Mobile Shelter

The captain confirmed through the other party's anxious flag signals that the other ship was their target for this rendezvous.

However, seeing the enemy's near collapse, the captain was unsure whether his side needed to go and provide support.

Leaving aside the giant mutated marine creatures still hidden below the sea surface, the deck itself is already occupied by small mutated marine creatures. Breaking through to rescue people inside the ship would require a huge price.

To put it bluntly, the captain now needs to determine whether there is any need to rescue that ship based on the exact number of our personnel among the remaining survivors on board.

Although our high-ranking personnel stationed abroad should still be alive at this point, if the number of our remaining personnel is too small, the captain would essentially consider us worthless for rescue.

After all, this rescue mission was different from the previous battles. Although the frequency of battles was high, the casualty rate was negligible after so many battles.

Sending people to fight this time, although the entire rescue process may be very short, will inevitably result in some casualties.

At this time, veterans with practical experience are far more useful than diplomats who may not be able to play a role again in the future.

At this moment, the captain's silent hesitation was, in effect, equivalent to having already made a choice in his heart.

However, this choice is rather cruel, and it doesn't sound very pleasant to say, so it is expressed through contemplation.

Those who stayed in the cockpit weren't fools, so when they saw the captain hesitate, they guessed what he was thinking.

However, some of those present disagreed with the choice of captain.

But they also knew that if they dragged it out for too long, it would be pointless to send people to rescue them.

Therefore, they disregarded everything else and directly and strongly demanded that the ship approach and send people to carry out the rescue.

Although the captain was the supreme commander at this time, the people who spoke out against him were also of high status, so it didn't matter if he directly rejected them now.

However, if he directly refuses, those people will definitely use their status to cause him trouble after he returns.

Just as the captain was unsure of what to do, the second mate suddenly spoke up: "Our mission here is to meet the enemy. Now that we've discovered they're in danger, we absolutely must lend a helping hand. Rescue is a must."

Upon hearing the second mate's words, the captain looked surprised. He knew his partner's personality very well, and based on his past behavior, the second mate should not have agreed to the rescue.

He was surprised that the other party would choose to rescue him at this time, but based on his trust in the long-term relationship, he did not interrupt the other party's next words.

"However, the specific rescue plan needs to be refined. The situation is urgent now, so let's skip the tedious discussion process and just propose a rescue plan. If everyone agrees, we'll proceed with the plan. If not, we'll discuss it again."

Don't be fooled by the second mate's sweet talk. Those who know his personality on the ground all believe that he is using the discussion of the rescue plan to delay the actual rescue operation.

But they never expected that the rescue plan proposed by the second mate would be highly feasible and acceptable to most of the people present.

The only thing they couldn't accept was the few people who had spoken out earlier, strongly demanding a rescue, but after hearing the rescue plan, they didn't dare to directly object.

After all, they had just shown a strong willingness to provide assistance, and now that the second mate's plan required them to personally lead their soldiers to the rescue, it would be difficult for them to refuse to go and provide assistance.

Not to mention the embarrassment they will suffer now, they will also be punished when they return. Furthermore, if others hear about their current choice, they will subconsciously distance themselves from them, which will cut off their future career path.

The rescue plan proposed by the second mate was not complicated. First, missiles were used to target the giant marine creatures hiding in the shallow waters.

The goal is not to kill them outright, but at least to severely injure them to prevent them from causing trouble during subsequent rescue operations.

The next step will inevitably be for the ships to get close, which will directly reduce the chance of attacks from mutated marine creatures on one side of the other ship.

Subsequently, most of the ship's combat personnel were dispatched to carry out the rescue. After the personnel arrived, most of the combat personnel cleared out and killed the mutated marine creatures that had already boarded the deck.

And after the cleanup is complete, they are responsible for guarding the deck to prevent other mutated marine life from taking over the deck again.

Because the cabin was not very spacious, the men who had just strongly requested rescue immediately led their personal guards into the cabin to clear out and kill the mutated marine creatures that had invaded it.

Although this operation may seem somewhat dangerous, in reality, if the replenishment of external mutated creatures is cut off, and with the cooperation of the original personnel on the ship inside, the danger is not that great.

The main danger actually comes from the limited space inside the ship, and the high risk of ricochets if firearms are used in combat.

Therefore, once inside the cabin, close-quarters combat with melee weapons is necessary.

In such a situation, encounters are inevitable, and injuries are even possible, if accidents occur.

The rescue plan proposed by the second mate seems very comprehensive, and it is almost impossible to come up with a more suitable plan in a short period of time.

Those who had previously strongly demanded rescue were now caught up in the second mate's rescue plan, and they were beginning to regret their actions.

But at this point they had no other choice. After all, the rescue plan was formulated at their strong request. If they rejected the rescue plan and had to discuss and formulate a new one, who knows how long it would take.

At this critical moment, time is of the essence, so they have no other choice but to bite the bullet and agree to personally go to the other ship to carry out the rescue.

With a large number of frontline combat personnel leaving, the ship will inevitably be left vulnerable in terms of defense.

But once the ships get close, the mutated marine creatures that attacked them will certainly not let them go either.

Therefore, after the frontline combat personnel leave, all personnel on board, whether in logistics or other non-combat roles, will need to take up arms and join the battle.

Fortunately, most of the non-combat personnel on the ship had received firearms training. Although their accuracy might not be high, they were at least proficient in using firearms.

Faced with those densely packed mutated marine creatures, it was difficult to miss once the gun was fired.