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Chapter 500: Heavy Cruiser, All Caught in One Sweep

Well, after all, it is just a heavy cruiser, and an 8-inch caliber main gun is enough, unlike the battleships whose gun barrels are thicker than each other.

The caliber of the Type 94 naval gun on the Yamato class is 18.1 inches, enough that a person can fit inside it, but it cannot be fired completely like in the cartoons.

Xia Yu controlled the Argus Worker Rov like a tentacle monster to film the wreckage of the heavy cruiser named Haguro.

After the surrender of the British, the important port of Singapore fell into the hands of the Japanese, so most of the warships sunk in the Malacca Strait were Japanese ships.

In addition to the Myo-kyo class ship in front of us, there is also a secondary Kaohsiung-class lead ship, the Kaohsiung heavy cruiser, not far away. It is lying dead on the seabed. It was the one that used naval guns to beat Godzilla, but was killed on the spot by an atomic breath.

Of course, in the real world it was sunk by the British.

With these two ships, we can find an opportunity to build a Mogami-class ship and then a Tone-class ship to complete the entire family of Japanese heavy cruisers.

As for the Ibuki-class, which had a similar structure to the Mogami-class, both ships were dismantled, so it doesn't matter if they are gone.

"Om~~"

The robotic arm of the remote-controlled submersible stretched out under his control and grasped the barrel of the gun. The electric contacts that established the bioelectric channel were also connected to the low-background radiation steel worth 0.5 yuan per gram.

"Shua~~"

The wreckage of the battleship weighing thousands of tons was quickly collected by Xia Yu in the Nautilus into berth No. 1.

[Project: Haguro (heavy cruiser)]

[Completeness: 78.3% (can be repaired)]

Although it was not sunk, it was hit by only three torpedoes and was in a relatively good condition after sinking. It only produced about 3 tons of scrap steel when it was ready for combat.

As for warship wreckage like this one that sank at a relatively low altitude, Xia Yu did not need to print another one and place it on the seabed as it was, because even if new explorers came to explore the Haguro and found that it had disappeared, they would attribute the cause to the sea rat.

Yes, sea rat.

After the first atomic bomb test in 1945, the huge amount of radioactive isotopes thrown into the troposphere and even the stratosphere made the earth "dirty".

Every ton of new steel produced by a steel plant is mixed with different doses of radioactive isotopes. This is fine for daily use, but these materials cannot be used for cutting-edge scientific research.

That's why not many battleships survive, because the steel used to build them 45 years ago was all changed to low-background radiation steel.

Compared with scrap steel that costs several hundred dollars per ton internationally, this special steel can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars per ton, so many people have turned their attention to the seabed full of treasures.

In the past two years, according to the investigation report of the professional exploration team, it can be found that more than half of the wreckage of the Prince of Wales battleship sunk on the seabed near the coast of Malaysia was stolen by sea rats.

This British battleship, which fought alongside the Hood and chased the Bismarck, was originally on Xia Yu's collection list, but there is less than 30% of it left. How can it be repaired?

Even the system couldn't save it. After all, all the ships of the same class had been dismantled, and it was the only one that was sunk. It was like a cook without rice, but he couldn't help it!

Maybe this is what collecting is all about! There is happiness, but also regret.

"Get ready!"

Xia Yu did not hesitate and chose to prepare the ship directly. He only had one berth! If this ship was not prepared, the next one would have to wait in line.

[Estimated remaining maintenance hours: 173.6]

It only takes a little over a week to rebuild a 10,000-ton heavy cruiser from a sunken state to a brand new one. This is the case with this old antique from World War II. It does not require as much effort as modern battleships, and is basically made up of mechanical structures.

With the same amount of work, Xia Yu could at most prepare a small frigate of one or two thousand tons.

He pressed the recovery button, and the cable dragged the remote-controlled submersible back quickly, and then he controlled the Nautilus to begin to surface.

"Wow~~"

The little black fish in the night broke through the sea surface, and the folding mechanism of the submarine's front deck automatically opened. This is a helipad that can take off and land a small helicopter.

Xia Yu recovered and released the AS 550, started the engine and flew into the sky.

Under the control of the auxiliary driving sub-module, the Nautilus went to the sea near the Kaohsiung and sank to the bottom of the sea in silence.

Tonight's underwater treasure hunt ends here. We will go into the sea again in two days to start the real treasure hunt.

Well, among the sunken warships with public coordinates, only the low-background radiation steel is worth some money, but modern merchant ships filled with gold and silver, as well as ancient shipwrecks containing various porcelains, are also his targets.

Not to mention some of the richest people in our time who have committed crimes like to convert their illegal gains into gold and hide it on the bottom of the sea, with the coordinates only known to themselves.

