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"Kind of like rocking a car back and forth that's stuck in the mud," Giordino volunteered

Spencer nodded "You ht say that's a fair comparison"

"Why not jolt her out of the silt with one big bang?" Giordino asked

"It's possible a sudden shock ists are in favor of separate overlapping shock waves It's vibration we're after"

"Have we the explosives?" Pitt asked

"The Boer carries nearly a ton for seismic research purposes," Spencer replied "The Modoc has four hundred pounds in her stores for underwater salvage blasting"

"Will it do the trick?"

"Border line," Spencer adiven us a in for success"

"We could have it flown froested

Pitt shook his head "By the time the explosives arrived, and were loaded in a sub and planted on the sea floor, it would be two hours too late"

"Then we'd best get on with it," Sandecker said brusquely "We have a tight deadline to meet" He turned to Gunn "How soon can the explosives be set in place?"

"Four hours," Gunn said unhesitatingly

Sandecker's eyes narrowed "That's cutting it pretty thin That only leaves a leeway of fourteen minutes"

"We'll make it," Gunn said "However, there is one condition"

"What is it?" Sandecker snapped impatiently