Chapter 43: Exposure
Deep-sea salvage is a very boring work, in the salvage process, everyone has to pay full attention, and a moment of negligence may cause a very serious accident. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info so the salvage work is actually not only laborious, but also more troublesome.
Every tool on board weighs tons, and the lightest is the steel wire mesh used to salvage antiques. This kind of steel wire mesh is about the size of a cube, which is first welded with steel bars, and then woven into dense steel wires around the steel bars.
The empty weight of this iron cage is nearly 400 catties, and if it is filled with silver coins, the weight can reach more than one ton, or even two tons. The ship is rocking all the time, and such a heavy steel guy, when it is hoisted up, a sway, touching people, may make the crew hurt their muscles and bones.
This is not the most terrifying, the most dangerous thing on the ship should be the thick cable, if several cables are stirred together, it may cause the cable to break, if this collapses to someone, it can kill people directly.
The only thing that can cheer up the crew is the high remuneration and the huge amount of wealth in front of them. Zhou You is also a leader who is good at using wealth to gather people's hearts, after all, he has been a captain for six years in his previous life.
However, after all, people are not machines, and there can be times when they cannot make mistakes. On the night of 31 October, a second accident occurred on board, in which one of Sánchez's men was injured when he directed the crane to unload a basket of silver coins into the embalming pool, and because he opened the bolt of the cage prematurely, a small half of the silver coins poured down did not fall into the pool, but fell on himself.
There was a mass of silver coins that were glued together, weighing three or four kilograms, and smashed directly on his foot, directly causing his foot bone to break.
When he got the news, Zhou You was sleeping, and this incident made him furious at the time, half because it disturbed his sleep, and half because such a thing happened, and it was necessary to send people to the shore for treatment, and the location of the Ranger could be exposed.
Although the ship has prepared all kinds of medicines, there has been no good doctor. Ordinary minor injuries can be treated by traveling around, and finding a doctor has more opportunities to leak secrets, not to mention dozens of people, and it is a waste to arrange a doctor.
Angrily, he examined the condition of the wounded man, Fernandez, and found that at least two or three bones in his foot had been broken, and that there was nothing he could do about it, and surgery was necessary to treat it.
Sanchez also felt very helpless, although he was scolded by Zhou You, but he also knew that he deserved it.
The location of the Royal Merchant must not be revealed, but the people have to be sent to the shore for treatment, which will greatly delay their salvage time.
What's more, this kind of accident was completely caused by Fernández's negligence, and he himself was punished, and Sanchez was just angry and didn't know who to send it to.
However, Zhou You quickly corrected his mentality, as a boss, something should be solved instead of complaining to his subordinates. Even if we want to pursue responsibility, we will not be able to pursue it until the matter is resolved and people's hearts are calm.
The arranger carried Fernandez into the medical room, which was actually a small room next to the break room. Zhou You first bandaged Fernández's wound and sprayed some painkillers.
"Don't worry, I'll have someone contact the British Coast Rescue Team immediately to get you to the UK as soon as possible."
"Britain? Isn't it France? ”
Zhou Youleng paused, ignored his inquiry, got up and walked out of the medical room.
Back in the control room, Zhou You said to Chuckle: "You asked Patton and Washington to send Fernandez to England and closely monitor Fernandes' every move." ”
"Why? Just because he just said France? ”
Zhou You nodded and said, "If you are an ordinary crew member, will you pay attention to where you are?" ”
Lin Jiapei, who got the news, also came to the control room sleepily, and when Zhou You saw him, he said: "Start the Ranger immediately, before the plane of the British Coast Ambulance Team arrives, we must stay more than 50 kilometers away from the British economic zone, pay close attention to all the staff in the control room, and don't let anyone have the opportunity to contact outsiders, exposing the specific location of our salvage." ”
With a long roar, the Ranger turned on the ship's various communication equipment and began to sail southeast in the dark night.
It wasn't until three hours later, as it grew dark, that a helicopter from the British Coast Guard slowly landed on the Ranger.
Although they had been informed a few hours beforehand, at night the flight of the helicopter was very dangerous, and the British side waited until dawn to depart from the base.
By this time, the Ranger had deviated more than fifty kilometers from its original coordinates. Since it was a night voyage, no one except the people in the control room knew which direction the Ranger was sailing, and the radius of more than fifty kilometers involved was more than 10,000 square kilometers, even if the British knew some news, it was almost impossible to find the Royal Merchant.
