Old Ha has drunk many champagnes that cost tens of thousands of yuan, but this is the first time he has ever seen such a unique champagne knife.
He liked it, so he gave it to Xia Yu. It was just a short sword for a junior officer. If it weren't for the fact that a general's sword was something that couldn't be seen in public, he would have used it right away.
Furthermore, the Musashi was also sunk in a naval battle. Once it's repaired, it should yield quite a few Soul Weapons.
"I can't accept this. Go and get my scimitar."
Old Ha said that, but he put down the champagne glass and caught the sword very quickly!
He didn't even have time to appreciate it, and turned to give orders to his chief guard.
Reciprocation is expected when receiving gifts, and Haman Dan immediately showed off his Abu Dhabi royal sword.
The gold and gemstone-inlaid scabbard and hilt give this curved sword, which is more decorative than practical, a dazzling, jewel-like appearance from the inside out.
"It's a beautiful curved blade; I can't bear to use it to open champagne."
Xia Yu drew his sword and looked at the folded, forged Damascus steel pattern as he spoke.
"Hahaha, a knife is meant to be used. I once used it to finish off a brown bear that had been shot. You can use it to do whatever you want."
Old Ha said that Xia Yu could handle his own affairs, and then clinked glasses with him again.
"Then I'll use it for self-defense. There are so many different kinds of sharks in the waters of Southeast Asia. Last time I went diving, I chased away a greedy weasel shark with my fist."
As Xia Yu spoke, he tucked the curved sword into his waistband.
When you're out fishing for treasures or picking up trash in the sea, you're likely to encounter these marine predators. If you encounter a small one, just punch its nose.
If you encounter someone larger than you, it may be necessary to use a knife or a gun.
There aren't many great white sharks in Southeast Asia, but there are many blue sharks and tilapia. It's fine to let the sub-adults go, but leave the adult sharks with their fins before leaving.
"Is it your Haiyan ship? I don't want to go back so soon."
Old Ha expressed his interest in deep-sea exploration, and having some family wealth, he also wanted to enter this industry.
"Okay, go back and get a good night's sleep. We'll meet on the Haiyan tomorrow morning."
Paul was Xia Yu's mentor, and now Xia Yu has taken on that role.
After returning to the Yas in the afternoon, Lao Ha fell asleep immediately. Under his instructions, the captain headed towards the waters where the Haiyan was located.
On this side, the Firefighting Ship took Xia Yu back to Singapore first, allowing Lao Zhao and his team to rest at the base for a week and make various preparations for the upcoming deployment in the Indian Ocean.
With the absence of the Jihuo patrol on this side of the Pacific, the Haiyan's security was originally based on the pirates' low profile. After all, the first to stick their neck out had been eliminated, and any further blunderers would be the next target.
But now that Yas has joined the fray, even if there are any fools, they'll never return.
Xia Yu spent the night on shore, and the next morning he flew a helicopter to the Haiyan to meet up with Lao Ha.
"Joseph, I've been on the Focus of Fire for the past two weeks and only just managed to find time to come over now. What have you found?"
After introducing the head of the Wuerkan team to Lao Ha, Xia Yu asked Joseph about their progress during this period.
"We discovered the wreckage of a destroyer at a depth of 6,200 meters, and are currently working on identifying its specific model and serial number."
Joseph explained to the boss.
This depth is quite safe. In other words, the difficulty of salvage increases exponentially once the depth exceeds 1,000 meters, and the budget becomes prohibitive. No one would secretly salvage the wreckage for profit.
"Such a clear remotely operated underwater vehicle, how much does one cost?"
Looking at the real-time underwater scene on the workstation screen, Lao Ha couldn't help but ask.
"This thing is too niche. When Paul first got it, he would need three to five harpoons. Now it's even more expensive."
When socializing with Lao Ha, Xia Yu likes to use harpoons as the unit when discussing prices—1 harpoon = 1 million.
"I'm buying it at such a low price; I want to install it on my new ship too."
His Highness waved his hand, ready to chop off his hand.
Tank landing ships are indeed quite suitable for carrying these scientific research equipment.
"And Sherlock, could you sell me one of those unmanned combat boats for self-defense?"
Old Ha was eyeing the Jari-USV multi-purpose unmanned combat boat on the Jihuo ship. This thing could be launched from the bow stern to attack people, and it also had torpedo tubes and missile vertical launch units, not to mention its speed of 42 knots.
"I really can't sell this. If you want to buy it, your navy will have to step in."
Xia Yu said it very tactfully.
