Ship 271 rushed to the sea area where the accident occurred at maximum speed. After more than ten hours, the radio on 271 finally connected with ship 283.
Our country's navy at this time is still too weak. There are only a few larger warships, and even fewer can get here as quickly as possible.
After a few more hours, Ship 283 finally appeared in everyone's eyes.
Ship 283, like Ship 271, were both warships built during World War II.
The ship is already quite old, but we maintained and maintained it well. But the warships of that period also had their own problems, such as many design and quality problems caused by the wartime system.
Zhao Ye has seen that the stern of the 283 ship was damaged by the mine. From the initial appearance, the damage to the entire stern was quite large. The ship had a lot of water in it, and the bow of the entire ship was upturned.
The stern deck is almost sinking into the sea.
The appearance of 271 caused the entire officers and soldiers on the 283 ship to burst into enthusiastic cheers. They had been here for a day and a night, and the cold, hunger and thirst seriously exhausted the physical strength of the soldiers.
Now that I have seen the rescue coming, I feel closer than seeing my relatives.
Today's sea conditions were not bad, allowing the two ships to slowly come together.
After the ship's operation was completed, the captain immediately asked the officers and soldiers on board 283 to transfer to 271.
Zhao Ye's mechanical repair team was immediately called up to listen to the situation report from the captain and crew chief of the 283rd ship.
Listening to the other party's description, Zhao Ye knew that the situation of 283 was not optimistic.
What they encountered was a mine that drifted everywhere with the sea water. This kind of mine is usually placed around some important military ports. However, sometimes some unexpected circumstances cause these mines that should be fixed in a certain place to be in contact with the system.
The remaining chain broke and became a time bomb drifting in the sea.
Ship 283 was also in an emergency and did not evade hastily, so the mine was involved in the wake and was injured.
The rudder was damaged and the engine room was flooded. In order to balance the ship, the captain had to fill the forward cabin with water.
Under such circumstances, it is no longer possible to repair it here, and the 283 can only be towed back to the shipyard for overhaul.
The plan was formulated, and after the officers and soldiers on the 283 ship were settled, the captain of the 283 ship boarded the 283 ship again with a dozen people.
Zhao Ye is also among these dozen people.
The damage control personnel of the original 283 ship were so exhausted that they were all asked by the captain to stay on the 271 ship.
By the time everything was arranged, it was already evening. 271 dragged 283 forward slowly.
That is to say, soon after setting off, the sea conditions became bad.
It was difficult for the two ships to move in the storm, especially the 283, which was full of seawater and seriously slowed down the speed.
"Captain, this is really not an option. We still have to find a way to deal with the emergency." Zhao Ye found the captain and gave his suggestion.
"What do you think should be done?" The captain was also worried about this matter.
"Captain, that's what I think about it." After saying that, Zhao Ye put forward his own opinion.
It turned out that Zhao Ye's idea was to perform underwater welding on the damaged area. Originally, the damaged area at the stern of the ship was a weld, but the shock wave of the bomb caused the entire weld to crack.
The reason why the 283 ship cannot handle it is also very simple. First, the gap is too long and the water enters too fast. Secondly, it is impossible for the 283 ship to bring equipment such as underwater welding when it goes to sea.
But just because it's not on 283, doesn't mean it's not on 271.
Originally, 271 was being repaired at the military port, and the equipment on the ship was rushed to sea before it could be unloaded. At this time, this set of equipment could be used to deal with the problem of 283.
"Are you confident under such sea conditions?" The captain considered some of Zhao Ye's suggestions and felt that this job was also full of difficulties and dangers.
"Captain, I'm sure, I can give it a try. That's what I think..." Zhao Ye said, and told the captain his plan.
The captain thought for a moment, then contacted 271 via radio and told him the maintenance plan given by Zhao Ye.
Although this solution cannot restore the self-propulsion capability of 283, it can allow 283 to drain the water as much as possible and increase their sailing speed.
Soon, the two ships stopped.
A small boat came to 283 carrying the equipment needed here.
Zhao Ye packed up his equipment, dived underwater, and began to weld the injured parts.
Zhao Ye's special function allowed him to complete the work quickly. After the water pump on 283 was turned on, the water in the cabin dropped rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Okay! Victory, success!" A burst of cheers from 283 reached the ears of the officers and soldiers on board 271 from a long distance away.
This time, the speed of the two ships was much faster than before.
However, due to this delay, the night became deeper and the wind and waves on the sea became stronger.
