A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 649 Abnormal Signals!

Without any superfluous words, a silent yet fierce struggle erupted instantly amidst the turbulent waves.

The soldiers on both sides were almost face to face, engaging in a primal struggle on the undulating sea. Long hooks, nets, and even their thickly gloved hands became weapons, all aimed at the floating objects.

Yes, that P2V aircraft, including its crew members, was identified as floating debris. Whoever grabs it gets to keep it!

The clanging of metal, the crashing of waves, heavy breathing, and angry roars mingled together, creating a breathtaking symphony of maritime battle. The murky seawater splashed onto the faces and bodies of the contenders, salty and cold, yet it could not extinguish their burning will.

Just as Gunner Zhang Weiguo was wielding his oars against a Marine, the "Brut" ship, seemingly out of nowhere, intruded into the area. Its massive searchlight shone on the water, blinding Zhang Weiguo. His movements slowed involuntarily, and the Marine was overjoyed—a sneak attack!

Bullshit, do you really think Zhang Weiguo has no comrades-in-arms?

A man wearing a size 44 canvas shoe first blocked the other man's wooden stick, but without putting it down, he used the momentum to fly out and deliver a powerful kick to the chest: "I'll kick you to death, you son of a bitch!"

It was quite powerful, but unfortunately, the soldier, eager for glory, forgot that he was on a rubber boat. The waves caused the powerful kick to lose some of its force, and he only managed to kick the opponent away.

This "Marun" wasn't a blockhead either; he reacted quickly and grabbed the soldier's ankle. The two struggled and tumbled into the sea together with a gurgle.

Seeing his comrade enter the sea, Zhang Weiguo remained calm, simply retracting his oar and surveying the situation on the other side.

Sure enough, one of his comrades in the rubber boat behind him immediately jumped into the sea to provide support...

Yes, the "three-three system" has been deeply ingrained in our soldiers' bones, even during naval assaults.

Zhang Weiguo's group was there to block the enemy, while the other rubber boats were following the battle plan, scooping up floating debris from the sea while slowly forming an encirclement around the enemy's small boats.

Facing the blinding searchlights blazing down on them, Zhang Weiguo immediately gave the order: "Get the water! Let their own lights blind them!"

"Salvage team, make the most of the free lights! Hurry up and salvage, don't leave them even a single piece!"

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the other direction.

Soldier Li Jianguo's fingers dug into the worn cracks on the edge of the rubber boat, his palms frozen stiff, yet he gripped the gleaming iron hook tightly—a forged tool made from a shortened anchor chain, its tip still bearing faint traces of blood from when it had recently hooked a large yellow croaker.

As Bald Eagle's inflatable boat rolled in on the waves under the searchlight, he caught a glimpse of Zhao Laosi's rubber boat darting around from the side and rear like an eel. Sun Weiguo had already spread his iron pincers into a V-shape and aimed at a black plastic sheet floating on the crest of a wave, which looked like the wreckage of the instrument compartment.

"Grab the left side!" Zhao Laosi's shout was shattered by the crashing waves and reached Li Jianguo's ears. The Shandong soldier swung the net out, the thick hemp rope arcing through the damp air, catching the transparent fragment that was probably the cockpit canopy.

But the other inflatable boat had already rammed into him. Li Jianguo heard the patch on his rubber boat hissing in protest. He quickly braced the boat with his shoulder, swung the iron hook horizontally, and precisely wedged it into the gap of the other inflatable boat's handrail.

At this moment, Zhao Laosi suddenly threw the rope over, with a lead weight at the end. It hit the front of Li Jianguo's rubber boat with a "thud". Sun Weiguo had already tightened the rope at the other end. The two boats instantly formed a triangular pulling position, trapping the bald eagle's inflatable boat in the middle.

Bald Eagle "Marun" reacted quickly, with two men flanking the long poles while a third attempted to cut their net ropes with a short-handled axe. But suddenly, a wave rose half a meter high, causing the inflatable boat to tilt violently. Li Jianguo seized the opportunity to pull the iron hook backward, and the soldier on the far side slid half his body out of the boat, a hint of panic in his blue eyes.

