Chapter 225: Search and Rescue Operations
Anytime, anywhere, no matter where you are, Australia has your back.
This is a passage from the oath that every citizen of the Republic of Australia took when he became naturalized, and it seems to look familiar, much like the passage in the American passport book that later circulated on the Internet.
In any case, the Travelers have added this passage to the Citizenship Pledge of the Republic of Australia, and whenever newly naturalised immigrants read it, they will soon know what it means, even if they do not feel what it really means.
Lao Li returned home that night and thought more and more wrong, this wind and waves said that it would come during the day, and there was always no one that night, so it should be no problem for him to go fishing at night, so he said his thoughts to a few workers, but he didn't expect everyone to think the same.
This total decided to take the kerosene lamp, take advantage of the wind and waves, and come back more at night, so a group of five people quietly entered the port wharf with kerosene lamps, and went out to sea with the fishing boat assigned by the company.
Because of the system of special personnel and special boats implemented by the fishing fleet of the Far East Fishery, after each person is allocated a fishing boat, all the rights to operate the boat belong to the workers who operate it.
This gave Lao Li and others a great right to use it independently, and if the ship was taken care of by the company every time they got off work, they would not be able to go to sea at all.
It's just that they are all blinded by immediate interests, bent on making more money, and completely ignore the forecasts of the National Weather Service.
When their boat sailed out of the dock, as they rowed farther and farther, they were already about dozens of nautical miles away from the shore, and Lao Li and the others began to skillfully manipulate fishing nets and other tools for fighting fish. Sprinkle out to sea, hoping for a big catch tonight.
Just when a few people had just cast their nets and caught a lot of big fish, even more than during the day, and the cabin was getting fuller and fuller several times, and it was really impossible to load, they were ready to return to the sea.
But when they were about to sail back, they suddenly felt a strong wind blowing, and then the wind and waves became stronger and stronger, and the five of them were all old fishermen.
On the other side, the workers of the Manchester Far East Company, who were responsible for inspecting the ships every night, found that the five fishing boats were missing, and immediately reported the news to the company's duty leader, who found the users of the five boats by comparing the number statistics, and immediately sent people to the five-person dormitory to inquire.
I inquired only to find that everyone was not there, and finally learned that I actually went to sea, which frightened the little leader, the National Meteorological Bureau said, to get the sea breeze, not allowed to go to sea, now go to sea is not looking for death.
The situation was reflected one by one, and finally reflected to the Manchester City Government, and the Mayor Guo Li immediately reported the situation to the Navy Department and asked for their help, because at this time Manchester City could clearly feel that the sea breeze blowing was getting stronger, and it was no longer something that the Manchester City Government could not solve.
At this time, the families of the five people also felt that the situation seemed to be wrong, and their family members were likely to die, dying at sea, and they all knelt on the ground crying and begged the mayor to save their men, as long as they could be saved, they would ensure that they would not make mistakes.
Mayor Guo Li didn't dare to agree at this time, whether he could save people or not was not up to him, it depended on the navy department, and it was not something he could mobilize.
General Wang, now the fate of the five workers in the Far Eastern fishing industry is uncertain, can you give an explanation, whether to save or not. Guo Li asked Wang Tiehammer with an anxious face.
Wang Tiehammer and other naval leaders did not seem to have any concerns, after all, unlike the sea rescue in later generations, they can rely on radio or satellite positioning to know where the person who needs to be rescued is.
Now it is not a question of rescue or not, but if the navy dispatches warships to sea, the scope of the search is also very large, according to the current forecast of the National Meteorological Bureau, the sea surface wind force reaches level eight, such a strong wind must dispatch the Sea Blue, and the risk coefficient of those modified Western ships going to sea does not have to be much lower than those small fishing boats.
"Mayor Guo, the problem now is not the rescue problem, but which direction we are going in the vast sea, as far as you know, their relatives don't know which sea area they are in, and the danger factor for us to go out like this is also very great."
Wang Tiezhu explained that it is not that they will not go to the rescue, but now they have to study which body of water they may be in, so that the possibility of a successful rescue will be greater.
"But, General Wang, when will you do this research, maybe when you find out that the person will no longer be there." Guo Li is anxious, after all, human life is a major matter.
"I will inform people to go to sea and study on the ship," perhaps this sentence touched Wang Tiezhu, who immediately put away the chart and walked towards the outside of the conference room.
When he walked out of the conference room and entered the courtyard, the family members of Lao Li and the others, perhaps under the guidance of others, immediately ran over and knelt down like Wang Tiehammer and other admirals, begging to save their families.
"Ladies and sisters-in-law, don't worry, we will do our best, we are going to the sea to rescue, you are waiting for our news at home." Wang Tiehammer stepped forward to help the group and said.
When I came to the port, I watched Wang Tiehammer and others board the Shanghai Blue No., and after the whistle sounded, they slowly sailed out of the port, and at this time the people on the shore slowly calmed down.
"Captain, where did we start the search, according to the people in the Far East fishermen, they usually operate in the waters east of Manchester City, did they go there to search first. An old crew member of the Sea Blue cordially asked Wang Tiezhu's opinion. Wang Tiezhu looked at the map spread out on the table and nodded, indicating affirmation.
Ten minutes later, the Sea Blue sailed into the sea east of Manchester City, and did not find any ships and people overboard in the nearby sea under the 360-degree search of the high beam searchlight, at this time the wind at sea has been close to level six, according to Wang Tiehammer's judgment, the wind level is still increasing, if the five people are not found in time, their hope of survival will be very slim.
After searching for more than 50 nautical miles east of Manchester City, but nothing was found, and at this time, Wang Tiehammer also seemed to see something from the chart, squinting at the sea area behind him.
"If you look north, the fishery resources in this area are very rich, and you may be able to find something accidental."
The Sea Blue slowly sailed towards the north, the high beams on the bow of the ship kept rotating back and forth to search, and suddenly there were some abnormal situations on the sea surface about five hundred meters ahead, it seemed that something was floating on the sea, and as the distance got closer and closer, it could be clearly seen that it was five small wooden boats connected together.
The Navy personnel in charge of directing the rescue lowered one of the assault boats and headed for the five boats.
Ten minutes later, when Lao Li and others were rescued from the Shanghai Blue without danger, they were already moved to tears, and then they really felt the oath they read when they became naturalized, no matter where you are, Australia will be your strong backing.