Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 390 Smuggling Ship

"What about reputation? You have to know that you have no credit value with pirates—why do these people trust you?"

"I will focus on winning Shi Shishi, and then use him to connect with other people."

"I can't agree more, there is almost no success rate."

"Yes." Lin Baiguang obviously had a plan in mind.

Ran Yao still felt unsure - in his opinion, Lin Baiguang's whole set of plans took great risks, and only those who firmly believed that they had the "aura of the protagonist" would do it.

"I will play it by ear. There is no [-]% success rate in the work of enemy workers." He insisted on his own opinion.

"Okay, let me ask you one last question." Ran Yao said, "If Mr. Zhucai asks you to tell us about the origin of the Australians, the secrets of the big iron ship and the fast ship, or some sensitive issues like that, what are you going to do? answer?"

"Of course it is based on the "Captured Handbook." This manual, initiated by Ma Qianju, has been revised to the seventh edition under the auspices of the Political and Security Administration. The rumors of many indigenous people about them make the credibility more and more high.

"If he doesn't believe it, let's put it more horribly, he intends to torture him to extract a confession—" Ran Yao observed his reaction, "Can you persist?"

"The war between the two countries doesn't come at any time. What's more, I'm a representative to negotiate—since he wants something from us, he wouldn't do such a thing." Lin Baiguang said confidently.

"Okay." Ran Yao agreed, "I approve you to go. But you have to know that there is a great possibility that you will die in the hands of pirates..."

"I know that."

"It's very likely that you will be killed by them as soon as you arrive at Nanri Island, and you won't even have a chance to speak."

"Then I'm unlucky."

Ran Yao wanted to say that he was being benevolent and righteous when he said this.

"Do you need any support? Radio stations, weapons... or request the cooperation of the navy, army, special investigation team..."

"No need. Asking the army to cooperate will only increase the difficulty of coordination. I can't hide the radio station in my pocket. It's not the same to have a pistol among thousands of people-if something happens, just give me an AK I can't even rush out."

This kid is very open-minded.But it's also clearly ambitious.

After Lin Baiguang left, Ran Yao called Wen Desi, chairman of the executive committee, and Wen Desi interrupted Lin Baiguang's plan as soon as he reported:

"Your Political and Security Administration will be directly responsible for this matter. You don't need to report the details. I will greet you if you need to coordinate."

Ran Yao put down the phone and pondered Desi's words below for a few minutes.Then I started to draft the plan and implementation outline of the banyan work.

When Shi Shishi heard that the Australians refused to directly accept the boss's conditions, but wanted to send someone directly to Nanri Island to have an interview with Mr. Zhucai, he was a little hesitant, but he still agreed.Ma Qianju's judgment was right, the other party really needed help urgently.

"You're going to meet Master Zhu, I won't stop you. But you have to think about it: he's not feeling well recently. You guys messed with him a lot last year, and you may not be able to get good results by then." Shi Fourteen has established a basic friendship with Lin Baiguang in the past few days.

"I'm going to talk to Zhu Dazhang's family. He won't do anything to me. I'll have to rely on you, Brother Shi, for more guidance."

"As long as my brother can help, I will do my best!" Shi Shishi patted his chest.

The promise is insignificant in another time and space, but in this time and space, Lin Baiguang believes that it is still valuable.

"That's right, this is a modern fishing boat." Zhou Weisen climbed onto the deck of the research vessel, pulled off the snorkeling mask on his face, and said out of breath.

"This is a lot of fun." Bai Guoshi looked serious.

Several people on the sampan said nothing.At low tide they had done a good study with their sampans close to the mast.Welds and nuts were found on it.Except for Lingao, there will be no traces of electric welding on anything made in this time and space.Zhou Weisen just confirmed it again.

"What ship?"

"It looks like an American ocean-going fishing boat." Zhou Weisen said to Lin Chuanqing, "The appearance and structure are similar, but the number on the side of the boat cannot be seen clearly, and it seems to be worn off."

"It's impossible, the number of the ship's side is very important—" Lin Chuanqing suddenly stopped talking. He remembered that when he was a smuggler in the past, the number of the ship he used was deliberately made unclear.

From this point of view, the origin of this ship is really unknown.

"Is there anything on board, has it entered?"

"It's four or five meters deep below, and the ship sank on the reef, and the position is very straight. But it's too dangerous to enter the cabin with snorkeling equipment." Zhou Weisen shook his head, "Scuba diving is necessary."

Entering the interior of the sunken ship to explore is a very professional activity in diving.Zhou Weisen is an experienced diver. Although he has never done wreck diving, he still has the confidence to try a small fishing boat at a depth of four or five meters.But the equipment is not up to the mark.

Zhou Weisen has diving equipment in his personal and planning committee warehouses.From the simplest snorkeling to the most common scuba diving all the way to the clumsy reloading diving equipment.In addition to Zhou Weisen's eight gas cylinders of various sizes, there are several large and small compressed gas cylinders in the warehouse of the planning committee, which are enough for diving.

Travelers are not capable of producing oxygen and nitrogen mixtures, but ordinary compressed air diving can also cope with diving operations at a water depth of no more than 70 meters.The technology of making compressed air is not a problem for the Industrial and Energy Commission.

