"Those who descend will not die!" In the shouts of the sailors. Soon many people came out of the deck and the cargo pile, kneeling on the deck one by one, waiting for the departure. Ruan Xiaowu took care of everyone and tied them up, sent them off the boat one by one, and escorted them back to Lingao to await trial.

Then many bound people were found from below deck, all of them sailors, merchants, and the like on the ship. Ruan Xiaowu didn't bother to screen them one by one, and the caregiver was also sent back to Lingao. These unlucky people trembled, and they didn't know which way of being a good man they had fallen into.

Ruan Xiaowu led the people to search one more layer below, and the cargo hold below the deck was full of goods, and it seemed that the pirates had not had time to snatch too many things - in addition, their main target was fine and soft, and they were not interested in heavy goods such as porcelain, although they were turned over in a mess, most of the things were still there.

"So many good things." Several sailors were whispering -- from the first day of enlistment, "all seizures must be returned to the public, no booty is allowed to be hidden, and no money is allowed to be plundered by the people" is the discipline that has been repeatedly instilled by the group, and they also know that the fate of breaking the ban is very terrible. But even so, when a large amount of goods is in front of you, people can't help but have to be active. But the little non-commissioned officer in front of him had an invulnerable, iron-faced and selfless appearance. The soldiers did not dare to think much about it - this was the exemplary role of the officers.

"All access hatches are sealed." Ruan Xiaowu ordered, and arranged for someone to pack up the corpses and scattered goods. Wait for someone to take over.

Chen Haiyang was very happy to receive the report. The recent sea bandits have been nothing more than a charity without oil and water, and all they have gained is a few battered boats and a bunch of ragged captives. Now I have heard that such a large ship of four or five hundred tons has been picked up, and it is loaded with a shipload of goods, and even the Type 67 landing craft, which is reluctant to use in normal times, has been sent out to transport a company of sailors and three cannons, in case someone comes to grab this trophy.

When Wen Desi heard that he had a big ship, he didn't care about a bunch of administrative affairs, so he organized a task force under the pretext of helping the boat tow the trap, and also set off with the ship. Of course, the landing craft also included the members of the Planning Commission -- those who went to register to receive the spoils of war -- and the members of the Planning Commission are now called "ubiquitous vultures." This "vulture" is a young man named Sun Xiao. He wore black homespun overalls and a red armband on his arm, on which was written the word "Ji" in seal characters. Carrying a homespun satchel for the personnel of the Planning Commission, this kind of schoolbag is much larger than the satchel used by the army and navy, and can be stuffed with more account books and loose-leaf paper. It is also embroidered with four large red characters: "For the exclusive use of the Planning Commission."

"Five-masted ship!" When the Daguang ship appeared in Wen Desi's sight, he couldn't help but pat the handrail, this is the first time he has seen this kind of large Chinese sea ship with his own eyes. Where would there be such a ship on the high oceans! That's a big gain.

Zhan Wuya was also taken aback when he saw such a large wooden boat: "At least three hundred tons!" ”

"To put it mildly, this ship has a displacement of five hundred to six hundred tons." Wen Deji is very interested in this.

"Can a traditional Chinese wooden boat be built so big?"

"The 10,000-ton wooden ship that some people boast about cannot be built. Among the common sea vessels in China, the Spaniards recorded that there were 800-ton sailing ships that came to Manila for trade. Such a ship of five or six hundred tons is not a rarity. ”

The landing craft met with the 101 boat next to the sandbar. Lelin has been waiting for her for a long time. Seeing that Mr. Wen also came in person, he hurried to report the situation.

"I'm not busy, let's talk about the patrol boat first." This was the first time that his patrol boat had participated in actual combat, and Wen Desi wanted to know the direct feelings of the front-line personnel.

"Good."

"Good?" Wen Desi thought that this feedback was too simple, but at least it showed that the whole was fine.

"Any questions?"

"This-" Le Lin couldn't think of any specific questions for a while, and the battle summary meeting hadn't been held yet.

"The machine gun is too hot, and after less than ten rounds of bullets, the wooden pallet is about to burn."

