Chapter 324: Flowing Bay (Part II)
"Vega...... Vega...... It...... This time in the east! Chen Badai suddenly discovered that Vega had appeared on the starboard side of the ship, and the bow of the ship was facing the north at this time.
"I see! The Poseidon already knew that he had lost his way, and the currents and wind direction could no longer make the injured Poseidon return to the Faroe Islands to the south, and he was trying his best to ride the west wind to the coast of the mainland to the east, and when the weather was bad, in the vast ocean, the bright Vega was the constellation they navigated! Chen Badai shouted, if this is the case, all this can be explained clearly, the chaotic voyage record of the Poseidon, the captain who sailed in the calm Mediterranean, got lost in the ocean, and the captain left the only hope of survival, after the first mate took over the captain, in order to survive, desperately wanted to ride the storm blowing to the mainland to get closer to the coastline, but the Poseidon was lost too far, all the efforts of the first mate failed to save the lives of the Poseidon and everyone on it, when the Poseidon was blown into the Devil's Channel, Its fate has been decided by the storm!
Chen Badai knew where he was going to find the Poseidon, he stood up, hurriedly walked into the cockpit, and drew a coordinate on the chart: "Let's go here." ”
"Here?! Are you sure? The captain looked at the nautical coordinates.
"Yes, I'm sure ......," Chen Badai affirmed.
"God, if you really want to go anywhere, we're the fastest to get to the east of the ocean, but now we're stuck in this damn devil's passage, and I don't have an underwater radar ......," Captain Stanley grumbled, "If we had known where it was, we shouldn't have come here!" ”
"Complaining won't solve the problem." Chen Badai said meaningfully, and threw the underground topographic map and route map of the Devil's Passage to the captain, "Follow the route, and I will guarantee the safety of your ship." ”
Captain Stanley took the chart and looked at it several times with suspicion, and as an experienced sailor at sea, he could see that the chart was correct.
"Poor, how did you get it?" Captain Stanley asked.
"The Cyclops brought it to me." Chen Badai pointed to the comet in the sky, and it was necessary to remain mysterious at this time.
"Okay...... But in the eyes of us seafarers, it was a bad omen. The captain said seriously.
"Whatever." Chen Badai felt that no matter whether the comet was a good omen or a bad omen, it was now time to go to E1 Migration Bay.
"Are we going to chase the Calamity?" The pilot saw that Chen Badai was gone, and the captain was setting up the course and asked.
"Perhaps." The Virgen restarted and pointed its bow in the direction of the comet.
"Mr. Min, I'll give you a coordinate and route map, well, I don't think you have to risk breaking into the Devil's Passage." Chen Badai contacted Mr. Min.
The crew of the Virgen felt the ship moving, and went in the direction of the comet, and there was a lot of talking, and after midnight, the third mate went to the cockpit to change the captain to rest, and saw the new course and coordinates on the navigator, and felt a little uneasy.
The Princess Sirapel who was racing at high speed in the ocean had already left Mr. Min's Black Diamond Prince without a trace, but the proud Tchaikov didn't know that the Prince turned south and moved towards the latest position given by Chen Badai.
The Princess reached the northern part of the Devil's Passage at midnight, and the ship stopped with its engines extinguished.
"Questions?" Tchaikov came to the cockpit, and now he was only a few dozen nautical miles from the Virgen and was about to catch up.
"Big problem...... We don't have route information here. Captain Roger frowned.
"As an experienced ocean-going sailor, I don't think this will bother you." Tchaikov smiled, "I hope to see the Virgen by noon tomorrow." ”
Captain Rogev made an OK gesture and ordered: "Turn on the submarine radar!" ”
The Princess Sirapel is fully equipped with undersea terrain radar, and because of the help of high technology, Captain Roger felt that it was not much of a problem to pass through the Devil's Passage.
As the ship slowly restarted, the echoes of Haitian radar mapped the reef and topography below the surface on the computer, forming a three-dimensional underwater topographic map, and Captain Roger would map the Princess's course based on the underwater topography and hydrological conditions.
Tchaikov looked at the coordinates on the navigator, and the third mate had not given him any new information, which proved that the Virgen was still there, and the hyenas were about to catch up with the cheetah.
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"Stop the boat! Anchor! "After a night of sailing, the Holy Maiden crossed the spider-web-like channel, thanks to Clark's chart, arrived at the coordinate point designated by Chen Badai at dawn, the ocean here is too calm, the sea to the east, several reef peaks are raised, about 100 meters high, this is the top of the ancient mountain range, when the mountain sink and is submerged by the ocean, the arc of the mountain line here blocks the ocean current, after the turbulence converges here, it forms a migratory current, counteracting the impact of other turbulence, and the valley under the ancient mountain range, It is the wreck site predicted by Chen Badai.
The anchor chain was released with a clatter, and the anchor finally reached the bottom of the sea.
"The water depth is 80 meters......" The captain looked at the depth gauge, this water depth is not too deep, and it is still within the range of divers.
The third mate looked a little distracted, and after the captain returned to the cockpit, he hurriedly handed over his shift and hurried to find a place where no one was.
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"Reverse! Reversing! Steady, speed 5 knots! "When the Virgen reached anchor in Echo Bay, the Princess Sirapel was in trouble, and the bad course conditions in the Devil's Passage greatly exceeded Captain Rogoff's expectations.
The tonnage and hull of the Princess Sirapel are too large, and some of the reefs looming under the seabed are almost close to the sea, and the Princess with a draft of more than 3 meters can't run over, but in some places where the water is deep, the channel is too narrow to accommodate the princess's too wide body.
"Gaga...... Ga ...... "The Princess was on the bottom when it was reversing, and there was a noise from the bottom of the ship rubbing against the reef.
"Damn it!" Captain Roger scolded, "The engine is down, 2 knots are reversed!" Left rudder 15 degrees ......"
In the complicated route, Roger chose a not very good route, according to his experience, after passing the narrowest part just now, the route should be widened, but it backfired, the Princess entered the channel less than 5 nautical miles, the channel narrowed, not to mention, the reef in front of it was almost level on the sea, and it was impossible to turn around here, so he had to reverse slowly, twisting the huge hull, and slowly reversing backwards.
"Gaga...... Squeak...... "The port side of the Princess, scraped against the reef, and the sound was harsh.
"Oh! Rogoff, your ship will have to be repainted when it gets back. Pandey, who was in the cockpit, said half-jokingly.
"Shut up, you crashed old man!" Roger also made a joke to ease the tension.
"Gaga...... Ga...... Grog ......" As soon as Roger finished speaking, the boat shook and scratched the starboard side to the reef.
Tchaikov's plan to catch up with the Virgen before noon seemed to be failing, and Tchaikov, who was standing on the edge of the railing, looked a little unhappy at the looming reefs that were close at hand.