Chapter 286: The Andaman Sea Serpent (3)
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Turning his gaze to the other side, after the plan of the Sea Serpent team was formulated, the head of the Yangon branch of the Investigation Bureau immediately began to implement it. Preparations for the operation require explosives, fishing boats, and camouflaged cargo, and the handling of the fishing boats can be handled by the Sea Serpents, but both the cargo and the fishing boats need to be contacted by the Investigation Bureau and the Free Army.
The time requirements and confidentiality requirements were very tight, but the investigation bureau still completed the entrustment of the Sea Serpent team four hours later, and it was about seven o'clock in the evening, and the Sea Serpent team had to hurry up.
With the fishing boats, the plans could be changed slightly, with remote-controlled bombs driven by electric motors, each of which was connected by a waterproof cable several hundred meters long, which the rear personnel could control using a control box. High explosives are placed on fishing boats, each carrying 100 kilograms of explosives, and the waterproof cable used for detonation dives into the sea through the back of the fishing boat, all the way to the control fishing boat at a distance of 1 kilometer.
The Sea Serpent team carefully installed the explosives and checked the integrity of the cables. Fourteen waterproof cables were extended to connect the 14 camouflaged fishing boats, with one member of the fishing boat disguised as a rowing fisherman and the other disguised as a hawker selling goods.
At 10 p.m. on June 27, the Sea Serpents set out in 15 fishing boats, undulating in the waves of the sea, and the team members had to check from time to time whether the explosives were wet or whether the detonating cables were normal. In the dark night, dozens of huge black shadows 1,500 meters away from the shore looked like castles on the sea, and more than a dozen torpedo boats used for patrolling made the perimeter of the anchorage look impermeable.
"Stop, British Expeditionary Fleet anchorage, forbidden to approach!" From a distance, the two torpedo boats saw more than a dozen unidentified ships appear on the sea in the direction of the shore, and immediately turned around and leaned in to inspect them. I saw a lot of small fishing boats during the day. They are all here to do the business of sailors, but what are you doing in the middle of the night?
"My lord, we are businessmen from the north, and we have brought a batch of rice wine from Burma, and we are afraid that these big ships will leave tomorrow morning, so we will drive directly here. It is a little bit to be able to earn a little, and a few big masters are good! "The British colonizers practiced British education in Burma, and there were many Burmese who could speak English, so Chen Chi's stumbling English did not arouse suspicion, and these fishermen looked swarthy and strong, exactly like the hawkers during the day.
Torpedo boats, also known as destroyers, are small compared to battleships and armored cruisers, but they are still hundreds or even thousands of tons of battleships, and sailors stand on the deck and look down. Coupled with the darkness of the night, it was impossible to see whether the cargo on those small boats was real. When the team stabilized the waves brought by the approach of the torpedo boat and prevented the boat from overturning, they took out a box of rice wine and signaled it to the sailors on patrol.
After hoisting it up, the sailors smiled happily, but still said to the below: "The fleet is under martial law at night, and no one is allowed to approach. You'd better go back, and the fleet won't leave until tomorrow afternoon. You can come and do business in the morning! However, our commander has ordered the sailors on duty on the ship not to drink alcohol, and I am afraid that your business will not be very good! The sailor who said this was in a tone of resentment, blaming himself for his bad luck and drawing the lot on duty, and those bastards on land should be drinking in the bar with the beautiful girl in his arms!
Look at the awe-inspiring appearance of those sailors. The sea serpents knew that they would not be able to survive a few nights, and there was no chance of success in forcing their way through. If it is put on the Beiyang sailors, you can also bribe these people to give way, but it is impossible to put it on the British sailors, this is the world's top fleet. With the world's top sailors, the sailors have the best tactical qualities and fighting will, and the glory of the navy that has been inherited for hundreds of years makes them full of pride, and they will never give up their principles for the sake of small temptations.
After another case of rice wine, the Sea Serpent team set up the boat and turned around and left, although it was unsuccessful, but they got a lot of useful information, and they could carry out the plan again tomorrow morning.
At 12 o'clock that night, the No. 03 torpedo boat, which had completed its patrol mission, returned to the anchorage after handing over the task to another ship, and compared with those large warships, the torpedo boat could be safely moored on the dock on the shore. It was already midnight, and the sailors were not going to land on land, and everyone was going back to the rest chamber to have a drink.
Although rice wine is not as pleasant as rum and not as elegant as brandy, it has a special taste to drink, and as long as there is alcohol, it can satisfy the tired sailors. Unexpectedly, after drinking for less than ten minutes, I saw some sailors running back after the landing.
