan knew that the Virginia's maximum design diving depth was about 500 meters.

At this moment, their depth must have exceeded 500 meters, otherwise the Virginia's hull would not have made such a terrifying sound.

The depth they were cruising at before was about 200 meters, which means that in less than a minute, they sank more than 300 meters and continued to sink rapidly!
Am I really going to be buried at the bottom of the sea today?

This thought inevitably flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.

At this moment, there was a sudden violent vibration under my feet.

"Boom!"

There was a loud bang and everyone was thrown up.

Fortunately, everyone held on to the dining table tightly, so their heads did not hit the cabin ceiling hard when they bounced up.

"Are we landing on the seabed?" Meng Tao asked.

Lin Yuan did not dare to jump to conclusions, but instead calmly felt the external environment for a while and found that the feeling of falling had indeed disappeared.

So he said, "It seems we really did fall to the bottom of the sea. We seem to be lucky. The seabed here is not deep, otherwise we would have been on the headlines. I wonder if it would have become the world's worst submarine accident."

In the record of submarine accidents, the second most tragic accident is the Kursk nuclear submarine accident of the Russian Northern Fleet.

This has been mentioned before, so I won’t repeat it here.

Ranked first is the sinking of the US Navy's Thresher nuclear submarine.

It is said that this nuclear submarine encountered a cliff in the sea while sailing underwater and instantly fell to the bottom of the sea 2600 meters deep.

The submarine's hull was crushed and broke into six pieces, with various small fragments scattered over tens of thousands of square meters of the seabed. All 129 people on board were killed and no one survived.

The reason why the sinking of the Thresher nuclear submarine surpassed the sinking of the larger Kursk was that there were 22 mushroom bombs on the Thresher when it sank.

However, these 22 mushroom bombs mysteriously disappeared during the subsequent salvage operation, and their whereabouts remain unclear to this day.

This has led to countless conspiracy theories and hypotheses about the whereabouts of these 22 mushroom bombs.

For example, it may be salvaged by a North African tyrant, or secretly taken away by a Middle Eastern bully, or even a camel dog tycoon.

However, with the untimely deaths of North African tyrants and the hanging of the former ruler of Baghdad, no mushroom bombs were used to deter others, and these legends were debunked.

So the missing 22 mushroom bombs became an unexplainable mystery.

Now Lin Yuan can start to consider whether the Virginia accident will surpass the Thresher accident and become the most serious submarine accident in history.

But it is estimated that it cannot be surpassed. After all, Lin Yuan does not think that he can be more valuable than 22 mushroom bombs.

He didn't care about this, but hoped that he could return safely.

Although everything is fine now, or the situation has not worsened for the time being, it does not mean that they are out of danger.

"Are we safe?" Depp asked uncertainly.

"No! I can only say that he is not dead yet." Meng Tao said.

Hearing Meng Tao's answer, Depp said with a sad face: "Can't you say something nice? For example, at least the current situation is better than falling directly to the deeper seabed. We are still quite lucky."

Meng Tao shook his head and said, "No, perhaps what awaits us is even deeper despair. If that's the case, it would be better to fall deeper and die cleanly, which would be happier."

"Tell me you're scaring me!" Depp grabbed Meng Tao's shoulders.

"Unfortunately, this is the truth. You are an adult and should know the truth instead of false deception," said Meng Tao.

"But didn't we land on the seabed? The water here isn't deep enough to crush the Virginia, so how come we're not out of danger?" Depp was almost crying.

"We don't know the extent of the damage to the Virginia, but since it didn't initiate an emergency ascent just now, we can guess that the situation is definitely not optimistic.

"I suspect the watertight compartment that controls buoyancy has burst, but I'm not sure if other compartments have been flooded," Meng Tao said.

Although Depp doesn't seem to know much, he knows that submarines rely on watertight compartments to control their sinking and rising.

When a submarine needs to sink, it sucks seawater into its watertight compartments to increase its weight and cause it to sink.

When it is necessary to float up, the seawater is discharged to increase the buoyancy.

Now if the watertight compartment really exploded, it would mean that the Virginia had lost the ability to surface and was trapped on the seabed and unable to move.

If this is really the case, then Lin Yuan and the others are like being in a living coffin. Even if their lives are not in danger for the time being, they can only wait for the arrival of death in despair.

If this is really the case, it would be better to just die directly, at least to avoid suffering the long period of despair before death.

Depp turned his head and looked at Lin Yuan with a look of despair: "Source God, do you think so too?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "I don't know what the actual situation is. It might be even worse than what Meng Tao said."

