Chapter 8 The Freighter Lisa
Chen Tianyu decided to go to the Lisha to have a look, he wanted to find out what was so special about this freighter, that it could return from the strange Dragon Triangle unharmed, and there must be some secrets hidden here that Xia Yuanshen deliberately did not say, and perhaps did not realize at all.
He had never believed in the so-called fantasy doctrines, at least in the Dragon Triangle, the vast majority of ships were not sunk by some mysterious force, the De Baishire was a typical example, and the cause of a strong storm caused the shipwreck was somewhat convincing. But why is the Lisha an exception? Xia Yuanshen, who also encountered a storm, was able to escape from the storm area and lead the Lisha and the rest of the crew out of danger, could it be that he looked away and underestimated Xia Yuanshen's ability? This possibility is even smaller.
According to Officer Zhang Jian'an (Deputy Director Guan gave him full responsibility for assisting in the investigation of Beiting), all the crew members on board are still stranded on board for investigation, and the shipping company to which the Lisha belongs has already given them a notice that no one must take the initiative to cooperate with the investigation, and no one is allowed to leave the Lisha until the police announce the end of the investigation, otherwise they will be arrested as suspects; the original ardent desire to return home has come to naught, but not too many people have complained, and it is a blessing in misfortune to be able to surviveAfter returning to Hong Kong, they also felt a little sorry for the five colleagues who disappeared at sea, after all, the surviving crew members took the initiative to give up the rescue, and this natural guilt will still exist.
Therefore, these surviving crew members all had some unusual expressions on their faces, especially the indescribable suspicion and vigilance revealed in their eyes.
Chen Tianyu had just boarded the gangplank of the Lisha, and he discovered this situation, but he pretended not to know, he had already told Officer Zhang in advance to change into civilian clothes, he and Zichen were not familiar with the situation of the ship, but simply familiarized themselves with the layout and structure of the freighter on the ship, in order to have some inspiration; if they wore police uniforms to go up, it was easy to cause the oppression of the crew, since Xia Yuanshen was accompanied, they were called Xia Yuanshen's guests to the outside world; of course, the smarter crew members would also understand what was going on, but they would definitely not break it.
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After the second mate Xia Yuanshen led Zhang Jian'an, Chen Tianyu, and Liu Zichen to board the Lisha from the back, he first led them around the entire main deck, and did not find anything abnormal, but Chen Tianyu's eyes were sharp, and he found that although the paint of the Lisha was new, the outer side of the entire ship was rusty, especially some corners and welds, which had already shed a long period of rusty water, so he consulted Xia Yuanshen a little.
Speaking of professionalism, Xia Yuanshen's excitement came up immediately, he knew that the few people in front of him must be rookies, so he took some tones, this time Chen Tianyu didn't say anything, interlaced like a mountain, this must be admitted.
"This is caused by too much wind and waves at sea, you see......" They happened to walk near the bridge, Xia Yuanshen turned over the rubber mat under his feet, and pointed to the bridge deck where the grid was transparent and had rust, "If the wave height at sea is more than 4 meters and the roll is more than 20 degrees, the sea water will hit the container deck, and if the sea conditions are worse, the entire bridge can be covered." A wicked smile appeared on his face, "I didn't lie to you, I can't build such a big ship, if we don't encounter a big storm, the Lisha is also a new ship, and it has only been more than 6 years since it was launched, it is impossible for such a large area to be rusted......"
The others were silent, and there was obviously some truth to that.
Xia Yuanshen saw it in his eyes, and his conversation also rose: "The storm on the sea is also different from what you imagined...... You may say, why didn't you copy the weather forecast, no matter which country uses satellites to grasp the weather quite accurately? That would be a big mistake, especially in the Pacific Ocean where the water is thousands of meters deep, and there is no way to predict those sudden storms, and the Dragon Triangle is even more so......" He secretly glanced at the expressions of several people with his eyes, and his heart was even more confident, "Of course, there are several kinds of storms, including tropical cyclones, tropical depressions, tropical storms, Severe tropical storms, the most powerful of which are typhoons with central winds of more than 15, are called hurricanes in the United States......"
As he spoke, he couldn't stop the car, Zhang Jian'an couldn't help frowning, but seeing that Chen Tianyu didn't react, he was embarrassed to say anything.
Xia Yuanshen continued to gush: "Do you understand the central wind power? This has to start from the beginning...... Storms are generally divided into peripheral areas, vortex areas and typhoon eyes, ordinary storms may affect the range of several hundred nautical miles, the outer areas are relatively wide, about 500 nautical miles, the vortex area is generally in the range of 80-90 nautical miles, the eye of the typhoon is relatively small, about 10-20 nautical miles in diameter, the wind and weather in each area are not the same, the central wind does not refer to the wind in the eye of the typhoon, because the wind and waves are calm there...... It is also wrong to say that the waves are quiet, if there is a triangular wave, don't say that our Lisha is less than 10,000 tons, even a freighter of hundreds of thousands of tons may be torn to pieces...... Do you think it's scary?"
Chen Tianyu didn't speak all the time, and suddenly interjected at this time: "How big is the impact area of the storm in the Dragon Triangle?"
Xia Yuanshen was slightly stunned, and said for a long time: "No one knows about this...... Because there's no way to predict. But...... According to the temporary storms in other seas, and the estimation of the time we got out of the storm this time, the impact area should be about 100 nautical miles, and it is easier to understand the outer area of ordinary storms. ”
Chen Tianyu nodded, and asked again: "It stands to reason that the storm can't stay in place forever, but moves, right?"
Xia Yuanshen laughed: "That's for sure, no matter what kind of cyclone it is, it has a certain speed of movement, it's just that it moves fast or slowly...... Some weather forecasts say that the typhoon is sweeping in place, but in fact it is also moving, not staying in place. ”
Chen Tianyu smiled slightly, and then asked, "Could the storm in the Dragon Triangle be more special?" Maybe it will hover in place......
Xia Yuanshen didn't see it at all, but said confidently: "It's completely impossible, I've never heard of a typhoon that doesn't stand still, it doesn't conform to the basic principle of the earth's rotation...... Do you know the effect of the Earth's rotation on typhoons?" he was once again preparing to popularize science.
This time, Chen Tianyu didn't let him continue, but another question that seemed unintentional, but didn't match it at all.
"I'm a little curious, where are all the containers on your ship?" he glanced at the container deck, which was empty, leaving only a few white background prints that were almost square.
Xia Yuanshen was still immersed in the fun of popular science, so he replied casually: "All thrown into the sea, the center of gravity of these things is too high...... He suddenly came to his senses and quickly changed his words, "All of them were hit into the sea by the wind and waves." He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of weakness, why did this seemingly layman have such a vicious gaze?
Chen Tianyu smiled secretly in his heart, but did not expose his blatant lies, but casually pointed to the four-story island building at the back of the freighter.
"Let's visit here again, shall we take a second mate Xia, please lead the way......