In the bottomless river, the cabin was flooded, what it meant was self-evident, the soldiers on the ship were in a panic, and the captain hurriedly commanded the soldiers to plug the leak.

But the medium-sized battleship can also accommodate hundreds of soldiers, plus the weight of the hull, this ship also weighs thousands of tons, and the draft has to be at least more than one meter, and now the bottom of the ship is leaking, such a pressure can be imagined, such as the high-pressure water gun hit the valve, the sound of water inlet makes a roar, how easy is it to block it?

Hundreds of soldiers were busy for a long time, and finally there was no help, the generals' whole bodies were soaked, the water in the cabin rose in a straight line, it was already more than half a person deep, and soon the hull of the ship tilted. The captain saw that it was not good, and quickly ordered the transfer. Fortunately, there were many warships nearby, so they quickly approached, and some soldiers simply jumped into the river and swam over.

In this way, the warship quickly disappeared on the river.

By this time, the sailors who had jumped into the river had already discovered that there was a barrage under the river, and that large pillars were built every meter or so under the water, and these pillars were connected by iron chains, and ships of slightly larger tonnage could not pass at all. Just now, the warship did not hit the reef at all, but hit the top of the pillar, knocking the bottom of the ship out.

These escorting generals reported to the Yangwei on the one hand, and organized sailors to go into the water with the intention of destroying the barrage protection net.

Although these thousands of sailors are not first-class, because the first-class 3,000 sailors are all on the Yangwei, but the remaining 7,000 sailors are not in vain, whether they are on ships, in the water, or in ordinary rivers and lakes.

The chief officer of the naval division quickly selected a group of people who were good at swimming and fighting in the water from among them, and formed a death squad of 1,000 people.

This thousand sailors took off their armor and put on a special sailor's suit, because the armor is suitable for fighting on the ship, and if it is in the water, it is suitable for the sailor's suit, compared to the armor, this kind of sailor's suit can reduce the resistance and weight when it comes to the water, and after changing it, he takes a knife, an axe, a chisel, and a hammer, and jumps off the boat, like a dumpling, causing waves to splash......

At this time, Shi Lang, who was miles away, was watching the movements of the Ming army on the river through a telescope. He saw in the telescope that one of the warships of the Ming army was hit and sunk by the protective net of the barrage, and the Ming army fell into the river one after another, and the rest of the ships, including Yang Wei, were stagnant in the river, Shi Lang was very proud.

"Yan Yingyuan used this trick to deal with Commander Benda, and this time Commander Benda used this trick to deal with the person surnamed Lin, see if you can fly over or turn into a fish and swim over?"

Shi Lang was proud, while constantly looking at the binoculars, at this time he found that many soldiers on the battleships of the Ming army had changed into sailor clothes, with axes, chisels and knives, and all of them were launched, he immediately understood, and smiled contemptuously.

"I want to destroy my river barrier protection net, I also used this trick at the beginning, how did Yan Yingyuan deal with me? This time, I Shi Lang will also let you taste it, this is called treating others in the way of others! ”

Shi Lang thought of this and immediately ordered, "Prepare to go into the water to fight!" ”

Some of the sailors of the Ming Dynasty know how to water, and Shi Lang's soldiers have more generals, and they are all pirates. Therefore, he has long prepared a team to launch a special water to protect the barrage protective net, because it is not easy to build such a protective net, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and of course cannot let the Ming army succeed easily. The duty of this team was to stop the Ming army if they were found to have gone into the water to destroy their barrage net.

At the beginning, Yan Yingyuan used this trick to stop the southern army in Zhenjiang, and each sent his own team of sailors to fight several fierce battles underwater, one to destroy the barrage protection network, and the other to protect the barrage protection net. As a result, the barrage protection net was intact, and Shi Lang's fleet could not get through.

Now Shi Lang is also confident, and the team he confidently sent is enough to protect this protective net.

The teams of the Southern Army, which were fighting underwater, all went into the water.

At the same time, Shi Lang ordered the batteries on the shore to be ready, and the Ming ships were ready to open fire when they reached range. At the same time, he ordered more than 100 warships and more than 10,000 sailors to be fully prepared.

"You can't lose this time!" Shi Lang gritted his teeth and stared intently at the lens of the telescope.

Then the river was very calm.

More than 100 warships of the Yangwei battleship formation stopped on the river, more than ten miles away from them, this is Shi Lang's naval division battleship, ready to go.

Several batteries of the Southern Army on the river bank, the muzzles of the black holes blocked the river, and they only waited for an order to fire at any time.

This large area of water, which is more than ten miles long, is calm on the surface, but in fact there is an undercurrent surging below.

1,000 sailors of the Ming army, under the leadership of a thousand generals, swam to the place and sank under the water, and when they reached the vicinity of the protective net of the barrage, they took axes, saws, chisels, knives and other utensils and began to work.

