Nine hundred and forty seventh chapter surfaced (a)
Chapter 947: Surface (1)
"Boss, hehe, you...I love you so much..."
After Zhuang Rui took Clyde to see three rooms equipped with torpedo launchers and artillery, Clyde's big mouth was so big that he couldn't close it, and he wanted to hug Zhuang Rui and kiss him.
"Clyde, merchant ships are not allowed to carry heavy weapons. Aren't you afraid of being inspected?"
Zhuang Rui was a little puzzled by Clyde's performance. He thought that Clyde should have worriedly explained to him the dangers of these weapons, but he didn't react like he thought what was wrong with the old guy.
According to the conventions of the International Maritime Organization, merchant ships are not allowed to be equipped with heavy weapons, because if merchant ships can carry weapons, what distinguishes merchant ships from warships? This is a threat to the sovereignty of all countries.
"Dear boss, don't be afraid. Oh, God, I still can't believe it. These weapons are all ours..."
Clyde was obviously a little too excited. After seeing Zhuang Rui's unkind expression, he became serious and said: "Every merchant ship will undergo a routine inspection when entering the port. Generally, it goes to an unfamiliar port.
, the inspection is stricter, but this ship has been parked in Macau for twenty years, and no one is interested in it anymore..."
After listening to Clyde's explanation, Zhuang Rui realized that he had equipped the weapon in a daze, without even thinking about entering the port for inspection.
Zhuang Rui shook his head. He was really ignorant and fearless. If he was found out, I am afraid that no port in the world would accept his cruise ship.
This does not mean that merchant ships cannot carry weapons for self-defense. According to the provisions of international law, even if merchant ships carry weapons, they do not fire casually. They must be attacked first by their opponents before they have the right to fight back. The weapons they carry are also passive.
It's just a means of coping.
Moreover, merchant ships carrying weapons can also be hijacked. Clyde told Zhuang Rui an example. Not long ago, a North Korean cargo ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean. The people on board had weapons at the time, but they were still hijacked.
The pirates disarmed themselves.
However, this cruise ship is too famous in Macau, so Clyde doesn't care whether heavy weapons are installed on the ship. In his opinion, these weapons will further ensure the safety of the cruise ship.
After Clyde calmed down, he suddenly remembered a question and looked at Zhuang Rui and asked: "By the way, boss, was the explosion this morning caused by a torpedo bomb?"
"Oh, I don't know about that. Maybe they were unlucky and the ammunition on their ship exploded..."
Zhuang Rui smiled and spread his hands, with an innocent expression on his face, but his look told the problem, and Clyde finally understood that the pirate ship did not escape, but sank into the sea in front of him.
middle.
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde couldn't help but clenched his fists and said fiercely: "Great, boss, let's go slower when we return to Malacca. I want to kill all the pirates in Malacca!"
Zhuang Rui said angrily: "Come on, don't use these weapons unless absolutely necessary. A torpedo shell costs hundreds of thousands of dollars..."
Seeing Clyde's indignant look, Zhuang Rui was very suspicious. This old man had never been caught by pirates before, right? Why did he get so excited when he heard the word "pirate"?
You know, it is rare to see women at sea, and the most concentrated place for homosexuals is the sailors at sea. If Clyde had shaved off his beard, he would have been a handsome young man in his youth.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but shudder, and when he looked at Clyde, his eyes became a little different.
"Hey, boss, those pirates are all rich people. Pirates rob merchant ships, and we rob pirates. That's only natural..."
Clyde's words reassured Zhuang Rui, otherwise he would have been worried about handing over the ship to a captain with a special quirk. However, Clyde's idea was too wishful thinking.
Zhuang Rui said in a dumbfounded voice: "Come on, Clyde, you are the captain of this salvage ship. Our mission is to explore and to pursue ancient shipwreck treasures, not to do what those damn soldiers do..."
Not to mention anything else, it's just that the speed of this cruise ship is far inferior to that of those small ships. You can't just launch torpedoes without saying anything every time you meet, right? Zhuang Rui doesn't have that many torpedoes to consume.
Zhuang Rui saw that Clyde still wanted to speak, so he waved his hand quickly and said: "Okay, you go to Li Zhen and tell him that it was what I said to connect this set of monitoring facilities to the captain's room. You can also do it in the future."
Real-time control..."
"Thank you, boss..."
Zhuang Rui's move undoubtedly handed over the control of the entire ship to his own hands. Although Clyde didn't understand what it means to die for a confidant, at this moment he was determined to sacrifice his life for Zhuang Rui.
