Chapter 371: Chapter 224 A Heavily Guarded Manor! (Subscription Requested) Chapter 371: Chapter 224 A Heavily Guarded Manor! (Subscription Requested) In the video footage, the ship’s hull was severely damaged, with traces of cannon fire everywhere, the ship’s body even fractured.
One can imagine how ferocious the attack this ironclad ship had endured back then.
“Ah… what a pity.”
Everyone sighed inwardly.
If the fleet could have been properly developed in that era, perhaps the outco would have been different.
But the end was tragic.
Under the circumstances of that ti, the demise of the Beiyang Fleet was inevitable, an outco that couldn’t be changed.
A group of people looked at the wreck of the Dingyuan Ship on the screen, covered in traces left by ti, and their hearts were filled with emotion.
Gradually, the sea area began to bustle, with many ships arriving one after another.
The salvage ships from other places had arrived to help salvage the sunken ship.
Even a Navy vessel had arrived at the scene to assist with the salvage of the shipwreck.
The site was extrely lively.
With this wave of support, there was no need to worry about a shortage of manpower.
With their involvent, the efficiency of the salvage operation had improved.
Bit by bit, parts were salvaged: hatch covers, copper bases, wrenches, and even a copper naplate from the Dingyuan Ship.
When the salvage crew brought up the copper naplate, everyone could see the inscription clearly, and they couldn’t help but shed tears.
There was no longer any doubt about the identity of the Dingyuan Ship.
At the sa ti, another object also served as ironclad proof that this wreck was indeed the Dingyuan Ship.
That was a composite steel plate.
The armor of the Dingyuan Ship was Kangba armor, a compound armor of hardened steel plates, each piece asuring 2.86 ters in length, 2.60 ters in width, 0.33 ters in thickness, and weighing approximately 18 tons.
To salvage this piece of armor, it took two salvage ships working together, using lifting equipnt, to recover it.
This piece of armor was also key evidence of the Dingyuan Ship’s identity.
More and more items were being salvaged.
This ti Fang Hao’s catch of the Dingyuan Ship brought significant findings, its aning unparalleled.
Even if the items being retrieved from the seabed seed worthless, the significance of these seemingly worthless scraps of tal was quite different.
That was a chapter of history.
A chapter of history we must not forget.
“So I’ve got to smoke a few more packs of cigarettes.”
“Next ti I smoke, if my old lady dares to nag, I’ll have to have a good talk with her.”
“Is what I smoke cigarettes? I’m smoking the cost of building an aircraft carrier!”
“Absolutely, you’ve struck a chord with .”
“Suddenly, the big picture just opens up.”
The netizens were also feeling more confident, their backs a little straighter.
Were they just smoking cigarettes?
They were contributing.
The curator of the Weihai Port Mariti Museum watched the salvaged shipwreck items being brought up, overwheld with emotion.
He had traveled nonstop and had finally arrived at the scene of the shipwreck salvage.
He couldn’t even think about resting now.
All his thoughts were on this sunken ship.
“Thank you…”
The curator, moved, shook Fang Hao’s hand, thanking him for finding the Dingyuan Ship.
If it hadn’t been for Fang Hao, this shipwreck might have remained undiscovered at the bottom of the sea for who knows how long.
Today, at last, the ironclad was back in the light of day.
Even though it was just a pile of wreckage, those things were witnesses to history.
Every item was extrely important.
Small as a screw, a rivet.
Large as a piece of armor, a gun barrel… and so on, nearly every part was being salvaged from the sea.
The difficulty of this salvage was not high, much easier than previous shipwreck salvages. Earlier salvages were complicated by valuable relics inside the shipwrecks; they had to be careful not to damage these artifacts, so the process was very cautious and slow.
Protection first, speed second.
And now?
This shipwreck was not a rchant vessel; it contained no antique relics, just an ironclad ship, full of what was referred to as ‘scraps of tal,’ already damaged, not afraid of further harm.
Moreover, many of the parts were made of tal, not so easily broken.
Naturally, the salvage speed increased.
As more items were salvaged, the netizens watching the live stream were astonished.
Seeing the recovered armor, so thick, they exclaid,
“No wonder the Dingyuan Ship was once called Asia’s number one warship; with such armor, ordinary cannonballs would indeed struggle to cause serious damage.”
But what a pity.
Such a fine warship had sunk.
The failure of the First Sino-Japanese War made everyone understand a lesson.
Fall behind, and you will be beaten!
Fortunately, tis are different now. We’ve changed dramatically, beco much stronger, and will no longer let others bully us so easily!
It also stirred up resentnt among the people towards the ‘little neighbors.’
They have never been content to fade into obscurity, constantly scheming behind the scenes.
It seed they were plotting again.
So if the events of the past were to recur, it would be our chance this ti.
That was sothing the netizens were looking forward to.
Today, our strength is completely different from the past; we’re no longer the sa backward and bullied country.
Today, our overall power is second only to the Eagles.
If we clash within our firepower range, within the First Island Chain, even the Eagles are no match for us.
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