Depp's heart skipped a beat when he heard Lin Yuan's words.

Gan!
The watertight compartment exploded, and being trapped on the seabed and waiting to die isn’t the worst case scenario?

What else can I do?
Could it be that the nuclear reactor is also having problems? Or is it that there is a problem with the fresh water purification system?
Or an air purification system?
Depp's face turned ugly and he didn't dare to think further.

Depp, who has always believed in metaphysics, was now filled with fear of Murphy's Law.

Lin Yuan continued, “But no matter how bad the situation is, we must not fall into despair, nor give up our efforts.

I will do my best to bring you back safely. Believe me! "

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Depp immediately felt much more at ease.

The dark cloud that had previously hung over his heart seemed to have dissipated halfway.

Not only did he think so, but Director Meng Tao and Cohen also looked much better.

If someone else said this, they would think they were bragging or that it was just psychological comfort.

But when Lin Yuan spoke, everyone immediately felt much more at ease.

Because in the past few years, they have witnessed Lin Yuan creating miracles countless times.

Although they didn't know what Lin Yuan, who was also a flesh and blood body, could do in such a deep sea, they believed in Lin Yuan from the bottom of their hearts.

Seeing that his companions were in a much better mood, Lin Yuan patted Depp on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, let's try to understand the current situation first."

At this time, outside the restaurant, the corridor was noisy and loud shouting could be heard.

Although the noise was chaotic, words such as "damage control", "emergency repair", "close the cabin", and "help" were frequently mentioned.

Obviously, the officers and soldiers of the Virginia began emergency self-rescue operations.

If you want to know the current situation, the best way is to go directly to Lieutenant Colonel Louis.

But Lin Yuan did not do so, nor did he even ask other officers and soldiers on the Virginia.

Because all the officers and soldiers on the boat must be extremely busy at this moment and have no time to answer the questions of Lin Yuan and others.

Now time is life, damage control and repair are above everything else, and Lin Yuan cannot cause them any trouble.

He believed that after the emergency repairs were completed, Lieutenant Colonel Louis would give them a clear answer.

Obviously, Meng Tao thought so too.

He pulled Depp to sit on the chair at the dining table and waited quietly for the submarine officers and soldiers to finish their work.

Maybe there will be good news, such as the fault has been eliminated and the Virginia can surface smoothly?
But as soon as this thought flashed through Meng Tao's mind, he immediately crossed it out.

There must be something wrong with the watertight compartment. How can a burst watertight compartment be repaired at a depth of several hundred meters?

The only thing we can hope for is that the watertight compartments will be slightly less damaged.

The watertight compartment of a modern submarine is not a single whole, but is divided into many independent areas.

This makes it easier to control the weight of the water and also prevents malfunctions from causing problems with the entire watertight compartment.

If all the watertight compartments are not damaged, you can still try to surface.

Even if you cannot float to the surface to call for help, the probability of being rescued will increase significantly after floating up a certain distance.

Lin Yuan and Meng Tao both knew that the biggest possibility now was that the Virginia could no longer escape danger on its own and had to obtain rescue from the outside world.

The first step to rescue is to get in touch with the outside world.

Otherwise, the outside world would not know that the Virginia had encountered an accident, so how could they send rescue forces?

When they thought of this, Lin Yuan and Meng Tao started to have a headache again.

The stealthiness and difficulty of communication of submarines result in submarines' external responses often being delayed for a period of time.

This meant that the command post would not notice the anomaly until the Virginia missed the agreed response time.

However, noticing the abnormality does not mean that the command post will immediately realize that something has happened.

Because submarines are often disturbed underwater, it is common for them to miss agreed communication times.

Only after missing two or three communication time points in a row will the command post become alert and consider whether an accident has occurred.

After four or five consecutive communication time points have been missed, or even more, the command center will confirm that there has been an accident, and then begin to prepare rescue forces, search for the whereabouts, formulate a rescue plan and implement it...

After going through this process, many submarine officers and soldiers who may have survived the accident are already dead.

There is no way. Once a submarine accident occurs, the survivors trapped underwater are helpless.

Therefore, waiting for rescue from the outside world is the worst option. You must find a way to save yourself.

If the Virginia could rise 200 meters, the communications buoy could be released.

At the current depth, even if the communication float is released and the communication optical cable is pulled to its maximum, it is estimated that it is still two to three hundred meters away from the water surface.

At such a deep location, even extremely low frequency signals cannot be received, let alone communicating with the outside world.

