Chapter 43: Discovery
And Lin Fan was also bold, and directly slept with Zeng Xiaotong, which not only slapped the face of the Zhu family, but also lost the face of the Zeng family, I am afraid that the Zhu family and the Zeng family will not let him go in the future.
It's just that today's Zeng Xiaotong is indeed like a different person, radiant and radiant, plus she has an elegant temperament, standing on the bow of the ship like a fairy who has descended to the earth, attracting all the eyeballs.
"Xiaotong, she's playing with fire." Gao Xiao sighed in a low voice.
"She has always disliked Zhu Zicai, and what happened this time caused her best friend Hu Qingyan to disappear, which seems to be related to Zhu Zicai, so she did such an extreme thing." Wei Jiacheng's analysis makes some sense.
"But she shouldn't have led Lin Fan into this matter, with the background of the Zhu family and the Liu family, isn't Lin Fan going to suffer? What's more, after their Zeng family found out, they would definitely not let Lin Fan go. Do you say we should remind Lin Fan, after all, others are still good. Gao Xiao asked Wei Jiacheng with some hesitation.
"That's not necessary, if Xiao Dan doesn't want to harm Lin Fan, she should tell him everything. If she hadn't told Lin Fan, wouldn't we have offended her even if we went to say it, so let's pretend not to know anything and let it be. Wei Jiacheng shook his head and said.
"Captain, the fishing boat is a Japanese island beyond that." At this time, Lin Fan got a report from the engineering soldiers in the control center.
"Check out the exact location and pay attention to the southbound circumambulation around the edge of Japan's territorial waters." Lin Fan immediately instructed, because the International Convention on the Sea stipulates that within 20 nautical miles of the mainland coastline (including islands) of each country belongs to the territorial waters of each country, and within 200 nautical miles belongs to the exclusive economic zone of each country, and only beyond 200 nautical miles belongs to the high seas.
Of course, when in the sea, the demarcation of this boundary line is not so clear, which is why there are cases where fishing vessels of various countries accidentally enter the waters of other countries to fish, causing international disputes.
For a long time, there have been many fishermen in China, and they often collide with fishermen from Southeast Asian countries, and Southeast Asian countries have even sent warships to arrest Chinese fishermen from time to time, thus causing quite a small international dispute.
"Captain, ahead is the Okitori Reef in the Ogasawara Islands." The engineering warrior immediately replied, and passed on information about the Ogasawara Islands to Lin Fan.
The Ogasawara Islands are an archipelago of Japan in the Pacific Ocean, located more than 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. The archipelago consists of more than 30 small islands, including the famous Chichijima and Iwo Jima, as well as Okinotori Reef 700 km south and Minami-Torishima 1,900 km east of the Ogasawara Islands.
The highest point in the Ogasawara Islands is 463 meters above sea level. Subtropical oceanic climate with annual rainfall of 1,600 mm...... It consists of nearly 30 volcanic islands. The land area is 72.5 square kilometers.
As he spoke, Lin Fan had already seen through the telescope a reef island dozens of miles away, now about ten square kilometers in size, with some buildings on it, and two or three reefs faintly exposed in the seawater.
"It turns out that this is Okinotori Reef, but it is not really an island, but the Japanese Tian shamelessly advocates it." Lin Fan said with a smile, and at this time, the people on the fishing boat also saw the faint island in the distance on the left side of the boat.
Okinotori Reef was formed 25,000 years ago and originally consisted of six reefs, but due to erosion by waves over the years, it has been submerged or disappeared into the sea, and now only two reefs are exposed.
According to the records of the 1933 expedition, about five reefs in the area were exposed to the water, but by 1982 the number had been reduced to four. At present, there are only 2 left.
The reef is an elongated elliptical shape in the east-west direction, about 4.5 kilometers long from east to west, about 1.7 kilometers from north to south, about 11 kilometers in circumference, and the depth of the sea water in the lagoon is about 3~5 meters. There are two reefs at its western end: the East Outcrop and the North Outcrop.
The Middle East outcrops are usually 0.9 meters above the sea surface, the North Outcrops are usually 1.0 meters above the sea surface, and at the most time, the North Outcrops are 16 cm above the sea surface and the East Outcrops are 6 cm above the sea surface.
At low tide, the reef is 4.5 kilometers long from east to west and 1.7 kilometers from north to south. At high tide, only two reefs are exposed, Higashi Outcrop (known as Higashi Kojima in Japan) and Kita-Outw (Nishi-Kojima in Japan), with an area of 1.6 m2 and 6.4 m2 respectively.
Japan claims that Okinotori Reef is an island, and claims an exclusive economic zone of 470,000 square kilometers and an outer continental shelf of about 255,000 square kilometers on the basis of Okinotori Reef.
Since 1987, the reef has been built into an artificial island, including the construction of concrete walls, and the reef is less than 10 square meters.
However, according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the establishment of exclusive economic waters must be based on naturally occurring land, not on artificial "islands".
In response to Japan's claims, China, South Korea, and Taiwan have always maintained that Okinotori is a rocky reef rather than an island, and that Okinotori Reef cannot be inhabited by humans or sustain economic life, and that there is no basis for establishing a continental shelf.
