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The second Chinese submarine would soon follow the fate of its companion.
When it had approached to within eight hundred yards of the Jimmy Carter,
which remained dead in the water, listening passively to their enemy's
approach, Captain Thompson ordered two Mk-48 ADCAP
torpedoes fired through the already opened outer torpedo doors.
The Chinese did not have the time to even take a snap shot at the Jimmy
Carter. It would not have helped them if they had. Immediately going to full
power, the Chinese boat attempted to make a downward spiraling turn, knuckling
its wake and dropping noise makers into it as it did so.
None of it helped.
Within a few short minutes, there were two more explosions and another Chinese
submarine sank to the bottom with the loss of all hands. Holed twice, this one
sank much faster than the first.
When he saw that the Chinese vessel did not have the time to mount even a snap
shot at its position, Thompson ordered the Jimmy Carter to maintain its
position and its dead quiet status. After a full forty minutes of listening,
the boat then carefully continued its stealthy approach towards Wake Island.
Not knowing that they had now cleared all of the major Chinese underwater
defenses, it took the Jimmy
Carter another two hours to come in close to Wake Island. There, they finally
discovered the Chinese surface ships that were helping with the defense of the
island. Those ships consisted of none other than the cruiser, Kunlun, the
damaged Chinese Beijing class carrier, the Nantong, and the completely
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operational and undamaged Type 52D guided missile destroyer.
Upon discovering them, the Jimmy Carter carefully and stealthily spent the
time necessary to maneuver in as close as possible to ensure kill shots on all
three vessels.
From a range of five miles, Captain Simon Thompson, calmly fired four Mk-77
supercavitating weapons at the Chinese vessels and then quickly loaded all
four of his tubes and fired again. He then rapidly egressed to the southwest
at high speed. Those eight weapons wreaked horrific havoc on the remaining
Chinese ships, utterly annihilating all three of them.
Struck by two of the weapons as it attempted to start a high speed turn, the
Kunlun was torn into three pieces and rapidly went down with its captain and
Admiral Tsung, the task force commander. Of the three hundred and eighty
personnel on board, only fifty-two were able to safely abandoned ship.
Hit by three of the four weapons targeting her, the already damaged Beijing
class carrier simply rolled over amidst a tremendous cloud of smoke and debris
and sank rapidly. Only two hundred oil soaked personnel, many of them badly
injured, survived to either be picked up by the few remaining Chinese
helicopters, or to swim towards and be washed ashore on Wake Island itself.
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The Type 52D destroyer, which was furthest from the Jimmy Carter's attack,
made a valiant effort to run directly towards the island and ground itself
there, where its missiles could still help with the defense of the island.
Although one of the multi-mode American supercavitating weapons was
successfully defeated by the shallow water the ship was running in, the last
Mk-77 followed its target right in towards shore and detonated against its
after section on the port side, breaking it in two there where both parts
sank.
Many of the crew survived and joined the ground forces still fighting on Wake
Island.
The water was shallow enough where the Chinese guided missile destroyer went
down that both pieces did not sink completely, rather, they came to rest on
the shallow ocean bed, the upper portions of their superstructures canted at
unnatural angles and sticking grotesquely out of the water.
Pictures of that destroyed Chinese vessel would be aired throughout the allied
world, and ultimately find their way to Beijing and the Politburo. They would
be the banner photos depicting the defeat and surrender of CAS forces at Wake
Island, which occurred less than twelve hours later. Those photos would also
herald the beginning of the allied offensive into the conquered territory and
holdings of the
CAS in the central Pacific Ocean on the road to Japan and the Chinese mainland
itself.
January 27, 2011, 21:08, Local time
Presidential Offices
New Delhi, India
Acting President Rahmish Patel reviewed the information he had received from
the Director of the Indian
Intelligence Bureau. It was a very sensitive document referencing the current
defense and intelligent situation in Siberia, within India and in the Indian
Ocean.
Patel was under a lot of pressure from Jien Zenim to get things under control
on the sub-continent and in the other areas of influence that the Indian
government had heretofore had responsibility for. The presence of huge
numbers of Chinese troops only underscored the pressure. It was clear that if
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Indians could not bring things under control themselves, then their Chinese
allies were more than willing to do it for them.
General, are you certain that this data represents the most up to date
information?
The acting President was already well known for his impatience, and his
present demeanor was a clear indication that, for whatever reason, that
patience had been exhausted long before the General had ever entered the room.
Yes, Mr. President, it represents the most up to date information we can get
our hands on. The people over at the Multi Agency Center (MAC) regularly
update their information from the Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA), from the Joint Intelligence Task Forces (JITF), from the Defense
Image Processing and
Analysis Center (DIPAC) and from our own Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
They then analyze all of this in conjunction with the latest information from
the Chinese and the GIR intelligence agencies to come up with this report
every twelve hours.
The report you are holding was completed a little over an hour ago. It is the
latest information we have.
As he reviewed what he was holding for the second time, he had to voice his
disgust at what he was seeing.
Well, General, the report is either flawed, or it is the most dismal
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intelligence report I believe I have ever read.
Well, which is it?
General Singh knew that Patel was powerful, influential and smart. He also
knew that he could be dangerous if provoked.
But the General knew his duty and he performed it.
Mr. President, we do not control the events that make up the intelligence
situation reports, nor can we.
What we do is report them as accurately as possible.
That is what you have in your hands.
The report is not flawed, but it is a dismal report in the circumstance. It
is also accurate and that gives us at least the power to respond from a
position of knowledge.
The President respected a clear and direct answer& despite his propensity to
berate the messenger when he was at the end of his patience.
Well, the old boy has some grit left in him, the President thought, Good,
we will see what he is made of.
Turning to the summary of the situation in Siberia, the President spoke
clearly to Singh.
Well, then we shall start in Siberia.
Ambassador Gavanker& or should I say, the traitor Gavanker, must be brought to
justice.
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His treachery has put us all in a very desperate situation and he must be
made an example of.
Him and his entire family and any staff loyal to him and his actions. Do I
make myself clear, General?
Put your best team on this.
Singh nodded his understanding and made a few notes before responding.
I do understand, Mr. President. We will send our best team in there and have
them contact our operatives already in Siberia to arrange it as soon as it is
practicable.
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