Chapter 13: The Storm (Part II)

Keely said in a solemn voice, "Understood," then turned around, pointed at Felinan and the other two sailors, and said, "You guys, go and get the wind wire rope," and then pointed at Vito and said, "You, follow me." With that, he opened the hatch and rushed to the foredeck in the face of the torrential rain that made people unable to open their eyes.

Vito's mind flashed, and in a blink of an eye, he had already made a decision, and rushed out with him, with him as an example, and the other two were much bolder, and followed the rest of the sailors behind to the deck.

It was already morning, but it was pitch black, the dark clouds kept all the light out of its sphere of influence, the wind swept the vicious waves, stirring the vast sea into the boiling sky, and the giant of steel with a displacement of seven or eight thousand tons and strong power was like a dead leaf falling into the sea in front of the rolling waves, at the mercy of the waves.

Previously, Barron had turned off the satellite communication system with the pilot center, so that the Moon Worship was in silent mode, but the super storm came so suddenly that the weather forecast Barron received before did not reflect it at all, let alone give it an early warning.

In the face of such a harsh natural environment, the four people on the ship are all first, and it takes great courage. As the only synthesizer among them, Vito has never understood the power of storms and tsunamis, his heart trembles, but he also has excitement, the so-called ignorant fearless, maybe it is him, it is because he doesn't understand and never see, so he wants to really appreciate it, let his heart grow in the storm, he doesn't understand the relationship between wind direction, wind speed, ocean currents, rainfall and navigation, he can't mix blindly, that's Barron's business, now what he has to do is to repair the ship's malfunction according to Keeley's command.

The wire rope that holds the mast lifting rod is broken, which causes the rod to loosen, and it may be blown down or even blown down by the fierce hurricane, and then smash other hull equipment. In fact, the maintenance is very simple, just re-butt and compress the broken wire rope with a wire buckle, and then fix it with an electric grinder. The same is true for the metal antenna in this section, only the metal body of the antenna is temporarily tied with a cable tie or a wire card temporarily, which is not very difficult for most people in normal times. But in such bad weather, it will be very difficult, because the hull of the ship is swaying under the collision of hurricanes and waves, and people can't stand normally, let alone climb to the position of the highest mast to tie up, there are VHF antennas and radar antennas at the highest part of the mast, and in such weather conditions, there will be lightning strikes at any time, maybe it will be struck by lightning, then it will be worthless to die.

Judging from Kieley's words and deeds, he is a qualified sailor, he carries out the captain's orders to the letter, he does not change his face in the face of such a super storm, and his psychological quality is also worthy of admiration, and he is not the kind of reckless reckless man, before climbing, he first raised his head and observed the sky, at this time the dark clouds were still covering the sky, the wind was fierce, and the rain was pouring down, but the lightning was not as frequent as just now, and it was not in the sea area where the ship was at this moment.

Seeing this, Keeli wrapped the safety rope around his waist around the mast and shouted at Vito, "Follow me, don't be afraid, we have overcome more wild storms than this." Looking at his fearless and resolute face, Vito suddenly felt a heroic aura rising from the bottom of his heart, he did not have the fearless ignorance that he had not seen before, and instead of the courage to fight, at this moment, a fearless warrior began to form and began to grow, the once cowardly, accustomed to standing behind the synthetic Vito is gone, standing between the vast sea and the sky and the earth is a brave warrior - the synthetic Vito.

He learned Keeley's movements, and also wrapped the safety rope around the mast on his waist, and then raised his head and glanced at the towering mast, on the top of the mast, layers of communication antennas and radar antennas, overlapping and overlapping, staggered, under the shaking of the storm, making a creaking and creaking sound.

Keeley had already begun to climb, he took off his coat to reveal his sailor's vest, the muscles on his arms showed his strong body, he climbed the ladder fixed to the side of the mast, double* alternately, but each foot was very steady, and after he had stepped on the ground, he took a second foot, and so on step by step, he climbed to the top of the mast.

Vito followed his footsteps, stepped on his steps, resisted the wind, let the rain wash on his body, and then fell to the ground along the lines of his body, his clothes were made of nano materials, all of which had rainproof functions, but the rain flowed from the neckline and cuffs, soaking their bodies, causing great discomfort to the human body, affecting the flexibility and speed of action.

More than 20 meters of mast, it took more than 20 minutes for the two to climb to the top, Vito did such a thing for the first time, several times out of the air, almost fell from mid-air, the fall could not fall, because of the protection of the safety rope, will hang him in the air, but it is also thrilling enough. Fei Li Nan and Qiu Wuxi, who were connecting the wire rope of the crane pole with other sailors on the deck, worked together to buckle the broken wire with the wire clamp and tighten the screws while facing the heavy rain, and looked up to sweat for Vito in mid-air.

The satellite antenna is broken by the tension of the wire rope to break the strength of the instant shake, it is not difficult to repair, the difficulty is to operate in such a harsh environment, Keely dragged the broken antenna to the top of the mast with a tow rope, and when it was pulled to the end, it was necessary for Vito to help pull it, because the wind began to increase again, and the blowing people, ladders, masts, antennas, etc. Everything was constantly shaking, blowing the clothes on the body and making a hunting sound, bringing endless resistance to people, and it was difficult for people to lift their hands and feet. And at this time it was early winter, and the air was cold, and such a strong wind could only make people feel colder, and they didn't feel it very much when they were on the deck at first, but at this time they were in mid-air, Vito felt cold in his limbs, and his body began to tremble, in order to emit a lot of heat and maintain the temperature of his body.

"Help.... Hold on to ,..... I got it..... Hold firm. Vito heard Kiely's scattered words, he also responded loudly "Okay", and nodded vigorously, reached out to hold the broken antenna that was about a few meters long and weighed several pounds, Kieli began to tie, but the wind was still strengthening, the so-called antenna was a conductor of good material, similar to the thickness of steel bars, but under the action of the wind, Vito felt that his hand could not hold it, he gritted his teeth, and tried to hold the two ends of the antenna together, so that Keeli could complete the binding. At this time, the rain on his eyebrows slowly solidified, forming ice glass, his lips began to tremble, and his upper and lower teeth collided, making a gurgling sound, but he still insisted, if he let go of his hand, the antenna would fall off the deck again, and he would inevitably have to start all over again, and at that time, it would be difficult to say whether he still had the physical strength to complete it.

"Alright, let go!" The strong wind blew Kieli's words down Vito's ears, Vito's heart suddenly loosened, and his hand was also loosened, it had been completed, Keeley's binding was very fine, he tied up and down in three places, each of which was more than 20 centimeters long, so that the contact surface was enough, ensuring the firmness of the components and ensuring the smoothness of the satellite signal.