MTLNOVEL Chapter 545: Depth Charging and Captives
Meanwhile, on the coast.
The Seal Assault Team had just reassembled their gear and walked less than a kilometer.
The eyes of the leading Seal Assault Team soldier suddenly hurt, feeling blinded by a dazzling white light.
A searchlight beam shone directly on this Seal Assault Team soldier. The intense light not only made it impossible for him to open his eyes, but also exposed all his teammates around him.
"Not good, we've been discovered. Prepare for battle."
Gars didn't know where the oversight occurred, but he knew they were now definitely in a crisis.
The elite Seal Assault Team immediately formed a combat formation, but when they looked in the direction of the searchlight source, each and every one of them felt a jolt in their hearts, and deep fear appeared in their eyes.
Because that searchlight was mounted on a 12-meter-high, hundred-ton Spider Main Battle Mecha.
This Jieke Group's land combat monster faced them, surrounded by densely packed guns and cannon, like a firepower fortress that could make any ground unit feel genuine fear.
And that was not all; heavy footsteps sounded around them.
One by one, Genetic Warriors clad in Biological Armor, standing three meters tall, emerged from the darkness, surrounding the Seal Assault Team's special soldiers in the center.
"Seals, we've been expecting you."
Miao Lun crossed his arms over his chest, gazing coldly down at the Seal Assault Team soldiers.
Gars looked ashen, and the surrounding Seal Assault Team soldiers were full of despair.
The Seal Assault Team was one of the top ten special forces globally, renowned worldwide, even reputed to be the world's strongest special forces.
But this was before the emergence of Genetic Warriors.
When Genetic Warriors made their debut, all special soldiers worldwide were divided into two kinds: Genetic Warriors and other special soldiers.
Genetic Warriors were undeniably beyond normal human understanding in strength—tearing armored vehicles apart bare-handed, walking heavy firepower, invincible defenses—such powerful and ridiculous physical prowess that no other soldiers could hope to match.
Whether it was the Seal Assault Team or the Delta Force, Alpha Force, none were an opponent of the Genetic Warriors, as they were not on the same level.
These Seal Assault Team soldiers had no will to fight upon seeing the Genetic Warriors; some even wanted to escape.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Spider Main Battle Mecha's upper body rotated, with two 30mm cannons and four 20mm cannons firing thunderously, instantly turning a few fleeing Seal Assault Team soldiers into minced meat, impossible to piece together.
Miao Lun held an Anti-Material Sniper Rifle, pulling the trigger.
The head of a fleeing Seal Assault Team soldier exploded like a balloon, with the entire head bursting apart. The headless corpse collapsed to the ground, blood staining the earth red.
In just a few seconds, seven or eight Seal Assault Team members were all dead; the overwhelming power gap made these Seal Assault Team soldiers fully realize the reality.
"We surrender."
Gars gritted his teeth, no longer stubbornly resisting, and dropped his weapon.
Seeing this, other Seal Assault Team members also disarmed, knowing resistance was just needless sacrifice. Although they were special soldiers, they were human, too, and feared death.
"Can you tell me how you discovered us?"
Gars couldn't figure it out; he believed his operation was smooth and concealed.
"I'm not obliged to tell you, figure it out yourself."
Miao Lun had no intention of revealing anything and instructed his men to escort away these Seal Assault Team soldiers and CIA elites.
Gars felt unwilling, and before being escorted away, he couldn't help but look towards the sea, silently praying that the Florida Nuclear Submarine would not encounter any trouble!
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Meanwhile, the Florida Nuclear Submarine, which Gars prayed for, was also trapped in its final desperate situation.
"Enemy sonar is correcting our submarine's position; continue diving to evade."
"Damn, 250 meters, we've reached the limit depth."
"Damn, God help us."
Everyone in the submarine was sweating, feeling as though time stretched unbearably.
Flack's forehead was sweating, staring intently at the screen in front of him, only able to pray for some miraculous luck to let them survive this ordeal.
Above a thousand meters on the sea, the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber, flying at low speed, eventually pinpointed the submarine's general location through sonar search.
The bomb bay under the aircraft opened, and deep water bombs were sequentially dropped into the designated sea area, starting their fish bombing mission.
Deep water bombs are underwater weapons that descend to a certain depth in the water and explode.
This weapon's structure is simple, easy to operate and use; it's a very cheap anti-submarine weapon.
But despite being cheap, their lethal power is unquestionable—because of its simple structure with not too many parts, its explosive is extremely terrifying.
A deep water bomb exploded a hundred meters away from the Florida Nuclear Submarine, causing a massive shock wave that violently shook the sea due to water's incompressibility.
Even at a distance of over a hundred meters, the Florida Nuclear Submarine was still affected by the shock wave, causing the soldiers inside to stagger in the violent shaking.
