The Risha cargo ship is making final preparations before entering the storm zone.

Almost everyone is no longer idle, doing what they can, and even if they are doing what they can, it seems that they can buy some peace of mind. First of all, all the items on the ship need to be re-fixed, and all the items that may swing, roll, shake, slide, and vibrate must all be tied up, because the wind and waves in the storm area are completely unpredictable, and the swing must be more violent, so this work alone took most of the whole ship's work, which is simply too cumbersome, but no one dares to enter the divine power of nature rashly without preparation.

There is also the problem of rescue equipment, the Lisha is just a cargo ship, most of the life-saving equipment is based on self-rescue, and even if the Lisha has only been launched for five or six years, these equipment are also in some disrepair, and before entering the storm area, these equipment must be re-inspected and necessary maintenance. For example, the two lifeboats that have just been replaced, although the specifications and models are not much different from before, but the handling skills and working stability are to be checked, the storm area is not as good as the sea conditions of the Dongfang Yue Ghost Ship at that time, not only the mechanical power must be guaranteed, the spare fuel and cooling water must also be brought sufficient, otherwise there may be no return; Fresh water and many bits and pieces of necessities must be checked one by one and properly replenished; in addition, those anti-sinking and plugging equipment, if you really find the shipwrecked ship, it must be destroyed by the waves to the bitter endeavor, in order to avoid sinking, you must use the ship's damage management equipment to repair the core part, the number of equipment consumed and the integrity of the equipment is higher; there are lighting facilities, all kinds of searchlights, strong flashlights, Luminous signs, etc., are all essential things for search and rescue, and unpredictable accidents will occur without any of them.

In addition, the bodies of the eleven victims could not be hung on the deck, according to the custom, Captain Mo Quan put these people in white cannon clothes and put them in the cold storage of the freighter to ensure that these people would not rot during the long voyage, but this made several ladies almost faint, and the cold storage still stored the food stored for the voyage, and put it together with this? They hardly ate for a day.

Before departure, the number of seasick people has increased in large numbers.

However, no one raised any objections to what had been collectively decided, it was a rescue feat after all, and if so much effort had been put in, how could it be done halfway, and what an achievement it would be if a shipwrecked ship could be rescued?

The preparations for entering the storm area were only over in the evening of the same day, and Captain Mo Quan suggested that he leave the next day, Chen Tianyu thought about it, and knew that there was really no way to search and rescue the third watch in the middle of the night, so he could only give up in the end, and he just wanted to use a night of free time to discuss the next specific action with Beiting and a few people, and the other was to recuperate.

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Five o'clock in the morning.

Before everyone woke up, the Lisha had already begun to move under the command of Captain Mo Quan, turning to the southeast direction of 130 degrees at high speed, the time was very urgent, and the search and rescue time for everyone was probably only such a day.

Lying in the cabin, the people in the Beiting didn't expect to get up so early, but they were awakened by the noisy sounds around them, the Lisha freighter began to sway violently as it approached the storm area, although it had been prepared in advance, but due to the lack of experience of the people in the Beiting, some drawers in the cabin that were not locked or had damaged locks first opened and closed back and forth, and then some buckets of fresh water on the floor moved back and forth, no matter how these things were fixed, they would still move, and the friction and impact sound made people involuntarily startled; , making him jump up in an instant.

Why did he not notice a word, he walked out of the hatch with difficulty, just to see a pavilion and Kuangsuo staggering out, can't help but laugh dumbly, it seems that everyone is not having a good time; a few people made an appointment to go straight to the wheelhouse, at this time the wheelhouse is unprecedentedly lively, the usual shift system is now changed to all in place, plus usually look at the past lazy and lazy several coast guard comrades are also in place early, so the huge wheelhouse seems to be full, but these people are not without nothing to do.

Captain Qu Yihui and Captain Mo Quan were nervously studying the situation in the sea area and the trend of the storm; the first mate Lu Zunyue was responsible for maneuvering the cargo ship to move forward and avoid the big waves in time to hit the bow of the ship; at the same time, the radar watchman was also equipped with two or three more professional and technical personnel, and the backup radar was also turned on for several professional and technical personnel of the coast guard to use; the AIS ship automatic identification system has now become a treasure, and the perfect combination of electronic charts and AIS makes them clear at a glance the situation of the ships currently distributed in the sea area; the second officer Xia Yuanshen led two improper helmsmen to copy the weather forecast and fax map, and carefully plotted them on the typhoon plot, and the helmsmen held the record book, the wind vane, and the air pressure box are regularly measuring the wind direction, wind speed and air pressure to determine the position of the Lisha in the storm area, and the entire wheelhouse is busy but not chaotic.

The layman Beiting people can't get involved, they can only look here and there with the same layman Superintendent Zhang Jian'an, who is in the storm, on the lonely boat, no matter how big the ability is, I am afraid that it is useless; what is admirable is that the two little guys Fat Sheng and Xiao Orchard actually came here early, these two guys who were born on the seaside seem to have no reaction to this wind and waves, and they are much stronger than the people in Beiting.

Li Yiting gave the two of them a thumbs up, the small orchard was still a little embarrassed, but Fat Sheng was already laughing, this guy was only in his early 20s, but he was already 1.8 meters tall, weighing more than 90 kilograms, it can be seen that he was strong, plus he was naturally immune to seasickness, and he was almost responsible for taking care of Beiting's daily life all the way; Li Yiting once secretly learned about his past experience, which is a typical template of a township gangster, usually idle, and likes to fight and brawl the most, and does not want to come to Beiting after these young experiences show a rare maturity and stability, which is really unseemly; in fact, this is not surprisingOnce some people have a platform to show their talents, their style will change abruptly, and their shortcomings sometimes become outstanding.

