Chapter 152: Dive
Xinhuanet Times, yesterday, the Shanghai Municipal Axe News Office issued a statement on the cruise ship distress accident that occurred in the Huangpu River at 21:15 last night, from 21:30 last night to 10 o'clock today, a total of 5 deceased people have been salvaged from the starting point, and the missing people will be searched for one after another. The Information Office said that proper arrangements have been made for the people injured in the accident, and the relevant departments have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident, and will announce the results of the investigation to all sectors of society in the near future.
"Smack."
The news page exited, the mobile phone screen turned off and locked, and Liu Zhe stood up and looked towards the river.
Today, the strong winds in North China have led to the smog following suit, and all parts of Shanghai are covered in fog, almost "reaching out and not seeing five fingers". Such a large fog is already a headache, not to mention that it is not only fog, but also haze, which is the most annoying point.
With such a big smog weather, it should be said that no one wants to come out to find guilt, but life is so helpless, in order to survive, the job still has to come out and continue to work, at most wearing a mask is the solution. Liu Zhe is even more so, as a member of the maritime patrol boat, he can't rest or not, he can only be said by the leaders of the Maritime Safety Bureau.
The accident happened so suddenly, it almost didn't scare the city leaders half to death, but fortunately, although the accident was big, most of them were injured, and the number of people who died due to the accident was not much, otherwise many people would have been unlucky.
Thick fog permeates the sky, all the high-rise buildings in Shanghai are shrouded in the sea of fog, standing on the boat of the Huangpu River, looking head-on, there seems to be a very thick and thick white curtain in the line of sight, can not be opened, can not be broken, look at everything is foggy, like real and illusory, such as in a dream.
And the most uncomfortable thing is that the gray haze is sucked into his mouth, and his throat stings, which makes Liu Zhe feel very uncomfortable.
"What the hell is the weather." A heavy voice came, and Liu Zhe didn't need to look back to know that it was his colleague named Li Hao.
"Have you arrived at the location?" Li Hao is almost forty years old this year, he looks rough and powerful, he is really like his name, and he gives people a sense of pride.
Li Hao handed over a cigarette, but Liu Zhe shook his head and didn't answer, "It should be almost there." β
"Hey, don't you think it's weird?" Li Hao saw that Liu Zhe didn't take the cigarette, and he was not surprised, so he moved his hand and took it back to light it and smoke it himself.
"What's weird?" Yoo was puzzled.
"Recover the body."
Li Hao said in a low voice: "Don't tell me you don't know, it's all at this time, what kind of corpses are still being salvaged, they have already rushed downstream, and the salvage is also in vain." β
"You really think it's a salvage of corpses?" Yoo Chul sneered.
"Hey, what do you mean?" Li Hao was stunned.
"Do you still need to dive into the water to salvage the body?" Liu Zhe motioned for him to look behind, Li Hao looked back, and sure enough, he saw several people surrounding a person, wearing diving equipment.
"What's going on?" Li Hao was dumbfounded, completely unaware of what was going on.
"I told you not to drink last night, now you know."
Patting Li Hao on the shoulder, Liu Zhe walked towards the back of the patrol boat, "Do you need help?" β
After all, he is a person from the Maritime Safety Bureau, although he is not in the same department, but he is half a colleague, and Liu Zhe is still very polite when he speaks.
"Well, thanks, no need."
The tallest-looking middle-grade man stood up and said, "It's almost there, right?" β
"Well, it's almost there, you can go down when you're ready."
"Hey, what the hell is going on?"
Li Hao walked staggeringly, shook his head to shake off a trace of dizziness, and when Liu Zhe turned around, he grabbed him and asked.
Liu Zhe smiled bitterly: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just an accident investigation." β
"Accident investigation? Lao Liu, I don't read much, don't fool me, accident investigation needs diving investigation? Don't go to the cruise ship where the accident happened to find the cause? Li Hao looked incredulous.
"Be quieter!"
Liu Zhe frowned, "The people outside don't know, you didn't ask when you came over this morning?" In this accident, there were four cruise ships that had problems at the same time, each of which was more than 100 meters apart, and they were all different ship models. β
"It'sβit's impossible!" Li Hao was surprised.
"This morning, do you know what Jiang Yuan told me?"
Liu Zhe lowered his voice: "Those cruise ships are miserable underneath, it is a miracle to be able to drive back, and they must return to the shipyard for overhaul in the future." β
"You mean ......" Li Hao's face changed.
"Haha, scared you, didn't you?"
Liu Zhe smiled and said: "Don't scare yourself, you have to believe in science, this time I went down to see what clues there were, so many boats pass by on the Huangpu River every day, do you see that there are boats passing by this morning?" β
"You bastard!"
