When the Ranger was first involved, it deliberately increased the design of heavy oil tanks. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWith a displacement of 5,000 tons, there is a heavy oil tank of 1,500 tons, and a light oil tank of 10 tons.

At normal cruising speeds, the Ranger consumes two tons of fuel per hour and forty-eight tons per day, and this huge tank of heavy fuel can ensure that the Ranger can sail in the sea for a month without additional refueling.

With such a large tank, it takes at least four hours to refuel each time.

But this time at the Spanish refinery, in just two hours, the Ranger's half-empty tanks were filled, because the equipment here is half as thick as the normal refueling pipe, and the refueling speed has doubled.

The two large trucks were full of supplementary daily necessities, and they were also driven directly onto the Ranger, and with the joint efforts of the crew and security guards, it took only two hours to unload all the supplies.

To the surprise of all the crew, all the materials brought on board the ship had to be scanned by an electronic instrument to make sure that there were no electronic goods in them before they were allowed to unload the truck. It is also for this reason that it took only two hours to unload the truck.

Two Singapore Telecom staff members also boarded the ship, where they taught second officer Tan Kangyu how to control the satellite receiver and installed jammers on several GPS on board.

When the jammer is turned on, the GPS satellite receiver will be jammed, and it is impossible for anyone to know about the Ranger through the satellite signal.

Everyone began to realize that this Ranger voyage was going to be very different from the past.

But what they don't know yet is that this is just the beginning.

On the afternoon of the 14th, all the preparations were ready. At the sound of Zhou You's order, the Ranger let out a long roar, and under Paris's disgruntled gaze, it slowly sailed away from the harbor and headed northwest for the Atlantic.

came to Spain from the United States, but only lingered with Zhou You for two nights, and Zhou You left again, which made her very dissatisfied. She also thought that tonight, while Gràcia's great aunt was here, she would be able to travel around exclusively......

Gracia didn't regret it at all, put her arms around Paris's waist and whispered: "When a man wants to do serious things, we, as his women, should not be his hindrance, but should be his help." Paris, let's pray for Evan together! ”

Although Paris was reluctant in her heart, she also knew that her little emotions were unreasonable, but she just couldn't control herself and didn't want to change. Because she knows very well that she is not as beautiful as Gracia, and she is not as capable as her, but the reason why Evan likes herself is because of his stupidity and truthfulness.

Although she is a little stupid, there are many smart people around her, and she has already made a detailed analysis and comparison with several other women who travel around.

is not as good as other women in other aspects, then she can only sell cuteness, or deliberately sell stupidity. After all, Zhou You, a resolute hero, actually still likes that kind of stupid girl in his heart, because such a girl is worry-free.

He needs an assistant woman like Gracia, a tolerant and generous woman like Yan Fangqing, and a stupid and cute pet woman, and the last type is the positioning given to her by Paris's team.

After closing her eyes and praying, Paris opened her eyes and said: "Evan is gone, I am also going to Milan, this year's new leather shoes have received a lot of criticism in the market, I need to go over and deal with it, and try to come up with a facelift plan as soon as possible." ”

Gracia smiled and said: "I also need to go to Palma to continue my hotel acquisition plan, and when Christmas time comes you also come to Mallorca, I bought an old castle in the mountains, and when the time comes, the three of us will have a wonderful Christmas together." ”

"I'll come over if I have time."

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First mate Bai Yancheng was the first to discover that this trip was different from the past, because when the ship went to sea, it would first set the destination, and then design the route according to the season, weather conditions, and ocean currents.

But on this trip, Bai Yancheng didn't see the route map, when he asked Lin Jiapei, he found that Lin Jiapei didn't know where his destination was, he just gave Bai Yancheng a route map without a destination.

Of course, it is impossible not to have a destination, but their destination this time is a latitude and longitude point not far from Spain. This latitude and longitude point is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, far from the main shipping routes, and even in ancient times, it would not have been the route of merchant ships. Therefore, Bai Yancheng believes that this route map is only the route of the first stage at most.

