Code 521

  Zuo Dong parked the car in the underground parking lot of the office building and took the elevator directly to the 25th floor. In the elevator, Zuo Dong looked at his watch unnaturally, feeling a kind of inexplicable anxiety, possibly because he hadn't seen Shui Ling's parents yet. The time displayed on the watch was 12:15.

  Just at this time yesterday, another shocking event occurred in the high seas of the South China Sea.

  On the calm sea surface, waves occasionally rise, blue like a curtain, connecting with the distant horizon. Right in this public sea, 500 meters below the sea surface, there is a nuclear submarine, ghostly moving east towards the South China Sea.

  This is the most advanced nuclear-powered "ZZ"-class attack submarine currently being studied by Dongguo. Simply put, its first compartment is equipped with 18 vertical missile launchers, possessing comprehensive anti-submarine, anti-ship and land-attack capabilities, making it the most powerful weapon for maintaining Dongguo's maritime sovereignty. It is Dongguo's first "ZZ"-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, and this voyage is also its maiden voyage.

  The nuclear submarine was moving quietly underwater, in stark contrast to the busy soldiers inside.

  In the command cabin, the submarine commander leaned against the table and looked at the electronic map displayed on it. The map showed the position of the submarine and its distance from the motherland.

  The commander's face was stern, but the serious exterior couldn't hide the joy in his heart. This time, the submarine sailed out to verify its excellent concealment and camouflage capabilities, and it actually followed a carrier battle group of the Star-Spangled Country at a depth of 400 meters underwater, trailing the carrier group for 60 nautical miles. Within this distance, the submarine was right under the carrier, monitoring every move of the carrier, even intercepting command signals sent from the carrier. The carrier battle group didn't have the slightest awareness. It wasn't until the carrier battle group entered its home country's territorial waters that the submarine commander ordered the abandonment of the tailing operation.

  This is enough to prove the submarine's advanced nature.

  This is the seventh day of the nuclear submarine's voyage. If everything goes smoothly, it should be able to dock at its home port before nightfall. All the officers and men who carried out this mission can go ashore to have a drink, call their families, take a relaxing hot bath, and sleep soundly. This can be considered a perfect voyage.

  The deputy commander on the submarine, a middle-aged man in his early forties, with all navigation tasks completed and now in the return voyage phase, without any accidents, stood in front of the commander with an extremely relaxed attitude, watching the commander's every move.

  The commander was not much taller than the deputy commander, only with a star on his shoulder. He stood in front of the electronic map for a while, then straightened up, twisted his waist, relaxed a bit, and said to the deputy commander beside him: "This is indeed an excellent nuclear submarine, following the Star Spangled Banner's aircraft carrier for so long, they didn't even discover it. Those Stars and Stripes are just at this level, still wanting to be the world police, thinking of hitting whoever they want, I think this matter is quite precarious, just our country, he probably wouldn't dare move."

  The deputy commander smiled and said, "In order to maintain the peace of our motherland, we must have weapons that can counter the Stars and Stripes. Now the international situation is so complicated, our country's coastline is so long, and several small island nations around us are eyeing us covetously, wanting to gain benefits from our own waters. This submarine is the most effective weapon for us to counter them."

  The commander looked around the command cabin and said to the deputy commander: "This voyage was particularly smooth, not a single mistake, all the data of the voyage has been sent back to the base, next step, this type of submarine can be mass-produced, it won't take a few years, all submarine troops will be equipped with them, at that time, our country's sea defense will truly be able to... those who offend me must be punished, no matter how far away they are..."

  Everything seems to be going smoothly, and the submarine is just a few dozen nautical miles away from the exclusive economic zone of Dongguo, seemingly in absolute safety.

  In the adjacent area of Dongguo's exclusive economic zone and the high seas, a luxury yacht with no affiliation logo is anchored. Although there are not a few luxury yachts sailing here, having no affiliation logo is indeed suspicious. Dongguo's "ZZ"-class nuclear submarine will pass through the 5-nautical-mile range of this luxury yacht, enter Dongguo's exclusive economic zone, and then return to base.

  On the luxury yacht, there were two elderly men, both in their sixties, wearing short-sleeved shirts and loose pants. One of them was holding a fishing rod, as if he was fishing. However, from their expressions, they didn't look relaxed at all, unlike people usually do when fishing.

  An old man wearing a red short-sleeved shirt said to another old man wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt, "Is it coming soon?"

  The old man in a blue short-sleeved shirt waved his fishing rod and said, "Hmm, if the information is correct, they'll be here soon. Don't worry, just wait a bit longer."

  Inside the luxury yacht, it wasn't champagne and delicacies that were on display. After undergoing a rigorous makeover, more than ten screens displayed different images, with five or six young people staring intently at them. One screen showed a circular area, with a green beam of light rotating clockwise like a pointer. This was likely a radar screen. Before long, a spindle-shaped object emitting a green glow appeared on the edge of the circular area. One of the young men picked up a walkie-talkie and said, "Target has appeared."

