It is said that the warship is provocative, and the Beiyang Navy Division is not blindly indifferent, and when the number of opponents is small, they will attack and scare the opponent.

Ding Ruchang sent two warships, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, to patrol the sea, and the two warships Zhiyuan and Jiyuan to protect them, and the four warships formed a formation to drive away the ships in the waters near Port Arthur, and at the same time covered the mine battalion to increase the minelaying area to prevent the ships from sneaking up on the port.

The purpose of the ships was to consume the ammunition of the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division, so the ships only harassed from a distance, and the second ship was thick-skinned and not afraid of shelling by enemy ships.

Since the flowering ammunition could only rely on imports, and the inventory was not large, the Dingzhen No. 2 ship did not dare to use it easily, and only used self-made solid armor-piercing shells to occasionally return fire to scare the ship, but the effect was good.

On that day, after the cover mine battalion had arranged the floating mines in the waters of the outer harbors, the Dingzhen No. 2 warships, which were patrolling the outer areas, then formed a formation and prepared to return to Port Arthur.

At this moment, when the Zhenyuan ship was turning a corner, a violent explosion suddenly occurred near the port side of the ship, and it was actually accidentally scraped a suspended anchor mine.

Naturally, the mines were not owned by their own family, but were secretly arranged there last night after the fleet observed the patrol route of the second ship in Dingzhen, so as to blockade the waters off Port Arthur and restrict the activities of the Beiyang Naval Division.

Obviously, the Beiyang Naval Division only cared about arranging mines to defend the ships against a sneak attack, but they did not expect that the ships could also use the way of laying mines to counter the Beiyang Naval Division's patrol.

The Zhenyuan ship was lucky, she only scratched a small mine, and the destructive power was much smaller. If the bow of the ship collides head-on, there is no suspense and it will sink on the spot.

But even then, the Zhenyuan was too far from the harbor, and there were no shoals nearby to run aground, and she had to sink before she could return.

Lin Tai was so angry that he hurriedly ordered the sailors to rescue him, using a large baffle to plug the gap and try to prevent the seawater from backing up. The only thing he could do now was delay her sinking.

However, as a good naval officer, he knew that it was irretrievable. At this time, it was a critical moment in the war, and although he did not know the detailed plan for the deployment of the Beiyang Naval Division, he also understood its important surname. At such a time, if the Zhenyuan Ship, which is one of the largest capital ships of the Naval Division, sinks, it will bring great passivity to the Beiyang Naval Division.

"Gou Mourning Ship, Be Self-Judged!"

This sentence is the oath of the officers of the Beiyang Naval Division, although not everyone will really implement it, but for Lin Taizeng, he has decided to cut himself after losing the Zhenyuan ship.

The officers under him knew Lin Taizeng's temper and couldn't stop it at all. The only thing they could do was to drive back as much as they could, and then try to block the gap and reduce the backflow of seawater, and try to prolong the sinking time and wait for a miracle to happen.

The Zhenyuan ship quickly lowered the torpedo boats of Zhenyuan 1 and Zhen2 and quickly sailed back to Port Arthur for help, hoping to find a salvage ship to prevent Zhenyuan from sinking.

All the officers and men on the Zhenyuan ship began to abandon the heavy objects such as ammunition and coal on the ship, and tried to exchange some buoyancy to delay the sinking speed.

At this moment, Wang Chenhao gave up tracking the ship and returned home, only to find that the Zhenyuan ship was sinking after touching a mine.

"I'm going crazy!" Wang Chenhao couldn't help but lament, the historical Lin Taizeng committed suicide because when he returned to the base at night, he accidentally let the Zhenyuan ship hit the reef. Now Wang Chenhao has changed history, but Lin Taizeng hit a mine again.

No matter how small this mine is, the power is huge, although the Zhenyuan ship is a 7,000-ton giant ship with strong anti-explosion ability, but it is difficult to get rid of the tragedy of sinking.