But the threat had already come, and the sailors of the Southern Army were armed with water splitting knives, which were different from the knives used in the shore fighting, and they were used handily in the water, and more than a thousand people attacked them like sharks spotting their prey.

These Ming sailors had to stop their work in the water to meet the enemy. As a result, below the surface of the river, the two teams engaged in a life-and-death struggle, with blood occasionally surfacing from the surface of the river and then merging into the boiling river......

"Don't be impatient, our sailors will soon be able to remove the obstacles below." A sailor captain said to Lin Yi.

But Chen Mingyu, who was beside Lin Yi, was very worried, and said disapprovingly: "My lord, the barrage protection net is different from their shipwrecks and fires, these pillars are connected by iron locks, which are very strong, and it will be difficult for our sailors to achieve their goals if they encounter interference." ”

Chen Mingyu is one of the three princes of Jiangyin and is Yan Yingyuan's right-hand man. Zhenjiang's barrage protective net was built by him, he knew that this kind of protective net was very strong, and it was not easy to destroy it when operating underwater, not to mention that Shi Lang's soldiers could not stare at them to destroy, and they would inevitably send sailors to interfere.

At that time, the underwater protective net of Zhenjiang City blocked the tens of thousands of sailors of Shi Lang going upstream, and Shi Lang sent sailors to dive underwater to try to destroy their protective net. They sent troops into the water to protect the barrage and interfere with their sabotage operations.

As a result, the two sides fought underwater several times, and Shi Lang and they did not succeed after all, so Chen Mingyu was not optimistic about this matter.

Lin Yi was noncommittal, and looked at the vast river with a telescope from time to time.

There was not much time, and the sailors who went down from the Ming army quickly got out of the water, one by one embarrassed, and some were covered in blood. Of the 1,000 sailors, only a little more than 1/3 came up in the end. There are still a lot of wounded. The rest don't need to ask, they must be sunk in the river.

After these sailors were out of breath, they told the underwater situation, and they were really said by Chen Mingyu.

The strength of this fierce battle under the water was also unequal, the Ming army had 1,000 sailors, while the southern army had at least 1,500 sailors. The 1,000 of them wanted to destroy the barrage protection nets, and it was the 1,500 people of the Southern Army who wanted to protect these barrage nets and disturb their underwater operations, and as a result, the Ming army suffered a loss in a scuffle.

At this moment, the sailors and generals on these ships all looked at each other, not knowing what to do. They train sailors in Dagukou, and they only have such skills. If this underwater obstacle cannot be cleared, the ship will not be able to pass. No matter how big the tonnage, no matter how fierce the firepower, no matter how strong the combat power of the sailors is, it will be in vain after all.

Therefore, these soldiers and generals all looked at Lin Yi with a depressed face, the more than 300 survivors were tired from staggering on the boat, one by one, the injured bared their teeth, and a military doctor hurriedly came over to bandage and treat the wounded.

But Lin Yi was still that kind of resolute face, Taishan collapsed forward without being surprised, and there was nothing more to see from his face than calmness.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yi said: "Ying'er, Zhezhe, Su Moer, it's up to you this time!" ”

"Brother Lin, make sure nothing goes wrong, listen to the good news!" Xiaoying is still the commander of the women's battalion, and she is very excited to receive such an order.

Daming's Marine Corps has long been gearing up, and after three months of hard training in the water, it is finally time for them to show their skills. In the battle of Zhenjiang, Yangwei showed his might, Xiaoying and they were eager to try, but after all, there was no dance from them, this time it was their turn, Xiaoying and Zhezhe They were even a little impatient.

Lin Yi said again: "Listen, your task is to cover their underwater operations and deal with those Southern Army sailors who come to interfere with them. Lin Yi said here to the Qian general who had just escaped from underwater, "If you are not disturbed, can you people destroy their river protection net?" ”

"Of course it's okay to answer people." The sailor's Qian Zong looked at the soldiers who came back, and there were no less than 300 people who could fight, and then looked at Xiao Yingzhe and Su Moer and the others and grinned again, "It's just, it's just ......."

He came a few "just" and didn't dare to say it directly, and he said in his heart that the Lord of the Prison Country was really romantic, and he brought a woman like a flower everywhere. Don't look at them in military uniforms, can they fight? And to cover us underwater, isn't that a joke?

Xiao Ying saw it, and couldn't help but roll her apricot eyes, and came over with an arrow to pull this Qian Zong over, "Just what?" ”

"Oh, hey, hey," this Qian always felt that this was a woman's hand, as if it was an iron tong, which made his bones crisp and numb, his heart and lungs hurt, and he howled like a pig.

Lin Yi laughed, "Ying'er, don't be rude." ”

Xiao Ying's anger did not subside, so she reluctantly let go of him. If Lin Yi said it slowly, Xiao Ying might throw him ashore with one hand.

The sailor Qian always grinned and moved his wrist bone for a long time with a bitter expression before returning to normal.