Episode 194 [Japanese invasion (5)]
West of Ulleungdo, 700m deep.
A Soryu-class submarine was floating quietly in the deep sea.
The submarine was waiting quietly with its engines not running.
The Combat Intelligence Center (CIC) was quiet. Everyone closed their mouths and listened to the warning sounds made by the sonar equipment.
ping. ping. ping. ping.
It was a warning sound indicating the active sonar signal of the Korean fleet passing directly overhead.
Fortunately, the sound that had been getting closer began to get farther away again.
The submarine was not discovered.
The crew all breathed a sigh of relief.
The distance was quite long and we were hiding under the thermocline where the temperature changed with the engine turned off, but there was no 100% guarantee that we wouldn’t get caught.
“good. “Now is the time for revenge.”
Captain Hisio, who was standing holding the periscope, spoke in a low voice.
Although the place where the submarine was hiding and the battlefield were too far away to participate in the battle, it was impossible to be unaware of the situation on the sea.
Numerous explosions and the sound of the ship sinking could be heard all the way here. And an attack order was issued on low frequency from the retreating fleet.
It was hard to believe, but I couldn’t help but believe it when I saw the Korean fleet passing on the water.
“We are tracking the location of the Korean fleet.”
“Okay, ready to launch torpedoes.”
“Prepare to launch torpedoes!”
Following the captain’s order, the lieutenants immediately gave instructions to the torpedo room.
Other submarines that were still hidden were not attacking.
It was a slightly incomprehensible situation as his ship was a submarine that had entered the deepest part of the Korean Peninsula.
But the captain shook his head. It was no time to think about other submarines.
“After firing all torpedoes in the torpedo tubes, immediately switch to Harpoon missiles. After that, it goes up to the surface and launches the Harpoon missile.”
“All right!”
It was clear that if a torpedo was launched, it would be immediately detected by the Korean fleet. The correct answer was to run away after firing the torpedo, but the captain had no intention of avoiding it.
The fleet had already been defeated. There was no intention to send the Korean fleet like this. He planned to finish off at least one more ship, even if it meant destroying his own ship.
The sailors also went about their mission with pale, stern faces.
“Ready to launch.”
The captain opened his mouth at the words of the operations officer.
“I fired a torpedo...
Kugugugung.
But before he could finish his command, the submarine started making strange noises.
Everyone looked around in surprise.
Kiiik kwajijijik.
The sound didn’t stop. The entire bulkhead of the submarine seemed to scream.
“What’s going on!”
The helmsman who was watching the instrument panel shouted at the captain’s shout.
“There is tremendous pressure on the exterior walls! The ship can’t hold on!”
Quasizik Fuaaaaaa!
The bulkhead collapsed and water spurted out.
Weeeeeee!
Emergency bells rang and red lights flashed.
“Rise above the water! Rise!”
“Key won’t listen!”
The captain shouted frantically, but the answer he received was despairing:
“The torpedo room is flooded! The crew room is flooded...!”
Everywhere started to flood.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
!
People were rolling into the corridors and clinging to pillars and equipment.
“
Oh my god...”
Sonar was already in a daze.
He was the only one on the submarine who knew what had happened.
But he couldn’t believe what he heard.
The screen he was looking at was showing a video in which the computer had analyzed the sound.
Something huge was wrapping around the submarine.
“Could it be that there are monsters living under the sea?”
He raised his head.
Kwazizig.
It was a monster resembling an earthworm that had appeared once before.
But now the monster is several times bigger than the monster back then.
When the monster swung its body, small buildings collapsed and high-rise buildings also collapsed as it wrapped around its body.
The damage to buildings was more severe when the monster passed underground. The monster dug into the ground and all the buildings in the area it passed through collapsed. People in shelters heard about the situation on the Internet and broadcasts and began escaping out of Tokyo.
Roads were blocked and looting took place.
The Japanese had numerous manuals prepared and calmly followed the manuals even in crisis situations.
However, a manual for this situation has not been created.
And the prime minister and government officials who were supposed to maintain order and lead the people were all eaten by the monster in the prime minister’s residence.
There were people who tried to save people, but they ended up dying after being beaten by the mob and the Yakuza.
Tokyo was filled with nothing but chaos.
Director Daigo was standing in front of the building holding a long spear.
Smoke rising from all over the city caught the director’s eyes. Screams were heard from afar, and families were seen running away with their children.
He looked back.
The museum buildings were still safe.
But there was no way to know when the mob would attack.
Now, the Tokyo National Museum here is empty.
Employees had already been evacuated and all of their families were leaving Tokyo.
But he couldn’t leave this museum. He had been the director of this museum for a long time.
He became the museum director as a sort of demotion, but after serving as director for a long time, he truly came to love the museum and its artifacts. Even though all the employees were evacuated, there still had to be someone to protect them.
“Maybe they just chose this place to die.”
It was impossible for a middle-aged man to get involved in that messy evacuation route anyway.
If the mob attacked, I planned to make a last stand with this spear, a relic from the Sengoku period.
But unfortunately, it was not the rioters or the Yakuza who invaded the museum.
Kugugoogung.
Buildings collapsed one after another from afar. And finally, the building across the street collapsed.
Kaaaaa!
A huge earthworm appeared from beneath the collapsed ground.
“Oh my god...”
Director Daigo collapsed on the floor.
A monster is coming.
The director, an ordinary old man, was so frightened that he could not move.
Sloshing.
The earthworm dropped its upright body to the floor.
thud!
The road was broken and the collapsed director was thrown away by the impact.
puck!
The director flew several meters and hit his head on the wall.
Blood poured out.
Is it thanks to that? He came to his senses. I couldn’t even feel the pain.
The museum had to be protected. If it was the Yakuza or a mobster, it was a matter of losing some of the omnipotent relics.
But the monster was different. Japanese history might disappear.
He struggled desperately, but couldn’t even get up.
The monster started writhing and crawling on the road. The monster approached the museum towards the director.
“mum. stop.”
The museum director barely raised the window. However, it was a spear worse than the thousands of cogwheel teeth visible before my eyes.
Drurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The earthworm monster’s teeth began to move rapidly. The monster looked like it was going to destroy the entire museum building.
The monster raised its body and lowered it back down.
bang!
The director lost the spear due to the sudden shock wave.
The earthworm monster was also thrown to the side.
Kurrrrrr.
The fast-moving teeth stopped moving and blood flowed from the mouth.
The earthworm monster’s head was dented.
The director, who finally came to his senses, was able to see the other person’s back.
A young man was standing in front of him. A haze was rising from his fist.
“I was almost late. You can’t touch this place.”
The man absurdly scolded the earthworm monster that was spread out on the road.
The man, Kyung-hoon, breathed a sigh of relief.
This museum was full of Korean artifacts that couldn’t be found even in the other world.
I don’t know anything else, but I couldn’t let the relics be destroyed.