Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 501: The Treasure Ship on the Seabed, Pirates Attack
"Om~~"

In the dark night, the sound of the piston engine was drowned out by the waves, and a World War II electric fan flew forward at high speed.

It can be seen from the fact that its landing gear has been replaced with two floats that this is actually a seaplane, or a seaplane reconnaissance plane.

Not only aircraft carriers can launch fixed-wing aircraft, but battleships and cruisers with catapults and cranes will also be equipped with a single-digit number of seaplane reconnaissance aircraft.

They are responsible for long-range reconnaissance, naval gun calibration, low-intensity air combat and other tasks.

The aircraft under Xia Yu is the Type-C Zero-type surface reconnaissance aircraft equipped by the Yuguro. Its firepower has also been upgraded to two Type-20 mm aircraft cannons.

The Zero fighter also used this thing. Because it was an imitation of the Swiss Oerlikon machine gun, the lower limit is guaranteed, but there is no need to expect an upper limit.

After the plane was printed out, Xia Yu lost interest after taking a few shots. He disassembled a Garmin G172 avionics system used for the Senas 1000 and installed it on this Zero-type sea reconnaissance aircraft.

Without autopilot and various modern sensors, it is really not easy to fly in the dark.

He didn't have much confidence in the performance of World War II-era airborne radar, and he thought it should be modernized if possible.

After flying for several hundred kilometers, Xia Yu piloted the plane steadily to a stop on the sea. At the same time, the Nautilus also surfaced silently, and the hatch of the submarine's hull opened automatically.

After returning to his warm mobile home, he replaced the battery pack of the submarine and then officially dived.

Today's goal is to sink the ship, not salvage the warship.

After diving to a distance of less than ten meters from the seabed:
"Pfft~~"

The original torpedo tube at the bow of the boat will fire the Remus 6000 AUV upgraded with a high-precision metal detection sensor like a torpedo.

Compared with the marine porcelain in the shipwreck, Xia Yu prefers the vulgar gold and silver coins. The problem is that silt on both sides of the Malacca channel continues to accumulate into the strait.

The condition of warships and merchant ships that sank relatively recently is relatively good, but many ancient shipwrecks from earlier times are completely buried by mud on the seabed, and conventional sonar cannot detect these shipwrecks at all.

In times like this, high technology is required, with the mother ship controlling the upgraded Remus 6000 AUV to explore every inch of the designated area close to the bottom.

If the endurance is short, it will return to the mother ship to recharge, and a deployment lasting several months will definitely yield some discoveries.

However, only Xiayu can do this. The cost of deploying a submarine for 24-hour non-stop exploration is likely to exceed the wealth that can be found.

The Nautilus is basically a spare parts boat, and the high-tech equipment is also the scientific research vessel of Bai Nuptials's own family. Sometimes there is only one person working, and sometimes there is no one working, and she has to work to recharge herself.

There was no way, Xia Yu was also very busy. The most he could do was to make a nest and set up the fishing rod.

While waiting for the "fish" to bite, he has his own things to do, and it won't be too late to come back when the fish is caught.

In this way, three or five days passed in the blink of an eye, and Xia Yu also received the signal sent by the Nautilus.

"Did they really catch any fish? And quite a few?"

Xia Yu said excitedly.

In other words, only a certain number of gold coins will be recorded by the Remus 6000 AUV. Even if dozens of gold coins can be found, they will be directly filtered out.

He didn't even have time to eat dinner, and took advantage of the round trip between the two ships to go directly to the marked coordinates.

The sea water depth in this place is only 132.8 meters. Xia Yu did not board the boat. After changing into a closed diving suit, he dived immediately and soon reached the bottom of the sea.

Looking at the area illuminated by the searchlight, all you can see is thick mud and sand. After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the ancient shipwrecks, like the ancient cities and ancient roadways on land, have disappeared under the mud and gravel, and cannot be discovered without excavation.

It's still okay in places where the sea is only about 100 meters deep, but if it sinks to the bottom of the sea thousands of meters deep, he will have to upgrade the robotic arm of the Nautilus, because the robotic arm of the Argus Worker Rov cannot do rough work.

No matter how powerful the closed diving suit is, it cannot reach such a deep place. Xia Yu cannot get out of the cabin like he is now. It is possible to release a large amount of air from the storage tank to achieve the effect of water-repellent beads, but then they cannot be collected.

I saw him pressing his palms on the mud and sand, and the storage tank was swallowing up a lot of mud and sea sand like the suction port of a suction dredger.

If river sand is not enough, sea sand can also be used as building material after dilution, but the storage depot directly omits the dilution process and turns it into building material in one step, and reinforced concrete can be directly printed.

However, these are all incidental. Xia Yu’s target is still the ancient shipwreck in the mud layer.

