Today's weather changed at half past six in the morning, the wind and waves were stronger, the sky was also cloudy, and the gorgeous sunrise just now seemed to be a fantasy, and it seemed that a heavy rain was coming. However, the plan for launching the net has been set, and everyone still continues to work despite the wind and waves, and the deck captains of Russia and Taiwan have repeatedly told all sailors to pay attention to safety when lifting the net.

Since he didn't rest last night, Chen Xing felt a little tired at this time, so he didn't go down to set up the net with everyone today, but stayed by the side of the fishing captain and kept in touch with Captain Vasily at any time. Vasily, as usual, was on the upper deck behind the wheelhouse, directing the overall work of the nets, and the fisherman stood in the wheelhouse, observing the whole situation through the glass, and if there was an emergency, he could make a judgment in time and order a solution.

The boat shook so much that it was much more difficult than usual to receive, but all the crew, under the careful command of the captain and deckmaster, still completed the work with great difficulty, and the catch was quite ideal, about nearly 100 tons of fish, bluefin tuna and masu tuna exceeded 15%, yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna also had 20%, and the rest were almost all bonito and albacore.

Yuyu let out a long sigh of relief, after all, working in this weather is still terrifying. Turning to Chen Xing, he said: "Ah Xing, you go and tell Vasily, after towing the workboat onto the boat, continue to move in the direction of Sri Lanka, looking for driftwood, if it is fully loaded this time, it will be reloaded in Colombo." ”

Chen Xing agreed, and walked outside the cab, but he was not very happy in his heart, if he reloaded the fish in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when would he see the bright moon, it was really infuriating.

The function of the working boat is to drag one end of the purse seine net, after being lowered from the main ship, take the target driftwood as the center point, complete the encirclement with the main ship after a large circle, and achieve the work of collecting the net, and then carry out appropriate cable towing on the periphery of the net, so as to achieve the balance between the main ship and the net when the net is closed, and does not lead to the entanglement of the net.

In general, there are three standard crew members on board, one for driving and two for adjusting the connection of the cable to the purse seine net.

No one expected that an accident would happen on the workboat.

Piloting the workboat today is the Russian sailor Misha, a 37-year-old veteran sailor, loyal and honest, and experienced. The other two crew members, one is Lin Yongquan, a 28-year-old sailor from Fujian Province, and the other is a 30-year-old Russian sailor Vowa.

When the net was closed, in order to prevent the fence from becoming entangled in the wind and waves, the work boat had been dragging the net with a cable, but today's wind and waves were too strong, and Misha had been struggling to control the direction and distance of the work boat, while Lin Yongquan and Wowa dragged the cable with great effort to unfold the fence.

After more than two hours of battling the wind and waves, all the tuna was caught on the boat, and the nets were almost all taken back to the aft deck, and the workboat was only towed onto the main boat by twisting the cable with a mechanical boom.

At this time, a big wave hit, the cable on the work boat was suddenly tightened, more than 100 meters of cable straightened and produced a huge force, Lin Yongquan and Wowa were forced by the tight force on the cable on their hands, can no longer grasp the cable, and are instantly ejected from the work boat. Misha was driving a workboat in the wind and waves, unable to carry out rescue, so she could only shout for help from the boat. But in this kind of bad weather of nature, who would dare to jump into the sea to save people.

When Chen Xing heard the cry for help and rushed to the stern of the boat, it was already three minutes later. Using the perception of the eye of the sky, he only saw Lin Yongquan holding the middle of the cable tightly, carrying and floating in the waves of the sea. Continuing to perceive the surroundings of the workboat, he finally found that Wowa was floating in the sea 200 meters downwind of the workboat. Without thinking about it, he couldn't even take off his coat, Chen Xing grabbed the lifebuoy in Ivan's hand, jumped into the sea amid the loud exclamations of all the sailors in the stern, and swam towards Vowa.

On this kind of windy and rough sea, wearing soaked clothes, even Chen Xing felt a little difficult to swim. With great effort, Vova was dragged back to the ship, and Andrei, the most experienced first mate in Russia, immediately rescued him.

