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Chapter 63: Fire and Fire in the East China Sea

Wang Jiankun drove the K200 slowly through the lock, then looked up and saw in the distance that the lighthouse at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River had been lit.

Following the guidance of the lighthouse, we arrived at the confluence of the canal and the Yangtze River, then carefully steered the boat across the Yangtze River to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and then sailed down the river.

After passing the Yangzhou section, the river became wider and the flow rate slowed down a lot. With the assistance of radar and alarm systems, Wang Jiankun increased the ship speed to 30 knots.

After passing two larger islands in the middle of the river, the width of the river reaches more than 2 meters.

Then they sailed downstream for more than 20 kilometers and encountered a particularly large island in the middle of the river. Wang Jiankun calculated the distance and realized that this was Chongming Island opposite SH City. Beyond Chongming Island was the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Here Wang Jiankun had to slow down the boat.

Because according to the information on the geographical atlas, the waterway at the estuary is winding, and the silt that impacts it will pile up into small sand dunes, and these sand dune islands will also move.

Driving the K200 slowly at a speed of 5 knots through this more dangerous section, Wang Jiankun arrived at the junction of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

It was the fifteenth day of the tenth month in the lunar calendar. A full moon was hanging high in the sky and was reflected on the sea.

With the help of radar, sextant and compass, Wang Jiankun drove 20 nautical miles to the southeast sea.

This place has left the continental shelf and belongs to the East China Sea. The seabed drops precipitously, so the water is dark black.

Wang Jiankun first used his superpowers to create hundreds of glass containers and 10 lead cans using elements such as silicon and lead brought on the ship.

Each glass jar can hold 5 liters of metal, and each lead jar can hold 1 kilogram of uranium.

Wang Jiankun identified the direction below again, drove slightly south for another 5 nautical miles, and then turned on the automatic driving system.

He set a circular route with a radius of 1 nautical mile for the ship, making it circle at a speed of 20 knots. He used his superpowers to extract uranium from the seawater and some elements that are difficult to buy or extract inland, such as bromine, strontium, boron, fluorine, iodine, etc.

After thinking about extracting uranium from seawater in his hometown, Wang Jiankun specifically looked up the uranium content in seawater.

According to the results of sampling and testing in several major sea areas by some domestic scientific research institutions, the average uranium content is 3.3 micrograms per liter. There are about 45 billion tons of uranium in the earth's oceans, which is 1000 times that of uranium mines on land. Therefore, extracting uranium from the sea will be an important source of energy in the future.

王建昆现在的投射范围是90米*90米*90米，按照横截面90米*90米，船速是20节计算，每秒钟投射的海水量是8万3千4百升，能够提取到的铀则有0.274克，每小时提取铀大约1000克。

Because Wang Jiankun already had knowledge of uranium and several other target elements, the extraction process did not take up much of his energy.

While extracting elements, Wang Jiankun also has time to study knowledge related to microscopic particles.

At present, Wang Jiankun already had a good understanding of electrons, and also had a certain understanding of neutrons and protons in the atomic nucleus. So after studying some information, Wang Jiankun began to study the real uranium element.

按照铀235的平均丰度，每200个铀原子中将会有1个或者2个的铀235，所以王建昆专门投射了200个铀原子到脑海里。

Then I focused my energy on imagining how to magnify it, and unexpectedly it actually worked this time.

Previously, there was no reaction to the projected atomic amplification, but this time there was a reaction, which shows that Mingzi's speculation was correct.

As Wang Jiankun's understanding of microscopic particles deepens, the structures he can observe will become smaller and smaller. In the future, he may be able to see the structure of the basic particles that make up neutrons, protons and electrons in his mind.

The uranium atoms after magnification did show differences. After being magnified by the same multiple, 4 uranium atoms in four rows grew from the size of a soybean to the size of a peach.

It is wrapped in a translucent membrane, which must be the electron cloud, with a solid nucleus in the middle. Two of the atoms have smaller nuclei in the middle. These smaller ones are uranium 2, because they have three fewer neutrons than uranium 235. The smaller cores can be discovered under magnification.

In order to better separate uranium 235, Wang Jiankun mobilized his superpowers and continued to amplify them to the limit.

At this time, these 200 uranium atoms have become the size of basketballs, with a tennis ball-sized nucleus in the middle.

When these nuclei are magnified to this extent, they are no longer smooth spheres, and uneven areas can be seen. These areas should be the arc-shaped protrusions and depressions formed by the gathering of neutrons and protons.

Since it is possible to distinguish uranium isotopes through magnification, purifying uranium 235 will become much simpler.

By then, we will enlarge the extracted uranium one by one and make a reference ruler, and then we can pick out pure uranium 235. I just don’t know how efficient it will be.

We are currently extracting elements, and it is not easy to devote too much energy to the separation and purification work. It will not be too late to do it after returning to the Wuyuan base.

The extraction of target elements from seawater is proceeding in an orderly manner. Every hour, Wang Jiankun drives the boat one nautical mile further out to sea, because the amount extracted would be greatly reduced if it kept circling in place.

