"Lao Ba, where did you take these photos and when did they happen?"
After seeing the photo that Zhang Bao took out, Bai Zhentian was also moved. He grabbed Zhang Bao and said, "Where is this ship now? Lao Ba, I am here just for it..."
The sale of weapons to the Golden Triangle was initially facilitated by Bai Zhentian, but he never expected that the drug lord Kun Sa would actually surrender to the government forces, leaving this batch of goods unaccepted.
Although Hongmen lost hundreds of millions of dollars, some people made a lot of articles based on this incident. Bai Zhentian also wanted to find arms as soon as possible to calm the discordant voices within Hongmen.
"Brother Bai, I'm afraid you won't be able to find this boat." Seeing Bai Zhentian's anxious look, Zhang Bao had a strange look on his face, and there seemed to be fear in his eyes.
"Huh? How do you say this?"
Bai Zhentian calmed down and said, "Is it possible that this ship sank to the bottom of the sea? Even if it sinks, I have to find a way to salvage it..."
For Bai Zhentian, he just needed the whereabouts of the ship. If it was really a natural disaster or man-made disaster that caused the ship to sink, all the criticisms against him would naturally disappear.
"Boss Bai, I guess you won't be able to salvage this ship." Zhang Bao smiled bitterly, took out a few more photos, and said, "See for yourself..."
"Huh? What is this?" Bai Zhentian took the photo from Zhang Bao and couldn't help but was stunned for a moment. He quickly turned it down again, and a solemn look gradually appeared on his face.
"Brother Bai, what's wrong?" Seeing the change in Bai Zhentian's expression, Qin Feng asked.
"Lao Ba, are these photos real?" Bai Zhentian did not answer Qin Feng's words, but looked at Zhang Bao.
"of course it's true……"
Zhang Bao nodded and said: "There is a place for developing photos on the ship. I developed these photos by myself, but compared with the scene at that time, these photos can only express what happens..."
"This...how is this possible?" Bai Zhentian had a look of horror on his face and handed the photo to Qin Feng.
"What...what's going on?"
After taking those photos, Qin Feng was also shocked, because in the top photo, there was a huge whirlpool on the sea, and on the edge of the whirlpool, there was a freighter with an American flag.
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Continuing to look down, the freighter was swallowed up by the vortex. Zhang Bao and the others were very good at capturing the scene, and the whole process was captured very completely.
Zhang Bao looked at the photos in Qin Feng's hand and said: "These photos were taken by my people who climbed to the top of the sail. The distance was a bit far at that time, so we could only take them like this."
"Is it a tornado?" Qin Feng raised his head and looked at Zhang Bao.
"It wasn't a tornado. The weather was very good that day."
Recalling the situation at that time, the brave Zhang Bao's voice trembled a little. This was the first time he had seen such a strange thing in more than 20 years at sea.
"Lao Ba, please tell me the details of that time..." Bai Zhentian took out a box of cigars and handed one to Zhang Bao.
"Okay. Here's what happened..."
Zhang Bao took a deep breath, took the cigar cutter from Bai Zhentian, cut the cigar, lit it in his mouth, and began to tell what happened.
It turned out that after Zhang Bao searched for his ancestors' wealth without any results, he set his sights on passing cargo ships, among other things. He now had very little fuel left on the ship and urgently needed to replenish it.
Having been a pirate for so many years, Zhang Bao could tell the value of a ship at a glance. After observing it for a few days, he set his sights on a large cargo ship with a displacement of about 5,000 tons.
Freighters with high tonnage are often not very fast. It takes several days to pass through the entire Strait of Malacca.
This gave Zhang Bao and others sufficient preparation time to complete all kinds of work before starting. The first photo he showed to Bai Zhentian was taken at that time.
At that time, Zhang Baojiang chose to take action at dawn, which was the time when people on the ship were most relaxed. At around three o'clock in the morning, Zhang Bao's fishing boat gradually approached the cargo ship.
However, what Zhang Bao didn't expect was that when he was still three or four nautical miles away from the freighter, the originally calm sea in front of him suddenly stirred up a storm.
What's even more strange is that those large waves that are twenty to thirty meters high are only surrounding the cargo ship for a mile or two, while the sea area where his fishing boat is located is still calm.
Zhang Bao's ship simply could not withstand such wind and waves. He quickly ordered the ship to retreat and observed the situation of the freighter ahead from a distance.
Since the sky was gradually getting brighter at that time, Zhang Bao and others, who retreated four to five nautical miles away, could even clearly see through the telescope the frightened faces running and calling on the freighter.