"Stephen, what do you have in your arms? Why are you so excited? ”
Sailor Stephen carefully hid the package in his arms under the bed, looked at the dozen or so people who came back together, nodded tacitly and whispered in an excited tone: "Brothers, everyone is busy outside, there are sailors and officers looking for gold everywhere, no one cares, those monks' temple buildings are wrapped in gold leaves, whoever grabs it counts." We're going to go again, do you guys go, let's do it together, there are a lot of people, they all act in ships, there are many sailors on those battleships, and we have suffered a lot of losses before! ”
As he spoke, Stephen lifted the quilt and opened the package, revealing yellow gold leaves. This time, the alcohol of the sailors left behind completely volatilized, FK! I know that it is wrong to stay on the ship, and the loss is too great!
"Let's go, hurry, do you want to bring a weapon?" The sailors, of course, could not resist the temptation and urged the sailors who had just returned.
"Haha, let's go together, those officers on the ship are gone, what's the point of us staying?"
The lure of gold can drive the most determined people crazy, and the news of the robbery of gold on land spread throughout the torpedo boat detachments, and then to the large warships at anchorage, where countless sailors and officers rushed to the shore in small boats, for fear that the gold would be plundered in a few moments. Most of the officers and soldiers carried weapons, firstly, they were afraid that the locals would resist, and secondly, once there was a conflict between the sailors because of robbery, they would not suffer a loss if they had weapons in their hands, and discipline and military law had to be put aside in front of gold!
Even the patrolling torpedo boats all returned to the dock and joined the rush for gold. Some of the conscientious officers tried to maintain order, but were scattered by the crowd, and in the event of a ship-like rebellion, those officers could have suppressed it by force. However, in the face of gold, the officers turned a blind eye, or the sailors promised that the looted gold would be given to the officers, so that the repression did not happen.
In the Rangoon officers' club, Admiral Natal and others, who had already rested, were awakened by a quick knock on the door, and Natal, who hated to be woken up from his sleep the most, heard that the officers and sailors were all looting the gold from the temple on land, and said, "As long as His Excellency Admiral Kitchener does not interfere, let the lads relax." After saying that, he went back to bed and went back to sleep, and tomorrow he was in charge of the matter, and turned over some of the gold as a punishment for the sailors, and of course, most of the gold handed over would be obtained by himself. Thinking of this, Admiral Natal was in a better mood and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Commander Kitchener of the British Burmese Front returned to Rangoon every three months from the northern front to recuperate, and this time he returned just in time for the expeditionary fleet to dock, so he met with the navy's Natal and other high-ranking officers. However, his alcohol consumption could not be put on the table in front of those naval officers who used alcohol to relieve rheumatism and the invasion of waves, and the long-term indecision of the Burma battle, the London side was very dissatisfied with himself, which made him feel depressed, so he drank a lot of greedy glasses, and now he can't wake up no matter how he screams in bed.
Admiral Kitchener, who was in charge of the overall situation in Burma, was unable to take charge, and the rest of the men were not strong enough in the face of the crazy naval sailors, so the gold snatching became more and more violent, and even some army officers and soldiers joined in the operation. The temples near Yangon were looted, and the dissatisfied, soldiers, carrying torches, horse-drawn carriages, bicycles, automobiles, and all other means of transport they could find, went to the temples farther afield.
The riots even spread to the homes of the wealthy merchants and ordinary people, and the sailors who did not grab the gold vented their anger elsewhere, and the rich merchants were plundered of their wealth and antiques, and small boats were constantly sailing from the shore to those warships, which were small boats that carried the looted goods. Many sailors went straight into the women's beds of civilian homes, dragged the men aside, stopped them with the butts of their rifles if they resisted, and sent a bullet or a bayonet into the man's chest if the resistance was fierce.
The sea serpents, who had not long returned to the small dock on the shore, were stunned until the agents of the Investigation Bureau reported the news. Chen Chi suggested waiting for an opportunity on the shore, and sure enough, after an hour, the boats that went back and forth continued to depart from the shore and sail towards those warships, but no one came to check or stop them.
The Sea Serpent Squad's fishing boats were not conspicuous at all, and the visual conditions were very poor in the dark night, and the ships that were transporting the belongings were either navy-carried dinghy or some were stolen from the area, just like the Sea Serpent Squad's fishing boats.
On the way to the warships, there were even small boats of British, French and other allied sailors approaching, and then asking loudly how much gold they had obtained. English numbers and rude swear words were not difficult to grasp, and most of the members of the Sea Serpent Squad could say a few words, and after dealing with those people, the fifteen small boats moved on. The night made it difficult for the Allied sailors to see the yellow skin of the Sea Serpents, and their feverish pursuit of gold made them ignore the Sea Serpents' clothing.
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