It was indeed an embarrassing thing to sink during the First World War, because it was not known whether the mine was dropped by the enemy or by itself.
At that time, there was no sonar, and the technology of drawing nautical charts and making mines was relatively backward, and Britain and Germany invested 310,000 mines in World War I.
If the cable holding the mine breaks, the mine will drift in waves; If there is a problem with the fuse, it will explode immediately when it is thrown into the water.
Even before the early days of magnetic mines, even sea turtles could die by touching mines.
There are more problems.
The defending side's port will send minelayers to lay mines in the vast waters outside the port, leaving only a passage exit, which is convenient for defense and conducive to preventing the enemy from landing and fighting.
The attackers, on the other hand, use submarines to mine the harbor channels to block supply routes or delay enemy movements.
So which side of Boulder's ship sank can only be a mystery.
In World War I, Britain and Germany laid a total of 1.1 million mines, and Britain's record of minelaying was only a sentence in the English Channel, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic.
What is the difference between recording such a large range and not remembering?
In those days, British sailors were very superstitious about the theory that the ship was in the people, and the ship was dead.
If the ship sinks, then as a gentleman, the captain needs to sink with the ship.
The captain of the Titanic was like that, and so were the captains of countless warships.
After defeating the Spanish Armada, Britain has been the supremacy of the seas for hundreds of years, and countries that want to develop their navy will go to Britain to study.
Naturally, this trend gradually affected the world, and sinking with ships became a trend in the naval world.
It wasn't until World War II that the U.S.
Navy broke this rule.
The U.S. approach is that the ship sinks and rebuilds, as long as the people are fine, and the army and air force will never fight to the death if they can surrender.
Why?
Because experienced military talent is more valuable than weapons.
From the United States' entry into World War II in 1941 to Japan's surrender in 1945, the United States launched more than 140 aircraft carriers, manufactured 40 billion rounds of various bullets, 300,000 aircraft, and 200,000 tanks in just four years.
The British lost 500 tanks in the Battle of El Alamein in 42 years, but before the troops could be withdrawn for repair, the Americans had 600 brand-new Sherman tanks ready for them.
Of course, there are some problems with the design of the Sherman tank, which is called a mobile oven and lighter by the soldiers, and its characteristic is that it catches fire when it is shot, and sometimes it catches fire even if it is not shot, but it is better to have a tank than nothing, right?
The captains of the U.S.
Navy know that it doesn't matter if the ship is sunk, as long as you return home alive, you will be replaced, and the Ming Cook Arsenal is so capricious, this is the victory of production capacity.
So later, it was no longer popular in various countries to have boats in that way.
It's just that if it's 1925 now, the things in Su Ming's memory haven't happened yet.
This time period is a little embarrassing, World War I is over, World War II has not started yet, what should Su Ming do?
Anyway, Captain America was just 8 years old at this time, so he could go and find it.
Boulder noticed that Su Ming was in a daze, thinking that he was looking at his prosthetic legs, and he generously pulled up his trousers, exposing some of the blackened wood to the sun.
"Originally, I was also going to sink with the ship, but unfortunately the explosion broke a leg, the blood loss left me unconscious, and when I woke up again, I was already decommissioned, lying in a military sanatorium in Liverpool."
So there is no way for him to die honorably as a captain of the navy, even if he commits suicide again, he is just an ordinary person, and the war has nothing to do with him.
He received his settling-in allowance and crossed the ocean to Hawaii, where a sailor friend once told him that it was a good place and that he planned to spend the rest of his life.
Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898, and English is still spoken here, and this isolated island in the middle of the ocean is like a paradise for an elderly man like him.
Su Ming probably guessed his thoughts, but as a time-traveler and a person from the future, he knew that this Gensokyo far away from the world would not last long.
How far is Pearl Harbor from here?
50 nautical miles?
70 nautical miles?
It won't even be that long, once World War II breaks out, the British Navy will summon retired non-commissioned officers to return to the army, and with his previous rank as the captain of a destroyer, at least the rank of lieutenant, then it is likely that there will be new ships.
The lack of a leg does not affect the combat effectiveness of the navy, and even if he can lack another eye, it doesn't matter if he lacks a hand.
Replace it with an iron hook and raise a parrot or monkey, and your combat effectiveness may increase.
Parrots, in particular, have to be red-haired, with a standard Caribbean accent with a beak, and they have a lot of face.
Su Ming smiled and pulled down his trouser leg for him, this British man is just unwilling now, he actually wants to return to the sea, but he didn't die before, it will indeed make people lose their way.
"By the way, let's not talk about the past, what is the name of this island, it is a little difficult to remember in Hawaiian."
"Hehe, I can't remember when I first came here, this island is called Kahooe, and it is the eighth largest volcanic island in the Hawaiian Islands."
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Berder smiled and wiped his beard, he had a thick white beard that looked like he was well-maintained.
Very good, now Su Ming also knows his exact location.
It's just that Kahorave, this island is not a tourist location in the future, but a place where the United States experimented with bombs after 1950.
Although the atomic bomb was not tested here, hundreds of thousands of other types of conventional bombs were tested here until President Bush took office in 1995.
Because there is no water source on this large island, it has lost its value.
So to put it this way "You're the only ones on this island?"
Su Ming was a little curious, in the memory of the death knell, Cahoe Island was an empty island, although the historical record did have people who lived on it, but he didn't expect it to be British.
"Yes, I bought it from your governor for two thousand pounds."
Bird smiled and nodded, he liked it here, so he bought it.
Islands without fresh water are not worth much, there are tens of thousands of such islands in the Pacific Ocean, and although this island is larger, 2,000 pounds is a lot of money in this era.
The pound sterling is the gold currency, and after the First World War, the pound was relatively strong, one pound was equivalent to 73 grams of gold.
Bird looked to be about fifty years old now, but he should have been only thirty or forty when he became captain, which was too young at all.
This should have something to do with his origin or family, otherwise just the pension of a retired officer is definitely not enough to buy an island.
"And these people?"
Su Ming pointed to the people on the dock who were fighting against things, and those people had darker skin, which he had originally thought were indigenous people.
Bird nodded: "They are my stewards, gardeners, and hired workers, and they need to buy enough food and water from Honolulu every week, otherwise they will not be able to survive on this island." ” I want to play escapism, and I actually bring a housekeeper and a gardener.
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