Chapter 22: No Survivors (7.20 Addendum)
Kuang Suo noticed that this time Captain Qu Yihui seemed to be carrying an unusual piece of equipment, which was a pure cowhide case straddled across his right shoulder, consisting of a strap and a box, all of which were old earthy yellow, but the strap was rougher, and the surface of the box was much smoother. To tell the truth, this thing has been seen in the anti-Japanese drama, and the box cannon with the 38 big lid is only in such a shape, so he had an illusion, thinking that this is just for scaring people, and it is eighty percent empty, or it is just a small telescope.
But when they boarded the ramp of the freighter, Qu Yihui carefully pulled out a pistol from the smooth leather box, and Kuang Shuo was also a little stunned.
Li Yiting's eyes lit up, although this was a military Type 64 pistol, which was very different from the Type 92 police pistol he used to use, but it made him feel a wonderful sense of intimacy. He suddenly remembered that the coast guard allowed the use of guns, and a flash of lightning flashed in his mind.
The navy seems to be equipped with guns for everyone, he suddenly thought for no reason.
Over the years, he has had very little contact with firearms, and he has become a little stranger, and he even feels a lot of distance from this cold hot weapon, but when Qu Yihui clicked the pistol into loading, a strange feeling immediately came to his heart, and he seemed to be able to clearly smell the familiar smell of gun oil and gunsmoke.
So Li Yiting asked seemingly unintentionally: "Captain Qu, it seems that your superiors attach great importance to this trip to sea, and they actually carry firearms when they go out?"
Qu Yihui smiled slightly: "Just take such a handful, just in case." The situation at sea is complicated, and no one knows what will happen. Although this gun only has 20 rounds, the average situation is enough to cope. "The biggest difference between a military pistol and a police pistol is its power, the former is at least twice as powerful as the latter, and this time he is so cautious about carrying the weapons he is equipped with in private, it seems that he is still a little afraid of the legend of the ghost ship.
Li Yiting did not speak again, obviously this time the coast guard came prepared, not an unintentional arrangement on the surface. According to this speculation, the shipwreck incident in the Dragon Delta is certainly not as simple as it seems, at least the maritime department must have something else to explain.
Although this time it was just a reconnaissance of a ship in distress, in the Dragon Triangle, everything seems confusing, and it is always good to be prepared.
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The deck facilities of the Dragon Soaring Leap are simply miserable, even the thick foremast is a little twisted and deformed, the originally straight bridge is almost overturned, the connection is almost off, and the gangway is directly separated from the bridge and lies on the deck surface, it seems that the storm encountered by this freighter is really not small, it can be imagined that the chance of survival on the ship is already very small.
Not surprisingly, there was not a single container left on the deck, and about all of them had been knocked out into the sea.
A few people turned on a strong flashlight, the freighter turned around a lot, and the range that could be illuminated was not large, Qu Yihui was carrying a weapon, and naturally took the lead, although the sky had begun to light up, and the aisle was still immersed in the seeping darkness, which caused a lot of obstacles to their search.
Their first destination was the wheelhouse, which is the heart of the ship, so they spotted the body of the ship's boss at a glance, because there was a special sign on the left chest of this body: Captain Peng Xianhao.
The brave captain tied himself to the steering wheel with a thick cable, and his hands were still tightly gripping the steering wheel, but he was no longer breathing, and the scene was as terrifying as the legend.
As soon as they got on the boat, they saw the captain's body, and several people couldn't help but gasp and chill.
However, the careful Kuang Suo made an unexpected discovery, he found a blue-covered notebook in the arms of the shipwrecked captain, although it looked like it had been soaked in seawater, but due to the captain's deliberate protection, the handwriting inside was still legible, and the words "Logbook" could be faintly seen in the printed font on the surface.
If a few people found a treasure, they quickly wiped the water stains on the log book and held it in their hands to dry.
Perhaps, there is something of value that can be recorded here.
Kuang Shuo casually flipped through the stained journal, and there was a paragraph (pencil) in it:
Wednesday, July 15, sailing area: east of the Sea of Japan, heading 245, speed 15 knots.
