Great warships

Chapter 554
The Marlson salvage ship.

This is a large deep-sea ocean-going salvage ship. The front of its hull is somewhat similar to a cruise ship. It can accommodate a large number of people to live and work at the same time, while its second half is on a platform. Above this huge platform, there are several A crane, when needed, can directly drag things in the sea water up.

At this moment, on this platform, a somewhat obese middle-aged Western man was standing there. He was wearing a baseball cap, a very ordinary T-shirt and jeans. A plate, holding a vase in his left hand, with exquisite sky blue patterns on it, and a smile on his face.

"Oriental porcelain is so exquisite, it makes people intoxicated!" He said with emotion: "The expert's appraisal results have come out. This batch of porcelain is all from the four major kilns in the East during the Kangxi period. It's a boutique."

"Then shall we do it today?" Captain Nigel asked him.

"That's right, we'll do it tonight! It would be great if we could tow the sunken ship away as a whole. If we can't, we'll think of other ways." Mike Hatcher said lightly.

As the night slowly deepened, the Maerson set off again. The motor at its tail was roaring, driving the huge hull, and headed towards the sea area where the target was. Almost every night, it would make such a journey.

Two hours later.

The Maerson once again came to the waters it would visit every night. At the bow, several water ghosts put on their diving gear and jumped down.

The sea area where the sunken ship is located is not deep. After all, the sunken ship hit a rock and sank, and the water area where it is located is only more than 30 meters deep.

Mike Hatcher stood at the stern of the boat and watched the cables being thrown down, and then led by the water ghost to the place where the ship sank, hooking the hooks one by one on the predetermined shipwreck position.

"Attention, ready to salvage." Mike Hatcher shouted loudly.

The cables of several cranes began to move, and after being stretched slowly, even the Marlson began to shake slightly.

The water ghosts were swimming back and forth around the sunken ship, watching the lifting process, and suddenly, with a bang, the hook on a hull dragged by the cable fell off!
The water ghosts were all experienced, so they quickly dodged and watched the cables swaying like whips in the water. If they were hit, they would definitely die immediately.

"Let go of the rope, what's going on?" Mike Hatcher asked angrily.

"The hull below is rotten and can't bear the force of our towing, and we can't lift it as a whole!" A water ghost showed his head and shouted loudly to Mike Hatcher.

Unable to lift as a whole!

Mike Hatcher's face became gloomy, and he couldn't lift the whole thing, which meant that the difficulty of the work would increase a lot!
"Grab some goods first," Mike Hatcher said.

Those are all porcelain!Moreover, those who have known ancient cargo ships should know that porcelain is all pressed against the bottom of the ship. At the bottom of the ship, two people carried sticks to lift the box in, and water ghosts to lift the box out. Just impossible.

However, experienced salvage ships also have their own methods. They hang a special grab bucket on the rope at the end of the crane, and then, with the assistance of water ghosts, find a suitable position, directly grab the side of the broken hull, and then grab The goods inside are stored, and then the cranes above are used to lift boxes of porcelain up.

Seeing the porcelain being placed on the back deck, Mike Hatcher was extremely excited. For him, these are all money!
Time passed slowly, and more and more porcelain was brought up. The water ghosts returned to the boat countless times, took a short rest, and then replaced with new gas cylinders. Dongfang, however, had already begun to show a slight pale belly.

"Mike, it's getting late, should we go?"

"No, let's try again," Mike Hatcher said. "If we can't tow this boat, then we'll hang a hammer on the crane and smash everything down there."

Smash it to pieces?Nigel looked at Mike Hatcher in surprise: "Why?"

"Because rare things are expensive," Mike Hatcher said.

There are hundreds of thousands of pieces of exquisite porcelain in this shipwreck. If all of them are salvaged, there will be too many pieces, and they will definitely be worthless. He wants to take these porcelains to the auction. Create a situation where items are scarce.

How to create it?
Of course, it smashed the things that couldn't be taken away!

Nigel felt a little sorry, but they had to listen to boss Mike Hatcher.

