"Okay, I'll say that's it."
Finch looked at his watch and interrupted the conversation between the two: "We're going to get ready." ” After that, he called Hayabusa in the channel, asked him to put aside the work at hand for a while, and asked Lena to take over, and the action team must gather immediately to prepare for the trip.
The preparation is not simple, to parachute at an altitude of 40,000 meters, ordinary military skydiving equipment is not used, and a special spacesuit must be made on board, and there is a layer of pressurized suit inside.
At an altitude of 40,000 meters, the temperature can drop to minus 60 degrees, and the special pressurization suits worn by the members of the operation team are also used to help protect against the cold at high altitudes.
If the suit breaks, his blood will boil in a matter of seconds due to the difference in pressure between the inside and outside of the body, killing him These special spacecraft are made of carbon fiber, all of which have been carefully crafted by the alchemists of the Alchemy Guild, with a price of more than one million sets, with an insulated exterior and a sealed inner layer of spacesuits filled with pressurized oxygen; The chest bag is equipped with surveillance, tracking and ground communication equipment; The AD device on the wrist can monitor the landing and altitude in real time.
Wearing these strange clothes, all the team members felt that this mission was unusual.
Finch gave a briefing on the mission, explaining to them why they were jumping down at such a high height, not on a whim, but out of the question.
It took nearly an hour for everyone to put on their equipment, and the weapons were all in special boxes, fastened with ropes to their chests and backs.
The operation team is located at a U.S. military base.
Located on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the British Chagos archipelago, this island covers an area of about 6o square kilometers and has a flat terrain with an average altitude of 4 meters.
In 1967, Britain signed a treaty with the United States to build an air and naval base on Diego Garcia Island.
During the two Gulf Wars and the Afghan War, the Diego Garcia Island base played an extremely important role.
The U.S. military has more than 17oo soldiers stationed here, and a large amount of war materials are stockpiled.
The runway of the airfield on the island can accommodate B52 large bombers to take off and land, and the port can accommodate the aircraft carriers of the US Fifth Fleet.
This time, according to the communication information collected, the coordinates of the meeting between Long Yun and Haines were about near the Chagos Trench east of the Chagos Archipelago, where the depth of the trench reached more than 5,000 meters, which is the best hiding place for the "jellyfish" base, and it is also the most likely to exist in the ruins of the ancient Atlantean kingdom that has been sunk for tens of thousands of years.
Walking out of the gate of the base building, I was greeted by several soldiers in the uniforms of the American Navy standing in front of the lawn, one of the senior officers with the rank of colonel on his shoulders, and the rest of them were lieutenant colonels and majors, but the most conspicuous was a lieutenant, who looked very young.
Colonel "Doctor" greeted him first, and when he came to the doctor's side, he reached out and shook Finch's hand.
Finch knew that he was not a soldier, and these American officers would not salute him, so he smiled and said, "Captain Mendes, why did you come to the island in person?"
Mendez is the captain of the USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the U.S.
Navy's Fifth Fleet.
Finch's gaze passed over Mendes and landed behind him.
In the distance, clusters of lights flickered above the dark sea, and it was the American warship docked near the dock on the west side of Diego Garcia Island.
"You're getting out" Captain Mendes didn't answer Finch's question directly, but looked in the direction of the runway, where the balloon that had been lying on the runway just now shriveled and shriveled was now more than a hundred meters tall in the air Finch looked back in the direction of the balloon, nodded and said, "That's right, we're going out, and the time is short." ” "Ah" Captain Mendez didn't seem to know what to say, hesitated for a moment and said: "Don't worry, this time the governments of the world are very supportive of your actions, our country has sent two aircraft carrier battle groups, and now they are parked near the island, please be considerate, although the above said that this mission is very important, I also know how powerful it is, but you also know that now our US military's every move is being watched by the whole world, and this place in the Indian Ocean is very sensitive, if too many aircraft carriers are sent, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary international public opinion. ” "I understand."
Finch said: "It's generous enough, two carrier battle groups, and by the way, that carrier is also coming" "The Lincoln."
Captain Mendez pulled Finch aside, and whispered mysteriously, "We also have an Ohio-class nuclear submarine with us this time. ” "Ohio-class" Finch sniffed something unusual, "Which one?"
"Louisiana."
The American captain's eyes sparkled.
This time, Finch was indeed a little surprised.
Because the Ohio-class nuclear submarine is a strategic nuclear submarine of the United States, this kind of nuclear submarine is huge, expensive, and has amazing strike capabilities, and is completely different from ordinary nuclear submarines in terms of structure and layout.
The hull is 17o meters long, can carry 24 "Trident" II missiles, can carry submarine launches underwater, each missile can carry up to 12 sub-guided warheads, 288 sub-guided nuclear warheads can destroy the enemy more than 2oo large and medium-sized cities or important strategic targets within half an hour, it is really a big killer weapon in the US nuclear strike force.
And the USS Louisiana Ohio submarine was launched in 1996 and is the newest and most advanced of the 24 Ohio-class submarines in service.
The use of such submarines seems to reflect Washington's strategic will this time.
If this is the case, the Americans really attach enough importance to this mission, and in addition, two aircraft carrier battle groups are added, each aircraft carrier battle group will generally be equipped with a certain number of cruisers, destroyers, frigates, supply ships, etc., and one or two conventionally powered submarines will be added according to the needs of the mission.
In that case, that's a big deal.
"Okay, my liaison officer, Miss Lena, will keep in touch with you, so please cooperate when the time comes."
"Definitely, definitely."
Captain Mendes smiled and said, "I won't delay your actions, I'll go back to the ship and be on call at any time."
The two said goodbye, and Finch looked at Mendes sitting in the jeep and was silent for a long time.
"Doctor, what's wrong" Lena was a little anxious, "It's almost time, what's the problem" "Lena, there's one thing I want to ask you."
Finch said: "Do we have a back door in the command system of the US military?"
"Yes," Lena sneered, "Troy and Hayabusa have been leaving backdoors everywhere for a long time, and now basically most of the chain of command have our backdoors, why do you want to hack them?"
"I hope not," Finch sighed softly.
"Didn't the Americans send a fleet over to cooperate with us," Lena puzzled, "at least now we are friends on the same front." ” "Friend" Finch shook his head, looked at Lena, and said very seriously, almost word for word, "There is no real friend between mankind and our ancient race, just as between nations, there is only eternal interests. ” He glanced again in the direction Mendes' jeep had disappeared, "I think there's something wrong with Mendes, and the young lieutenant next to him doesn't look like a man on the ship." ”: