For the Hermes, Wang Feng valued the steam engine the most, otherwise it would be impossible to spend a lot of effort to salvage, the next morning, Wang Feng asked Lu Dayou to lead 3,000 troops to march in the direction of Taicang, with a feint posture to prevent the Taicang Qing army from coming out to make trouble, and he led the 3,000 troops to sail to the sinking site of the Hermes by boat.

In about two hours, 200 ships of various sizes arrived on the south side of the Changxing sandbank, and except for a few temporary wooden houses built by the British army on the beach, and buoys arranged by the Taiping army, there were no signs of violent explosions in the whole area.

Ding Daquan pointed to a buoy: "Master Shuai, the steam engine you mentioned is in this position!" ”

Zhou Xiuying, who had already changed into a full-body water reliant, couldn't help but ask: "Wang Feng, what's the use of fishing for a steam machine?" What's that? It's better to salvage a few more cannons! ”

Wang Feng shot over with a disdainful gaze: "Big sister, I'll give you a proposal, starting tomorrow, you go to class with Sheng Xuanhuai, people can't do without knowledge, and what they say can make people laugh to death!" ”

"You" Zhou Xiuying suddenly became angry, she didn't understand how to ask, but in exchange for being so sarcastic, this guy surnamed Wang is so annoying!

"Hey~~" Hong Xuanjiao sighed and said helplessly: "You person, you don't make people comfortable early in the morning, and you can be angry when you speak!" Xiuying girl, don't pay attention to him, worry about him, and can't be angry. ”

Wang Feng laughed and said: "The so-called strict master produces a high apprentice, how can you become a talent without beating or scolding?" Hit, I can't beat the big sister for the time being, I can only scold, big sister, don't be angry, I'm also for your good. ”

"Humph!" Hearing that Wang Feng admitted that his kung fu was not as good as herself, Zhou Xiuying felt better and turned her face to the side.

Wang Feng stretched out his hand and beckoned: "Come, let's hurry into the water, go back early, so as not to have too many dreams at night." After speaking, he took off his shirt, revealing his thin but strong upper body, and jumped into the water with a thud.

Salvage steam engine, to hang the iron hook first, which needs to dive into the water for more than ten meters, if there is a part connected with the hull, but also have to cut it, ordinary people obviously can't do it, so the work of hanging the iron hook can only be completed by Wang Feng, Hong Xuanjiao, Chen Alin and Zhou Xiuying.

These four people are the highest in the army, among which Hong Xuanjiao and Zhou Xiuying have reached the dark strength, and Wang Feng and Chen Alin are both at the peak of bright strength.

Around the salvage site, there are more than a dozen large ships with long poles stretched out and large iron hooks at the front, which are made according to the principle of ancient trebuchets, strong and tough, although they are not resistant to blisters, they do not expect to be used repeatedly, and there are dozens of earth-moving boats on the riverbank, and there are soldiers busy carrying soil to the boats.

The other three looked at it and jumped into the water one after another, this time to see if there was anything that needed to be cut, so they didn't have an iron hook, only an axe and a saw.

Generally speaking, the average person does not carry diving equipment, the limit depth of the dive is 10 meters, and the diver can dive to 15 to 17 meters, of course, in the Guinness Book of World Records, the limit of human freehand diving is 105 meters, which is obviously not representative.

Wang Feng and the other four are all people with long qi and amazing lung capacity, and it is not difficult to dive more than ten meters with their bare hands.

Hong Xuanjiao once reminded Wang Feng that he wanted to fish as soon as possible, and he couldn't fish when the rainy rain came, on the one hand, the water flow became larger, which invisibly increased the difficulty of salvage, and on the other hand, the water flow became larger, which would also bring turbidity to the river and affect the line of sight.

But even if the rainy season has not arrived, the visibility at the bottom of the river is only two or three meters, the buoy only indicates the approximate direction, and the specific location needs to be determined by itself, which is undoubtedly a huge challenge, because the propeller is installed in the stern, so Wang Feng took the three people to the back of the wreckage, and even touched and looked, only to determine the position of the steam engine in a large open opening in the cabin.

Chopping planks under the water is a technical job, not only to separate the steam engine from the main body of the ship, but also to split the attached planks clean, must leave some to increase buoyancy, the four of them are carefully chopping or sawing, with the current agitation, a cloud of muddy water rises and spreads, from time to time also need to surface for ventilation.

In general, Wang Feng and Chen Alin change their qi about every three minutes, while Zhou Xiuying and Hong Xuanjiao are at the level of dark energy, and they have entered the stage of practicing refining and transforming qi, and they can turn their own essence into internal qi, which only comes up once in about ten minutes, and the efficiency is also higher.

An hour later, the four of them climbed onto the boat panting one after another, Zhou Xiuying leaned on the board of the boat and complained: "It's finally done, you two old men don't work, is there a third of the total workload?" ”

Chen Alin's face was suddenly flushed, the big man was ridiculed by the little woman, and he was embarrassed! Wang Feng smiled and said: "Big sister, I admit that I underestimated you, in you and Sister Xuanjiao, you have shown the explosive power that women have, I will officially say sorry now, you must be tired, I'll help you massage?" As he spoke, he enthusiastically pulled Zhou Xiuying's thighs!

Zhou Xiuying obviously didn't expect Wang Feng to do it in public, and when she reacted, a thigh had fallen into Wang Feng's arms, although she was wearing waterproof pants, but it was daytime, and it was in full view of everyone, Zhou Xiuying's face instantly turned red!

"Let go, you shameless stinky man!" Zhou Xiuying was embarrassed and annoyed, and broke away violently!

Hong Xuanjiao was also dissatisfied: "You know how to bully Xiuying, look at people to be honest, right?" Don't delay, hurry up and hang up the iron hook, you and Alin go, Xiuying and I don't want to move. ”

"Okay!" Wang Feng nodded briskly, gestured to Chen Alin, then turned over and entered the water, pulled a pole, and dived into the water.

The tip rod is elastic and weighty, it is much more difficult than entering the water empty-handed, perhaps it was ridiculed by women, Chen Alin breathed a sigh of relief, although he entered the water later than Wang Feng, but the speed of the tip rod sinking faster than Wang Feng, and he also took the lead in changing the second tip rod!

A total of fifteen boats participated in the salvage, each boat had two poles, a total of thirty, Chen Alin solved twenty branches alone, and after another hour, when the iron hooks were all hung up, Wang Feng couldn't help but give Chen Alin a thumbs up, which is exactly what he needs the most to be in full swing!

Chen Alin nodded unchanged, and Hong Xuanjiao snorted: "Begin!" ”

The small boats carried the mud and sand on the fifteen boats, and as the hull slowly sank, bubbles gradually gushed out of the river, large or small, thick or dense, which clearly indicated that the steam engine was being dragged away from the bottom of the river!

"Grunt~~" With a large mass of dense bubbles coming out, the surface of the river suddenly became turbid, and the thirty pins and rods also tightened, making a click-la sound, which made people can't help but sweat in the palms of their hands!

Ding Daquan even shouted: "It's about to come out of the water, hold on!" ”

Zhou Xiuying also waved her fist excitedly, through Hong Xuanjiao's introduction, the steam engine seems to be omnipotent, salvaged out, once the craftsman is successfully imitated, the appearance of the whole army will have earth-shaking changes, and in this, with her credit, how can she not be excited?

But before the excitement dissipated, Zhou Xiuying's face suddenly changed, and she shouted: "Look, there is a boat coming downstream!" ”