The crane started up again, and the stern of the ship sank slightly. After the porcelain was salvaged overnight, the weight of the sunken ship was also decreasing. Therefore, with the power of the crane, the sunken ship below slowly began to shake Yep, it's been underwater for over 180 years, and now it's about to see the light of day again!
Bang!
At this moment, another steel wire broke apart!
Nigel's face was full of regret: "It seems that the quality of the sunken ship is a bit poor."

"Hang up the drop hammer and we'll smash it to pieces!" Mike Hatcher said. "When it's over, we'll hit the high seas!"

At this time, the sky had begun to light up, and a water ghost swam back with his flippers, but found a companion swimming in the opposite direction.

So, he followed it curiously, wanting to see if this companion was planning to go to the sunken ship to get some good things for personal gain. If he finds any gold, silver and jewelry in it, hide it and bring it back, he will make a fortune. up.

Even if the heavy hammer was about to fall later, they were willing to go all out.

However, the companion did not go to the sunken ship, but continued to swim forward, and he became even more curious. He watched the companion continue to swim forward for a while, and then a small submersible appeared.

When he saw the submersible, he immediately realized: No, there is a situation!

He turned around and went to Huiyou, wanting to go back and report the news, but unfortunately, it was too late.

This lonely water ghost got into the submersible.

"Good job, Zhengyang." Qin Tao said, "We have already notified the higher authorities to close the net."

The two lifting failures just now were not because the nearly 200-year-old shipwreck had rotted, but because Xu Zhengyang had tampered with it!At night, the sea is of course dark, and the water ghosts rely on a lamp above their heads to illuminate them, so they don't even know the existence of Xu Zhengyang who is hidden in the darkness.

The scuba cylinders can only last for about an hour. Xu Zhengyang went out three times back and forth. The first and third times, he broke the lifting rope. The second time he went out, he brought a special underwater camera.

At this time, on the surface of the water, the crane of the Marson was lifting heavy hammers, and suddenly there was a buzzing sound on the distant sea. The sound was so loud that it made people feel chills.

Mike Hatcher's face was gloomy. He looked at the three missile boats approaching at high speed, and suddenly thought of something: "Quick, immediately throw everything we salvaged into the sea, quick!"

The reason why they want to salvage at night is of course because they themselves are well aware of the law. No one will take care of casual salvage on the high seas, but if they go to salvage in the territorial waters of other countries, once they are caught, they will be full of stolen goods. Get it!

However, the speed of those catamaran missile boats is really too fast. The roar of the opponent's full speed was just heard in the last second, and the opponent's missile boat has already moved to the front in the next second!
This special salvage ship has a special gangway on the side for the convenience of water ghosts entering the water, so the fighters on the missile boat can easily climb up the ladder and rush straight to the rear cabin.

At this time, only three or five boxes were thrown down. After all, the big guys were tired after working all night.

Mike Hatcher shouted loudly: "What are you doing? I am a Briton! You board our ship at will like this, which is a violation of our British sovereignty! I will go to the International Court of Justice to sue you!"

While speaking, a beautifully shaped small submersible floated up next to the salvage ship.

With the help of soldiers on the deck, Qin Tao and others jumped onto the boat: "Mr. Mike Hatcher, since we stepped up, of course there is evidence. You can wait to serve your sentence with us!"

Mike Hatcher's face changed drastically: "What evidence do you have? These boxes on my ship were salvaged from other places!"

"Really?" You salvaged it from other places, where? "Qin Tao's words were full of ridicule.

"This is our commercial secret!"

"Really? I have a video here. It shows that you water ghosts cut open the sunken ship and salvaged the box. Would you like to see it?"

Although the underwater is dark at night, every water ghost wears a lamp on its head, which can also form some bright spots underwater, especially when they are salvaging, the water ghosts are all around Watching, the lights illuminate the salvage process clearly.

Mike Hatcher's expression changed immediately: "Where did you get the video?"

"Of course it was filmed while you were working. Are your water ghosts tired all day? We orientals are all hospitable. Now, go to our base to rest."

"President Qin, if we do this, will it cause disputes?" Xu Zhengyang was a little worried.

"In our territorial waters, thieves or even robbers have come in. Can't we deal with them? Of course we have to use our laws to judge them and make them compensate us a large sum of money." Qin Tao said: "Let this Mike Hatcher vomited on us with interest!"

