There is a malfunction in the underwater diving machine...
Although Mo Xi was unwilling to admit this fact, two minutes after the video signal of the submersible machine was interrupted, the sonar operator reported that a distress signal had been received.
After judgment, it was found that the coordinates where the distress signal appeared were exactly at the location where the submarine submarine's signal last disappeared.
Under the questioning of Gao Liang and others, Mo Xi finally admitted that the distress signal should have been sent by the underwater diving machine.
After all, the submersible machine is just an experimental equipment, and its performance is not stable. In order to avoid losing the submersible machine due to malfunction, she did install a sonar distress device on it. Once the submersible machine fails, the system will automatically send out a distress signal.
"But I have already checked it this morning, and everything in the submersible machine is in good condition!" Mo Xi had a "please believe me" look on her face.
I gradually understood her reaction. Although Mo Xi behaved very coldly when interacting with us, once her work was involved, Mo Xi's mood easily fluctuated. It seemed that Mo Xi's mood fluctuated easily.
, she should be the kind of person who puts everything in her life on her work.
For such people, the most unacceptable thing is their own mistakes at work. Perhaps it was for this reason that Mo Xi refused to believe that the submersible machine was malfunctioning.
On the other side, Gao Liang continued to say to Mo Xi: "Dr. Mo, I believe you are very well prepared, but the submersible machine is just an experimental device after all. Since it is an experimental device, it is very normal for unknown failures to occur.
The key now is, can the submersible machine return to the Snow Dragon on its own?"
Mo Xi shook her head: "Not only the camera, but also the control signals I sent to the submersible machine didn't respond."
"What bad luck..." Gao Liang sighed, "Then it seems we can only do it ourselves."
I understand what Gao Liang means. After all, the submarine submersible machine is the latest equipment invented by the research office through the study of contained objects. Although it cannot be compared with those Class A and Class B contained objects, its confidentiality level and importance can be compared with those of Class A and Class B contained objects.
On par with a Class C containment object.
This kind of thing is not like an ordinary detector, which can be thrown away. Therefore, if the submersible machine cannot return to the Xuelong by itself, we have to do it ourselves and salvage the submarine submersible machine.
However, do we have the time to salvage the submersible machine at this critical juncture?
So I said: "Chief Gao, that white monster may appear at any time. How are we going to salvage the submersible machine now?"
Gao Liang replied: "Do you think I don't know? But if it takes too long, the submersible machine may be pushed somewhere by the ocean currents on the seabed." Speaking of this, he asked Wang Jingzhong again: "
Captain Wang, can you move the Snow Dragon above the distress signal? We may have to use that dragon."
Wang Jingzhong was a little surprised and said: "Yes, yes...but you want to use Jiaolong? Isn't that thing just a testing machine?"
The "Jiaolong" in their mouths is the second of the two treasures that Bureau 749 asked us to bring to investigate the white monster this time: China's first self-designed and independently developed manned deep-sea submersible, Jiaolong.
Speaking of which, some readers must have heard of its name. However, unlike the Jiaolong that was officially released to the public a few years later, the Jiaolong we carried at that time was just a machine built to test various new technologies.
The prototype, both in terms of reliability and performance, was far from the Jiaolong that would be released to the public a few years later.
Therefore, Wang Jingzhong's concerns about Gao Liang's proposal are actually not unreasonable.
At this time, Mo Xi joined their conversation.
"Although the Jiaolong is still just a test machine, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with the sea conditions here." Mo Xi seemed to have recovered from the disappointment just now, and said in a calm tone again, "I checked just now, and there was something wrong with the submersible machine.
The sea area is still on the continental slope, and the deepest depth should be less than 1,000 meters. As long as you are careful at this depth, the Jiaolong should be able to deal with it."
Seeing this, Wang Jingzhong could only smile bitterly and said: "The order given to me by my superiors is to obey you unconditionally. Since you said so, I can only agree."
After saying this, he turned around and picked up the ship-wide communicator in the bridge, and issued an order to everyone on the ship to prepare for the launch of the Jiaolong.