According to article 121 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, islands are naturally occurring land areas that are exposed at high tide and should not include reefs that are not sustainable for human life, nor should they have exclusive economic zones and continental shelves.
"Even though there are only two reefs left, but they want to call it an island, it's a bit of a deer for a horse."
"Hehe, only the most shameless nation can have such a thick skin."
"You say, if these two reefs sink one day, will they make two reefs out of concrete?"
"Hahaha, it's entirely possible to say that the invasion of other countries is co-prosperity, and there are others who dare not be shameless?"
When they heard Lin Fan tell the story about this Rushing Bird Reef, everyone laughed, but their words made Lin Fan's heart move when he heard it, if they could add some blockage to those shameless guys, it might be a happy thing.
Of course, Lin Fan would not do this at this time, after all, their fishing boat was nearby, and it was entirely possible that if something happened, it would be called a spy by that shameless country, or even send a warship to deal with them.
"Look, there's a dolphin up ahead." At this moment, Wang Yuyan suddenly screamed, and everyone followed the reputation, and sure enough, a dolphin was found on the sea surface in front of the right, and while rushing out of the sea, it made a high-pitched sound, and the sound was pleasant, like a baby's cry.
"There are a lot of dolphins in the waters around the Ogasawara Islands, so there are many tourists who come here to see dolphins." Lin Fan also took out his mobile phone and began to take pictures.
"I've heard that you have to be lucky to see dolphins, so it looks like we had a lot of luck today." Hong Yan was very happy, standing on the side of the boat and asking Zhou Xiaolin to take a picture of her, and then took a photo with him.
"Behold, there are so many dolphins." Gao Xiao's surprised voice sounded, and sure enough, more than a dozen dolphins appeared on the sea, and they circled around several fishing boats all the way forward, jumping on the sea, screaming, and looking very excited.
"You say, these dolphins don't often see humans, so they're very lonely." Wang Biao suddenly said something at this time, causing everyone to laugh.
"Possibly, dolphins are very spiritual animals and are not afraid of humans, so they are also eager to communicate with humans. And there are really not many opportunities to encounter humans at sea, so once they encounter humans, they will appear in front of humans if they feel that they are not threatened. "Zhou Xiaolin knows a lot about marine life, and everyone feels that there is some truth after listening to it.
When the fleet was about to circumnavigate the 20-mile range of Okinotori Reef, a message suddenly came from the aircraft escorting the submarine escort: "Captain, the detection has found a large number of tuna in the northeast direction. ”
"What? Tuna? A huge school of tuna? When Lin Fan heard this, he even became short of breath, he knew the preciousness of tuna, and the last time he went to sea, he caught a bluefin tuna worth more than 10 million, so at this time, he was in good spirits when he heard it.
"Where are they?" After taking a few deep breaths, Lin Fan's eyes lit up, revealing a decisive look.
"Fifteen nautical miles from Okinotori Reef."
"Expand the detection radius to the surrounding area for fifty miles, and report any situation immediately." After Lin Fan gave the order, he immediately ordered the four fishing boats to turn around and head towards the sea where the tuna was found.
"Captain, two small fishing boats have been spotted more than 20 miles away from the sea where the tuna is located, and they are approaching the sea where the tuna is active." As soon as the flotilla turned, the news came from the aircraft.
"Just two small fishing boats? Are there any other fishing boats in the back? Lin Fan was stunned, but he didn't let the fishing boat stop.
"No, there are no other fishing boats within 50 nautical miles."
"Well, you interfere with their communication systems and orientation systems, and it would be better if you could steer them in other directions, and at the same time pay attention to the surrounding sea area, and extend the cordon to eighty nautical miles away." Lin Fan decided to make a big fight, so he immediately ordered four fishing boats to lower the flag of Huaguo.
"Fourth, what's going on? Why lower the national flag? Zhou Xiaolin hurriedly asked, he knew that stateless ships found on the sea, including the high seas, would be regarded as pirate ships, not to mention that this was close to the territorial waters of Japan.
"Hehe, I found a school of tuna in the territorial waters of Little Japan, can we let it go?" Lin Fan called Wang Biao and Zhou Xiaolin in front of him and told them the situation in a low voice.
"Really, it's something from Little Japan, of course I'm going to grab it." Wang Biao immediately supported.
"That's it, how many treasures of our country was looted by Little Japan back then, what is it for us to catch him and order tuna. Besides, this tuna grows in the sea, and it is not his nationality in Japan, so whoever catches it belongs to whomever he wants. Zhou Xiaolin was equally excited.
Lin Fan didn't let more people know about this, but Zhang Zhide was experienced, and the fishing boat turned to the back direction, and immediately judged that the fishing boat had entered the territorial waters of Little Japan, and the national flag on the fishing boat was lowered, and he immediately realized that Lin Fan was going to enter the territorial waters of Little Japan to fish.
"Captain, did you find anything good?" Seeing Lin Fan and the three of them muttering quietly there, he walked over and asked in a low voice. >