Zhou Weisen just used snorkeling equipment to hold his breath and went down to investigate.His underwater time was only two or three minutes.It's not easy to see what kind of ship it is.

"You take a rest, I'll go down this time. Scuba diving." Lin Chuanqing said.

"There are more sharks!" Gao Xiaosong noticed that there were more than a dozen sharks cruising in the clear water. "You have to wear shark-proof suits."

The sharks driven away by the shark repellant slowly started to swim in the atoll again.He didn't care about this fast sailing boat outside Dongsha Island.Even began to travel around to them all around.

"Tell you not to throw rubbish into the sea, you bastards!" Lin Chuanqing scolded the native sailors on board in a mixture of Hokkien and English.

"I think it's safer for us to go down together. Multiple caretakers." Zhou Weisen said, "Sharks are not a big problem. I checked that there are no aggressive sharks here. To be safe, put a pack of shark repellent powder when the time comes."

"It's okay, just a few sharks swimming."

Lin Chuanqing said he was fine, but actually felt very guilty.Sharks always make people's scalp tingle, let alone swimming next to you.

They went down to the cabin and took out two sets of scuba diving equipment. Both sets were brought by Zhou Weisen himself, and there were several sets in the warehouse of the planning committee. Zhou Weisen didn't like it, so he only brought a few cylinders from it And two sets of shark-proof suits like chain armor, which are worn outside the diving wetsuit.This thing is quite bulky to wear. Zhou Weisen decided not to wear it after careful consideration. The space inside the sunken ship is small, and it would be a disaster if it gets caught.

Lin Chuanqing was not as calm as he was, so he still put on this thing. In addition, he also brought the ropes and net bags necessary for wreck diving, the latter is used to fetch things.

"Use this if you really have something to do." Zhou Weisen gave Lin Chuanqing a powerful diving speargun, propelled by carbon dioxide gas, with an effective range of 20 meters. "It is best not to use it as a last resort."

Finally, each person has a diving knife as personal protection.The two agreed that Zhou Weisen, who had better diving skills, would enter the cabin, while Lin Chuanqing would be in charge of guarding outside.

"Okay, let's go!"

The yellow shark repelling powder thrown into the seawater gradually dispersed in the seawater, and the sharks swam away again.

Zhou Weisen touched the knife on his waist, turned the belt around, put on the oxygen mask, and turned on the switch.One turned over and went into the water.As he adjusted, he swam forward slowly, and his breathing gradually became normal.

He continued to sink, and sank about four or five meters, only more than one meter away from the reef on the bottom of the sea.At this time, he looked at his diving watch, and it was exactly twelve o'clock at noon.He brought two 15 liter tanks, each with its own independent supply system, which was 10% backed up for dives of less than 200 meters at best.But he didn't dare to be careless at all-the risk factor of wreck diving is extremely high, the space inside is small, and the light is dim. If he is trapped in the cabin, Lin Chuanqing, who is half-level, can't be expected to rescue him.

He relaxed his body, stretched his feet, and adjusted his posture by swinging his flippers rhythmically. There was plenty of light on the bottom of the sea, and although the transparency of the water was not as good as those diving holy places he had been to, it was still quite good.

Sunlight and moonlight shine through the fine waves on the water surface, illuminating the gray seabed below.The bottom of the sea is a reef of coral reefs, branched and branched, and Dongsha Island is the exposed part of these coral reefs.The shipwreck of unknown origin was on the reef less than 20 meters away, sinking upright, like a model of a shipwreck in an aquarium.

He suddenly felt someone pat him on the shoulder, and it turned out to be Lin Chuanqing.He was wearing a mask, so he couldn't see his expression clearly.Take the speargun.

He gave him a thumbs up, which means everything is OK and you can act.The two swam forward side by side.

Rubber wetsuits can feel hot and sticky.The oxygen inhaled in the oxygen tank also seemed to be full of rubber smell.Zhou Weisen is very familiar with this feeling.He was concentrating on maintaining an even pace, swimming steadily toward the wreck's coral reef.

The depths of the seabed are full of coral sand and reefs, which are reflected by the sun, twinkling.There are occasional patches of seaweed mixed in with the flat sand.Fish swim around the reef.Zhou Weisen is very careful. There are not only sharks in the coral reefs, but also some more terrifying fishes. The moray eels hiding in the gaps of the reefs are even more terrifying things-this thing can be more than three meters long and has a mouth full of sharp teeth. He looked much scarier than a normal shark.

They swam across the reef, and a large coral reef appeared ahead of them.It's shaped somewhat like a giant plate.The wreck is right on the edge of this "dish".There are more and more coral branches in front, surrounded by groups of beautiful small sea fish.Zhou Weisen slowed down his hands and feet, and made a signal with his left hand to stop moving forward.There were no signs of sharks around, but it was hard to tell.He cautiously swam around the sunken ship from a distance.

