Cyber Warfare and the New World Order: World War III Series: Book IV by James Rosone & Miranda Watson

Author:James Rosone & Miranda Watson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00

Ultimatum

18 January 2042

Hawaiian Islands

In the dimly lit command center of the USS Seawolf, Commander Ramos approached Captain Thompson saying, “Sir, the enemy fleet is nearly on top of us right now. The carriers are approaching quickly.”

Captain Thompson looked at the face of his XO and just nodded. Surveying the Command Center, the captain could see the nervous looks on the faces of the men and women around him. They all knew that this was the moment they trained for, but it was hard not to think that these might be their final moments on this earth.

Turning to his weapons officer, Thompson asked, “Do we have a firing solution on the carriers?”

The weapons officer looked up at the Captain and nodded. “Everything is ready, Sir,” he replied.

The tension on the bridge was palpable; the crew were eager to attack the enemy capital ships but also scared and nervous that once they open fire, they may only have minutes left to live.

Looking at his XO, the Captain insisted, “Please go over our escape plan again.” He wanted to make sure they had fully determined how they were going to slip away once they had unleashed their deadly cargo of torpedoes.

The XO activated the attack and evasion plan on the holographic display. It immediately began to show the preplanned scenario. “Once the torpedoes are in the water, we are going to launch our two decoys: one will dive while heading East at ten knots, the other will dive heading Northeast at eighteen knots. The smokescreen should distract the enemy long enough for us to silently slip away. While the decoys are going, we are going to dive to our maximum depth at five knots and then go silent.” Commander Ramos spoke with confidence; he firmly believed that their plan was sound and would give them their best chance of success.

After running the scenario through in his mind, the captain nodded in acceptance. He paused for a moment, then looking to his weapons officer he ordered, “Fire all tubes! Chief of the Boat, launch the decoys and begin our dive!”

The crew had been prepared for the past twenty minutes to fire their torpedoes. Now that the order had been given, the tension in the room lifted; they knew their fate had been sealed and now it was up to them to outfox the enemy lurking all around them.

Within seconds, the entire sub began to shudder as all eight of their torpedoes left in quick succession. Then the two decoys left the sub and began their high-speed pursuit away from their current position. The Seawolf lurched downward, beginning its descent to its maximum depth, hoping to go unnoticed.

The torpedoes raced towards their targets quickly while the targeting AI determined where the weakest point in the target ships were and steered the torpedoes towards those points. As soon as the enemy fleet detected the incoming projectiles, they immediately sprang into action; multiple destroyers launched decoys, hoping to lure some of the torpedoes away from the carriers.

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