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Zhao Changshu's judgment was not wrong at all, the "Queen" did hit the rocks!

Because the waves just now were too big, the first mate at the helm had been following Zhao Changgun's instructions to always face the bow of the ship in the direction of the wind and waves, so as to allow the ship to obtain the greatest stability, but in this way, the course could not be cared about, let alone what did not hit the reef.

In fact, even if the first mate at the helm wanted to avoid the reef, it would be impossible. He was not familiar with this sea at all, and he didn't even know where the reef was, how to avoid it.

As a result, the "Queen" finally hit the reef, and the huge impact force tore a large hole in the original hold of the anti-aircraft gun, and before the drainage system could work, the sea water quickly filled the entire cabin, causing the hull to tilt more than 20 degrees at once.

Luckily, by the time the Queen ran aground, the hurricane had stopped and the waves were much smaller. If the freighter runs aground during the stormy waves, the huge force may cause the entire cabin of the "Queen" to be scrapped, and eventually the "Queen" will cease to exist.

After Zhao Changshu learned what had happened, he immediately took the chief doctor to close the watertight valve of the water-filled cabin, completely isolating the water-filled cabin from other cabins, and preventing other cabins from entering the water.

In the ocean, there are usually three ways to correct the tilt of the hull after the hull of a ship is tilted:

One is to transplant the cargo on board. Transferring cargo from one side with a low waterline to the other allows the ship to rebalance. Because the hull of the ship was tilted too much at this time, and the things on the "Queen" were all big guys, which was inconvenient to move, so it was impossible to rebalance the hull by transplanting cargo at this time.

The second option is to drain the fuel and fresh water from the side to restore balance. This method is best if you sail on inland rivers, because the boat can only come to shore quickly and replace what has been lost. But for the "Queen" at this time, this method is clearly not working.

They are now in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, and without fuel, the ship loses power and has nowhere to replenish it. They can't survive without fresh water. International rescue or something, don't even think about it, country M can't find him if she wants to find him!

The third method is to fill the symmetrical ballast tanks on the opposite side of the tilt. This method is also very dangerous for the current "Queen". Because this method is used at the cost of losing the storage buoyancy of the freighter. In order to use this method, it is necessary to go through precise calculations to prevent the freighter from being buoyant enough after the ballast tanks are filled with water and eventually sink.

This approach is dangerous, but it is the only way to go.

Zhao Changshu handed over the task of physical calculation to the first mate, and the first mate was busy in front of the computer.

The backbone members of the General Poison Dragon Society, looking at the busy first mate, their hearts unconsciously became nervous, they seemed to be able to hear the thumping of their hearts, and the level of tension was even stronger than when facing the invincible enemy and the waves before!

They felt that the first mate's hands were not tapping on the keyboard at all, but every time they were tapping on their hearts, and the sound of the dada had coincided with their heartbeat!

These people have all come from life and death, everyone has a big heart, and it is not the first time they have faced death, but at this moment their fear is stronger than ever!

It's as if the first mate at this time has suddenly become the first official in the court, and they have suddenly become prisoners waiting to be sentenced! Even they don't know why they feel this way at this moment. It took a long time for them to remember that waiting and the unknown are the source of fear.

Just when everyone felt that their hearts were gradually expanding and beating faster and faster, the first mate finally got up from his seat and said to Zhao Changshu with a serious face: "Captain, theoretically, we can correct the hull by filling the ballast tank with water, but after the correction, the waterline of the ship will be very low, and the calculated value is less than one meter." If there is a big storm again, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

Zhao Changshu didn't say a word of nonsense, and didn't think about what the distance from the waterline to the freeboard meant by less than one meter, just waved his hand and said: "Immediately fill the ballast tank on the left side!"

Zhao Changshu actually had no choice, even if the success rate of this plan was only one percent, he had to give it a try!

As the ballast tanks continued to be filled with seawater, the inclined hull finally straightened out. The situation is better than the theoretical value of the first mate, although the draft of the freighter has dropped by a large block, but the distance between the freeboard and the water surface is about one meter and two. Although the waves were still crashing on the deck, the ship finally regained its balance.

After the ship is balanced, drainage and repairing damaged cabins have become urgent tasks, and the vast Pacific Ocean is not an inland river, and it cannot be expected to wait for the ship to dock before making safe repairs. Who knows when there will be another violent wind in the Pacific Ocean? As for the current situation of the "Queen", not to mention a hurricane of the magnitude just now, even an ordinary offshore typhoon can knock it down to the bottom of the sea. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if they will not encounter any wind and waves in the future, the state of the "Queen" will not be able to support the Piqué Kingdom.

The hull regained its balance, buying time to repair the damaged cabin. Zhao Changshu slowed down the "Queen" again, slowly bypassed the "Gate of Hell", and at the same time changed into a diving suit and planned to go into the water to repair the cabin himself.