Although the seawater is flowing, it still cannot keep up with the speed of extraction, so it is necessary to constantly change positions, just like when I was a child herding cattle, I had to move the wooden stakes that fixed the ropes to new positions every once in a while.

After more than 4 hours of extraction, it was already 2 a.m. Wang Jiankun counted the number of elements extracted, including 4 kilograms of uranium, and 4 lead cans were already full.

Then the other elements more or less totaled about 20 to 40 liters, and more than 60 glass jars were used.

In order to prevent excessive consumption of mental energy, Wang Jiankun stopped studying the separation and purification of uranium 235, but sat on the recliner in the cockpit to take a nap.

Only a little attention was paid to extracting uranium from seawater, and other elements were no longer extracted because they were enough for experiments and the manufacture of small batches of products.

I don't know how much time had passed, but I heard the ship's alarm beeping in a daze.

Wang Jiankun was still wondering how a ship could come so close to the open sea in the middle of the night, as the location he had chosen was not on the shipping lane.

I just checked the radar screen after moving 1 nautical mile outward. There should be no ships passing through this sea area within 30 nautical miles.

Wang Jiankun, who was still very sleepy, didn't want to pay attention to it, but the beeping sound continued and after a while it turned into a sharp alarm, so he quickly jumped up from his chair.

I came to the bridge and looked at the radar screen, and found that a ship was approaching to 1 nautical mile, and was still approaching in this direction. Judging from its speed and size, it was definitely not a cargo ship or a cruise ship, but perhaps a warship.

So he quickly stopped extracting uranium and picked up the telescope to look in the direction of the approaching ship.

Fortunately, the moon was round tonight and there were no clouds blocking the view, so Wang Jiankun could see the ship one nautical mile away.

The flag flying on the ship is the Stars and Stripes, and judging by the size and shape of the ship, it should be an American destroyer.

Logically, this place is off the coast of Shanghai, only about 30 nautical miles from China's territorial waters, and warships should not be so close.

What Wang Jiankun didn't know was that this place was very close to the U.S. military base in Okinawa. The base's air patrols often patrolled and occasionally approached China's territorial waters for close reconnaissance, with Shanghai, Zhoushan and other places being the focus of reconnaissance.

Although the relationship between China and the United States has been normalized in recent years, and in order to counter the military threat from the northern superpower, they have also carried out very close cooperation in some areas, the war in the south can be regarded as the beginning of cooperation.

Although close cooperation has begun, reconnaissance and surveillance will not stop.

So when Wang Jiankun's 200-ton ship was circling at a high speed of 20 knots off the coast of Shanghai, it was discovered by an aerial reconnaissance aircraft. They thought it was the Chinese Navy testing some new warship, so they quickly sent a 4-ton destroyer to check it out.

Wang Jiankun saw that the ship was slowly slowing down, but the gun barrel in front did not change, so he knew it was safe for the time being. But he did not dare to reduce the speed, so he let the ship circle, turned off the autopilot system, and took the opportunity to check the power system and electrical system.

After the destroyer approached 500 meters, its speed was slightly faster than Wang Jiankun's ship, so it was still approaching slowly.

The loudspeaker on the ship was shouting in English, asking Wang Jiankun to stop the ship for inspection.

Of course, Wang Jiankun was not that stupid. He kept his speed constant and was ready to run away at any time.

He even made a makeshift loudspeaker and shouted to the uninvited American guest: "This is international waters. You have no right to ask me to stop the ship for inspection."

The people on the destroyer were stunned for a moment when they heard Wang Jiankun's reply in standard American ABC radio voice. Then they spoke in a slightly softer tone, "Excuse me, which country's ship are you from? Why are you circling here?"

Wang Jiankun thought to himself that you Americans are really nosy, and replied: "I am lost on the high seas. I can't find the channel to the Yangtze River estuary at night. I plan to enter China's Yangtze River at dawn. Do you have any questions?"

Wang Jiankun asked while adjusting his course, slowly approaching the American destroyer.

And this American warship does not feel any threat from the K200, which is an order of magnitude smaller.

Looking down from the destroyer's island, Wang Jiankun's ship was in full view. There were no weapons systems or armed personnel on board, and only one person was seen driving the ship, so one might have thought it was a private cruise ship.

The ship type was not any known Chinese ship. Seeing that K200 was written on the side of the ship, I thought it was really a ship from another country that was lost here.

But since I'm here, I have to check out such a special ship, otherwise it will be difficult to write a report.

So they decided to send armed forces on board to check the ship after the ship docked. If it was indeed a ship from another country, they would say it was a misunderstanding.

Now, except for the polar bear's ship, other European and American countries are trembling under the wings of the United States. A verbal apology will be enough. I guess the owner of this ship and the leaders of the country where it is located dare not say anything.

If it is a Chinese ship, that doesn't matter. We can just ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue a statement of misunderstanding. At that time, it will be fine as long as we get the intelligence.

Wang Jiankun had two purposes for approaching the destroyer.

One is to use supernatural powers to project the ship into the mind and obtain information about the structure and equipment of the ship.