From underwater, the ship appears to be in excellent condition.The main structures are all intact.The seaweed attached to the deck and hull floated in the water. The ship should have sunk here for a long time.Judging from the sediment, shellfish and seaweed attached to it, it is at least half a year old.There were no scattered items on the reefs around the ship. It didn't look like it was sent to the bottom of the sea by a storm, but it seemed that someone opened the sea valve and sank by itself.

He was observing when Lin Chuanqing swam over.Zhou Weisen said: Get closer and swim around the boat to see the condition of the boat up close.

When he got to the stern, he found that the propeller had gone askew and the rudder was partially damaged.It looked as if it had crashed on a rock.On the whole, there is no trace of damage on the hull except some scratches on the bottom and coral reefs, and the white protective paint on the hull looks very new.Even the glass of the bridge is still intact.

Finally, they returned to the bridge and landed on the foredeck.Zhou Weisen gestured to Lin Chuanqing—he was going to enter the ship from here.The other party nodded and gestured to the carbon dioxide speargun - this thing is enough to kill a big shark at a distance of 20 meters, but this kind of killing will only attract more sharks.

He carefully used the diving knife to clean away the glass beside the broken bridge window, first the legs, then the body, and finally the head.Lin Chuanqing held the porthole with one hand, and passed the diving light in with the other.

The first target he chose for exploration was the bridge—this is the most important place to find out the identity of the ship.

The cabin has become a paradise for underwater life, and a frightened baby octopus flies past him like a jet.Zhou Weisen settled down——I don’t know if there are any remains of the victims in this ship. If there are, maybe we can find some clues from his belongings.

But there was nothing in the bridge. He did not find the most important thing, the logbook, nor did he find such materials as the ship's registry and port documents that could prove its identity and where it came from.

Zhou Weisen only found some necessary information for navigation such as nautical charts and tide tables, but nothing else.

He fixed one end of the rope on the bridge. This is a safety rope used to guide the return route. It is a must for wreck diving, otherwise it is easy to get lost in the maze inside the ship.Turn on the diving lights and continue to swim to the depths.

The interior of the ship is neat and tidy, except for some sea creatures roaming in the water, there is no trace of disturbance.There is no structural damage in the hull, and there are no scattered objects everywhere. It can be seen that the ship did not experience severe impact and turbulence when it sank.

On the bulkhead, the emergency box was fixed, and he noticed that the emergency box on the bulkhead near the bridge had been removed, while the depth was still intact.He came to the first cabin below deck, the door was closed.He tried to push it, and was surprised to find that it was locked.Then he explored further and found that every hatch he encountered was locked.This is really weird, do you still need to lock the door when abandoning the ship?

There were more and more doubts, and what made him feel the most weird was that there was no place on the ship to mark the name of the ship and its port of registration-these would have been on many equipment on the ship.These areas are now carefully sanded away or covered with a coat of paint.Obviously, the owner of the ship deliberately did not want anyone to know the true details of the ship.

Three or 10 minutes later, a net bag object was lifted from a rope and two people surfaced.

In the net bag are some items that Zhou Weisen fished out from the cabin.Including some nautical information, an emergency box originally fixed on the bulkhead, a fire axe, and some cans and bottles.Several people squatted on the deck looking at these watery items.

From these small things, Lin Chuanqing reconfirmed: This is a small fishing boat that should have been built in the United States.

"There is nothing that can prove its identity," Zhou Weisen said, taking off his equipment. "Not only is there no logbook, there are no navigation documents, and the ship's clock is gone. Even the nameplates on the tools and equipment have been removed. Even if it was The stowaways are not so mysterious."

"This boat is not serious." Lin Chuanqing took a bucket of "semi-fresh water" from the well in Dongsha Island and washed himself.

"Of course, such a deliberate attempt to conceal one's identity—it's definitely not fishing, and besides, there are no fishing tools in the cabin at all."

"It's probably an illegal activity." Gao Xiaosong concluded, "Could it be a smuggling boat?"

"It's not an ordinary smuggling boat. Otherwise, there's no need to do such a great job of concealing the identity of the boat." Lin Chuanqing took off his rubber diving suit, sat on the deck wet and lit a cigarette, "Look at this, it's not smuggling. Drugs are arms smuggling."

"Damn, did a group of drug dealers come to Daming?"

"It would be great if it was an arms dealer, so there must be a boat full of weapons! AK47! Machine guns! RPG!" Bai Guoshi became excited.

"Then we will be miserable—"

"It's hard to say whether it's a drug dealer or an arms dealer. You have to scoop up the boat and search carefully to find out." Zhou Weisen said, "I didn't dive too deep, but it seems that the boat should have been sailing when it sank."

Many provisions were found in the cabin, with many cans and wine.The label on it has been soaked, but it looks like the seal is not broken, so it should be edible.

"Where did this can come from?" Gao Xiaosong asked.

"Made in America."

"So the people on board are still Americans. Can you estimate the time?"

"No problem, just look at this emergency kit."

Zhou Weisen opened the box—this kind of nautical emergency box is very well sealed, and there is no water in it.The boxes contain necessary food, medicine, signal tubes and the like in case of a shipwreck at sea.The shelf life shows that the time is consistent with the time and space from which they started.

(End of this chapter)