"It stands to reason that it won't." Wen Desi thought to himself that the unit's Minnie rifle was not loaded with more than a dozen or twenty rounds in a row, and it was about to burn up, and ten rounds with one barrel would overheat?

"It's true, and it's shaking too much. There is no accuracy, the ballistics are chaotic, and the power is not bad. ”

"Possibly." Zhan Wuya looked at the "typewriter", and the two shooters were disassembling the cooled barrels one by one and wiping them one by one. One of the big problems with paper-wrapped bullets is that there is a lot of residue in the body tube.

"The cluster barrel, without a heat dissipation device, is directly fixed together, making it more difficult to dissipate heat."

"Go back and hand in a report to the weapons team of the Industrial Energy Commission, and see if you can add a heat sink or something." Wen Desi was not very interested in this kind of multi-barreled gun, and in his opinion, it was a small effort to make a Maxim machine gun out of stock spring parts, and it was difficult to solve the problem of mass production of metal cartridges to make this retro stream of things.

"How's the rope?"

"The steering is flexible, this boat is so well designed by you." Lelin has now learned to compliment leadership, too.

The 101 boat performed well in the battle, with no major damage to its hull and deck facilities, and few casualties. Of course, the intensity of the battle itself was not great, after all, the pirates were not determined to fight them to the death. But that's exactly what it was designed for.

As for the trophy, Lelin said that the entire ship had been searched, and both the living and the dead had been cleaned up.

“…… All the captives have been taken away, and their bodies have been thrown into the sea. There is still a lot of cargo on this ship, and there is no ship to unload it for a while, so let's wait for the big ship to float and drive away. ”

"The goods are to be unloaded. Otherwise, the ship will not be able to float. Wen Desi looked at his watch, and then looked at the sea, now it was full tide, and the sandbar was completely submerged under the water, but the ship was still stranded, and it was impossible not to unload the liliang who was counting on the tide.

"Let's take a look around the boat."

Several men rowed their sampans around the big boat, and the bow of the boat ran aground on the sandbar, and the bow of the boat was so deep that it seemed that the stewardsman had hit the bow directly into it in a panic.

"It seems to be very deep, and you can't float without external force." Wen Deji evaluated.

"It's not that simple," Munder said. The bow of the ship is struck by such an external force, there must be damage, you see that it has signs of sinking. It is necessary to drain the bulkhead and repair it first. ”

He glanced at the sea, looked at the somewhat inclined hull, and said, "At present, we have two ways to drag the danger: one is to wait for the next time when the most ** comes out, use the boat tow to pull it out of the shallows; The other is to float it up with a floating bucket. ”

"There are a lot of iron cylinders, but now they are all occupied by various units. You have to call everyone to vacate the air. "Zhan Wuwu hesitated, in fact, the main occupation is the departments under the Labor and Energy Commission.

"It's still the first option. Put it here, the night is long, and the dreams are many. When Wen Desi saw this property, he was very relieved.

"How damaged is the ship?" Sun Xiao said. The fact that the people who are assigned to the program are always concerned about costs and outputs, which may have something to do with the fact that most of them come from accounting backgrounds.

"I don't think it hurts too much. Although the sail cable is completely lost, the mast is there, and then the sail is repaired - you don't have to repair it completely, you can run. Although it can be driven slower, it is too slow to let the 67 boat tow. ”

"That's a lot of work." Zhan Wuya looked at the huge hull.

"It's okay, call me Chen Haiyang."

When Chen Haiyang heard that there was a lot of loot on the big ship, he immediately agreed to send additional ships and sailors to bring over to carry the goods. There were also some necessary equipment, jishu personnel also brought with the ship.

The most ** has to wait until nightfall, and Wen Desi decided to make preparations now. The sailors brought in by the landing craft climbed onto the deck first. A set of hoisting poles was quickly assembled on the deck, and then the guns, ammunition and related supplies brought with them were hoisted onto the deck. Wen Desi and others also boarded the big ship.

