The sun slowly rose above the horizon, and the sea in the morning light was shrouded in a layer of mist. In the fog, a blue-gray submarine glided like a whale, silently moving through the haze.
Today was the third day of the submarine "Shark" patrolling the Yellow Sea on its mission. Three days earlier, when the "Shark" approached the waters off Fujian, Zou Tongjie had specially gathered all the officers and men to stand on deck and salute the mountains and rivers of their homeland.
Eight years!
As a native of Fujian, this was the first time in eight years that Zou Tongjie had seen Fujian, the first time he had come so close to his homeland. Eight years ago, the warship he served on had been ordered to scuttle itself. In the seven years that followed, he had carried out minelaying missions with his unit, until he was demobilized and dismissed last year.
