Chapter 109: Surrender?
Although the power and size of this mine are not as good as torpedoes, it is also a big guy, and the charge is also quite large, especially when it explodes in the water, and the power is similar to that of the 'greedy wolf' cannon.
And this mine is only specifically attacking the bottom of the ship, a bomb is a big hole, if it is in peacetime, if such an injury can be dragged to the shipyard, there may be the possibility of making up for it, but now on the battlefield, especially if you are still a loser, on the way to escape, in this case the ship has no possibility of repairing at all, can only be directly abandoned.
And just when the man in white and the others were carried off the warship, several more of the same explosions came from the left and right fleets, and it was obvious that another ship had hit a mine - it is said that mines are not as efficient as artillery shells and less powerful than torpedoes, but their deterrence is the first of the three weapons.
Because mines are hidden in the water, except for the people who laid the mines, no one knows where these mines are hidden, and the deterrent effect is the highest among the three weapons, and even if you don't consider the sortie, the mines alone can completely block the entire port and force the enemy not to dare to log in.
For example, during World War II, Hansmeow set up the Atlantic barrier in the Normandy area, the first line of defense is the mine array, the Allies in the face of the mine array can be said to have scratched the scalp, the main reason is that the deterrent effect of the mine is too strong, if you do not understand the arrangement of the mine, even with the help of the minesweeper, it is very difficult to completely clear it, and then cooperate with the artillery group on the land, rashly attacking is equivalent to looking for death.
This shows how strong the deterrent effect of mines is, and what happened just now also proves this - after the warships at the head of the row were sunk by mines, all the ships stopped in a hurry, and none of the ships dared to move forward, and even because of the chaos that led to the collision of two ships, the whole fleet became a mess.
Especially the men in white, etc., as the leader, the ship was the first to be bombed, resulting in the leaders not knowing whether they were alive or dead, and the lightest one was also blown up stupidly, without a leader as an intermediary, the unruly major forces will not obey each other, let alone act in unison, which will lead to more and more chaotic scenes, if there are still shells on the shore defense artillery at this time, there is no need to aim at all, just bomb directly into the ship group, you must be able to know what you know, but unfortunately, their shells have been consumed in the battle just now, Even before supplies arrived, they were left to be decorations.
"Good, they stopped."
Ben Yin held the binoculars, looked at the chaotic sea, and said very excitedly.
"Of course, I set up a very powerful mine array."
Krevey was triumphant, and the enemy ship stopped, and the credit was his: "I have lowered mines in a special way, unless the enemy ship can make a perfect 'S' shaped trajectory on the sea, otherwise even if it takes a wrong step, an extra meter, they will be buried at the bottom of the sea......
Hahaha......
I won this credit today. ” "Eh, that's not right."
Ben believed Creevey's previous words, but he was not at all convinced by his last sentence: "Without my torpedo boats, the enemy would have retreated?"
If they don't retreat, what's the use of your mine array?
So my credit should be before you, the first credit is mine, and you can only be regarded as a second credit at best. ” "You're wrong, I'm supposed to be ......"
Creevey tried to plead, trying to take the credit.
But before he could finish his sentence, he was suddenly interrupted by Ben Yin: "Wait a minute, stop talking, our enemy seems to have something wrong again." ” "Huh?"
Hearing this, Creevey didn't care to argue, and hurriedly raised his binoculars: "Strange, why did their flag change to white?"
Is this an intention to raise the white flag and surrender?
” "I'm afraid so......"
"What?"
Creevey was taken aback and glanced at Benin, "You really think they're surrendering?"
Anyway, why do you judge like that?
Wouldn't it be a deception?
” "Do you think they have any other way out than to surrender?"
Ben Yin did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "As for the deception, what is the point?"
” "If that's the case, it does make some sense."
Creevey thought about it carefully, and now it was the turn of the enemy to find themselves in a desperate situation, they were now in a mine array that they could not pass before, and there were terrible torpedoes staring at them, they could not advance or retreat, they could only float on the surface of the sea, and what awaited them would be a relentless attack - once the reinforcements arrived, they would wait for death.
Although they still have a little self-protection power, and the cannons on the ship are also intact, but in the confrontation with the battery just now, their ammunition loss is also very large, and now the inventory is not very much, if all the fights are finished, then there is really no resistance at all, and they can only be slaughtered by others, that is a dead end, it is better to surrender in advance, or to leave a good impression in front of the defenders of Coconut Harbor, and earn a little impression points.
What's more, Fang Yiai's reinforcements may come back at any time, if they don't want to be sent to the bottom of the sea by the angry Fang Yiai, then early surrender will be their only way out - if the remaining troops in Coconut Harbor accept their surrender before Fang Yiai returns, although they may suffer all kinds of punishments, and may even be locked up in a small black house, or sent to the Liyu Division to serve hard labor, living a life that is worse than death, but no matter what their future holds, they can always live, and as long as they live, there is hope, In times of hope, who will face death?
A person may be able to face life and death calmly, but that is usually because they are in a desperate situation, if he is in an environment that still has a little bit of life, he will not easily give up his life, avoid death, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, this is the instinct of life, those so-called warriors can not escape this law - as long as you give them a little hope to live, they will not give up their lives.
Not to mention that they can basically live now, not to mention that they did not cause much damage to Coconut Harbor, on the contrary, their own losses are even worse, the original mighty army has less than thirty percent left at this time, and nearly ten ships have been sunk by mines just now, which can be called worse.
On the other hand, on the coconut port side, the losses were pitiful, except for one battery that was completely wiped out, the rest was the loss of a little shell, and then a little cement block was blown off, as for the coconut port position, they did not rush over at all, let alone the loss.