Li Yiting saw that Fat Sheng had been staring at the radar and AIS screen and observing attentively, and couldn't help but walk over curiously, and soon found that this is the most suitable place for Beiting to work, and what is shown here is the situation within a radius of dozens of nautical miles of the Lisha freighter, including the thick rain area and all the surrounding ship dynamics, which is clear to the layman, and he has a little more good impression of this little guy in his heart, and it is indeed a pity to sell hairtail.

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The wind at sea is getting stronger and stronger, the wind speed has reached level 10, it seems that the Lisha is indeed approaching the storm area, Captain Mo Quan's face is getting more and more solemn, and there are more and more white waves in front of him, he frowned slightly, it seems that the wave height is at least three or four meters high, coupled with the swells caused by the storm, the roll of the Lisha freighter has reached more than 20 degrees, in this case, even if the shipwrecked ship is found, I am afraid that it will be difficult to rescue.

He asked the first mate, "Have you found any ships in an unusual state?"

Lu Zunyue shook his head and said quite confusedly: "There are very few ships around here, we have sailed for more than six hours, and we have only seen 5 ships in total, and they are all ships of more than 100,000 tons. There seemed to be something else in his words.

Li Yiting was secretly speechless, he glanced at Kuangshuo, if such a wind and wave were just ordinary, what kind of horror would the situation in the center of the storm be?

Chen Tianyu also asked Captain Mo Quan with some doubts: "It stands to reason that the shipwrecked ship should not be far away from us, right? Now that we have been sailing for so long, how can we not find any trace of ......?"

Qu Yihui nodded approvingly: "According to the situation of the remains of these victims, the time they fell into the water was not long, and their bodies did not appear to be swollen due to long-term soaking, and the drifting time should not exceed a day; we have now advanced at least 70 nautical miles to the storm area, and coupled with the detection range of the radar, we should indeed have found the ship in distress before ......" He pondered a little and boldly speculated, "Could it be that this ship has capsized and sunk to the bottom of the sea?" He looked at Captain Mo Quan and asked for his opinion.

"Although the sea conditions here are much worse than those on the recommended route, it would be incredible to say that an ocean-going ship can be driven to the bottom of the sea, and the ships that can sail on this route are at least 3,000 tons, and this wave power is obviously not enough......," Captain Mo Quan pondered.

Second mate Xia Yuanshen leaned over and said, "Captain, are we still sailing into the area?" Looking at the sea conditions here, we have no rescue ability, and I am afraid that we will be even ......more anxious if we go inside."

Captain Mo Quan was obviously a little hesitant, originally according to his estimate, how could he find the target if he walked 100 nautical miles forward, but looking at the current situation, this sea area is almost empty, what is going on? If this kind of sea condition is that ships will sink, it is definitely not caused by a storm.

Qu Yihui thought for a while and insisted: "Since we are here, let's go inside and take a look." He didn't really have much in his heart.

Captain Mo Quan nodded, and gave the first mate an order: "Continue to move forward, and strengthen the observation of all parts." …… Heading 20 degrees to the right. He decided to get closer to the center of the storm.

About two or three hours later, the downpour was whistling down on the shaky Lisha, the windshield in front of the wheelhouse was already mottled, and it was difficult to detect the situation in the sea area ahead with their eyesight, and they could only navigate by radar and electronic charts and other technical means, but the target they were looking for did not appear for a long time.

Li Yiting couldn't help but ask: "How far can the victim go after drifting in the sea for a day?"

"Three or five nautical miles in an hour, it will certainly not exceed 100 nautical miles, and now we have sailed more than a hundred nautical miles, and the radar can detect more than 30 nautical miles, and if this ship exists, it should have been discovered a long time ago. Qu Yihui replied.

"Is it possible for this ship to drift into the center of the storm?" Chen Tianyu asked another question.

"Under normal circumstances, the drifting direction of the ship is basically the same as the drifting direction of the personnel, and the speed of the ship's drifting will be faster than the people who fall into the sea......" Captain Mo Quan was surprised, "yes, could it be that the ship has already drifted over, and we haven't found it?"

After saying that, he also smiled, if this was the case, the officer on duty would have noticed it a long time ago, how could it be possible to only see the person who fell into the water and not the drifting boat, the sight range of the radar is stronger than the human eye, I don't know how many times stronger, he quickly denied this idea.

Xia Yuanshen shuddered for no reason, and he muttered to himself, "Unless it's a ghost ship, it can't be detected by radar at dawn...... Let's not forget what kind of place this is......"

Captain Mo Quan glared at him angrily: "You like to talk nonsense! Have you ever seen a ghost ship? Fooling around here, who said that the radar can't detect the ghost ship......

Although the captain firmly ruled out this speculation, everyone was a little surprised.

"Is it possible for two storms to form at the same time in this sea area?" Chen Tianyu suddenly asked a strange question.

Captain Mo Quan was stunned for a moment, he knew that Chen Tianyu would not be without a purpose, so after a little thought, he said: "Generally impossible, if they are too close, the storms may merge into one, unless these two storms are far apart, it is possible." He suddenly understood what Chen Tianyu meant.

"You're saying we're going in the wrong direction?"