If Xia Yu could find it, he would definitely accept the gold without caring about who you are.

"Wow~Wow~~"

After landing on the helipad of the Jihuo, Xia Yu, whose eyelids began to droop, returned to his room and fell asleep. When he opened his eyes again, it was already lunch time the next day.

There is no way. Like most small mammals, weasels are nocturnal animals. They will go out to steal chickens at night, so they need to get enough rest during the day.

After finishing his meal, his life returned to his previous rhythm, focusing on combat patrols and looking for traces of those pirates.

However, the pirates had not discovered it yet. On the other hand, it was confirmed that the Puffer-class diesel-electric submarine was the Haiyan of the Glendia. After completing the exploration and recording, they went to the sinking site of the heavy cruiser Kaohsiung for observation. They were surprised to find that someone was stealing Xia Yu's collection.

"Calling the Fire Station, this is the Petrel, we have discovered that a team is stealing the Kaohsiung's low-background radiation steel."

Joseph quickly contacted his boss and reported the incident to him.

Unlike the Pacific Ocean, which is in the middle of nowhere and has an extremely deep average sinking depth, the deepest point in the Strait of Malacca is only 150 meters, and it is easy to sell the stolen goods ashore through Malay and India.

The theft of underwater warship wreckage here is very serious. Almost all of the wreckage that is shallow and close to the shore has been stolen.

But the Prince of Wales is fine, but what about the Kaohsiung that Xia Yu has his eyes on?

"This is the fire signal, we will come here immediately."

"Understood, we plan to..."

"Da~da~da~~"

Joseph was interrupted by a burst of gunfire over the radio.

"Boss, they are shooting into the air. They are threatening us."

Joseph put down his binoculars and quickly lay down. Southeast Asia was too exciting. They started shooting without saying a word. They were much more brutal than the oil thieves.

"What kind of ships are they?"

As he was talking, Xia Yu arrived at the hangar. The Sea Harrier was too late to take off, but the armed version of AS 550 still had time to fly.

As the first captain, he naturally boarded the plane and brought a sniper with him.

"It looked like a fishing boat, and they were also pretending to be fishing, but our remotely operated submersible captured them cutting up the wreckage of the warship underwater. The other party contacted us only after seeing our ROV."

Joseph reported quickly.

"Fishing boats carrying weapons? They are clearly pirates."

Xia Yu redefined this group of sea rats.

If he didn't shoot, at most he would arrest the other person and put him in jail, but if he shot, the nature of the matter would change.

Before these people clearly surrendered, the concentrated fire defense had unlimited right to open fire, especially since the Haiyan sent them a distress signal.

"Have they been driven away? They didn't come earlier or later, but just came when we were working." On the fishing boat, Captain Nolani said with a frown.

They had to evacuate quickly within an hour, otherwise the coast guard ships or warships would arrive.

As sea rats, they are mainly interested in making money and also in killing people. Every time they cut off a hundred tons of low-background radiation steel, they can sell it for seven or eight million US dollars, which is much higher than the income of pirates. It makes a difference if you have technology!

"They haven't gotten far yet. Should I send someone to lower the speedboat and drive them away from here?"

The first mate holding the AK asked hurriedly.

"Wait, it looks like they ran away, but why are they a little noisy?"

"Wow~Wow~~"

The sound of helicopter propellers mixed with the sea breeze, and everyone who looked up saw a black spot in the sky.

"Oh no, it's a helicopter. Use our machine guns to shoot it down."

Nolani shouted hurriedly to the machine gunner.

The people under the sea have not come up yet, so they cannot turn around and retreat now.

The machine gunner quickly lifted the torn fishing net on the anti-aircraft machine gun, aimed the muzzle upwards and was about to fire at the helicopter, but Xia Yu on the helicopter saw everything, and then...

"Dong~dong~dong~~"

The Rh202 machine gun on the left side of the fuselage opened fire first. A burst of DM81 tracer high-explosive bullets directly drew a long trajectory and fell towards the fishing boat in a parabola.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

Several shells flew over the freeboard and fell into the sea, and then the machine gunner, who had not fired a single shot, took more than a dozen shells without a word, and was shattered to pieces along with his gun.

"There are also anti-aircraft machine guns. The firepower is very strong!"

Releasing the firing button, Xia Yu couldn't help but sigh.

Heavy machine guns are more useful than RPGs at sea. After all, battles usually start 1 kilometer away, and rocket launchers are only useful when attacking merchant ships.

"Gulp~~"

Seeing the tragic scene not far away, Nolani swallowed his saliva, started the boat and wanted to run away without saying a word.

