Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Sudden Disaster

"Oh no, unidentified diving object found underwater!"

As soon as Chen Tianyu and Liu Zichen stepped into the cab, Captain Qu Yihui hurriedly walked over and said to Chen Tianyu, which really startled him.

"Unidentified diving object?" Chen Tianyu has naturally heard of this professional term, which is proposed by UFO for short, referred to as USO. Regarding the USO doctrine of the Dragon Triangle, he has naturally heard of it, and he has grabbed a lot of it on the Internet.

Looking at Qu Yihui's worried appearance, Chen Tianyu knew that he had to calm down now, and if he really encountered an unknown diving object, panic would definitely be useless.

So he forced his composure and said, "How did you find out?"

Qu Yihui pointed in the direction of Captain Mo Quan: "It was discovered by sonar by accident, and the captain is thinking of countermeasures." ”

Chen Tianyu walked quickly towards the underwater observation instrument, and Liu Zichen followed him curiously.

A strange shadow appeared on the sonar display, which had only sporadic yellow dots, and this shadow was still moving slowly, judging by the direction of movement, it was actually coming towards the Lisha. This shadow area is very large, almost occupying the entire screen, and it is a little shocking to watch.

Xia Yuanshen's face was already pale, and his voice trembled a little: "Boat...... Captain, we are ...... now Do you need to circumvent it? If you don't circumvent it, it's too late......"

Although Captain Mo Quan's face was also ugly, he shouted angrily: "Do your own thing!" Xia Yuanshen walked away with a complaining expression on his face, and his mouth kept muttering.

Chen Tianyu walked up to Captain Mo Quan and said in a deep voice: "Old captain, such a big and unknown object suddenly appeared underwater, is the Lisha in danger?"

Captain Mo Quan said in a deep voice: "It's not clear yet. If it's really an unknown diving object, I'm afraid it won't work to avoid it. …… However, I have never seen such a large underwater object in all my years of sailing at sea, and I need other data to determine what this target is......"

"My opinion is that instead of blindly evading, it is better to keep sailing normally...... If the other party has malicious intentions, I believe that we cannot avoid it, if the other party is just passing through here, blind circumvention will only cause unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

When encountering danger, Captain Qu Yihui seemed more and more calm, this is a strange phenomenon, and soon Chen Tianyu wanted to understand the truth, these coast guard personnel who sailed on the sea all year round, knew that once the ship arrived at sea, there was only one way to be self-reliant, and the sea was full of all kinds of uncertain dangers, and if there was no certain courage, he would not dare to sail here; so Qu Yihui's proposal was very reasonable, and Captain Mo Quan nodded approvingly.

Li Yiting asked on the side: "Is it possible that the submarine of which country passed by in this sea area?" He also had some understanding of military affairs, and he couldn't help but ask this question.

"The level of secrecy of the submarine operation is so high that we probably have no way of knowing. Of course, the underwater submarine activities of Japan and the United States cannot be ruled out in this area, but when it comes to submarines, I have something else to worry about now......" Captain Mo Quan thought of another possibility, and was also a little uneasy.

Qu Yihui looked at his eyes and said in surprise: "Could it be that this is a cliff under the sea?"

"With such a large shadow area, I can't think of any other possibility. …… If it's a cliff under the sea, it's safe. None of the people in Beiting understood the term they said, but no one asked, and in this situation, they laymen could only rely entirely on the judgment of the old sailors.

Qu Yihui took the initiative to explain: "The so-called submarine cliff is a sudden change in the density of seawater, mainly caused by high-speed ocean currents, which can make the density of seawater in a certain sea area suddenly decrease, just like a steep cliff in the sea, but this phenomenon is mainly a fatal threat to the submarine, in serious cases, the submarine will suddenly lose its fixed buoyancy and sink to the bottom of the sea at high speed like falling off a cliff; as far as I know, this kind of cliff poses little threat to ships sailing on the surface...... Old captain, are you worried about a cliff on the water?"

Captain Mo Quan nodded, did not speak, just stared at the sonar display.

The wheelhouse fell silent, and no one knew what the fate of the Lisha would be, so it seemed that it was left to fate.

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A huge shadow swept across the bottom of the Risa, and nothing happened.

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief as if they had survived the catastrophe, and the stone hanging in their hearts finally fell to the ground, and it seemed that the old captain's judgment was not wrong, and this time it was considered to be in danger.

Captain Qu Yihui wiped the sweat from his face and said with a smile: "It seems that it is really a cliff under the sea, but fortunately, the depth exceeds the draft of the Lisha, otherwise we would not be able to escape this catastrophe." ”

Captain Mo Quan did not answer immediately, but looked cautiously at the two coast guard members guarding the sounder in the chart room.

"How many meters did the water depth show just now?" He also needed to finally confirm whether the underwater cliff he had just encountered was an underwater cliff with a sudden change in density, such a large shadow, unless the measured water depth did not produce a substantial change, then he could be completely reassured.

