Volume 1: The Battleship Yitian Changes into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 Chapter 8 Magnetic Timing Mine
Sun Gang was daydreaming and sketching out a beautiful blueprint when a figure rushed in rashly. "Damn! You come here to enjoy a good life, but the guard won't let me in. What a shame." Su Xin said carelessly.
"It's a strategic location, so of course they have to be careful." Sun Gang asked with a smile, "Then how did you get in?"
"I ran into your wife." He found a chair and sat down, panting. "This is a strategically important place! Do you think you are in the 'White Tiger Hall'? You are not Gao Qiu and I am not Lin Chong. My son did not steal your wife. What's so serious? I have been to the artillery fort in Qingdao. The guard only needed a pack of cigarettes to deal with it. He waved his hand and said 'Go ahead' when he saw no one around. I am not as stubborn as these people."
"Are you telling the truth or lying?" Sun Gang was speechless again.
"Of course it's true. But later I heard that the general knew about it, so he disguised himself and came down with a big bag of cigarettes to investigate secretly. As a result, wherever there were people guarding, as soon as a pack of cigarettes was handed to him, everyone would say 'Go ahead, go ahead', and their gestures were all the same. The general was so angry that his lungs almost exploded. He got seriously ill when he got back and severely punished a large group of people. He felt much better afterwards." Su Xin replied.
"It's good that it's peacetime. If it were wartime, they would all be shot." Sun Gang nodded.
Su Xin picked up the paper on Sun Gang's desk and took a look at it. "Possible route map of the Japanese army's advance... Andong? Jiuliancheng ? Kuandian? No way? My home is right by the Yalu River! My wife is from Kuandian! No! I have to quickly send a message to my family and tell them to take shelter..." He started to get crazy. Sun Gang handed him his Nokia mobile phone with a smile. Perhaps he found that this thing was somewhat similar to a manual telephone, so Su Xin took it and started pressing keys frantically. Suddenly he found that there was no wire connection. He looked at Sun Gang awkwardly and returned the phone to him in disappointment.
"My home is also by the river. If you don't want this to happen, you have to help me." Sun Gang put away his phone and said to him with a smile.
"All the underwater thrusters are working properly. Please find some time and let's try it." Su Xin said straightforwardly.
"That's great, do you believe it? Su Xin, it's you who changed history." Sun Gang looked at Su Xin with infinite "affection", which made him feel a chill.
"Either you are crazy or I am crazy." Su Xin sighed and said.
"Both!" Sun Gang laughed.
"These are modified from old mines in stock, but they are all new parts, as requested by the adults. There is a magnet on one side, which is the timer. Twist the knob to the mark to set the timer, and the longest is half an hour." Yang Jinhuai, the quartermaster of the Ordnance Office, explained to Sun Gang the operation of the small magnetic adhesive timed sea mines. "At the request of the adults, the mine powder has also been replaced with new yellow gunpowder. There are a total of 20 mines. The day before yesterday, the sea mine camp tested two of them. The effect is very good and it is very safe. It will not explode if the timer is not turned on. The rest have all been sent to the adults. I have drafted an operating instruction and brought it to the adults as well."
"This thing is quite heavy." Sun Gang weighed the round black iron cake the size of a rice bowl in his hand, nodded and asked him: " How much silver is it in total?"
"Such a small mine didn't cost much money. I met the general on the way. When he heard that it was you who wanted it, he said that it would be counted under the governor's office and you don't have to worry about it. I just don't understand what you are going to use it for." Yang Jinhuai looked at Sun Gang and asked curiously.
"Haha, you'll know when the time comes, brother." Sun Gang patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Thank you, brother."
After seeing Yang Jinhuai off, Sun Gang lay down on the chair and went over his plan over and over in his mind?
The Japanese had already sent a large number of troops to Korea. How could they persuade Li Hongzhang to send the Beiyang Fleet to sea to intercept the Japanese? Impossible! Why did they believe in their own foresight? Besides, where exactly would the Japanese army appear? How many escort ships were there?
Even if Li Hongzhang and Ding Ruchang really gave him command of the fleet, he would probably be as cautious as Li Hongzhang and would never let the fleet take risks by gamble everything on it.
