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“Murph,” he said “Fire”

The Gatling gun spun up and unleashed its 20sten shells with a roar like it was Paul Bunyan’s chain saw The tracer rounds splashed in a zigzag pattern by the first torpedo as Murph hoet The simple electrical stick was crude, without the precision of the coh, even for soames as Murph was

Finally, he hit it The torpedo’s warhead blew out a geyser of water

Murph switched his aim to the other torpedo, but after a few seconds of the tracers plowing into its wake he called over the radio On its current course, it would slaon

“Sorry, Chairun to aim any lower”

“Understood,” Juan replied “Max, give me full power in reversenow!”

The Oregon shot backward as the ines jetted water out the front of the venturi tubes The torpedo passed just in front of the bow and continued into the open ocean

“Eric, launch your torpedo”

“Aye, Chair”

A torpedo was thrust out of its tube by a blast of air and steam It trailed a fine wire linked to Eric’s joystick As soon as it plunged into the water, an orange flag rose and cut through the water

“Ninety seconds to impact,” Eric said calmly

The Maurya must have seen the torpedo launch because she fired three an evasive maneuvers

“Three fish in the water,” Juan radioed

“Main engines are down,” Max replied “Thrusters only We can’t evade another one”

“If Murph can’t get them, prepare to turn