I ordered to cut off the anchor chains immediately

我命令立即将锚链割断。

When it plied more heavily traveled seas, we often saw wrecked hulls rotting in midwater, and farther down, cannons, shells, anchors, chains, and a thousand other iron objects rusting away.

当它在交通繁忙的海域航行时，我们经常看到失事的船体在中层水域腐烂，而在更深处，大炮、炮弹、锚、链条和上千种其他铁制物体正在生锈。