However, Zhou You's heart did not relax, he was originally a suspicious person, and Fernandez's extra words made him suspicious of him, and he felt that he was not safe now.
He was even considering whether to give up salvage and leave the UK with the harvest directly, the farther away the better.
Because if Fernandez has a problem, then it is very questionable whether he will leak the Ranger's harvest this time.
He even wondered if Fernandez's injury was a ploy he had played.
But at the beginning, he didn't think about it so much, he had already contacted the British Coast Guard, and now even if he wanted to track down, he didn't have time.
At present, I can only pin my hopes on Yang Enquan and Cai Zhongwei...... Wrong...... Cai Zhongwei only has brute force, he doesn't understand English or Spanish, so it's useless to let him follow, instead of sending him over, it is better to send Sanchez over directly.
At the very least, Sánchez, a young Basque man, can be trusted more than anyone else.
After thinking about it, he turned on the ship's radio and called Sanchez, Yang Enquan and Cai Zhongwei to the captain's room.
After listening to Zhou You's analysis, Sanchez's face was very embarrassed, he didn't want to believe that Fernandez would be a mole, but Zhou You's analysis was very reasonable, so he couldn't refute it.
"You have to keep a close eye on his every move in the UK, this time he has a foot injury and mobility problems, which also makes it easier for you to keep an eye on him. I ask you to stay by his side without interruption, not to let him out of the way, and to contact me as soon as there is any sign of getting out of control. Remember, starting today, every two hours I'm going to turn off the jammer for five minutes, with twelve o'clock as the boundary, twelve o'clock is the first five minutes, fourteen o'clock is the second five minutes, and sixteen o'clock is the third five minutes, understand? ”
Sanchez and Yang Enquan both nodded, and Yang Enquan asked again, "If he is really a traitor, how should we deal with him?" ”
Zhou You smiled and said, "You two are too conspicuous, I will let others kill him." ”
Watching the helicopter leave with three people on board, Zhou You felt even heavier, he didn't notice anything unusual in Fernandez's face, and even if Zhou You refused his request to bring his mobile phone with him, he expressed his understanding and promised not to contact anyone while in the UK.
But Zhou You's heart was still not at ease, after all, now that the British knew the general location of the Ranger, if they wanted to find the Ranger, it would only be an easy matter.
The treasure on the Royal Merchant has only been salvaged six or seven percent now, and it will take at least five days to salvage more than ninety percent, and now for him, the most lacking thing is time.
Therefore, when the helicopter disappeared, Zhou You directly ordered the Ranger to return to its original coordinates, and the personnel on board were divided into two shifts to continue the salvage operation.
As long as Sanchez and Jan can control Fernandez for five or six days, as long as the British don't react during this time, he still has time to collect all the treasures on the Royal Merchant.
However, when he saw the neat planks on the back deck of the Ranger, he knew what had gone wrong with his oversight.
After the board of the Royal Merchant was damaged, it would rise to the surface, and Zhou You also arranged a speedboat to salvage the board on the sea, for fear of leaving any traces.
But when the British helicopters arrived, they forgot to cover up the planks.
As long as anyone who sees these planks can know that they were obtained from antique ships, then their purpose in this sea area will also be exposed.
Although this is the high seas, it is still too close to the British, and if the British side is alert and sends naval ships over, will they really have to go against a country?
At this time, Zhou You hated Fernandez very much, whether he was a traitor or not, this time he had seriously sabotaged his plan, a fortune worth 500 million US dollars, and he only salvaged a little more than 300 million at most, and now he had to give up.
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered Lin Jiapei to say: "Throw all these planks into the sea, return immediately, and sail south." Be careful to avoid the main shipping routes, design a route around the Cape of Good Hope, then turn off the satellite system and send lookouts to observe with the human eye. ”
Lin Jiapei hadn't reacted yet, and asked, "Aren't the remaining treasures salvaged?" ”
Chakel reacted when he heard Zhou You's order to drop those planks, and said: "I'm afraid it won't work, just now the plane of the coastal rescue team came, we didn't cover those planks, and the other party may have guessed our purpose." ”
Zhou You nodded and said: "At this time, we can't take the Suez Canal, otherwise, if the British want to intercept our Ranger, it will be easy, and now it is a good choice to take the Cape of Good Hope." When I passed through Spain, I was informed that I was to go ashore at once, and only on shore did I have the opportunity to deal with the English. (To be continued.) )