Chapter 146: Small island
It was really an embarrassing thing to sink a mine during World War I, because I didn’t know if the mine was the enemy or dropped it by myself.
At that time, there was no sonar, and the technology of drawing charts and making mines was relatively backward. Britain and Germany invested 310,000 mines in the First World War, and the ghosts knew where they were all.
If the iron wire that secures the mine is broken, the mine will float on the water; if there is a problem with the fuze, it will explode immediately when it is dropped into the water. Even before the emergence of early magnetic mines, even sea turtles could kill them.
There are more problems.
The defensive port will send mine-laying ships to mine in the vast waters outside the port, leaving only one exit, which is convenient for defense and helps prevent the enemy from landing operations. On the other hand, the offensive side used submarines to mine the port channel to block supply routes or delay enemy actions.
So where exactly Boulder’s ship was sunk can only be a mystery.
It is better to say that World War I is better. During World War II, Britain and Germany laid a total of 1.1 million mines. The British record of mine-laying is just one sentence-they are arranged in the English Channel, the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic.
What is the difference between such a large range record and no record?
In this era, British sailors are very superstitious in a theory, that is, the ship is there and the ship is dead. If the ship sinks, then as a gentleman, the captain needs to sink with the ship.
The captain of the Titanic is like this, and so are the captains of countless warships.
After defeating the Spanish Invincible Fleet, the United Kingdom has been a maritime hegemon for hundreds of years. Countries that want to develop a navy will study in the United Kingdom. Naturally, this ethos has gradually affected the world, and sinking with ships has become a trend in the naval world.
Until World War II, the US Navy broke this rule.
The American approach is that the ship sinks and rebuilds, and the people do nothing. The army and air force will never fight if they can surrender.
Why? Because experienced military personnel are more valuable than weapons.
From the United States' participation in World War II in 1941, to the surrender of Japan in 1945, the United States launched more than 140 aircraft carriers in just four years, produced 40 billion rounds of various bullets, 300,000 aircraft, and 200,000 tanks.
Once the British army lost 500 tanks in the 42-year Battle of Alamein, but before the troops were withdrawn and repaired, the Americans had 600 brand new Sherman tanks ready for them.
Of course, there are some problems with the Sherman tank design. It is called a "mobile oven" or a "lighter" by the soldiers. Its characteristic is that it catches fire when it is shot, and sometimes it catches fire if it is not shot... But it is better to have a tank than not. Ok?
The captains of the U.S. Navy know that it does not matter if the ship is sunken. As long as you return home alive, you will be replaced with a new one. The cooking arsenal is so capricious. This is the victory of production capacity.
Therefore, it is no longer popular in various countries that the ship is in the people.
It’s just that if it’s 1925, Su Ming’s memory hasn’t happened yet.
This time period is a bit embarrassing. World War I is over, and World War II has not yet begun. What should Su Ming do? By the way, Captain America was just 8 years old at this time, so I can find it myself.
Boulder found that Su Ming was in a daze, thinking that he was looking at his prosthetic leg. He graciously pulled up the trouser tube, exposing some black wood to the sun.
"I was planning to sink with the ship, but unfortunately, the explosion broke a leg and the blood loss made me unconscious. When I woke up, I was retired and lying in an army sanatorium in Liverpool."
So he had no way to die in a glorious battle as a navy captain. Even if he commits suicide again, he is just an ordinary person. The war has nothing to do with him.
He took his own reimbursement and crossed the sea to Hawaii. Once a sailor friend told him that this is a good place, and he plans to spend the rest of his life here.
Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898, and English can also be used here. This isolated island in the ocean is like a paradise, suitable for a disheartened old man like him.
Su Ming probably guessed his thoughts, but as a traveler and future man, he knew that 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 take that long. Once the Second World War breaks out, the British Navy will summon retired noncommissioned officers to return to the army. With his former destroyer captain's official position, at least the rank of major, then there is likely to be a new ship.
The lack of a leg does not affect the navy's combat effectiveness, and even if he still lacks another eye, it does not matter if he lacks a hand.
Put on a hook and raise a parrot or monkey, and the combat effectiveness may increase.
Especially parrots, you have to have that kind of red hair, one mouth is a standard Caribbean accent, and Beier has face.
Su Ming smiled and pulled the trouser legs down for him. This English man was just unwilling now. He actually wanted to go back to the sea, but he wanted to die before, and he did not succeed.
"By the way, let's not talk about the past. What is the name of this island? It's hard to remember in Hawaiian."
"Hehe, I couldn't remember when I first arrived here. This island is called Kahoraway (), which is the eighth largest of the volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands."
Boulder smiled and wiped his beard. He has a thick, straight white beard, and he seems to be well maintained.
Very good, now Su Ming also knows his exact location.
It's just that Kahoraway~www.NovelMTL.com~ This island is not a future tourist location, but a place where the United States experimented with bombs after 1950.
Although the experimental atomic bomb is not here, hundreds of thousands of other types of conventional bombs have been tested here, and it was not stopped until President Bush took office in 1995.
Because there is no water source on this large island, it has lost its value.
In that case...
"Only you people on this island?" Su Ming was a little curious. In the memory of the death knell, Kaho Island is an empty island. Although historical records do have someone once lived on it, he did not expect it to be a British.
"Yes, I bought it from your governor for two thousand pounds." Boulder smiled and nodded. He liked it here, so he bought it.
Islands without fresh water are worthless. There are tens of thousands of such islands in the Pacific Ocean. Although this island is larger, £2,000 is already a huge sum of money in this era.
The pound sterling is a gold-based currency, and the pound is still strong after the First World War. One pound is equivalent to 7.3 grams of gold.
Boulder looks about fifty years old now, but he should have been only thirty or forty when he was a captain, and he was too young to count. This should have something to do with his origin or family, otherwise the pension of a retired officer is definitely not enough to buy the island.
"So these people?"
Su Ming pointed to the people who resisted things on the dock. Those people had darker skin. He originally thought they were indigenous people.
Boulder nodded: "They are my housekeeper, gardener, and hired worker. They need to buy enough food and water from Honolulu every week, otherwise they cannot survive on this island."
I want to play escape from the world, but I even brought a housekeeper and a gardener.
really... can play.