At the same time, Lin Yongquan, who had stiff arms and a pale face, was also dragged back to the boat along the cable for rescue.

Five minutes later, Andre, who was full of frustration, stopped beating his fist on Vova's chest, whether it was artificial respiration, hanging upside down and slapping his back, or cardiac resuscitation beating, he was already powerless against Vova, and he had drowned before he was dragged to the boat by Chen Xing. Wowa, with a bulging belly, lay quietly on the deck, his face pale and his expression of pain, and left this world under the sad gaze of all the crew. In this regard, Chen Xing has no other way, he is just a person with supernormal abilities, not a god, and in the face of death, he also feels his insignificance.

Lin Yongquan was finally rescued, and after spitting out all the seawater in his abdomen, he was pale and languishing, trembling violently because of the cold, accompanied by bursts of coughs with empty sounds, and was carried into his cabin by the sailors to rest. Captain Pan said that his lungs were severely eroded by the sea and cold, and even if he was treated in time, he would fall into serious disease.

All sailors, under the leadership of the Russian and Taiwanese deck chiefs, silently carried out the follow-up work: securing the work boats and neatly stacked fishing nets, properly processing the precious fish species such as bluefin tuna, massu tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna, draining the blood, cutting the tail, removing the internal organs and gills, washing them and placing them in a special freezer.

Bonito and albacore tuna are also simply processed and placed in the regular freezer. Wash away the blood stains from the tuna on the deck, tidy up all kinds of tools to assist in fishing, and then return to the public shower room one by one to take a shower, wash off the seawater soaked in overalls and the fishy smell all over the body, and finally change into dry clothes and come to the dining room, quietly waiting for lunch to begin.

The excitement behind the Internet and the noise of Russian and Hokkien intertwined in the past have also quietly disappeared, and the whole restaurant is shrouded in a suffocating atmosphere.

The fisherman crouched next to Vova's body on the upper deck, looking at the overalls covering Vova's head, stunned. Although every sailor has his own personal insurance, after all, it is a passage of life. Usually there is not much communication, but working together on the same boat for nearly a year, even if there is a difference in position, it makes people feel sad and depressed.

When Chen Xing took a shower, changed into new overalls, and returned to his side, the fisherman asked him to instruct the sailors to store Wowa's body in a small vacant freezer, and then took Captain Pan and Chen Xing to Lin Yongquan's cabin.

Lin Yongquan lay weakly on the bed, covered with a thick blanket, coughing constantly, and still the kind little ghost was taking care of him by his side. This Spanish-made fishing boat is very advanced, and each sailor has his own private room, but the space is very small, only about 6 square meters.

Captain Yu and Captain Pan could only stand by the bed and talk to Lin Yongquan, and the little ghost and Chen Xing stood outside the hatch. After briefly inquiring about Lin Yongquan's situation, the fishing captain communicated with Captain Pan, and everyone left the small cabin. instructed the little ghost to take care of Lin Yongquan, and asked the chef to cook some hot porridge for him alone after a while, and Chen Xing returned to his room with the fishing chief.

The fisherman sat on the sofa, closed his eyes, rubbed his temples in annoyance, pondered for a while, and said to Chen Xing: "Ah Xing, you go to lunch first, I think about what to do, you come up at three o'clock in the afternoon, and I will arrange the follow-up work." You tell Captain Pan and Vasily that we will have a meeting in the afternoon to discuss today's affairs, and go ahead. ”

Chen Xing nodded, and when he walked to the door, he asked, "Boss, let's go to lunch together." ”

The fisherman shook his head, sighed and said, "You don't have an appetite, you can go by yourself." ”

"Why don't I bring you lunch?" asked Chen Xing tentatively.

"No need, I want to be quiet, you close the door and tell the outside, nothing important, don't disturb me. The fisherman said tiredly.

Outside the ship, the wind and waves are fierce, there is no sign of stopping, the Aristotle rises and falls in the wind and waves, in the vast ocean, it seems so small, so thin, even if it is currently the most advanced fishing ship in the world, it can not resist the power of nature, can only go with the flow. The heavy rain finally poured down, knocking a footnote to the oppressive atmosphere of the full boat.