There is always murderous intent in the depths of the dark ocean. It is not as quiet as imagined, but sometimes it is very lively.

The Louisiana ballistic missile nuclear submarine is an important part of the United States' Trinity nuclear strike force. It is the last ship of the Ohio class. Although it was launched in the water at the end of the last century, it is in its prime and well-off.

The Louisiana has just finished its two-year dock overhaul and re-entered its combat readiness cruise mission. It will dive deep into a place below 100 meters in the ocean, slowly moving forward at a speed of 4 knots, waiting for a destruction order that you will never want to receive.

However, before the cruise mission officially began, the "Louisiana" also accepted a "Tiger Cruise" mission. The name of this mission may sound domineering, but in fact it was to let the crew's family come to live on the ship for a while, increase the crew's morale and enhance the national defense awareness.

That's right, the Americans not only opened up large surface ships such as aircraft carriers, but now even the ballistic missile nuclear submarines of the "National Treasure" are allowed to go up and take a look.

Old Henry was a member of the "Tiger Cruise". His son Jackson was a captain officer of the "Louisiana" and was responsible for the electromechanical cabin. So he was invited to experience it inside this big guy with an underwater displacement of 18,000 tons.

The 'Tiger Cruise' will not go to certain dangerous waters, and the atmosphere inside the nuclear submarine is still relaxed. Old Henry walked through the straight-up and downward gangway in the boat. When he saw his son, he couldn't help laughing: "Hi, kid, I'm so proud of you to serve in such a powerful ship."

Compared to the enthusiastic father, son Jackson brought the shyness unique to the submarine officer, "Hi, Dad, I'm glad you can come to see me."

"Your submarine is very good."

"Yes, very good. We carry out two or three combat readiness cruises a year, but we have never been discovered. We are the most powerful in the world, quiet and deterrent enough to let any hostile country dispel the idea of ​​challenging the United States."

"I'm so glad to hear such words, I believe it."

The American father and son had a happy conversation, and his son Jackson needed to go on duty. Old Henry received a welcome pack, which included a task list in addition to various supplies.

All crew members can follow the instructions on the task list to communicate with crew members in different areas and positions in the boat to understand their work. This activity is the happiest time for crew members who often live in a narrow space underwater for one to three months.

"This is really interesting." Old Henry was very interested in this kind of activity. He even saw fire fighting and fire extinguishing and leakage-blocking training in the boat, which was really eye-opening. Moreover, the bathroom, toilet and shower in the boat also surprised him. This was much better than the submarine life he imagined.

"America is so powerful. I am proud of being an American." In the restaurant, Old Henry couldn't help expressing his love for the nuclear submarine and his motherland while eating grilled steak. The families of other crew members who were traveling with him also agreed.

The Louisiana can carry twenty-four Trident d5 ballistic missiles with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers. Each missile has eight sub-missile heads. If it is fired volleys, it will be enough to destroy a small country.

What a powerful strategic weapon!

Any enemy will feel trembling in front of it!

Old Henry was even allowed to visit the central control room of the nuclear submarine command cabin. His son Jackson was serving as a military officer to take charge of the command work here on behalf of the captain. Seeing his son issue various orders in an orderly manner, although Old Henry didn't understand, he still felt great!

However, the crew members like to run to the central control room to join in the fun, which quickly made the narrow space a little crowded. Old Henry had to go to the sonar room to see. The Ohio class is an old product from the last century, and it has to be said that its electronic equipment is too old.

The various screens in the sonar room use old-fashioned imaging tubes. Three or four sonar soldiers wear headphones and distinguish the surrounding objects detected by the sonar against the green and black screen. Old Henry was also invited to wear headphones and listen to them, including the sounds of dolphins and whales, as well as the sounds of shrimps.

Of course, nuclear submarines hidden in the deep sea must hear the sounds of various ships passing by overhead. The sound of the marine engine sounds like a train, and the sound of the propeller stirring the water flow is very rhythmic.

The sonar soldier proudly said that by distinguishing these sounds, he could judge any ship or submarine in the world. There was absolutely nothing that could threaten this war monster that was cruising in the deep sea.

"Sounds great!" Old Henry gave a thumbs up and praised, but with his headphones, he quickly frowned and asked the sonar soldier: "Uh..., what's going on with this sound? It feels weird."

Weird? The sonar soldier first looked at the sonar display screen. By distinguishing the voice patterns, he said without much attention: "This is a fishing boat, it should be a long-distance fishing boat. There are such boats everywhere on the sea. Most of them are Chinese. There are too many Chinese fishing boats now."

But Old Henry said with some concern: "I read the CNN report that Chinese fishing boats serve their military and specialize in collecting information from our US Navy on the sea, which is very threatening."

"Oh, don't worry!" The sonar soldier shook his head. "The ocean-going fishing boats of all countries in the world will be responsible for collecting military secrets from other countries, but they can only stare at surface ships. And we are quiet and steady under more than one hundred meters of water. They cannot find us."

Thinking about his son once said that the 'Louisiana' has never been discovered, Old Henry laughed at his own unreasonable concerns again, "I think I'm a little too nervous. If even the fishing boat can find you, it's really ridiculous."

Hahaha..., a light laugh came from the sonar room. However, the laughter was quickly interrupted, and a huge impact suddenly came from the boat, shaking people's eardrums hurt.

The sonar soldier, who was still laughing, immediately cursed: "Damn it, this fishing boat actually started active sonar."

Old Henry, who had just felt relieved, was also shocked by the sudden loud noise and couldn't help but ask again: "We were discovered?"

"No, fishing boats may be searching for fish with their sonar. But for safety reasons, we have to avoid them." The sonar soldier whispered.

Avoid? The unrivalled "Louisiana" was forced to avoid it by a fishing boat?

Soon, Jackson, who was the officer of the more important military officer, issued an order requiring the "Louisiana" to dive another fifty meters and deflect the route away from the annoying fishing boat above his head.

Seeing his father coming from the sonar room, Jackson smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, father, this kind of thing happens often. Now there are more and more fishing boats on the sea, but it just happened to appear."

After diving to a depth of more than 150 meters, the sound of the active sonar above the head was indeed much smaller, but when everyone felt that this was over, another 'duang' sound came.

The sonar room again heard the alarm, 'Several ocean fishing boats appeared above our heads. Hell, they all turned on active sonar, but there were no fish nearby.'
Chapter completed!