Now Lin Yuan and Meng Tao are both in a state of confusion. They have no idea about the current situation and can only wait silently.

Waiting is the most torturous thing. Time passes by minute by minute, and there is always a noisy sound of repairs outside the restaurant. Everyone's patience is also consumed bit by bit.

Finally, Depp couldn't help but ask, "Meng Tao? In the records of submarine accidents, has there ever been a case of someone being rescued after falling off a cliff in the sea?"

Meng Tao: “…”

"Do you want to hear the truth?" Meng Tao asked after hesitating for a moment.

"No need! I know very little," Depp said immediately.

Not very little, but absolutely nothing!
All submarines that encountered the "sea cliff" were killed.

Depp guessed the answer, but he didn't let Meng Tao say it out loud, so that he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Yes! One submarine not only escaped the disaster, but also successfully saved itself, and all the crew members survived." Lin Yuan suddenly said.

"Really?" Depp asked in surprise.

"Really? How come I didn't know?" Meng Tao was quite confused.

"I won't go into details, you just need to know that it exists. It's true, I'm not lying to you. As long as we don't give up, there will be a glimmer of hope." Lin Yuan said seriously.

Of course, Lin Yuan didn't make up a lie to comfort him, it's just that he couldn't bring up this example.

That was the 372 submarine incident.

The Rabbit Navy, a Kilo-class submarine numbered 372, encountered a cliff in the sea while performing a mission.

All the officers and soldiers on the boat remained calm in the face of danger and, under the command of the captain, demonstrated a strong level of daily training.

In just 180 seconds, nearly 500 damage control operations were completed, successfully averting danger.

This is a miracle in the history of human submarines and the only case of survival after encountering a cliff in the sea.

Due to the outstanding performance of the officers and soldiers of Boat 372, all members were awarded first-class merit and received the highest level of commendation.

You should know that in peacetime, first-class merit can often only be received by family members, and second-class merit can be received by the person himself in a wheelchair.

This shows the value of the first-class merit, and also shows how dangerous the situation was at that time.

Lin Yuan feels sincere admiration for the outstanding qualities of the naval officers and soldiers in his hometown. They are so awesome!

However, this accident has not happened yet. It happened around 2014. Lin Yuan saw it in the news in his previous life. It is certainly not appropriate to bring it up now.

Although Lin Yuan did not specifically say which submarine overcame the cliff in the sea, since he had spoken, Depp, Meng Tao and director Cohen were willing to believe it.

So their anxiety was relieved again.

At this time, the noise in the corridor began to slowly subside, and it seemed that the emergency repair work had been preliminarily completed.

"Bang!"

With the sound of the door opening, Lieutenant Colonel Louis walked in.

Lin Yuan and others turned their heads to look at the door, and saw that Lieutenant Colonel Louis, who usually wore a neat uniform, looked quite embarrassed at this moment.

He was not wearing a smart uniform jacket, but only a short white T-shirt with black stains of motor oil on it.

His head and back were covered in sweat, wetting his clothes, and there was also a large, obvious sweat stain around his waist.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin Yuan. Our officers and soldiers on the Virginia have let you down." Lieutenant Colonel Louis apologized as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Did we encounter a cliff in the sea?" Lin Yuan asked.

Lieutenant Colonel Louis nodded with difficulty: "You know everything?"

"I guessed it. It seems that there really is a cliff in the sea. You don't need to apologize for it. This is force majeure during underwater navigation. It is just bad luck to encounter it." Lin Yuan said.

"But no matter what, we didn't bring you back safely. This is our fault." Lieutenant Colonel Louis clearly felt very guilty. "You and your works are precious treasures for all mankind. We failed to protect you well."

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "If I hadn't wanted to come to the Greenland waters to film, you wouldn't have encountered this accident.

There's really no point in arguing about this, just tell me what's going on right now."

"Speaking of this, I must thank you again. Thank you for saving all the officers and soldiers on our boat." Lieutenant Colonel Louis said solemnly.

"Me? Saved you?" Lin Yuan felt quite surprised.

I didn't do anything?
"Do you remember the advice old Tommy gave you?" asked Lieutenant Colonel Louis.

Lin Yuan immediately remembered this incident. Old Tommy told him that Mr. Billy, the legendary underwater navigator who had a "living map of the Arctic Ocean", had a habit of deviation.

When he was sailing underwater on the N-17 route, he always deviated 60 meters toward the west.

Lin Yuan told this to Lieutenant Colonel Louis, and he also expressed that he would follow the practice of his predecessors.

It seems that this approach has saved everyone's lives now?

(End of this chapter)