"No, no, no, this one won't either. "The person in charge of the maintenance team frowned and looked at the various utensils brought by the third officer and the crew, such as wrenches and screwdrivers, which were directly eliminated without even looking at them, and tools such as nailing electromechanical welding guns were ruthlessly excluded in the frowning gaze of the person in charge.www.biquge.info

"Sir, it's really not good, we've used all of these tools, and the bastard who designed this fixation bolt has taken these tools into account, and we can't break it at all." The person in charge looked at the third officer helplessly, and explained to the third officer why the tools he brought were not used.

"But that's what you can find on the ship, and we really don't have any more types in stock." The third pair frowned, "Is there really nothing that can be used?" ”

"Not really, sir." This is the third time that the third mate has asked this question, and this time the person in charge replied in an accentuated tone, "The best way now is to activate the substitute deep submersible." ”

"What a fucking damn one!" The third mate scolded, "That damn replacement submersible you mentioned is currently being assembled in the laboratory on Academy Island, and it will take at least a month to actually put it into use, and we don't have time to wait." ”

"I know this, I know." The person in charge was a little irritated, "Then there is only one solution left, don't use the emergency braking system anymore, that thing will completely destroy the fixing bolt." ”

"I can't guarantee that the emergency braking system will automatically turn on at the most urgent moment, and although it can be canceled manually in the bridge, I don't think I'm going to be able to keep up with the speed of the order." The third deputy looked at the person in charge with a resolute face, and sighed helplessly, "Okay, okay, I'll do my best." ”

"Also, I have seen the structural diagram of this fixing bolt, all the devices in it are very reasonably distributed, and the nickel-chromium alloy used is strong and corrosion-resistant, there is no reason to be completely destroyed because of an emergency braking, since the designer has taken into account the external force damage, then he will never consider the pressure of the violent impact on the internal structure." The person in charge frowns and thinks back to the schematic diagram of the internal structure that he was going to come before, considering whether there are any structural flaws that caused such a result, but it is obvious that a person in charge of such a professional eye can not find out what is wrong in the design drawing, it is completely from the hands of experts and masters, and the person in charge can only sigh after reading it, "This must be a perfect craft".

"We don't think about how the fixation bolt was broken, and now we have to think about how to solve this situation." The three pairs of hands pinched their waists, and looked at the deep-submersible "egg" that was hoisted high next to them with a melancholy face. The third mate is not proficient in the equipment structure, but it can still be seen that the bulge from the fixing bolt is very unnatural.

"There is no way to solve it, we can't open the fixing bolt, and naturally we can't replace it." The person in charge shook his head, "The only way is for us to add another fixator outside, as long as we want to ensure that there will be no accidents due to the destruction of the fixator during the ascent." ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go." The third mate sighed, "Do your best, I'll report the situation here to the captain." ”

"Leave it to us, sir." The person in charge of the maintenance team nodded, ignored the three officers who looked up, turned to leave, and called the maintenance team to test the external fixing bolt.

"How's that, is it possible to fix it?" Captain Reagan's voice sounded suddenly, startling the third mate.

"There is no hope of repair, sir, the maintenance team said that an external fixing bolt should be installed to ensure that there will be no accidents during the ascent." Three truthfully reported.

"Can't you really fix it?" Captain Reagan seemed a little unwilling.

"I really can't fix it, sir, we have to trust the ability of experts." The third mate could only answer like this, he couldn't think of any other words to report to the captain, the current situation is very bad, but not so bad that he can't even carry out a deep dive, even if there is an accident with the fixing bolt, but as long as there is no problem with the other equipment, there should be no cable tripping. At least three mates only think so.

"Try to remedy it." Captain Regan's tone was full of helplessness, "Try to complete the repair as quickly as possible, we don't have time for a second commissioning." ”

"Why?" The third officer was a little surprised, "The test was supposed to be carried out three times. ”

"I don't know." Captain Reagan shook his head irritably, "The order I just received was that the deep dive was carried out in advance, and Chief Ye Kexin was already on his way here." ”

"yes, I see." The third mate nodded, "I'll rush." ”

"Don't be light, but also ensure quality." Captain Reagan reminded.

