war! From a grand strategic point of view, it is always a battle of national power. A strong country defeats a weak country, a large army defeats a small army, and the tactics are not enough for the number of people. It is just like the United States during World War II. In fact, the victory of the United States is the victory of national power. Germany, Italy and Japan continued to win. The oil has been exhausted, and the aircraft carrier here is plopping into the water like dumplings.
This kind of world war involving national power has no tricks or tricks. As long as a powerful country is willing to sacrifice manpower and material resources and believes that this battle must be won, it will definitely be won.
This is a look at war from a strategic level, but if you look at local battles alone, it is much more interesting. Why are there so many classic battles in which the weak overcomes the strong? Because of the environment, morale, technology, commanders’ unbridled imagination, and human beings On their own, these will create various unexpected changes in the war.
The Russian navy will never forget this day. If they had known that Xiao Letian had so many tricks in his hands before, they would have sworn to God never to fight the Chinese army in their lives.
There is an advantage in fighting at home. The charts in Xiang Ying's hands are a hundred times more detailed than those in Stefanski's hands. On the huge map, there are not only the locations of islands and reefs, but also the depth of the water, ocean currents, and undercurrents. The data.
And all of these are magic weapons that can be used to defeat the enemy! As the whistle of the Zhiyuan blew rhythmically, the flagman issued action orders to the rear. Not even ten minutes had passed. Behind the cliffs on the promontory, beyond the sight of the Russian army, three large ships with full sails came rushing through the wind and waves.
The three large ships belonging to the CIA were obviously familiar with every inch of the sea here. They quickly moved to the top of the underflow strait, and countless sailors began to throw huge and heavy unknown objects into the sea.
"What is that? God! Could it be..." An ominous thought came to Stefanski's mind, why were the things left behind by the Chinese so familiar.
How could you not be familiar with it? The first automatic triggering mine in human history was invented by the Russians. During the Crimean War from 1853 to 1856, this type of triggering mine was widely used by the Russian army. The Turkish navy had enough of it. The pain of this weapon.
As a Russian admiral, how could he not be familiar with such a terrible weapon! In that war, mines were a powerful weapon to restrict the attack of the British, French and Turkish fleets. Without mines, Russia would have lost even more miserably in the war.
Mines are a weapon with low cost and simple structure. After careful shooting, the round mine body can be suspended about half a meter below the sea level. There are fourteen long contact rods evenly distributed on the round mine body. These are The rod is the triggering device of the mine.
As long as any ship hits any of the contact rods, the explosives inside will detonate and randomly detonate the explosives inside the mine. The principle is very similar to the firing pin of a bullet.
Mines are easy to use, but there are many taboos about their use on the battlefield, because once the mines are thrown into the sea, they will be indistinguishable from the enemy and we will die regardless of whose ship hits them.
Moreover, mines themselves do not have any power. They will be affected by currents and float at will on the sea. They do not blow up wherever you want them to. Therefore, in actual combat, mines are more of a defensive weapon or a blockade weapon.
Stefanski never thought that Xiao Letian would actually use the mine as an offensive weapon. He slapped his head in despair, and finally even hit his forehead with his fist.
"I'm an idiot! Why am I so stupid! This is Xiao Letian's home field. Of course he knows all the secrets of this sea. The ocean current map is in his hand. How can I fight this battle? How else can I fight! "
"Let's disperse and break out! Let each ship be careful of mines, and the sailors use rifles to eliminate dangers... Now we can only leave our fate in the hands of God, Amen!"
The strait, which was about five kilometers wide, was in complete chaos at this moment. The fleet had no formation to speak of. All the warships chose their own directions and fled. In addition to the gunners who were shooting, there were countless soldiers with guns on the deck. Each of them opened their eyes like bells, trying to find the demons hiding in the sea.
"There is a foreign object under the water! Look, there is a black shadow under the water...shoot!" Bang bang bang... The sailors on the battleship opened fire like crazy.
"Wait! Something seems wrong! Damn it, that's a turtle...keep searching!"
The battlefield is always a tense place. In the distance, the Zhiyuan is driving behind, and the Gaobo Mountain Fort is also bombing from above. Thick smoke and fire are everywhere at the mouth of the strait, and all the debris and corpses are floating on the sea.
In such a harsh environment, it would be a dream for the soldiers to find the little elves hidden in the water. Countless sailors who were emotionally broken were hysterical and blindly fired into the sea, shouting "Where are the mines! Where are the mines..." …”
boom! What answered him was an earth-shaking loud noise. A mine hit the left side of the frigate's bow. The high explosives were immediately ignited, and an explosive hole instantly appeared in the sea.
The power of mines was ten times greater than that of artillery shells. Just one mine blew the frigate's bow to pieces, and tons of seawater began to pour into the cabin.
The desperate soldiers collapsed. People were jumping on the sides of the sinking battleship like dumplings. The sea was full of soldiers swimming to the shore.
"Okay! Well done!" Xiao Letian punched the command podium and shouted excitedly, "I'll prepare 300 mines for you. I don't believe we can't block this small strait! Stay here. , none of you can even think about leaving..."
"Xiang Ying! The frigate formation ahead has collapsed, and the St. Peter is right in front of you! Sink him! Sink him for me! Completely tear apart the morale of these Rakshasa ghosts and make them desperate to death!"
At this moment, the young Emperor Tongzhi clenched his fists tightly and shook his whole body as if he were having a blow to the wind. "Well, well... well done! This is a sea battle, this is a real war! Long live the navy!"
"When I take charge, I will devote all my efforts to build the Qing Dynasty's navy. I will build the most powerful navy in the world! Then no one will dare to bully us anymore! I will never be a coward emperor again!"
Xiang Ying glanced sideways at the jumping and screaming little emperor, and smiled contemptuously at the corner of his mouth, "Hey... a bunch of Manchus who know how to ride a horse still want to get on the boat? Just dream..."
Xiang Ying doesn't like Zai Chun. Ever since his hometown Xiangjiazhuang was burned down, he has hated this decadent court. What's more, this lecherous little bastard actually dares to eat Cai Bixia's tofu. That's Is my woman good?
Just wait! I remember this grudge. I can't deal with you in front of the Prime Minister, but the Prime Minister will not protect you for the rest of your life, absolutely not!
"Yes! Prime Minister... As you wish, I will help you sink the St. Peter!"