Some hit their heads badly, others broke bones, but at this moment, no one had the luxury to assist or treat injuries.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
More and more deep bombs exploded, shaking the colossal 18,000-ton frame of the Florida Nuclear Submarine like a canoe in a storm, with explosion impacts causing cracks to appear on the hull.
Boom!
A deep water bomb detonated just 20 meters behind the Florida.
The hundreds of kilograms of explosives inside the deep water bomb released immense energy, blasting the surrounding seawater into an empty cavity that then transferred to the Florida Nuclear Submarine.
Despite being the world's most advanced nuclear submarine weighing 18,000 tons, the Florida couldn't withstand such close-range explosions from a deep water bomb, lacking thick armor for protection.
The shock wave tore through the Florida's double-layered hull, sending torrents of seawater flooding into the cabin, ravaging through each compartment.
The soldiers were swept away by the incoming water, tossed around brutally, their bones shattered, and due to the extreme water pressure, their internal organs burst out of their mouths.
This single deep water bomb left a huge breach in the tail section of the Florida Nuclear Submarine, snapping a segment of its propeller, thousands of tons of seawater pouring in, threatening to sink the entire vessel.
Fortunately, some soldiers managed to seal the submarine's inner doors just in time, keeping the seawater at bay.
But under the deep water pressure and the continuous explosion of deep water bombs, they couldn't hold out for long.
"Surface immediately and send a radio message, we surrender."
Flack's head cracked open from the impact, blood soaking his uniform.
Realizing the hopelessness of their situation, he knew their only chance for survival was to surface and surrender to the Jieke Group, or else face eternal entombment in the cold Mediterranean.
Upon hearing the order, the operator ignored his pain, hurriedly using his still-functional communications equipment, blurred his hands over the keyboard at unprecedented speed, sending out a distress message in plain code to all surrounding radio signals.
After all, they had no idea which communications channel the attackers were using, and if their distress signal went unreceived, the bombing would continue, leading to devastation.
This plain code surrender radio signal spread continuously, reaching not just the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber, but all the ships in the nearby sea area.
Upon receiving the message, the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber ceased further deep water bomb deployment, although sonar buoys were still active, indicating awareness of the submarine's location and urging it to surface promptly and not try to escape stealthily.
The Florida couldn't escape anyway, as significant flooding made surfacing for drainage imperative; otherwise, it would sink without further bombardment.
Moments later, the sea surface heaved violently as the Florida Nuclear Submarine labored its way to the surface.
The entire 170-meter-long submarine emerging from the water was a shocking sight, even more so with the massive hole in its tail and the hull riddled with cracks, leaking water and appearing utterly battered.
The nearby Chicken Country escort ship Gaziantep, its navy soldiers, and officers witnessed this scene with wide-eyed disbelief.
They hadn't realized such a large submarine was hiding beneath the waters here, puzzled as the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber bombarded the area at low altitude.
Not until the Florida was bombed to the surface did they finally understand what the bomber was targeting: an almost 20,000-ton supermassive black fish!
The Chicken Country soldiers aboard the Gaziantep shouted in excitement, pulling out their phones to capture the moment they witnessed a Beautiful Country nuclear submarine surfacing after being bombed—a once-in-a-century sight necessary to document well.
It was foreseeable that these photos and videos, once uploaded to the internet, would stir a global uproar.
After the Florida surfaced, the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber air-dropped a team of Genetic Soldiers, who landed precisely on the submarine.
The Genetic Warriors violently opened the submarine's hatch, entering directly to capture the Beautiful Country sailors inside.
The recent barrage of deep water bombs had killed many onboard, and those surviving were injured, incapable of resisting the Genetic Warriors' capture.
Soon, the entire submarine was under genetic control, including Flack, who resignedly accepted capture.
"Now steer the submarine towards Te Wei City."
The Genetic Warrior pointed the gun, and Flack could only reluctantly order the submarine to head there.
Lucky for them, the Florida submarine held out, crawling at a snail's pace through the flooded compartments to finally reach the port at Te Wei City.
Unluckily, the submarine suffered such severe damage that repair costs would exceed the cost of building a new one.
Overall, the Jieke Group achieved its objective, striking a heavy blow to the CIA and delivering a resounding slap to the Beautiful Country.
By dawn, the events in the Mediterranean spread rapidly, and when people heard of the Florida Nuclear Submarine's capture, many initially thought it was fake news.
Then, as the news confirmed further, everyone believed the Beautiful Country might finally take action and join the war in support of You Tai Country.
However, many onlookers who watched the news couldn't help but mock how the Beautiful Country bungled this early in conflict, an embarrassing spectacle indeed.
Beside the public, the You Tai Country government was ecstatic beyond measure.
Upon first seeing the report, they too thought the Beautiful Country was moved by their sincerity, at last ready to rescue them from the disaster created by the Jieke Group.
Within the You Tai Country military, previously low morale due to the First Mecha Combat Brigade's arrival began to rise again, with every soldier exhilarated, thinking the Beautiful Country's involvement meant salvation for their nation.