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The helmsman nodded and thought: "The navigator is very knowledgeable, and I have never heard of the things he said." The helmsman no longer doubted, and began to steer the helm with peace of mind, and followed the Zhongrui ship forward.

After Lin Yuan learned that the "queue jumping" was successful, he immediately ordered the Zhongrui ship to sail northeast to lead the icebreaker out of the Russian fleet. The Zhongrui ship then adjusted its course and prepared to sail northeast.

But there is a problem at this time, that is, when the Zhongrui ship and the Russian ship are staggered, the icebreaker behind will see two lights, which is not like the beginning, the two lights will only last for a while After a while, the Zhongrui ship will soon be able to block the lights of the Russian ship, so the people on the icebreaker will think they are wrong.

However, if the yaw, the two lights will exist at the same time for a long time, and the direction of travel is completely different, one follows the original route, and the other deviates to the northeast. In this way, not only will the icebreaker not follow the Zhongrui ship, And be suspicious.Lin Yuan had already prepared for this question. He sent Fade Chen to the Zhongrui ship in advance, and asked him, "Are you sure you can turn off the lights on that Russian ship?"

Fade Chen said with a smile: "The target on the sea is indeed difficult to hit. The main reason is that the waves fluctuate, so the shooter also shakes up and down, but it doesn't matter. For an excellent shooter, this can be corrected. What I worry about is that I use a gun Wouldn't the people on board be suspicious if they hit their boat? They would definitely think that an enemy is approaching!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "In the vast sea, if an enemy ship pulls you into a distance of 100 meters, will it only destroy one of your lights?"

Fade Chen said with a smile: "You're right, the enemy really wouldn't think that we did it."

Lin Yuan said: "So, you can play with confidence."

Fade Chen climbed onto the mast with a [-]-style sniper rifle, and then aimed at the light. The wind on the sea was blowing, and Fade Chen thought: "No, this wind is too strong, and it is very likely that we will not be able to hit it!"

Fade Chen still adjusted the aiming point and fired a shot. The sound of the gunshot was covered by the loud sound of the boat moving, and Fade Chen himself didn't even hear it.

However, this shot missed, and the bullet disappeared into the thick fog. Fade Chen couldn't see the trajectory of the bullet at all. He thought to himself: "This time it will be difficult to shoot. If only tracer bullets are used, at least it can instruct One shot trajectory, unlike now, there is no way to correct the aiming point at all."

Fade Chen was afraid that switching to tracer bullets would cause the enemy to notice, but he thought about Lin Yuan's words, and thought: "The old man wouldn't think of our plan!" Then he made up his mind.

So Fade Chen loaded a tracer bullet into the barrel of the gun, and fired a shot at the light. The bullet drew a strange arc in the strong wind and brushed the light. Fade Chen calculated it in his mind, and then adjusted it. Aim at the point and shoot it, a green arc in the fog hits the light, and the light is extinguished in the darkness for a moment.

The lights on the Russian warship are in charge of the signalman. When the signalman saw that the pilot light suddenly went out, he never thought that there would be Chinese people approaching, and then he fired. He first thought that there was a problem with the circuit, and he hurriedly When I came to the control room, the people in the control room said there was no problem.

When the signalman climbed up the mast and saw the lamp, he couldn't help being shocked. There was a round hole in the glass cover of the lamp. The glass beside the round hole was broken, and the filament inside was broken. There is also a circular hole in the shell, as if pierced by a bullet.

The signalman hurriedly reported to the officer on duty. The officer on duty thought the same as what Lin Yuan said. He said: "It is impossible that the Chinese ship approached us. If it was a Chinese ship, why did they only attack our pilot?" Where's the light? Some seabirds must have crashed into our boat."

The signalman shook his head and said, "Seabird? How could a seabird hit this? How could it be like this!"

The duty officer said lazily: "Everything on the sea is possible, maybe it's a new species, a bullet-shaped seabird! Well, hurry up and change the lights."

So in the Russian ship, this matter was left alone, and the Zhongrui ship began to confidently and boldly guide the icebreaker to the northeast.

The icebreaker was unaware of all this, and it continued to follow the Zhongrui ship, but as it walked, the navigator realized that something was wrong, because Makarov ordered the fleet to temporarily moor at the Sasebo Naval Port in Japan, so the ships on board The navigation department has made a navigation plan for the destination according to Sasebo, but the navigator found that the ship in front had deviated slightly from the course.

On the sea, it is common for warships to deviate from the course slightly, and it would be fine to correct it back, but the navigator was surprised to find that the warships in front did not intend to correct the course at all, and they were getting more and more off course.

The navigator was full of doubts, and said to the helmsman: "Why do you think the warship ahead is going further and further away?"

The greater the range of the ship's turn, the greater the rudder angle that needs to be turned, and the helmsman also felt the rudder angle increase continuously, but he saw that the navigator did not speak, so he did not say anything. When the navigator brought this matter up, he also said: "Yes, I have noticed it a long time ago. Why did the ship in front deviate?"

The navigator said: "Could it be that there is something wrong with the magnetic compass on our ship?"

The helmsman said, "Would you like to go to the deck to correct it?"

In the navigation of this era, there are two main means to distinguish the direction, one is the magnetic compass, the other is astronomical navigation, and the error of the gyroscope in this era is still very large, so it has not been widely used in navigation, and the magnetic compass Because of installation errors, slight changes in the geomagnetic field, etc., there are often errors. The method to correct errors is astronomical navigation.

Astronomical navigation, in ancient China, was called "Crossing the Ocean and Stars", and there was also "Crossing the Stars and Crossing the Ocean". Know the projected position of the stars on the earth, and after mathematical calculations, infer the position of the ship.

But celestial navigation can only be used when the weather is clear and the stars can be seen, so the navigator said helplessly: "There is such a thick fog outside that you can't even see the sky. How can you correct the magnetic compass?"

The helmsman then said, "How about we signal to the boat ahead?"

The navigator said: "Good idea!" So he called the signalman and asked him to send a signal to the ship in front. In this age without wireless communication, maritime communication can only rely on optical means. To put it simply, it is semaphore and lights, semaphore It cannot be used in weather conditions such as fog, rain and snow, so the navies of various countries have formulated light communication schemes, which use different flashes to represent different information.

The signalman picked up the signal light, climbed onto the mast, controlled the light on and off, and sent out a message like "Your ship has deviated from the course, please correct it". The army's communication plan, so they don't know what the light signal means.

Deng Shichang on the Zhongrui ship panicked after hearing the report. He thought to himself: "How should we answer? If the answer is wrong, wouldn't the enemy see the flaw? In this way, the plan will fail!" Deng Shichang did not Dare to make a decision, so he reported it to Lin Yuan.

When Lin Yuan heard this, he immediately said, "Don't pay attention to him, just pretend you didn't see him! Don't send out any signals!"