Chapter 688

"Hammer, hammer, I found the wreck, speed convergence, speed convergence." Solemnity reported his position to hammer through communication equipment.

Soon came the response of the hammer: "received, right away."

However, instead of waiting for the hammer, solemnity took the lead and moved closer to the wreck.

When the solemn arrived at the position of the wreck, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

Thirty meters of silt formed a huge wall and sank to the bottom of the sea. In the crevice of the mud, the decadent sampan is exposed, and even the pattern engraved on it can be seen clearly.

The whole shipwreck was about the size of a small auditorium, but far higher than that. On both sides of the ship, there are rows of long wooden poles, some of which have been broken by the sea, while others are still standing, telling the glory of thousands of years ago.

"My God, is it so big? Is this really a shipwreck of the Tang Dynasty The hammer soon drew close to him. After seeing the sunken ship in front of him, he lost his voice immediately.

Solemnly nodded slowly: "yes, it is indeed from the Tang Dynasty, but this ship was invented in the Sui Dynasty. It is called Wuya warship. It is the most powerful warship at that time. Its appearance can be said to be against the sky, and it has changed the original pattern of water war. It is not too much to say that it is an artifact."

Solemn words are not exaggerations.

Wuya warship is the largest main warship in Sui Dynasty, which can hold 800 soldiers. It was built in Sichuan and Sichuan, and then it was felled all the way along inland rivers, even into the sea. The ship was raised and built by Yang Su, a general of the Sui Dynasty. At the same time, it also contributed a lot to Yang su.

The reason why Wuya warship is called "Wuya" actually means that the warship has five layers and is more than 100 feet high. There are six shooting poles on the left and right, 50 feet high. The top of each wooden mast is tied with a huge stone, and a pulley is set under it. When the enemy ship is approaching in battle, the huge stone can be quickly put down with the pulley to damage the enemy ship. If you don't hit it, you can put it away quickly. If the enemy ships are surrounded on all sides, they can also "do six things at once", and their combat effectiveness can be seen. Now the long poles around the sunken ship are the original shooting poles.

At that time, when the Wuya warship was first built, Yang Su led the navy in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. He launched ships from Yong'an, went out of the Three Gorges and went down the river. A hundred ships were mighty and unstoppable. In Yanzhou, he launched a decisive battle with the remaining Chen army. Yang Su attacked the enemy with four Wuya warships, sank more than ten enemy ships with bating poles, and captured more than 2000 enemy troops. Chen's army was terrified. Before long, the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Chen Dynasty, which was partial to the south of the Yangtze River, and unified China.

It can be said that in the battle against Chen, the great Wuya warship made great contributions. Without the five tooth warship, Yang Su could not have achieved reunification so smoothly.

Solemnity and hammer circled the Wuya warship, but they admired the wisdom of the ancients more and more. It's hard to imagine that such a warship could be built more than 1000 years ago.

"What's next? Shall we inform the people above or shall we go into the hull and explore first? " Hammer asked Zhuang chongdao.

But listening to his tone, he is more inclined to enter the hull to explore first. After all, the blood of his soldiers is full of adventure.

"We don't have many people, and this is just a preliminary survey. Let's go inside and get the important things first, and then go back to Xiangjiang and find the salvage company for the rest. " Solemnity is determined to salvage the whole ship. Even if there is no treasure in the ship, just the wreckage of the five tooth warship is enough.

We should know that there is no real object of Wuya warship unearthed today. This concept only exists in historical records, and the modern Wuya warship model is also restored by experts according to historical records. If we can take the lead in discovering a real five tooth warship this time, we can imagine the shock. As for its value, it is hard to estimate.

"Well, let's clear the mud first, find the hole in the hull, and then enter." The hammer nodded in agreement.

Generally, the ship sank into the sea because of the holes in the ship. It is precisely because of this hole that these wooden sunken ships can be preserved. Otherwise, such a deep seabed, the pressure alone will be enough to destroy these ships. After the water flows into the wreck through the hole, it can balance the internal and external pressure.

