Chapter 506 Capture 3
Buenaventura Bay, located on the Pacific coast of Colombia, is the country's best deep-water seaport in the Pacific Ocean. Due to strong protests from the United States, all four Russian second-hand warships purchased from Xinhua are here as their home ports.
The pain of Panama has made Colombia and the United States deeply resentful, so Colombia attaches great importance to this small fleet. In recent years, it has often traveled between Buenaventura and Honolulu in order to learn more from the New China Pacific Fleet.
With the closer exchanges between the navies of the two countries, some Xinhua agents have also appeared in Colombia's political axe, but with the passage of time, a large number of ideas that should not be confronted with the United States have emerged recently.
It is said that time is a good medicine to heal the trauma. In the case that Colombia is not as strong as the United States, many American agents began to choose the humiliation of the forgotten country being forcibly divided.
But at this time, the Xinhua visiting delegation led by Wu Tingfang obviously injected a boost to the Xinhua faction. With the arrival of Wu Tingfang and Gu Weijun in Bogota, the voice of making friends with Xinhua to contain the United States lit up again, but how long can this bright light last, not to mention a senior diplomat like Wu Tingfang, even followed the visiting group. Gu Weijun in Bogota also knew that he was afraid that he would go forward, and the American agents in Colombia would flood this unstable country like a tide.
As Wu Tingfang said, Xinhua currently holds two forces. One is that it is strong, and the other is that the United States has passed a bill to send an additional army to Panama, but these two points are equally flawed. Xinhua is strong but South America is far away. After the passage of the U.S. bill, Colombia will feel unable to fight, and the capitulationists are more and more happy.
So we need a third momentum, a momentum that Colombia can't forget!
He looked at his watch, calculated the approximate time, and pushed the door into Wu Tingfang's room: "Lord Wu, you are so accurate. The Americans really sent warships to arrive tomorrow morning!"
"Ha ha." Wu Tingfang was dressed and preparing to attend the dinner prepared by President Carlos for them. Hearing this, her eyes flashed and she smiled and said, "Wei Jun, remember to laugh a few more when you go to the dinner later."
"Laughing?"
"Well, Colombia is going to cry tomorrow morning, and we can't laugh anymore!"
"Haha."
As three cars carrying Wu Tingfang and Gu Weijun to attend a dinner at the presidential palace in Colombia, a grand bonfire banquet was also being held in the port of Buenaventura. A large amount of exquisite food was removed from the support ship Bushan and sent to the Colombian naval barracks in the depths of the dock.
This was personally proposed by Captain Anhai of the Royal Xinhua Navy, not only to thank the Colombian navy for its first arrival, but also to promote the exchange of soldiers between the two countries, so almost all the Colombian sailors on the four capital ships were invited.
At the same time, in order to strengthen the cheerful atmosphere, the Xinhua Navy, which is welcomed to visit the Xinhua Navy from afar. The four former Russian capital ships in Colombia were decorated with lights, and the two Xinhua warships were also bright, making the bay bright at night for the first time.
Looking at the sailors of the two countries who were crowded into a group in the distance and laughing, Chang Gui looked at his watch and walked to the communication module Anhai with a cold look.
On the aisles at both ends outside the hatch, naval sailors with guns and live ammunition are on alert. This is the habit of every port. As the core communication and engine cabin, there must be someone to protect them all the time to prevent infiltrating spies and saboteurs.
Since most of the sailors went to the party, the inside of the warship seemed a little quiet. Only the constant dripping in the cabin showed that the brain of the Anhai was still in operation.
"major." Seeing Chang Gui, the communications officer immediately pulled out the telegram he had just received: "Shark-13 monitored the radio communication signal again off the coast of San Jose half an hour ago. According to the signal and the previous two monitorings, combined with the information sent by the United States, this should be the battleships Georgia and Virginia."
Shark is the communication code name within the navy, which is a unique symbol of the submarine force. These monsters lurking underwater are said to have developed to the third generation, but at present, only a small number of people in the navy know their situation. This is because after the naval battle of Sibilu Island, the headquarters of the submarine force was moved to a more secret barrier. The island base is rarely seen in Pearl Harbor, because the First Fleet submarine brigade has selected the station on Nihao Island, where outsiders are prohibited from entering and out.
