The process of inflating and floating the pontoon is very slow. Looking at the pictures returned by the underwater camera with the naked eye, the movement of the pontoon can hardly be seen. Zhuang Rui and his team stared at the screen with their eyes wide open.
Of course, what they were looking at was not the buoy, but the sunken ship on the seabed. As the rope slowly straightened, everyone became nervous. It was a matter of whether they could drag the sunken ship out of the mud on the seabed.
The rope, which was originally floating loosely in the water like waterweed, finally became taut after seven or eight minutes. At this moment, Zhuang Rui's heart almost rose to his throat and his eyes were fixed on the monitor in front of him.
"No, the speed of the third rope on the right is too slow. Three groups, three groups. Immediately fill another third of the air in your group of floats..."
Zhuang Rui discovered that the four ropes on the sunken ship were not synchronized. Three of them were about to be tightened, while one was still loose. As a result, when the ropes were tightened, they would inevitably lose their balance.
Zhuang Rui didn't care that Zhang Gong was the commander-in-chief. He picked up the walkie-talkie and started giving orders. Then he threw the walkie-talkie away and looked at the screen again.
With the roar of the air pump on the deck, Zhuang Rui realized that the loose rope finally caught up with the speed ahead, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
However, just as he was taking a breath, Zhuang Rui's heart started to rise again, because the pontoon had begun to exert force. From the screen, it could be seen that the ancient ship, which had been silent in the sea for thousands of years, was slowly shaking.
The ship is nearly thirty meters long. According to measurements by Zhang Gong and others, the total tonnage of the hull and the cargo inside can reach almost 700 tons, which is almost as powerful as the drilling platform.
There should have been some changes in the seabed over the millennia. Almost half of the entire ship's hull was trapped in the mud and sand on the seafloor. Although the ship's hull shook, it did not escape the sea surface as Zhuang Rui and others expected.
However, the only good thing is that the four reinforcement points chosen by Zhuang Rui are very strong and there is no hull rupture. One of the most important difficulties in deep-sea salvage has now been solved.
After observing for a while, Gong Zhang looked at Zhuang Rui and said, "Mr. Zhuang, I think we need to increase the buoyancy..."
Zhuang Rui saw the stiffness between the pontoon and the sunken ship, nodded, and said: "Okay, but we need to inject air little by little. If it really can't be pulled out, use the floating crane to add more force, but the operation requires
careful……"
The reason why Zhuang Rui chose to use the rising buoyancy of the pontoons to pull the sunken ship was because this method was relatively "gentle" and would not easily cause damage to the hull. However, if the power of the floating crane and push arm were too large, the sunken ship would be destroyed if not careful.
At this time, the sunken ship has begun to loosen. As long as the operation is careful, Zhuang Rui can achieve his goal. He only needs to get the sunken ship out of the sea a little bit. As long as he can lay the fishing net underneath, he is done.
"Start injecting air into the pontoon and be ready to stop at any time..."
After Zhang Gong's order was conveyed, the sunken ship on the screen shook even more violently. It was impossible to maintain a perfect balance at a distance of several thousand meters, and some utensils in the cabin tilted and slid down.
"Mr. Zhuang, these scattered artifacts can be retrieved later by robots. Don't worry..."
Zhang Gong saw that Zhuang Rui's face was a little ugly, so he quickly comforted him and secretly rejoiced in his heart. If he followed his method and directly pulled it up with a floating crane, I'm afraid Zhuang Rui would only get a pile of junk.
Zhuang Rui shook his head and said: "It's okay, this is expected. If you can master the balance, you won't have to work hard..."
As the pulling force of the buoy increased, the sediment on the sea floor rolled, and the clear water became turbid. Even under the illumination of twelve strong lights, it was still difficult to see.
Zhuang Rui suddenly picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted loudly: "Stop! Stop the air injection!"
Zhuang Rui's move stunned everyone. The situation is unclear now, so why did Zhuang Rui call a halt?
"Hurry up and look at the screen..." Zhuang Rui had no time to explain, his eyes fixed on the screen from the underwater robot.
Zhang Gong stared at the screen for a long time, but it was still muddy. He couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? Mr. Zhuang?"
"The sunken ship has been separated from the sediment on the seabed. Don't use the buoy anymore. Even if this thing is filled with air, the pulling force is not enough to pull it out of the sea..."
Zhuang Rui looked at the screen without blinking, which made everyone in the room feel puzzled. They didn't understand. They were all looking at the same screen. Why did Zhuang Rui dare to be so sure?
Of course Zhuang Rui was sure that although his spiritual energy could not directly look at the sunken ship, through sensing the spiritual energy of the objects on the ship, Zhuang Rui discovered that an object he had been paying attention to fell in a straight line with the center of the cabin, which also means that
, the bottom of the ship has broken away from the seabed.
