It's not easy to blow up an underwater reef, and the first thing to do is to explore, that is, to find out what is going on on the reef underwater. This matter has to be done in two steps, first probing on the water, and then the "water ghost" going into the water to investigate thoroughly.

The exploration was carried out at the lowest level at low tide, and for a while, countless small boats appeared on the river, and these were the ships responsible for the surface exploration. On each boat, there are multiple explorers holding long bamboo poles into the water, carefully probing the situation in the water.

The depth at which these bamboo poles were inserted into the water was the same as the depth that the deepest warship of the Jingzhou Navy could reach. This would ensure that the largest warships would be able to follow the cleared river of Lì Tongguò. As for the reefs that go deeper, since they don't touch the bottom of the ship, there's no need to bother with them.

Once the bamboo pole detects a reef, the explorers immediately anchor a buoy in this place, and a special person records the location, depth, range and other parameters of the reef.

After the surface exploration is completed, the "water ghost" will be sent into the water to investigate, which is a crucial step. "Water ghosts" generally choose a sunny time to go into the water to explore, so that they can see the underwater situation as clearly as possible. After all, there is no underwater lighting in this era, and you can only rely on sunlight.

However, if you go too deep and the sunlight can't penetrate it, the "water ghosts" can only rely on their hands to grope and feel. Some people may say that without a diving device, it is impossible for a person to dive too deep, after all, the water pressure is too terrifying, and ten meters will increase the pressure by one atmosphere.

However, the world record for anaerobic freehand diving is more than 100 meters, and many pearl divers can also dive to the bottom of the sea to collect pearls, which is enough to show that after training, humans can dive to deeper places with their bare hands, at least 10 meters is no problem.

Of course, this is always an extreme sport, and it is not something that anyone can play, it must be physically strong and can only be done after long-term rigorous training. The "water ghosts" of the water army are obviously such an elite group.

They only relied on a snorkel to dive to a depth of more than ten meters or even dozens of meters, and there was no pressurization and decompression process during the period, which shows what kind of test their bodies need to endure.

They went to the bottom to find out the structure of the reef, and the most important thing was to find a suitable place to put it... ∑dǐng… ∑diǎn… ∑ small... ∑ said, .∷.♀os_(); Dynamite diǎn. Fortunately, the underwater is not the kind of natural reef with a smooth surface, otherwise it would be difficult to involve excavation work.

The reefs at the bottom of the water are all built up by the Dongwu people with stones, sandbags, and boats, so the shape is strange, there are many holes and gaps in the middle, and they are very unstable.

This provides a lot of convenience for blasting work. After the "water ghosts" found out the situation under the water, they quickly returned to the boat, and then reported the underwater situation to the demolition team, and even drew pictures to illustrate some key locations in the form of pictures.

After the demolition team formulates the blasting plan, the "water ghosts" still have to place the explosives in the reef under the water. These underwater bombs are usually huge powder kegs, and some even require two or three people to move, so it is not easy to plant, and it often takes several "water ghosts" to work together to plant them successfully.

This kind of planting is time-limited, because the bomb must be diǎn before launching into the water, and the explosion enters the countdown, so the "water ghosts" must plant the bomb within the specified time and evacuate to a safe place, otherwise danger will occur.

This has undoubtedly added another test to the work of the "water ghosts." Fortunately, these "water ghosts" have undergone years of rigorous training, and they are very good at their work, and they can basically complete the task well.

Only a few "water ghosts" bumped and suffered minor injuries in the bottom of the water, and one fainted because he sank too deep and was pressed by the strong water pressure, fortunately, each "water ghost" was tied to a safety rope, and the fainting "water ghost" was finally pulled up by his comrades who found something wrong on the water in time, and picked up a small life after first aid.

Of course, his life was saved thanks to the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) passed on by Liu Houtong Guò Zuoci, which is commonly known as artificial respiration. Because this first aid method works wonders for drowning, all the crew members of the "water ghosts" team are proficient in this method.

After the underwater charges are installed, the surface personnel begin to clear the site, and all ships within the explosion range are cleared, waiting for the moment when the fuse of the underwater bomb burns out and a large explosion occurs.

Due to the complexity of the process, the blasting process is not lively and gorgeous, but rather slow and dull. It usually takes a long time before a place is ready, and then the personnel clear the site, and then there is an earth-shattering explosion, and then there is a long wait, and then the process is repeated.

In one morning, there were only three places where the blasting was started, and at this speed, it would take at least three or four days to completely blast out a channel. However, it is impossible for the Dongwu naval army to sit idly by and ignore it in these three or four days.

No one wants to sit still, knowing that danger is coming, and everyone will have to fight to the death, even if they know that the struggle is futile.

During the blasting of the reef by the Jingzhou Navy Army, Ling Lie and Zhang Cheng also launched several harassment operations in an attempt to obstruct and delay the demolition operations of the Jingzhou Navy Army. However, they only have the three axes, and in the face of the powerful force of the Jingzhou Water Army, they are no different from the clowns who jump off the beams.

Their first axe was to dispatch the few remaining gunboats, and even the gunboats that were injured in the previous bombardment were pulled out at any cost to bombard the blasting operation area of the Jingzhou Navy Army. The twelve cement warships on the side of the Jingzhou Navy are waiting for it, so they will naturally not sit idly by.

So, a new round of confrontation began. There was no suspense in the result, and after a few rounds of launches, the Jingzhou Navy launched dense rockets to bombard several gunboats of the Soochow Navy to the ground. Ling Lie gritted his teeth and ordered the gunboats not to retreat, and continued to bombard the Jingzhou naval army, so these gunboats were cupped.

The two gunboats, which had lost all power last time, were hit hard again this time, and this time they were not as lucky as last time, and finally sank to the bottom of the water. Another gunboat was sunk. The remaining four ships were all injured by Yan Zòng, and they were about to sink, so Ling Lie had no choice but to order a retreat.

In the half-day artillery battle, three gunboats of the Soochow Navy were sunk (two of them were seriously injured in the last artillery battle), and the remaining four were seriously injured. Even more terrible was the heavy losses of the sailors on board.

The gunboats were huge, each with more than 1,000 sailors on it, and more than eighty percent of the sailors on the three gunboats that were sunk were killed, and more than half of the sailors on the remaining four were killed or wounded. In this battle alone, the Soochow naval army removed thousands of people.

Because Ling Lie ordered to fight to the death and not retreat, the losses on the side of the Jingzhou Navy were also much greater than before. This time, the Jingzhou Navy sacrificed dozens of people, and the wounded were doubled. Some of the superstructures of the two cement warships were damaged by medium dù, but they did not need to be pulled to the dock and could be repaired on the spot.

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