The other is to cause sabotage. If you don't make the ship break down, you will definitely not be able to escape.

Looking at the arrogant look of these American navy officers, they will definitely board the ship for inspection. If they find those lead cans, they will definitely take control of the ship and steal the items, and he himself may be in danger of his life.

When the distance was within 50 meters, Wang Jiankun stopped approaching the destroyer and sailed side by side for a while.

Wang Jiankun projected the destroyer from the stern to the bow in his mind, and asked Chieko to help analyze which parts should be destroyed in order to paralyze the destroyer for a few hours without causing serious damage.

Tomoko carefully examined the internal structure of the destroyer and suggested destroying two places to make the ship lose its attack and mobility capabilities.

One is the distribution box of the power system. They can make some carbon fiber threads and put them into the distribution box to create the illusion of a short circuit and then remove the carbon element. Afterwards, the US military can only conclude that it was a power failure and leave it alone.

Disrupting electricity would only cause the ship's electrical equipment to stop working, but the power system has an independent control circuit.

So they had to create some cables in front of the propeller to entangle it, paralyzing the destroyer on the sea and unable to move. It could only restore its ability to move after they sent people into the sea to cut the entangled cables. By that time, Wang Jiankun had already run into the Yangtze River.

Wang Jiankun was a man who acted immediately. He was not afraid of causing trouble. If he was not afraid of causing a major accident to the ship that would affect the relationship between the two countries, Wang Jiankun would have wanted to break the ship into several sections and sink it to the bottom of the sea.

At this time, there was already a team of armed personnel on standby on the destroyer, and the captain was commanding the warship to approach.

Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to mobilize carbon elements to form carbon fiber to the destroyer's central distribution box. The distribution box instantly short-circuited due to the large current and sparks flew. All the lights on the ship went out instantly, and the entire ship fell into darkness. Only the safety indicator light was on to guide the direction of escape and damage control.

The radar equipment, communication system, tweeters, etc. were all not working. The captain and officers at all levels shouted for the entire ship to enter combat status. The hoarse voices were so loud that Wang Jiankun could vaguely hear them.

Taking advantage of the opponent's brief confusion, Wang Jiankun quickly disassembled part of the cable and part of the fiber structure on the destroyer, and then reassembled them into cables in front of the propeller.

The cable wrapped around the drive shaft under the suction caused by the rotation of the propeller. After winding around for more than ten turns, the drive shaft got stuck and could not rotate, and the speed of the destroyer dropped instantly.

Most of the personnel who were preparing for combat and damage control fell flat on their faces. Wang Jiankun felt relieved as he looked at the figures in his mind, some falling to the ground with their heads hit, some breaking their arms and legs.

I was originally going to extract here for a full 10 hours, trying to extract more uranium for experiments.

These Americans are nosy and have to cause trouble. If they weren't worried, they would all have to feed the fish on the bottom of the sea.

I will just give them a light punishment this time and let them suffer a loss in silence. Then we will see if they dare to come so close to me again in the future.

Seeing that the personnel on the ship had stabilized again, they began damage control and turned on the backup power supply to prepare to contact the outside world. Some armed personnel also pointed their guns at Wang Jiankun's ship.

Wang Jiankun quickly drove the boat away from the warship, accelerated to a maximum speed of 30 knots, and headed towards the coastline.

In order to confuse the enemy, Wang Jiankun first controlled the ship to sail diagonally southwest for 2 hours. After entering the Chinese territorial waters about 10 nautical miles near the coast, he sailed north for 1 hour and entered the Yangtze River.

During this period, Wang Jiankun extracted uranium elements from the sea area he passed by while studying the warship that had just been projected into his mind.

From the information on the ship, Wang Jiankun learned that this was a type of destroyer that had been in service with the US military not long ago, and its name was the Perry-class Frigates.

The performance parameters are: displacement of approximately 4200 tons, length of 135 meters, maximum speed of 29 knots, and equipped with 40 anti-ship missile launchers.

This warship is mainly used for anti-ship purposes, and its sea-surface radar is the most advanced among the destroyers currently in service.

The entire warship is like a huge castle, containing many industrial treasures waiting for Wang Jiankun to take out and put them to use.

So I made a lot of money this time. I will study it carefully when I get back.

Some weapons and equipment can be modified for my uncle to test and use. Some electromechanical and electronic equipment can be extracted and the technology contained in them can be applied to the machinery and equipment manufactured in the future.

After entering the Yangtze River, Wang Jiankun finally felt relieved. He had been worried that the Americans would not follow common sense and launch missiles to send him to the bottom of the sea.

By this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and we docked at the dock in Kunshan County and filled up with gasoline.

After eating a bowl of dumplings at a mobile stall at the dock and resting on the boat for three hours, Wang Jiankun finally recovered.

After working all night to extract elements and encountering such dangerous and exciting things, there is a smell on my body.

After getting up, I took a hot shower in the shower room on the boat, used my superpowers to clean the dirt off my clothes and put them on again, then drove the K200 home feeling refreshed.

(End of this chapter)