Sir, this matter, we...
"Should we report this to the higher-ups?"
After the order was quickly relayed down, a black-and-white commander from Hawk Village, who was standing beside Miles, hesitated for a moment before finally unable to hold back and said.
Upon hearing this, Miles' expression grew increasingly grim.
After a long time, Miles finally opened his mouth and said, "Report the message immediately!"
Not to report?
How could we not report it!
Although it is still unclear whether those eight blackfish are truly in trouble.
But whether it's there or not, they have to report the news, after all, it's a blackfish!
And not just any blackfish, but a strategic blackfish!!
What does "strategic blackfish" mean?
That's the blackfish that carries the mushroom, one of the three-dimensional mushroom deterrent forces of Black and White Eagle Village, and it's also the most important one!
Something so important cannot afford even the slightest mishap!
Therefore, even if he knows that reporting it will likely lead to stern reprimands, even heavy responsibilities, Miles dares not relax at all!
"I hope nothing really goes wrong..."
Miles bit his teeth and then picked up the phone next to him, dialing a number...
... ...
"What? Eight large blackfish are missing?"
Upon hearing Miles' message, Alstre's expression immediately darkened in his office!
"To be more specific, they are temporarily lost. Three hours ago, I sent a signal for assembly and readiness, but only ten large blackfish have contacted us and the command center, while the other eight large blackfish have not made any contact yet..."
Facing Alstre's surprised and angry voice, Miles responded in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Alstre couldn't help but clench his fists.
The color of his face turned even darker, almost as if it could squeeze water out!
For a long time, Alstre forced himself to suppress the thoughts in his mind, and then gritted his teeth and said:
"Why did you only tell me now for such an important matter? Why didn't you have any news before?"
"..." Miles remained silent.
It wasn't until Alstre was about to lose his temper that Miles finally opened his mouth:
"Sorry, Sir. Before, I was considering the dragon village's satellite monitoring system and the camel fighter jets and drones, worried that they might be tracked by the dragon village satellites and camel fighter jets and drones. So, I had the large blackfish stay submerged and silent..."
"Fuck!!"
Before he finished speaking, Alstre's voice suddenly rang out!
"Mayles, I don't care what methods you use, I give you one day to find them. You must find all the blackfish within one day!"
"You'd better pray that the large blackfish are safe, otherwise you'll have to face the court!"
There was no time for Miles to say anything more. With unparalleled anger, Alstre directly threw the phone in his hand onto the desk.
"..."
Listening to the beeping sound in his ear, and the huge noise just before the moment, Miles' face was also as ugly as can be.
He knew that the situation he was least willing to see had just happened.
With such a major incident, he had no doubt that if the eight large blackfish were not found or something went wrong with them, the only outcome he would face would be to stand trial and then be served peanuts!
"Sir, is there a possibility that these large blackfish may have gotten lost or run aground underwater?"
Looking at the dark expression on Miles' face, the commander of the Black and White Eagle Village next to him couldn't help but speak again.
Lost at sea?
Miles snapped back to reality and looked at the other person.
His mind also involuntarily pondered over this question, but he quickly dismissed the possibility after only a moment.
Such things are indeed possible, but the probability is extremely low!
Although this waters are not owned by their Black and White Eagle Village, in the past several decades, after countless explorations, they have become very familiar with the underwater situation here!
They can say for sure where the seafloor trenches are and where the reefs are!
Even without using sonar, they can accurately judge the underwater conditions, and it's almost impossible for them to get lost at sea or run aground.
Moreover, there is another point. Because they don't need to worry about underwater safety, their large blackfish almost always have sonar.
With sonar to identify underwater conditions, how could they get lost at sea or run aground?
Even if they were truly lost at sea, according to their operational guidelines, the commanders of the large blackfish could have simply brought them to the surface and used GPS to determine their coordinates and correct their position.
At the very least, even if they were truly lost at sea or ran aground, they could always bring the large blackfish to the surface and use GPS to determine their location and correct their course.
Could eight large blackfish suddenly be lost at sea or run aground together?
Those are eight large blackfish, not eight sea cucumbers!!
Gently shaking his head, Miles forcefully shook off the thoughts in his mind and immediately said:
"Contact Commander Robinson immediately and have him deploy all nearby ships and watercraft, along with search and rescue helicopters, to locate the large blackfish!"
"Additionally, activate all global long-distance communication stations and send out communication signals worldwide to locate the eight blackfish!"