This made him quite curious and excited about this mission. As a chief officer, the average monthly salary in the industry is about 5,000 US dollars, but that is the salary that can only be received by the first mate of a large cargo ship, at least more than 100,000 tons.

It is very difficult for a 5,000-ton ship like the Ranger to get an annual salary of 30,000 US dollars for a first mate.

However, this year he has earned $150,000, the equivalent of an average first mate's salary for five years. The job is easy and he can make a lot of money, Bai Yancheng is very satisfied with his current job, and in order to keep this job, even if he is asked to take risks, he is very willing.

Zhou You stood at the window next to the captain's console, looking out at the Cantabrian Sea, lost in thought.

Going to sea in this season is actually a very risky thing, because when the time enters autumn, typhoons and large waves will seriously affect the safety of navigation.

But at this time, he had to take advantage of the time difference, taking advantage of the eyes of the whole world to focus on the joint war of the United States and Britain against South Asia, and snatch the Royal Merchant from the mouth of the British.

When Zhou You joined the Odyssey Company in his previous life, the case of salvaging the Royal Merchant was an excellent experience for him as a captain.

It is for this reason that he knows exactly where the Royal Merchant was sunk and the best way to salvage it. Knowing the mistakes the company made in salvaging the Royal Merchant, he knew how to avoid them.

But Zhou You didn't want to change anything, because he also wanted to train his own crew, and they would only rely on themselves for everything, and they would never really develop.

Therefore, he quickly made a decision, except for directly pointing out the location of the sunk, he would not interfere too much with Chakel's work, and at most he would pick up the gaps on the side, and not affect their work too much.

"Captain Lin, according to the original plan, at noon the day after tomorrow, entered the Celtic sea, and after avoiding Storm No. 135, we conducted a two-day salvage exercise at the destination at the junction of the Cantabrian Sea and the Celtic Sea. It's up to you to make all the arrangements. ”

"That's what I'm supposed to do."

The Cantabrian Sea is a sea area between Spain and France that transitions to the Atlantic Ocean, just like China's Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, while the Celtic Sea is a general term for the sea area between Britain and France, both of which are part of the Atlantic Ocean.

The average depth of the Cantabrian Sea is 4,500 meters, but the average depth of the Celtic Sea is only 150 meters.

Due to the huge mountain range changes at the bottom of the sea, this also causes the violent waves in the North Atlantic, which is also the most ferocious of the four oceans, especially when affected by the climate, it is simply unsuitable for any human existence.

Not to mention a 5,000-ton ship like the Ranger, even a container ship of hundreds of thousands of tons, when encountering huge waves, it can only be avoided, and it does not dare to directly face the fury of nature.

The Royal Merchant sank in the waters near the Isles of Scilly, where the water depth was about 145 meters, and in the past, the traveling crew had carried out salvage within 50 meters, 2,000 meters, or even nearly 4,000 meters, but there had been no salvage maneuvers at a depth of about 150 meters.

Therefore, before the official salvage, Zhou You must let the crew conduct a drill, so that when salvaging the Royal Merchant, they can directly get started and will not appear to be in a hurry.

The water depth of 150 meters is a very embarrassing depth, because most people cannot dive directly to that depth, even if they swim around, if they dive to this depth for ten minutes, they must enter the decompression chamber for six hours to decompress, otherwise, there will be a risk of sailors' disease.

Therefore, to salvage the Royal Merchant, it is still necessary to rely on the role of robots.

However, this is again much simpler than salvaging the Mercedes. Because the Mercedes is at a depth of nearly two thousand meters, most of the time and energy is spent dealing with the complex environment of the seabed and controlling the rope retraction.

But salvaging the Royal Merchant is different, because the water depth is only 150 meters, and the terrain is flat, so there is no need to face ocean currents, which will greatly shorten the salvage time.

