Mines are the most effective blockade weapon in naval warfare, and this weapon is useless in the turbulent sea, and you will be washed away by the waves in a short time. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But in narrow straits, at the entrance to the bay, calm rivers...... In all kinds of relatively closed environments, mines are the most effective weapon of blockade.

Before the Russian warships were guarding the mouth of the Amur Bay, the volunteers did not have the slightest chance to get close here, there were battleship guns on the sea, and there were army garrisons on both sides, and you could not even think of transporting mines.

And today, the frenzied artillery bombardment disrupted the enemy's position, and when the army was pinned down in bunkers and the navy entered the depths of the bay to open fire, the 1st Cavalry Regiment took advantage of this gap and rushed up with the treasure.

There were not only mines on the carriage, but also some pre-processed raft parts, and the red pine wood that had been dried long ago was light and buoyant, and the ones had already been processed, and even the wooden trough of the rope had been buckled out.

The cavalrymen, who had undergone countless assembly training in advance, assembled twenty huge rafts in only ten minutes, and the mines began to be carried upwards one by one.

"Hurry, hurry...... Time is pressing, and the enemy's warships are about to return to defense...... Hurry up and launch when you fill one, right away!" Ye Qiu and the others were in a hurry, they had already seen that the battleships in the distance had already shown signs of changing formations, and some small warships had begun to turn around and rush back.

Aitolin is not a fool, his flagship is the ironclad ship Aleute, which has suppressed the gold mines of Daqingdao, and the battleship that escaped from Amami Oshima has already told him the information of mines, and he has been keeping the fleet at the mouth of the sea these days, in fact, he also has such a worry in his heart.

But I didn't expect that whatever I was afraid would come, and the Chinese actually thought of a strategy to lure the snake out of the hole with crazy shelling.

"Leave the artillery positions of the Chinese alone, change formation and rush out of the bay...... Garrisoning the Amur Bay is a mistake, a big mistake!" roared Ettolin, who regretted not stationing his fleet in the wider Gulf of Ussuri, but tradition kills people.

In the minds of the admirals at that time, the most feared thing about the anchored warships was the enemy's artillery bombardment, so they preferred to let the fleet be under the protection of the peninsula, batteries, and the army, and the easier the place to defend, the safer the place.

However, I never thought that the Chinese would use mines to blockade them, and as a result, the safer the place, the narrower the entrance to the sea, and the easier it is for mines to blockade.

The battleship is not a car U-turn, it is said that the formation is changed, it is not easy for a huge battleship to turn the bow, it takes a long time from stationary acceleration to cruising state, they want to stop the Chinese who are laying mines, but where can they.

Ye Qiu pinched a bottle of high rum, in front of him was the dead man who was about to get on the raft, a sip of wine was a hug, Ye Qiu said with red eyes, "Brothers, this is a gamble! The task is completed, and when you come back alive, the door of the Chinese clan will be opened to you, this credit is enough for you to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, and if you fight a few more battles, you may change your title on your body......"

"To tell you the truth, I envy you! Don't be afraid if you die in battle, your name is a reporter in the army, our Chinese people have a temple of the god of war, don't run around when you die, future generations have incense to sacrifice to you, and your relatives who stay in the world don't have to worry, the Chinese people will take good care ......of you."

"Go, brother, bet your life!"

A glass of spirits, a military salute! On the battlefield, the men did not drag mud and water, and soon the first raft was propped out, and the mines began to lay from the west bank to the east bank.

Heavy mines are thrown into the water with the safety open, this kind of well-designed mine buoyancy is just right, just suspended at a distance of one meter under the water, you can't see them at all on the surface of the sea, but they don't sink much, just levitate at a depth of one meter. As soon as the battleship hits the tentacles, the 30-pound high explosives in the mine will explode instantly.

Under the pressure of the sea, the power of these explosives will be even more prominent, and the bottom deck of any warship will not be able to withstand the blasting of such mines.

On each raft were two dead men, one controlling the direction of the raft and one throwing mines into the sea, from the west bank to the east shore.

More and more rafts were launched, and soon the waters near the west coast had become a dead place for ships, and any ship with a draft of up to a meter would never want to pass through it.

Ye Qiu's minelaying location was very ingenious, the width of the strait here was only about six kilometers, and there were a total of 22 bamboo rafts loaded with about 800 mines at a distance of six thousand meters, which was enough to seal this narrow waterway.

But the closer the raft got to the east coast, the more dangerous it became, and the Russian army in Vladivostok was already aware of the Chinese cavalry's intentions, and they launched their cannons from their hiding places and began to shoot at the raft that was being mined.

"Fire! blow them up...... Leave the entrance and exit of the east coast for our warships, these damn Chinese don't leave us any way to live......"

"Fire, keep firing......" Shells were fired out from the shore one after another, the raft of the mine was blown to pieces, and even a chain reaction occurred with mines, and a large explosion suddenly set off a huge wave more than 10 meters high, and the water column was three or four meters in diameter.

The cavalry on the shore closed their eyes in pain, and every time the raft sank, countless people stomped their feet and sighed, and even jumped into the sea with pine planks in the water, and they wanted to continue to die the unfinished task of their comrades.

The hearts of the dead soldiers were like iron stones, they watched the rafts being blown up into the sky, and the broken corpses of their comrades floating on the sea, they just wiped a handful of tears and continued to lay mines in silence, fast and steady.

"Hurry, hurry...... There is only one kilometer left from the east coast, and even if the cloth is a little sparse, it will have to be plugged up...... Hurry up, brothers!"

Ye Qiu's knuckles pinching the telescope were white, and his nervous back was covered with sweat.

At this time, Pang Chaoyun suddenly shouted, "Ye Qiu, look! The Russian army on the other side has launched ten more cannons, and the brothers are in danger...... Sure enough, the Tsarist Russian soldiers on the east bank of the strait who were anxious launched the cannon at the bottom of the box and were preparing for shooting.

"Damn, damn it! It's really damn ......" Ye Qiu stomped his feet anxiously now, "What should I do!What should I do!If only we had a fleet now......"

Also anxious is the Long Ye in the command post, Xiang Shaolong's temples have turned white in just one winter, and he has exhausted his efforts for this decisive battle.

The pocket watch opened the lid and threw it on the map ticking and turning, and Long Ye muttered to himself, "Why haven't you arrived, you have been fifteen minutes late, why haven't you ......?"

Just when everyone's hearts were anxious, suddenly there was a faint thunderclap in the southern sky, and the rumbling sound was completely different from the sound of artillery on the battlefield.

Long Ye jumped up with a snort: "It's here!"