70 Attacked by a Nuclear-Powered Submarine (1/2)

Chen Fan's current mood was very complicated, and he was very angry when he thought of the incident yesterday.

He got a call from Zhang Xueyang yesterday, saying that he got another three machine tools from Japan and asked Chen Fan to help him transport them back again.

By accepting the job, Chen Fan could earn three million RMB in two or three days. Only a fool wouldn't accept it, plus he didn't have much money left, therefore, Chen Fan accepted the job immediately without hesitating at all.

After Zhang Lele and the others had left that evening, Chen Fan went into his master bedroom on the second floor and lied down on the big bed that was two meters wide.

After shifting his consciousness to the electric eel avatar, Chen Fan started swimming immediately to Japan after deciding to leave the meteor hammer behind as it was quite heavy.

This new piece of gear that he had, the 'world schema edge counter current wristband' was very useful. Chen Fan only needed to do some simple mental calculations and then used the electromagnetic induction to scan the map twice. By doing so, he would know the location of the electric eel easily.

At about five o'clock in the morning, Chen Fan controlled the electric eel to stop at Fujiang island which was more than 50 miles from Japan's mainland. After eating a hearty meal, Chen Fan shifted his consciousness back to his own body and went to sleep.

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Who would have predicted that what happened next.

When Chen Fan opened his eyes after he shifted his consciousness back to the electric eel avatar in the afternoon, he felt as though his chest was being punched by an invisible fist, and he could hardly breathe.

In the sand bed, which was at a depth of more than 200 meters, with the electric eel at the center point, there were two black submarines on both sides of the electric eel. There was a big submarine on its left and a small one on its right and both submarines were about 100 meters away from the electric eel's body where the area was not covered by electromagnetic induction.

The one on the left was about 100 meters in length and 13 meters in width and it looked like a giant missile. After Chen Fan identified it through the Internet, he found out shockingly that it was actually the fourth generation Seawolf-class nuclear-powered submarine from the United States.

On the other hand, the one on the right was about 110 meters in length and ten meters in width. This slender, streamlined submarine, was actually the Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine that was of the same generation as the Seawolf-class.

”God, what the hell is going on here?”

The two nuclear-powered submarines that were absolutely astonishing were like two kiloton nuclear missiles that exploded at the softest part of Chen Fan's heart.

Only God knew what caused these two nuclear submarines to be positioned near the electric eel and what was going to happen to it.

The only thing Chen Fan was thankful of was, in order not to repeat the mistake of getting dragged by the fishing net, Chen Fan used the electric eel's four claws to dig a hole in the sand bed as its resting place, so only its dark back was exposed.

Whatever the reason was for the two nuclear submarines to be positioned there, Chen Fan believed that the electric eel would not be detected by the submarines as long it didn't make a sound or move.

Regardless of whether it was a submarine or a ship, the only way to observe and detect it in the water was by sonar. The penetration of light into the sea was limited, so we would only able to see objects within ten meters deep even in the clearest waters. Radar detection in water loses its effect too fast. Furthermore, the shorter the wavelength, the faster the loss. The waves can only spread to a few dozen meters even after using a high-power, low-frequency, electromagnetic pulse.

We humans had tried all kinds of advanced detection methods, but we ultimately chose to use sonar which was an 'antique' method that was a few centuries old.

Sonar had two detection methods; passive sonar and active sonar.

Passive sonar was used by humans or equipment to analyze the frequency of various sounds in the ocean. After analyzing the sound frequency, one was able to determine whether the sound was originated from a submarine, torpedo or the sea.

Active sonar was similar to a bat's ultrasonic wave. It created a sound and when echoes were received by an instrument, a rough outline was displayed on a screen.