Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1194 Chlorine Gas
Qian Shuiting went below the deck, and the cabins were arranged, and even the distribution and packaging in the warehouse were all available.Fu Sansi said that it was restored as much as possible based on historical data, and also referred to the confessions of some Spanish sailors.

"Confessions from the Spaniards?" Qian Shuiting asked strangely, he couldn't remember any Spaniards among the naturalized members of the Senate.

"I was captured in Bopu. Later, I have been working in the labor camp." Fu Sansi said, "After working for more than two years, I can be regarded as meeting the conditions for redemption. At the beginning of the year, I was released and resettled together with Ah San who was captured during the same period."

"The Spaniards are easy to talk about, so they can be the leading party anyway. What do we need the third brother for?" Qian Shuiting said dissatisfied, "The language of the third brother's place is really strange, and it is worthless to be the leading party."

"Ah San went to the Council of Agriculture—I don't know what Lao Wu plans to use them for? The Spaniards stayed in the shipbuilding department to do odd jobs—the two were a sailmaker and a carpenter, both of whom were somewhat useful .It seems to be very honest at present. Many details on this ship and how the Spaniards manage the ship are provided by them."

Fu Sansi led him to visit the layout of the cabin. Qian Shuiting had seen a lot of pictures of Galen's cabin layout, and now it is much more intuitive to look at the real thing.Fu Sansi told them that the walls of these cabins are actually detachable, and they can be rearranged according to the cabin layout drawings of different ships to increase the variety of choices.

"Shi Zhiqi often brings sailors here from Hong Kong for drills, and it's very lively." Fu Sansi said with a smile, "This time the starvation operation can draw some people from the navy team. They have sufficient training experience."

Since Shi Zhiqi arrived in Hong Kong, he was active in the Ministry of the Navy to move the headquarters of the navy to Hong Kong. The navy was not very satisfied with Lingao as the main base of the navy.Hong Kong, Sanya or Kaohsiung are obviously more suitable.As Hong Kong is an island close to the Pearl River Delta region and an important route node, it is obviously much more convenient to launch an amphibious landing than Lingao.Therefore, the main force and headquarters of the Marine Corps were finally transferred to Hong Kong. At present, there is only one battalion headquarters in Hainan to command the two Marine Corps in Sanya and Lingao, as well as the squads and platoons that perform defensive tasks in Hainan Island and Dongsha. level detachment.

As the project leader of the "Hunger" operation, Qian Shuiting became more confident after visiting the one-to-one training model. Although he has absolute confidence in the combat effectiveness of the navy, the Spaniards are also famous for their fanaticism. Emotions were incited and he would rather die than surrender, and it was not impossible to fight with the sea soldiers.

With this full-scale model, the sailors who jumped to the gang can fully train specific tactical coordination, and the chances of winning are a little bit higher.

He took up a room in the Admiralty building at Bobo and set up Operation Hunger's headquarters.

He first selected the veterans who participated in this operation: Originally, he wanted Zhou Weisen to be in charge of operating the Feiyun and commanding the formation operations.But Zhou Weisen said that a non-navy veteran like him has no prestige in the navy and has no military rank-I am afraid that he may not be able to convince the public.After Qian Shuiting considered it, he decided to ask Lin Chuanqing to be the commander of the formation. He is the commander-in-chief of the naval fishing fleet, and his military rank and position are high enough. Most people have to be familiar with it.Experienced in handling and using small boats is also the most.

As for the two 901s, I chose the Tide and Waiting for Frost. These two warships were launched later than the first wave of four 901s. Although they encountered many problems when they were launched, after repairs and running-in, the current The condition is relatively good, and there are few attachments on the hull, so it can be put into action directly.Although Lu Yang, the captain waiting for frost, didn't have much experience, he was young and energetic, and he could just gain more experience in long-distance voyages—with Lin Chuanqing leading the battle, there would not be any major problems.

Since the voyage to the Philippines is only over 2000 nautical miles round-trip, the 901's own coal carrying capacity cannot meet the long-distance voyage and search standby, so it is also accompanied by a sail-steam engine hybrid fast coal carrier: Haifeng.

The two 901 gunboats have undergone necessary modifications, and a fast boarding bridge for jumping gang battles has been installed.Considering that if the opponent is a large Galen ship, the freeboard may be very high, so typewriters are installed on the front and rear masts of 901 to suppress the opponent's deck firepower and cover the jumping team to climb the ship.

"The sailors on the ship can be re-selected and regrouped, and experienced sailors are selected. During the last giant operation, they sailed at sea for only a week, and so many people vomited half dead. This operation will go back and forth for at least a month. It’s still unbearable to be seasick in the stormy open sea. Use more sailors who used to be pirates.” Qian Shuiting suggested at the preparatory meeting.

