229: How to Save the Big Bear

Niu De led a group to the cockpit, and Liu Xiaolin led a group to the Captain's office.

Niu De traced the wires bit by bit from the terminal, while the senior technician next to him used testing equipment to check for signals.

"We've already tested it like this once," said the great bear's maintenance personnel. "We don't think testing it this way is very meaningful."

"It's still meaningful. At least we can go through these wires and rule out other possible situations like breaks or damage," Niu De insisted.

"Alright, then let's continue checking towards the origin," the great bear maintenance personnel could only obey.

Just like that, they meticulously checked every wire and every piece of equipment, but still found no problems, which made Niu De start to get annoyed.

They also checked the power system again together, and still found nothing.

The great bear's submarine repair personnel were not so trusting of these Dragon Country experts at this moment. They shrugged and whispered to each other in the Great Bear Country language: "It seems they are just as helpless as us against this damage."

Although Liu Xiaolin and the others couldn't understand what these people were saying, they could feel the change in their attitude.

"Now, let's go outside the submarine to take a look," Niu De said after finishing the inspection, having an idea in his mind. If they couldn't repair it, they would have to find a way to tow the great bear to the surface and send it to the Great Bear Country's maintenance base for a comprehensive overhaul. This work required a large number of submarine repair personnel, and the few people he had with him couldn't do it.

After getting the Captain's permission, the eight of them, along with Kayaski, went outside the submarine. The great bear's submarine repair personnel didn't come out, because they said they had already circled the outside of the great bear many times.

Niu De didn't force them; anyway, he could do this kind of external submarine inspection by himself without them following.

Niu De first found the bow section of the great bear submarine and saw that the pressure-resistant steel plate had been twisted out of shape. It looked like a behemoth with a broken neck, appearing very battered.

This situation indicated that the collision between the great bear and the peak was very severe at the time, and at the moment of impact, it was knocked off course, causing the stern to swing out and get stuck on another peak.

Niu De took out the testing equipment and tested the external sonar detection equipment at the bow position, finding that it had been completely destroyed.

This news was very unfriendly to the Great Bear Country, because sonar detection equipment is the most expensive part of a submarine's detection system. As long as it is confirmed that the sonar detection equipment is damaged, it can be confirmed that the entire detection system is scrapped and needs to be reinstalled.

Niu De then took everyone to check the stern. Some parts of the propeller at the stern were also damaged, indicating that the power system had also suffered very serious damage.

Both the bow and stern were damaged to varying degrees, and the detection system was basically scrapped, with parts of the power system damaged. In this situation, they could only find a way to tow the great bear back to the Great Bear Country.

Niu De looked at the great bear, which was twice the size of Explorer II, and felt a headache.

Although Explorer II had dozens of towing ropes, could they withstand a long journey of over twenty hours? What if they encountered danger along the way?

"Let's go back to the great bear and discuss it first," Kayaski was also very anxious at this moment.

"That's the only way," Liu Xiaolin and Niu De said helplessly.

After returning to the great bear, Niu De and the Captain held a meeting to discuss how to tow the great bear back to the Great Bear Country.

"To reduce the weight of the great bear and lighten the load on Explorer II, I suggest transferring half of the officers and soldiers here to Explorer II," Liu Xiaolin first presented his idea. This was the simplest and most feasible way to reduce the great bear's weight.

"I agree that this plan is feasible, to transfer half of the personnel to Explorer II," the Captain agreed with Liu Xiaolin's suggestion.

"Also, we need to find a way to tow it away. I circled the outside of the submarine just now and saw points on the bow, hull, and stern where towing ropes can be attached. These points must have been prepared for maintenance, and now they can be used," Niu De said.

"After attaching the towing ropes, just pull it directly up, is that feasible?" Kayaski asked.

"No, the great bear is stuck now. Pulling it directly will cause secondary damage to it," Niu De said, frowning.

"Then what should we do?" The Captain was also very anxious.

"This is how I'm thinking: first, attach the towing ropes to the stern section. Then, Explorer II will push from the side near the bow, pushing the bow to the edge of the peak. Then, attach the other set of towing ropes, and finally pull the bow out. Doing this will minimize secondary damage to the great bear," Niu De's plan was very meticulous.

"I agree with this plan," Kayaski said.

"I think this plan is the best option," Captain Ivanov also echoed.

"Then let's start acting immediately. The Captain will command half of the personnel to transfer to Explorer II, and then transfer half of the food from Explorer II to the great bear," Kayaski said.

"Okay, let's start acting immediately," Ivanov said.

So, everyone started getting busy, transferring personnel and food. After three hours, the transfer work was completed.

During this time, Niu De led a group to attach the towing ropes at the stern.

Then they swam together to the bow to prepare for the next step.

"Now you can have Explorer II start stabilizing the great bear's bow from the side," Kayaski's voice was a little anxious.

Because doing this was still very risky. If they weren't careful, a situation where both sides were damaged could occur.

"Don't be anxious, I will command the Explorer II pilot," Niu De saw Kayaski's anxiety and comforted him.

"Okay, it's up to you," Kayaski felt much more relieved after hearing Niu De say this.

"Explorer II cockpit, please listen to my command. If you hear me, please reply," Niu De issued the command.

"This is Explorer II, command received. Over."

"Now please proceed to the position at a forty-five-degree angle to the side of the great bear's bow. Over," Niu De commanded.

"Received, proceeding to the position at a forty-five-degree angle to the great bear's bow is complete. Over."

"Okay, now please advance with 0.5 knots of power," Niu De continued to command.

"Received, advancing with 0.5 knots of power has been executed. Over."

"Okay, I've observed that the great bear's bow has moved towards the edge of the peak. Please continue to maintain 0.5 knots of power and advance," Niu De stared closely at the bow and continued to command.

"Received, continuing to advance with 0.5 power. Over."

When Niu De saw that the great bear's bow was less than one meter away from the edge of the peak, he immediately shouted loudly: "Stop advancing, stop immediately."

"Received, advancing has stopped!"

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