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Chapter 134: Carrying a Knife but Not an Umbrella on a Rainy Night (800 Monthly Tickets Plus)

【Enemy target found*7! 】

【Enemy base discovered! 】

[Enemy patrol ship detected! ]

On a dark, moonless night, an OS2U Kingfisher was cruising at an altitude of about 300 meters, constantly refreshing the map of the Civilization.

There were dark clouds hanging over their heads, and even people who had never been to sea knew that this was a sign of a coming storm.

October is a typhoon season, and for fishing boats, being caught in a storm is almost a matter of life and death.

The two fishing boats from Da Wan and Fu Dong have returned with full loads, and only the Civilization stayed to continue exploring the map.

Tang Wen not only wants to gain experience, but also plans to explore the conditions of the islands and reefs in the Nansha Islands in advance.

The Civilization is now in the waters near Banlu Reef, dozens of kilometers south of Liyue Bank.

The seaplane was two hundred kilometers away, constantly refreshing new targets.

It is pitch dark at night now. Not to mention flying, even sailing is very dangerous. If it runs aground, it will be in big trouble.

But the Kingfisher seaplane was not afraid at all and flew fearlessly in the dark.

Whether it is its pilot or the aircraft itself, they are just part of the "consumables" of the Civilization. Losing them will only cost a few hundred silver coins to replace them, so there is no need to feel sorry at all.

Under the control of the system captain, the Civilization only brought about the negative effect of a slightly reduced exploration range. It even turned off all the lights on the ship, and still sailed through the waves at a speed of 43 knots in the dark. Only very careful people could see the splashes behind the hull.

[Storm Warning: The edge of the storm is approaching at 4 kilometers at 90 o'clock and will intersect with the current route!]

The simulated soldiers on the bridge broadcast the information meticulously. A transparent map appeared in front of Halsey, showing that the Civilization was expected to be affected by the storm in four hours.

enough.

According to intelligence from the reconnaissance aircraft, there are as many as a dozen fishing boats within about 100 kilometers ahead, and there are enemy bases on 11 islands and reefs.

Not Luzon, but Cochin and Malaysia.

In the southernmost waters, they actually controlled nearly 50 islands and reefs, and there were a large number of fishing boats. Even though most of them had left to avoid the storm, there were still quite a few.

The thick dark clouds will bring the visibility on the sea surface to close to zero for at least the next 7 hours. In 0 hours, there will be strong winds and heavy rain, and even radio communications will be greatly affected.

Halsey had informed Tang Wen of this storm five hours ago, just in the evening.

The latter checked the remaining fuel on the Civilization and decided to take advantage of the "weather" before returning:
The storm would completely cut off fragile radios, rendering GPS and compasses useless, and would blind all ships.

The unknown typhoon's impact area covers the entire Nansha Islands. If the Civilization can seize the opportunity, it may be able to make a fortune.

There is no accurate forecast for half a month in advance, and the situation at sea is even more volatile. The foreign fishing boats there can only be notified a few hours in advance, so there will definitely be many fish that slip through the net.

The sea surface had begun to become turbulent due to the storm in the distance, but the hull of the Civilization seemed unaffected and did not rise and fall with the waves.

After all, when in combat, the rules of battleships are more stringent.

Halsey: Turn off radar, radio transmitters, and silence the entire ship!

Halsey: 11 targets locked, full left, engine boost activated!

Random Battle: 1v11

The black shadow moving at high speed in the night accelerated again and soon approached 47 knots. The fine raindrops were evaporated into white mist by the high temperature heat before they approached the chimney.

The Civilization was like a night knight wearing a conical hat, running quickly and silently, leaving only the uneasy sound of the heartbeat.

……

It's raining in Da Wan too.

The raindrops fell on the metal hull with crackling sounds. Tang Wen opened his eyes drowsily, and it was still pitch black outside the porthole.

