In ordinary mines, explosives explode in four directions, but in this type of mine, a directional energy-gathering design is adopted, and the explosion direction of explosives is precisely designed to face the water surface, so that the explosion energy is more concentrated. Soon, the shock wave ripped through the Blackbird's hull.

After all, the Blackbird is not a warship, and its shell does not use special steel, and its hull does not have a mine-resistant structure, so it is vulnerable to the powerful shock wave of the mine, and a huge crack appears immediately, followed by the seawater The influx was relentless, and before the people on board realized what was going on, the ship began to capsize, and the captain gave the order to abandon the ship.

Behind the Blackbird is the Heart of the Ocean, which is the same model as the Blackbird. The Heart of the Ocean is also destined to sink. The captain then ordered to abandon the ship. Seeing the sinking of the two ships, Lin Yuan immediately issued an order to Fade Chen : The divers are dispatched.

In order to avoid being discovered, the two tugboats have been cruising in the sea to the east of the explosion water area, which is a full six to seven hundred meters away from the explosion site. In other words, Chen Fei and the divers have to rush to the explosion water area with more than 700 meters of iron chains , but Chen Fei and the others brought advanced equipment this time - individual underwater thrusters.

This kind of propeller is also called "underwater motorcycle". In fact, the principle is very simple. An electric motor is connected with a propeller at the back. With the help of thrusters, Fade Chen led several divers to cover a distance of 700 meters in only 5 minutes.

When Fade Chen arrived at the water area, he yelled in his heart, "No!" It turned out that the mine exploded, and the hull sank and a lot of sand was thrown up. The sand was stirred in the water, making the underwater dark. Even under the circumstances, only objects within ten meters can be seen clearly.

Fade Chen then contacted Lin Yuan through the communicator, and said, "I have encountered some obstacles here, and the underwater visibility is very poor. It may take us some time to find the location of the container."

Lin Yuan said: "Okay, there are no ships on the channel now, so you have plenty of time."

Fade Chen and the others groped forward under the water with the faint light of the searchlights. Above their heads were those who fell into the water. The boat was equipped with life jackets, so they all floated on the surface of the water. Man notices the situation underwater.

Fade Chen took a look at the way the transport ship sank. The starboard side of the ship was flooded, so the starboard side sank to the bottom of the water, and the port side was facing the water. The whole ship was in a rollover position. Fade Chen checked the status of the containers and found that there were no containers. If the container is damaged, it will be troublesome if the container is installed in the hull. In that case, the deck must be cut. However, for the convenience of container loading and unloading, the container is placed on the deck. In this way, there is no need to open the deck and the hull. The container can also be transported away.

Fade Chen led the people to fix the hooks on the hooks of the containers. There were ten containers on each ship, each with a load capacity of [-] tons. Fade Chen led the people to hang the first fourteen, but in the Difficulties arose at the last six.

Fade Chen contacted Lin Yuan and said: "There was a problem with the six containers at the back. When the hull exploded, the container and the hull collided. Under the huge force, the metal of the container and the hull were deformed, causing the container to collapse. They are attached to the hull, and the tugboat cannot tow them without cutting them open with a cutter."

Lin Yuan then said, "Okay, you all immediately use the underwater cutting machine to cut the hull."

Chen Fei said: "Yes, yes, but it will take a long time. You have to ensure that we will not be discovered by other ships. The depth of the iron chains we carry is set at nine meters. If there are large ships passing by, our iron chains will be as deep as possible." likely to be discovered."

Lin Yuan asked, "Okay, how much time do you need?"

Fade Chen asked the cutting machine operator through the radio intercom system in the diving mask: "How much time do we need?"

The operator replied: "We need at least half an hour."

Chen Fei then said to Lin Yuan: "We need at least half an hour."

Lin Yuan said: "Don't worry, there are no ships passing by nearby, and you have plenty of time."

Just as Lin Yuan turned off the communicator, a soldier beside him said, "Captain, there is a situation!"

Lin Yuan quickly asked, "What happened?"

The soldier pointed to the northwest with his hand and said, "There is a ship over there, heading towards us."

Lin Yuan hastily raised his binoculars, and he broke out in a cold sweat when he saw it. He saw a two-masted battleship with a low freeboard majestically approaching the mine-exploded waters.

Lin Yuan looked at the majestic ship approaching, and knew that they must have rushed over after hearing the explosion. Although they would not touch the underwater iron cables when they were on the route, it was not necessarily the case when they entered the explosion water area, and it was even more difficult. The danger is: the draft of the Majestic ship is eight meters, and the divers work at a distance of ten meters underwater, with only two meters apart. The wake formed by the ship can easily cause harm to the divers!

Lin Yuan made a decisive decision: the mission was cancelled. Although the British will definitely send ships to salvage the sunken ore later, the value of those ores cannot be compared with that of divers. Contact Fade Chen, tell him that the operation is cancelled, and return to the tugboat immediately.

However, he did not expect that the communicator could not be connected. Lin Yuan quickly figured out the reason. The electric sparks generated by the cutting machine must have interfered with the communication. Lin Yuan frowned and thought about countermeasures. A soldier said: "Captain, hurry up and give an order, the British fleet is coming."

Lin Yuan suddenly had an idea, and said to the people on board: "Let's go to the front of the warship and block them!"

The captain was a timid businessman, and he said in amazement: "Is this possible? What if the British shoot us?"

Lin Yuan laughed loudly and said, "They dare not, absolutely not."

The captain still shook his head, and Lin Yuan said, "Well, I'll give you an extra thousand pounds!"

As soon as the captain heard this, he immediately turned on his horsepower and sailed towards the British warship. When the distance was only more than 500 meters, Lin Yuan gave the order to hang up the flag of sea rescue and told the British that we were going to the waters ahead to rescue people. , the crew quickly hoisted the signal flag, and Lin Yuan gave another order to slow down the speed of the ship and slowly approach the British warship.

The captain hurriedly asked, "Aren't we going to turn around?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and smiled, "Now is not the time."

At this time, the sound of the horn came from the British warship opposite, two long and one short, Lin Yuan smiled and said: "This is a common ship communication signal at sea. They want to overtake us from the starboard side. We will immediately go to the starboard direction. Turn the rudder, turn the bow."

The captain asked fearfully: "They are going to overtake from the starboard side, and we are going to turn from the starboard side. What if they bump into us?"

Lin Yuan laughed and said, "It doesn't matter, we are also going to rescue people, they won't hit us. Immediately use the horn and lights, the horn will sound a short sound, and then the lights will flash , tell them we're turning right."

This is the internationally accepted method of communication. The British warship slowed down when seeing Lin Yuan's ship turning to the right.

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