After the buoy stopped injecting air, the frequency of the shipwreck's shaking suddenly decreased a lot. After about twenty minutes, the sediment rolled up by the shipwreck settled down, and the water became clear again.
"It's really... it's really coming out..."
"Oh my God, it's coming out, it's coming out!"
"We succeeded and pulled it out!"
After seeing the scene on the screen again, the platform monitoring room became excited, because light could be seen from the bottom of the sunken ship, which meant that the ancient ship had been separated from the sand.
How to completely pull the sunken ship out of the seabed is the biggest difficulty in this salvage operation, and it is also the most controversial point when formulating the plan.
Now Zhuang Rui used his method to prove that he was right. At this moment, both the staff operating the robot and the staff debugging the camera looked at Zhuang Rui with admiration and spontaneously applauded.
Zhang Gong also admired Zhuang Rui very much. He applauded and said: "Mr. Zhuang, well done. If you get involved in this industry, we will have nothing to eat..."
"Okay, Mr. Zhang, please stop flattering me. You are an expert in the field of salvage and equipment. Let's continue with the next step. Let the sunken ship surface as soon as possible. Only then will our work be considered complete..."
Zhuang Rui has become more prominent in the past few years and has many titles. He does not take Zhang Gong's flattery to heart, but is thinking about the next step of the work.
However, Zhuang Rui's words made Zhang Gong take a higher look at him. He could be so neither arrogant nor impetuous at such a young age. No wonder others could build such a large industry with bare hands.
The next work is relatively simple. Under the control of the operator, two underwater robots slowly spread the large net under the sunken ship. Due to buoyancy, the opened fishing net immediately wrapped the sunken ship.
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Seeing this scene, everyone cheered. If nothing unexpected happens, the first deep-sea sunken ship salvaged by the Chinese may be theirs.
"There is still a lot of work to do. Everyone must be careful and careful to prevent any damage to this ancient ship..."
Zhuang Rui saw that some people had already begun to celebrate, so he quickly poured cold water on them. The shipwreck cannot come out of the sea, and there are still many variables. If there is a storm on the sea, it will be a very troublesome and difficult thing to solve.
"Well, when this work is completed, I will personally give you some rewards, 50,000 RMB each..."
While wielding the stick, Zhuang Rui also gave these people a sweet date. His words immediately made everyone's eyes light up. Fifty thousand yuan was half a year's salary for many people in the venue. This reward was heavy.
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After the ropes between the fishing net and the floating crane were connected, more than 10 hours had passed.
It was already past three o'clock in the morning, but everyone in the monitoring room was concentrating on their work without any slack. It must be said that Zhuang Rui's reward played a big factor in this.
"Mr. Zhuang, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. As long as the weather is calm tomorrow, the sunken ship will probably surface at noon..."
After the finger-thick steel cable on the floating crane began to rotate, Zhang Gong rubbed his bloodshot eyes and let out a long breath.
Now the sunken ship is rising to the sea surface at a constant speed. Considering the loss of seabed pressure to the sunken ship, this speed is very slow. At a depth of more than 3,000 meters, it is estimated that it will take several hours to surface.
“Thank you, Mr. Zhang, and thank you all!”
Zhuang Rui's tense heart was relieved now. He stood up and bowed to everyone, but he was thinking in his heart, should he pay to poach these people?
Zhuang Rui was specialized in the art, but he only talked about it, but he knew nothing about the actual operation. He knew that if he relied on himself, he would not be able to salvage a sunken ship of 3000 meters, let alone 3000 meters.
"Mr. Zhuang, please don't say that. This is our job, and didn't you give us extra rewards?"
"Yes, Mr. Zhuang, it's a pleasure to work for you. Grandma, those guys from the head office never care about our life or death..."
These people have become very familiar with Zhuang Rui in the past few days. After seeing Zhuang Rui's actions, they started shouting loudly. Zhuang Rui became more and more happy as he listened. I'm not afraid that you are emotional. If you are not emotional, you can't poach people.
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Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the sky outside had brightened up. Everyone in the monitoring room stared at the monitor nervously with bloodshot eyes.
As the sunken ship gets closer to the sea, the atmosphere in the monitoring room becomes more and more tense. The moment the ancient sunken ship surfaces, they will rewrite the history of China's inability to conduct deep-water salvage. This will be an exciting moment.
Just when the atmosphere in the monitoring room was tense, Peng Fei suddenly walked in and said in Zhuang Rui's ear: "Brother Zhuang, there are two ships approaching us. Li Zhen just contacted us. They are scientific research ships from China."
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"Damn, are they really in a hurry?"
Zhuang Rui muttered and stood up. Although he took the initiative to ask for help, the timing of this was also very good, right?