Blame Li Hongzhang for passive defense? This was the first large-scale battle between fully steam-powered ironclad ships in the history of naval warfare! There was no precedent or experience to follow! Moreover, naval warfare was different from land warfare. If you were not careful, you would lose everything! I remember that on the eve of the Battle of Jutland, Churchill also commented on Jellicoe, the commander of the British Royal Fleet, saying that he was the only person in Britain who could completely lose the entire war in one afternoon. As a descendant, it is easy to just talk, but you can try to command!
He now began to feel the hateful side of those ignorant scholars (both ancient and modern) with their bird-mouths.
History will still proceed according to its laws, but all he can do now is to make some changes at some key points above.
Judging from the situation in recent times, the situation in Korea is becoming increasingly tense, and the military deployment is unlikely to have much impact on Ding Ruchang. What's more, Ding Ruchang still has to listen to Li Hongzhang.
Li Hongzhang was still subject to the control of that damn court in many aspects.
The prelude to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 was the Battle of Fengdao.
On July 25, 1894, the Japanese Navy, in disregard of international conventions, attacked the Qing army's transport fleet in the waters of Fengdao without declaring war, causing heavy casualties to the Qing army. On August 1, the two countries declared war at the same time, and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 officially broke out.
He glanced at the black iron round cakes on the ground again. The outcome of the Battle of Tsushima would be changed starting with these small mines!
The blue sea, the sky and the sea are one color, stretching as far as the eye can see.
Sun Gang took off his diving helmet and fins, sat down on the side of the boat, breathing in the fresh air, and watching the three women playing around the underwater propeller in the distance.
Ma Yue's fair and soft body swam in the water like a mermaid. Her swimming skills were quite good, but far inferior to the two girls with slightly darker skin next to her.
The two of them were like two clever little fish, swimming freely in the water. The girl named Ling'er was also a slender and fit girl, slightly taller than Xiao Yu'er , but with a much more cheerful personality. From time to time, she would mischievously jump out of the water like a dolphin, and then fall heavily back into the sea. Sun Gang watched them from a distance, feeling a little hesitant. It would be a bit cruel to let these girls follow him to complete a difficult military mission, but he really couldn't think of a better way now.
There was a splash of water around him. Su Xin emerged from the water, climbed onto the boat, took off his helmet, and looked at Sun Gang's absent-minded look. He seemed to know what he was thinking, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled, "Don't think too much now that you have made up your mind. Can't I take the lead? Just let the two women help you when the time comes." He said, "Our China, no, it should be called the Qing Dynasty now, right?"
That day, he already knew Sun Gang's plan.
They also knew that if their plan succeeded, it would save the lives of hundreds of men, and even affect the entire war situation, indirectly saving countless lives.
Sun Gang looked at his honest face, and felt a warm feeling in his heart. He said impulsively: "No! Let's lead the first wave!"
He glanced at him mockingly, "With your small body?" He laughed, "Tell me? How far have you swum the longest?"
"Damn! I'm crossing the Yalu River." Sun Gang said proudly, puffing out his chest.
Su Xin stared at him in disbelief, "Is this true?"
"Of course it's true. It happened when I was in high school. A few friends and I went to the river to play. When we swam to the middle of the river, these bastards pulled my pants off and threw them over to the North Korean side. Then they ran away, leaving me swimming naked over to the North Korean side, and I didn't even get my pants back." Sun Gang unconsciously felt a time and space dislocation, and couldn't help but say hatefully.
For many years, he still gets angry whenever he thinks of this matter.
"What happened next?" Su Xin laughed.
"I sat on the bench in the North Korean detention center for a day. Our principal went to pick me up. I was scolded by the director of teaching, Lao Liu, and wrote a 20,000-word self-criticism..." Sun Gang smiled bitterly, "The swimming career of a generation of sports athletes has been ruined since then."
Su Xin finally stopped laughing and looked at Ma Yue in the water in the distance. "Will your wife agree?"
"I have the final say in our family!" Sun Gang patted his chest, hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up. "Forget it, let's not let her know."