Such equipment is only sold to corporate and national clients, and is definitely not sold to individual buyers.
"You're right, I'll sponsor a batch for them later."
Old Ha said magnanimously.
The sponsorships he mentioned were 70% genuine, with the remainder going through the Navy's channels.
His influence was behind the purchase of the Cotton Ayr-class corvettes from the UAE by the United States, which is why one of them was converted into the Yas yacht a few years later.
The exploration vessel was converted from a tank landing ship. Most of the space on board had to be reserved for various equipment. In addition, the structure of the through-dock made it impossible to fit anti-ship missile launchers and close-in weapon systems.
At this point, unmanned combat boats can effectively solve the defense problem, and the navy can also use several of them.
Over the next two days, Xia Yu explained to Lao Ha how the Haiyan operated, and moved the deep-sea enclosed diving equipment from the ship onto the Yas, and went into the shallow waters where sharks were present to explore.
"Sherlock, these sharks really want to eat us."
Crouching inside the stainless steel shark cage, watching the large blue sharks circling around them, trying to open the can, Old Ha's voice carried a hint of fear.
But Xia Yu, who was in the cage on the other side, had already opened the door and jumped over the bars to escape.
Upon seeing this, an adult blue shark swam toward him, flicking its tail.
Not being a mammal, an orca would never do something so foolish.
"puff"
Xia Yu fired his speargun, sending a long trail of bubbles as it shot into the gaping maw, and then the world fell silent.
Before the blood could spread, he pulled out the curved knife strapped to his leg, cut off the creature's dorsal fin, and then, using the massive corpse as a springboard, swiftly returned to the shark cage.
Smelling the blood, countless of their kind gathered to enjoy the buffet.
Sharks secrete urine through their skin, so shark meat isn't very tasty, but shark fins, which have a similar texture to vermicelli, shouldn't be wasted, even though they really don't have much nutritional value.
Old Ha, who witnessed this scene from afar, was stunned. It must be that his friend's veins weren't filled with blood, but with adrenaline!
To be faithful, expressive, and elegant, Xia Yu is full of courage.
Old Ha, who always seeks thrills, wouldn't dare to play like this. No wonder the other party can be the boss of PMC!
We surfaced back onto the Yas and handed the fresh shark fins to the chef we brought from Hong Kong to dehydrate them. That evening, we added shiitake mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, and ham to make a dish called "Three Shredded Shark Fin Stew."
People live off the land and water. Today, we're treating Lao Ha to a good meal; it's also a farewell banquet. He has to go back home in the next couple of days.
"It's delicious, I like this ham."
That night, after finishing a bowl of shark fin soup, what impressed Lao Ha the most was the side dishes. "Eat more if you like it. This stuff is also delicious when fried with rice. Let's have this for breakfast tomorrow!"
Xia Yu also likes ham, but Joseph's phone call interrupted the dinner.
"Okay, we've found it. We're coming right now."
After hanging up the phone, Yas immediately headed towards Haiyan, as both of them were quite interested in the destroyer.
The Haiyan was a sunken warship discovered during Xia Yu's first deployment in Southeast Asia after it was transferred to Xia Yu's ownership. Given its significance, he would definitely find an opportunity to preserve and collect it later.
"Boss, this destroyer is the legendary USS Johnston from the American Navy during World War II."
Xia Yu couldn't immediately recall who the USS Johnston was; he was primarily more familiar with aircraft carriers, battleships, and heavy cruisers.
"That's the Fletcher-class destroyer that survived being hit by three 460mm and three 155mm shells from the Yamato."
"I vaguely remember. Wasn't it the destroyer that received a salute from the Yukikaze when it was sunk by the Haguro and its allies?"
After all, his childhood ambition was to become a naval officer and sail warships. Xia Yu borrowed a lot of books about warships from the library during junior and senior high school. However, the college entrance examination did not test this subject, and his score was not high enough for early admission.
Fortunately, as a man destined for greatness, fate did not shatter his naval dream, allowing him to become the captain of both an aircraft carrier and a dock landing ship.
"Yes, that's the one. I never expected we would actually find the Johnston."
Joseph's voice was filled with joy. They had discovered that the ship had almost no armor, and carrying five single-mounted 5-inch guns and two quintuple 21-inch torpedo tubes, it raised a smoke screen and launched a final charge against the Japanese fleet amidst a hail of bullets from its large-caliber main guns.
What's this
This is a man's romance.
Once Xia Yu realized that the destroyer wreckage below them was the USS Johnston, he knew he had to get it.