The deck had been cleared by Ruan Xiaowu's organization, and the sailors had set up their guns on the stern. A tent was also set up on the deck for them as a temporary command post.

When the reinforced fleet arrived, more than a hundred sailors were busy for five hours before they unloaded the contents of the hold and hoisted them from the deck to the sailing ships below in order to reduce the weight of the hull. In addition to a large number of common export trade goods, such as porcelain, silk, and medicinal materials, there were also many low-cost cold goods such as stoneware, ironware, and pewter. It took several rounds for the convoy to unload two-thirds of the cargo. Some of the remaining cargo is ready to come in handy when it comes to floating.

When Mundt inspected the hull, he found that there were two cracks in the left Kao waist plate. Fortunately, the boat was slightly tilted, the opening was above the waterline, and there were spare materials on board, so Mengde asked the shipyard workers to process the closed gap on site.

Upon inspection of the hull and bilge, Munder found that it had not suffered significant damage from the grounding. There is water at the bottom of the boat, but the water is not deep. It's just that the bow of the ship is embedded in the sand very deeply, and it can only be done when it is in the most ** position.

After inspecting the interior, Mundt swam to the bottom of the ship to find out where the gap was and whether it had hurt the keel.

"There's a gap down there, it's not big." Munder poked his head out of the stagnant water in the bilge and gasped, "We need to pump the water clean and replenish it." As soon as the tide goes down, we pump the water immediately. ”

So the pump was lifted from the sailboat, and the pump was human. The sailors took turns pumping the water, which quickly drained the stagnant water, and several shipyard workers immediately threw themselves into the work of repairing the defects - they had to finish the leaks before the tide rose.

Eventually, all the gaps in the boat were filled, and the sail lines were cleaned again. The five masts were unharmed, except that the sail cables on them were destroyed in the fierce battle when the pirates jumped aboard. Barely clear one side that can be used, and repair it with other remnants of sail surface and sailwood.

All that's left is to figure out how to get the boat out. It's a pity that the tide in the strait is not too high......

He also took care of the sailors to carry the rest of the cargo, ironware, stoneware, and the rest of the ship's food, to the rear of the ship, so that the stern could be held down and the bow of the ship could be lifted out of the bunker.

zuihou, tie a wire rope to the boat, and fix the other end to the Type 67 landing craft, waiting for the full tide. With the buoyancy of seawater, the boat is pulled out of the shallows by landing craft towing.

By the time these things were done, it was the middle of the night, and everyone was exhausted. The wind was weakening, and a few former soldiers observed the color and arrangement of the clouds, and found that the wind tended to increase.

"It's a good thing, when the time comes, we'll be able to hang up the sails and use some of the wind." "Let's rest," said Mund, "for we will have more work to do." ”

It was not possible to sleep directly on the deck, but the wind did not start to increase, and it was also funny that it was raining. They had to spend the night in the jumbled stern, which had been turned over by pirates because it was home to the ship's leading figures. Everyone lay down on the floor of the cabin and their clothes. The night watch guard was arranged by Lelin's fleet.

In the second half of the night, Wen Desi, who was dozing off, suddenly felt the hull of the ship shake.

"It's coming! Get up! ”

Everyone watched as the long little waves of the sea rolled up one after another, the sandbar gradually disappeared, the time for the floating operation was approaching, and the sense of impatience filled everyone's mind, and everyone was overly nervous, no one spoke, and they were all waiting for orders.

Wen Desi had already descended to the landing craft by this time, and was intently observing the tide, and he glanced at the two long and tight wire ropes with uneasy looks.

"Raise the sails!" Wen Desi called to Meng De on the deck of the big ship on the walkie-talkie, "Pay attention to the windward side!" ”

The hastily mended sail rose on the midmast—"The rise and fall of a hard sail is fast," and before he could turn the tide, at four o'clock the tide rose to its maximum height, and this was the moment when the tide had not yet set. Gotta hurry and never be too late!

"Full speed!" Wen Deji shouted.

The main engine of the 67 boat immediately increased the power output to the maximum, and the rows of colorful indicators on the console flashed wildly.