He didn't care about the employees who were still floating up from the water. Saving his own life was the most important thing.

But do they really think they can escape?

Xia Yu pressed the firing button again.

"Dong~dong~dong~~"

The machine gun roared again, and the second burst of shells crackled and hit the engine compartment of the fishing boat directly. Even though it was not an armor-piercing shell, the high-explosive shell easily penetrated two layers of thin steel plates and successfully hit the ship's main engine in the main engine compartment.

"Boom~~"

The flames of the explosion lit up in the smoke, and Xia Yu intercepted the armed fishing boat.

By the time the fire ship arrived, the fishing boat was also engulfed in flames and was completely beyond saving.

Fortunately, all the surrendered people were rescued by Lao Zhao and his men. They originally wanted to escape in a speedboat, but the sniper shot down the person driving the boat and destroyed the outboard motor with another shot, so the other party had no choice but to surrender.

Of course, there are also those divers on the seabed. A total of 17 people were captured this time, including 4 injured.

According to the confessions obtained from interrogation, there were a total of 23 people on this trip, which means 6 people died.

As for how many lives this group of people have taken when they came ashore, further interrogation is needed, but it is definitely in the double digits.

Human lives in Southeast Asia are as worthless as those of Afika, whether they are their own or killed by them.

"We didn't catch the pirates, but we did catch a bunch of sea rats, my Kaohsiung heavy cruiser!"

Xia Yu sighed and the plan had to be postponed.

The Jihuo used a water gun to put out the fire on the fishing boat. In the freezer where the catch was stored, the steel plates cut from the Kaohsiung had melted and deformed under the high temperature.

He didn't feel bad about the dozens of tons. What he felt bad about was that this group of bandits was not committing a crime for the first time. They had taken away more than 1000 tons of low-background radiation steel.

The intensity of Jihuo Defense's crackdown on armed illegal fishing will definitely not be low.

For at least one year, his Kaohsiung cannot be collected and repaired, and can only be turned into a wreck after the storm has passed.

It doesn’t matter. There are many shipwrecks in the Strait of Malacca. We’ll see if there are other suitable targets later.

"Wow~Wow~~"

The Chinook of the Singapore Air Force landed on the spacious apron of the Fire Fighter and packed up the 17 criminals captured alive by Xia Yu and his team and took them away.

The main culprit, Noorani, is from Malaysia. The next thing will be left to the negotiation between Xing County and the other government. Xia is not interested in the tens of millions of illegal gains left by the gang in Malaysia.

The same goes for Lao Zhao and his men. Rather than thinking about getting a bunch of spoils of war, they value the actual combat experience accumulated during the deployment more.

This time Xia Yu attacked alone, and only the sniper among them fired two shots.

There was no way. The maximum speed of 20 knots of the Fireship was too slow, and it would definitely not be able to reach the scene in time.

However, if we can find the pirates' lair, with our tough-level firepower, we can definitely destroy them at the fastest speed.

"Calling the Haiyan, this is the Jiehuo, please continue with your scheduled scientific research work, I will be right over."

"Yes, boss!"

After dealing with the sea rat issue, Xia Yu returned to the Haiyan.

Joseph and his team released the remote-controlled submersible again and filmed the battle situation of the Kaohsiung from close range.

Because it was scuttled, the heavy cruiser was still relatively intact, but the exposed port side was missing a lot of armor steel.

The dark hole attracted advanced divers to drill in, but when the ROV probed in, all they saw was the watertight compartment.

The sea rats only have money in their eyes and have no spirit of exploration at all. They only need a large and neat piece of armor steel. It is not difficult to cut the cabin steel plates inside the hull. What's more, it is a captured ship without many soul rings.

Like the Yuguro that Xia Yu had captured earlier, in addition to the more than 300 survivors rescued when it was sunk, plus the crew members lost in previous battles, it had a total of nearly 1000 soul rings.

In the world of immortal cultivation, one can even refine a soul-summoning flag. The main soul is a vice admiral of the navy, and the auxiliary souls include a long list of colonels and lieutenant colonels. The combat capability is definitely not bad.

As for the real world, I just feel a little uncomfortable, but everything else is fine.

If you really can't get the Kaohsiung, the Atago that was sunk in the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines is actually not far away. You can get it together with the Musashi when you salvage it later.

There is also the third ship, the Maya, which sank in the waters near Parawan Island. The warship that Paul discovered during his lifetime was submerged at a depth of 1850 meters on the seabed.

Not to mention sea rats, only a few countries have the salvage capability at this depth, so it can be said to be very safe.

That is, Xia Yu had to print another wreckage in its original form and put it back to avoid causing any supernatural incidents.

(End of this chapter)