Qin Tao's words were resounding, and Yang Lin beside him was also emotional, Mr. Qin's words are so good!

We have stood up long ago!

"Now, since the ship is in our hands, we will salvage the sunken ship below again. By the way, this trial can be placed in Sansha or Qiongzhou." Qin Tao said.

Now that the ship has been seized, of course it must be used.After all, this is a local case, and it can be handled directly by the local government.

Since no one made trouble, the sunken ship came out of the water as a whole that afternoon, towed by the salvage ship, and headed towards Qiongzhou.

Yang Lin was extremely excited. This was the first time that a shipwreck was successfully salvaged underwater, and it was salvaged as a whole, which has more underwater archaeological value, especially the construction technology of ancient ships, which is more valuable than these porcelains.

Looking at the wooden boat being dragged behind, Xu Zhengyang was a little curious: "Mr. Qin, why hasn't this boat rotted after being underwater for so long?"

"Well, don't ask me, you have to ask these archaeological experts." Qin Tao said.

Yang Lin had a proud smile on his face: "This is the great invention of our ancient shipbuilders. The wooden boats they made are advanced in technology and painted with various paints on the surface. They can be preserved for a long time under the water. It has been 200 years, but the Nanjing No. 800 we discovered has a history of [-] years and is still well preserved, but unfortunately we are unable to salvage it, and we will be able to salvage it officially when we build a special salvage ship this time.”

In the early 80s, three members of the British Ocean Exploration Company discovered in an old newspaper that in 3, a ship named "Rheinburg" sank in the Eastern Sea due to a typhoon.The "Rhineburg" was loaded with a large amount of cargo, including 1772 boxes of silver and more than 6 tons of tin ingots.

Considering that the "Rheinborg" sank in the South China Sea, the British ocean exploration company filed an application to cooperate with the Chinese side in salvage.It can be seen that this is the formal process. First, the ship must belong to its own country, and second, it must contact the country in the sea area where the sunken ship is located, and salvage it in a fair and honest manner.

In 87, the cooperation was reached, and the location of the sunken ship was found. Unfortunately, there was too much silt, so they grabbed it directly with a grab bucket. As a result, more than 200 treasures were caught: bronze ware, lacquer ware, iron ware, pottery and porcelain. , These treasures come from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and they come from different kiln sites such as JDZ and Longquan. Most of them can be designated as national first-class or second-class cultural relics.

Later analysis: this sunken ship must not be the "Rheinburg" that the British were looking for. The British were also very interested and gave up after confirming it. 87 million, and it was not until April 01 that the official salvage began.

These funds are not only used to train underwater archaeologists, but also to build underwater archaeological equipment, especially a professional salvage ship!
This is the first time in China, and each shipyard has no experience, so it is most appropriate to hand it over to Mingzhou Group. Even if there is no such action, they will order from Mingzhou Group, but with the participation of Mr. Qin , this thing is done beautifully.

At this time, what did Qin Tao think of when he heard Yang Lin talk about this matter: "Then, it may not be easy when you salvage it. After all, the ship is already in the mud, and it has passed through The 800-year history, if it is lifted directly, it is estimated that even if there is no one to do it, it will rot."

"Yes, it is indeed a problem. If the overall lifting fails, then we can only salvage it separately and then restore it."

Qin Tao shook his head: "This is not acceptable. Separate them first and then restore them, which will greatly reduce the value of archaeology. You have to lift them as a whole."

"How to lift it as a whole?" Yang Lin asked: "Mr. Qin, do you have a solution?"

"It's very simple. When the time comes, make a special caisson to salvage the entire ship and the nearby sediment, and then clean it up slowly after returning."

"President Qin, it seems that we have to trouble Mingzhou Group when the time comes!"

Mike Hatcher fell into the sand in the east, and was stolen while secretly salvaging the sunken ship. The news quickly spread all over the world, and everyone looked at this place with surprised eyes.

How could Dongfang attack so quickly?
"According to our cultural relics protection law, no so-called treasure hunters are welcome on the territory of our motherland. On our territory, whether it is land or sea, all cultural relics belong to our country! Therefore, the suspect Mike Hatcher tried to salvage the sunken ship from our territorial waters and took a large number of valuable cultural relics for himself, which is a serious illegal and criminal act!"

