Chapter 459: Reduce Losses
() Just as the six warships of the Nanyang Fleet and the Russian Fleet were fighting to the death, Urbasha was commanding the Tatar to search northward in the west of the battlefield. Urbasha was still very smart.
, when he learned that the Nanyang Fleet challenged the Russian fleet regardless of its weak situation,
He felt that something was wrong. This behavior of the Nanyang Fleet could become a tradition or momentum. But this kind of thing would probably give way to rationality. If there were not some special circumstances that forced the Nanyang Fleet to fight to the death, Urba
Sha himself would rather retreat!
So what is the specific reason? "The most likely reason is that the Nanyang Fleet is covering a transport fleet! The other party discovered it before us. After the Fox Hill Fleet was exposed, it stands to reason that the weaker party should wait for reinforcements to arrive before taking action, unless
The other party was trying to hold back the Fox Mountain Fleet, but after more than an hour of fighting, there was no sight.
to the reinforcements of the Beiyang Fleet, so from this point of view, there should be no strong reinforcements nearby. In this case, there is only one answer! That is that the Nanyang Fleet must cover more important things, and this thing can only transport a large amount of materials.
Fleet!" Urbasha analyzed it carefully, and this result undoubtedly made him very excited!
To break a diplomatic relationship, you are fighting a transport ship. When necessary, you must avoid fighting with the opponent's warship. Therefore, in this case, Urbasha is undoubtedly lucky. Therefore, this ship has the smallest tonnage and the most combat effectiveness in the Far East Fleet.
Oh no, the fastest cruiser is swimming hard on the sea, looking for the transport fleet!
The words were divided into two parts. After the transport fleet and the Nanyang Fleet separated, the transport ship really ran towards the shore. Ding Zheqian made it very clear before leaving. He could only delay the other party's pursuit and want to repel it.
It is almost impossible, in this case. As long as one ship of the opponent crosses the Nanyang Fleet, the entire transport fleet will be doomed. At least on the ocean, the best way is to disband the formation and minimize losses!
If it is offshore, there is a more reliable method for those troop carriers full of soldiers, which is to quickly find a place to dock or go directly to the beach. Rescue the people first, and how much weapons and equipment can be taken away?
How much does it matter? Of course, it is also very important to choose a place to go to the beach. After all, people have to swim to the shore, but is this difficult?
Before setting off to Beiyang, in order to reduce the situation of the army being drowned in the sea as much as possible, the soldiers were equipped with life jackets. There were also a large number of rubber boats and speedboats on the transport ship for transferring personnel in emergencies. As for a detailed
Each ship has a coastline map, which marks a large number of places suitable for beaching in case of emergency.
Urbasha's luck was indeed good. He found the first merchant ship less than an hour after chasing him. Because the weather was good, the two ships found that they were far away from each other. Seeing that they were in danger of escaping, the transport ship chose a nearby place.
Wash the stall, and then the soldier who knows water jumps
Enter the sea and swim to the shore by yourself. Those who don't know how to swim will wait to go to the transportation department. After waiting for more than 20 minutes, when the Tatar rushed up, the people on the ship had almost transferred! Faced with this situation, Ur
Basha had no choice but to order the transport ship to be destroyed.
There are many things that you don’t know without fighting. For example, when faced with this big ship that ran aground, Urbasha really didn’t expect that it would take so much effort! What is the most efficient way to sink a ship? Of course it is.
Let it be partially damaged on the waterline, and then flooded and capsized. But the ship has obviously run aground, and it is impossible to sink it. Even with fish
It is impossible for a mine attack to cause serious damage to the opponent's hull. Why? The water depth is too shallow! At the beginning, the Tatar actually fired a torpedo to finish off the ship, but after this torpedo went up,
They didn't go far and landed directly on the shoal. With a loud noise, the seawater and sand were blown up into the air, but the other party was fine!
In desperation, Urbasha could only use precious high-explosive bombs to burn the warship. Not to mention, this civilian ship was really incomparable with the warship. Soon, under the blow of high-explosive bombs, this warship
The transport ship was turned into a torch. The entire ship was burned quite miserably on the waterline. It has been lost.
The repair value was increased, but what Urbasa didn't expect was that some tricks were done before the army withdrew. The ship would definitely not be saved, but the weapons and ammunition on it had to be kept. How could they be kept? Everyone knew
It's a high-explosive bomb. If it hits a little, the ammunition on the ship will explode!
But this can’t stop the geniuses of Beiyang! For the flame to burn, there must be oxygen. Isn’t it enough to just put the ammunition compartment underwater? So the sailors opened the sea valve, and with the influx of a large amount of seawater, the ship
The draft of the ship has increased by more than one meter! As a result, the weapons storage compartment on the lower level will be
It's completely submerged under the water for a while, and then the watertight door is closed. Seawater can't get in, and the flames can't get in. Nothing will happen for at least a while. As long as the salvage is timely, the artillery, machine guns, etc. can still be used after being fished out. As for the ammunition?
If this thing really gets soaked in water, then forget it, I can save it at least!
After destroying the unlucky ship, Urbasha continued to pursue it. Soon, he discovered another ship. Through the telescope, this ship had a very deep draft and should have contained a large amount of supplies.
The ship did not satisfy Urbasha's appetite. The ship had a tonnage of more than 5,000 tons, and there were at least thousands of tons of supplies on board.
"Brothers, it will be the first battleship we have sunk in this sea area!" Urbasha said with some excitement. The soldiers below also cooperated with Urbasha's orders. The Tatar looked like
Like a shark smelling blood, it rushed up. The ship did sink, but it was not sunk, but self-sinking!
The measures taken by the second ship are obviously more powerful than the first one! Everyone knows that once it is targeted, it will surely sink. In this case, it is necessary to be fully prepared for the subsequent salvage work. The materials are stored in the middle part of the hull.
, the compartments on both sides and the cabins without cargo naturally opened the sea valves directly. Water began to be filled, and then the captain carefully found a place with a suitable water depth and a flat bottom where you could sit directly on the bottom, and decisively issued a self-sink order!
"Uh." Urbasha was a little depressed. When Urbasha rushed to the battlefield, only half of the mast of the entire ship was exposed out of the water. Then a small boat carried the crew of the transport ship and sailed towards the shore. By scuttling
Then the salvage method is used to reduce losses. This method is actually not clever, but it does work! Urbasha has already guessed what the other party has done, but there is nothing he can do.
Facing the second ship, Urbasa also could not destroy the hull through lightning strikes, because the ship sank a little deep from the water! It exceeded the torpedo's anchorage. And after sinking to the bottom of the sea, it was impossible to aim at all.
You can't fight randomly! As a result, the Tatars were very lucky and forced to sink two ships, but the actual losses they caused were incomparable with sinking two ships in the ocean!
Chapter completed!