The yacht was talking about the war that broke out this morning, with Iraq launching a blitzkrieg at 2 a.m. local time in the Gulf, which was probably entering the street fighting phase.

When it comes to war, except for Zack, a policeman-turned-bodyguard, the other bodyguards are basically "experts".

But there is still disagreement on the ultimate goal of Iraq, and when it comes to small talk—whether to teach a lesson and leave, or to prop up a puppet government, or to annex the most stupid of all?

It is not half a century ago, and the mainstream ideology in the world is to oppose aggression and even more so to annexation, which will make almost the eyes of the whole world pay attention to the Persian Gulf, but few people really believe that Saddam Hussein will swallow Kuwait.

Saddam Hussein will burst with self-confidence, and he will not think that he will lose badly next year, and then he will be a reincarnation of a warm boiled frog for 12 years, and finally he will be sent to the gallows!

From Tanjung Pandan Pier to board the yacht "Sunshine Star", it will take some time to arrive at the salvage point, Zhang Nan did not go to his usual master suite, but chatted with the guys in the main deck dining room.

I was already thinking about the cultural relics of the "Black Stone", but when I heard the discussion of the guys, Zhang Nan couldn't help but interject two sentences.

"Fighting for life and death, it's all the Arabs themselves who are not united, you are a country, I am a faction, anyone can step on both feet. Coupled with the British who are bad to the bones, with sores on the top of their heads and suppuration under their feet, the Bay Area will never be stable.

If this Saddam had been born a few hundred years earlier, it would have been possible for the Gulf region to become stronger, but unfortunately he was born several centuries later. ”

Hearing the boss's analogy to the British, several idle fellows laughed: image!

Iraq attacked Kuwait mainly because of oil, but there were various other reasons such as the border, such as historical issues!

A few hundred years ago, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire, and when the empire was strong, it could bully others, but in modern times, like the "I Qing Dynasty" in China, he became the sick man of Eurasia, and countries such as Britain and France began to scold him. There was a series of Arab uprisings, in which Arab tribes around the Middle East revolted en masse, and finally separated this piece from the Ottoman Empire.

After the separation, it was originally intended to form a large Arab state, but there were too many big brothers - Britain, France, and Russia.....

Everyone has to share the cake and divide the territory, and if you want to synthesize, who does it belong to?

Therefore, the Gulf region was eventually divided into several large parts, Iraq and Kuwait originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was equivalent to a province, and Kuwait was equivalent to a county below, and there was a similar subordinate relationship at the beginning.

Later, these places were all under the control of the British, and the "empire on which the sun never sets" could be experienced in dealing with the colonies, and dealt with them according to the tribes, this is a piece, that is a piece!

Tribe...

Hehe!

As long as people are still selfish, the rule of the British is not easy.

At present, the national borders of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries in the Persian Gulf region are straight and artificially drawn, rather than "geographically divided".

When the anti-colonial movement rises, everyone is clamoring for independence, and Britain's strength is no longer "the sun never sets".

But it would be wrong to think that Britain is a good person, he retreats or retreats, but he draws lines around the world, for example, this will go to Saudi Arabia - a geographical power, but there are many small countries along the sea, which dooms Saudi Arabia to be only a rich country, not a strong country!

If you look at Iraq, it is even more tragic that there is a Kuwait in it: in this way, Iraq, the country that inherited the two rivers of ancient Babylon, has become almost a landlocked country, and only one river reaches into the sea, most of which is blocked by Kuwait.

To go to sea, either Iran or Kuwait.

In this way, it is doomed that Iraq cannot become a real power.

It's the late 20th century, and if you don't have a strong navy, no matter how strong you are on land, you can only play on a regional scale.

Short legs, no problem.

Before the collapse of the "empire on which the sun never sets", the British were all over the world in this way, with the aim of not allowing the existence of awesome people on the earth.

For the United States, the British John Bull has no choice, but even if the other colonies withdraw, he will never allow him to step on the head of John Bull.

Therefore, many of the messy things in the 20th century were actually planted by the British, such as the problems between India and Pakistan.

