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

Chapter 512 Johnston, Evacuate

Lao Ha has drunk a lot of champagnes that cost tens of thousands of dollars, but this is the first time he has seen such a unique champagne knife.

If he liked it, Xia Yu would give it to him. It was just a deputy officer's short sword. If it wasn't for the fact that a general's sword was not to be seen in public, he would have used it directly.

Then there is the Musashi, which was also sunk in a naval battle. Once it is repaired, it should be able to produce a lot of Horcruxes.

"How can this be so? Go get me my scimitar."

Lao Ha said this, but he put down the champagne glass and picked up the sword very quickly!
He didn't even have time to appreciate it, and turned around to give instructions to his chief guard.

When accepting a gift, one must give something in return. Ha Mengxin directly auctioned off his Abu Dhabi royal sword.

The scabbard and handle inlaid with gold and gems make this scimitar, which is more decorative than practical, exude a jewel-like appearance from the inside out.

"It's a beautiful machete. I can't bear to open champagne with it."

Drawing the sword from its sheath, Xia Yu looked at the folded forged Damascus pattern and said.

"Hahaha, knives are meant to be used. I once used it to kill a brown bear that was shot. You can do whatever you want with it."

Lao Ha said that it was your stuff that you should deal with yourself, and then he clinked glasses with Xia Yu again.

"Then I'll use it for self-defense. There are too many different kinds of sharks in the waters of Southeast Asia. Last time I went diving, I used my fist to drive away a greedy tiger shark."

Xia Yu said this and put the scimitar on his waist.

It is easy to encounter these marine predators if you often fish for treasures or pick up garbage in the sea. If you encounter a small one, just punch it hard on the nose.

If you encounter a larger enemy, you may need to use a knife or a gun.

There aren't many great white sharks in Southeast Asia, but there are a lot of blue sharks and tiger sharks. It's okay to let the sub-adults go, and leave the fins of the adults behind before leaving.

"Is that your Petrel? I don't want to go back so early."

Lao Ha expressed his interest in deep-sea exploration, and as he had some family wealth, he also wanted to enter this industry.

"Okay, go back and have a good sleep. We will meet on the Petrel tomorrow morning."

Paul was Xia Yu's guide, and now Xia Yu plays this role.

After returning to the Yas in the afternoon, Lao Ha fell asleep. Following his instructions, the captain sailed towards the sea where the Haiyan was.

On the other side, the Fire-Jie took Xia Yu back to Singapore first. Lao Zhao and his men will be able to rest at the base for a week and make preparations for the upcoming deployment in the Indian Ocean.

Without the Firestar patrolling this side of the Pacific Ocean, the security of the Petrel had originally hoped that the pirates would keep a low profile. After all, the first bird to stand out would be killed, and those who continued to be ignorant would be the next target.

But now with the addition of the Yas, even if there are really some blind people, they will never return.

Xia Yu stayed on the shore for one night, and early the next morning he flew a helicopter to the Haiyan to meet Lao Ha.

"Joseph, I've been at the Fire Focus for the past two weeks and only found the time to come here now. What have you learned?"

After introducing the head of the Vulcan team to Lao Ha, Xia Yu asked Joseph about their progress during this period.

"We have found the wreckage of a destroyer at a depth of 6200 meters and are currently identifying the specific model and number."

Joseph introduced himself to the boss.

This depth can be said to be quite safe, or in other words, as long as the depth exceeds one thousand, the difficulty of salvaging will increase exponentially, and the budget will be off the charts, so no one will secretly salvage the wreckage for profit.

"What a clear remote-controlled submersible. How much does it cost?"

Looking at the real-time underwater images on the workstation screen, Lao Ha couldn't help but ask.

"This thing is too niche. When Paul first bought it, he wanted three or five harpoons. Now the price is even higher."

When interacting with Lao Ha and talking about prices, Xia Yu likes to use harpoons as the unit - 1 harpoon = 1 million.

"So cheap? Buy it. I want to install it on my new boat."

His Royal Highness the Prince waved his hand and was about to chop it off.

Tank landing ships are indeed very suitable for carrying these scientific research equipment.

"And Sherlock, can you sell me one of your unmanned combat boats for self-defense?"

Lao Ha envied the JARI-USV multi-purpose unmanned combat boat on the Fire Set. This thing could be released from the bow door to attack people. It also had torpedo tubes and missile vertical launch units, not to mention that it could run at a speed of 42 knots.

"I really can't sell this. If you want to buy it, you have to ask your navy to come forward."

Xia Yu said very tactfully.

Such equipment will only be sold to corporate and national customers, and certainly not to individual buyers.