"This is not good. Now the sailors and officers on each ship have formed a fighting group. If you change people at once, you have to reintegrate." Lin Chuanqing shook his head, "The 901 posts are also much more professional than ordinary sailing ships. Many, it is not so easy to replace. Besides, they have been sailing at sea for more than half a year, so there should be no problem with adaptability. My main concern is the wind direction." He drew the chart, "The wind direction is not very good, it is prevalent in July The wind direction is already southeast, so it is convenient to come back, but it is troublesome to go."

"Isn't 901 mainly powered by steam power?"

"Consumption is still very high in headwinds. The self-sustainability of 901's equipment is not optimistic. Once the boiler is damaged, the entire plan will be affected. And adding coal at sea is a technical job. Recently, we must hurry up and train more .”

The key team members are selected from the sailors - the sailors of the steam warship are no longer "human residues" that can be replaced casually, and it will take a long time to retrain if one is lost.Most of the warships of the Senate Navy are equipped with varying numbers of sailors.One of their tasks is to perform gang-jumping when necessary.However, considering that there may be 400 sailors on each Galen ship, a platoon of sailors was specially added to each 901 this time. They were all selected from Hong Kong by Shi Zhiqi and participated in many Galen ship simulation jumps. Members of the amphibious reconnaissance unit of the Marine Corps who helped with the exercise.

Qian Shuiting originally wanted to mobilize a special investigation unit to accompany the fleet to ensure safety, but at present several units have been sent out, and the manpower is very tight. Finally, after coordination, Beiwei agreed to send a team of ten members to accompany the ship. Action - Act as a sniper and M240 machine gun shooter.If necessary, take a submachine gun and a shotgun and directly participate in the gang assault.

Someone simply proposed to bring anti-tank missiles, but everyone felt that this thing might be too lethal, and it would be a loss if the ship sank before the money was released.

Several demonstration confrontation exercises were carried out on the model of the Galen ship. The result of the exercise was that no matter what kind of assault plan was adopted, there were basically no casualties in the jump gang. The combined use of the M240 and typewriter was enough to clean the entire deck, but once it entered The battle on the lower deck will inevitably cause certain casualties-even if one's own side is very clear about the structure of the cabin, as long as the opposing side has enough fighting will, matchlock guns and swords can also cause losses to the assaulting sea soldiers.Moreover, it is not without precedent that the small artillery on the artillery deck is turned around and fired in bursts to defeat the influx of enemies.

Once the Minigun, the main equipment of the navy, enters the narrow and insufficiently lit middle and lower decks, the combat efficiency will be greatly reduced. The smoke is too large when shooting, and the shooting response is not fast enough when the soldiers are in close contact.Obviously, the submachine guns and shotguns used by the special investigation team are the most ideal tools for gang warfare.

But these weapons are very rare, so Qian Shuiting turned his idea to poison gas.At present, there are only two types of poisonous gas produced by Lingoneng, one is the pepper tear gas bomb widely equipped by the security forces, and the other is chlorine gas.Chlorine is an important product in the Lingao chemical industry and a widely used raw material in industrial production. It has certain application conditions regardless of output or storage.Qian Shuiting plans to control the upper deck, and then inject chlorine gas from the personnel entrance and exit. The chlorine gas is very heavy and has downward mobility. Although the Galen ship has lower gun doors and large stern windows, the lower deck is also fully accessible. The circulation is better, chlorine doesn't work optimally, but even a small amount is enough to incapacitate.

"It's clean and labor-saving. Well, it's also environmentally friendly. It's also disinfected for the ship." Qian Shuiting spared no effort to advocate, "And the protection of this thing is simple - just a mask soaked in lye is enough. No need for a gas mask .”

"But you need goggles. Chlorine gas is irritating to the eyes. It's not very safe to use." Shi Zhiqi is not very interested in using chlorine gas-he thinks that using chlorine gas is a typical abuse of technical means.Besides, he wasn't too worried about an overdue high-pressure cylinder filled with chlorine gas and sailing across the ocean on a ship.

"You can try to see the actual effect-we have a full-scale model now, get some rabbits and goats in it and put a jar of chlorine gas down..."

"In this way, seniors, don't make a fuss. Aren't you wasting meat?" Shi Zhiqi shook his head again and again, "I think it's still a marine assault!" 2 revolvers and a machete go down to close combat."

In the end, no one convinced anyone, but the Planning Institute happily agreed to allocate a chlorine gas cylinder and related protective equipment.It is said that someone in the military has a strong interest in the use of chlorine gas, so they have worked in the Executive Committee and the Planning Institute.The Ministry of Health is also interested in the effectiveness of chlorine in disinfecting ships.

(End of this chapter)