"Can you guess their course and distance?"
"Not yet. We have to wait for the monitoring message of shark-6 blocked in front of us, and then calculate from the respective distances and directions of the three monitoring signal sources." As soon as the correspondent said this, a translator behind him immediately stood up: "Report, Shark-6 sent a message and detected a radio signal. The target was about 30 nautical miles off the sea of Cape Mariato."
The communications officer immediately walked to the chart and circled it with a pen for a few days to find the approximate position of the signal source. After connecting several found signal points with a pen, a route from the port of Buenaventura was marked.
Then he calculated the interval before he raised his head: " Major, they are coming here and are expected to arrive in eight hours."
Chang Gui doesn't know much about the calculation method of the navy, but the route chart is clear. After looking at his watch, he suddenly smiled: "Eight hours, it happens to be tomorrow morning."
"Thank you." After saying goodbye to the correspondent, Chang Gui immediately rushed back to the Qishan.
This is a highly confidential mission. In order to completely pull the Colombian political axe to its side, the navy has set up a bureau.
This bureau is similar to the American Maine in Havana more than a decade ago, which sent a navy to visit Colombia. According to the previous intelligence analysis, the United States will definitely send warships to show its existence as usual, and Colombian warships will definitely go out to confront each other.
If a Colombian warship suddenly explodes under the muzzle of the U.S. Navy at this time, it is not clear to give the United States a hundred mouths. In addition, the Xinhua warships are onlookers, and a thousand mouths can point out that the United States has launched torpedoes.
But there is a difficulty in this. Originally, the navy planned to use submarines to launch torpedoes under the battleships of the U.S. Navy, but the submarine was too dangerous, so it chose advance security explosives.
In the cargo hold, the lights are bright, and more than a dozen seals are assembling two large iron-like magnetic thunders, and there are all kinds of diving equipment next to them.
Magnetic Ray used it last time when dealing with the Russians. To put it bluntly, it is an explosive bag that can only be used by installing a magnet and then sticking it to the bottom of the enemy's warship, so he can't equip a lot of equipment, but give special forces like seals to infiltrate and Pay the first-hand auxiliary means of the enemy's mooring of warships.
However, at that time, there were still few magnetic thunder charges, so the equipment department specially took out the 80 kg TNT model this time, and also changed the previous mechanical timing, using more advanced radio remote control technology detonation technology, which can ensure that the team members detonate the target at a long safe distance and reduce themselves. The danger of.
However, the radio remote control detonation technology is very afraid of water. In addition, the battery cannot be stored for a long time, so it must be assembled before use, and two layers of waterproof rubber structure must be reinforced outside to be foolproof.
Soon, with the joint efforts of the team members, two large magnetic thunders were assembled, and the four seals began to put on diving suits to prepare. When they were dressed, Chang Gui handed them over to his side and took out the structure map of the former Russian Navy Chesarevich, which had been prepared.
Xinhua will analyze and study the captured warships, so no one knows the structure of the Russian first-class battleship better than Xinhua. Chang Gui pointed to the position below the rear bridge of the ship and said, "The armor here is the thinnest, and there are five watertight compartments. It takes at least ten minutes to sink after the explosion here, which is enough. The Colombian sailors escaped.
"In addition, the battery of the submersible can only be used for half an hour, so you should move quickly. After installing it, you can climb here with a suction cup. This is the anti-torpedo net bracket on the ship. You can't see the antenna mixed here." After saying that, Chang Gui looked up and asked, "Are you clear?"
"Don't worry, captain." Lang San, who led the team, nodded and smiled, "Captain, is there only one? We brought eight of them, or we can install them all. Look at the pressure mountain number III, that's cool enough.
"Get out of here!" Chang Guixu kicked the famous big mouth in the seal and laughed and scolded, "We are going to create the illusion of the sinking of the United States this time. You exploded all of a sudden. The ghost knows that it's wrong!"
"Yes, it's easy for people in Colombia. They are still eating and drinking with the navy. You blow up all of them here, and no one has a surname!"
"You don't have a last name!"
