Of the two deep-sea robots purchased by Zhou You, one is unmanned and the other is manned and cabled. The so-called unmanned cable is not loaded, simply by remote control, someone with a cable can be manned diving.

Because today's cable-free technology is kept secret by various countries as high-precision technology, or controlled by the military, no one is willing to sell it even if you want to buy it.

Although Singapore is not a member of the Paris Export Control Coordinating Committee, due to their close relationship with Europe and the United States, there are no restrictions on many high-end technologies.

It is also because of this relationship that Zhou You can buy these two robots without restrictions, and if he is still a citizen of the mainland, then it is impossible for him to buy these two robots.

However, because of his immigration status, he is still under strict control, and the two robots will be checked regularly, mainly because he is afraid that he will sell some sophisticated technical accessories to China.

Although Liang Hao received rigorous product training in the Netherlands, all his training was in shallow sea areas, and he had never tried to dive into a depth of 1,000 meters of water that could be dived by a manned person.

So when the two robots were installed, he asked with great interest: "When can we conduct a deep-sea exercise?" ”

"There will be a chance, but these two robots are too precise, and I am generally reluctant to use them, so let's wait until there is a goal."

"And when are we going to go to sea?"

Zhou You shook his head and sighed, "I'll talk about it when the typhoon passes." ”

Typhoons are rampant from August to October every year, and although Singapore is located in the equatorial windless zone and has no typhoons throughout the year, Indonesia has recently issued a typhoon warning.

In fact, the scope of the travel application is in the windless zone, but since Indonesia has issued an alert, it is not easy for him to take action directly at this time.

"Chakle, are the logistics on board ready?"

"Yes, there are no problems with our ships going directly to Argentina."

"Where's the food for the crew?"

Captain Lin Jiapei said: "The staple food is enough for all the crew for a month, but the vegetables and fruits are only for a week. ”

Zhou You nodded and said, "Before leaving, keep the existing storage capacity, and when the Indonesian side lowers the typhoon warning level, we will set off." ”

Now that the departure date has been set, the crew has begun to prepare before boarding the ship. Although the destination they went to this time was not far away, and they could even return to Hong Kong every day, no one would do that.

Take the Ranger as an example, the fuel consumption will reach about 450 liters after sailing for an hour, which is still an economic speed, and if you turn back and forth like this every day, you will have to burn at least a few thousand liters of diesel, which is not a small number, and there is no loss of calculation equipment.

Therefore, after the Ranger went to sea, it would choose a location that was not the main channel to anchor every day, and rely on the two light yachts on board to carry out the search work.

Each speedboat is equipped with a metal detector and two sonars, which are sufficient for the general search work.

When an anomaly is found, a frogman or a precision device on board will be used to further detect the anomaly.

Therefore, in the next time, Zhou You and the crew began to make various preparations, preparing compressed gas cylinders, training diving, involving routes, arranging types of work, although they have not yet gone to sea, but everyone is very busy.

On September 24, although it was Sunday, at six o'clock in the morning, the Ranger slowly left the dock where it was stationed, after sounding its flute.

Although there were Zhou You and his eighteen crew members and one cook on board, there were twenty soldiers in the Singapore Navy, plus five of them and one cook they sent, and there were six more people in the navy than them.

Zhou You didn't have the slightest worry, in his opinion, these people were just his free bodyguards.

The Ranger sailed out of Blarney Island and into the Singapore Strait, then gave way to the main channel and headed east.

Two hours later, the Ranger sailed out of the Singapore Strait, bypassing Bintan Island, and turned south.

From here on, it was all about the survey area he had applied for. However, when setting the survey plan, Zhou You had already decided that the initial stage of the survey would be from south to north to north.

On the one hand, it is to train the crew's ability as soon as possible and adapt to the environment on the ship, and on the other hand, Zhou You chose Tanjung Pandan on Belitung Island as the logistics base of the Ranger to give some benefits to the locals first.

This section of the voyage is nearly 600 kilometers, which can be reached in about 14 hours according to the economic speed of the Ranger, and consumes more than 5 tons of fuel.

However, I didn't want to go straight to Belitung Island on the first day, so I chose the second parallel of south latitude as my destination. The Ranger will anchor there, and use it as a starting point to search southward step by step, and finally complete the search between the second degree of south latitude and Belitung Island in seven days.

In fact, Zhou You was well aware of the location of the Blackstone's shipwreck, but he couldn't just go straight to the past in the first step. Instead, they are prepared to conduct a normal search first, and after arriving at Belitung Island, they will collect information from the mouths of local fishermen, and then conduct a targeted search.