And in line with the principle of not damaging the Wuya warship, they had to enter from the damaged hole instead of digging a new hole.

The hammer had some experience. He used spotlights to shine around the hull, looking for the location where the holes might appear.

Finally, the spotlight stopped somewhere under the side of the hull, where the silt was obviously less than other places, and there seemed to be a slight bubble emerging, which should be a waterway.

The hammer made a gesture to solemnity, and they were like two big fish, moving under the hull.

The height of more than 30 meters is as high as a 12 story building. The size of the five tooth warship can be imagined as a 12 story unit building. How many people can that hold?

The more you see it, the more shocked you feel. Solemnity and hammer are all immersed in this kind of shock at this time, and they are hard to extricate themselves, resulting in the danger from behind.

In the grass behind them, clusters of seafloor plants gently swing their leaves, exposing a big red eye. And with the movement of the solemn hammer, the big eye is also moving, just like a missile that has locked the target, just waiting to hit the target.

"Here it is!" The hammer takes the lead to reach the position, and then uses the dagger in hand to gently insert it. The dagger directly inserts a hole in the mud, and then bubbles out. It is obvious that there is a hole behind it.

After solemnly following, I visually inspected the thickness of the mud, but it was at least tens of centimeters. It took a little effort to clean up the hole completely.

So they worked together to dig up the mud a little bit, and finally saw the edge of the hole a moment later.

"Strange, there's something wrong with this hole." At this time, the hammer suddenly stopped action, said.

"What's the matter?" Solemnly, I asked.

"Look at the edge of the hole. It's smooth and smooth. It doesn't seem to be caused by any impact. On the contrary... "

"But what?"

"It's more of a man-made thing." The hammer hesitated and said.

"Is it difficult that when they sailed here, they encountered frogmen in the Tang Dynasty and were scuttled?" The solemn and unbelievable way.

"Maybe, of course, there is another possibility, that is, the hole has been made for a long time."

"Well done? It should not be possible. Who would leave a hole in the ship to crash? Unfortunately, if you can see the bottom of the boat, if it's really sunk, there must be holes in the bottom of the boat. " Solemnly shaking his head, he said.

"It's easy. When you go in, you can find the bottom cabin, and you can't see the bottom of the boat?" Hammer a smile, said.

And then we're going to take the lead in drilling.

Solemnly, he patrols around to see if there is anything scattered around. When he happened to glance behind him, his face suddenly changed.

Because he was surprised to see a squid more than ten meters long, staring at the blood red light bulb big eyes, like an arrow to them!

"Hammer, danger!" Solemnly yelled and pushed the hammer away.

At the same time, the body quickly sinks into the water.

And it was this sinking that saved solemn life. When the squid was still 20 meters away from them, he suddenly flicked his tentacle, and one of the tentacles in front of him bounced up and came over.

At the top of the tentacle, a row of sharp barbed whiskers can be seen solemnly and clearly.

Poof!

The tentacle passed through the area where solemnity had just stayed, but it shot through the hull and broke the boards.

The sea water has been shot out of a thin waterway, which shows the ferocity of the attack.

"This is a vampire squid! How could it be so big? My God The hammer took a look and then screamed.

Solemnly, after hearing this, I trembled all over.

Vampire squid is a kind of living creature in the deep sea. This kind of Cephalopoda and ghost octopus is like swimming out of a midnight science fiction movie. It has two big fins on its body and looks like two ears; It looks like jelly, more like a jellyfish than squid or squid; The eye of the ghost octopus is very big. It is a small animal, only ten centimeters long. The ball shaped eye is as big as the eye of a big dog.

They are named "vampire squid" in English because of the sharp teeth on their "arms".

Their "arms" are extendable, thin bodies that can easily be stretched to twice the length of the animal's body. They use this pair of retractable tentacles to cooperate with other shorter tentacles to catch prey. When in danger, the ghost Octopus turns over its tentacles and covers itself to form a protective net with nails.

And the vampire squid that you usually see is only the size of a slap, but the one you meet solemnly is the size of a car!