1313 Blockade of the Straits
"Fire the cannons! Continue to fire the cannons... Blast these haunted boats... God, what kind of ships are these?" The gun captains of the warship ordered the cannons to fire, and then stared at the small boats that had not resisted soaringly.
The shells were shooting as hard as they didn't have money, and small fishing boats were hit one after another. But what was shocking was that those small boats were not shattered as usual, but they could always blow up mass of mud and sand in one shot, and then slowly calmed down to the seabed.
"What are those ships transported? It looks like a big stone..."
"No, big stones are not that regular..."
"Look, some ships are tied to each other..."
The Ryukyu water ghosts rushed forward against the gunfire of Russian warships. Every small boat was sunk and sank, which made the other ship bosses and sailors even more violent and bloodthirsty.
"Stern, please leave... you have become a god, you are so popular in the Temple of War God... Remember to leave a good note for my brother!"
"Brothers rushed forward...sink the ship into the bay and blocked the eastern entrance of the strait... People and birds are dead, and they will never die forever! Fight with them..."
The fleet was getting closer and closer, and the sky in the east was getting brighter and brighter. When the fleet rushed to more than 500 meters apart, Hemansky finally saw the things on the ship clearly.
"My God! These Chinese people want to block the exit of the strait, they want to trap us in the strait!"
Hermansky's horrified voice changed, and the most terrifying possible might appear in his mind. "These Chinese people know the hydrological situation here, they know everything under this sea area. They also want to create artificial reefs to sink our ship!"
"I've been trapped! I've been trapped! I've been fired, and I've been fired violently... The entire fleet accelerated and rushed out of the strait..."
Hemansky's mouth was full of bitterness. He was very upset about his previous judgment. He had all warships hiding in the strait just to rely on the narrow three-kilometer strait entrance to block the Zhiyuan.
But who would have thought that Xiao Letian would not play according to common sense! How could he think of creating artificial reefs? This is too poisonous, right?
As a naval general, Hemansky knew that the hydrological information in various seas was the top secrets of various countries. The domineering empire of the Sun never sets depended on the powerful Royal Navy, and the awesomeness of the Royal Navy is that it can control the global golden channel, and the key factor in controlling the golden channel is not entirely due to the strong ships and guns.
Naval chart! The hydrological conditions of each sea area are important information for naval operations. Just like the army needs to have a military map, understand the height of the terrain, and know how to draw contour lines.
Marine combat is more complicated. You must know where there are reefs, where there are open reefs, how deep is the water, the divisions and speed of undercurrents in the sea... It is even better to say that whether there are various legends in this sea area, such as dangerous legends like Bermuda, are all one of the intelligence.
Navy operations are too complicated, let alone you need to understand the climate of this sea area, such as wind speed, typhoon season, whether it is rainy or not... and all of this is the top secret of the navies of various countries.
Xiao Letian has been operating the Western Pacific for several years. Before, those sailing warships were training ships. What are they usually training? Hydrological exploration is an important part of training.
The water depths of each location of the narrow and long strait of Amami Oshima are recorded in detail in detail.
The garrison position chosen by Hmansky was originally an area with many reefs, and this kind of sea area had a common feature that it was not too deep. After all, even reefs could leak out. Other areas continued the same submarine landform, with an average water depth of only 20 to 30 meters.
Such depth is blocked with two thousand small boats, which can absolutely be sealed. Once the huge cement blocks with four claws enter the water, they will quickly entangle together to form continuous artificial reefs.
It's too late to do anything. It takes time for a giant like an armored warship to move from stationary to high-speed cruise, and these Ryukyu water ghosts will never give them time.
Five hundred meters away, and although the shells sank one fishing boat after another, the huge base of more than two thousand cannot be eliminated in a short time with seven warships. Soon, the first batch of martyrs rushed to the entrance of the strait, less than fifty meters away from the Svetrana.
A piece of flesh was removed from the shells on the face of the boss of the ship, and blood flowed down like a waterfall, but he seemed to have no idea of the pain at all. Instead, the corner of his mouth knocked on it, and he was still laughing.
"Let's explosives! Finally I'm at the place... Grandpa, I'm the first one!" The sailor on the deck lit the fuse, and the tongue of flames began to rustle and burn under the boat.
"Boss, hurry up and leave... Our mission is completed!" After saying that, the sailor jumped into the sea and began to swim desperately towards the safe sea area on both sides.
The boss of the ship spat hard at the tall Russian fleet in front of him, "Bah! Just wait for slaughter..." After that, he jumped into the sea with a slept like a flying whirlpool and rushed out five or six meters.
With a muffled bang, the explosives exploded a big hole in the bottom of the ship, and the sea water rolled in. The entire fishing boat made a sore sound, and then it swayed into the sea.
At this time, the two fishing boats next to the ship had already lit explosives. The boss and the sailor took the livestock's urine bubbles around their waists and began to swim desperately to a safe place.
The three ships were originally tied to death with brown ropes. The sinking into the water immediately entangled and implicated each other. Dozens of huge cement blocks with iron chains and brown ropes began to collide and quickly pressed on the mud and sand at the bottom of the sea, alarming countless deep-sea fish.
"Blasting ships! Everyone blowing ships!" The roars of the water ghosts on the sea came one after another, booming... The low explosions were connected into pieces, and the sea was covered with small whirlpools caused by shipwrecks.
The mud and sand at the bottom of the sea were rolled up, and the blue water suddenly became turbid, and at the same time, the turbid eyes were also Hmansky's eyes. His eyes turned red and tears almost flowed out.
Hemansky watched helplessly as a frigate that had no time to slow down crushed on the cement block. The sound of scraping the bottom of the ship was extremely harsh. The officers and soldiers on the ship ran around in horror and even forgot to fire the gun.
The craft of wooden shells covering iron armor is actually just a design for the transition from sail battleships to pure steel battleships. Although these battleship shells are powerful, there is no protection from iron armor under the ship.
The heavy oak could not break the sharp cement blocks at all, and soon the bottom cabin of the frigate began to flood a lot of water.
Hemansky covered his forehead in pain and closed his eyes, "The whole fleet reversed...can't break through here, and turned to the entrance of the western strait, telling the fleet commander that we have fallen into the trap, and now we can leave quickly...it's still time!"
Before he finished speaking, the lookout hand of the warship suddenly pointed at the northeast and shouted, "The enemy is coming another fleet! Captain, look!"
Note: This is the second update today, maybe there will be a fourth update today!
Chapter completed!