Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 89 The Decoy Plan and New Equipment

Lorraine nodded, thinking, "Now the scope of instability has shrunk again."

"Good job, was anyone hurt?"

"Uh, yes."

"What's going on?"

Lorraine looked at Guo Zhiwei with a puzzled expression.

Guo Zhiwei hurriedly explained.

"On the first day of work, a young worker who was not from the shipyard was pulled by a steel cable due to improper operation."

"That's why I didn't let young employees from outside the shipyard come in to work."

Guo Zhiwei replied somewhat guiltily, after all, safe production is of paramount importance, and judging from the conversation, this commander also cares a great deal about safe production.

"Is the injury serious?"

Guo Zhiwei thought to himself, "Oh no," but still answered truthfully.

"The injury is quite serious. The bone in my left leg was fractured, and a large chunk of flesh was caught on the steel cable."

Lorraine hummed in agreement, then said in a low voice.

"It's alright, no shipyard workers were injured."

Then he loudly and deliberately reprimanded him.

"Safety in production is of paramount importance, especially given the current shortage of medicines. How can you allow a young and able-bodied worker to suffer such a serious injury?"

Before the two could even process Lorraine's previous words, they were startled by her loud reprimand.

Seeing their slow reaction, Lorraine sighed helplessly, called them out of the factory, and said she would reprimand them separately.

After leaving the factory, Lorraine gave each of them a flick on the forehead and said irritably.

"He's not clever when he should be, and he's clever in the wrong way when he shouldn't be."

"So you don't care whether non-shipyard workers get injured during production?"

Guo Zhiwei asked cautiously.

"It would be best if they didn't get injured, but if some young punks don't follow orders, they deserve to get hurt."

After telling him to figure it out himself, Lorraine sent him back to the factory to continue directing production.

Then he looked at Huang Zhihui and asked.

"Have you figured it out?"

"I understand roughly."

Lorraine nodded, thinking, "The old fox is quick to react."

He then said to Huang Zhihui.

"I'll take you to Liu Yufeng later to be punished, then remove you from your position as chief engineer and replace you with one of my men."

Lorraine continued only after he nodded in confirmation.

"After that, you should express your dissatisfaction with me in your daily life, and then record the attitudes of the people you come into contact with during this period."

Huang Zhihui nodded knowingly, understanding his next task.

"Using it as bait? I'm good at that."

Huang Zhihui patted his chest proudly, assuring everyone that he could complete the task successfully.

"I had similar experience back when I was still at the ship research institute."

Upon hearing Huang Zhihui's story, Luo Lin was speechless, and then took him to find Liu Yufeng.

On the way, Luo Lin contacted Ouyang Nian through a portable terminal, told her about the current situation, and hoped that she could show up at the factory.

"No problem, coming right away."

Lorraine finally found Liu Yufeng in the cafeteria and, taking advantage of the fact that no one else was there, told Liu Yufeng what had happened.

Liu Yufeng pondered for a moment and then offered a suggestion.

"Your idea is fine, but there are some issues with its implementation."

Lorraine waved her hand, indicating that these details were up to Lorraine to decide.

Seeing that the two were discussing specific action plans, Lorraine quietly left.

He returned to the flagship, took the key to the warehouse storing the ship's weapons, and prepared to head there to find equipment he might need.

[Commander, all shipborne weapons in the warehouse have been compiled into a catalog in the system. You can search for them there.]

"I know, I just wanted to go for a walk in the warehouse to relieve some stress."

【OK. 】

Lorraine opened the warehouse door and went inside, leading Di Ting to stroll among the ship's weapons, observing each and every one of them.

"Sonar buoys, small unmanned surface vessels, AK-630 close-in weapon systems."

"Do they even have this kind of thing?"

[Commander, this is outdated weaponry. Furthermore, weapons control in this area is extremely strict; even common 9mm ammunition is kept hidden in the hat's safe. The 30mm tungsten alloy armor-piercing rounds it uses are completely unavailable.]

"All right."

Clearly, Cleveland is too dedicated to his work and has absolutely no sense of humor.

Subsequently, Lorraine also discovered two retractable twin-launcher racks in the area where anti-aircraft weapons were stored.

"It seems the weapons and equipment stored here span a really long period of time; there are even some antiques like this."

After satisfying his curiosity, Lorraine continued deeper into the area, where various underwater equipment was stored.

The first thing that catches the eye is the variety of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), including those that look like small submarines and those with biomimetic designs.

Lorraine stood there, gazing at the diverse array of underwater vehicles, lost in thought.

After a moment's thought, Lorraine took out his data tablet and tried to retrieve information about sharks from Cleveland's database.

Search: Shark

After a brief loading period, a large amount of information popped up on the data panel.

After confirming that there was relevant information in Cleveland's database, Lorraine began adding keywords to obtain the information she wanted.

After some time, Lorraine found the information she wanted.

"Smell, hearing, the lateral line system used to sense subtle pressure changes and water flow, and even a bioelectric detector called the ampulla of Lorentz."

Sonar, on the other hand, uses the propagation and reflection characteristics of sound waves in water to detect the presence, location, nature, and direction of movement of underwater targets.

"Let me see what functions the fisheries sonar installed on the flagship has."

Lorraine was looking at the instruction manual for the fish finder on the data panel.

"Hmm? This fish finder even has an acoustic barrier function to block sharks."

Lorraine rubbed his chin, a more refined hunting plan forming in his mind.

"Don't rush, let me see what useful things are stored in this warehouse."

Lorraine examined the equipment piled up in the warehouse more carefully.

Before long, Lorraine spotted two rather strange weapons and equipment.

Both of these weapons are roughly cylindrical, with the one closer to it being shorter and lacking a propulsion device at the rear.

Lorraine glanced at the sign on the ground, which read "Water Sound Lure".

[Aquatic decoys, underwater acoustic countermeasures equipment used to counter enemy sonar and acoustic homing torpedoes.]

What you see in front of you is a suspended underwater acoustic decoy.

Lorraine nodded, then turned his gaze to the rather bulky, torpedo-like weaponry to the side.