Chapter 636: 14. Fearless Admiral Golchak (2)

"Set 5 meters, let go!"
With a whistle, a black iron lump fell into the water along the slide. The bottom of the anchor is separated from the spherical part, and a few black keloids with short tentacles float up to 5 meters away from the sea. The big iron ball pulled by the iron rope is fixed in the ice water, not far away There are also several same black bumps.
"Alexander Vasilyevich, do these things really work?"
Lieutenant Commander Stepankov whispered softly. As a 50-year-old major, his head, like most naval officers, was stiff, dull, and almost instinctively distrust of new weapons and machinery. In particular, this kind of thing was still bought from foreign companies for a large price, and his patriotism made it difficult for him to accept this.
The bureaucracy, the naval ordnance bureau, the Principality navy should have been able to make any needed weapons, but because of the cursed bureaucracy, they now have to rely on the weapons companies of the human camp to accomplish this...
"Trust me, Boris Konstantinovich, as long as you have seen that thing explode, you will never doubt the decision of the naval headquarters."
Captain Golchak's voice was dull, glanced at the white cross blue and white Saint Andre flag at the stern, and continued to search the sea as best he could.
Although they also do not like foreign companies to replace their unsatisfactory military industry to produce various types of equipment, Kolchak and V.e companies have dealt with more often, and they have a full understanding of the power and quality of the various weapons they manufacture. Objectively speaking, they are the military enterprises that can best meet customer needs in the world. As long as the customer puts forward the demand, even if it is a very bizarre request, they can always meet with incredible products.
It's like an underwater bomb called "anchor mine" just dropped.
Affected by various constraints, the road of industrialization of the Principality has been delayed. When humans began to compete with violent warships, the navy of the Principality was still half-dead, even if it relied on the import of artillery and muskets from the ve company to equip the navy and army The gap with the sea power of the human camp is still widening.
In this case, the navy of the Principality no longer considered going to sea to fight the enemy. But how to prevent the enemy from attacking the principality from the sea. According to the current strength comparison. It may be difficult for the Principality Navy to accomplish this task with the support of shore fire monitors. Once the human coalition launched an offensive from the sea, the former glorious Principality Navy had no way out except to sink ships to block the port and let the sailors go ashore as infantry.
The future is so bleak. The Principality Navy had to lower their noble head again. Seek technical support from v.e.
Old friends did not let them down. A batch of anchor mines was quickly provided, and explanations and experiments were conducted on the spot. Facts have proved that the anchor mine is exactly what the navy of the Principality urgently needs-great power. Suitable for offshore defense and blockade, the number is sufficient. As long as these black bumps are thrown on the waterway, after the guy who knows nothing about it breaks into the dangerous waters, these invisible underwater bombs will naturally send them back to their hometowns. Although the price is a little more expensive, and the active ships can only load and release this new toy after undergoing the transformation. But compared with the cost of newly built large artillery warships, these are just small money.
The destroyer "Forgetful" is one of the first ships to be put into service after being transformed. The 53-meter-long boat with a displacement of less than 300 tons is equipped with 10 16-pound guns and 8 anchor mines. Compared with the large warships of human naval powers, this is nothing more than an unremarkable ugly duckling, but it still has the opportunity to make those behemoths who despise him pay a heavy price.
Having said that, the deputy captain did not want to try this opportunity at all. His voyage alone made him nervous.
Sailing in the Arctic Sea has never been an easy task. If you are not careful, large pieces of ice floes will come up. If you just scratch the hull, it's lucky. If a hole was made under the waterline, a boat like the Forget-me-not had no time for a lifeboat, and it sank to the bottom of the sea three or two times.
When sailing during the day, they can also find ice floes early and respond accordingly. But in order to improve the privacy of mines, they had to be like a thief, sneaky night flight mines, as the name goes, "Strengthening night flight training"...
This is really crazy. The deputy captain muttered in the stomach. It was a good thing that Lieutenant General Makarov and Kolchak were enthusiastic about improving the combat effectiveness of the troops, but for this reason should they risk losing the navy’s little outstanding blood? The deputy captain had reservations about this.