"Yes, sir." The third mate replied loudly. Captain Reagan then ended the call.

"I don't need to say more about the plans for deep diving." Feng Fengxiang took the document in his hand and waved it to Ye Kexin, who was in a daze, "Hey, little girl, don't slip away!" ”

"Uh-oh." Ye Kexin came back to her senses, her pupils regained focus, and she looked at Feng Fengxiang who was sitting opposite her, "What did you just say?" ”

"Hey~" Feng Fengxiang sighed, "Did you remember the battle plan when I said it?" Do you want me to repeat it? ”

"Well, no." Ye Kexin shook his head gently, "I have memorized it, and I will follow the process." ”

"Just remember." Feng Fengxiang nodded, "Because the rear deck of the 'Gelfyes' has been transformed into a working platform, we have no way to land directly on the 'Gelfyes'. ”

Feng Fengxiang tried hard to improve his voice, which was already overshadowing the noise of the propellers above his head and the whirring of the wind.

"We'll land on the 'Mianyang', and then an assault boat will take you to the 'Gelfish'." Feng Fengxiang continued.

"I understand." Ye Kexin replied a little absent-mindedly.

"Be careful, stay safe, and don't hesitate to float up immediately if there is even the slightest accident." Feng Fengxiang looked at Ye Kexin a little anxiously, "I know that Xia Lu's little girl said goodbye, you can't stand it and don't understand, but don't forget, your main task here is to explore the Mariana Trench, not to play here." ”

Feng Fengxiang was a little angry, and couldn't help but raise the volume of his speech again.

"Little girl! Don't be stunned, you'll die if you're not careful! Feng Fengxiang's loud shout woke Ye Kexin up at once. There was some panic in his eyes, and he was a little dazed, and Ye Kexin couldn't help but feel a trace of sourness in his heart.

"I want to cry." Ye Kexin said with some grievances.

"Hold on." Feng Fengxiang said in a deep voice.

"Oh." Ye Kexin nodded obediently, but her eyes were still moist, slightly red and swollen.

"Don't be half-hearted." Feng Fengxiang reminded again, "This mission is very important, if it is not completed, the consequences will be very serious, and the conditions you put forward at the UN Security Council group meeting will be doubled and raised, you must be clear about this." ”

Feng Fengxiang's voice was calm, slightly cold, but this coldness cleared Ye Kexin's somewhat overheated mind.

"I see, I'll try." Ye Kexin nodded, but the sourness in her heart still did not subside.

"It's good to know." Feng Fengxiang also nodded, and then poked his head out of the helicopter and looked down. The frigate ship in navy gray livery was moored directly below the helicopter, the rotation rate of the propeller slowly decreased, and the helicopter slowly descended. The helicopter pilot is worthy of being an experienced ace pilot, the helicopter is almost without a trace of turbulence, and it stopped smoothly on the helicopter deck of the "Mianyang" ship, the only two guests in the helicopter, Feng Fengxiang and Ye Kexin, got out of the helicopter one after another, and a naval captain wearing a Chinese Navy uniform was already waiting on the deck, and was facing Feng Fengxiang and Ye Kexin saluting at this time.

"I am a member of the missile frigate 'Mianyang' of the South China Sea Navy Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Captain Li Zhigang. Welcome both. Captain Li Zhigang put down his hand and stretched out to Feng Fengxiang, Feng Fengxiang also stretched out his right hand, after the two shook hands, Li Zhigang continued, "I have understood the destination of the two, the assault boat is ready, ready to set off at any time." ”

"The sooner the better, time waits for no one." After Feng Fengxiang withdrew his hand, he pulled out a gesture of please, "Comrade Captain is tired of leading the way." ”

"It's okay." Captain Li Zhigang shook his head, and also made a gesture of please, "Please." ”

After speaking, he took Feng Fengxiang and Ye Kexin towards the hangar, and Feng Fengxiang and Ye Kexin followed.