"You're right. I'll sponsor a group of them later."

Lao Ha said generously.

70% of the sponsorship he mentioned was real sponsorship, and the rest went through the navy’s channels.

When the UAE purchased Cotton Eyre-class frigates from the Netherlands, his shadow was behind it, so a few years later one of the frigates became the Yas yacht.

The exploration boat is converted from a tank landing ship. Most of the space on board is reserved for various equipment. In addition, the structure of the through-type dock makes it impossible to accommodate anti-ship missile launchers and close-in defense systems.

At this time, using unmanned combat boats can solve the defense problem very well, and buying a few more can also be used by the navy.

In the next two days, Xia Yu introduced to Lao Ha how the Haiyan operated, moved the ship's deep-sea enclosed diving equipment to the Yas, and explored the shallow waters where sharks were present.

"Sherlock, these sharks really want to eat us."

Squatting in the stainless steel shark-proof cage, looking at the great blue shark outside circling around them trying to open the can, Lao Ha's voice had a hint of fear in it.

But Xia Yu in the cage on the other side had already opened the door and jumped out by climbing up the bars.

An adult blue shark saw this and swam towards him, swinging its tail.

After all, killer whales are not mammals, so they certainly wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

"Pfft~~"

Xia Yu fired the spear gun in his hand directly, and the spear gun with a long string of bubbles shot directly into the open bloody mouth, and then the world suddenly became quiet.

Before the blood spread, he pulled out the machete tied to his leg and cut off the guy's dorsal fin. Then he stepped on the other's huge corpse and whizzed back to the shark cage.

Smelling the blood, countless of their kind gathered together to enjoy the buffet.

Sharks secrete urine through their skin, so shark meat is not delicious, but shark fins, which taste similar to vermicelli, should not be wasted, even though they have little nutritional value.

Lao Ha, who saw this scene from a distance, was stunned. It seemed that what was flowing in his friend's veins was not blood, but adrenaline!

If it is faithful, expressive and elegant, Xia Yu will be full of courage.

Lao Ha, who always pursues excitement, would not dare to play like this. No wonder the other party can become the boss of PMC company!
After surfacing back on the Yas, the fresh shark fins were handed over to the chef invited from Hong Kong to remove the acid. In the evening, three ingredients, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots and ham, were added to make a dish of shark fin stewed with three shreds.

Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. Today I'm treating Lao Ha to a good meal, which can also be considered a farewell dinner. He has to go back one of the next two days.

"It's delicious. I love this kind of ham."

That night, after eating a bowl of shark fin, what impressed Lao Ha the most was the side dishes. "If you like it, eat more. This stuff is also delicious when fried with rice. Let's have this for breakfast tomorrow!"

Xia Yu also likes ham, but Joseph's call interrupted the dinner.

"Found out? Okay, okay, we'll be right over."

After hanging up the phone, Yas immediately rushed towards Haiyan. Both of them were quite interested in the destroyer.

This was the first sunken warship discovered during the deployment in Southeast Asia after the Haiyan was transferred to Xia Yu. It was so commemorative that he would definitely find an opportunity to repair and collect it later.

"Boss, this destroyer is the USS Johnston, a legend of the Magnesium Navy during World War II."

Xia Yu couldn't remember who the Johnston was for a moment. He was more familiar with aircraft carriers, battleships, and heavy cruisers.

"It was the Fletcher-class destroyer that survived the Yamato's three 3mm and three 460mm shells."

"I have some impression of it. Is it the destroyer that received a salute from the Yukikaze when it was sunk by the Haguro and other Japanese ships?"

After all, my ambition since childhood was to be a navy sailor and drive a warship. When Xia Yu was in junior high and high school, he borrowed a lot of books about warships from the library. However, this thing was not tested in the college entrance examination, and his score was not enough for the early admission.

Fortunately, as a man of destiny, fate did not shatter his naval dream, and he became the captain of an aircraft carrier and a dock landing ship.

"Yes, that's the one. I didn't expect we would find the Johnston."

Joseph's voice was full of joy. They found that this ship had almost no armor, carried five single-mounted 5-inch guns and two quintuple-mounted 21-inch torpedo tubes, raised a smoke screen, and launched a final charge towards the Japanese fleet facing the rain of bullets from the large-caliber main guns.

what is this?
This is a man's romance.

After realizing that the destroyer wreckage below them was the USS Johnston, Xia Yu knew he had to get it.

If you were to ask which Fletcher-class destroyer, with a total production of 175 ships, is the most suitable for collection, it would definitely be this legendary destroyer with hull number 557.