Li Hao was annoyed and angry, and beat Liu Zhe's chest with his fist, but because of the down jacket, basically Liu Zhe didn't feel pain.
"Alright, here it is."
The maritime patrol boats gradually stopped, and the rest of the maritime patrol boats were conducting search operations around them, and most of the boats on the Huangpu River were controlled because of the smog.
With an average width of 260 meters and a maximum depth of 17.4 meters, the Huangpu River is nothing but a piece of cake for diving. The person who is ready to dive, named Deng De, is also a very experienced person in diving, and he usually likes diving very much, and this time he also believes that he is experienced, and directly responds to the requirements of his superiors and accepts orders.
"Be careful." The person who ordered it was Deng De's old superior, Li Guolin, and the person who had spoken to Liu Zhe before.
"It's fine." Dunde said casually.
The people present didn't feel anything wrong, checked the diving equipment for Dunde, put on the oxygen tank on his back, did some warm-up exercises, and jumped into the water from the side of the boat.
On the radio intercom, Dunde's clear words came: "The radio is working normally, I'm diving, well, the water is so dirty down there." β
A few people standing on the boat sat down casually and chatted, Li Hao wanted to hand over cigarettes to everyone, but they were all excused from the past, this haze ghost weather is already uncomfortable to breathe, and going to smoke is not a crime? People who are addicted to smoking are not in the mood to smoke.
After chatting a few words, Liu Zhe learned that the Li Guolin in front of him used to work in the Ship Supervision Department, and later worked in the Dangerous Management and Pollution Prevention Department, with rich work experience, but unfortunately he couldn't go up on the wrong way, and now the whole person is downplayed.
"Actually, it's okay to save me from worrying."
After taking a sip of water to moisten his throat, Li Guolin said indifferently.
However, the people present who said this bowed their heads and said nothing, in fact, if there is a chance, no one wants to stay here, patrol every day and be cold, what's good, if you have the opportunity to sit in the office, everyone will be willing to go, and a fool will not go.
"Rustle...... Well, I'm at the bottom of the river. β
A voice came over a small walkie-talkie.
Everyone didn't care about it, its practical radio was considered a redundant behavior, everyone thought that they just went down to have a look, and they would be able to come up soon, Li Guolin didn't think it was necessary to use the radio before. It's just that there is this thing in the technical equipment department, so you don't need to use it in vain, and there is no trouble getting it.
"Oh, is there anything down there?" Li Guolin asked casually.
"What's that? It's very muddy down here, what can it be? Dunde replied over the radio.
"No, I found something."
"What's that?" Li Guolin frowned.
"A rubber tire."
Everyone couldn't help laughing, and people often said, don't look at the Huangpu River is very wide, in fact, there is a garbage dump below, and everything can be found in it.
"Alright, if you don't find anything, you can come up." Li Guolin put down the walkie-talkie and sighed: "Hey, the people above don't know what they're thinking, can they really find the cause of the cruise ship's failure underwater?" I think someone deliberately broke the cruise ship. β
"If that's the case, it's not a deliberate mess."
Liu Zhe sighed: "That's a crime." β
"Would anyone really dare to do such a thing?" Li Hao "admired" and said: "If this is successful, how many people will have to die?" It's more powerful than any terrorist attack. β
A few people talked for a while, and when there was nothing to talk about, everyone realized that Deng De had not come up yet.
"Deng De, that kid, are you eating seafood down there?" A man grunted.
"Dunde, what are you doing down here? Hurry up. Li Guolin said into the walkie-talkie.
The "rustling ......" walkie-talkie heard the sound of the river flowing by, but no one answered.
"Hey, this kid doesn't really eat seafood in the water, does he?" Someone joked.
"What seafood can I eat in Huangpu River?" Someone disagreed, "I think he has a stomachache and diarrhea down there." β
"Haha......" several people laughed teasingly.
"Dunde, hurry up, we have other tasks."
Li Guolin's voice increased a little.
No response.
Everyone finally realized that something was wrong, even if Deng De was joking, he wouldn't joke to this extent, not to mention, he is not usually a person who likes to joke, and he is quite serious about doing things.
Although it was broad daylight and there were five or six people around, they only felt a chill that hit their whole body, and everyone understood that something was wrong!
A few people died in an accident last night, and if there is another accident today, it was an accident on a maritime patrol boat, and if this is exposed, several people who are present will have to bear huge responsibility.
"Damn, call someone quickly." Li Guolin was the first to react and hurriedly shouted.
At this time, you can only call people, the water temperature in this winter is extremely low, and it is a flowing river, no one dares to jump directly to save people, otherwise they will lose their lives if they can't save people, and that is called wrongdoing.
Several people rushed to notify other patrol boats in the distance and urgently called for rescue.
Rescue calls for help, in a sense, it's really embarrassing. (To be continued.) )