"I'm a little nervous." Ye Kexin whispered, and at the same time tightly pulled Feng Fengxiang's sleeve and pulled Feng Fengxiang's neat white suit crookedly.

"Hey, don't turn back into a little girl at this time, okay, where are your usual off-threads?" Feng Fengxiang was a little helpless, but he really couldn't bear to take Ye Kexin away, so he let Ye Kexin pull his sleeve, like a little girl pulling her grandfather's sleeve to go shopping, and followed behind Captain Li Zhigang.

"It's not a matter of change." Ye Kexin's face was full of nervousness, "I was so scared of what you said before." ”

"Then you don't have to be so aggressive, right?" Feng Fengxiang's face was full of black lines, "But you can't regret it now, I can only wish you good luck." ”

"It's so ruthless." Ye Kexin sighed, "Is it true that you just need to place a bomb after the sample is retrieved?" ”

"Well, we can't leave anyone else to take advantage of it, and we don't know what the consequences will be if the prototype of this building is revealed, even worse if it's something like coordinates, we don't know if there are any other aliens who will attack us besides the pilgrims."

"Wouldn't it be a pity to blow it up like this, and the contents of it were not carefully studied?" Ye Kexin blinked and looked at Feng Fengxiang with big eyes.

"No, the bomb will not be activated after it is planted, but will be dormant and will only be activated when needed." Feng Fengxiang said softly.

"Oh, that's right." Ye Kexin nodded with relief.

"Here it is." Captain Li Zhigang pushed through a gate next to the passage, and the bright sunlight reappeared, and a black assault boat hung from the ship's hull, with a Chinese-made Type 77 machine gun naval version on it. There was already a snatch and a pilot waiting on the assault boat, and when they saw Feng Fengxiang and the three of them walking out of the passage, they immediately stood up and gave a military salute.

"Take a break." Captain Li Zhigang said to the two marines, and then turned his head to look at Feng Fengxiang and Ye Kexin, "The assault boat is limited to three people, so please go to the 'Gelfish' to board the boat." ”

"Go ahead, no problem." Feng Fengxiang pushed Ye Kexin's back, and Ye Kexin took a step forward, "Be careful in everything, you must return safely." ”

"Hmm." Ye Kexin was reluctant to look back at Feng Fengxiang, and with the support of Captain Li Zhigang, he boarded the Chong and descended to the water, and after it was stopped, he started the engine to prevent the engine from idling and stalling. Captain Li Zhigang reminded the driver.

"Yes, sir." The driver nodded. The winch began to turn slowly, and the assault boat slowly stopped on the surface of the sea.

"Please sit down." The driver started the engine and wanted to remind Ye Kexin to sit tightly, but after seeing Ye Kexin's back, he suddenly forgot what to call it, so he thought for about five seconds before he looked at it, "Madam." ”

"Oh." Ye Kexin nodded, raised his hand and grabbed the stainless steel bar on the side, his body was obviously tense. The assault boat started, slowly accelerated, and headed for the "Gelfes" in the distance, and it seemed that it was not a short distance.

"It's okay, just take it easy." The machine gunner spoke out in comfort, and the nervous expression on Ye Kexin's face he saw was completely consistent with the actual situation in his heart.

"I'll try my best." Ye Kexin nodded again, but her face was still a little pale.

"......" the machine gunner frowned slightly and looked at Ye Kexin, "You won't be, seasickness." ”

"No, no." Ye Kexin hurriedly waved his hand, but as soon as his hand left the horizontal bar he was holding tightly, a feeling of dizziness immediately poured into his mind, and he felt sick to his stomach like a tide, and Ye Kexin's face turned even paler.

"Well, a little bit." Ye Kexin reluctantly admitted, and at the same time grabbed the horizontal bar tightly with his right hand.

