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Chapter 601 The Ghost Scaring Action Begins!

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    The weapon Li Hui mentioned is exactly the newly developed intelligent mine by the Chinese family!

    When it comes to sea mines, I believe everyone is familiar with this kind of underwater killer, which is the natural enemy of all surface ships, but few people should know that this kind of underwater weapon originated in China. It has a history of more than 300 years. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, by  In the book "Wu Bian" compiled by Tang Shunzhi, the structure and deployment method of a weapon called "underwater mine" is recorded in detail: "A wooden box is used as the shell, the seams are glued with putty, and there is black powder inside.  An iron anchor, pulled by a long cable, is placed under the water, and when an enemy ship passes by, the person who pulls the cable will detonate it!"

    This weapon was used to attack Japanese pirate ships that invaded China's coast at that time. It can be said to be the world's first artificially controlled and mechanically fired anchor mine.  It is the Shen Lei that touches the line, and the triggered floating mine that is detonated when it touches the line.  The attacks and names that underpin these mines are still in use today.

    Later, these technologies spread to the west, and countries in Central Asia, Europe and the United States also began to imitate and use this weapon. The first official debut was in the Russo-Turkish War in the 18th century. The Russians used homemade floating mines to blow up the Turkish  Dunay's floating bridge.  A few years later, during the American War of Independence, American militiamen used mines made of small beer barrels to damage British warships moored at the mouth of the Trava River in Philadelphia, and also injured many British sailors, causing the British army to retreat.

    However, these things can only be regarded as primary products of sea mines, not to mention their low power, and their attack methods are also very simple.

    The first time that modern sea mines were widely used was during the Russo-Japanese War in the early 20th century. The sea mines at that time were automatic depth-fixing electro-hydraulic trigger anchor mines. This kind of sea mines was suitable for use in shallow water and was fixed with anchors and chains.  Drifting below the surface with ocean currents, it explodes as soon as it hits a ship.  during the war.  The two sides laid about 2,000 such mines, and the attack destroyed 16 ships.

    Since then, countries have begun to pay attention to this kind of underwater killer that is cheap, widely used, and can achieve great results.  In particular, which military powers have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in development and upgrading.  As a result, there has been a considerable increase in the number and types of mines.

    During the First World War, the Allies and the Allies laid a total of 310,000 various types of mines, sinking a total of 148 surface ships, 54 submarines, and 586 merchant ships, with a total tonnage of 1.22 million.

    The application of sea mines reached its peak in World War II, and with the development of science and technology, non-trigger sea mines such as magnetic induction mines and acoustic mines also appeared.  The emergence of these new mines greatly increased the losses of both parties involved in the war.

    The first to bear the brunt was Britain. After Germany invented the magnetic mine, it was used by the British as soon as possible, and immediately achieved huge results.  In September 1939 alone, 17 British naval vessels were sunk by magnetic mines in the waters between the Thames Estuary and Hambel.  A large number of mines made the British Isles a complete isolation zone, and warships and merchant ships were struggling. For those sailors, every voyage meant a farewell.

    In just over a year, German mines sank more than 100 British ships and more than 600 merchant ships.  This is because the UK has been in extreme shortage of various supplies for a long time.  This situation was not changed until the British discovered the secret of magnetic mines and installed degaussing devices on ships.

    In addition to the United Kingdom, the United States also suffered huge losses due to German mines. From 1942 to 1944, German submarines launched mine warfare on the east coast of the United States.  Although they only laid about 370 mines, they sank and damaged 11 US ships and more than 60 transport ships. The Americans had to close 8 ports on the east coast for a short time.

    Although the Americans were the victims of the mines, they were also the beneficiaries. They multiplied the damage caused by the Germans to the Japanese by multiplying by ten.  In the Pacific Ocean, the torpedoes of the US military caused a devastating blow to Japan, and their destructive power was greater than that of mushroom bombs. During the war, the Yankees laid a total of nearly 400,000 various types of mines with surface ships, submarines and aircraft  Among them, in just 10 weeks from April to August 1945, American bombers laid 12,000 bombs, and almost all of Japan¡¯s external waterways had mines laid by the US military.  Injured 65 warships including the "Haiying" aircraft carrier and more than 600 merchant ships and transport ships, with a total tonnage of nearly 1.4 million, equivalent to 75% of the total tonnage of Japanese ships at the beginning of the war.  It is no exaggeration to say that the main reason why Japan did not choose to continue fighting was the poor logistical supply caused by the mines-the resources were gone, and it was still a bird.

    ?As the saying goes, the way of heaven is reincarnation, who is spared by heaven, the United States surrounded Japan with mines, but after World War II, the United States launched a campaign to seek the world's first brotherIn the several wars in the past, mines also caused them a lot of trouble.

    In the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the one-sided Gulf War, the opponents all laid a lot of torpedoes on the coastline, although many of them were.  Antiques from World War II and even World War I.  But it also forced the U.S. Navy to spend a lot of time clearing mines.  Many warships were also lost and many casualties were paid.

    As powerful as the US Navy.  They were all overwhelmed by small mines.  It can be seen that this kind of weapon with the title of "underwater killer" is by no means in vain.

    ? With the development of the times, technology progresses.  Modern sea mines have been pushed into the ranks of high-tech weapons, especially the wide application of microelectronics technology, making sea mines begin to develop in the direction of intelligence, and their destructiveness, anti-sweeping and flexibility have all been raised to a new level.

    The new smart mine developed by the Zhonghua family is one of the best. This mine with a microcomputer inside is a non-contact sinking mine. It integrates three sensing detection methods: sound, magnetism, and pressure, which greatly enhances detection.  Therefore, the sea area that can be controlled by one smart mine is equivalent to hundreds of non-smart mines, and its explosive power is also several times that of old-fashioned mines.

    It was precisely because he had such a big killer in his hand that Li Hui was so confident that he used only four patrol boats to scare away the Japanese reinforcement fleet.

    When it comes to this, some people may ask, smart mines are so advanced, the price is definitely not cheap, like Li Hui, who usually only buys cheap ones and not the right ones in order to save money. How is it possible to buy them?  this kind of thing.

    Hee hee, in fact, these mines were not bought, but given as gifts like thermobaric bombs, and the conditions are the same, and Li Hui should report to them "experience after use!"

    Li Hui naturally knows the intention of the navy, but he doesn't care. Anyway, he has been a guinea pig for the army once. As the saying goes, one sheep is also chased, and two sheep are also released. As long as it is free, let alone being a guinea pig again  , even if he pretended to be another ten times, he would have no objection.

    After the gossip is over, let's get back to the topic.

    After receiving the order from the Twelfth Army, the four patrol boats in Longkou Port immediately left the port with all 60 smart mines.  Their destination is Beijiucheng Island - there is a Longdao Islands consisting of more than a dozen small islands in the Bohai Sea near the Jiaodong Peninsula, and Beijiucheng Island is the northernmost island of the Changdaolian Islands.  The channel to Yantai is only 7.8 kilometers away, and it is the only way for the Japanese reinforcement fleet.

    And those four patrol boats will wake up and intimidate the Japanese reinforcement fleet here!  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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