Volume VIII 1336 Strait Crisis

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The naval battle of Amami Oshima was a miraculous victory, and the Chinese army made the most of the right time, place, and various factors throughout the battle.

From the entire strategy laid out by Xiao Letian, to the research of every scientific research worker on hydrology, weather and other numbers, including the people who endured humiliation and the destruction of their homes, not to mention the more than 30,000 soldiers who fought without hesitation.

The entire Chinese nation was mobilized because of this battle, and the vigor of the new nation made the whole world look sideways.

At half past five in the afternoon, when the preliminary battlefield statistics were delivered to Xiao Letian, Wang Huaiyuan and the great monk Long Shi had already boarded the Zhiyuan ship, and the highest-level military meeting had been held.

"There were twelve main battleships of the Tsarist Russian Expeditionary Force, and except for the surrender of the battleship Diamond, none of the remaining ones escaped......"

"There are a total of fifteen frigates of the expeditionary force, of which two Volga and Polar surrendered under flags, one loiterer broke through by chance, and the rest did not escape......"

"Let me take a look at the number of small warships...... Xiang Ying flipped through the thick statistical report and suddenly sighed and shook his head, "Hey! Let's keep our eyes on the large warships, why did all the enemy's small warships run away?"

"There are a total of eighteen small gunboats and destroyers with a displacement of less than a thousand tons, and we have only annihilated eight, and the remaining ten have all broken through, damn it!"

Kevin, the deputy captain who had been listening, was also the chief technical engineer of the Zhiyuan, and he was very disdainful of Xiang Ying's tone: "What do you complain about such a record? There is only one Zhiyuan, and the artillery bombardment can only choose large targets, and it is inevitable to miss these small gunboats!"

"Besides, small ships have a shallow draft, and they are flexible and easy to turn around, and the mines on the sea are not a big threat to this kind of battleship, so don't be too ambitious, does a battleship want to eat all the enemies......?

"But I have good news! Just now a telegram came from the island that two capital warships and four frigates have run aground on the shoal east of Setouchi Village, and they are now confronting the artillery positions on the shore, and they have not had time to kill themselves! It is almost six o'clock, and I have requested that the marines be allowed to sneak over to settle the battle after dark!"

"So that we can capture these six warships, trust my craft, give me half a year I can definitely repair and upgrade these six warships, you can have a few more training ships!"

Kevin, a Prussian engineer, has established a deep friendship with the Chinese on the way back to China on the Zhiyuan and in many battles.

4000

?Target.

What's more, Xiao Lotian promised to give him the guarantee of dual citizenship, as long as he works hard, Kevin will have a Prussian and Chinese double account in the future, and he can earn double shares when he makes money, which is cool to think about.

Xiao Letian nodded, "Okay, let Wang Huaiyuan gather the head water ghosts who have just completed the task, this difficult task is handed over to them, capture those six battleships, and avoid the enemy from blowing up the ships...... Now it's not the Tsar's property, it's our ship, our wealth!"

"Yes! I'll arrange it right away...... But I applied to the Marine Corps to support the strength of two companies, after all, tomorrow the Water Ghost Force has an even more difficult task, which is this strait!"

Wang Huaiyuan pointed out the window, and people raised their eyes to look at the entire sea, under the reflection of the setting sun, there were wrecks of warships and unextinguished gunpowder smoke everywhere. The commando team directly under the CIA was taking over the command of the three surrendered battleships, and shipload after shipload of intelligence officers boarded, and shipwows of Russian ** officers were escorted to the rear.

The Marines hired a large number of civilian ships to rescue the Russian prisoners who had fallen into the water, and the entire sea was filled with Russian-language cries for help, and many soldiers had sunk to the bottom of the sea after hours of struggle.

But Wang Huaiyuan didn't say that, what he wanted people to see were those little black devils who occasionally showed their heads on the sea, mines.

"We have had observation posts closely tracking the mines since they were thrown into the strait, and we should not miss a single mine explosion due to the distinctive sound of the mine explosion and the waves......

"A total of 122 of the 300 mines exploded, and none of the rest exploded, how good is this? There are 178 extremely dangerous mines in the strait, and our warships will not be able to enter at all, that is to say, the naval guns will not be able to provide fire suppression on the battlefield, and the subsequent battle can only rely on the marines themselves!"

Xiang Ying frowned, "How long will it take to clear it all?"

"It's hard to say! The removal of mines depends entirely on manpower, that is, the water ghosts we have worked hard to cultivate, and they can only be manually cleaned up when the visibility is best during the day...... The topography of this strait is really complex, and there are many dangerous turbulences and undercurrents underwater, and it is very dangerous to remove them manually......"

"I estimate it will take at least a week......"

"A week?" Xiao Letian didn't expect it to be so long, it seems that the weapon of mine has been a restricted weapon from the moment it was born.

This thing is erratic and indistinguishable from friend and foe, and the power of the explosion is still great, and the sequelae of fighting with this weapon are too great.

"In the future, mines should still be used cautiously, especially in our own territorial waters, this thing is too troublesome!"

At this time, Jae Chun, who had been immersed in reading the battle report, suddenly raised his head: "Can't the sea current always lead to the Pacific Ocean? Wouldn't it be enough to let the mines float away directly? Do you have to remove them manually?"

Hum...... Xiang Ying snorted coldly and said, "The sea area around Amami Oshima is the most important passage from the Ryukyu Economic Circle to Japan and North Asia, do you mean to let these 178 bombs threaten civilian ships......?

Xiang Ying disliked Jae-chun more and more, and she was disgusted when she saw him. Jae-chun was robbed and Bai was quite unhappy, "How can you say that, didn't you say that our intelligence officers had already measured the sea current? The mines must have gone along the sea current? What is the ...... difficult to solve this?"

"What's so difficult?" Xiang Ying's voice was an octave higher at that time.

"Your Majesty...... I won't explain to you how complex the current system in the sea is, but I'll tell you the truth, before preparing for the war, the hydrological information of Amami Oshima was collected by 28 teachers and students of the Ryukyu Maritime University for half a year......"

"What do you think you can collect in half a year? It's less than 70 percent! Not only that, but three students gave their lives in this dangerous job, the youngest of whom was only 17 years old!"

"This is precious information that you have exchanged for your life, and it is not something that you say lightly! Fighting a war is not taken for granted! Governing the country is not doing what you want!"

Xiang Ying's heart arched upwards with evil fire, and finally his brain was hot, and he yelled: "Just like you, you will be a faint monarch in the future!"