Chapter 459 of the New History of the First Wu Dynasty in China Reducing Losses

While the six warships of the South Ocean Fleet and the Russian Fleet were fighting to the death, Urbasha was directing the Tatars to search north from the west of the battlefield. Urbasha was still a man with a lot of brains, and when he learned that the Nanyang Fleet was challenging the Russian fleet despite its weak situation, he sensed that something was wrong, and that the Nanyang Fleet could see this as a tradition or momentum. But most of this kind of thing will still give way to rationality. If there were no special circumstances that forced the Nanyang Fleet to fight to the death, Uerbasha himself would rather choose to retreat!

So what exactly is the reason? "The biggest possibility is that the South Sea Fleet is covering a convoy of transport ships! The other side found out before us that after the Falk Hill fleet was exposed, it stands to reason that the weaker side should wait for reinforcements to arrive before acting, unless the other party is trying to drag the Falk Hill fleet, but after more than an hour of fighting, no reinforcements from the Beiyang Fleet have been seen, so from this point of view, there should be no strong reinforcements nearby, since this is the case...... Then there is only one answer! That is, the South Sea Fleet must cover something more important, and this thing can only be a convoy of transports that have transported a large number of supplies! Urbasha analyzed it carefully, and this result undoubtedly made him very excited! …。

If necessary, it is necessary to avoid fighting with the opposing warship, so in this case, Urbasha is undoubtedly lucky. As a result, the cruiser, which had the smallest tonnage, the worst combat effectiveness, and the fastest speed in the Far Eastern Fleet, roamed the sea vigorously, looking for a convoy!

The words are divided into two heads. After the convoy and the Nanyang fleet separated, the 8 transport ships really rushed to the shore. Ding Zhuangqian explained very clearly before leaving. You can only delay the pursuit of the other party, and it is almost impossible to repel it, in this case. As long as one ship of the other side crosses the South Sea Fleet, the entire transport fleet will be doomed. At least on the oceans. The best thing to do is to disband the formation and try to minimize losses!

If you are offshore, there is a safer way for those troop carriers full of soldiers, which is to quickly find a place to dock or go straight to the beach. Save the people first, and the weapons and equipment can be taken away as much as you want! Of course, this choice of beach washing place is also very important, after all, people have to swim to the shore, but this is not difficult to the North Ocean. Before departure. In order to minimize the number of troops drowning in the sea, the soldiers were equipped with life jackets. And there are also a large number of rubber boats and speedboats on transport ships for the transfer of people in the event of an emergency. As for a detailed coastline map, every ship has it, and it shows a large number of suitable places for beaching. ......... in case you need it.

To say that Urbasha's luck was indeed good, the first merchant ship was found in less than 1 hour after chasing it out. Because the weather was good. The two ships found that they were far away from each other, and seeing that the transport ship had chosen to rush to the nearest place, the soldiers who knew how to swim into the sea and swam to the shore by themselves, and those who did not know how to swim waited to go to the traffic hall. After waiting for more than 20 minutes, when the Tatar rushed up, the crew on board had almost been transferred! Faced with this situation, Urbasha had no choice but to order the transport ship to be knocked out.

There are a lot of things, I don't know if I don't fight, for example, in the face of this big ship that ran aground, Urbasha really didn't expect it to be so hard! What is the most efficient way to sink a ship? Naturally, the waterline was partially broken, and then the water entered and overturned. But the ship is clearly grounded, and sinking is impossible. It is not even possible to cause serious damage to the hull of the opponent with a torpedo attack, why? The water depth is too shallow! At first, the Tatar really fired a torpedo to finish the ship, but after this torpedo went up, it didn't go far and went straight to the shoal. With a loud bang, the sea water and sediment were blown into the air, and the other party had nothing to do! …………。

In desperation, Urbasha could only burn the battleship with valuable high-explosive bombs. Don't say it, this civilian ship really can't compare with a warship. Soon, under the blow of high-explosive bombs, the transport ship was turned into a torch, and the entire ship was burned quite miserably on the waterline, and it had lost its maintenance value, but what Urbasha didn't expect was that before the army withdrew, it also made some tricks, and the ship would definitely not be able to be saved, but the weapons and ammunition on it still had to find a way to stay, how to stay? Everyone is a high-explosive bomb, and if you touch a little, the ammunition on the ship will explode!

But this can't help but be a ghost talent in Beiyang! For a flame to burn, there must be oxygen. Wouldn't it be better to just put the ammunition compartment under water? So the sailors opened the sea valve...... With the influx of a large amount of seawater, the draft of this ship has risen by more than 3 meters! In this way, the compartment where the weapons are stored on the lower level is completely submerged under the water, and then the watertight door is closed, the sea water cannot enter, the flame cannot burn in, at least there will be no accident for a while and a half, as long as the salvage is timely, the artillery machine gun or something can be fished up and can continue to be used, as for the ammunition. If this thing is really soaked in water, then forget it, it can save a little!. …。

After destroying the unfortunate ship, Urbasha continued to pursue, and soon he found another ship, looking through the telescope, the draft of this ship is very deep, it should be loaded with a large amount of supplies, the ship just now does not satisfy Urbasha's appetite, this ship looks at the tonnage of more than 5,000 tons, and there are at least thousands of tons of materials on it.

"Brothers. It will be the first battleship we have sunk in this area! Urbasha said with some excitement. And the soldiers below also cooperated with Urbasha's orders, and the Tatar rushed forward like a shark that smelled blood. The ship did sink, but not by sink, but by itself!

The measures of the second ship are noticeably more powerful than the first! It is a person who knows that once it is targeted and sunk, it is certain, since this is the case, it is necessary to fully prepare for the later salvage work, the materials are stored in the middle of the hull, and the compartments on both sides and the compartments that are not loaded with goods are naturally directly opened through the sea valve. The water was filled, and then the captain carefully found a place with a suitable depth and a flat bottom. You can sit directly at the bottom of the place, and decisively give the order to sink yourself!

"Ugh." Urbasha was a little depressed. When Urbasha arrived at the battlefield, half of the ship's mast was out of the water. Then three dinghys carried the crew of the transport ship towards the shore. Reducing losses by self-sinking and then salvage is not clever, but it does work! Urbasha had already guessed what the other party was doing, but there was nothing he could do. In the face of the second ship, Urbasha also cannot destroy the hull by lightning strikes, because the place where the ship sank is a little deep from the water! More than the immobilization of the torpedo. And after sinking to the bottom of the sea, you can't aim at all, so you can't fight randomly! So, the Tatars were lucky enough to sink two ships, but the actual damage caused could not be compared with the sinking of two ships in the open ocean! …。

Thank you to the old man of the book Strait and the constellations soaring in the universe for rewarding ~~~~