The "Pipi Shrimp" and the "Trilobite" were parked next to the wreckage of a more than 70-meter-long submarine. Due to the uneven seabed on which it sank, the submarine was under the gravity and pressure for more than sixty years.
It has been bent into an arc, and there is no obvious damage on the hull. The cause of the sinking cannot be determined. The "Siren" is cutting the hull with a welding gun on its outer shell, and Ling Hao and Pete are having a chat on the video.
They chatted for a while about why the submarine sank. Although both of them appeared relaxed, in fact they were both very nervous. If their judgment was correct, then the gold contained in the submarine would be
It is a quantity that is unimaginable to ordinary people.
"Ten tons of gold bricks, how many are there? Can we fit them in the warehouse?" Yuan Bing asked Shi Sidao in a low voice on the "Stone Crab".
Shi Si looked at him with a caring look and said, "You've exposed your uneducated nature just by opening your mouth, right? Those are solid gold bricks. A big brick weighs 50 kilograms, and 10 tons are piled on it."
It's less than half a cubic meter. The size is not a problem at all. The key is the weight. Not to mention that it is far beyond the range we can carry. I guess even if we add the 'Trilobite', we can't carry such a heavy one.
Pile things. The currents above are so chaotic that you don’t have to think about putting the hanging basket. I’m afraid I have to carry it up again and again.”
With a "click", a round hole with a diameter of more than one meter has been cut out of the outer hull of the submarine. The "Siren" continued to cut the inner shell without stopping, and Ling Hao and others also began to wear them.
"Armor Diving Suit". The inner shell was much thinner than the outer shell, and a large hole was soon cut out. A jet of black water as black as ink emerged from the hole, and immediately smeared the surrounding seawater, as if it was cut.
It's like a giant whale's blood vessels, which makes people feel horrified.
"Father, what is going on?" Susan was obviously frightened.
Peter stroked her golden hair lovingly: "Don't be afraid, dear, this is normal. Because the sealing of submarines is much better than that of surface ships, although they will still be filled with leaking seawater for such a long time.
It is full, but there is no way to effectively circulate with the outside world. The fuel and mechanical lubricating oil in the submarine, including everything soaked by seawater, and even the bodies of the crew, will gradually decompose in the seawater inside the submarine.
Do you want the color to be dark?"
"Uh..." Susan shuddered, and a burst of nausea made her almost retching. However, this is just a common phenomenon for professionals like Peter and Ling Hao who specialize in salvage and rescue work.
, let alone if it has been brewed for decades, even if it has been brewed for one year, the water in the closed vessel will be as thick as coffee.
The mechanical eel "Skolla" stuck its head into the hole, stretched its body straight, and opened a hole as big as a plate at its tail end, transforming directly into a water pump. However, it did not pump water out of the submarine, but pumped water out of the submarine.
Clean seawater from the outside is sprayed into the submarine, just like a spray gun used for car washing. This method speeds up the cleaning of the interior of the submarine and ensures visibility during operations.
Ling Hao looked warily at the dark seabed around him outside the porthole. For some reason, he felt a little uneasy at the moment, as if something terrible was approaching them.
"It's clean. Shall I let the robot go in and take a look first?" Peter asked Ling Hao for his opinion during the video call.
"Okay, I'll trouble you. Brother Pete, we have to move faster. I can't explain what's wrong. Anyway, I don't feel good. You know what I mean."
"Brother, don't be nervous. Just treat it like an ordinary sunken ship. Even if there is no gold in it, we only lost a few hours. It's not a big deal." Peter obviously did not understand what Ling Hao meant.
, I thought he was a little worried about gain and loss in front of the treasure.
The "Skolla" relied on its smooth and slender appearance to crawl around inside the cramped submarine, and finally found some suspicious metal boxes in the ammunition depot. Looking at the words printed on these boxes, it was clear that they contained
At first, Peter didn't notice anything wrong with the cannonballs. However, Ling Hao said in confusion: "That's not right. There is only one cannon on the top of the submarine. Why do you need to reserve so many cannonballs?"
Peter was startled for a moment, patted his forehead and said: "Yes, Italy and Germany have different submarine tactics. Only the Germans like to float submarines to the surface and bombard merchant ships, while the Italians think this tactic is too dangerous, because they will have to re-launch after completing the mission."
It takes a long time to submerge, and it is easy to be attacked by enemy escort warships, so Italian submarines are required to launch attacks underwater. Their main weapon is torpedoes, and the caliber of the guns on the top turret is not large. A rough look here,
There are already more than 50 boxes containing artillery shells, which is definitely a problem."
Without waiting for an order, the clever Susan controlled the "Scylla" and used the mechanical arm in her mouth to open a shell box. The shavings used as shock-absorbing filler in the box had long since rotted away, and a stream of black water spread out.
After opening it, everyone was shocked to see four brick-shaped pieces of silver-white metal neatly arranged at the bottom of the box, with the steel seal of "Banco Nationale Italiana" stamped on them.
Everyone was silent. After a full minute, Pete cleared his dry throat and said: "'National Labor Bank' is a state-owned bank controlled by the Italian Ministry of Finance. Obviously, these were stolen from the national treasury by Mussolini.
Coming out of platinum.”
Ling Hao said in a calm voice: "Platinum should only be in the minority. After all, its currency capacity is still inferior to gold. Counting the weight of the platinum, if Mussolini really carried 10 tons of precious metals on the submarine as the legend says, then
I feel that the number here seems to be a little less, and I will have to trouble Miss Susan to check other places carefully later."
