Chapter 292: Important Clues
The news of the sinking of the Jiaxing caused a stir both nationally and internationally.
It is not uncommon for cargo ships to capsize and sink on the high seas, but it is rare for them to sink after being attacked.
Internationally, it is against international law to attack a cargo ship, and even if a pirate attacks a cargo ship, it is a big deal to take away sailors and loot property, and they will not attack the ship, let alone sink the ship.
Therefore, the nature of this matter is quite bad, and the cargo ship is all Blue Star cargo, which is about the battery and engine of Wukong's electric car. Chinese netizens condemned it.
"Who the hell did it! Thirty sailors! It's all fresh life, and it's gone! ”
"Have you noticed, this ship is full of Blue Star cargo, engines and miniature nuclear batteries."
"Could it be deliberately targeting Bluestar? After all, this time the Blue Star company is going to export the wind engine and miniature black battery to Europe, which is the world's largest automobile industrial base, and various brands of cars come from there. If Wukong's electric police car enters the European market, you don't have to think about it, there is absolutely no rival at that price. ”
"On the top floor, the analysis makes a lot of sense. As soon as the Wukong electric car of the Blue Star Company came out, it did move the cake of the European and American consortium, and the Blue Star Company and the United Kingdom began to cooperate, and some people were anxious behind. However, I would like to add that Bluestar may offend not only European and American car companies, but also oil consortia. Lithium batteries are absolutely impossible to completely replace petroleum power, but micronuclear batteries are very likely to replace oil and become the power energy source of automobiles. ”
"What about the Chinese Navy! And what about our special forces! Why not move at this time! Who the hell did it! More than 30 Chinese people died! The army cannot be silent! ”
In China's largest military forum, on the Iron Blood, netizens have come up with suggestions, and even instigated a secret military operation by special forces to go deep into West Asia to find out the messenger behind the scenes.
In line with the indignation of domestic netizens, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China strongly condemned the incident three times in a row, and urged the Yemen authorities to investigate the incident (the area where the incident occurred belongs to the Yemen Economic Zone).
However, those who have studied the international situation know that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is tantamount to empty words, and the civil war in Yemen is now a mess, and the government army, the Houthis, the Al-Shabaab branch, the ISyemen branch, the base branch, and the armies of various local tribes are comparable to the Warring States Period. The sea area where the incident occurred is no longer under the control of the government, and the government does not have a decent navy at all, and the salvage and disposal of the victims of this accident are all handled by Saudi Arabia.
There is a lot of anger at home, but the reports abroad are much more ambiguous.
There are few reports of the crew killed in the wreck, but there are many reports of miniature nuclear batteries in the cargo of the cargo ship.
The transportation of miniature nuclear batteries to foreign countries is still relatively rare in the history of international shipping, and the focus of the media is on whether the trade between Bluestar and the United Kingdom violates international trade law.
Liu Kai has arrived in Saudi Arabia as part of Bluestar's accident handling team.
The bodies of the 10 victims have been recovered.
Liu Kai went to see the corpse, which was quite miserable.
Because the fuel tank of the cargo ship was ignited, he and some of the crew were burned to death before falling into the sea.
After the salvage, the victims were unrecognizable, and the burnt skin was soaked in seawater and torn off, revealing the white bones of Sensen.
Liu Kai swore that he had never seen such a terrifying and tragic picture.
One can imagine how much they suffered and how desperate they were before these crew members left.
The body can only be distinguished by the ID card and other characteristics on their body, and if there is no ID card and token, the only way to do this is to extract DNA and return to China for comparison.
After three days of salvage, only 7 bodies were recovered.
An official from the Saudi Maritime Authority apologized and said to the emergency response team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China: "I am very sorry, Mr. Ambassador. Because most of the crew was in the cabin, now after the explosion of the hull from the rear, the whole tilt is silent. Most of the crew was trapped inside the ship, and we didn't have enough money and equipment to rescue them. ”
The ambassador was quite angry and said, "Just let them rot in the sea!" ”
After all, it was the ship of China that sank, not the ship of the United States or Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Arabia did not want to waste time and energy.
The ambassador has no choice but to report back to the country. If the boat is not salvaged, it will not be known what the real cause of the accident is.
Liu Kai has received special authorization from Chen Nuo and will represent Chen Nuo here.
After receiving the company's authorization, he told the Saudi Maritime Authority: "Please be humanitarian, and be sure to salvage the victims in the cabin, the crew in the cabin have been killed, but their families are still waiting for them to return home." All costs incurred in salvage will be paid in full by Bluestar. ”
Salvage cargo ships are not realistic, but there is hope for salvaging the victims.
"Mr. Liu!" The ambassador apparently did not expect Bluestar to do this, "This is also a request of the state, and it is the citizens of China who are killed." ”
If it were other bosses, they would have avoided it long ago on the principle of not caring about themselves, and the Blue Star Company would have paid to salvage the victims.
The people of the Maritime Safety Bureau were a little embarrassed, after all, Saudi Arabia's national conditions are different from those of China, and most of the enterprises are private enterprises, so he still introduced a special salvage company to Liu Kai.
Liu Kai and Ambassador Hua spent three days on a relationship, and they were turned away from looking for a salvage company.
The reason is that they are afraid of radiation, and under the rendering of the Western media, there must be radiation in the cabin, which is harmful to the human body.
Finally, after the mediation of China's high-level officials, the Saudi side agreed that China would send a salvage team to Saudi Arabia for operations.
Three days later, Huaguo's chartered plane arrived in Saudi Arabia, and a team of salvage and accident analysis teams arrived at the scene.
After two days of work, three more bodies were recovered.
But the hull accident was clarified.
"Torpedo attack."
The accident report was sent to Chen Nuo.
Chen Nuo slapped the table heavily, quite angry.
"What is the torpedo model?"
"Very ordinary light torpedoes of the former Soviet-made SET-40, which can be used on submarines and torpedo boats. Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemeni government forces, and many opposition parties have this thing, even pirates. ”
"As long as there are clues, you can trace the source." Chen Nuo has long wanted to sort out the mess in West Asia, otherwise it will be a threat to the Blue Star Company all the time.
"There is information from the national security side that may be useful to you." Jiang Li said: "I just received it. ”