Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 41 Fisherman: Big Fortune!

The screen showed that the manta ray submersible was rising from the water, and Wei Jiang could see a few rays of light on the phone screen.

When the submersible emerged from the water, the images captured by the manta ray's camera could finally distinguish the surrounding environment.

The lights from the street lamps on the riverside road in the distance could be clearly seen, and he also saw the surface target that had been detected before.

A small civilian boat with a searchlight on was floating quietly on the water.

Turning the angle of the Manta Ray submersible, under the infrared vision, a man was standing on the deck of the ship holding a fishing rod in his hand.

Next to the other person, there were 4 or 5 fishing rods standing upright at the same time, which looked quite professional.

When Wei Jiang was observing the other person, a fish happened to take the bait and the man was holding the fishing rod tightly with both hands and wrestling with the river fish underwater.

Based on the markings on the small map, Wei Jiang judged that the other small dot might be a river fish.

Wei Jiang had never fished before, so he stopped what he was doing and observed curiously.

A few minutes later, probably because the river fish underwater had run out of energy, the man quickly reeled in the line. From a distance, it looked like a river fish about 10 centimeters long was scooped up from the water by the man using a scoop net.

The man placed a large bucket at his feet and threw the river fish into the bucket.

Seeing this, Wei Jiang suddenly remembered that the relevant departments seemed to have issued a 10-year fishing ban policy a long time ago, and multiple fishing rods seemed to be not allowed.

Looking at the multiple fishing rods fixed on the deck of the ship, this behavior should have been banned long ago.

"Want to make trouble?"

Wei Jiang hesitated as he had the idea of ​​playing a prank on himself.

While Wei Jiang was hesitating, the man grabbed another fishing rod and another fish took the bait.

The fish caught this time should be quite large. Wei Jiang saw that the man was hunched over, as if he was using all his strength.

The submersible has also detected the target location of the bite hook, which is just in front of the manta ray submersible.

It wasn't until Wei Jiang saw the water surface being quickly cut by a smooth fish back that he frowned.

“It looks quite big.”

“This must be almost one meter long, right?”

Wei Jiang was muttering softly while holding his cell phone, and the sound attracted the attention of Wei Yonghe who was standing next to him.

"What are you mumbling about? What is one meter?"

Wei Jiang looked at the smooth backs of the river fish that occasionally emerged from the water, and looked up to ask his father for advice.

"Dad, are there any fish nearly one meter long in our river?"

"Yes, it's the kind of fish that has no dorsal fin and has smooth skin."

Wei Jiang's question made Wei Yonghe look thoughtful.

Unlike Wei Jiang's generation, Wei Yonghe often went to the river to play when he was a child and was much more familiar with things in the river than Wei Jiang.

"A big fish with smooth skin. How did you think of this while playing games?"

"Such a big fish, there really were in the river before, but I haven't seen one in years."

When Wei Jiang heard his father knew the news, he quickly asked, "Catching such a big fish should be the dream of every fisherman."

"have you seen?"

Wei Yonghe leaned back in the recliner with a reminiscent look on his face.

"I saw it a few times when I was a kid. We called it the river pig. Now I hardly see it. I don't know if it's extinct."

"I've seen river pigs that were over one meter long before. They were huge. I can tell you that you won't be able to see them in your generation."

River pig? Pig in the river?
Wei Jiang was very confused when he heard this, but suddenly he remembered a freshwater creature that lived in the river basins.

The Yangtze River dolphin, if he remembered correctly, seemed to be an endangered species and was under a clear protection order.

Thinking of this, Wei Jiang lowered his head and quickly checked the screen of his mobile phone.

In the field of vision of the manta ray submersible, the target, which was most likely a finless porpoise, had been pulled close to the boat by the man with a fishing rod. Wei Jiang even saw the blunt round fish head emerging from the water several times.

"Should he be released?"