Then something shocking happened. It seemed that there was an invisible force pulling the waves to form a huge whirlpool. In Zhang Bao's view, the whirlpool was as big as two or three nautical miles.
The five-thousand-ton freighter looked so small in the middle of the vortex. Just a few minutes after the vortex was formed, the freighter spun and disappeared at the bottom of the vortex.
At that time, the ship Zhang Bao was on had already retreated seven or eight nautical miles. Seeing this scene, everyone on the ship turned pale with fright.
You know, the people on this ship are all daring desperadoes. After staying at sea for so many years, they have never seen waves tens of meters high, and typhoons are even more common.
But they had never seen or even heard of such a weird local whirlpool in the sea. It was like a big hand pulling the freighter to the bottom of the sea.
When the whirlpool disappeared, the sea area became calm again. The big waves of more than ten meters just now disappeared, but there was no trace of the freighter on the sea.
Such a strange thing happened. Zhang Bao and others no longer dared to stay in that sea area for a long time. They sailed the ship directly to an uninhabited island and stayed there for a few days. They also needed to adjust their psychology.
However, the problem of supplies was never solved. After a week's rest, Zhang Bao and others set sail again, preparing to replenish the oil and daily necessities on the ship.
Qin Feng and others already knew what happened next. Zhang Bao, who was almost at the end of his rope, happened to fall in love with Bai Zhentian's super cruise ship. This was in compliance with the old saying that the flood destroyed the Dragon King Temple.
"Boss Bai, you can't find this ship."
Recalling what happened half a month ago, Zhang Bao was still frightened and said: "After the incident, I sent a speedboat to look at that place. Let alone the boat, I couldn't even find a piece of paper..."
"Lao Ba, there was really no sign at all at that time? A large whirlpool appeared directly on the sea surface?"
Bai Zhentian asked solemnly. He had also been a pirate for several years, but he had never heard of such a strange thing. If he hadn't had the photo in his hand as evidence, he would have spit in Zhang Bao's face.
"Well, there are no signs..." Zhang Bao nodded and said: "And the scope of the whirlpool was controlled around the freighter, and it was directly swept to the bottom of the sea..."
"Brother Qin, what do you think?" Bai Zhentian rubbed his brows and turned to look at Qin Feng.
"Boss Bai, I make a living on land, so don't ask me about things at sea." Qin Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head. He had never even seen a tornado. How could he know how such a scene was formed?
"Bian Hong, have you heard of this kind of thing before?"
Bai Zhentian looked at Bian Hong again with some disappointment. Perhaps these highly educated people could give him a more scientific answer.
"No!"
Bian Hong said simply: "I have only heard that tornadoes can bring fishing boats and seawater into the sky, then land thousands of kilometers away, and then throw those things to the land..."
The United States is a country prone to typhoons, and people often make on-site videos and post them online.
Bian Hong had seen a video before, which was filmed by a Florida netizen who took great risks and followed a hurricane in his car.
In that video, the hurricane kept lifting houses and trees into the sky, and then kept swallowing up some things, including a boat and countless fish.
"Damn it, what a ghost, is there a tsunami under the sea?"
Bai Zhentian scratched his hair in distress. In fact, with these photos, he could already explain to those who doubted him, but he couldn't figure out the whole story. Bai Zhentian felt a little sorry for the crew members who were swallowed by the sea water.
"It can't be a tsunami..."
Bettina interjected: "The wave speed of a tsunami is as high as 700 to 800 kilometers per hour. It can cross the ocean within a few hours, and the wavelength can reach hundreds of kilometers. If it is a tsunami, this fishing boat will definitely not be safe...
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Tsunamis are usually destructive waves generated by submarine earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, submarine landslides or meteorological changes. The harm is far more severe than hurricanes. If a tsunami really occurs, all coastal countries will suffer.
"So what happened?"
When encountering this kind of thing, Bai Zhentian was really at a loss. Although humans had conquered the sky and landed on the moon, there were still too many unknowns about the ocean.
Seeing Bai Zhentian's frown, Bian Hong said, "Uncle Bai, how about... I go back and check online to see if there are any relevant reports?"
"Okay, let's contact the people at the US Weather Bureau and send them these photos for research."
Bai Zhentian nodded helplessly, looked at Zhang Bao and said: "Laoba, your people don't have documents, so just stay on my ship. I'll find someone to take over the ship. Let's go to the sea area where the accident happened to take a look...
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"Brother, I listen to you."
Zhang Bao knows that there are coast guard patrols in some sea areas, and there is nothing wrong with it on the high seas, but if it enters the sea areas of various countries, there may be trouble.
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