"For a moment it showed a depth of 100 meters, but now it can't be measured. The answer in the chart room made the two old seamen's hairs almost stand on end, what was going on?

Captain Mo Quan roared angrily: "Why don't you report it?"

Before the words fell, suddenly-

"Bang dang!"

A violent shaking came from nowhere, and the otherwise stable hull actually produced a roll of more than ten degrees. Captain Mo Quan was shocked, and thought that this collision came from the bottom of the ship, so it would be more auspicious, in case the hull was damaged, I am afraid that the gods would not be able to escape from this devil's sea.

Fortunately, the news reported from various parts of the ship was that the bottom of the ship was unharmed, but soon another impact struck again, this time shaking even much greater than the last time, causing the Lisha to roll nearly 15 degrees on the calm sea, almost shaking the first mate Lu Zunyue from his chair.

The first to discover the source of the impact was a coast guard member at the bow of the ship, who pointed to the sea with his mouth open but could not speak for a long time, because of the violent impact, several people in the bow of the ship did not have time to withdraw, and could only grab the fixed items on the foredeck to avoid falling overboard.

Wan Yongkun was the second to see the cause of the impact, he was lying on the deck, his right leg hooked a thick bollard, his left hand tightly held the fat hand, looked along the fingers of the coast guard member, and couldn't help but gasp, there were at least two or more gray-brown objects swimming on the sea, hitting the starboard steel plate of the Lisha from time to time, each time it could cause a lot of shaking.

And he obviously knew this giant creature, because he had seen it on Chen Tianyu's mobile phone - "Dead Wood Fish", and this time I am afraid that there was not just one, at least three or four, they seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they could almost hit the hull of the ship at the same time.

After another shock, Wan Yongkun finally grabbed the walkie-talkie that fell in the gap of the windlass, but fortunately the machine was not damaged although it was a little bumped.

"Call the wheelhouse, call the wheelhouse, a couple of strange fish were spotted on the starboard side of the freighter, hitting the hull...... is hitting the hull on the starboard side......" Wan Yongkun shouted hoarsely over the walkie-talkie.

Several people in the wheelhouse, including the boat operator, thought that the attack came from the bottom of the ship, plus everyone couldn't stand firmly, they couldn't imagine that these impacts came from the side side, hearing Wan Yongkun's alarm in the walkie-talkie, Li Yiting quickly helped up Captain Mo Quan, and climbed onto the top deck with his hands and feet, fortunately, although the telescope here can't directly see the starboard side, but can see the gray-brown backs all over the sea.

The two of them felt a cool air rising from their backs, looking at dozens of pairs of vicious round eyes glaring at the Lisha through the mist, Captain Mo Quan could no longer be calm, he shouted towards the wheelhouse: "Full speed forward, full speed forward!"

The dead wood fish in the sea are obviously still gathering, and if these fish are gathered and the Lisha is surrounded, then the 10,000-ton freighter can only be doomed.

The impact continued, and it became more and more violent, if this situation continued, it was very likely that the eight or nine people in the bow of the ship would fall into the sea first to feed the fish, and the walkie-talkie in Wan Yongkun's hand had already been thrown into the sea after the report, and the people were also thrown to the side, and the railing that he was holding with his strong hand had also been bent by a strong pull.

An even more violent impact struck, and the two coast guard members really couldn't hold on, and they were instantly thrown off the side by inertia and fell towards the sea surrounded by fish.

Wan Yongkun and Fat Sheng wrapped their legs around a bollard to control the momentum of their fall at the last moment, and the two coast guard members were not bad, and in a panic, they still held the bow railing very accurately, turned over and climbed onto the foredeck again, and finally picked up a life.

The situation is extremely urgent! Although the bow of the ship is prostrate and hand in hand, if no action is taken, I am afraid that the Lisha will be martyred in its entirety.

Li Yiting glanced at the sea with a telescope ring, and he suddenly found hope for a breakthrough.

"Captain, the bow and starboard sides are full of fish now, and if you want to rush out, you can only turn to the left, there are only a few of them at the moment, and maybe there is still a chance. He said calmly.

Captain Mo Quan cautiously observed for himself and finally gave the order.

"The left is full of rudders, the car is four, and the strong speed is sailing east!"

The first mate, Lu Zunyue, resolutely carried out this order, although the hull of the ship was seriously tilted to the right, it was obviously much better than the impact and vibration of the strange fish, and the few people who were crawling on the bow of the ship in panic were able to breathe.

I saw the steel steamer more than 100 meters long struggling to make a whirlwind among the fish, and went straight to the weakest point of the fish, and the speed was increased to the maximum speed of the design - a strong speed of 17 knots, heading for an unknown north-easterly course. A thick puff of black smoke rose from the chimney of the Risha freighter, and the machine let out a rumbling roar, although it failed to scare off the strange fish that suddenly appeared, but it was lucky to make a bloody way.

The impact finally stopped.

But what awaits them on the road ahead?

Everything is still unknown. [.]