Volume 1, First Pot of Gold, Chapter 772, Icebreaker Landing

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"The cold wind is like a knife, using the earth as a chopping board, and treating all beings as fish and meat. Thousands of miles of snow, turning the sky into a furnace, dissolving everything into silver......"

When he saw the snowflakes flying in the sky, whistling into a white wall like a mist in the storm, Jiang Chen couldn't help but think of Old Man Jin's words.

Luck seemed to run out, and off the coast of George V, the Pathfinder was hit by a blizzard blowing from the poles.

Bean-sized blocks of ice smashed onto the research ship, but the Pathfinder, which was originally designed for harsh climates, could not be disrupted by a storm of this magnitude?

Unsure of where the eye of the storm was, Captain Marshall swung the broad icebreaker bow in the direction of the storm in order to prevent the Pathfinder from turning over, and then dropped anchor to wait for the storm to pass.

Waiting and waiting, the head of the delegation simply gathered the delegation and the crew together, and about 50 people set up five tables and set up hot pot in the canteen. A few Californians who couldn't eat chili peppers stuck out their tongues at the spicy spicy, drawing laughter from the others.

There was a storm outside, and there was a hot pot in the house, which was really not an ordinary pleasant feeling.

Jiang Chen, who hadn't eaten hot pot for a long time, was so spicy for the first time, and he ate several bowls of rice in a row. Seeing that the chairman is so close to the people, the members of the delegation have also let go a lot, and there is a very cute little girl who has been adding food to him. Regardless of whether you are white, black, or yellow, you can all speak Chinese. Everyone ate meat and drank wine, chatting happily.

But Garret and the others were stubborn and didn't drink.

As a soldier of the "Sea Lion" special forces, protecting Jiang Chen's safety is their first priority. Not to mention that you don't drink at all, you have to change shifts with strict discipline when you eat. Although he felt a little sorry for these fighters, Jiang Chen didn't say much.

Discipline is discipline, and for a soldier, discipline is higher than a qiē.

Since this is the team brought out by Garret, then everything is up to him. Jiang Chen knew very well that if he, the chairman, casually pointed fingers, he would only cause chaos to others.

In this way, the storm lasted until the next morning.

The Pathfinder retracted its anchor chain, adjusted its course, and continued along the George V coast.

……

In the captain's room, Captain Marshall hung a cigar and frowned slightly as he looked at the location of the underline on the map.

After a while, he took off his cigar and turned his inquiring gaze to Jiang Chen, who was leaning on the side with his arms crossed. Just ten minutes ago, the chairman of the group approached him and suddenly asked him to change the original login location and deploy the research station to this location on the map.

"Why did you choose to build a research station here? In terms of the climatic conditions and the cost of supplies, this place is far inferior to Ross Bay. Two fingers on his cigar tapped the red circle on the map, and Marshall asked.

"But the nearby sea has rich reservoirs of combustible ice. Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders.

It is true that the seabed is rich in combustible ice reservoirs, but this is not the deeper reason.

The closest to the coordinates on the codebook was the real reason why he chose this place. The reason why he didn't disclose the news before, and now he suddenly found Captain Marshall, was mainly because he was worried that there were many people on the ship and might leak the secret in advance.

"It's too messy. Marshall shook his head, sighed, and looked at the first mate, "Slow down the ship, the landing place has changed!"

Although he is not satisfied with Hu Lai, who wants him to be the chairman? The salary he receives now is twice that of his peers, and he can't complain more just because of this salary.

In this way, the Pathfinder made a turn on its original course and diverted its course towards the hinterland of Cape Goodenough.

There is a thick layer of ice on the surface of the sea, but it is not difficult for a polar research ship with ice-breaking functions. I saw that the broad bow of the ship directly hit the thick ice, and then used its thousands of tons of tonnage to crush the ice directly. It's like a road roller sailing in a river of ice, and on the frozen sea, it has made a blue path.

Many members of the delegation stood on the bow of the boat and took out their mobile phones to take pictures. Although some of them are not coming to the polar regions for the first time, there are not many opportunities for them to see icebreakers breaking ice, and many of them are seeing it for the first time.

Also standing at the bow of the boat was Jiang Chen.

It was the first time he had seen how an icebreaker worked.

In the past, he always thought that the icebreaker relied on the bow to "cut", but he didn't expect that in fact, the icebreaker relied on its own body weight to "press".

"We were lucky that we didn't run into thick ice that couldn't be pressed, and we couldn't use the explosives we were carrying, which was the best. Standing in the air-conditioned cabin, Captain Marshall wiped the sweat from his face and looked at Jiang Chen, who was pushing the door in, "Close the door quickly, my sweat is almost freezing!"

Jiang Chen smiled kindly, immediately closed the door behind him, hung the winter jacket next to the door, and walked to his side.

"How's that, in your experience, is this coast suitable for a research station?"

"The terrain is okay, but I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome to supply later. Marshall glanced out the window at the ice, picked up a ballpoint pen and drew a line on the map, "To make sure this place doesn't freeze, we have to cut a triangle here and push it out to sea...... I built yì is to push out. If we blow it up, I'm afraid that international environmental organizations will get us in trouble. ”

"You can do it as you see how convenient it is, I believe in your skills. Jiang Chen said with a smile.

Marshall grinned and put the cigar back in his mouth.

"Leave it to me. ”

……

In the middle of Cape Goodenough, on the surface of the sea frozen by ice shelves, the Pathfinder pressed an outward opening along the triangle. Several crew members in winter suits jumped on the triangular ice shelf with great dexterity and chiseled a dozen stakes out of the outer edge of the ice shelf with long nails.

The graphene cable was dropped from the ship, and the crew members quickly tied the rope to the nails and returned to the ship. These cables are tied to the robotic arm of the polar research vessel, which is the strongest part of the entire ship.

As soon as he was ready, Marshall, who was holding a cigar, began to increase his horsepower and drove the boat outward.

The graphene cable tawed and creaked.

At this time, Jiang Chen was surprised to find that the ice surface of several square kilometers was actually dragged out a little loose by this small research ship!

"Don't look at the scary size of the ice, we just need to give it an acceleration and it will run out on its own. Marshall said with a smile, pointing out the window, "These cables are really strong, compared to the wire ropes we used before, those things are so tough that they are not only easy to break, but also easy to hurt their own people." ”

"Graphene material. ”

"Yes, technology is a magical thing. Marshall grinned.

The ice outside the window slowly moved, and the cheers of the crew could be heard from the bow of the ship. The members of the expedition had returned to the cabin, and the Pathfinder was about to land, so it was time for them to go back and pack their bags. (To be continued.) )