285: Chapter 285: Drill Over! Proceed to the Pacific Ocean, east of the Chongshen Base, to carry out a capture mission!

As soon as Lin Mo's motorcade entered the main gate of the naval base, they were greeted by the Naval Commander-in-Chief, Shi Jinghai, and his delegation.

"You made good time!" Shi Jinghai said with a beaming smile.

"The Kunlong Submarine fleet has just received the order, and it will take some time for them to return. Let me take you to inspect the naval port and docks inside the base first!"

Lin Mo nodded. "That works."

Everyone got into their vehicles and headed toward the naval port and docks located a few miles outside the naval base.

This newly built naval base was adjacent to the southern part of the Penglai Shipbuilding Center. It had been built for nearly half a year, but the large naval port within the base had only been fully completed at the end of the first quarter.

At this moment, countless Chinese warships were anchored in the port, including many ten-thousand-ton class destroyers.

On the dock, Lin Mo and Naval Commander-in-Chief Shi Jinghai stood with their hands behind their backs, a row of high-ranking generals in white naval uniforms standing behind them, all gazing out at the boundless Bohai.

"Comrade Lin Mo!" Shi Jinghai pointed to a Type 52 missile destroyer that had just sailed out of the naval port and said with a smile.

"The Bohai sea area is our nation's inland sea, covering an area of 100,000 square kilometers with an average water depth of 650 meters."

"All the latest large warships launched by the Dalian Shipyard will first undergo intensive training and exercises in Bohai before being assigned to the Eastern Military Region and Southern Military Region to carry out patrol missions in the open sea."

"This Type 52-C ten-thousand-ton destroyer was only launched last month..."

Listening to Shi Jinghai's introduction to the Bohai sea area, Lin Mo couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder.

In his previous world, the Bohai Sea had an average depth of only 18 meters. It was impossible to build large naval ports there; even ordinary large cargo ports were difficult to construct.

But in this parallel world of Blue Star, China's Bohai sea area actually had an average water depth of 650 meters!

Such a strategically advantageous location, surrounded by land on three sides and completely enclosed, was practically a natural, world-class naval incubator.

No wonder that even as early as 2013, China in this world already possessed strategic nuclear submarines capable of diving to depths of 600 meters, and the Type 52 destroyers, originally with a displacement of only 6,000 tons, had become ten-thousand-ton destroyers.

According to the normal course of historical development, it would still take several years for China to start mass-producing ten-thousand-ton destroyers.

...Leaving the dock, accompanied by Shi Jinghai, Lin Mo conducted a general inspection of the naval base.

Before the inspection was finished, a staff member came to report in a hurry.

"Report, Chief! The Kunlong Submarine fleet has returned to the Bohai estuary as ordered! Please provide instructions!"

Upon hearing this news, Lin Mo had no mood to continue the inspection and immediately headed to the command center with Shi Jinghai.

A few minutes later, the group arrived at the naval headquarters office building located in the center of the base.

They took the elevator to the top floor and, after a complex yet efficient identity verification process, finally entered the Chinese Navy's shore-based command center.

"Greetings, Chief!" A group of technical officers stood up and saluted.

"Thank you for your hard work, comrades!" Lin Mo and Shi Jinghai took their seats at the main command console.

At this moment, the large screen in the command center displayed 18 new types of submarines that looked very different from conventional vessels.

The submarines were flat and oval-shaped, like a flattened rugby ball; they looked indescribably strange yet exceptionally sci-fi.

The outer surface of the submarine, made of rare metal alloy, was pitch black and non-reflective. Even if illuminated directly by an anti-submarine searchlight underwater, it would be extremely difficult to detect.

If one had to describe the appearance of the Kunlong Submarine, the only way to characterize it would be as an underwater version of an alien flying saucer.

At this time, the large screen was also displaying the operational parameters of the submarines.

"Kunlong Deep-Sea Submarine. Length: 52.5 meters! Beam: 24.5 meters! Height: 9 meters! Standard displacement: 23,800 tons! Maximum diving depth: 5,000 meters! Maximum speed: 120 knots! ... Current depth: 130 meters! Current speed: 12.5 knots! ..."

