"Further out is the mouth to the sea!" Wei Qiming slowed down the ship and shouted outside the cockpit, "I don't know if the sand boat can hold it down." ”

Beyond the estuary, the sea breeze is much stronger, and in the distance there is a vast area of yellow-green water.

"This is a flat-bottomed boat, and the draft is shallow, so it's no problem to run the inland river, but if you want to cross the river and cross the sea, I'm afraid it's impossible." Wang Ping shook his head, "Although there have been records of such flat-bottomed ships sailing in the coastal waters in ancient times, no one has mentioned the result. ”

"Safety first, safety first," feeling that the hull of the ship was already swaying a little in the wind and waves, Qiao Xingyu hurriedly held on to the side of the boat, "Let's go close to the shore first, be safe." ”

"How many zombies are there on the shore," Chen Sheng had already observed the situation on both sides of the strait, although his eyesight was not very good, but the figures wandering around could be seen clearly.

Chen Bin and his team began to explore the east side of the Chuanyang River on New Year's Day, and after more than two days, they finally drove the sand boat here.

The distance between the two banks is getting wider and wider, and as far as the eye can see, the Chuanyang River begins to merge into the sea just in front of you.

"What's next?" Wei Qiming poked his head out of the cockpit and asked.

"Stick to the shore," Chen Bin said, "I also think that this ship can't go to the sea, and we only know the general direction of Chongming Island now, but if we can't accurately locate it, even if the ship can go to sea, the possibility of landing on the island is very small." ”

"Look there are some big boats parked over there," the sand boat circled along the river, and Da Fei suddenly pointed to a protruding river bank in front of him.

Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw that there were indeed several large ships parked there, the smallest of which was twice the length of the sand boat.

"Lean over and take a look," Chen Bin gestured to Wei Qiming.

"It's huge!" The sand boat drove in that direction, and stopped next to the boats, and the monkey couldn't help but let out an exclamation as he looked at the steel beasts in front of him, which were rarely seen in the city.

These ships were large ships carrying goods, and there seemed to be a lot of machinery and steel piled up on the riverbank. Everyone looked at the nearby concrete floor and found that the ground was covered with a layer of rust.

"What are you doing here?" Qiao Xingyu asked.

"I don't know," everyone shook their heads, and no one could tell why.

"It looks like such a big ship can go to sea," Wang Ping said with some excitement as he turned his gaze back to the boats. But the next moment, his expression became disappointed again, "It's a pity that we can't open it." ”

"Isn't it the same as a sand boat?" Wei Qiming looked at these big ships, and he didn't know what the difference was between the two in terms of driving operations.

"It's definitely different, the ship has a wide classification, and it's much more complicated to drive than a car, you can go up and have a look if you don't believe it."

Wang Ping's words suddenly gave Chen Bin some ideas, and he looked at the ships, "You really have to go up and have a look." ”

"How?" Qiao Xingyu didn't understand why Chen Bin suddenly became interested in these big ships. What Wang Ping said just now was right, with the ability of these few people, they really couldn't drive these big ships. Because large ships that can go to sea are not as complex in terms of maintenance and driving as small boats on inland rivers, and they require much more people to operate than small boats.

"In the movies I've seen before, these big boats usually have lifebuoys and life jackets, so let's go up and get a few to take with us.

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Chen Bin said what he thought.

Wei Qiming drove the boat to the shore, and everyone took their weapons and boarded the riverbank.

This place next to the estuary was originally called Sanjia Port, and the river port was a scrap steel processing base. There are many large steel plates stacked on the ground in the base, which basically cannot be moved by manpower, and the machinery on the site are large gantry cranes.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted by those machines, Chen Bin hurriedly beckoned, "Let's go to the big ship to find life jackets first." ”

As he spoke, he turned back to Wei Qiming and Chen Sheng, who were left on the sand boat, and shouted, "Old Wei, Xiao Sheng, the ship has been handed over to you." ”

"Okay." "Be careful."

When Chen Bin saw it from a distance, he saw that the boat was about four times the length of the sand boat, but now when he boarded the boat, he found that it was even more than 100 meters long.

The deck of the big ship was empty, but Chen Bin still told the other companions to be more careful.

"There are cranes on the deck, it seems that it is a cargo ship specially loaded for cargo," Wang Ping looked at the situation on the upper deck of the big ship, and found that there were a lot of rust stains eroded by wind and rain on it, knowing that this was the result of long-term unmanned maintenance, "I am afraid that the tonnage of this ship will not exceed 1,000." ”

After boarding the ship from the gangway, Chen Bin took everyone straight to the stern building, where is the wheelhouse of the cargo ship and the living area of the crew. If the ship has multiple decks, there will also be deckhouses in the hull.

The aft building is really like a small building, it stands at the stern of the ship, and the height of the building is about 20 meters.

