Chapter 947 Surfaced

"Boss, hey hey, you... I love you so much..."

After seeing the three rooms equipped with torpedo launchers and artillery, Zhuang Rui took Clyde to see the three rooms equipped with torpedo launchers and artillery respectively, and Clyde's big mouth was so cracked that he couldn't wait to hold Zhuang Rui and kiss him.

"Clyde, merchant ships are not allowed to carry heavy weapons. Aren't you afraid of being detected?"

Zhuang Rui was a little puzzled about Clyde's performance. In his mind, Clyde should be worried about the harm of these weapons to himself, but he didn't think of the old man's reaction.

According to the convention of the International Maritime Organization, merchant ships are not allowed to be equipped with heavy weapons, because if merchant ships can carry weapons, how can they distinguish between merchant ships and warships? This is a threat to the sovereignty of all countries.

"Dear boss, don't be afraid, oh, my God, I still can't believe that these weapons are ours..."

Clyde was obviously a little too excited. After seeing Zhuang Rui's bad face, he became serious and said, "Every commercial ship will not have a routine inspection until it enters the port. Generally, when you go to a strange port, the inspection will be stricter, but the ship has been stopped in Macao for 20 years, and no guy will do it again Interested..."

After listening to Clyde's explanation, Zhuang Rui understood that he was confused and equipped the weapon. He didn't expect to enter the port to check at all.

Zhuang Rui shook his head. He is really ignorant and fearless. If it is found out, I'm afraid no port in the world will accept his cruise ship.

Merchant ships do not mean that they can't carry weapons for self-defense at all. According to international law, even if they carry weapons, they don't fire casually. They must have the right to counterattack when they are first attacked by their opponents. The weapons they carry are just passive means of coping.

Moreover, merchant ships carrying weapons will also be hijacked. Clyde told Zhuang Rui an example. Not long ago, a North Korean cargo ship was hijacked in the waters of the Indian Ocean. At that time, the people on board had weapons, but they were still disarmed by experienced pirates.

However, this cruise ship is so famous in Macao that Clyde doesn't care whether heavy weapons are installed on the ship. In his opinion, these weapons will further guarantee the safety of the cruise ship.

After Clyde calmed down, he suddenly remembered a question and looked at Zhuang Rui and asked, "Well, boss, was the explosion in the morning caused by a torpedo bomb?"

"Oh, I don't know about this either. Maybe they are unlucky, and the ammunition on their ship may have exploded..."

Zhuang Rui spread out his hands with a smile, with an innocent expression on his face, but his appearance had explained the problem, and Clyde finally understood that the pirate ship did not escape, but sank into the sea in front of him.

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde couldn't help clenching his fist and said viciously, "Great, boss, let's slow down when we return. I'm going to kill all the pirates in Malacca!"

Zhuang Rui said angrily, "Come on, these weapons are forced. Don't use them. A torpedo bomb costs hundreds of thousands of dollars..."

Looking at Clyde's indignation, Zhuang Rui was very suspicious that the old man would not have been caught by pirates before, would he? Why are you as excited as a chicken blood when you hear the word "pirate"?

You know, it is rare to see women on the sea, and the place where homosexuality is most concentrated is to touch the crew on the sea. If Clyde shaves off his beard, he must be a handsome young man.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Rui couldn't help shivering. When he looked at Clyde, his eyes became a little different.

"Hey hey, boss, those pirates are all rich. Pirates rob merchant ships. Let's rob pirates. That's natural..."

Clyde's words made Zhuang Rui dispel his doubts, otherwise he was really worried about handing over the ship to a captain with special hobbies, but Clyde's idea was too wishful thinking.

Zhuang Rui said with tears and laughter, "Come on, Clyde, you are the captain of this salvage ship. Our task is to explore, to pursue the treasures of ancient sunken ships, not to do what those damn soldiers do..."

Nothing else, it's just that the speed of this cruise ship is far from comparable to those small ships. You can't get on the torpedo every time you meet, right? Zhuang Rui doesn't have so many torpedoes to consume.

When Zhuang Rui saw that Clyde still wanted to speak, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Ok, you go to Li Zhen and tell him that's what I said. Let this set of monitoring facilities be connected to the captain's room, and you can also control it in real time in the future..."

"Thank you, boss..."