Lin Mo looked up at the 18 Kunlong Deep-Sea Submarines cruising slowly at the Bohai estuary and felt very satisfied.

Strategic nuclear submarines are the true strategic trump card of any nuclear-armed nation.

Due to their extremely strong stealth and terrifying surprise attack capabilities, nuclear submarines could often surface right at someone else's doorstep to launch nuclear missiles before the other country even realized what was happening.

Therefore, the Kunlong Deep-Sea Nuclear Submarines, with performance far exceeding the strategic nuclear submarines of all other Blue Star nations, held a military strategic significance that was no less than that of the Xuan-Nu Fighter Jet.

Regarding such important military equipment, Lin Mo should have led the entire research and development process of the Kunlong Submarine, but due to his currently heavy workload, he had to focus his main energy on the construction of the two major aircraft carriers.

A month ago, the Crazy Smile Epidemic broke out again, and as the commander-in-chief of the epidemic prevention and control, he was completely unable to step away.

Therefore, for the Kunlong Deep-Sea Submarine R&D project, Lin Mo was forced to become a completely hands-off manager for once.

After providing the complete set of technical data, he handed full authority over to Academician Huang, the leading figure in China's strategic nuclear submarines, along with his hundreds of students specializing in heavy shipbuilding.

Facts proved that China truly had no shortage of talented people. Academician Huang's team not only did not disappoint Lin Mo, but they far exceeded his expectations.

Throughout the entire R&D process of the Kunlong Deep-Sea Submarine, Academician Huang's team only consulted Lin Mo once regarding a technical bottleneck at the initial stage, and within a short two months, they successfully built China's first Kunlong prototype.

Even Lin Mo was shocked by this. He knew very well that even if he had led the entire R&D of the Kunlong Submarine from start to finish, it wouldn't necessarily have been completed much faster.

It could be said that Academician Huang's team had truly achieved the feat of mortals rivaling a cheater.

...Shortly after, a technical officer came to report. "Report, Chief! The laser communication link has been established!"

Ten seconds passed. The 18 submarine captains appeared before Lin Mo and Shi Jinghai via holographic projection.

After saluting each other, Lin Mo transmitted the pre-prepared 3D model of the live-combat simulation to the captains, allowing them to watch and familiarize themselves with it in advance.

To ensure stealth, while the deep-sea submarines were executing combat missions, they could not communicate with the outside world in real-time, except for the secure, real-time communication between the fleet members via high-energy lasers. This put the captains' ability to adapt to changing circumstances to a severe test.

After all the captains had intuitively understood the combat mission through the live-combat simulation, Lin Mo deployed the details of the mission one by one.

"Do you all understand?" All the captains, faces filled with excitement, replied loudly. "Understood!"

Lin Mo nodded. "There are three Type 96 ballistic nuclear submarines currently cruising at a constant speed in three coordinate areas within the Bohai sea! Follow the combat plan and capture them one by one, bringing them back to the headquarters naval port!" "Yes!"

Four hours later, the three Chinese Type 96 nuclear submarines that had been patrolling the Bohai sea area were completely bewildered as they were captured by their own Kunlong Submarine fleet and brought back to the headquarters naval port.

At 10:00 PM, the holographic projections of the 18 captains appeared once again before Lin Mo and Shi Jinghai. Lin Mo said with a smile, "You are all proficient now, right?"

Everyone was as happy as a gang of kidnappers who had succeeded repeatedly, grinning from ear to ear. "We're proficient, we're proficient."

One captain even offered a suggestion. "Chief, can we capture a few more? We definitely have the capability..."

Hearing this, Shi Jinghai put on a stern face. "I said one, so it's one. Why are you talking so much? Depart immediately, head to the Pacific Ocean, east of Japan's Chongshen Base, and find suitable targets to execute the mission!" "Yes!"

...1:00 AM. Pacific Ocean. The starry sky was brilliant.

A Japanese ocean-going freighter was sailing across the Pacific Ocean at a speed of 20 knots. Except for a few crew members on night watch, the other crew members had all drifted off to sleep while the ship rocked gently.

What they didn't know was that 1,000 meters below the freighter, an American strategic nuclear submarine was also traveling at 20 knots, following the freighter toward the United States.

(I had an emergency yesterday and was forced to take a day off...)