If you were to ask which of the 175 Fletcher-class destroyers produced is the most suitable for collection, it would definitely be this legendary destroyer with hull number 557.
But not now, wait two years, then it will be displayed alongside the Haguro.
"Wow, this destroyer is so powerful!"
Old Ha was also very excited when he first learned about the story of the Johnston.
"But the only destroyer I know is the Yukikaze, it's a pity it seems to have been scrapped."
Your Highness is fond of the navy, but you know too little about naval history during World War I and II. If you want to venture into the field of deep-sea exploration, you still have a lot to learn.
"It was dismantled, but a total of 19 Kagero-class ships were built, and most of them were sunk. Our team has found the wreckage of several of them."
Joseph said proudly.
Of course, this is also inseparable from Paul's continuous investment, since it is impossible to make a profit simply by searching for and exploring sunken warships from World War II.
This situation officially changed after Paul entrusted his deep-sea exploration career to Xia Yu, and Joseph and his team will work with his newly formed marine salvage team to develop shipwreck recycling projects.
As for personal collections, after hearing Joseph's words, Xia Yu felt that he could wait until Joseph returned and then acquire a Yangyan-class ship in the Southeast Asian waters.
Over the next two days, further exploration of the Johnston was conducted, and the Vulcan team officially announced their findings in the Southeast Asian waters online.
Xia Yu also officially left Southeast Asia and secretly went to the waters of the island nation.
The Nautilus had set off several days earlier, but the fighter jets were faster.
Located southwest of Kyushu Island, northwest of Tokunoshima Island, at 128°04′E, 30°43′N.
As the decisive weapon of that year, and sunk right on its own doorstep, the Yamato has become a popular spot for Japanese ocean exploration companies, and its popularity has always been very high.
Xia Yu's decision to choose the Musashi over the more complete Yamato was partly due to this consideration.
But without touching the main body, cutting away several thousand tons of internal debris is still no problem.
After the Nautilus sank to a depth of about 300 meters, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was ejected and, dragging its cables, entered the sideways hull.
[Project: Yamato Battleship]
Completeness: 75.6% (Ready for repair)
After the robotic arm touched the hull, the system displayed various data about the Yamato.
Xia Yu directly cut off 7,500 tons of low-background radiation steel, and its integrity instantly dropped to 64.1%, making it unusable.
Now that's good, remove the RAV4 from inside the ship and switch to autopilot mode.
[Project: Musashi Warship]
Completeness: 72.3% (Ready for repair)
"Get ready!"
After seeing that the Musashi was complete, Xia Yu immediately chose to start maintenance.
[Estimated remaining man-hours for preparation: 1055.6]
The progress bar popped up, and the time required for this preparation has also skyrocketed to over 1000 hours, nearly a month and a half.
There was nothing we could do; the Musashi was shattered so thoroughly!
In reality, it would probably take hundreds of tons of welding rods to weld them together!
Xia Yu left the cockpit and went to the game pod at the back to kill time. Almost two months had passed since the F-35A crashed.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has completed its salvage operation and returned to its home port.
Fighter jets are not warships weighing thousands or tens of thousands of tons. If they break into pieces at sea, they are very difficult to salvage, especially in a major accident like this one where a high-speed collision with the sea leaves the seabed shattered.
Before leaving Southeast Asia, Xia Yu called Lao Tang again, and the two exchanged sarcastic remarks about the progress of the matter.
Well, they only found large pieces of the wing; the most important part, the engine, was nowhere to be found.
In that case, Xia Yu might as well try his luck.
The Nautilus arrived silently at the scene and launched both the RAV and AUV to conduct a search.
However, it can't be said that they were unlucky, because the time was too short and the remotely operated vehicle only found two pieces of internal debris, which together weighed only 12 kilograms.
Compared to the F-35A's empty weight of 1 kilogram, this amount of debris is less than 0.1%.
Time, it still needs time!
Fortunately, Xia Yu has no shortage of time. The Nautilus can be operated unmanned, and others do not need to stay on the seabed all the time. They only need to come and change the submarine's batteries periodically.
This is also his biggest advantage over the other person: if one month isn't enough, then two months; if one quarter isn't enough, then half a year.
Anyway, Xia Yu will have to stay in China for the next six months to welcome the arrival of her new baby, which is perfect for doing some part-time work.
After spending a full week figuring out the whole process, he rose from a depth of 1,000 meters to the surface.
"Splash splash"
After transferring to a helicopter, Xia Yu landed on the helipad of a yacht moored in the nearby sea.
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