Zhuang Rui's move undoubtedly handed over the control of the whole ship to his own hands. Although Clyde did not know what it means to die for a confidant, at this moment, he had the thought of selling his life for Zhuang Rui.

"Don't say those useless things, now you have to count on the crew of the ship to work. Go and send a notice to tell them that the pirates will not come again and let them work at ease, but... the weapon system on the ship still needs to be kept secret..."

Clyde was so panicked before, not to mention the crew below. Zhuang Rui was afraid that if he did not agree to return, it was estimated that the crew could unload the boat and row back by himself.

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde also realized the seriousness of the matter and went to the captain's room to issue a notice.

To say that Clyde's authority on this ship is really unusually high. After his voice came out, the restless crew members all calmed down.

As for the staff of those platforms, they are not very responsive. The pirate attack only brings them a novel experience and the capital to brag in the future. Many people even feel bad about not seeing pirates.

After everyone on the ship rested for a day, the work of salvaging the sunken ship continued. It was quite tedious to make a salvage plan, which made Zhuang Rui and several experts feel a little tired.

Because the sunken ship is more than 2,000 meters below the sea and has a large number of precious cultural relics, the difficulty of salvaging as a whole is absolutely no less than the salvage of the Titanic, although the volume difference between the two is countless times.

After the last three days, with Zhuang Rui's insistence, the plan was finally formulated. The sunken ship was named "Maritime Silk Road No. 1", and the salvage operation was called "Maritime Silk Road No. 1 Salvage Plan"!

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"Quick, put 30 more floats down, yes, to drain the air, make sure that all the floats can be filled with gas at the same time in the first time..."

Two more days have passed, and all the preparations have been ready. From 4:30 a.m., the crew on the ship have been busy, and the roar of the machine has spread far away.

Zhuang Rui's salvage ship is busy. The huge platform has moved to the sea, and 160 floats have sunk into the sea. Every 40 floats is one unit, and all the ropes are connected together.

And the two underwater robots are also busy now. Through the platform *** vertical, the two robots need to tie four special ropes to the ancient sunken ship at the bottom of the sea. This work alone has been carried out for two days.

You know, although the ancient sunken ship looks very strong, the binding position must bear the pulling force of the float. If it can't stand it, not only will the hull be damaged, but the things on the ship will also suffer catastrophic damage.

"A group, a group, report preparation..."

"Report commander-in-chief, all the preparations have been completed, and you can float at any time..."

"Report commander-in-chief, the second group is ready..."

"Report commander-in-chief, three groups and four groups are ready..."

There are four groups to control the buoy, and the deep-water robot that has completed the binding work takes a special fishing net with a length and width of more than 40 meters.

This fishing net was originally a fishing net used for fishing boats. It was made of steel wire and ropes. It was extremely tough. This is also because Zhuang Rui specially contacted Macao and asked someone to send it specially.

"Mr. Zhuang, what do you think? Can we start?"

In the monitoring room on the platform, although Zhang Gong, as the commander-in-chief, still has to follow Zhuang Rui's instructions. After all, this is the real boss.

After two days of debate, Zhang Gong also admired Zhuang Rui. A young man who had never salvaged in the deep sea actually knows all the details.

What impressed Zhang Gong more was that Zhuang Rui accurately found four reinforcement points only through the picture sensored by the underwater robot. After two days of testing, it was shown that these four reinforcement points could withstand the pulling force brought by the float.

"Start!"

Zhuang Rui is also a little excited. China's shipwreck salvage technology has always been lagging behind in the world. For the field of deep-sea salvage, it is much worse for developed countries. His own attempt will also open a new chapter in the maturity of China's deep-sea salvage technology.

Of course, although the ship is registered in Panama, and it is also in the high seas, Zhuang Rui still regards this act as a national act.

Zhuang Rui has contacted his tutor Professor Meng. It is estimated that Professor Meng will bring a group of underwater salvage experts by tomorrow at this time.

"One, two, three, four groups prepare, inject one-third of the air into the float, and start!"

With Zhang Gong's order, the huge inflatable pump on the cruise ship made a shocking roar, and the specially connected hoses quickly expanded, and the air was transmitted to more than 100 buoys through the hose.

Due to the buoyancy of the floats themselves, they only sink at a depth of more than 200 meters of the sea. After the air enters the float, more than 100 floats immediately float up slowly.

The rope connected to the float and the sunken ship also slowly began to straighten from the soft state.