"Activate the security network program, use the GPS system to search for the eight large blackfish and the signal carrying mushroom logs on the blackfish. If any news, report it to me immediately!"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding commanders of Black and White Eagle Village dare not hesitate for a moment. They immediately took on their tasks.
Even Robinson, a commanding officer of the Black and White Eagle Village joint army's surface fleet who is at the same level as Miles or even one level higher, mobilized all the ships at his disposal without any delay.
Then, ship after ship, disregarding any potential threats from drones or fighter jets overhead, they quickly set sail towards the target area.
Whether it's drones or fighter jets.
These are no longer important. Compared to the strategic large blackfish, these surface destroyers and frigates can only stand aside!
Not only the surface ships of Black and White Eagle Village, but also the ships of other auxiliary forces such as the Japanese village and the bean village that were summoned have been mobilized to search for the trace of large blackfish everywhere.
Half an hour...
One hour...
Two hours...
...
Time slipped away like a swift arrow, and before long, several hours had silently passed.
It wasn't until the silver moon hung high in the sky that no news had been received from either the large blackfish command center where Miles was or the joint fleet command center of Black and White Eagle Village!
The eight large blackfish seem to have vanished into thin air, completely losing any trace.
"Sir, is there a possibility that the 002 blackfishes have all defected?"
It was a Black and White Eagle Village commander who had been looking pale and with bloodshot eyes, after ten hours of standing in front of the command center, who finally couldn't help but speak up.
"Defection?"
"Defection?" Miles, looking equally weary and with bloodshot eyes, narrowed his eyes sharply.
Although this possibility is low, and even close to zero.
Because every sailor and officer on board each large blackfish has undergone strict screening.
Moreover, just like the pilots of those raptor fighters, there are multiple safety measures in place.
Even if some people might have problems, there's no need to worry about treason or anything like that.
Even if all the sailors on board the large blackfish had really defected, as long as the large blackfish surface, its built-in safety system would immediately send its location to headquarters.
The headquarters would also immediately confirm the location of the large blackfish, even remotely controlling it to lock down the power, weapons, and other facilities on board.
In some cases, they can even directly remotely control the safety devices on board the large blackfish to cause an explosion, completely destroying the large blackfish!
What if they don't surface?
That's impossible. Although the large blackfish is nuclear-powered and claims unlimited endurance.
But that doesn't mean it's truly unlimited endurance.
Even if the power system and such never fail, the sailors on board the large blackfish still need to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate.
And the food reserves on their strategic large blackfish can only sustain them for a total of dozens of days!
Once the food runs out, those large blackfish will inevitably surface for resupply!
At that time, the global GPS system will immediately locate the large blackfish.
As for whether the sailors on board the large blackfish will damage the positioning device and safety devices on the large blackfish, that's impossible!
The positioning and safety devices on board the large blackfish are all placed at the core of the large blackfish. Only the designer of the large blackfish and a few technicians know about it. Even some of the commanders of Black and White Eagle Village are not authorized to know.
They wouldn't be able to find the source of destruction even if they wanted to!
There are no less than ten layers of safety measures, ensuring that any one of the large blackfish will not have a possibility of betrayal!
And that's still the case. Even if we take a step back and say that there really is a large blackfish that has defected.
One defection is already unimaginable, let alone eight together!
What a joke!
If all the sailors on so many large blackfish defected and the Black and White Eagle Village had no idea, what's the point of having their intelligence department and security department?
Why not just find a piece of cheese and crash into it?
But!
Now that the disappearance of eight large blackfish is a fact!
If it's not defection, then what could it be?
Could it be that they were sent to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish?
This possibility is even more ridiculous than eight large blackfish defecting together.
Not to mention who has such power nearby the Oil Bay.
Even if we look at the entire blue planet, who has such strength?
The Polar Bear Village?
If that village had such power, why would they have been suppressed for decades by them?
Other villages?
Then forget about it, they're not even good enough to wash their feet and shoes!
Even the Dragon Village, which is currently at the peak of its power, is not to be mentioned. The Dragon Village's aerial power is indeed unparalleled in the world.
What about underwater power?
Drivers of the underwater tractors?
If those "underwater tractors" that can be heard several miles away dared to come, they would laugh so hard that their sides would hurt!
So now, the most impossible defection has become the most likely thing.
"If they really defected..."
At the thought of this, Miles couldn't help but pale.
That's eight large blackfish!
One large blackfish carries twenty-four logs, one log carries three mushroom heads, so one large blackfish carries a total of seventy-two mushroom heads. With eight large blackfish, the total number of mushroom heads carried is five hundred and seventy-six!
