50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 868 The only hope

Of the four target submarines, two damaged ones have already been acquired, apart from the "Costro" which he is chasing.
Another vessel, the Project 661 cruise missile nuclear submarine "K-222" located in the port of Murmansk, is confirmed to be in a mothballed state.

He was almost certain that the reactor on the "K-222" had been removed, and that all mothballed ships were to have their reactors removed.

Even after he acquired the "K-222", it still needed to return to China for repairs and to have its reactor reinstalled, just like the previous two ships.

Therefore, the Costrom was his only hope, and now, that hope has finally arrived.

On the river surface shrouded in space, a submarine, with only its periscope and antenna visible, was navigating in a semi-submerged state in the middle of the river channel.

Sun Zhiwei could see from the shore that the submarine was operating very stably.

However, the engineers and sailors in charge of testing on the submarine were not very familiar with the operation, and some of them would occasionally flip through the "Operating Manual" next to them.

He could no longer hold back, and with a wave of his hand, he took away half of the air in the submarine, causing the air density in the cabin to suddenly decrease.

As the air pressure dropped sharply, almost all the crew members experienced symptoms such as headaches, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.

The submarine's air detection system began to sound an alarm, and the oxygen generator started running at full power. However, due to the severe lack of air, it was not easy to restore the air pressure balance in a short time.

The submarine commander urgently ordered the submarine to stop and surface, while simultaneously instructing the soldiers on the command platform to open the top hatch.

The commander was very experienced; they weren't very deep in the water, so opening the hatch was the best way to quickly pressurize the tank.

As the submarine surfaced, the command tower of the Costrom was the first thing to emerge from the river.

Before long, the top hatch was opened with difficulty by the soldiers below, and immediately, the cold air outside blew into the cabin, restoring the air pressure.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as the cold air entered, and then began to breathe heavily. The suffocating feeling of escaping death was terrifying.

When Sun Zhiwei saw that the submarine had surfaced and slowly come to a stop, and that the hatch had been opened smoothly, a victorious smile appeared on his face.

Soon, in accordance with navigation regulations, the commander sent an accident report to the Red Solmovo shipyard via radio.

Soon, the shipyard called back to inquire about the details.

The submarine commander replied, describing in detail the sudden depressurization in the cabin and reporting his handling procedures.

In conclusion, there were no casualties in the incident. The submarine will soon travel by surface to the nearest naval base in Severodvinsk for inspection.

The shipyard agreed to their change of destination and said it would notify Severodvinsk to prepare for their arrival.

Sun Zhiwei was in a small wooden house on the shore, watching the submarine constantly making communications on the water.

Once the communication between the two sides ended, he immediately stored the Costrom into his spatial storage.

After cleaning the inside of the submarine, he took out one of the "Operation Manuals" and carefully read it by the firelight.

The contents printed in this book are the complete operating instructions for the Sierra-class Project 945 attack submarine. The content is very detailed and can be described as a foolproof operating manual.

There were a total of 100 such "Operating Manuals" on the entire submarine, and Sun Zhiwei was all smiles. These were incredibly useful; they greatly reduced the workload when training new submarine crew members.

Looking at the complete "Costro" in the space, Sun Zhiwei was finally satisfied. With this submarine that could be put into operation immediately, it was worth the long journey he had taken to endure the freezing cold in this icy land.

However, the matter is not over yet. The current "Costro" does not belong to him. Only when the Russian side gives up the search for the "Costro" can he finally claim it.

Therefore, he also had to give the Costrom a reason for its disappearance, even if it was a rather illogical one.

He stayed in the cabin for several more hours, until the sky began to darken, the light snow turned into heavy snow, and the visibility outside dropped to less than 100 meters.

Only then did he arrive in the woods not far from the cabin, dressed in a complete Arctic suit.

There was a 100-meter-long open space with a relatively flat surface and no hard debris such as stones. Sun Zhiwei used his spatial ability to clean it up and level the frozen ground covered with snow.

He then took out the now-empty Costrom and placed it on the cleared ground, the heavy submarine hull pressing down a layer of permafrost.

Sun Zhiwei ignored all of that and instead took out several shipping containers and built two steps along the edge of the submarine. Then he climbed up the container steps to the open hatch of the Costrom.

Upon entering the submarine's command tower, he immediately turned on the radio and, using the same frequency and code, sent two identical words to the Red Solmovo Shipyard: "провал! провал!"

After sending the message once, he immediately turned off the radio, left the submarine, and returned to the surface.

As for whether the shipyard will receive the message after only sending it once, Sun Zhiwei is not worried. The Costa Roman just had an accident, and the shipyard is probably still on edge.

Even if we don't receive it, there's no need to worry, as the Russian side has a full-channel monitoring department.

Even if the shipyard didn't receive it, the monitoring department definitely did. Such an important keyword as "depth drop" would definitely be reported by the monitoring department.

Then, he put the Costrom and the containers back into space.

Then, they collected frozen soil and snow from afar and underground, filled the flattened ground, leveled it, and covered it with snow to roughly restore it to its original state.

After finishing all that, he returned to the hunter's hut, warmed himself up by the fire, and used his spatial ability to cut down a tree and make a pile of firewood to fill the space in the hut that he had used up.

This is an unwritten rule among all hunters' huts: the hut builder provides the hut for free use, but after use, the hut needs to replenish the used supplies.

Basically, any hunter who respects tradition will abide by this unwritten agreement passed down from generation to generation.

Although Sun Zhiwei was not a hunter, he did not have the habit of taking advantage of ordinary people, so he naturally had to replenish the firewood he had used.

With everything ready, he figured the news of the Costrom should have been discovered by now.

I believe that search teams will soon be coming to search along the entire lower reaches of the Neva River. We cannot stay here any longer and must leave immediately.

Sun Zhiwei took a deep breath of warm air and then, with great willpower, extinguished the fire in the hearth.

Soon, a GAZ jeep sped into the snowstorm, heading towards Severodvinsk, hundreds of kilometers away.

(End of this chapter)