Chapter 487: Emergency Repairs, Iron Battleship
Zhao Bangou got up and bent on his waist, his hand had not yet touched the cabin door, and suddenly the hull shook suddenly, Zhao Bangou's huge body was thrown up, and hit the bed, the bed fell apart, and Shennong Che fell down in his sleep, just pressing on Tian Ji's body, Tian Ji's head crushed the big winter melon to pieces, Kaka and Liangliang slid to the corner of the cabin, and the cabin became a mess. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
The door of the cabin that was bolted tightly opened for some reason, and the wind and the torrential rain blew the already messy cabin even more, and the sound scared Kaka and Liangliang into tears.
"Don't panic, everyone, hold on to the things around you. Tang Linkun entered the front cabin from the rear cabin, and at this time, Mo Bao had already blocked the cabin door with his body.
"Clickββ! click!" the bottom of the battleship Xia Ding made a few tooth-making sounds.
"Oh no, the battleship hit the rocks. β
Tang Linkun's judgment was right, the Xia Ding was blown away by a sudden hurricane, and the huge iron anchor seemed to have completely lost its effect. Captain Ren, who was holding the helm in the wheelhouse, watched the Xia Ding rush onto the reef beach but could not do anything, and the alarm sounded on the Xia Ding quickly, and the crew quickly ran to their respective posts.
The Xia Ding leaned to the right so hard that people couldn't stand steadily, but fortunately, the wind fairy finished the bad thing and left quickly...... The Xia Ding slowly stopped shaking. After Ren Aiguo blew a few breaths into each of the microphones, he ordered loudly:
"Boiler Compartment Reported Loss ββ!"
"Report losses in each cabin!"
"The boiler compartment is normal, and the three and four groups of boilers still have reserved pressure and can be started at any time. β
"The No. 1 and No. 2 pressurized water tanks are leaking in the second level and are being repaired. β
"The ammunition bay is normal!"
"The fuel tank is normal!"
"Report to the captain, the propeller is not damaged, it is completely below the waterline and can be started. β
"Start ββ! reverseββ!" With Captain Ren's order, the Xia Ding let out a roar, and the entire hull shook a few times, but it failed to retreat from the reef. After three attempts, Captain Ren finally gave up.
At this time, Tang Linkun, Feng Ding and Mo Bao were already in charge of the cab.
"Little Wangye, Lord Tang, this time we are in big trouble, and the Xia Ding is stranded. Captain Ren lowered his head in frustration, not daring to look at Fengding again.
"Is there no way?" asked the little prince.
"We can only wait until the wind and rain stop and the tide recedes, and then see if there is any way to save it. β
It's really weird, after the angry God put the Xia Ding on the reef, it seemed that his anger had disappeared completely, and by midnight, the wind and waves had gradually calmed down. The next morning, a red sun broke free from the sea, and the glow painted everyone's faces red.
Captain Ren who went down to the reef found that the problem of the Xia Ding was more serious than imagined, and now that the tide has receded, the losses have been clearly seen, except for seeing the bulbous bow of the Xia Ding hit the reef and has deflated into a large piece, two-thirds of the length of the hull of the ship is deeply immersed in the soft sand, the whole ship is tilted to the right for 30 degrees, not that there is a hard reef below to resist, the battleship has already capsized, and the water flows from time to time in the cracks cut by the stones, after a night of repair, the biggest "blood" The wound is about to be repaired.
Captain Ren said: "Now we can only unload everything on the ship to reduce the weight, and when the next time the tide is raised, we can retreat with the help of buoyancy. β
Captain Ren sighed and continued: "In addition, the stern part of the ship has to clean up a part of the sand, this work is not in a hurry, and the work will start after the cargo is unloaded...... I estimate that it will take at least ten days to unload so much cargo, especially the coal in those two holds. β
"Since this is the only way to save yourself, then why hesitate? Captain Ren, now that you are the boss of the Xia Ding, we will all listen to you, even if you give the order. β
Tang Linkun was the first to say that he had come out with the Prince Zhen of the Rotten Immortal Margin for so many days, and it was estimated that King Jing must have known the news of Prince Zhen's disappearance, as long as King Jing was not stupid, he would be the number one suspect.
"Yes, you are in charge of everything, what do you need me to do?" the little prince had even rolled up his sleeves.
With this authorization from the little prince, Captain Ren suddenly came to his senses.
"Today we first need to clear a wide ditch on the beach on the left side of the battleship, and use the tide to balance the hull. β
Mo Bao and the rest of the guards and the crew of the Xia Ding all took off their clothes that were in the way, and with the help of some simple tools such as shovels for shoveling coal, they dug ditches like groundhogs within the range where Ren Aiguo walked out with his feet.
"Come on, everyone, be sure to dig the ditch before the tide comes up. The repair of the pressurized water tank should also be completed before the tide rises in the afternoon, is the task clear?"
"Yesββ!"
Tang Linkun and Captain Ren found a high place on the reef island where the waves could not beat, led Zhao Bangou and a few other guards, and leveled the place a little and used it as an unloading yard tomorrow. From the Xia Ding to the unloading yard, dozens of shells were used to blast out a sidewalk, and the momentum was so great that not a single seabird dared to stay within a radius of ten miles. More than a dozen crew members of the Xia Ding were ingenious and quickly set up a zipline between the Xia Ding and the unloading yard.
When they dug the ditch to a depth of five or six feet, the wide ditch was already full of water, and it became a pond. Because of their height, the crew was immersed in neck-high water, and they couldn't do their work at all, so Mo Bao simply carried them out of the ditch one by one.
The giants got to work, one top ten crew members, and five crew members transported the sand he pulled out for Zhao Bangou alone.
In the afternoon, the tide came as scheduled......
"Everybody board, stand on the port side. Captain Ren lay on the side of the ship and ordered loudly.
Under the continuous washing of the tide, the Xia Ding shook slightly, but it did not fall into the dug wide ditch as everyone hoped, and put the body back in place.
"Captain Ren, how about moving all the cargo to the left?" Tang Linkun asked.
Ren Aiguo nodded: "Okay, it's just that the workload is too much." β
Tang Linkun just wanted to order everyone to carry the goods together, but Mo Li, who didn't hear what the captain said clearly, suddenly shouted: "Everyone come with meββ! let's go down to carry the coal." β
Mo Li was quite familiar with the bilge, and he knew that there were two narrow warehouses in the bilge that were close to the left and right walls of the ship to push and put the coals, and he remembered that he had asked the fireman of the Fuxian Hu a few days ago why the coals were placed like this...... Now, if all the coal blocks in the warehouse on the right are moved to the left, wouldn't it be more conducive to the righting of the hull?
The work efficiency of the giants is really amazing, less than an hour, the left side of the Xia Ding began to slowly lower the height, after the expected "horn" sound, Xia Ding made a move exactly the same as Captain Ren expected, the sand on the edge of the wide ditch was squeezed into the ditch, and the whole hull was swept away and decadent, and it was majestic again.
Everyone jumped and cheered.
Mo Li, they all turned into Kaka and Liangliang, and when they went up to the deck, everyone saw each other's embarrassed appearance, and they all couldn't stand up with laughter.
Kaka and Liang Liang showed a mouthful of white teeth, and were thrown into the air by Mo Leopard......
Captain Ren was also thrown up by the crew......
"Let's go wash and eat, and eat meat buns for dinner today...... Rong Cheng, Qi Yun, Hua Sheng, and several cooks carried the steamer from the kitchen to the deck.
With a "plop", Zhao Bangou was the first to quickly jump into the sea, the first to take a bath and get on the boat, and the first to swallow a big bun.