Since the fifties and sixties, local fishermen have been salvaging various historical artifacts from the vicinity of Belitung Island, and there are countless legends of shipwrecks that have been passed down here.

The Blackstone was discovered because a fisherman's son worked in a cement factory in Germany, and he told it as a story to his boss, Tillman Walter Fahn, during his spare time.

However, when Tillman heard that the local fishermen would get their nets broken every time they fished, he suspected that there was a shipwreck somewhere, so he came to Belitung Island and came to the area that the fishermen were talking about.

Here he found not only the Blackstone, but also two other wrecked ships. Because of his impulsiveness, he obtained more than $20 million in reports.

Zhou You came prepared this time just to replicate his experience, so when he started sailing, he had already arranged for Lin Wei to come to the island to collect information here.

People who have never been to the sea will always think that sailing on the sea will be very romantic. Sunrise and sunset, strong winds and waves, there is only their own existence between heaven and earth.

But if you really let you live this kind of life, you will find it very boring. Otherwise, eight out of ten seafarers have mental problems.

Zhou You has seen more perverts at sea in his life than in mental hospitals, there are violent maniacs, there are nymphomaniacs, and of course, the most are depressed patients.

Most seafarers have to rely on cigarettes, hemp, alcohol, and women to anesthetize themselves, even the same is true of his travels in his previous life, without which he would have self-destructed.

He went to the underground boxing ring with Chuckle, not mainly because of money, most of the time it was just for excitement, and even if he lost, the pain would tell him that he existed.

Therefore, in order to alleviate the lonely life of the crew on the ship, and because his ship, which can accommodate 300 seafarers, is only designed with dozens of cabins, the space on the ship is very empty.

Zhou Yu designed an entertainment hall, a training ground, a boxing ring, and even a small bar on board. When all crew members are not working, they can enjoy similar entertainment as on shore.

Except that there are no women.

In fact, it is not taboo for women to get on board, and those cruise ships do not have many female passengers, and there are even a few women. If he hadn't been involved with the navy now, he would have even thought about arranging two girls on the ship, but of course not now.

"Captain, the Ranger has arrived at the predetermined latitude and longitude point, please instruct."

Lin Jiapei, who was sitting at the conference table with Zhou You, turned around and shouted: "Test the current azimuth hydrological situation, drop anchor, turn on the parking signal lights, contact the Indonesian maritime surveillance department, and report our location." At the same time, contact the home port and report our location. ”

Zhou You also raised his head from the pile of information in front of him, pinched his nose bone and said, "Chuckle, you also go and check the power situation on the ship, and we will continue to discuss it after dinner." ”

After twelve hours of sailing, the Ranger had arrived at its intended seas. Starting tomorrow, a large-scale survey will begin, and many things need to be arranged one by one by their leaders.

Chuckle nodded, lit a cigarette and said, "Boss, it's hard to believe that you are only twenty years old this year, and you have never been a captain and coordinated salvage operations. In my opinion, your plan is better than that of the Pentagon officials. ”

"Because I'm a genius, I was born to eat this bowl of rice." Zhou You laughed out loud, he liked to hear Chakr call him boss with a little respect, you know, in his previous life, he regarded himself as a younger brother and a son, and he had never had this kind of respect.

It's only six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun is hanging high in the distance, and it will take at least two hours before it slowly sets. "Put both speedboats down and put them on the tanks so you don't have to delay tomorrow."

Lin Jiapei immediately arranged it, and Chuckel walked to the door of the command room, turned his head and asked, "Boss, there is still a while, we can complete the last bet, right?" ”

Zhou You smiled even more happily and said, "Enquan, broadcast it, wait for everyone to finish, show everyone a show, and there will be prizes." ”

Yang Enquan, who was standing at the bridge, answered, looked at Chuckel and laughed.

Chuckel was still unconvinced: "I don't necessarily lose, even if I lose, these forty-six people don't have much money for wine!" ”

Although he was not convinced, his tone had softened a lot.

In terms of skill, Chuck fought with Zhou You three times, and none of them could win, so he proposed to compare with Zhou You.

Zhou You knew his details very well, of course he would not be afraid of him, and deliberately pretended to be embarrassed not to compare with him, but as a result, he seduced him and was willing to take the bet.

The stakes are not big, whoever loses will invite the people on the ship to drink, needless to say, Chuckel has an annual salary of 100,000 yuan, plus a bonus, and he doesn't pay attention to this bit of wine money.

After half an hour of busy work, the Ranger came to a steady anchor about 100 kilometers from Tanjung Pantan. This is the junction of the South China Sea and the Java Sea, with an average depth of about 50 meters, and the bottom of the sea is very flat with sand and mud and shells. (To be continued.) )