When Saddam Hussein came to power, Iraq was immediately unwilling that its fate had been arranged by the British, and Rachel had to go to sea - there were only two ways to go to sea, one was to seize it with Iran, and he did it for the first time, after all, the two are relatively far away, Iran is still a Persian, not a gang, and they will fight.

As a result, the Iran-Iraq war began, and after eight years of fighting, it was found that no one could eat anyone, and Iraq knew that this road would not work.

What to do?

Iraq had no choice but to kill it, and Iraq targeted its neighbor, that is, Kuwait, which blocked them from looking at the sea.

Speaking of which, the two countries have a brotherly relationship, and although the contradictions are not small, it stands to reason that they have not yet reached the level of killing pigs and serving with sharp knives.

It's too familiar, you say it's normal to quarrel, but it's actually a little embarrassing to start.

But Kuwait is too tempting, first, it is a small country, easy to annex, and second, it has oil, it is super rich, and Kuwaiti is now a native of Kuwait where everyone lives in a villa.

Fighting Kuwait is just to make up for the blood lost when fighting Iran, and it is estimated that there is still something to be earned.

As a result, Iraq really couldn't hold back, and first said to Kuwait: You want to raise the price of oil, and we will sell it at a high price together.

Kuwait simply ignored it: the price of oil is not something that can be raised by the two of us.

Iraq also said, "Why don't you forgive my debts, because I borrowed the money according to my ability, and I shouldn't have to pay it back."

Kuwait categorically refused.

As a result, Iraq launched a blitzkrieg at 2 a.m. on August 2, 1990, and took Kuwait in 10 hours, turning Kuwait into its own province and finally justifying itself as the world's third military power.

Well, the battle should still be fighting, and Saddam Hussein didn't say that I was going to swallow Kuwait now.

How bad are the British?

He has made a layout that will make you unstable for decades, if not centuries in the future!

Bad!

Bad to the bone!

That's where the Gulf affair went, and Captain Richard Philip walked into the dining room with two cassettes of tapes in his hand.

In the past few months, Mr. Old Captain has become the logistics director of the salvage team, and this ultra-luxury yacht has almost become a logistics support ship.

The boss does not use his own yacht for the time being, and Captain Philip also feels that he has been resting much longer than working in recent years, and he is still receiving a high salary.

A few months of tropical life have almost roasted a personable captain into an Indian, but he still enjoys it.

Treasure hunting under the sea is much more fun than being a cruise ship captain, and Philip has become a loyal treasure hunter at the bottom of the sea.

Moreover, the "Big Shark" is stationed at a fixed point for salvage, and does not need a yacht to be on the side like a nanny: the "Sunshine Star", which is equipped with an underwater camera and video device, can also wander around the nearby waters and send a traffic boat to bring the crew to the treasure hunt boat.

The yacht already has an advanced submarine radar, which is enough for "hard power".

Fuel consumption is trivial, and after greeting the boss, Zhang Nan let Mr. Captain feel free.

There are many shipwrecks in the nearby waters in this area, and there may or may not be some new discoveries.

The videotapes are all pictures of the bottom of the sea, and the first one is related to the "Blackstone".

There are TVs and VCRs in the restaurant, Philip stuffed the video tape into the VCR, opened it, and said: "Boss, the valuable salvage is actually basically over the day before yesterday, judging from the cultural relics that are out of the water now, the goods transported by the Blackstone are basically from China, mainly ceramics, and the starting port is like you analyzed last time, 100% of it is Huaxia, it should be Yangcheng ......"

On the screen, you can see that the remnants of the hull that had been buried under the coral reef and clay are basically exposed, and the hull is still largely intact. The bottom of the wreck has been cleared, and there is a large hole there, which is supposed to be the part of the reef.

In addition to the coral at the top, the seabed structure has clay underneath, and it is likely that the full load of ships stirs up the clay on the bottom of the seabed, and the result is that the ship is covered with a layer of seabed super dreadnought, which is the initial layer of protection.

“…… I've also made a few trips, and the ship is rope-stitched and strapped, and structurally looks like an Indian or Arabian dhow stitched sailboat.

