A large dark cloud slowly moved from the southeast towards the sea where the 189 ship was located, and behind that dark cloud was the last typhoon signal of the year, codenamed Shirley. According to the latest news from the National Astronomical Observatories, Shirley's central winds have reached force 14 and gusts exceed force 16, and there is a trend of further strengthening, and it is regarded as the strongest wind signal of the year.

The Z-9 helicopter took off from the take-off and landing platform at the rear of the 9527 ship, flew over the 189 ship, and then landed on the helicopter landing platform of the 189 ship.

Director Zhang personally came to greet Li Mu, Li Mu pressed his hat and walked out of the take-off and landing platform quickly, talking loudly with Director Zhang in the sound of the helicopter roaring engine noise and the sound of the paddles lapping in the air, Wang Guoqing and Song Xiaojiang followed closely behind.

"Political Commissar Li, the Observatory's forecast shows that Shirley will not pass through our seas, but I still have a worry, the sea and the sky are unpredictable, and we must come up with a charter. Director Zhang led Li Mu along the aisle and spiral staircase to the building of the 189th ship.

Li Mudao, "I asked the Naval Observatory, and they couldn't be 100% sure of Shirley's movement path. ”

After a pause, he said, "There is a weather detection plane on the 189 ship, let it go." ”

Director Zhang nodded, "I'm already preparing." ”

The wave height has actually been strengthened, reaching a level of four meters, and has been intensifying, suggesting that the effects of Shirley have already begun to be felt.

The 189 ship carries a weather detection drone with a maximum range of 500 kilometers, which can provide long-distance weather observations, and theoretically provide at least 10 hours of warning time for the mother ship to avoid typhoons. However, in practice, it is not possible to obtain such a long warning time.

In the command cabin of the shipbuilding, the staff dressed in blue and white are busy step by step, which is similar to the atmosphere on the 9527 ship, all of which are racing against time to fight.

Director Zhang said, "This time, we mainly went 2,000 meters underground to extract samples for oil and gas analysis. The operating depth of the 189 ship has reached 3,000 meters, which is one of the best in the world. Due to the limitations of objective factors, our development of this sea area has been in a state of stagnation for a long time. The lost time must be caught up in small steps to ensure the security of China's energy strategy. ”

After a brief introduction, the conversation turned back to Shirley.

"Commissar Li, the hooligans from the west and the American warships from the east, will they continue to break into here?" asked Director Zhang.

Li Mu said, "They won't give up, but don't worry too much, I guarantee they won't even have a chance to see the 189th ship." ”

Director Zhang said with a smile, "Political Commissar Li, I have gone to sea a lot of times. A few days ago, I accompanied the leaders of the head office to visit the various oil fields, starting from the Bohai Sea by boat, one by one to visit the oil fields, and then to the south, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, one by one. It can be said that wherever you go, there will always be American ships following, sometimes warships, sometimes intelligence ships, and you have also encountered their planes. It's as annoying as a fly. ”

After a pause, he said, "In such a situation today, they can't even see my 189th ship, which is unprecedented." ”

There was a lot of admiration in his words, and he said, "Political Commissar Li, your ship-to-sea tactics are used correctly. ”

Li Mu said, "Tactics are one thing, and our gradually increasing strength is the biggest reliance." In the past, our navy was very weak, and there were only a few ships that could sail far away, let alone the coast guard. Now, we want a ship, a ship, a boat, a money, and money, which is naturally completely different. The old ways of the past are gone. ”

After a pause, Li Mu asked, "Can your work be accelerated?"

Director Zhang turned his head to look at the chief engineer beside him, who thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but it will take twelve hours no matter how fast it is." ”

Li Mu raised his wrist and looked at the time, "According to the speed of Shirley's movement, it will reach the Western Sea in ten hours, and if its movement path changes, we will be covered in it." ”

And all the people pondered.

The most unpredictable thing is the weather.

Li Mu came here to discuss and solve the current problem.

Director Zhang said, "Political Commissar Li, I think so, my side will try to speed up as much as possible and strive to complete it ahead of schedule." At the same time, we are ready to withstand typhoons. ”

"That's all there is to it for now. Li Mu paused and said solemnly, "Zhang Ju, we can't affect the weather, if Shirley has an unavoidable impact on the operation, then we must evacuate." ”

"Understood!" Director Zhang nodded.

