Chapter 19: A Terrible Guess
Chen Tianyu was not a whim, the speculation that there might be another storm area was actually discussed the night before entering this predicted storm area, but this strange speculation was too outrageous and unprofessional, so he never mentioned it today. Now that he has entered the forecast storm area and found nothing, Chen Tianyu has to tell his previous speculation.
There are three broad reasons for this:
First, according to the forecast, this storm is not yet up to typhoon level, and it seems very unreasonable to cause such heavy casualties, even if people fall into the water in such a low-intensity storm, how can not a single survivor survive? Unless they encounter a disaster that is several levels stronger than this storm.
Second, 11 people died at one time, this number is obviously not accurate, and there must be no victims who have not been found, so the ship's staffing can at least reach the number of personnel of the Lisha, what does this mean? If all these people are crew members, then this ship is at least 10,000 tons, such a large ship, sailing 100 nautical miles without being found, and there is no information about this ship in the AIS system, isn't it strange?
Third, there are ferocious carnivorous marine creatures in this sea area, not to mention the swarms of sharks that everyone saw, that is, the "dead wood fish" seen by Chen Tianyu, which are obviously also carnivorous creatures, so the remains of these victims can be preserved intact, which also proves Qu Yihui's speculation about the time when people fell into the water.
With these reasons, Chen Tianyu suggested that the possibility of another storm zone could not be ruled out.
"Chief Inspector, what do you think we should do now?" Captain Mo Quan was also a little undecided for a while, so he had to throw this question back to Chen Tianyu.
Chen Tianyu pondered for a moment: "My opinion is that we should return to the sea area where the victims were found just now and search north! Only in this way can we make some gains." ”
Kuang Suo had some different opinions at this time, and he said slowly: "Although the fourth brother's idea is very reasonable, we can't ignore a practical problem, that is, another storm should be much more terrible than this storm, and it can even hit the Lisha directly into the bottom of the sea, so is it extremely dangerous for us to rush there?"
Chen Tianyu shook his head: "If my speculation is not wrong, then this unpredicted storm should be a local storm that suddenly generated, according to the popular science of the second deputy Xia Yuanshen, the approximate impact range of this storm is about 100 nautical miles, and this kind of storm comes and goes quickly, I don't know if I am wrong?"
Captain Mo Quan and Captain Qu Yihui both nodded to indicate that this was indeed the case.
Li Yiting said suddenly: "In this way, the edge of this storm will not be more than 100 nautical miles away from the location of the victims, maybe even closer, if the shipwrecked ship still survives, it will also be not far from the victims, and we still have a great chance to find it; besides, this kind of storm that suddenly appears and disappears suddenly does not pose a threat to the Lisha......
Xia Yuanshen couldn't help but express his opinion: "You all think on the bright side, if we encounter another sudden storm, what should we do then?"
Chen Tianyu rarely agreed with his opinion, but looked at Captain Mo Quan: "Captain, we have always been laymen, whether we can go or not is waiting for your decision." His eyes were full of eagerness, and if he could find the ship in distress this time, many things might be a little more eyebrow-raising.
Captain Mo Quan and Captain Qu Yihui glanced at each other, and both seemed to see the curiosity in each other's eyes.
"In any case, one should not give up the last ray of hope. Captain Mo Quan finally said.
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It took only 8 hours for the Lisha to return, and it always seemed faster to get out of the rough sea conditions, which I don't know if it was an illusion or what, everyone who has run at sea has the same experience. But even with that speed, it was already evening when we arrived near the route.
Everyone did not delay any longer, even at night, using radar can detect suspicious large ships, as long as the direction is correct, the most important thing is that the sea conditions in this sea area are relatively good, and there is no need to worry about their own safety. This time, don't say that the people in Beiting, even the coast guard, special police and the crew of the ship, all look energetic, they have been busy all day in the wind, rain and waves, there is already an evil fire in their hearts, if they don't find this mysterious ship today, everyone is unwilling.