But not now, wait two years, and then put it together with the Haguro.

"Wow, this destroyer is so powerful?"

Old Ha was also very excited when he learned the story of the Johnston for the first time.

"But the only destroyer I know is the Yukikaze, but it seems to have been dismantled."

His Royal Highness the Prince likes the navy, but he knows too little about the naval history of World War I and World War II. If he wants to enter the field of deep-sea exploration, he still has a lot of lessons to learn.

"Yes, they were dismantled, but there were a total of 19 Kagero-class ships built, and most of them were sunk. Our team found the wreckage of several of them."

Joseph said proudly.

Of course, this is also inseparable from Paul's continued investment. After all, it is impossible to make a profit by just searching and exploring sunken warships from World War II.

This situation officially changed after Paul entrusted his deep-sea exploration business to Xia Yu. In the future, Joseph and his team will cooperate with his newly formed ocean salvage team to develop shipwreck recycling and reuse projects.

As for his personal collection, after listening to what Joseph said, Xia Yu felt that he could wait for him to come back and collect a Yangyan-class submarine in the waters of Southeast Asia.

Over the next two days, further exploration of the Johnston was conducted, and the Vulcan team officially announced their discovery in Southeast Asian waters online.

Xia Yu also officially left Southeast Asia and secretly headed to the waters of the island country.

The Nautilus had set out several days in advance, but the fighter was faster.

Southwest of Kyushu Island, northwest of Tokunoshima Island, 128 degrees 04 minutes east longitude, 30 degrees 43 minutes north latitude.

As the decisive weapon of that year, and being sunk right at home, the Yamato is considered a check-in destination for the Japanese Ocean Exploration Company and has always been very popular.

Xia Yu chose the Musashi instead of the more complete Yamato because of this consideration.

But without moving the main body, it is still no problem to cut off several thousand tons of internal debris.

After the Nautilus sank to a depth of about 300 meters, the remote-controlled submersible was ejected, dragging the cable into the sideways hull.

[Project: Yamato Battleship]

[Completeness: 75.6% (can be repaired)]

After the robotic arm touched the hull, the system also displayed various data of the Yamato.

Xia Yu directly cut down 7500 tons of low-background radiation steel, and its integrity instantly dropped to 64.1%, making it unrepairable.

Now I felt comfortable. I pulled the ROV out from the hull and switched it to autopilot mode.

[Project: Musashi Tank]

[Completeness: 72.3% (can be repaired)]

"Get ready!"

After seeing that the Musashi was complete, Xia Yu directly chose to prepare for maintenance.

[Estimated remaining maintenance hours: 1055.6]

The progress bar popped up, and the working hours required for this maintenance soared to 1000+, nearly one and a half months.

There's nothing we can do about it, it was because the Musashi was destroyed so completely!

In reality, if you want to weld it together, you may need hundreds of tons of welding rods!

Xia Yu came from the cockpit to the game cabin at the back to kill time. In the blink of an eye, almost two months had passed since the F-35A crashed.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force has completed the salvage operation and withdrawn to its home port.

After all, fighter jets are not warships weighing thousands or tens of thousands of tons. It is difficult to salvage them if they are broken into pieces in the sea, especially in a major accident like this where they crash into the sea at high speed and the entire seabed is covered with shattered pieces.

Before leaving Southeast Asia, Xia Yu called Lao Tang again, and the two of them discussed the progress of the matter in a sarcastic tone.

Well, they only found large chunks of the wing, and there was no trace of the all-important engine.

In this case, Xia Yu might as well try his luck.

The Nautilus quietly arrived at the sea area where the incident occurred and ejected all the ROVs and AUVs for search.

However, it cannot be said that they were unlucky, because the time was too short and the remote-controlled submersible only found two pieces of internal wreckage, which weighed only 12 kilograms in total.

Compared with the empty weight of the F-35A of 13154 kg, this amount of debris is less than 0.1%.

Time, it still takes time!

Fortunately, what Xia Yu has the most is time. The Nautilus can be operated unmanned, and others do not have to stay on the seabed all the time. They just need to replace the batteries of the submarine regularly.

This is also his biggest advantage over me. If one month doesn't work, then two months will do. If one quarter doesn't work, then half a year will do.

Anyway, Xia Yu has to stay in the country for the next six months to welcome the arrival of a new life, so it is just right for him to do some part-time job.

After staying for a full week and figuring out the entire process, he ascended to the surface from a depth of less than 1000 meters.

"Wow~Wow~~"

After changing to a helicopter, Xia Yu landed on the helipad of a yacht anchored in the nearby sea.

(End of this chapter)