Several team members laughed and scolded each other. With the help of their comrades-in-arms, they carried heavy oxygen bottles on their backs. After wearing helmets, the remaining team members immediately moved the magnetic thunder into the next deck. As the red light on the bulkhead lit up, the small door on the side of the bottom cabin slowly opened, and a large amount of seawater flooded the whole cabin in an instant.
Under the dim water, Lang San grabbed the tail handle of the submersible and raised his finger to make a starting action.
The submersible is a new thing equipped by the equipment department for divers, because it can't move more than 100 kilograms of magnetic thunder even underwater. It uses batteries to drive the propeller. Due to its small size, the battery can only last for half an hour, so Changgui focuses on paying attention to time.
Under the pull of four small submersibles, there was a magnetic thunder with increased buoyancy in the air cabin and was pulled out of the cabin. When the seal on the deck reported that it had seen leaving the cabin, Chang Gui couldn't help but be nervous.
In order to cooperate with this secret operation, the team members can see the target clearly underwater, so the two warships specially turned on the lights, and the Columbia ship was also brightly lit, so the danger of exposure increased a lot.
With the help of the submersible, the four Chang Gui quickly arrived at the lower part of the bridge of the Chesarevich under the guidance of the sealight. After the huge magnetic thunder met the steel hull, they seemed to be summoned and sucked into the predetermined position. Although the sound was very light, the four team members quickly hidged on the ship. At the bottom shadow, look at whether there is a figure on the surface of the water.
Fortunately, most of the Colombian sailors went to the party. Even if they heard the sound, they thought something had fallen, so no one came to check it.
Five minutes later, when no one appeared, Lang San and another team member quickly pulled out the wire antenna from the magnetic thunder and climbed to the surface of the water little by little with a suction cup attached to the hull. At this time, on the deck of the Poshan in the distance, Changgui and other seals were already sweating.
If this scene is seen, I'm afraid that the whole plan will be exposed, and the consequence will be Colombia's full direction to the United States!
Fortunately, Lang San and another team member were very fast. It took less than two minutes to install the antenna, and then quickly disappeared into the dark water, which made everyone relieved.
Looking at the two filaments attached to the lightning net poles, which extend to the water, Chang Gui breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of his mouth quickly hooked up--
On the Georgia, Major General Henry T. Mayo walked into the bridge, glanced at the outside, and asked, "How long do we have?"
"Report to the captain, it will take another hour to see the coastline of Colombia."
"Finally arrived." Mayo buttoned the button and scolded, "These Spanish bastards always want to challenge us. Can't they see the reality clearly?"
Mayo's words made the officers in the bridge shake their heads quietly.
In fact, everyone knows that Mayo, the captain of white English descent, is an arrogant guy. In his eyes, people in the Caribbean and the whole of South America, such as Mexico and Cuba, are bastards. He has said more than once in front of the Admiralty that he would immediately attack Mexico and the entire Caribbean in front of everyone. The whole area is close to the territory of the United States.
I really don't know what kind of brain this captain is. Mexico is poor and broken. Pulling them closer to the United States, I'm afraid the whole Mexico will cheer, which is simply thankless.
Meo didn't notice the strange corners of his lips around him. After taking a sip of the coffee brought by the service, a siren immediately came from the deck. He looked up at a small Colombian torpedo boat running back desperately. When he saw the little one, he was scared by himself and left a moment of regret when he made an emergency. Dissipate the clouds.
What could be happier in the world than letting the enemy escape when he saw the United States? But it's a pity that the idiots in the navy don't know anything, otherwise how could I let this little guy go back at this moment!
"Prepare for battle, Colombian navy, it's coming out."
With Mayo's words, the combat police bells immediately rang on the Georgia and Virginia. The sailors quickly rushed out of the rest cabin, and the majestic naval guns began to turn.
After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Navy finally had a look. In addition, it was equipped with a large number of new warships, and the navy's quality and equipment were improved, so just ten minutes later, the two U.S. battleships were ready.
Looking at the direction pointed by the gun, Mayo smiled coldly. This time, I want to see how those Colombian fools choose! As for the Chinese, hum, their hands are too long!
But at this time, neither Mayo nor the port of Buenaventura, which was still quiet after last night's carnival, did not know that Colombia's general trend was about to change quietly.
(to be continued)