These mushroom heads are of a minimum size of one million tons, with the largest reaching three million tons!
If all of them fall into the hands of those with malicious intent, the consequences would be unimaginable!!
"Find! Quickly find them! No matter what means it takes, we must find these blackfish!"
After a long time, Miles snapped to attention, forcibly suppressing the fear in his heart, gritting his teeth and rasping out.
Ding, ding!!
Just as Miles was roaring.
The phone at the command center rang abruptly.
Miles' body trembled, and then he unconsciously walked over to the phone and answered it.
"Miles, tell me the result!"
As soon as the phone was answered, a hoarse voice rang out immediately.
This hoarse voice was none other than Arst's.
This was his tenth call in ten hours!
"Mm..." Miles gritted his teeth but couldn't speak.
Result?
The result is that he still hasn't found any clues!
After a long time, just as Miles felt that Arst on the other end of the line was about to lose his temper.
Miles finally couldn't help but speak up and answer.
But at this moment——
"Report!" A voice suddenly interrupted.
Then, a commanding officer of the Black and White Eagle Village hurriedly approached Miles and said:
"The joint fleet has just received news that they have found the 005 blackfish!"
Founded?
Miles' spirits were revitalized.
Unable to respond to Arst on the other end of the phone, Miles hurriedly opened his mouth and asked his subordinates in front of him:
"Where is it? What's the situation with 005?"
Upon hearing this, the commanding officer in front of Miles looked rather uncomfortable.
"However, after biting his teeth, he continued, 'The 005 blackfish is currently in the 063-177 coordinate area. The current status of the 005 blackfish is...'"
The rest of the sentence was cut off by the Black and White Eagle Village commander.
After biting his teeth again, he finally continued, "According to the information from the joint fleet, the 005 blackfish has sunk to a depth of one hundred eighty-seven point four meters below the sea surface. Preliminary investigations show that the 005 blackfish has sustained severe damage in multiple places, and all crew members have perished!"
Bang!!
The Black and White Eagle Village commander spoke in a relatively low voice, but it was like a heavy bomb that instantly detonated in Miles' mind.
"How could that be?"
Miles' spirit was dizzy, and he muttered something incoherently...
The missing large blackfish has news, but it brings the worst news!
A message that he could not believe at all!
What is the 005 blackfish?
It is one of their most advanced technological achievements in the Black and White Eagle Village!
Although it has been on the market for several decades, it is still considered the peak of technological achievements on the entire blue planet to this day!
They dare to say second to no one!
These large blackfish have not encountered an opponent since their inception.
Even during the peak era of the old polar bear, it could only barely compete with them, and that was just barely.
Now, their top-notch blackfish have fallen?!
After a long time, Miles finally recovered and managed to suppress the shock and anger in his heart, saying:
"Order the nearest investigative team to go investigate immediately! I want to know everything that happened to 005 within an hour!"
"Yes, Sir!" The commanding officer in front of Miles saluted and left without hesitation.
Watching the retreating back of his subordinates, Miles' face was dark as water.
Camel? White elephant?
Polar bear?
One village name after another began to float in his mind.
But in the end, he crossed out all the names.
Reason told him that the accident involving 005 was definitely not an accident.
Under normal circumstances, even if their nautical charts and sonar were all out of order, and the 005 blackfish truly ran aground, with its protective capabilities, it wouldn't be a 100% certainty to escape unscathed, but at least there wouldn't be no news at all before it sank to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish!
Furthermore, the message just received said that there were multiple serious damages to the 005 blackfish!
This is definitely not a case of running aground!
So the only possibility is that 005 encountered an attack from other forces!
But, who could attack them?
In this area, who has the ability to attack them without making a sound?
Miles couldn't figure it out. He searched through all the information on the blue planet, but he still couldn't understand who had this ability!
"Wait!!"
Suddenly, as if he remembered something, Miles' face color changed abruptly.
"If the 005 blackfish has been involved in an incident, then what about the remaining blackfish..."
Upon considering a certain possibility, Miles' body shook violently, and an uncontrollable fear, like a tidal wave, emerged in his heart!
"No! It can't be! The other blackfish won't be in trouble!"
After a long time, Miles forcibly pulled his mind away from his thoughts.
He couldn't imagine it, couldn't believe that such a thing could happen. The consequences of that possibility behind it would be unprecedented disaster for their entire Black and White Eagle Village!
Compared to that possibility, he believed more in the remaining large blackfish had betrayed!
Even if the possibility of defection is infinitely close to zero!