"what is that?"
Kolchak, who had been silent, asked suddenly, and at the same time hurried towards the bow of the ship. The first officer froze for a moment and followed.
Lying on the bulwark, they saw two light spots drifting in the distance. As time passed, the faint light source became clearer and clearer. In the monocular telescope, it became two lights and blurred ship outlines.
"That's not our boat."
Kolchak asserted. There are no plans for other warship night navigation training nearby today, and the navy of the Principality does not have such a large battleship.
"It’s the Albion, the first-class cruiser ‘York’ of the Royal Navy, and the second-class cruiser ‘Karen’. Recently these guys are training nearby.

Looking at the red and white rose flag under the lights and the name of the ship from the telescope, the deputy captain sighed and put on a numb expression.
Since the decline of the navy of the Principality, the control of his own territorial waters has also become weaker and weaker. The self-proclaimed sea leader Albion Navy has expanded in strength in recent years and incidentally expanded the scope of activities into the Principality. In addition to cultivating naval cadets' ability to operate ships, form sails, and combat at sea in this water area, incidentally, maps, sea conditions, and hydrological surveys and mappings are also prepared to prepare for possible use one day.
Faced with such flagrant violations, although the Principality was annoyed, it also knew that the navy was not as good as others. In order to prevent this period of sensitive time, Albion did more than this, and has been generous to the elders who have been appropriated by the Navy, purchased a large number of anchor mines, and planned to use the "Ninja Turtle" tactics. After this time, let's talk.
The grandpas and grandpas of St. Petersburg never expected that sometimes you will not find things, but things will find you.
The two cruisers turned their bows and drove towards the "Forgetful", it seems that they also found this side.
"Damn, this is the Principality's territorial waters! All the personnel entered the combat position, ready to slash! Contact the base and tell them that we encountered a foreign ship during the mission of mines!"
"Alexander Vasilyevich, what do you want to do? The above order allows us to mine, and at the same time try to avoid conflict!"
"I know what I'm doing, Boris Konstantinovich. Rest assured, I won't provoke the hairless monkeys. But you know, we can't go back like this."
Kolchak wanted to "defend the last face and honor of the Principality" and "duty of the soldier", but the deputy captain thought of the bad relationship between the captain and the adult.
That's right, they can't go back like this. Perhaps it’s not a problem for others to let Albion’s warships arbitrarily in the Principality’s territorial waters, but Kolchak is a problem person. There are many enemies and jealous people. These people are always looking for opportunities, but this opportunity does not Uncommonly, when receiving the message that "Golchak fled without a fight in front of the enemy who broke into the territorial sea", these bad guys will certainly be out of breath because of the God-given opportunity.
Since Kolchak was wrong, his deputy captain could not escape joint responsibility either. Although he may not be sent to the gallows, his career is definitely over, and if he is unlucky, he will be sent to the permafrost on the other side of the Ural Mountain~EbookFREE.me~ in the "Gulag Islands" hard labor Family reunion in the camp...
The deputy captain shuddered involuntarily. He still had many plans for his life. The "Gulag Archipelago" was not among them. But just going up against two heavyweight opponents is obviously not a good choice.
The deputy captain's head is running at an unprecedented speed. He is thinking of a solution that is the best of both worlds. For his life and his wife, children, and children, he is doing his best to explore and think. Give him a little time, he will definitely find peace. Ways to get through this crisis.
It is a pity that time is not infinite. And just at this moment, another factor that made the situation worse.
"Sir."
The sergeant sergeant who was in charge of manipulating the communication gem paid a salute and said a sentence that made the deputy captain numb.
"The base instructed us to drive away from the outer ship."
Looking at the giant ship opposite the ship, and looking at the small boat standing on his own, as well as Korchak, who was full of perseverance, the deputy captain held down the jacket pocket with the wife's portrait and quickly made a cross. (To be continued...)