Soon, the true appearance of an ancient sailing ship that had lost its sails and superstructure and was left with only a wooden hull was revealed.

After comparing the details, he quickly confirmed that this was a Hentian tall-masted sailing ship. These former sea coachmen had occupied the Strait of Malacca for nearly two hundred years, so it was not surprising that their shipwrecks appeared in the waterway.

What Xia Yu is most curious about now is what treasures are on the ship that would allow the Nautilus to determine that there is a large cargo on board.

He went forward to find the location of the hatch, and while pumping out the mud and sand inside, he explored further and soon found many boxes in the lower cabin.

After removing the metal lock and opening the lid, shine the searchlight inside and you will see a golden light.

“It’s gold!”

To be more precise, they should be large pieces of gold weighing 10 taels (44 匁, about 165 grams).

Japan, which is dotted with volcanoes, was rich in gold and silver in ancient times. Many of the historical novels with time-travel themes that Xia Yu has read like to conquer island countries and develop those famous silver and gold mines.

Unexpectedly, the ancient shipwreck discovered today was a merchant ship used by He people to travel back and forth to Japan for business. The quality of the business can be seen from these large gold coins.

The rice, flour, beans, and raw silk goods have all decayed into mud and sand, and only the gold, silver, and a large number of copper ingots remain unchanged.

Xia Yu opened all the boxes one by one and checked them. Only a few were transporting large amounts of gold. Most of them were silver bars and bean-shaped silver.

In the lower cargo hold, there are dozens of tons of copper ingots. After all, copper is a by-product of gold and silver mines, and it was also the main product exported by ancient Japan.

Of course, it was precisely because of the large amount of metal gathered together that the Nautilus was able to discover this ancient shipwreck in the vast waterway.

These copper ingots are taken back to print bullets and artillery shells. As for silver, modern silver is a by-product of electrolytic aluminum. It is not like in ancient times when it could be exchanged ten to one or eight to one with gold.

Therefore, when the silver materials were sold, Xia Yu would definitely suffer a loss. All the Ding Yinhe bean plate silver, which amounted to several tons, was taken back and used to decorate the bunker, and was directly buried in the pure transparent floor as decoration.

Finally, it is the turn of the large pieces of gold that barely weigh one ton. After being purified in the storage warehouse, they are printed into gold sheets, which can be sold for about 30 to 50 million US dollars.

But as an antique, taking into account its historical value, Xia Yu found after checking the information that each of these large gold coins in excellent condition could be auctioned for thirty to fifty thousand dollars.

If it is a rare Tensho Ryodaibanjin, it is not uncommon to sell it for more than 100 million US dollars.

But he looked at every one of them and found that there was nothing there. All of them had year numbers that only appeared in the 18th century. But even so, these thousands of large gold coins could be worth two or three hundred million.

Well, if the market takes a hit but doesn’t collapse.

The problem is that if the same batch of puddles are shipped, they will be discovered soon. It would be better to embed them on the wall of the bunker as decoration!

From horseshoe gold to large yellow croaker, from ancient Roman gold coins to the golden mask of Mayan Quetzalcoatl, from ancient times to the present, from China to foreign countries, he collects all kinds of gold products.

There is no way, the weasel cannot resist the temptation of gold, especially antique gold with historical and cultural heritage.

When the time comes, we will embed them in the main hall of the bunker, which will be a perfect blend of classicism and technology.

After a final check before daybreak to confirm that nothing was missed, Xia Yu backfilled the sand, floated back to the surface, released the helicopter, started the engine, and returned to the Jihuo No.

After breakfast, I took a nap and when I opened my eyes again, it was already afternoon.

"Old Zhao, nothing happened while I was away on the boat, right?"

In the restaurant, Xia Yu asked Zhao Yanshou, "Two ships encountered pirates, but no loss of life or finance was caused."

Old Zhao put down his chopsticks and reported.

"Let's eat and talk at the same time."

Xia Yu waved his hand.

There are extremely vicious pirates, and naturally there are cowardly pirates. These people only target the valuable personal belongings of the crew members and are unlikely to kill people.

But nothing is absolute in this world, and they also picked up weapons, such as machetes and axes, and more powerful ones were homemade short-handed guns and long muskets.

If you stuff too much gunpowder into the chamber, it will easily explode, and it will not fire if it gets wet. It is not as effective as AK and PKM.

Piracy is common in Southeast Asian waters, and cargo ships off the coast of Afika are prone to stowaways.

I thought I was going to Europe to enjoy myself, but I ended up being taken to Brazil by ship.

If it's An Xuan pulling black people, at least they can speak the language, but those who speak French will be in trouble.

"Sea thieves can be dealt with using water cannons on board ships, but pirates are worth striking at."

Xia Yu said with a frown.

