Chapter 30 Treasures of the Ming Dynasty
In the early morning of that day, as soon as the sun jumped over the horizon, a terrible siren sounded in the base of the special brigade of the military region, "first-class alarm."
"The Huamao Commando has been assembled", "the first squadron has been assembled", and "the second and third squadrons have been assembled", as all the team members have been assembled, Li Dongsheng, captain of the special brigade and captain of the leopard commando, ran to Major General Gao Li, director of the operations department of the military region: "Report, all the members of the special brigade have been assembled, please instruct."
Major General Gauley came to the front of the team, looked around at the more than 100 heavily armed special combat soldiers, and shouted, "Take a break." The warriors of the K Military Region, a group of foreign militants openly attacked our scientific research ship in the N waters of our country, killed our scientific research team members, and hijacked a large number of our ancient treasures. This move is a challenge to China's sovereignty and a challenge to the Chinese army defending our territory! Military Commission order: resolutely eliminate the stubborn bandits, recapture the treasures, and raise the prestige of our country! I order: All special combat personnel should immediately set off and resolutely complete the mission entrusted to you by the Central Military Commission."
"Destroy the bandits, reclaim the treasures, and raise the prestige of our country!" The team roared and ran to the dozen helicopters on the tarmac.
The helicopter formation quickly sent them to a military airfield not far from the provincial capital, where they were transferred to a military transport plane to the location of the N Naval Region Headquarters, where Rear Admiral Liu Hai, head of the N Naval Region Operations Department, was waiting for Li Dongsheng in the war room.
Li Dongsheng walked into the war room and saluted Liu Hai, "Report, Li Dongsheng, captain of the special operations brigade of the K Military Region, has been ordered to report to you." After Liu Hai returned the salute, he directly took him to the nautical chart, pointing to the nautical chart and introducing the incident to Li Dongsheng.
According to historical records, during the Ming Dynasty, a cargo ship carrying a large amount of gold, jewelry, porcelain, precious stones, silk and other materials to the West for trade was sunk by a typhoon in the N sea area.
For hundreds of years, treasure hunters at home and abroad have been obsessed with the treasure that sank to the bottom of the sea. However, due to the deep sea area, the sea depth is about 10,000 meters, and the sea surface is turbulent and the waves are high. The greedy salvage crews either sunk the ship or died at the bottom of the sea, but they all returned in vain.
In recent years, with the progress of science and technology, various deep-sea advanced salvage equipment and positioning systems have come into being. Some powerful salvage companies in the world have frequently appeared in this sea area, and the purpose is self-evident.
In order to rescue these treasures of the country and avoid falling into the hands of others. After the application of the state cultural relics department and the approval of the State Council, China finally decided to carry out substantial salvage of these historical treasures.
In order to determine the location of the wreck as much as possible, China's scientific research personnel consulted and compared a large number of historical documents, analyzed the changes in ocean currents over the past few hundred years, and sent scientific research ships to conduct on-site surveys many times, and finally determined the approximate area of the wreck.
Two months ago, China's Panda scientific research ship carried out large-scale practical exploration in the sea area with salvage equipment and research results, and finally determined that the ship sank in a trench 8,000 meters above the sea surface. Since divers simply cannot withstand the deep-sea sea pressure and go deep into the seabed, the State Oceanic Administration specially transferred China's newly developed deep-sea research submarine to assist in salvage.
After more than two months of salvage, all the priceless treasures on the wreck were finally recovered. This move not only set a record for deep-sea salvage in the world, but also broke the highest record for the value of salvaged treasures.
The priceless treasure has attracted the coveting of criminal syndicates around the world. Multinational criminal groups are eyeing this treasure. Among them, the LK Group of country M is the most powerful, and they have used reconnaissance satellites to monitor our salvage operations in real time. After discovering that China had begun to actually salvage, it spent a huge amount of money to recruit a group of world-famous gunners and purchased two advanced frigates disguised as large fishing boats, which lurked near the sea area where China was salvage.
On the way back after the salvage of our research ship, they violently robbed the research ship, not only hijacking the research ship full of treasures, but also brutally shooting and killing all the crew members and personnel on board, and even the 20 armed soldiers of the Marine Corps who were responsible for protecting them did not survive.
On the way to the Camellia Island in this sea area, this group of bandits was constantly robbed by other criminal groups who coveted the treasure, and the pirates around them were also ready to move and constantly harass, and there were many fierce battles on the sea, and the speed of movement was extremely slow, and they had just arrived at Camellia Island.
Judging from the satellite reconnaissance, the robbers were preparing to wait for the LK group to pick up the LK group on Camellia Island in order to transport the treasure out.