The sails of the big ship were trembling and tearing under the impetus of the wind, and Meng De noticed that there was a crack in the place he had just mended, and he hoped that he could hold up until the ship floated.

The liliang of the wind, the action of the tide, plus the towing of the landing craft. The hull of the big ship seemed to move and creak.

"The ship is moving." Meng De shouted in a raincoat with the walkie-talkie hidden in his chest.

"Good. Take care of everyone. "There was the voice of Wen Desi and the loud roar of the engine over the intercom. Monde couldn't help but look at the lights of the landing craft on the sea in the distance—they were rising and falling in the waves.

The water rose even more violently, swelling the belly of the boat and pushing it outward. Several times the hull was felt fluttering, as if it was about to float.

The wind blew harder, and Monde heard the creaking of the masts and the screaming of the ropes. The rain was so hard that he couldn't open his eyes.

"The boat is floating, work harder!" He shouted over the walkie-talkie.

"It's overloaded—"

Suddenly, a gust of wind struck, and the hull of the ship shook violently, and the sails suddenly let out a sharp scream.

"It's broken!" Munder thought it was a torn sail. Sure enough, a huge black shadow smashed down on him, and immediately knocked him unconscious.

But at this moment, the ship had already floated by this force, and shook violently on the surface of the sea, and the straightened wire rope made a terrible whistling sound, and the legs of the landing craft were weak in an instant.

The boat finally stabilized in the wind and rain, and then left the sandbar under the tow of the landing craft. At daylight, the flotilla returned to Bopu, and when the never-before-seen Chinese five-masted galleon was towed into the harbor, there was a commotion among the crossing crowds on the shore, and many people came to watch.

Meng De was sent to the health center in Bopu. Because he suspected that he had a fracture, he hurriedly sent a car to take him to the Bairen General Hospital to take an X-ray machine. After the consultation, the hippo declared that Monte's life was fine: two ribs were broken + a slight concussion - the helmet saved his life, otherwise the skull would not have been saved. After the examination, Zhang Ziyi injected him with a sedative and made him fall asleep.

"I've lost a major captain and instructor." Chen Haiyang shouted that he had suffered heavy losses, and Meng De would not be able to work for at least a few months.

"It's okay, you've got a big ship." Wen Desi said, "If you repair it, it can become the level of a sail capital ship under the transformation." ”

The inventory of all the goods on the ship lasted for 48 hours before it was completely over, seeing the thick account book that Sun Xiao brought to him, Ma Qianzhu felt that he had made a windfall, not only the number of goods was large, but also a wide variety, especially on daily necessities, which was very beneficial to solve the current shortage of daily necessities in Lingao.

However, these goods are very strange, not packed and stacked according to types, but many different goods are mixed and stacked together, and different bamboo sticks are hung on them, and names are written on them. It seems to be the goods of different merchants.

"In addition to the owner himself, there are probably several merchant rental cabins on this ship." Ma Qianzhuo saw the name tags piled on the table.

"If they were still alive, we wouldn't be able to confiscate the goods." Sun Xiao said.

Ma Qianzhu disagreed: "I guess it's all dead." The ownerless is in the possession of the discoverer. ”

However, it turned out that Ma Qianzhu's wishful thinking was played too early. He was using the calculator and the mountain of application forms for each department to calculate the allocation plan when Ran Yao slipped in.

"Duke, things are a little troublesome."

"What's the matter?"

"During the interrogation of the prisoners, it was found that many of the merchants on the ship were still alive."

"That's it!" Ma Qianzhuo couldn't help but pause his pen, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, he slowly put the pen on a jade pen stand, and said: "It's hard to say, there is a chance that pirates are pretending to be merchants......"

"No, I found a passenger list on the ship, which showed the names of the guests and the number and type of goods. The confrontation is correct. ”

According to the results of the examination by the Political Security Bureau, the ship was built with the funds of a gentleman surnamed Hai in Qiongshan County, and in addition to his own cargo, there were also 38 merchants on board, each with their own goods. (

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