The Mercedes took nearly half a year, two months to search, 100 days, and more than three months to salvage.

The Royal Merchant did not need to be searched, and Zhou You was confident that most of the antique artifacts would be salvaged from the water within a month.

Back in his room, Zhou You started to make a phone call, told Yan Fangqing and Lin Wei about his satellite phone, and began to discuss the salvage plan with Chakle.

After a thirty-five hour voyage, the Ranger entered the middle of the Atlantic, at a predetermined location in the south of Ireland.

Far from the main waterways and surrounded by no islands, it can be said that very few people have been here for thousands of years.

Before the Ranger arrived, the ship's communications were turned off, the jammers were turned on, and only the ship's red and white signal lights were still flashing.

Of course, this is just a precaution, and Zhou You doesn't believe that he will be so lucky to meet other ships here.

The signal was cut off, the jammer was turned on, and now the ship was an isolated island, completely out of contact with the outside world. Zhou You didn't ask the crew to hand over their phones, because there was no need at all, and if the jammer wasn't turned off, there was no way to even use his satellite phone, let alone an ordinary mobile phone.

However, a major inspection was carried out on the ship, and at Chacker's arrangement, all the crew members were divided into seven teams and cross-searched different areas of the ship in turn.

But to Zhou You's relief and nervousness, nothing was discovered.

It's a good thing that no one else has a satellite receiver installed on the ship, but the suspicious tour feels a little out of the ordinary. Because all his actions now should be noticed by many parties, and now that he is so calm, he feels that he has no bottom in his heart.

Since there is no spy equipment, it is likely that there are spies in your own crew. Anyway, to say that there were no spies on his ship, he didn't believe it at all.

He told Chuckle about his concerns, but Chuckel seemed a little unimpressed. "Boss, Captain Lim, many of them must have something to do with the Singapore government, you know that. Your relationship with the Singapore government is now in a honeymoon phase, and they are gradually leaning closer to you under the lure of a higher salary, and that's enough. Our actions did no harm to Singapore, so we don't have to worry about their subsequent reporting. On the contrary, I personally think that these 21 Spaniards, you have arranged them a little too hastily, and it is inevitable that there will be Spanish people among them, because I do not believe that the Spanish government will not plant people in the gang and gang. ”

"You mean I might have taken the initiative to bring the spy on board?"

"It's just a possibility."

Zhou You lowered his head and thought about it, there is indeed this possibility! The problem now is to prevent anyone from divulging the secret before it happens. As long as the wealth of the Royal Merchant falls into his pocket and the Ranger returns to Singapore, even if the British government knows about it, he is not afraid, and he will go to court if it is a big deal! As for Spain, I didn't dig into their corners this time, so I naturally didn't have the slightest worry about them.

The Ranger anchored in the waters near 10 degrees west longitude and 49 degrees north latitude, and then, in accordance with the predetermined procedure, began a two-day salvage exercise.

The water depth within 50 meters mainly depends on the ability of the frogman, and the water depth of more than 1,000 meters will compete with the advanced nature of the equipment.

And the water depth of about 150 meters mainly depends on the performance of the salvage ship.

The Ranger has been designed to be arguably the most advanced integrated salvage vessel available today, and the various auxiliary equipment on board is the most reliable, if not the most advanced, and has been tested in practice.

Compared with the American Guard-class salvage ship, the Ranger has no weapons, and the rationality of various equipment and configurations is higher than that of the Guard-class salvage ship.

Although the salvage of the Blackstone and Mercedes provided an opportunity for the crew to exercise, the water depth of 150 meters was the first attempt.

In the course of the two-day exercise, there were also many low-level mistakes, but none of them caused major accidents, which also put Zhou You's heart at ease.

However, in order to train everyone's proficiency, Zhou You's exercise period was extended by two more days. It wasn't until the various departments worked together that the Ranger set off again, heading for its true destination, the Isles of Scilly.

(To be continued.) )