This hull structure is typical of Arabian stitched boats, and the hull is made without the use of iron nails, allowing it to sail long distances, a classic shipbuilding technique that was used 12 centuries ago. ”

When Zhang Nan heard this, he admired Philip very much: he is a fifty-year-old person, and diving fifteen or sixteen meters is like playing, and his body is first-class.

Arab ships, but some parts of India also used this shipbuilding technique at that time, and according to the analysis of the artifacts out of the water on the ships today, the "Blackstone" is still classified as an Arab ship.

The second tape is the result of the months in which Captain Philip and his crew have discovered two more shipwrecks.

It's not big, and the residual length should be within 20 meters, so I don't know if there will be valuable items stored inside.

"Good luck!"

After watching the second video, Zhang Nan praised Mr. Captain's luck.

Philip was already sitting on the sofa on the other side, poured himself a glass of water, and said, "I'm a layman, but after figuring out the environment of the sinking site of the Blackstone, I thought that the corals on it still depended on the remnants of the upper layer of the wreck.

There are a lot of coral reefs near here, and there are also a lot of clay seabed environments, so we feel like we are looking for an area on the clay seabed. ”

The shipwreck site is not far away, both sites are within 15 nautical miles of the sinking point of the "Black Stone", and the water depth is within 10 meters.

Did Philip and the crew get lucky?

Count, but it's not!

Because Zhang Nan found the "Taixing" in his previous life, he found seven shipwrecks in the nearby waters, but because he finally "ran away" and left the waters near Indonesia, he never had a chance to come back to salvage several other shipwrecks.

But that one is also bad, he can't get it, even if the news is stabbed out later, he doesn't say clear coordinates: if you can't get it, you Indonesian monkey can't think about it!

As for the Indonesian monkeys themselves, they have no ability or technology to search for possible shipwrecks, or they don't have the heart to fix this.

If the fishermen find it occasionally, the government doesn't bother to intervene, and they don't know what the monkey's brain circuit thinks.

This sea area has been a busy shipping area for more than a thousand years, and God knows how many shipwrecks and ghosts there are down there, and it has become quite normal for Philip to have enough advanced equipment and a bit of luck to use his "spare time" in the past few months to find two.

……

After arriving at the "Big Shark" and approaching the yachts side by side, Zhang Nan took the gondola on the cargo ship again.

The guys are tanned even more, especially the guys from Huaxia, who seem to have become Wa brothers: black, not ordinary black!

After a few words of encouragement, everyone will be able to go home in a few days.

There are no divers who have gone into the water at the operation site, and the wreckage of the "Blackstone" will remain on the bottom of the sea, and whoever wants it will take it away in the future, Zhang Nan is not interested anyway.

If it's on its own turf, it's possible to get it all together, but here... Forget it, it's almost time to run away.

Jamie Bostwick, the captain of the cargo ship, reported: "Everything that needs to be fished up on the "Blackstone" has been on board, and the boss is here this time, and the last speech is for Zhang Nan to say.

"Alright, guys, these two salvage trips are officially over. But don't be too happy, our Captain Philip has found two more wrecked ships, and after leaving the territorial waters of the Indonesian monkeys today, he will be launched separately tomorrow to check the situation. Unless there is a major discovery, the cargo ship will have to go to the Philippines, where thousands of tons of non-ferrous metals need to be shipped back to the United States.

Everyone's bonuses and salaries will not be less, and after returning to the United States, we will have at least two months off, and our two ships should also be maintained and repaired.

Especially on my yacht, the toxic anti-rust paint on the bottom of the boat couldn't stop the damn barnacles 100%, and it had to be docked for repairs.

But if the other two small wrecks make a big discovery, the guys will have to stay for a while. ”

In the end, everyone said that it didn't matter: it was normal not to go home for most of the year, and the income was not as much as here, and the living conditions were not as good as here, so it was not enough to persevere.

Not to mention that for the first two months, you can take a yacht to Belitung Island for three days to rest and relax for just 10 days, and it doesn't matter if you live for a few more months, as long as you can get back home before the New Year.

When you go to the sea, the longer you go, the higher your income, and everyone is doing this job for a high salary. At this time, if you don't fight, you won't have such a high subsidy when you return to land.

Vita Bruno is a 40-year-old "United Forces" diving instructor