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Chapter 84: Free Battleship

The fishing boat NZN003 followed the Fudong for about 10 minutes, constantly calling for it to leave.

But according to Tang Wen's naked eye observation, NZN003 is only two or three hundred tons at most, and its speed is only about 8 knots.

The Fudong maintained a straight course and soon left NZN003 far behind.

Half an hour later, the fishing boat could no longer be seen on the radio or in sight.

It quickly grew dark, and the ocean quickly turned into an all-encompassing darkness.

Tang Wen came to the war situation room on the Fudong, and Tang Yi was looking at other sunken warships marked on the map.

"Commander, we should definitely have another ocean-going fleet. The aircraft carriers and battleships sunk during World War II were mostly concentrated around the islands in the South and Western Pacific."

Tang Wen narrowed his eyes and scanned the sunken sites one by one, saying in a deep voice:
"There's nothing wrong with civilian ships sailing out to sea, but... it's too time-consuming. A round trip takes a month, so it's not cost-effective."

There are many large shipwrecks around the islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, and they are also in the international waters.

If building a few high-speed yachts in the future does not involve any risk, the problem is that even so it will take too long.

The journey is often four or five thousand nautical miles, and the drifting time is too long.

“You don’t have to take a boat.”

Tang placed one hand near the Solomon Islands, which is about 6000 kilometers away from Goose City.

"Let the salvage ship be in position first, then you can fly all the way here by seaplane, refuel and fly back. The whole journey can be in open airspace and at low altitude, so it should be safe."

"Do we have a seaplane capable of flying 6000 kilometers at a time?"

Tang Yi: "Of course there is, the Kawanishi Type 7100 flying boat, with a maximum range of kilometers, was originally an anti-submarine aircraft, and can be summoned by R-series battleships above rank V. You already have the Yahagi, which can summon two Type seaplanes at a time.

The Hornet also had PBY seaplanes, but their range was only 4000 kilometers."

After hearing this, Tang Wencai remembered the game settings: in World of Warships, warships can directly "call" anti-submarine aircraft for support and drop anti-submarine bombs into the water to attack submarines.

There are also some special types of warships that can send high-explosive bombers by phone.

No matter when, no matter where, a support plane will appear out of thin air within seconds after a phone call... It's worthy of being a magic game.

If you take a seaplane, it will take one or two days for a round trip, which is completely acceptable.

"If the battleship's sinking location is clear, perhaps we can try to modify a seaplane to salvage it directly, which is much more efficient than a salvage ship."

Anyway, Tang Wen doesn't need to actually salvage the steel to recycle, he can just use a large seaplane with an iron chain to do it.

Tang Wen couldn't help but feel happy to have found a faster way to salvage the steel. He gave up his original plan to go back to the cabin to sleep and seriously considered where to go to salvage other shipwrecks next.

……

As soon as the sun rose, everyone on the Fudong became alert.

The sinking site of the Yamato is less than 200 nautical miles away from the nearest Honko Island, which is basically within the Japan Coast Guard's key patrol area.

Although it is still the high seas, the current book divides the so-called "exclusive economic zone". To put it bluntly, only their fishermen can fish within the 200 nautical miles of territorial waters, and they have the right to detain fishing boats from other countries that intrude.

Tang Wen was already prepared: first, he would get to the shipwreck site as quickly as possible, and if he was discovered, he would pretend to be lost and look for a chance to escape.

The 20-knot speed of the Hashidate-class is not fast for a patrol boat, but it can definitely hold its course for a while, and by nightfall it can basically escape pursuit.

If there is really no other way... Tang Wen still has 1200 gold coins in his hand.

Gold coins are the only material that can be used to purchase warships directly from the armory, but a slightly better warship will cost several thousand. The Yahagi is sold for as high as 4300 gold coins in the armory.

The cheapest level II destroyer costs 1250 gold coins. Fortunately, Tang Wen discovered that a 1% discount card would be updated every month, which meant he had 25 gold coins.

At this price, you could buy the USS Smith, a Tier II American destroyer, for just 1400 gold coins. The Smith was a 700-ton, obsolete World War I destroyer, but it had five 5mm main guns and its own captain. If Tang Wen got caught up in the situation, buying the Smith on the spot would disrupt the situation. The outcome would be beyond his control.

The Smith, with its own captain, will faithfully carry out the cover mission, even if it sinks.

Anyway, according to the World of Warships system, damaged warships still need to pay for ammunition, appearance fees, fuel costs and other miscellaneous expenses, so sinking is much simpler:
Sunken warships can be resurrected directly at the port by paying the salvage fee, which includes all the costs of repairs, ammunition, etc.

But it doesn't matter if a rotten ship like the Smith is not salvaged and discarded. At least the tens of thousands of tons of steel obtained in exchange are far more than worth it.

At 11:25 a.m., the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship that had been worried about still did not appear, and the Fukuto arrived at the sea area where the Yamato sank.

The sinking depth this time is about 350 meters. Various enthusiasts have already marked nearby landmarks and the location of the shipwreck on public channels. You just need to follow the map.

The clarity in sunlight was very good, and the sonar and metal detector on the Fudong were activated at full power.

With its larger hull and power supply, the Yamato's huge hull is as obvious as the sun in the darkness.

Tang Yi took a look at the location of the purchased GPS receiver and found that it was almost exactly the same as the coordinates in the newspaper.

"Grappling hook release!"

At the side of the ship, a heavy hook was thrown directly into the sea, dragging the drum to rotate rapidly.

According to the information already obtained, the Yamato has been broken into three parts due to capsizing and corrosion. Tang Wen's goal is to salvage them all.

When the drum stopped turning, Tang Wen did not hear the expected prompt.

"Move 300 meters to the left, dragging in a rectangular trajectory."

Tang Yi was not in a hurry. The GPS positioning was already several hundred meters, so he just needed to try a few more times.

It only takes a dozen seconds for the Fudong to accelerate to its maximum speed under the control of the system captain, so the process is completed very quickly.

Tang Wen leaned on the railing with full concentration, and he seemed to be able to see the rusty wreckage on the seabed. Finally, a familiar reminder sounded in his mind:
[Steel Discovery: 23520 tons of steel debris, 82% recovery rate]

[Discovery: Tier X battleship Yamato (sunk)
Pay the salvage fee: 271000 silver coins, and then send it back to your port.

"stop!"

Seeing Tang Wen's expression suddenly change, Tang Yi quickly asked:

"Did you catch the wreckage?"

"I caught him, but..."

Tang Wen thought for a long time, then turned around and asked:
"Give us a Yamato. It should fetch a lot of money, right?"

Tang Yi looked at him in confusion, then suddenly understood.

"You mean you can fix it?!"

Although it was hard to believe, Tang Wen nodded.

The Yamato, which has sunk for 51 years, is completely rusted through and broken into three parts. Can it be identified by the system and salvaged?

No, how did you fix this problem?
This reminded Tang Wen of the Los Santos Custom Car King. Perhaps it was the only one that could be compared with the salvage boat setting.

27.1 silver coins are just a small amount. According to the normal technology tree, you have to spend millions of experience points to climb to Yamato, and then use 1800 million silver coins to buy it.

Getting a Tier X battleship with just this little bit of silver coins is simply free!
Moreover, the fish are fished out and sent directly to the port, so there is no need to worry about accidents along the way.

But the question that follows is...will there be another 7-ton cement ship in the port?

(End of this chapter)