At this time, Zhao Ye, who had never smoked, asked for a cigarette from the captain and smoked silently.
He suddenly wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and take a completely different path.
He weighed, thought, and found various reasons for his ideas.
At this time, the captain suddenly said: "Xiao Jiang, follow me to the back and see what's going on there."
Before the soldier who called Xiao Jiang could answer, Zhao Ye stood up and said, "Captain, I'll go with you. I just want to check whether there is any more water in the engine room."
"Okay, I'll just give you another hard trip." The captain thought about it and agreed with Zhao Ye's words.
The moment they opened the cabin door, the strong wind and waves made it almost impossible to stand.
"Zhao Ye, you must catch it. Don't fall!" When walking out of the door, the captain shouted to Zhao Ye and then walked out.
Zhao Ye followed closely, holding on to the railing and moving forward with difficulty.
When they returned from the inspection, Zhao Ye, who was walking behind, secretly broke the safety rope connecting him and the captain. Then he jumped into the sea.
"Zhao Ye! Zhao Ye!" The captain found that there was no one behind him. When he turned around again, he could no longer see Zhao Ye. He could only call his comrade's name to the sea, but he couldn't do anything.
As the news spread, everyone was silent for a while. Everyone knew that in such sea conditions, rescue was impossible.
And their comrades were almost destined to die.
Of course Zhao Ye was not seeking death at this time, he just wanted to leave this environment far away.
Going abroad was not an option, for him, it was almost tantamount to treason.
But if he doesn't go abroad, how can he have a stable environment that he can take charge of?
After thinking hard, he really came up with an unlikely solution: go to sea!
It can’t be offshore, it has to be remote sea where there are few people.
There is only one place that can fulfill his request, the South China Sea.
When others go to that kind of island, survival is a problem. But Zhao Ye is different. He can't help but live a normal life and live well.
As early as he had this idea, he had already been secretly preparing it. All kinds of supplies almost filled his space.
Zhao Ye jumped off the boat and waited in the water for a long time before releasing a small boat and climbed aboard.
The place where he jumped from the ship was already southeast of the bay island. At this time, he took out his compass, roughly judged the direction, and started the motor.
Along the way, Zhao Ye used his ability to copy gasoline every day and quickly moved towards his goal.
In this way, it took him more than a month to reach this sea area and choose his destination among the many islands and reefs.
This is an atoll, with only a piece of land emerging from the sea in the middle.
The entire land was only two to three hundred square meters in size. Zhao Ye carefully sailed the boat into the interior of the atoll and then set foot on the land.
Living at sea for a long time made Zhao Ye very seriously sick. He lay on the beach for a long time before he recovered.
Zhao Ye also had his own purpose in choosing this island.
Most of the islands at the southernmost tip of the South China Sea are coral reef islands. The slightly larger islands with water resources are still occupied by people from the bay islands.
If he wanted to make a difference here, there was only one way left.
That is to create an island!
His spatial ability allows him to easily pick up sand and gravel from the seabed, and then throw the sand and gravel wherever he wants.
But if he really only adopts this method, then he has to wait until the end of the year to find a usable island!
So after thinking comprehensively, he chose a more cunning method, which was to find submarine volcanoes.
You know, these islands deep in the ocean were basically volcanoes tens of thousands of years ago. However, many volcanoes have become extinct volcanoes.
Coupled with years of seawater erosion, some volcanic islands have collapsed little by little, reaching below the water surface and becoming a habitat for corals.
Corals live here, grow here, and finally die here, becoming what people see as coral reefs.
Zhao Ye's system space is a huge hourglass, with the capacity to store things on it. After the last upgrade, it already has a volume of 500 cubic meters.
In other words, he can store 500 cubic meters of any material at a time, such as sand and gravel.
However, it would be too inefficient to transport sand and gravel directly, so he planned to dig a hole in the exposed area of the coral reef, a hole with a depth of several thousand meters, directly penetrate the rock below, and reach this place where he may be dead or alive.
The base of the volcano.
If the volume of 500 cubic meters is turned into a cylinder, then Zhao Ye can make its sides almost infinitely long.
The location of this reef is good, and the underground environment is not bad, so he spent a few days and made sufficient preparations to dig a hole.
At a chosen location, Zhao Ye put his hand on the underwater reef, and with a thought, a round hole with an area the size of a palm and a depth of several kilometers was created out of thin air.
The sea water poured in instantly, and Zhao Ye did not dare to stay longer. He drove the boat and fled away at high speed.