The living conditions at sea were not very good. Although he lived in the largest and most comfortable captain's cabin, it was a warship after all, and he could feel the cold air at any time, accompanied by the strong fishy smell of the sea, which made him sneeze. Just as he regained consciousness, a reminder popped up in his mind:
[Number sunk: 11, damage caused: 36180;

Obtained titles: "Sea Monster (sink 5 or more ships)", "Support (damage 6 enemy ships)", "Critical Damage (cause 50% or more of the enemy's total damage)", "One Against Ten (fight 4 or more enemy ships alone)", "Phoenix (survive after sinking an enemy ship)", "First Blood", "Destruction Blow"]

After the screen was almost full of achievements, there was a rapid warning sound:

[Our ship has been penetrated below the waterline and is rapidly taking on water!]

[Our ship is on fire! ]

Tang Wen: “?”

Only then did he remember that he had suddenly received a message from the Civilization in the afternoon. After hearing the storm warning reported by Halsey, he agreed to the battle plan, and then chatted with Lao Zhang and forgot about it.

I got up and looked at my phone. It was already 5 a.m., but because of the weather, it was still very dark.

The Civilization has sunk!

Tang Wen quickly closed his eyes and his vision flew thousands of kilometers away.

……

"Crack!"

A flash of lightning illuminated the entire sky, revealing the rain falling heavily on the sea like a waterfall.

In the rain, the Civilization was squeezed together with a half-sunken, twisted steel wreck, with its entire bow stuck in it.

The fuel tank at the bottom of the ship ruptured, and the structural damage caused a fire in the engine room. The entire rear half was burning, and the flames were so fierce that even heavy rain could not extinguish them.

The hull of the Civilization had tilted to one side. Halsey walked out of the bridge and grabbed the wet railing. The blood on his head was quickly washed down his cheeks by the rain, but his face, illuminated by the firelight, remained calm.

Civilization (V): 720/12550 (Flooding -50 per second, Fire -50 per second)

After a night of intense fighting, the Civilization's health bar has reached the bottom, and the destroyer does not have the powerful damage control of the battleship, so its health cannot be increased if it is even lower.

About seventy or eighty meters away, a flashlight was flashing on an invisible lifeboat, with the few remaining survivors on it.

Because the Civilization itself had no weapons according to its blueprints, the battleship, which had been flooded and stuck, was powerless.

The worst of the storm has passed, and the boat will have a chance of being rescued if it waits until daybreak.

There were flashes of fire on the lifeboat, and the sound of metal splashing against the Civilization was drowned out by the sound of rain.

Halsey waited quietly until his health was only 50. One second before sinking, the CD of the reconnaissance plane returned to zero. The seaplane catapult, shrouded in flames, suddenly rotated to one side and then launched the seventh Kingfisher reconnaissance plane of the night.

[Civilization Number: 0/12550]

【Our battleship is sinking! 】

The broken bow took in more water than allowed, and the fire on the hull softened the steel. The Civilization was torn apart from the middle, and the bow and stern began to sink separately, making an unpleasant creaking sound.

Halsey, who was clinging to the bridge tightly, was about to sink into the water when the catapult-launched reconnaissance plane had climbed high enough and dived towards the small target on the sea.

The uniformed monkey on the boat was babble-ing and cursing, fiddling with the flooded radio when he suddenly saw a black shadow streak across the sky. Then a plane appeared less than five meters away, and he could even see the reflection of the pilot's goggles in the cockpit.

The reconnaissance plane, which dived at a speed of more than 400 kilometers per hour, turned into a pile of scrap metal in an instant. The fuel leaked from the ruptured oil pipe was detonated, creating the final fireball.

[Achievement: Die without Regrets (sink an enemy ship after sinking)]

【Number of sinkings: 12】

【Battle End: Victory】

[Obtained Silver Coins: 162820, Gained Experience 21750]

[Pay 14300 credits to salvage your warship and commander and return them to port]

(End of this chapter)