Since the broken tank is already filled with seawater, once opened, the huge water pressure will cause the sea water to rush into the other cabins immediately, so the damage must be temporarily blocked from the outside.

Zhao Changshu did not hand over this work to others, but decided to do it himself. If it is in the general sea area, the danger of this work is not high, and it is not so difficult, there is a spare latest plugging package on board, and the operation is very simple and fast. But now the freighter is the most dangerous sea in the entire Pacific Ocean, and the ghost knows what will happen to people when they enter the sea, so Zhao Changshu decided to complete the task of plugging the leak himself.

Zhao Changshu changed into a diving suit, carried an oxygen cylinder, and then jumped into the sea under the gaze of everyone, a splash appeared on the water, and Zhao Changshu disappeared.

The general manager, Zhao Yushan, doctors, workers, farmers, Hong Aaron and even the people of the Huayou delegation, almost all the people who were not on duty stood on the deck, waiting for news from Brother Gun.

Everyone didn't speak, just watched in silence at the rippling waves.

The night was already deep, and the sky was still full of dark clouds, pitch black, there was no moon, no starlight, only the searchlights on the freighter shone brightly, trying to dispel the darkness. However, in the end, the light of the searchlight not only did not dispel the darkness, but was gradually engulfed by the boundless darkness, and only reflected a lonely bright spot on the surface of the sea.

No one on the deck spoke, even the sea breeze stopped strangely, and the sea level that had been surging was calm like a dark mirror, and in the mirror there was darkness except darkness. It seems that what you see is not the vast Pacific Ocean at all, but a deep pool of dead silence.

Everyone's hearts were inexplicably filled with a feeling of unease, as if their boss Zhao Changshu had just jumped into the Pacific Ocean not in front of them, but the real gate of hell!

Zhao Yushan felt a little blocked in his heart, he wanted to smoke a cigarette to adjust his mood, his right hand rubbed in the jacket pocket for a long time before taking out a cigarette case that had been soaked with seawater, and when he opened the cigarette box, he saw that the seven red towers inside had already been glued into one, and he couldn't take it.

"! Zhao Yushan threw the cigarette case into the sea in front of him with some annoyance.

Zhao Yushan broke everyone's silence with a sudden sound, and everyone turned their heads to look at him, and then turned their eyes to the cigarette box that was thrown to the sea, only to see the cigarette box drift on the sea, turn around, and then gradually sink into the sometimes bright and sometimes dark seawater, and finally disappeared.

Nervous big Zhao Yushan also felt the weirdness of the atmosphere, he grabbed his wet hair with his hand, and his body shivered unnaturally!

During this season, the nights in the northern Pacific are still very cold.

In the silent waiting of everyone, time passed minute by minute. Half an hour passed, and Zhao's spear still did not emerge from the water.

The Queen's plugging bag is the latest in the pack, and the canvas bag contains two glass bottles, which contain two different chemicals. When the leak is plugged, the two glass bottles in the bag are broken, and the two chemicals inside will have a chemical reaction and quickly solidify and seal the breach. The operation is simple and fast, the plugging is firm, not limited by the shape of the break, and the plugging effect is also very good, and the hatch can be 100% blocked. If it is not an ocean-going voyage, it can be maintained until the port is berthed normally, and then it can be repaired normally.

It stands to reason that Zhao Changshu should not take long to plug the leak with this kind of plugging bag, and he should be able to return to the ship soon. But why hasn't he come back yet?

Everyone felt that uneasiness in their hearts getting stronger and stronger. But everyone is reluctant to say their inner worries, for fear that they will become a prophecy and bring bad luck to Brother Gun.

In the end, it was Zhao Yushan who broke the silence, he turned his head and said to the general manager beside him: "Why hasn't Brother Gun come back yet?

The general manager stroked his bald head vigorously, frowned and said: "Don't talk nonsense, Brother Gun has received special diving training and has a lot of sailing experience, what can happen to him? Maybe the breach is too difficult to block, right?"

After saying that, he got up and walked towards the cabin.

"Why are you going?" Zhao Yushan asked, looking at the general's back.

"Look for the wetsuit, go down and have a look. He said without looking back. Although Brother Gun had already instructed them not to go into the water, Mr. Bao couldn't care about Brother Gun's order at this time.

"I'll go too!" Zhao Yushan also ran to the cabin.

At this moment, the doctor on the side suddenly said loudly: "Look! The sea seems to be not quite right!"

Everyone also noticed the change of the sea water, and saw that the originally calm and somewhat strange sea water suddenly surged like a fountain, and the surge amplitude became larger and larger, and finally it rolled as quickly as if it was boiling a pot. Under the lights, everyone seemed to see a trace of white gas coming out of the tumbling seawater, as if the seawater was really boiling!