At the same time, Zhao Laosi had already clamped the plastic sheet with pliers, and Sun Weiguo was helping him drag it into the boat. The copper wires protruding from the edge of the plastic sheet gleamed coldly under the searchlight.

Seeing that its searchlights were not only failing to help its soldiers but were instead allowing them to use them to salvage "floating debris," the "Brut" abruptly shut off its lights, seemingly unwilling to let its soldiers continue to benefit from them. However, before it turned off the lights, gunnery officer Zhang Weiguo had already spotted that the anti-aircraft machine guns on both sides of its hull had been leveled.

"Be careful, use these blond-haired Japanese soldiers as cover! Don't expose yourself to their fire!"

"Never harbor even the slightest illusions about the enemy!"

"Yes……"

The sea was soon shrouded in darkness again, with occasional shouts of "FUCK!" and cries of pain echoing across the black surface, making the dark sea seem somewhat turbulent.

Make a ruckus, that's good! Make a ruckus even more!

With all lights off, the "Sea Eagle" minesweeper slowly approached the "Brut".

"Old Duan, that's it, keep a low speed, and when we get close to 2,000 meters, we'll charge in one go! That idiot on the other side just turned off his lights, so we'll catch him in the dark!"

"Oh, so you're not kicking me off the boat? Now you know you can't handle this boat by yourself? Pshaw! Let me tell you, Lao Liu, don't think you're the captain just because you're the captain. Without me, you can't even steer it!"

"Pah! Lock the valve, see if I can open it now!"

"Lock the valve? You're practically committing suicide..."

"Yeah, it's suicide. If you're scared, get off the ship!"

"What's there to be afraid of! I'm afraid I'll be at the end of the list of martyrs!" The chief engineer took a breath and laid the cotton wool soaked in fresh water on a valve that was too hot, grimacing from the heat.

After pausing for a moment, he continued speaking into the communication channel:

"You bastard, after all this time we've been working together, I know I'm going to have a bowel movement the moment you lift your butt. I'm not going to let you... wait, what's that idiom again?"

Liu Huaqing peered through his binoculars at the "Blue" not far away. "That's called 'Solely Ahead'... Lao Duan, let's not waste time. They've laid down all the machine guns on the ship's side, so I reckon our comrades are doing a pretty good job. But the bald eagles are always treacherous; they might break regulations and attack our soldiers. With this sign, we must rush up and give them a good beating! You..."

"Are you ready?"

"Ready at all the time!"

Liu Huaqing picked at his ear: "Hey! When this guy gets nervous, he hears things twice? Lao Duan, you don't need to repeat yourself, just keep an eye on the engine. If you mess things up later, see how I deal with you!"

"Hey, Captain, where am I now!"

"Little Zhao! You son of a bitch..."

"Hey... Captain, slow down. I'm just a burden in the rubber boat. I don't know why, but I'm walking unsteadily now. Rather than causing trouble for my comrades, I'd rather stay here and help you check the distance with the radar, right..."

Xiao Zhao, the radar operator and sonar operator, poked his head out from the driver's cab floor. He wouldn't say that the impact had been so loud it had knocked him unconscious while he was still wearing his sonar headset.

He only came to his senses shortly after the captain asked, "Are you ready?"

"Alright, you can't get off now!" Liu Huaqing pulled Xiao Zhao up. "But don't turn on the radar. If you do, the other side will know where we are..."

"Captain, how about we deploy a sonar buoy?"

"Hmm? Trying to use passive sonar to determine the distance? Kid, you're something else!"

Liu Huaqing's eyes lit up, then dimmed again. What a pity...

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhao's smile vanished, and he said seriously, "Captain, before the first string of sonar buoys was lost upon impact, I detected an unusual signal. Could I use the active sonar for one minute?"

"Below it, there might be a 'big black fish'..."