The trial of the case is also very fast, and the purpose is to frighten those so-called treasure hunters and let them know that there is a price to be paid for stealing in the eastern waters.

"Sentenced to the principal culprit, Mike Hatcher, for a $2000 million fine and three years in prison!"

"Oh no, you can't do this, I'm a Briton! If you do this, my motherland will not let you go!"

In court, Mike Hatcher shouted.

"No matter where you are from, as long as you commit a crime on our land, you will be judged by our laws!"

Shuangsha Island.

Qin Tao was sitting on a deck chair on the beach basking in the sun, holding a coconut in his arms, a straw and coconut juice.

Beside him was Lin Liang, sitting on a ponytail, fanning Qin Tao.

"How about it, Mr. Qin, isn't our resort good?"

"Well, it's not bad." Qin Tao nodded: "Next, we need to increase our publicity efforts, find some beautiful women, and shoot some promotional posters."

Hearing what Qin Tao said, Lin Liang was a little dumbfounded: "Boss Qin, are you saying that we need to rely on women to promote? Instead, we would rather not promote."

"Mr. Lin, look, are you vulgar? Where are you thinking?" Qin Tao said: "Our place is not a place of prostitution, of course we don't need to find that kind of woman, what we are looking for is a normal woman, think about it Hey, whoever wants to go out for a trip for nothing is something that prodigal women do, and our publicity must touch their hearts."

Lin Liang thought about it seriously, then nodded, and had to say, what President Qin said is really true!
According to their operation during this period, it can be found that the women who come to the island to travel are generally active, and the men are followers, not only to carry bags for the women, but also to take pictures.

While chatting, a soldier from the base got off a motorcycle and quickly ran to Qin Tao's side.

"President Qin, I have a telegram from you!"

If it is on land, it will be very convenient to make phone calls, but it is different on the island.

If it is not very far from the mainland, maybe a cable can be laid there, but like Shuangsha Island, which is thousands of kilometers away from the mainland, it is impossible to lay a cable at all.

Either use an expensive satellite phone, or use the oldest telegraph method, and the telegram can still be kept secret.

"Telegram?" Qin Tao took it curiously: "What's the matter?"

Now that he's here, Qin Tao intends to relax a bit. It's a pity that he didn't bring his wife here, but he should have a better time by himself.

Where did I think, there are too many things, and there is always no time to rest.

Qin Tao already had a premonition of something, but when he picked it up, he was surprised for a while.

"Sail training ship? What's wrong with the navy? They actually want to order a sail training ship from our Mingzhou Group?" Qin Tao was extremely curious.

Originally, he thought that it would take a few years until the navy had sufficient funds before investing in the construction of such ships. After all, the navy's main warships were still waiting to be refitted, and there was absolutely no luxury to get a sail training ship for fun.

"President Qin, shall we go back then?"

"Of course I went back." Qin Tao said: "He came to the door directly, and he is waiting at the shipyard of our Mingzhou Group."

Thus, Qin Tao ended his trip to Shuangsha Island in this way. He could even imagine that when he comes back next time, the place will definitely be built even better.

After hurriedly returning to Mingzhou Group, Qin Tao saw Zheng Ming who looked expectant.

"President Qin, the task this time is a bit difficult. I wonder if Mingzhou Group can build this sail training ship within three months."

"Three months? Do you think you are building a toy boat?" Qin Tao immediately began to express his dissatisfaction: "Three months is enough time for our Mingzhou Group to design."

This is a sailboat, a ship that has long been eliminated. No shipyard in China has ever manufactured it, and it takes a long time just to design it.

"Besides, this kind of ship is used to train students, and there is no need to rush the construction period." Qin Tao continued.

"We have a special purpose." Zheng Ming said: "Boss Qin, this project is of great importance. I hope you can complete this glorious and arduous task. The task requires that its horn must be strong."

Bump?Hearing Zheng Ming's words, Qin Tao opened his eyes wide: "Is this ship used for a special purpose of hitting the enemy?"

(End of this chapter)