Chapter 153 Sea confrontation
It is impossible for a cargo ship to have big holes for no reason. Moreover, when you get close, you can find that there are big holes on both sides!
What's going on?
The Ness River has sailed side by side with the cargo ship, but the cargo ship has no movement and no personnel have come out.
"Go up and take a look." Robert said to his men: "Send two smart guys."
There were strange things everywhere. If we judged from the current knowledge, the cargo ship might have been hijacked by pirates, and then the ship sailed here alone.
But how is this possible? Now, where are there pirates on the sea?
"Woooo!" Just as Robert gave the order, a huge whistle sounded from behind.
"Report to the captain, there is a Soviet warship rushing towards us!"
Soviet warships? At this time, the other party was right behind the two ships. Robert did not see it, and could only hear the report of the young man behind: "God, they did not slow down, fast, we should turn quickly, and we will be hit by the Soviets!"
The Red Caucasus, with a displacement of 9,000 tons, is in full sprint. The turbine is running at high speed, the propeller at the tail stirs up the sea water, and the warship is rushing over!
"Crash, knock the British warship!" On the bridge, Jihonov's eyes were firm.
When they came over, they saw the British warships sailing side by side with the Amur, like protection, and more like supervision. At this moment, Jihonov felt a burst of blood surge in his mind.
These gentlemen who appear to be gentle but dare to do such dirty things as robbery behind their backs!
Crash, hit it!
For Soviet officers, they were not afraid of impact at all. Even impact was their tactic. Now, when they could not fire, impact was more appropriate!
With a sharp roar, the Red Caucasus was rumbling towards him.
And here, we were already sailing side by side with the Amur and were about to build a bridge board. The British warship Neshe, who had gone to see, was shocked in an instant. The impact would always be a small loss! The displacement of our side was only one-tenth of the other side, how could we withstand the impact of the other side!
"Right is full of rudder, right is full of rudder!" Robert put down his coffee cup and grabbed the handrail beside him steadily.
The right rudder is full! The helmman turns the rudder to the far right. Then, the head of the warship drew an arc and began to turn to the right. At the same time, the hull begins to tilt.
Fortunately, the speed is slow now. If it is fast, the hull will be inclined even more!
"Reverse the propeller and reverse at full speed!" Seeing the British leaving quickly like a frightened rooster, Jihonov gave an order all over the ground.
The impact just now was more of a threat, and now, this tactic is very successful.
Under his intimidation, the British walked away, and now he must lean with the Amur to protect the Amur!
There are no brakes on the warship, and it is not that easy to control the nine thousand tons of warship.
The propeller at the tail reversed at full speed, and the splash made a rustling sound. Under this reaction force, the huge warship began to slow down.
Even so, it was still too late. The Red Caucasus moved slowly and rushed over from the Amur side.
And at this moment, everyone saw clearly that a big hole appeared on the side of the Amur!
Thinking of the British leaning against this side just now, it makes people wonder, was this hole done by the British with a naval gun?
"Navigation guns, aim at the British miscellaneous!" Jihonov shouted loudly.
Naval gun!
The 180mm naval gun was slowly turning over. Inside the turret, several sailors shouted horns and began to load them with simple machinery.
Yes, artificial loading. In this era, Soviet naval guns still did not create an automatic loading system, and could only rely on manual loading. This is a laborious task and is also quite dangerous. If the warship shakes during the loading process, accidents will occur at any time.
Of course, they are not afraid and have been used to it for a long time.
On this side, the 180mm naval gun aimed at the British warship, and Robert was extremely depressed.
It’s unfair. Our side just heard the distress signal and came to rescue. Now, in the eyes of this Soviet warship, it is clear that it is robbed by our side! Compared with the Soviet warship, this river-class is too weak, especially in terms of firepower, the most powerful of this warship is the 12-pound cannon in front.
Pounds are weight units, 12 pounds are based on the weight of the projectiles of the naval gun. If measured by the muzzle, it is 115 mm.
The 115mm caliber gun and the 180mm naval gun are definitely not on the same order of magnitude!
And now, even if the opponent is not as strong as the other party, it cannot deteriorate the majesty of the navy! You must know that Britain is still an empire that the sun never sets! The British navy is definitely not to be offended!
Who knows what the Soviets are doing? In short, since the Soviets are not good at it now, the United Kingdom doesn’t have to have any good faces!
So, on the Neshe River, the naval guns also turned in one go, aiming at the Red Caucasus here. So what if you have a large displacement? It happens to be a big target! Your ship was not built in the battle and was later modified, what is the majesty?
At the same time, the radio waves asking for help quickly returned to the base. At this time, hurry up and ask the fighter plane to fly over to rescue the siege! If the Soviets dare to fire, then ask the Soviets to taste the taste of bombs!
The Soviets were in a hot spot, but there were 600 tons of gold on this Amur. For this gold, the Soviets could do anything!
The British are also popular, what does it have to do with me? I am here to help, but I am treated as a bad person!
Both sides are tense.
No one noticed that at this time, the real mastermind had already driven a speedboat and left this land of trouble for dozens of nautical miles.
After the operation last night was completed, the other three squads were evacuated, leaving only a few men led by Skolzny, who drove the ship, changed direction, and came along the direction of Britain.
At the beginning, the Red Caucasus was not found, and the search route was determined according to the speed of the heavy ship. After the gold was removed, the cabin was empty and the speed was naturally faster!
The highest speed reached here. After being discovered by the Soviet seaplane, he gave the other party a shuttle, and the other party quickly left due to insufficient fuel.
Afterwards, Skolzny sent a distress signal, asking the Amur to sail and take all the people away.
Chapter completed!