At 0540 hours, the ship position is 42 degrees 54 minutes north latitude 7, east longitude 133 degrees 45 minutes 2, the weather is cloudy, the wind force at sea is 5-6, the wave height is 2-3 meters, the air pressure is 1008 hPa, there is no swell, the visibility is greater than 5 nautical miles, and the navigation situation is normal.
At 0755 hours, the ship position was 42 degrees 49 minutes north latitude, 133 degrees 18 minutes east longitude 5, the weather was cloudy, the wind force at sea was 5-6, the wave height was 2.5-3 meters, the air pressure was 1006 hPa, the swell was slight, the visibility was greater than 5 nautical miles, and the navigation situation was normal.
At 1015 hours, the ship position is 42 degrees 46 minutes north latitude 3, east longitude 132 degrees 51 minutes 6, the weather is cloudy, the wind force at sea is 6-7, the wave height is 3-3.5 meters, the air pressure is 1003 hPa, the wave is slightly swelling, the visibility is greater than 5 nautical miles, and the navigation situation is normal.
At 1130 hours, the ship position is 42 degrees 44 minutes north latitude 7, east longitude 132 degrees 40 minutes 1, the weather is cloudy with thundershowers, the sea wind force is 10, the wave height is 4-5 meters, the air pressure is 1000 hPa, the swell is moderate, the visibility is less than 2 nautical miles, and the hull rolls 15 degrees.
At 1242 hours, the ship position is 42 degrees 42 minutes 2 north latitude, 132 degrees 32 minutes east longitude 2, the weather is rainy, the wind force at sea is 13, the wave height is 8-10 meters, the air pressure is 913 hPa, the huge swell, the visibility is less than 100 meters, the hull rolls 32 degrees, the storm ......
The last paragraph is written crookedly, followed by a blank, and it seems that the person who filled it out has not had time to continue writing, but it has been thrown out of the chart room, and fortunately, this logbook is probably stuck by something, except for a little seawater, but it ended up on the freighter.
Because the number 1242 was so distinctive, Kuangsuo simply glanced at it and engraved it into the machine-like brain.
Li Yiting raised his hand and looked at his watch, and the dial indicated that today was July 18th.
"Jiudao, put away the logs and keep them. Kuang Shuo nodded, and hid the logbook in the compartment of his life jacket.
Then they searched the engine room again, only to find that all the hatches were locked to death, and the three of them finally opened these rusty watertight hatch covers, but they couldn't go down at all; they could vaguely see a lot of sea water inside, and they didn't need to think that some of the cabins of this ship had been damaged and entered the water, so they went down the gangway in panic, and they couldn't help but gasp with a strong flashlight on the water.
I saw three bruised victims floating on the water, with hideous expressions.
Judging by the attire of these people and the tools they still clenched in their hands, it was the professional in charge of the engine manipulation who had drowned in the cabin because he had no time to escape due to the water in the cabin.
The three of them held back their fear, and searched other parts, and soon found that the cooking room of the freighter was charred black, and after careful inspection, they determined that there should have been an explosion here, looking at the strange pile of dark blue steel sheets, Li Yiting estimated that it was probably caused by the explosion of the liquefied gas cylinder, they walked over and picked up a large iron pot in a corner, but they didn't expect that there were two bodies lying down under the iron pot.
The three of them gasped, and it seemed that all the people on the cargo ship had been killed.
They immediately used the walkie-talkie to inform the investigation on the Lisha's side, and the people on the Lisha couldn't help but be awe-struck.
However, Captain Mo Quan quickly replied on the intercom, and out of humanity, they would transport the six bodies found on the freighter back to the Lisha and put them in the freezer like the previous eleven bodies.
That's all they can do.
More than half an hour later, they had made a complete tour of the Lisha and found no other surviving crew members, and saw that there was a dead silence in the legendary "ghost ship", although the scene was horrific but there was no other danger, Captain Qu Yihui had also put away his pistol and reloaded it into the holster, and he was now free to carry the victim onto the small sampan.
Alas, do what you can for your fellow believers, terrible Dragon Triangle![.]