"This is a beast that will be sentenced to life in prison. Who dares to bring this thing back?" Without paying attention to his father whose attention was attracted by his whisper, Wei Jiang kept looking at the screen of his mobile phone with his head down.

The development of the situation was completely contrary to Wei Jiang's judgment. Wei Jiang saw the fisherman caught the porpoise with a scoop net and squatted on the deck, obviously with no intention of releasing the porpoise.

"So crazy!?"

In the next two minutes, Wei Jiang watched helplessly as the other side struggled to drag up the scoop net and threw the porpoise onto the deck.

The porpoise, which had escaped the water, bounced on the deck.

Judging from the lighting on the boat deck and the height of the fisherman, the porpoise was about 90 centimeters long.

Wei Jiang bit his lip and looked at the fisherman standing on the deck, excitedly taking out his mobile phone to take pictures.

When he saw the man putting the finless porpoises into a single large bucket, Wei Jiang knew that the man was crazy.

Looking at his father beside him who was reminiscing about the past, Wei Jiang couldn't help but feel curious about the past.

My father’s past life must be very interesting.

With an idea in mind, Wei Jiang operated his mobile phone to control the submersible to go downstream.

This kind of thing is not something he can control, and the submarine also does not have the ability to counterattack.

Professional matters should be left to professionals. A submersible on the surface travels much faster than underwater.

6.7km/h. With the help of the submarine's camera, Wei Jiang observed every ship he encountered along the way.

The Dajiang River is the most important river in the Dongda River transportation system. A large number of transport ships are sailing on the river day and night.

There are many river transport ships, so naturally there will be law enforcement ships. Wei Jiang is now looking for law enforcement ships on patrol.

More than ten minutes later, a law enforcement ship with a red flag at the stern appeared in Wei Jiang's sight.

With the help of the light in the law enforcement cabin, Wei Jiang saw two law enforcement officers in police uniforms sitting inside to rest.

Wei Jiang, who already had a plan in mind, did not hesitate and controlled the submersible to approach the law enforcement ship.

After approaching the law enforcement ship, the submarine controlled by Wei Jiang did not stop, but instead directly crashed into the bow of the law enforcement ship.

The submersible had no sound collection sensor. Through the camera footage, Wei Jiang only saw the screen go black, and the submersible hit the bow of the law enforcement ship and then went to the other side of the law enforcement ship.

When Wei Jiang turned the submersible around, two law enforcement officers were already standing at the bow with nervous expressions, looking around with flashlights.

Wei Jiang started the power of the submarine again, and the propeller continued to turn. The sound of breaking water spread all around and could be heard by people around.
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On the river, two law enforcement officers were checking the surface of the river nervously. They were very familiar with this area of ​​water.

They have been patrolling the inland rivers for seven or eight years, and they have never encountered a situation like what just happened in this waterway.

"What did you hit?"

Fu Peng, an elderly river policeman, used a flashlight to check the surrounding water surface. The surface of the river was black at night with ripples.

The sudden sound not far away caught the attention of both of them.

"Captain Fu, over there!"

The subordinate police officer pointed forward, and when the flashlight shone over there, the splashes on the water were clearly visible.

"There's something under the water!"

Due to limited vision, the two could not identify the target for a moment. Fu Peng turned around without hesitation.

"Chase! We must find out. If we don't, it will seriously threaten the safety of river navigation."

"Yes."

The law enforcement ship started its power and followed the target ahead closely.

Because it was an underwater target, the two could only determine the target's location by the ripples on the water surface.

Wei Jiang, looking at the small dot following the submarine on the small map, knew that his goal had been achieved.

Because the submersible travels at a slow speed, in order to avoid being caught up by the law enforcement ship, Wei Jiang had to keep diving underwater to avoid being caught up by the law enforcement ship early.

After more than 20 minutes of extreme operation, Wei Jiang finally saw the civilian ship on the screen when he surfaced from the water again.

Without hesitation, the manta ray submersible accelerated forward, aiming directly at the place where the fisherman cast his fishing rod.

(End of this chapter)