The Fisherman Who Never Catches Fish-Chapter 409 - 241 Submarine Accident and System Rewards (Subscription Request)

"Please respond if received."

The Maine Ohio-class nuclear submarine didn’t respond at all.

No matter how Eagle tried calling, there was no response, they’d completely lost contact, completely lost track, and there was utterly no sound.

Not even electrical noise, as if there was total radio silence.

Clearly, there was a problem inside the submarine.

Everyone present knew the situation was severe, and their expressions were grave.

If a serious accident had actually occurred, the consequences were unthinkable.

This was one of Eagle’s greatest weapons, a world-class nuclear submarine, and most importantly, it carried nuclear missiles.

Now that the submarine was missing, it meant that these nuclear missiles were also in an uncontrollable state.

You tell me how tense they are.

But now they didn’t even know exactly where the submarine was, only a rough area, and in the vast ocean, finding a nuclear submarine was incredibly difficult.

This is why nuclear submarines are considered top-tier weapons for major nations.

Even aircraft carriers would find it a headache if they encountered one.

Because nuclear submarines, deep in the ocean hundreds of meters down, are almost impossible to locate, they are super concealed.

It’s nearly impossible for others to find a nuclear submarine.

It’s like salvaging a sunken ship in the vast ocean, and moreover, the ’submarine’ is moving.

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they might not succeed.

Advanced submarines, such as the Ohio-class, generate very little noise, sometimes as minimal as the sound of ocean waves.

The quieter the sound, the smaller the chance of detection.

Which makes them even harder to discover.

After losing all signals from the nuclear submarine, Eagle’s side became completely tense.

This time it was a total loss of connection, no signals at all.

It wasn’t intentional radio silence.

There was also no feedback signal received at Eagle’s command center.

The situation was somewhat serious.

Nuclear submarines are unlike other equipment.

Their threat level is extremely high, especially since this submarine carried nuclear missiles... the situation was critical.

But it was unlikely they could rescue it.

If a nuclear submarine malfunctioned, it could only rely on itself; others couldn’t help.

First, the specific location of the submarine was unknown; second, submarines are generally deep under the sea. If an accident occurred hundreds of meters down, it would almost certainly be fatal. Imagine, at such depths, if an issue arises, there’s no escape; the pressure is immense.

Humans simply can’t escape a submarine.

Once they leave the submarine, their internal organs would be crushed by the water pressure.

Like deep-sea fish, when brought up quickly, the rapid change in pressure causes their stomachs to eject.

With no news from the Maine Nuclear Submarine, Eagle’s side also began to get anxious.

"Maine, please respond if received."

Eagle’s side still wouldn’t give up, still calling out to the submarine, hoping to get a response.

But the Maine Ohio-class nuclear submarine still showed no signs of activity.

Currently, they didn’t know the specific situation inside the submarine, but they were well aware that this malfunction was serious.

Previous reports only mentioned malfunctioning gauges in the pressure chambers and following that, problems with the reactor.

Each issue was more severe than the last.

If an accident occurred... it would be extremely dangerous.

The people at Eagle’s command center could only hope that the internal malfunctions in the submarine could be resolved and all issues addressed so that it could return safely.

Otherwise, it would be a major disaster, and the crew inside...

No one dared to think further, because if it happened, the consequences would be very severe.

They just hoped the submarine could be fixed and the issues resolved, and that it could reestablish contact with headquarters after everything was resolved.

Now was a moment of anxious waiting for a response.

Hoping everything was safe and went well.

"I hope nothing goes wrong."

This mission was supposed to showcase the capabilities of their nuclear submarines, but problems arose halfway through.

Now instead of showcasing power, their own issues were exposed.

These advanced nuclear submarines, which were commissioned decades ago, were increasingly facing issues due to aging equipment.

In recent years, the increasing failure rate of these devices was a constant headache for Eagle.

They wanted to address these issues, but... funding was limited. To resolve such issues requires a substantial amount of money.

The cost of retrofitting sometimes exceeded even the price of building a new one.

So far, Eagle had only managed to modernize four Ohio-class nuclear submarines.

With more than a dozen remaining, there was no way they could afford to fund the necessary retrofits.

And among these, the Ohio-class submarine sent on this mission was the unretrofitted Maine.

Unfortunately, it ran into mechanical problems midway through the mission.