"Why do you think the wheelhouse of this cargo ship is usually at the stern of the ship?" Da Fei suddenly asked, "And the hull is so long, won't it affect the line of sight when sailing?" ”。

"I have heard the saying that this is the case," Qiao Xingyu is on a cargo ship for the first time, but he has taken a cruise ship before, and he has a little knowledge of ships, "It is said that cargo ships are generally tail type, because the propeller is propelled in the back, so it concentrates the engine and the cockpit and the living area to maximize the use of space, and then the equipment, pipes and lines can be reduced to the shortest distance, so that the cargo hold can be designed to be more tidy." Of course, in the past, there was an example of the bridge in the middle of the hull, and in this case, the engine was also in the middle, so there was a ground axis in the cargo hold at the stern of the freighter, which affected the integrity and volume of the cargo hold. ”

"What about vision?" Da Fei continued to ask.

"Now there are radar video and other means, there should be no problem in the field of vision, and there is also the fact that the ship is driving on the sea, surrounded by water, there is no reference, and it is not easy to grasp the direction that the ship is facing. Unlike on land, which can be corrected immediately, the cockpit is at the stern of the ship, and the long hull can be used to accurately grasp the direction the ship is facing. ”

"Very professional, Xingyu, how do you know everything?" The monkey admired Qiao Xingyu very much, he used to see that he could tell a lot of theoretical knowledge when he practiced shooting, and now he has unique insights when he comes to the ship.

"It's just a little bit of understanding," Qiao Xingyu smiled, "Qiqi told me before that if you know a little bit about everything, your life will be more colorful." ”

"How so!" Chen Bin came to the bottom of the aft building of the cargo ship and was suddenly stunned, "The hatch was actually welded shut." ”

"What?" Everyone

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They gathered around and found that there were eye-catching welding marks on the cracks in the metal hatch.

"What's in there? Why do you need to weld this door to death? Qiao Xingyu was also a little surprised, they saw the sign of "Sanjiagang Scrap Steel Processing Base" on the shore when they landed earlier, and these cargo ships had obviously been moored for a long time. It stands to reason that after the disaster broke out, someone might have been here, but Qiao Xingyu couldn't think of any reason why someone here needed to weld the hatch of the tail building.

"It's not going to work this way," Da Fei hammered the iron door under the hammertail building, and the sound from above could tell that it was solid.

"Let's take a look at other boats," Chen Bin didn't waste any more time here, and immediately shifted his gaze to a few other slightly smaller ships next to him.

There are also several small boats moored next to the largest cargo ship, and it is only relative to this large ship. Each of the small boats next to them was much larger than the sand boat that Chen Bin and the others drove over, and the smallest one was about 40 meters long.

The layout of the small ships is not the same as that of the largest cargo ship, but it is somewhat similar to the sand ship, but they have higher decks and deeper drafts.

Everyone changed from the big ship to the small boat, and found that the situation here was no different from the previous one, and the cockpit door was not only welded shut, but even the windows were sealed with iron bars.

"Could it be that people who do this don't want people to touch the contents of these ships?" Da Fei's brow furrowed.

"The aft building of the cargo ship is the cockpit and staff living quarters, and it is unlikely that there is anything worth protecting. And even if there were, they could take it away before they sealed it, so why seal the door and let things stay inside? Qiao Xingyu shook his head and denied Da Fei's idea.

"Could it be that there are too many zombies inside, and they are afraid of endangering the people outside, so they seal the door?" Da Fei raised his head and looked at everyone, and he shook his head as soon as he finished speaking, "No, if there are a lot of zombies inside, just close or lock the door, because zombies won't open the door by themselves, so there is no need to weld the entire hatch at all." ”

"Yes, I have a guess that I don't know if it's right," Qiao Xingyu suddenly thought of something, his eyes looked at the hatch for a while, and then glanced at the steel and cranes piled up in the base on the shore.

"Tell me about it," Chen Bin and the others said.

"I think there are people who don't want others to move this boat," Qiao Xingyu said, "but if you don't want others to move it, why didn't you drive it away yourself?" ”

"That makes sense," Chen Bin nodded, "As for why we didn't drive the boat away in the first place, there may be many reasons, such as the fact that there are no people like us who can drive a big boat." ”

"This is put in advance, it's not worth us to spend too much effort on it," Chen Bin and others came on the boat to find swimming rings and life jackets, just now everyone was analyzing why the hatch was welded shut, and ignored the original purpose of boarding.

"You reminded me well," Qiao Xingyu suddenly slapped his face, and he pointed to the side of the boat around him, "I always felt that something was wrong before, but now I know it." Normally, the lifebuoys should be distributed in the places where the two sides of the ship are easier to reach, these ships are all freighters, maybe the placement of the lifebuoys will be slightly different from the passenger ship, but it must still be in a conspicuous position. Neither the big ship nor this ship just now, we didn't find lifebuoys on the sides of the deck. ”

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