Immediately afterwards, the Xuelong began to slowly turn its bow and slowly headed towards the point where the underwater submersible machine lost control.
At the same time, the KA-32 helicopter hovering at sea was also dispatched to the scene of the accident. The reason why the underwater submersible aircraft lost control is still unclear. It cannot be ruled out that it may have suffered some other accident. Wang Jingzhong has a step-by-step mentality.
, let the helicopter take the first step and observe from the sea surface whether there is anything else in the accident area.
While the Xuelong was busy with this, Gao Liang, Mo Xi, I, and I had a dispute over who should board the Jiaolong.
The Jiaolong is 8.2 meters long, 3.0 meters wide and 3.4 meters high. The designed maximum load is 240 kilograms. However, because it is currently equipped with some additional testing equipment, it can only accommodate a maximum of two people.
Mo Xi insists that she must be included in the crew on board the boat. However, Gao Liang feels that as a researcher, Mo Xi is really not suitable to carry out such a dangerous launching mission. It is better to let the crew of the Snow Dragon do it.
Responsible for salvaging submarine diving machines.
Regarding his proposal, Mo Xi frowned and finally said: "Section Chief Gao, we shouldn't argue like children. I myself have participated in the development of the Jiaolong, and I know how to operate the Jiaolong, and I know everything about it.
I am also the most familiar person here with the submarine submersible machine. If someone else is responsible for salvaging it, I cannot guarantee that they will not inadvertently cause greater damage to the submarine submersible machine during salvage."
Mo Xi's words were well-founded, and Gao Liang really couldn't find a better reason to argue with him. However, in the end, he still put forward a condition, that is, the people who went to the sea could not just be Mo Xi. Lin Sijiu, that is,
I must go down with her too.
Mo Xi agreed to this request without much thought.
After the negotiation, Mo Xi started busy preparing for the launch of the Jiaolong, and I was called aside by Gao Liang. He told me: "Forty-nine, although the underwater diving machine is important, it is not as precious as human life after all. I'm worried.
Moxi, this guy attaches too much importance to the submersible machine. If she encounters danger, she will easily become hot-headed and desperate. No matter what happens, you have to control her. You don’t need the submersible machine, but you two
You must come back safely."
I nodded in agreement. After all, although Mo Xi was smart, she was just a weak woman. If something unexpected happened at the bottom of the sea, how could I, a grown man, not be able to control her?
After that, Gao Liang gave me an operation manual for the Jiaolong and asked me to study it temporarily.
Almost twenty minutes later, the Snow Dragon arrived at its destination.
During these twenty minutes, except for the crew members who needed to help us prepare the Jiaolong, almost everyone else on the deck had a telescope and kept observing the surrounding situation for us. Because according to Dad’s prediction, there will be
In a few dozen minutes, it was time for the monster to appear.
Due to time constraints, as soon as the Xuelong arrived in the sea above the distress signal, Mo Xi and I hurriedly got into the prepared Jiaolong.
As a manned deep-sea submersible, although the Jiaolong is still a test machine, it is equipped with all the equipment. According to Mo Xi, the Jiaolong can currently dive up to
To a depth of one thousand meters, the life support device on the ship can allow us to stay on the seabed for twelve hours.
The interior of the submersible is not as small as expected, but due to the installation of various equipment and taking up a lot of space, the real space for us to move is only as big as an ordinary two-seater sports car.
Directly in front of the cockpit seat is a circular observation window, with countless instruments and control buttons on both sides, controlling all the equipment on the Jiaolong. In addition, diagonally above our heads,
There is also a display screen dedicated to external cameras. When the line of sight at the bottom of the sea is poor, we can see the outside scene through this screen.
After Mo Xi made preparations inside the ship, he signaled to the people on the deck through the observation window, and then the Jiaolong began to sink.
I didn't feel too bad about going up on the sea, but when I saw the Jiaolong sinking completely into the water from the observation window, a strong sense of depression and fear that I had never experienced before immediately surged through my body.
At this moment, I seemed to be completely isolated from the world.