Camellia Island is more than 2,000 kilometers away from the mainland and covers an area of more than 30 square kilometers. The island is full of mountains and dense jungles, which is not suitable for large regiments to fight, and the other side hires special operations personnel who are extremely fierce in the world to act as robbers. In order to reduce the sacrifices and prevent this gang of bandits from transferring the national treasure out of the country, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, the special brigade of the K Military Region, which has emerged among the special brigades of various military regions, was dispatched to participate in the war anonymously.
Rear Admiral Liu Hai, director of the Operations Department of the N Naval Region, pointed to the chart and said to Li Dongsheng: "The N sea area has been China's maritime frontier since ancient times, but since the discovery of a large amount of oil, natural gas, and other resources in the seabed in the last century, several small surrounding countries have continuously claimed sovereignty over the sea area, encroached on several of the small islands, and achieved actual occupation. For a variety of reasons, we have not yet recovered the islands. The island of Camellia is one of them".
Liu Hai walked over to another map and said, "This is Camellia Island." At present, more than 100 marines of country Y are stationed on the island, which covers an area of more than 30 square kilometers. Before hijacking my treasure, the LK group secretly bribed the high-ranking officials of country Y and the garrison on the island, and reached an agreement to transfer the treasure on the island. Since it is a disputed island, it is not appropriate for us to send troops directly into it for political reasons, which is why we have allowed you to participate in the war anonymously. Based on the current chaotic situation of multiple criminal groups coveting treasure, we plan to send a small group of special operators to the island anonymously to seize the treasure. Here's how it works......"
Li Dongsheng listened to Liu Hai's plan and carefully studied the topographic map of Camellia Island in front of him.
Camellia Island is littered with rocks and reefs, and there is only one harbor where large ships can be berthed. At the moment the robbers have arrived in the port, and two frigates have sealed the port so tightly that it is difficult for any ship to approach. Therefore, only small groups of troops can enter the island by surprise attack, and a receiving force can be set up outside the island.
In accordance with the Navy's disposition, the "Leopard Commando" was first airdropped by transport plane into a predetermined sea area, and then secretly approached the island on a pre-waiting submarine of our army, and at a distance of 20 kilometers from the island, the commando team swam into the island in concealment. The special brigade of the K military region was picked up by civilian vessels in the nearby waters.
After Li Dongsheng and Minister Liu confirmed the details of the operation, they led the members of the assault team to change into foreign equipment and board a military transport plane that had been waiting at the airport for a long time at night.
A few hours after the plane flew, all the members of the "Leopard Commando" were airdropped into a predetermined sea area more than 300 kilometers away from Camellia Island.
Falling into the sea, they unfastened the parachute. The biting waters rushed towards them in waves along with the undulating waves. The team members looked around and saw a light flickering on the dark sea, which was the submarine that responded. Everyone struggled to swim towards the light.
Approaching the light, a behemoth of nearly 100 meters rose and fell with the waves on the sea, like a huge whale lying quietly on the surface of the sea. The team climbed onto the hull one after another and entered the submarine from the conning tower.
Seeing all the team members boarding the boat, Captain Yu Qingzhou immediately ordered to "lock the hatch." Dive 200 meters at a speed of 20 knots and head towards the predetermined sea".
Entering the interior of the submarine, the crew led the team to the dining room to rest, and then took Li Dongsheng to the control room, where the captain Yu Qing was waiting for him. The two exchanged pleasantries, and Yu Qing got straight to the point and said, "The order I received is to escort you to the sea 20 kilometers away from Camellia Island, and then send you out through the guò escape pod." Then go around to the bottom of the water, 100 kilometers from the port, and wait for the order".
Li Dongsheng nodded and looked carefully inside the submarine. Yu Qing saw that Li Dongsheng was curious about the submarine, and introduced, "This is a new type of submarine independently developed by my country. The boat uses an advanced closed-cycle diesel AIP propulsion system that does not rely on air transmission, which allows for long periods of time underwater while reducing travel noise. At present, the submarine is equipped with eight torpedo launchers, using domestically produced Z-50-28 torpedoes, with an effective firing range of 30 kilometers and a speed of 48 knots.
Yu Qing pointed to the chart and explained to Li Dongsheng, "Since Camellia Island is occupied by country Y, they have installed sonar equipment underwater, so when we travel 50 kilometers from the island, we must use a low-speed approach of 5 knots to avoid exposure." Due to the dense reefs around the island, I can only send you to a distance of 20 kilometers from the island. However, we have prepared scuba gear so you can approach the island underwater."
Li Dongsheng even said thank you. Yu Qing took Li Dongsheng back to the restaurant and said to the players, "You should hurry up and rest, and I will send someone to inform you then."