I ordered to cut off the anchor chains immediately

我命令链割断。

That would anchor supply chains across Sub-Saharan Africa, and you'd train a generation of workers.

这巩固整个撒哈拉以南非洲的供应链，并且培训一代工人。

The anchor chain rattled, and the ship docked.

链发出哗啦声，船靠岸了。

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航行时，我们经常看到失事的船体在中腐烂，而在更深处，大炮、炮弹、、链条和上千种其他铁制物体正在生锈。