Dingyuan and Zhenyuan have always relied on each other to fight, and only by blocking each other's differences can they give full play to each other's maximum attack and defense power. If Zhenyuan sinks, then it will be difficult for Dingyuan to survive the siege of the ship alone.

In that case, the war will be confusing again.

Jiaolong was close to the Zhenyuan ship, and Wang Chenhao saw that although the gap was more than two meters long, it might not sink if it was repaired.

So Wang Chenhao asked the ship's maintenance sailors how to repair the gap, and the maintenance soldier just smiled bitterly and shook his head, telling Wang Chenhao that he could only tow it into the dock for repairs, because their maintenance soldiers could only block the gap with a baffle from the inside of the ship. But the water pressure is too great, and the current at the gap is too strong, and even if the manpower can withstand it, it will soon be swallowed by the sea.

At this time, a dozen sailors at the gap were desperately blocking the gap with baffles, but the water had already reached their waists, and soon they would be drowned. At that point, the baffle will be left unattended, and the water will pour back faster.

The best thing to do is to cover the gap from the outside with a huge baffle, although there is electric welding in this era, but there are no underwater welding tools, so once this happens, the only way is to find a place to run aground, otherwise wait to sink.

"If only there were a water welding machine!" While Wang Chenhao was chattering, he suddenly thought that modern ships have emergency repair toolboxes, and the water welding machine is obviously an essential tool for any ship.

Unexpectedly, Wang Chenhao really found a toolbox in the Jiaolong tool room, which contained basic maintenance and repair tools, and he found a water welding gun. It's a pity that because of the limited space of Jiaolong, there are no large water welding machines, only pocket-sized water welding guns, and there are not many welding rods. However, it can help the Zhenyuan ship repair it, at least let her survive until she returns to the Port Arthur dock.

Time waited for no one, Wang Chenhao hurriedly stopped the Zhenyuan ship and talked to Lin Taizeng.

"Can you fix her?" Lin Tai looked at Wang Chenhao in disbelief.

"There's no time to explain!" Wang Chenhao just nodded and said that he would do his best.

Lin Tai once felt that he was a dead horse as a live horse doctor anyway, and he had a sense of omnipotence for Wang Chenhao.

The Zhenyuan ship stopped, Wang Chenhao drove the Jiaolong to the gap of the Zhenyuan ship and stopped, ordered someone to put down a huge iron plate to block the gap, and then Wang Chenhao took a small water welding gun to weld the operation.

At this moment, everyone was dumbfounded, the thing in Wang Chenhao's hand was undoubtedly electric welding, but the electric welding that could be welded underwater was the first time I had seen it.

However, they didn't care about anything else, just hoped that they could patch the gap as soon as possible and stop the warship from sinking.

Wang Chenhao's welding technology is really bad, it can be said that the welding is messy and ugly. But in the end, he was fooled, although some places were welded and leaked, leaving rows of holes and holes still flooding, but the water intake has been reduced by more than ninety percent, and the remaining small amount of water has been ingress, and the pumping machine on the warship has been able to cope with it, so that the Zhenyuan ship has gotten rid of the doom of sinking and can safely sail back to the dock.

When Wang Chenhao completed all this work, all the officers and soldiers on the Zhenyuan ship cheered warmly, and Lin Taizeng, a seven-foot man, hugged Wang Chenhao with tears in his eyes, and was even ready to kneel down to thank him.

"I can't help it!" Wang Chenhao hurriedly grabbed Lin Taizeng, and secretly said in his heart that asking someone one hundred and fifty or sixty years older than him to kneel down for him would give him a long life.

Lin Tai said excitedly: "Little brother Chenhao, if you save Zhenyuan, it is equivalent to saving Lin's life, from now on, but if you have the drive, although you are instructed, Lin will not hesitate to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire!" ”

All right! Wang Chenhao admits that he likes to hear this sentence!

After coming to this world, Wang Chenhao has saved two fierce generals in a row, and these two fierce generals are undoubtedly grateful to him, if there is anything in the future, it will naturally be much better to have their help.

Invisibly, Wang Chenhao has another huge help, and he is quite happy.