Volume 1: The Battleship Yitian Changes into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 Chapter 5 Underwater Moped
Before I knew it, time had passed quickly.
"A Gang! Come here! I found something fun for you!" Ma Yue's excited voice came from outside. Sun Gang put down his pen in surprise and ran out.
Ma Yue pulled him into Lao Ma's carriage with excitement on her face, urging Lao Ma to drive faster. Several servants followed on horseback.
The old man looked at them with loving eyes, but he still didn't understand why the young lady was so excited. He drove the car skillfully. Sun Gang looked at Ma Yue strangely and asked, "What good thing? Can this give this consultant some tips?"
"You'll know when the time comes, haha." She laughed, unable to hide her excitement.
After driving for a while, the carriage stopped in front of a warehouse. Ma Yue pulled him out and ran inside excitedly. A man who looked like a manager came out with a smile. Ma Yue nodded at him and rushed inside with Sun Gang like the wind.
In front of an open warehouse, Sun Gang stared at the huge black fish-shaped objects inside, his eyes widened in surprise, and he didn't notice the strange look given to him by a guy sitting at the door.
Sun Gang walked forward involuntarily, looked carefully at the strange creature in front of him, and shook his head vigorously to make sure his eyes were not blurry.
These things are about two meters long and half a meter wide, like obese dolphins, with a propeller at the back and handle-like fins on the back and sides. From their appearance, Sun Gang judged that this was a single-person underwater propulsion device. This kind of thing is often seen in foreign films. The one that impressed him the most was the special forces in "The Rock" using this thing for underwater assaults. This thing should actually be called an "underwater power-assisted vehicle."
I can't imagine seeing something like this in this era! Sun Gang's heart began to beat .
If it really allows people to travel underwater, then the history of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 may really be rewritten!
Ma Yue admired Sun Gang's surprised expression and smiled, "I just bought this warehouse, and I didn't expect there would be something like this. I was also shocked when I saw it." She said.
"I wonder what powers it?" Sun Gang said.
"The battery motor drives the propeller." A voice behind them said. Sun Gang and Ma Yue looked back and saw a ragged young man standing there and said, "The power can sustain underwater diving for about five hours."
Sun Gang looked at his dark and honest face, and a flash of lightning suddenly came into his mind. He walked towards him, stood in front of him, and looked straight at him.
The other party met his gaze without hesitation. Sun Gang looked into the young man's eyes and asked word by word: "You, are not a local?"
The other party was stunned at first, then immediately opened up: "My name is Su Xin, I work for a Korean ocean-going fishing boat, as a diver. I went into the water that day and found a pearl diver entangled in a net. I went to save her. After I got her ashore, I found that the surrounding scenery was completely different. I thought it was a movie. After asking for a long time, I found out that this was during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. I had no choice but to send her home. Her name is Xiao Yuer. Her parents died early, and she depended on her grandfather for life. Her grandfather was originally a small businessman, but somehow he became obsessed with submarines. As a result, the experiment failed, the submarine sank, and he lost all his money. He also became seriously ill, and he relied on her to go to the sea to dive for pearls. To make a living, I have no choice but to help her. Her grandfather just passed away . We really have no money. We want to get rid of these things. Look, your wife is here... So you two should live together first to try marriage... Oh, just ignore what I said... We can just keep in touch with you. Look at you, you are from the same era, who doesn't need who, just think of us as working for your wife... No, your girlfriend... No, your future wife, you can work for her. No wages, but food, okay? I am good at diving. I made all these household items by myself. The Beiyang Navy sometimes asks us to help salvage torpedoes..."
After finally blocking his mouth with the bun, Sun Gang looked at the girl named Xiao Yuer. She was delicate and cute, about twelve or thirteen years old, with slightly dark skin and looked very fit. It was obvious at a glance that she was a very good swimmer. She looked at Sun Gang timidly, not knowing what this guy with a smirk on his face was going to do.
Ma Yue couldn't stand Sun Gang's expression anymore, so she said to him in dissatisfaction : "Look at you, don't scare the little girl!"
"Great, it's really easy to get it." Sun Gang looked at Xiao Yu'er and asked, "Xiao Yu'er, how long can you stay in the water without coming out?"
"Her lung capacity is huge, twenty minutes is no problem, and she can even breathe through water." Su Xin answered for her. Xiao Yuer looked at Sun Gang, nodded, and whispered, "Mine is not the longest. Sister Ling'er can hold her breath for an incense stick."
"Ah?! That's great, Xiao Yu'er, can you also bring your sister Ling'er here later?" Sun Gang said excitedly, "I'll hire you guys."
Xiao Yuer looked at Su Xin and nodded.
"What are you going to do?" Ma Yue looked at Sun Gang, who was about to faint with joy, puzzled, and asked, "Can you also give me a hint?"
"Perhaps it is these few people who will rewrite history," Sun Gang replied.
After arranging them and the underwater propellers, Ma Yue came to Sun Gang's room and saw that he was still writing something on the paper. She couldn't help but ask, "Can you explain it to me now?"
"Listen to me, we don't have much time now, but as long as we make good use of the 'butterfly effect', we can really change the course of history." Sun Gang handed her the paper in his hand and said, "Now according to the Gregorian calendar, it is almost March. Japan is looking for an excuse for war by increasing its troops under the 'Donghakdo' uprising in Korea. War is inevitable. If I remember correctly, it will break out in July or August at the latest. If we want to win this war, artillery shells are the key. The Beiyang Fleet's black powder shells are not powerful enough and there are many duds. If we can find a way to replace these shells, we can bombard the Japanese to the point of being at a loss! This is one aspect. As for Su Xin, Xiao Yu'er and the others, as well as those diving equipment, my idea is..." Sun Gang pointed to the paper and asked her to look at it, "I haven't dived into the sea yet, so I'm going to have a good time this time."
"I've heard of yellow gunpowder. Isn't it picric acid explosive? There is actually no problem with this." Ma Yue finally understood what he meant, but still looked at him with some worry. "But I strongly disagree with your underwater ambush plan. Don't have any objections. If it were in our era, I would have thought that your head was squeezed by the door." She touched his head and said in a strange tone.
"You actually know about explosives?" Sun Gang looked at her in surprise. "Girls really change a lot when they grow up. I should look at them with new eyes."
"What's the big deal? If you don't even know this, don't tell me that you graduated from Shenyang Chemical University when you go out. It will affect my image." Ma Yue looked at him with some pride and said with a smile, "Piric acid, scientific name 2.4.6 - trinitrophenol, has a greater explosive power than trinitrotoluene (TNT), and is a high explosive. I don't know what you studied in college."
"Can I get it here?" Sun Gang couldn't help but ask.
Seeing his anxious look, she smiled and pinched his face, saying, "Do you still need to do it? I have a lot of it in my hands, and I'm not worried about not being able to sell the vegetables. Don't you know? That thing is dye. I brought it back to a big dyeing room. When I took inventory, I found that there was actually this stuff, a lot of yellow. When I figured out the ingredients, I was almost scared to death. If this explodes, there will be nothing left around. Now it's all stored in a warehouse in the countryside. That thing is flammable, explosive and poisonous. It's very troublesome. If you can help me deal with it, this girl will be very grateful."
"No problem!" Sun Gang was really excited this time. He wanted to take this opportunity to hug her and kiss her to celebrate, but he heard the servants outside the door calling "Master" one after another. A maid said outside, "The Master is here."