Li Mu said, "In addition, no matter what kind of difficulties are encountered, the homework must be carried out to the end." ”

"Yes. Director Zhang nodded again, and unconsciously put himself in the position of a subordinate, but he himself was unaware.

Li Mu said, "I'll meet your divers. ”

"To Assignment Class A. ”

The group came to the surface operation class A, where there is a small platform dedicated to providing divers and related diving equipment operations, and all kinds of auxiliary equipment are very complete.

Seabed oil and gas exploration is inseparable from underwater exploration equipment and divers, and the 189 ship carried a diving operation team, including three divers and two submersibles capable of working at a depth of 1,000 meters. The reason why the 189 ship has attracted so much attention is that it has a comprehensive seabed exploration capability, and in fact, in some respects, the operation capacity of the 189 ship is almost equivalent to that of a deep-sea research ship.

The 21st century is the century of the ocean, the century of energy is king, and at a time when land resources are dwindling, seabed resources have received a lot of attention. Whoever controls the ocean controls the world, and the control includes elements such as access, resources, and the extent of the sea.

The 189 ship was even able to carry out some hydrographic research and analysis.

Hydrological research and analysis is as important as the study of weather, and it is more important than the study of terrain, geography and geology on land, and it is only for warfare.

In order to collect hydrological information in certain sea areas, some countries have resorted to the seabed at great expense to deploy probes that can last for decades.

Li Mu wanted to meet the diving team of the 189th ship, and the primary purpose was to deal with the underwater harassment of rogue divers at sea. If they were to wreak havoc underwater, the damage would be immeasurable.

When Li Mu saw the three divers wearing black navy-style diving suits and resolute faces, and saw Li Mu and others coming over and subconsciously saluting, he showed a slight smile. Li Mu should have guessed that the diving team on the 189 ship would not belong to the enterprise most of the time, especially in such a sea area.

In fact, the crew of the 189 ship was already familiar with the comings and goings of officers and non-commissioned officers who often wore the ship's naval camouflage uniforms or regular uniforms. Many retired divers in the Navy are hired by such enterprises with high salaries.

After returning the salute, Li Mu shook hands with them and said, "How long have you been working underwater?"

The team leader replied: "Report to the chief! I have been the oldest soldier, eight years of soldier and four years of diving work, and both of them are six-year soldiers, and they have been in this business for three years. ”

Director Zhang explained, "Diving work is very demanding on physical fitness, and most of the divers are young men in their twenties, and there are not many people with three or four years of deep-sea diving experience. ”

"Very nice. Li Mu was very satisfied.

Naturally, he knew the peculiarities of diving work, and after the age of thirty he was usually not very suitable for such work.

"This is how you usually deal with underwater frogmen?" asked Li Mu.

The team leader smiled slightly and said, "Chief, we are from the frogman team, and if we can, we want to apply for underwater weapons." ”

The frogmen of the navy are not ordinary divers, but frogmen who exist for combat, and their professional skills are at a higher level.

"That's not going to work, huh. Li Mu said with a smile, "We are engaged in resource exploration, what kind of weapons do we want." It's not okay to use knives and guns, is there any other way?"

The team leader thought for a while, glanced at the team members, and then said, "We have created our own method of using fishing nets to control intruders, which is more effective." ”

"Catch people like fish?"

Li Mu suddenly became interested.

"Yes, chief, we have rehearsed it many times and proved that it is completely feasible without bloodshed. The team leader said.

Director Zhang added, "Yes, Political Commissar Li, before leaving, the diving team trained for a month, and the method was very mature and very operable. It's just that to arrest people, you need to make up your mind......"

It's easy to catch someone, but what about after you catch it?

The latter is the troublesome matter, which requires many departments and higher-level leaders to report for instructions.

But the problem is that this is not the first time that sea hooligans have sent frogmen to sabotage our ships and platforms, and they often do so. It is not possible to give them some color to see, it is impossible for every normal commercial exploration activity of the 189 ship, and the coast guard has to mobilize hundreds of ships to protect it.

Li Mu is not a person who is afraid of taking responsibility, in fact, neither is Director Zhang, as the leader of the command group, the reason why he pushes the role of determination to Li Mu is because he does not have the authority to make such a determination, and must be led by the leadership of the coast guard.