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"Don't talk about those useless things. Now we still need to rely on the crew on the ship to work. You go and send a notice to tell them that the pirates will not come again, so that they can work with peace of mind. However... the weapon system on the ship still needs to be kept secret...
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Clyde had been so panicked before, not to mention the crew below. Zhuang Rui was afraid that if he didn't agree to return, the crew might be able to unload the boat and row back on their own.
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde also realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately went to the captain's room to make an announcement.
To say that Clyde's authority on this ship is really not that high, after his voice came out, the restless crew members all calmed down.
As for the staff of those platforms, they didn't react much. The pirate attack only brought them a novel experience and bragging rights in the future. Many people were even upset because they didn't get to see the pirates.
After everyone on board had a day's rest, the work of salvaging the sunken ship continued. Formulating a salvage plan was a very tedious task, which made Zhuang Rui and several experts feel a little exhausted.
Since the shipwreck is more than 2,000 meters under the sea and contains a large number of precious cultural relics, the difficulty of salvaging it as a whole is definitely no less than that of salvaging the Titanic, even though the size of the two differs countless times.
Finally, three days later, with Zhuang Rui's insistence, a plan was finally drawn up. The sunken ship was named "Maritime Silk Road No. 1", and the salvage operation was called "Maritime Silk Road No. 1 Salvage".
plan"!
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"Quickly, put thirty more floats down. Yes, to drain the air, we must ensure that all the floats can be filled with gas at the same time..."
Two more days passed, and all the preparations were in place. Starting at 4:30 in the morning, the staff on the ship became busy, and the roar of the machines could be heard in the distance.
Zhuang Rui's salvage ship is busy. The huge platform has been moved to the sea, and one hundred and sixty buoys have been sunk into the sea. Every forty buoys are a unit, and all the ropes are connected together.
The two underwater robots are also busy now. Through platform control, the two robots need to tie four special ropes to the ancient sunken ship on the seabed. This work alone took two days.
You must know that although this ancient sunken ship looks very strong, the binding position must withstand the pulling force of the pontoon. If it cannot withstand the pulling force of the pontoon, not only will the hull be damaged, but the things on the ship will also suffer catastrophic damage.
"Group, group, report preparation work..."
"Report to the commander-in-chief that all preparations are completed and the float can be carried out at any time..."
"Report to the commander-in-chief, the second group is ready..."
"Report to the commander-in-chief, groups three and four are ready..."
A total of four teams controlled the buoys, and the deep-water robot that completed the binding work took a special fishing net with a length and width of more than 40 meters.
This fishing net was originally a dragnet used to pull fishing boats. It was made of steel wire and rope and was extremely tough. Zhuang Rui specifically contacted Macau and had it specially delivered.
"Mr. Zhuang, what do you think? Can we start?"
In the monitoring room on the platform, although Zhang Gong is the commander-in-chief, he still has to follow Zhuang Rui's instructions. After all, this is the real boss.
After these two days of debate, Zhang Gong also admired Zhuang Rui very much. A young man who had never conducted deep-sea salvage actually knew every detail.
What makes Zhang Gong even more admired is that Zhuang Rui accurately found four reinforcement points just through the images sent back by the underwater robot. After two days of testing, it was shown that these four reinforcement points can withstand the impact of the pontoon.
of pulling force.
"start!"
Zhuang Rui was also a little excited. China's shipwreck salvage technology has always lagged behind in the world. In the field of deep-sea salvage, it is even worse than that of developed countries. This attempt of his will also open the door to the maturity of China's deep-sea salvage technology.
A new chapter.
Of course, although the ship was registered in Panama and it is also on the high seas, Zhuang Rui still regarded this behavior as a national act.
Zhuang Rui has already contacted his mentor, Professor Meng, and it is estimated that Professor Meng will arrive with a group of underwater salvage experts by this time tomorrow at the latest.
"Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 are ready, inject one-third of the air into the pontoons, let's start!"
Following Gong Zhang's order, the huge air pump on the cruise ship made a thunderous roar, and the specially connected hoses quickly expanded, and the air was introduced into more than a hundred pontoons through the hoses.
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Due to the buoyancy of the buoys themselves, they only sank to a depth of more than 200 meters in the sea. After the air entered the buoys, more than a hundred buoys immediately floated upward slowly.
The rope connecting the pontoon and the sunken ship slowly began to straighten from its loose state.