The ammunition depot was too far away from where the hole was initially made, so the Siren had to cut a closer hole. Of course, no one would be stupid enough to use a welding gun on the wall of the ammunition depot, so it could only be drilled in
In a cabin next door, the workload has increased again. The key is that the space inside the submarine is too small. Only the "Skolla" can enter and exit freely. However, using its slender mechanical arm to move gold seems a bit unreliable to everyone.
Spectrum. Forceful demolition? This is a submarine. The steel plate of the outer shell is thicker than that of a tank. If manpower is used, Ling Hao feels pain in his back just thinking about it. For a moment, he is at a loss. In the end, Shi Sisi comes up with a way to remove several boxes.
Tie them together, and then tie them with an inflatable life vest. The buoyancy of the inflated life vest can greatly reduce the weight of the box. By then, both the "Siren" and Ling Hao can carry out the transportation work efficiently.
Next, everyone divided the work. Ling Hao, Tian Yong, and Xueting were responsible for carrying a stack of inflatable vests to the entrance of the cave. The transportation outside the submarine was handed over to the other two deep-diving robots, and "Si
"Kula" continues to search inside the submarine for possible remaining treasures.
The nervous work began. Peter stood in the "Trilobite" and kept rubbing his hands. He had never been so nervous in his life, but it was no wonder. A ton of gold cost about 35 million US dollars, and a ton of platinum cost about 5,000 US dollars.
Ten thousand US dollars, which means that the wealth is about 350 to 500 million US dollars. This reminded him of the feeling when he caught the Spanish gold coins. He would never forget that feeling. Everyone thought that they were sinking.
It is so easy for hunters to make a lot of money. When you look at the news, who has salvaged treasures worth tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars from some sunken ship? It can be said that they have become rich overnight. But in fact, people "only see thieves"
Eat meat, and never see a thief get beaten." Not to mention that even 20 salvage operations may not lead to a sunken ship with treasures. There is too much luck involved. Secondly, the vast sea is boundless, who knows where it is.
"Putting down the shovel", looking for a sunken ship is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It takes several years to look up and study the information, and then slowly plow the suspicious spots on the sea like a plow, which takes a year and a half.
It's considered fast, and it's not easy to find it. It's normal for the sunken ship to be empty, or to sink to a position where it can't be retrieved. And the labor costs, fuel money, supplies, and equipment during this period are all unnecessary.
Money? Even if you are lucky enough to find a treasure, even if the country you belong to is not complete, you should leave. 10% is an international practice. You must give it, otherwise they will sue you. Next is the personal income tax in your own country.
The highest charge in the United States is 39.6%. In this way, half of it is gone. After taking into account the costs, people with some accounting knowledge can calculate how much profit is left. In fact, "Odyssey" is like a salvage team. Why
How about setting up a company? First, the corporate income tax rate is lower than the personal income tax rate, and the cost can be amortized; secondly, today's salvage companies would rather repair submarine cables and pipelines. As for shipwrecks, it is best to have
The client provides the location of the sunken ship and hires them to fish it out. This way the success rate is much higher, it is less time consuming and the risk is lower. Otherwise Julian would not be so shameless as to only give a 15% commission. There is no legal basis in this world.
It's an easy business to do. Peter and Ling Hao, two people who have been there, know this very well, but now Ling Hao has the Rothschild family and the protagonist's halo behind him, while poor Peter has nothing.
Otherwise, with a company like "Odyssey" that is number one in the industry, Ling Hao would dare to bet shares with him casually? Because Ling Hao knew that the other party's shell was empty.
The conversation has gone too far. At the moment, Ling Hao and the others are moving bricks, Susan is controlling the "Scula" to hunt for treasures door to door, and Peter is excitedly thinking about the future. None of them noticed that a huge crisis is approaching them.
, maybe someone else is aware of it, and that is Shi Si, who has always been responsible for "looking out for the wind and sentry".
"Something feels wrong. Why is my heart always pounding? Don't you think the work went too smoothly this time?" Shi Si kicked Yuan Bing, who was dozing in the chair next to him.
The latter woke up with a start, quickly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and said, "Can you please stop being so suspicious? Is there anything wrong with the mission going well?"
"Do you know what intuition is?"
"I think this should be called Crow's Mouth."
"Is your skin itchy again?"
These two people probably have incompatible zodiac signs, so they fight each other whenever they are together.
"Good news, guess what I found?!" Susan's excited voice came from the communicator. "I found dozens more shell boxes in the warehouse where the food was stored, as well as the captain's cabin and bed.
There was a big safe at the bottom. I opened it and saw a silver box the size of a shoe box. It was filled with diamonds of all sizes. I had never seen so many diamonds in my life! There were many soaked in the safe.
There are paper residues, maybe cash or stocks."
"Oh? We have enough wealth now. As for diamonds, I'm afraid only brother Ling Hao has the most authoritative valuation here." Pete's face turned into a chrysanthemum with laughter.
"This is hard for me. There are too many standards for diamond valuation. Size, purity, color, shape, etc. are all related. I can't rely on how much to value. But when it comes to the amount of our commission, I think we still need to do a good job.
Identify it to avoid being tricked by that Greek young master. Don’t worry, Brother Pete, with Annie here, there will be absolutely no problem with the diamond valuation.”
"You're right, you are experts in this area, I absolutely believe it." Pete's head was nodding like a chicken eating rice.
Ling Hao's head was full of black lines, and he was regarded as a jewelry expert even though he was half a bottle of water. If Annie above knew this, he would laugh his teeth off. He quickly closed his mouth and concentrated on moving bricks.
If you go on, it must be embarrassing. Ling Hao tied the three boxes together, used an inflatable vest to lift them to the entrance of the cave, and handed them to the robot crab outside. When the latter turned to leave, the light on it swept the seabed.
Ling Hao immediately became excited and shouted into the communicator: "Pete, set off flares, there is something on the seabed!"