"It's good to adapt, and professional soldiers like us have to adapt to this environment, whether it's sunny or rainy." The Heavy had a warm smile on his face, "Actually, I would get seasick at first. ”

"Huh? So how did you solve it? "Ye Kexin came to the spirit.

"In the end, seasickness is just a psychological effect, as long as you focus on other places, you will naturally restrain the feeling of seasickness." The machine gunner talked eloquently.

"Oh, I can try." Ye Kexin started to act, but she had nothing to think about, as soon as she closed her eyes, all that appeared in front of her was Xia Lu's figure, and Xia Lu's farewell made Ye Kexin a little uncomfortable.

About twenty-five hours ago, that is, at ten o'clock yesterday morning, Ye Kexin had just received a call from Xia Lu, informing her that the "Gelfish" would arrive in Guam in the afternoon, but after returning to the room, Ye Kexin did not see Xia Lu's figure, although there were some doubts, but Ye Kexin did not have doubts, after all, people will have maggots in this room, and it is not a bad thing to let Xia Lu go to play, but Ye Kexin quickly realized that something was wrong.

The most obvious thing is that the Dragunov who was originally leaning against the door has disappeared, Ye Kexin checked the closet and found that Xia Lu's clothes had not disappeared, but the backpack that was always full of compressed food, fresh water and ammunition was gone, obviously, Xia Lu should have left with a gun and went hunting?

Although I think it's a little impossible, Xia Lu's clothes are all there, which means that Xia Lu has not left Guam and will definitely come back, but Ye Kexin waited in the room until the afternoon when the "Gelface" entered the port, and Xia Lu did not appear, Ye Kexin couldn't help but be a little anxious, and even had the idea of mobilizing people to search on Guam, but thinking about it, now is the most tense period, everyone has their own things to do, and they also have to deal with matters related to the temporary modification of the "Gelface", So I had to put this matter aside and concentrate on my own affairs. At eight o'clock in the evening, Ye Kexin still didn't see Xia Lu after returning to the villa room along the beach, Ye Kexin finally felt a strong sense of crisis, and immediately wanted to call Feng Fengxiang, but before Ye Kexin could dial the phone, he received a text message from Xia Lu.

"Sister, I'm really sorry, I can't accompany you anymore, I will return to Saturn's orbit in a month, and I may never see Zifeng again, so I want to be by Zifeng's side in the last month."

After reading it, Ye Kexin immediately felt a little awkward in her heart, although she couldn't say it, but Ye Kexin just had a breath in her chest, suffocating uncomfortably, and then a burst of sourness welled up in her heart, Ye Kexin hugged the pillow and cried in the room for a night, and kept muttering "Why don't you tell me in person" and "I want to go back" and the like, and finally I was tired of crying and didn't even change my clothes, didn't take a bath, and didn't even brush my teeth and fell asleep on the bed.

The next day, Ye Kexin's mood was still low, and her mobile phone was turned off until ten o'clock in the morning, locking the door behind her, and no matter who knocked on the door, she would not open it. The floor-to-ceiling windows facing the sea were also curtained, and the whole room was shrouded in darkness. I didn't eat breakfast or even drink water, I just watched the TV show in a daze, the host sat on the side of the Malaysian street and tasted the special curry-flavored satay barbecue, and praised the golden meat skewers in his hands while eating, but Ye Kexin knew that the sweet meat skewers were not as delicious as the host introduced.

At ten thirty o'clock in the morning, Ye Kexin turned on her mobile phone and wanted to call Xia Lu to ask about the situation, and ask if the road was smooth, but before she could find Xia Lu's phone number, the screen of the mobile phone was filled with hundreds of notification dialog boxes for missed calls. Dr. Xia Liman, who is in charge of the astronomical tide research project in the research station, but the most is the sullen old man Feng Fengxiang, who is always wearing a sullen white suit, and the bright red roses on his chest seem to never wither.

(To be continued)