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Max shrugged “They’re not nearly as powerful as the ones the Deepwater installed We’ll never hear the sound of a diesel-electric sub running on batteries”

“We don’t need to,” Juan said “We only have to hear the whale’s song”

Max nodded “That h I’ll send out Hali and Murph in a Zodiac to drop it in the water near the U-turn of the fjord But how are we going to fight it with no torpedoes of our own?”

“We have to get it to the surface The sonar alterations that Murph ht work”

Max looked skeptical, but there was no other choice “If the sub sees us before we spot theame over”

Juan kneas right This entire strategy was a long shot, and the situation looked dire for the Oregon Even if they survived an encounter with the Chinese sub, they still had to get past the Portland, which was looking more improbable by the minute

“I have an idea how to bring the sub to the surface,” Juan said “I’ll let Hali and Murph knohat they need to do You find Maurice and tell him to come see me”

“Maurice?” Max asked, puzzled why Juan would want to see the chief steward at a time like this

Juan gave Max a solemn look “I have an i to like it”

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The hydraulic platforon rose out of the deck while Goer helicopter Unlike most choppers, this one had no tail rotor Instead, rotation of the aircraft was controlled by exhaust froh slots in the tail boom

He cliet the chopper airborne as quickly as possible While Go it up, Linda, MacD, and Raven loaded a coh to outfit a squad of soldiers All three were dressed in coear and body armor

“Do you think they’ll have anyone on the Deepwater who can fire those things?” Gomez asked Linda

“NUMA always has a few Navy vets on board,” she said “And, we kno to handle our weapons”

“Ah just hope we get there in time,” MacD said