111: Shocking scene! Lin Qi is actually going to use O97 to carry No. 0403 from below?

"Wait!"

Before Qin Huiwu could finish speaking, a slight tremor suddenly came from underfoot!

Immediately after, Captain Fang Yueshan’s excited voice came through the overhead broadcast!

"All hands, attention! Prepare for impact! Our reinforcements have arrived! Old Qin, don't be foolish, our reinforcements are here!"

"We'll be able to go back soon!"

"Reinforcements?!" Hearing Fang Yueshan's excited broadcast, Qin Huiwu and the other three looked at each other, then quickly reacted and hugged the equipment on both sides.

"Quick!"

"Hold on tight!"

Although they still didn't know who these reinforcements were or what method they would use to save them, since they were reinforcements, they naturally wanted to do their best to save them.

Given that, they chose to trust the other party first.

After all, if they could avoid putting themselves in danger, no one would be so bored as to actively seek death in a dangerous place.

...

Meanwhile, on Lin Qi's side:

"Report! Our submarine has now reached directly below submarine 0403 and is attempting to slowly lift submarine 0403 with the aid of the Shenhai Jiaolong Hao system!"

The helmsman's report echoed in their ears.

Everyone in the command room stared wide-eyed at the data on the screens in front of them, especially the sonar imaging display showing the surrounding water environment.

After all, this was the most intuitive way for everyone to perceive the submarine's status at that moment.

"Creak, creak..."

The sound of metal friction echoed through the entire submarine, reaching everyone's ears.

Looking at the thick hull metal overhead, and then imagining the astonishing, almost unbelievable scene outside these layers of the hull, even with Lin Qi guaranteeing their safety, many crew members still couldn't help but feel a surge of shock and tension in their hearts.

"Report! Our submarine is currently at a depth of two hundred eighty-three meters! We are slowly ascending and are expected to bring the target submarine back to the surface in 34 minutes!"

...

Regarding the vibrations from below, Qin Huiwu and the others, who had initially been somewhat flustered and grim, realized the reinforcements' intention after such a long period of reaction.

"Goodness, who are the helmsman and Captain of the submarine below? When we get back to shore, I absolutely must go see them in person and thank them properly!"

Xu Ping clicked his tongue repeatedly.

Chen Hao, Qin Huiwu, and Zhao Zheng'an, beside him, also had faces full of admiration and surprise.

Submarine carrying a submarine.

While it sounds simple, the actual operation is incredibly difficult!

Firstly, military equipment sacrifices some of its own defensive capabilities to maximize weapon payload. For example, ships and aircraft, while impressive from a distance, reveal upon closer inspection that behind their glossy exteriors are merely thin alloy skins!

They can even be dented with a strong impact in some weak spots, let alone a missile strike!

From this, one can infer the immense pressure that two colossal beasts moving closely together in the sea would exert on the hull.

Secondly, being in the sea, the only ways to understand the external environment are the sonar system and a very few instruments showing the submarine's depth and angle.

While these things can tell people where they are, they cannot help the helmsman know the status of the other submarine, or even the situation between the two submarines.

To achieve such a feat, the Captain, helmsman, and sonar operators all deserve immense credit!

"Creak, creak..."

The friction sound continued to echo in the sea.

Suddenly!

As if sensing something, Zhao Zheng'an immediately exclaimed, "Look at the seawater at our feet! Why do I feel like the water ingress has decreased a lot?"

"It's not 'like,' it has decreased!" Hearing Zhao Zheng'an's exclamation, Chen Hao said with a smile, "Did you forget, kid?"

"As the submarine ascends, the pressure it experiences will gradually decrease. Our current depth should be a rise back from the extreme depth, which is why this situation is occurring."

Xu Ping nodded, "That's right!"

"Which means the amazing idea of the submarine below has worked! As long as we can return to the surface, everything will be much easier!"

They didn't even need to completely return to the surface; just getting within thirty to fifty meters of the surface would allow the submarine to float up on its own due to the pressure difference.

After all, most of the leaks had already been plugged, and the few remaining ones simply couldn't withstand the pressure of nature.

Since the internal pressure of the submarine was less than the normal external atmospheric pressure, even if the submarine leaked, it could still barely maintain buoyancy.

Even if the submarine eventually sank, all personnel would have already boarded small boats, waiting for their own rescue on the surface.

"Report! Our submarine is currently at a depth of one hundred ninety-four meters! We are slowly ascending and are expected to bring the target submarine back to the surface in 17 minutes."

While Qin Huiwu and the others were marveling, reports continued in the Shenhai Jiaolong Hao, where Lin Qi was located.

Soon, -194 meters, -137 meters, -102 meters...

Like mountaineers bravely climbing Mount Everest in a blizzard, when this number gradually changed from three digits to two, and even started with a five, the more than two hundred people in both submarines collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially when submarine 0403, by de-pressurizing its interior, began to float towards the surface, Lin Qi quickly told the helmsman to stop ascending.

He remained suspended quietly at a depth of 50 meters from the surface, constantly monitoring submarine 0403 through the sonar display.

-30 meters, -22 meters, -10 meters...

"Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!"

With Qin Jifeng's excited countdown, submarine 0403, like a paper airplane thrown by the Shenhai Jiaolong Hao, slowly reached the clear blue surface!

"Quick! Get out immediately!" The moment he learned the submarine had surfaced, Captain Fang Yueshan immediately announced to everyone via the submarine-wide broadcast.

At the same time, he specifically requested that Qin Huiwu and the other three, located at the stern, evacuate immediately!

After all, besides the military's traditional 'no abandonment, no surrender' philosophy, Qin Huiwu and the other three's performance this time was also the most outstanding!

If not for their desperate repairs, submarine 0403 would have sunk much faster!

It might not even have waited for the Shenhai Jiaolong Hao.

Halfway through its journey, submarine 0403 would have plunged at cliff-like speed, sinking to the bottom of the Huang Sea, over a thousand meters deep!

"Shenhai Jiaolong Hao, scan again. Are you sure all personnel from submarine 0403 have left the submarine?"

Looking at the sonar display from the surface, only fifty meters away, Lin Qi asked again, still uneasy.

The next moment, upon receiving confirmation from the Shenhai Jiaolong Hao intelligent system, Lin Qi finally truly relaxed.

He said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad. At least we prevented a tragedy from happening!"

"Chief Engineer Lin..."