Without thinking about it for a long time, Li Mu said in a deep voice, "In this case, self-defense weapons will be equipped." If you want to arrest someone, you must be completely prepared. ”

The leader of the diving team said, "Chief, we have a complete plan, and the relevant personnel and equipment are ready. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a row of people beside him, "This is the Squad A team, and they are responsible for the support and support of the water surface. He pointed to the submersible on the crane pylon and said, "That's our submersible operator, which has been modified by technicians to launch special fishing nets with a diameter of 10 meters." We operate in the submersible, and the personnel do not need to leave the submersible. ”

Li Mu nodded and said decisively, "I have approved your plan, so let's prepare." ”

"Yes!"

The dive team immediately entered the preparation stage.

Li Mu and his entourage returned to the command cabin again and paid attention to the situation of all parties through communication equipment. Reconnaissance drones and helicopters in the air are continuously searching the waters around the 189th ship. The speedboats released by the coast guard took advantage of the fact that the sea conditions were still suitable for work for the time being, and hurriedly carried out a careful search of the nearby waters.

The atmosphere in the command cabin was relatively solemn, except for the busy figures of the technicians and the sound of various instruments, there was no other sound. Li Mu and Director Zhang stood side by side and paid attention to the latest situation.

Director Zhang said in a deep voice, "The wave height is rising, and now the sea conditions have reached the outside of the allowed range of underwater ancestral industry. I don't think they're coming. ”

Li Mu asked, "At what level of sea can our submarine operate?"

"The design index is a maximum of five levels. "But generally if the sea state exceeds level 4, the relevant operations will be stopped." ”

Li Mu observed the situation of the sea in the distance, and at this time he could already see the formation of tall crests, with white foam peaks everywhere, the peaks of the waves occupied a large area on the crests, and the wind on the sea surface began to cut off the waves on the crests, and the broken waves became white foam and showed strips along the wind direction.

This is a typical performance of the five-level sea state, this level of sea state, is the limit of the vast majority of fishing boats, if exceeded, the port fishing boats are prohibited from sailing, and the fishing boats that are operating need to anchor.

Theory and practice are two different things.

No one could have imagined that the sea state would change so quickly.

Li Mu glanced at Wang Guoqing slightly, and said, "Let all the speedboats return to the mother ship, and all boats should pay attention to wind and waves." ”

"Yes!" Wang Guoqing immediately conveyed the order through the communication radio.

As soon as the voice fell, the technician in charge of the weather detection drone over there suddenly took off his headphones and reported loudly: "Report! Shirley has visible changes! The real-time satellite images and the pictures taken by the drone will immediately go to the big screen!"

Li Mu and Director Zhang hurriedly walked over and stood in front of the big screen.

First of all, the image captured by the meteorological satellite, a huge spiral cloud layer is over the South China Sea, and the path of the past half hour is replayed, showing a trend of moving to the northwest. That is, it is coming to the side of the operation area.

Soon, the picture taken by the weather detection drone was also transmitted, and the picture was shaky and blurry, indicating that the distance was relatively far, and the drone was under the influence of strong winds. Faintly visible, white, thick strip-like crests appeared on the screen.

"The crests are long and rolling, the waves are dense, the visibility is significantly reduced, and the sea conditions above level 8 are just the periphery of the wind signals. Director Zhang said solemnly.

Li Mu didn't hesitate at all and asked, "How much time do we have?"

The technician immediately replied: "In about two hours, we will be subjected to the effects of a level 8 sea state." ”

"This is beyond the limits of the operation of the 189th ship. Political Commissar Li, we have to consider evacuating. Director Zhang said.

The changes in the weather are so elusive that humans cannot compete with the power of nature. At this time, the exploration work of the 189th ship was only a little more than a third of the progress.

The command team had to immediately evacuate all the ships in this area according to the plan, withdraw to the relative safety of the sea and wait for Shirley to pass, and then return to continue the unfinished work.

It's just that the house leak happened to rain overnight.

Song Xiaojiang, who had been keeping in touch with the aerial reconnaissance detachment, suddenly reported: "Chief, the helicopter has spotted two unidentified speedboats approaching the !! of the 189th ship at high speed."

Everyone was shocked, under such circumstances, the sea hooligans actually dared to come and send them to death!

Note: There are chapters in front that have been blocked, and they have to be modified, today's two-in-one.

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