During this naval deployment, apart from attacking a group of sea rats, how come they didn't even see any pirates? This is not right!
The reason why the Jamali pirates have not been eliminated is because the five good men need them to exist. The situation is different from that in Southeast Asia. Xi County would rather not have any pirates at all.

That's why they invested money in concentrated fire defense. If they get the money, they have to work. It's impossible that there will be no results in a month, but there can't be no results forever!
For the past month, Xia Yu has been digging boats to search for treasure and has made no progress in his main job.

He now wants to change this situation and defeat a larger group of pirates to become famous.

"Dulu~dulu~~"

Before Zhao Yanshou could reply, the alarm on the ship sounded.

It was not that they were attacked, but that the Fire Alarm received notification of a pirate attack in nearby waters. This was the first time the alarm had sounded in a month.

"It's time to work, hurry up!"

Not only Xia Yu, but all the crew members in the restaurant were cheered up, their eyes shining like hungry wolves that had spotted their prey.

"what's the situation?"

Arriving at the cockpit, Lao Zhao first asked the person on duty.

"A bulk carrier spotted the armed pirates 20 nautical miles away from us. Since they were unable to stop the gang from boarding, all the crew members had fled to the safety cabin."

The duty officer immediately reported.

Newer merchant ships are designed with anti-piracy safe cabins. As long as you hide inside and lock the door, pirates from the outside will not be able to open it in a short time.

In addition, there is water and food in the safety cabin, so the crew can wait safely inside until the rescuers come on board.

Old ships do not have this measure, so they are easily captured by pirates and taken hostage, and then large ransoms are extorted from the ship owners.

Today, all the crew members of this ship have taken refuge in the safe cabin, so concentrated fire defense can use some more drastic measures.

"Immediately release the ScanEagle to the sea area where the incident occurred to scout the pirates' movements. And what about our unmanned combat boats? Send them to the scene immediately. The Fruit Bat crew is on standby and ready to take off and provide fire support at any time."

Xia Yu gave orders in an orderly manner.

The last time we attacked sea rats, we took care of them with just one helicopter sortie, but we can’t do the same when attacking pirates. The damage caused by 20mm aircraft cannons to merchant ships is too great, and people must be on board to clear the ships.

"Yes, boss!"

Everyone responded in unison, and then prepared to go.

Lao Zhao personally took the helm and drove the Fire-Jitsu rapidly towards the sea area where the incident occurred.

"Om~~"

The Scan Eagle was catapulted into the air by the launch pad, and the unmanned combat boat that was already outside also soared to a top speed of 42 knots and headed towards the target merchant ship.

The first to arrive was a drone that could fly at 120km/h. In the real-time footage broadcast on the screen, there was a large ship and two speedboats surrounding the -ton bulk carrier.

"Ghost Ship, it's so hard, I finally got to see this guy."

Xia Yu said excitedly.

Those who dare to intercept merchant ships and steal oil are all large gangs, and they need manpower both at sea and on shore. There are at least hundreds of people involved in this line upstream and downstream.

Or maybe the whole village is like a certain Tazhai village, working together to run this beheading business.

"Boss, should we attack the ghost ship after it separates from the target merchant ship?"

Old Zhao asked Xia Yu for instructions.

"Aim at the people, it's better to miss than to set the boat on fire."

Xia Yu drew a line for the employees.

The fire on a fishing boat can be extinguished, but there is no way to deal with the oil tanker. It will be very troublesome if hundreds or thousands of tons of heavy oil leak into the sea. After all, the concentrated fire defense is not the government forces of Nizhiliya. The oil-stealing ship was directly blown up, and all the oil flowed into the Nizhir River.

"Yes, boss!"

"The unmanned combat boat has arrived at the target sea area. Should we launch an attack on it?"

After hearing the report, Xia Yu immediately went to the control console on the other side. Their screen was broadcasting images sent back by the JARI-USV multi-purpose unmanned combat boat.

"Don't attack the speedboat on the port side of the target merchant ship that's out of sight. Sink the other one directly."

He said calmly.

The purpose of leaving one ship behind is to find out the pirates' lair. It would be too slow to capture them alive and ask for their address, so it would be better to let them lead the way themselves.

"Yes, boss!"

The unmanned combat boat cut through the waves in the night, approached within 2 kilometers of the target speedboat, and then:

"Dong~dong~dong~~"

The unmanned turret's optoelectronic channel locked onto the target and the 30mm machine gun opened fire directly.

More than a dozen artillery shells broke the silence of the night, and several high-explosive bombs successfully hit the four outboard motors at the stern of the speedboat.

"Boom~~"

The flames from the speedboat explosion instantly illuminated the sea area, and also made the pirates who were searching room by room for valuables on the merchant ship feel nervous.

(End of this chapter)