Captain Mo Quan has made several elimination methods, the first is to show that the displacement of more than 50,000 tons will be abandoned, and the possibility of such a large ship being in distress is very small; the second is to give up decisively if the speed is greater than 8 knots, no matter how fast the speed of the drift is, it is impossible to reach this speed; the third is to show that the ship in normal condition is also excluded from suspicion, because the AIS itself is a multi-system fusion, which can automatically connect the power parts, The power position and navigation data, showing normal status, indicate that the ship is not damaged.
As a result, the scope has been greatly reduced, and there are currently only 2 ships in this sea area that meet these conditions, so the Lisha sailed directly to these ships, but to their disappointment, these two ships are normal cargo ships, one of which is a mechanical false alarm, and the other is simply a rudder failure and is drifting for repairs, which they can confirm through high-frequency telephone calls between the bridges.
This is strange, could it be that Beiting made a mistake in judgment? Or did he go in the wrong direction again?
Everyone was a little depressed, and it seemed that they were destined to work in vain today.
Fat Sheng, who had been guarding the edge of the AIS screen, suddenly shouted excitedly: "Come and see, this ship seems to be a little weird...... It doesn't seem to have moved...... "The first one to run over was actually Xia Yuanshen, he glanced at the screen, and slapped his fat arm angrily, he was only one meter six, and he couldn't reach it at all, otherwise he would have to pat this kid's brain.
"What a melon baby, haven't you looked at the data of this ship? The speed is 12 knots, the course is 240, the length of the ship is 230 meters, the displacement is 30,000 tons, the navigation situation is normal, this is a returning ship, there is more cargo, so it runs slowly, I don't understand this. ”
Fat Sheng scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "But I stared at it for five minutes, and I barely moved my position...... I thought something was wrong. ”
Xia Yuanshen also stared at it for a few seconds, but still shook his head: "It's good that there is obviously moving, this chart scale is very small, and the ship is like a snail crawling on it, it's really ...... Idiot!" He said this casually, but he didn't expect Fat Sheng to be a little furious, he hated others to say that he was stupid, and suddenly a wave of anger rose inexplicably.
"Say it again! Try it again......" Fat Sheng rolled up his sleeves, and seemed to be planning to compete with this little guy, and clean up this low-quality guy, he has not been used to this person for the past few days.
Li Yiting smiled slightly beside him, although he also wanted to smack this summer monkey a few mouths, but at this time, seeing that a conflict was really about to break out, the timing was obviously wrong, so he gently stretched out his hand to push the two away.
"Let me judge you...... Don't rush to get on fire just yet. He walked over to the AIS screen and looked at it for a moment, and soon his brow furrowed.
There is really no way to tell who is right and who is wrong? The triangular signs on the screen (the ship's logo) are densely packed, how can you tell the difference? He turned his head to look at Captain Qu Yihui.
"Actually, it's easy to do, if you really have to be skeptical, you can actually measure the movement of this ship. Qu Yihui smiled.
"What kind of actual measurement method?" Fat Sheng was a little puzzled, he especially wanted to know the answer now, to slap the stinky face of the summer monkey.
Xia Yuanshen immediately showed a disdainful expression again: "I don't understand this......" I wanted to say a few sarcastic words, but when I saw Fat Sheng's vicious eyes, I immediately swallowed back, "Use the radar to set the position every two minutes, and you can calculate it about three or four times......"
Qu Yihui said that this method was feasible, Li Yiting smiled and asked the radar duty officer to measure the movement of the ship according to this method, now it seems that this is a bit boring, after all, there are so many ships at sea.
Originally, everyone treated it as a joke, and many people especially wanted to see Xia Yuanshen's appearance when he couldn't get off the stage, but they didn't expect the data measured by the radar to surprise them.
"The target course is uncertain, and the speed is 4 knots...... Wandering!"
Hearing this answer, everyone was dumbfounded, especially the self-righteous Xia Yuanshen, who was stunned.