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Chapter 208 Flagship Story (3200 Monthly Tickets in March)

"Mr. Smith, congratulations on your successful recovery. Please don't be so violent in the future."

When Smith saw the Luzon doctor winking at him, he felt a surge of rage.

After getting ashore that day, he went straight to the best hospital in Marilla, where the doctor exclaimed that he had gone too far.

Smith tried to explain that it was an accident, that the deck was too slippery and he accidentally sat on something hard, but the damned doctor just nodded as if he understood.

After finally receiving treatment, Suhail came to the hospital, and then came the third, the fourth...

The news is circulating throughout the hospital and even the Marila community: the crew of the Sierra Madre are not lacking food or clothing, but rather they are too thirsty and hungry from being cooped up for too long. The seven people from the Ayla provided not only supplies but also hooks!

Otherwise, why would all seven people who boarded the ship come to the hospital to see chrysanthemums?

The moment the rumor surfaced, Smith did everything he could to silence the person spreading it, but to no avail.

People have no shortage of imagination. There were seven people on board the Sierra Madre, and all seven of them were like this, so it is self-evident who is zero and who is one.

Moreover, many people who have been sailors expressed their understanding: sailors are often superstitious and almost never take women with them when they go to sea, so it's understandable that sailors might engage in sexual activity.

I never expected that Commissioner Smith would also possess such an internationalist spirit; it is truly admirable.

The rumor's logic was completely closed, and even Smith's boss believed it and offered his condolences, then specially invited him to a costume party after he returned home.

Smith, poisoned by hook literature, was speechless and only then discovered that many high-ranking officials in Luzon also had a taste for it and frequently invited him to parties.

Smith could only stay indoors and wait for the rumors to die down, but soon his boss called:

“Dear Smith, I really look forward to your return home.”

"fXXk, I'm really not gay!"

“I understand, I understand. We have important business to attend to. It seems that Gaijin is making new moves over the Spratly Islands. Our reconnaissance plane just flew over there and found that they seem to be doing something, gathering four ships.”

I need you to organize more people to go there and gather intelligence, and provide firsthand photographic materials.

Smith: "That's impossible. The lunatics in Gaijin don't care about losses at all. Nobody dares to go head-to-head with them now, unless the Navy is willing to lend me the USS New Jersey!"

The USS New Jersey was the second ship of the Iowa-class battleships and was decommissioned last year.

Ever since Gaikin recklessly started his dump truck stunt, fishing boats from Luzon and Annam, though still sneaking into the South China Sea, immediately turn tail and flee upon seeing Gaikin's boats, without hesitation.

A study by the RAND Corporation on countermeasures revealed that there really is no solution!

Putting aside fishing boats, even modern warships cannot withstand a 40-knot ramming attack, unless they are heavy cruisers or battleships with thick armor.

At the time, some people suggested sending the USS New Jersey, which had only been decommissioned in 95, or a ship that had been commissioned for the third time, to the Pacific to suppress Geigen.

Even the Des Moines-class and Baltimore-class heavy cruisers could be repaired and handed over to the Luzon Coast Guard.

Luzon is indeed considering the possibility of purchasing heavy cruisers, but that hasn't happened yet!

Smith didn't want to die, and no one else dared to do so now.

However, his superiors didn't care about any of that and insisted that he serve the think tank.

After thinking for a long time, Smith could only plan to rent a small plane, so that at least Gekkin wouldn't crash into it.

Surely not?
……

After seeing Yan Jian off, Tang Wen immediately received a message from Sperm Whale 1:

[Halsey: Commander, I've been spotted!] Tang Wen immediately closed his eyes, his vision flying to the Suez Canal thousands of kilometers away.

The outskirts of Socotra Island.

The Sperm Whale 1 sat motionless on the seabed, holding its breath in silence.

Less than ten kilometers away, a mixed fleet was conducting a large-scale anti-submarine operation.

Unfortunately, the Sperm Whale 1 ran into a fleet returning from a mission, which included ships from several countries such as the Philippines, the UK, Spain, and even two submarines.

The Sperm Whale 1 had been sailing on the surface of the sea without incident, and would sink far away when it detected danger.

But this time was different. The mixed fleet was conducting an anti-submarine exercise when an anti-submarine helicopter easily spotted the Sperm Whale 1—and then mistook it for one of their own submarines, announcing on the exercise channel that a submarine had been sunk.

It was near the end of the exercise when the fleet commander was annoyed that his submarine had surfaced unexpectedly. After some discussion, he tried to contact Halsey by radio, but Halsey did not reply.

The combined fleet immediately assumed that its own submarine had suffered a mechanical failure, which triggered the emergency procedure to surface, and rushed to its rescue.

Then, as luck would have it, their two submarines surfaced when the exercise ended, only to find that the fleet was rescuing one of their submarines.
So they quickly discovered a problem: whose submarine was it?

Even though the Sperm Whale 1 dived early, it was difficult to escape from a powerful mixed fleet. In the end, it chose to make its seabed at the nearest Socotra Island, hoping to wait for the fleet to leave.

However, at this point, the Sperm Whale 1 was running low on oxygen, and in a few hours it would trigger an emergency ascent, which would likely cause the mission to fail.

After learning about the current situation of the Sperm Whale 1, Tang Wen exclaimed that he had a headache. That mixed fleet had seven or eight ships and two submarines, and it was impossible for them to win.

Escape was also difficult; the Sperm Whale was a very outdated diesel-electric submarine with almost no stealth capabilities, and it would be detected as soon as it started moving.

Giving up is not a difficult choice. If we seize the opportunity, we might be able to salvage a ship, gain enough experience to return to the shipyard, and at worst, implement the Christmas Express plan later.

Tang Wen looked at the floating map in front of him. He couldn't see the real-time position of the mixed fleet. He could only rely on passive sonar to determine that there were many active sources emitting signals overhead.

[Asymmetrical battle triggered!]

[Found French Navy ship 'Kagetsu' (Tier: ?? / HP: ??)]

[Found French Navy 'Moonlit Night' (Tier: ?? / HP: ??)]

[Found Y Navy 'Southampton' (Tier: ?? / HP: ??)]

[Discovered X-class Navy 'Lena Sofia' (Tier: ?? / HP: ??)]

【Discover……】

【Discover……】

【Discover……】

Suddenly, a string of information flashed before my eyes, followed by a long string of text:

[Flagship Story Mission: Escape the 'Sperm Whale 1' from the encirclement of 9 enemy ships]

[Task Difficulty: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆]

[Countdown: 20 hours]

[Mission Rewards: 5 Super Supply Crates, 100 Silver Coins, 1250 Gold Coins, Tier ☆ Super Battleship: Hanover]

You can select up to 4 warships to participate in the battle (Tier V and above) and defeat your opponents.

(End of this chapter)