  The old man in the blue short-sleeved shirt on the yacht had a black wireless earpiece in his ear. He heard the voice coming from inside the yacht, and a faint cold smile flashed across his face as he said, "Wait a minute, listen to my command, then release our little toy." Then he said to the old man in the red short-sleeved shirt beside him, "It's here."

  The two old men did not speak, fishing on their own. After a while, the old man in blue short sleeves said: "It's time for our little toy to play its role."

  "Ten-second countdown, ten, nine... three, two, one, release!"

  At this time, a bracket extended from the bottom of the luxury yacht, and a torpedo-shaped object hung on the bracket, but it was much smaller than a torpedo. As soon as this object came into contact with the seawater, it detached from the bracket and flew towards the spindle-shaped object displayed on the yacht's radar like an arrow off the string.

  At this time, the radarman on the "ZZ"-class nuclear submarine of the Eastern country also discovered the unidentified object on the radar and immediately reported to the submarine commander. The commander was shocked and did not expect that he would return home so soon, but still made such a big deal out of it. He immediately ordered the launch of a torpedo. In just a few seconds, a long torpedo rushed out from the bow of the submarine, heading in the direction of the object's arrival.

  The submarine commander stared intently at the radar, watching as his torpedo headed towards the unidentified object, with a chill running down his back. On the radar screen, the torpedo and the object were just two small dots, the commander watched as they flashed closer and closer, but what he didn't expect was that as they approached each other infinitely, they suddenly passed by each other, the torpedo failing to intercept the object.

  The submarine commander immediately ordered an emergency dive, but it was too late. The object's speed was too fast and had already collided with the bow of the submarine.

  The object hit the submarine, but it didn't explode. It was like a nail being driven into the submarine. The submarine commander took a look at the situation and also let out a sigh of relief because there was no greater damage to the submarine, and there was no leakage. Suddenly, the object burst open from the middle without any sound. The submarine flashed with a ray of light, just for that moment, both the submarine and the object disappeared. In an instant, the seawater around filled up the empty space left by the submarine, and on the surface of the sea, a small whirlpool was formed due to this, but the vastness of the ocean soon restored calmness, as if nothing had happened at all.

  The two old men on the yacht couldn't help but smile with pride as they saw a whirlpool suddenly form in the distance. The old man wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt heard through his earpiece, "Target disappeared." Next, a big fish was hooked by the old man wearing a red short-sleeved shirt, and before the two old men could savor their success, they worked together to pull the caught fish onto the boat.

  Inside the Eastern Nation's East Sea submarine base, a tense bustle, the sudden loss of contact with the "ZZ" class nuclear submarine made the base commander realize the severity of the situation. A phone call was made to the Minister of Defense, reporting what had happened. The Minister of Defense hung up the phone and immediately called the President.

  The "ZZ" class nuclear submarine was widely reported by foreign media at the beginning of its project, although the Eastern country strongly denied it. However, other countries would rather believe it existed than not. As soon as the "ZZ" class nuclear submarine began to sail, foreign media quickly got wind of the news and made it public. The Eastern country did not make any statement about this news. The government's idea was that if the sailing was successful, they would directly announce to the outside world that they already possessed the "ZZ" class nuclear submarine, thus intimidating the small island nations around them and maintaining the dignity of their territorial waters.

  But now, the situation is that a "ZZ"-class nuclear submarine suddenly lost contact. If it doesn't return to port today, foreign media will definitely sensationalize it again. In this information-rich society, nothing can be hidden.

  Losing face internationally is not what the Eastern government cares about, what they care about is how their "ZZ"-class nuclear submarine is doing now.

  Just as the commander of the submarine base in the South China Sea was reporting this to the Minister of Defense, two fighter jets and two anti-submarine aircraft took off from a nearby airbase in the South China Sea, flying over the area where the "ZZ"-class submarine had gone missing. After searching back and forth for four hours, not even a piece of wreckage from the submarine was found. Later, the submarine base in the South China Sea again deployed an unmanned underwater vehicle to search the area where the "ZZ"-class submarine had gone missing, but still nothing was gained.

  By the next morning, there was still no news about the "ZZ" class nuclear submarine from the Dongguo South Sea submarine base. Foreign media began to speculate without any basis. On the second day, various negative reports about the Dongguo "ZZ" class nuclear submarine were published on the front pages of major foreign newspapers. The government of Dongguo decided to announce the news about the "ZZ" class nuclear submarine at an appropriate time.

  Due to the disappearance of this "ZZ"-class nuclear submarine, the intelligence department of the Eastern government also began to take action, gathering intelligence from various countries and continuously summarizing it in the National Security Department of the East.

  Dingli Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd., where Zuo Dong is located, has also become exceptionally busy due to this matter.

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