C1337 Straits Crisis

The Amami Oshima's battle in the sea could truly be described as a miraculous victory.

From the strategy that Xiao Letian had laid down to the research workers' research on hydrology and weather data, to the people whose homes were all destroyed, to the more than 30,000 soldiers who did not hesitate to fight.

The entire Chinese race had been mobilized because of this battle. The burning vitality of the new citizens caused the entire world to raise eyebrows.

When the basic statistics of the battlefield was sent to Xiao Letian at 5: 30 PM, Wang Huaiyuan and the Dragon Servant Great Monk had already boarded the ship, and the highest level military conference was already held.

"There are twelve Expeditionary forces s in Sha Ao. Other than the Diamond battleship that surrendered, none of the others escaped …"

"There are a total of fifteen Expeditionary forces frigate, of which the Volga River and Polar had both surrendered. One Wanderer had luckily broken through, and the rest did not escape …"

"Let me take another look at the stats of the small warships …" Xiang Ying flipped open the thick statistics report and sighed, then shook his head: "Ah! All of our eyes are on the big warships, why are all the enemy's small warships running away? "

"There are a total of 18 small artillery ships and destroyers under 1000 tons of discharge. We've only destroyed 8 of them, and the remaining 10 have all escaped the encirclement. Damn it!"

Vice Captain Kevin, who had been listening at the side, disdained Xiang Ying's tone as he spoke, "What are you complaining about for such a result? There is only one Zhiyuan Warship, so artillery bombardment can only be used on large targets. It is difficult to avoid missing out on these small gunboats! "

"Besides, small ships eat shallow water and they are very agile. The water mines on the sea are not a threat to this type of battleship, so don't be too ambitious. Can it be that a single battleship wants to eat the enemy all? "Dream on …"

"But I have good news! Just now, a telegram had been sent from the island saying that two main battleship and four frigate had been stranded on the shallows east of the village. They were currently clashing against the artillery positions on the shore. It's almost 6 o'clock, I want to apply to let the Marines swim in after dark to finish the battle! "

"This way, we can capture these six warships. Trust in my skills, give me half a year and I'll definitely be able to repair and upgrade these six warships. You guys can even have a few more training ship!"

Kevin, the Prussian engineer, had built a deep friendship with the Chinese along the way back to the. In his heart, he felt that the Chinese Navy was as strong as his own country.

Furthermore, Xiao Letian had promised him dual citizenship. As long as he worked hard in the future, Kevin would have a Prussian and Chinese double account, he would be able to earn a lot of money.

Xiao Letian nodded his head, "Alright, let Wang Huaiyuan gather the newly completed National water ghost, the difficult mission will be handed to them, capture the six warships, so as to prevent the enemy to blow up the ship … It is no longer the property of the Tsar; it is our ship, our wealth! "

"Yes!" I'll arrange it right away... But I want to apply for the support of two companies of troops from the Marine Corps. After all, there's an even more difficult mission for the water ghost Army tomorrow.

Wang Huaiyuan pointed out of the window, and everyone looked at the sea. Under the afterglow of the sunset, there were the wreckage of warships and the smoke of the flames. The assault team of the CIA was taking over the command of three surrendered warships. Ships after ships of the intelligence officer were boarding the ships, and ships after ships of the Russia were being escorted to the rear.

The Sea Marines had hired many civilian ships to save the Russian Army prisoners who had fallen into the water. The whole area was filled with the sounds of people crying for help in Russian.

But what Wang Huaiyuan was saying was not these, he wanted to let others see those pitch-black little demons and mines that would occasionally appear on the surface of the sea.

"Ever since the mine was thrown into the strait, we have been closely following them. Due to the unique sound and waves of the mine's explosion, we shouldn't miss a single mine …"

"Out of the three hundred water mines, 122 have exploded, while the rest have not. How can we do that?" There are 178 extremely dangerous water mines in the Strait, so our battleships are unable to enter at all. In other words, the Navy's naval gun cannot suppress the fire on the battlefield, so the future battles can only be fought by the Marine Corps! "

Xiang Ying frowned, "How long will it take to completely clear it?"

"It's hard to say! The removal of the water mines depends entirely on the manpower, which is also the water ghost that we painstakingly nurtured. They can only be manually cleaned during the day when they have the best visibility … "The terrain of this strait is really complicated. The underwater turbulence and undercurrents are very dangerous, and there's great danger of manmade clearing …"

"I estimate that it will take at least a week …"

"A week?" Xiao Letian never thought that it would take so long. It looks like water mines were already a restricted weapon from the moment it was born.

This thing was erratic and could not distinguish between friend or foe. The power of the explosion was also great. The aftereffects of relying on this weapon were truly too great.

"From now on, we have to be careful with the use of the mine, especially when it's in our territorial waters. This thing is too troublesome!"

At this time, Zai Chun, who had been reading the battle report, suddenly raised his head. "Can't the ocean current run all the way to the Pacific Ocean? Wouldn't it be fine if the water thunderbolts just floated away? Must it be cleared manually? "

"Hmph …" Xiang Ying coldly snorted and said, "The ocean surrounding the Amami Oshima is the economic circle's most important passageway to Japan and North Asia. What you mean is that we should let these 178 bombs threaten civilian ships? "What are you thinking …"

Xiang Ying started to dislike Zai Chun more and more. Zai Chun was very unhappy to be robbed, "How can you say that, didn't you say that our intelligence personnel already measured the current in the ocean? The thunderstorm must have followed the currents of the ocean, right? "What's so difficult about this …"

"What's so difficult about it?" Xiang Ying's voice rose an octave.

"Your Majesty … Let me first not explain to you how complicated the ocean current system is, and I'll tell you the truth. Before we prepare for battle, the Amami Oshima's hydrological intelligence was collected after a whole half a year by 28 students and teachers of Ryukyu's Maritime University … "

"How much data do you think we can gather in half a year?" Less than 70%! Not only that, but in this dangerous job, three students have given their lives, the youngest being only 17 years old! "

"This is precious information that I exchanged with my life, it's not easy to obtain!" War is not a matter of course! Ruling a nation is not as simple as you wish! "

Xiang Ying's heart was burning with anger. His last thought in his head was to shout loudly: "If it's like this, in the future, even personal governance will only be a monarch!"