Big Islander 2

Chapter 122

This is not the first time to cooperate with domestic salvage. With the lessons learned from the hook fish island last time, Tang Jide directly sent a message to Lao Leng: Don't have teammates who are like pigs.

Probably because of the significance of this salvage activity, and the fact that Peach Blossom Island has been in the limelight recently, the island owner came to the salvage site in person, and the country also sent a deputy minister to sit in charge, and brought the request from the higher-ups, we must fully cooperate with Peach Blossom Island , so Tang Jide's worries seemed a little superfluous.

Because the Awa Maru was salvaged once in the late 70s, the trouble of detection was saved, and the fleet went directly to the Taiwan Strait, the waters east of Niutou Mountain, where there are domestic sea surveillance ships all year round Patrol to prevent someone from sneaking in.

However, it is obviously impossible to prevent the octopus salvage team that is always working underwater.It is estimated that those countries that have found valuable sunken ships but are unable to salvage them will face this brand-new issue: fire prevention every day, and thieves every day.

Tang Jide and his group have always been unwilling to hide in the cabin. They either blow the sea breeze on the deck, or simply jump into the sea for a while.It made the deputy minister who accompanied him very depressed: he is over 50 years old, and he really can't stand such a toss.

To say that the wind and waves in the Taiwan Strait are still not small, from September to May of the next year, there are violent waves, which are not suitable for sea salvage operations at all.The main reason why the last salvage operation could not be completely completed was because of this.

But this time the timing was not so good, it was just the beginning of March, if not for the octopus army from Peach Blossom Island as the main force, it would definitely have been postponed until after May.

But for Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami, who have experienced the baptism of mad dog waves, the waves several meters high are really pediatrics. Even the big star has built a surfboard, which appears and disappears on the sea surface, rising and falling. The people on the boat were amazed: it turns out that orangutans can not only climb trees——

Seeing that Daxing was having a good time, Pheasant also went up to try it.As a result, it turned into a drowned chicken after a wave. It seems that its wish to become a land, sea and air star cannot be realized.

Of course, Tang Jide couldn't ask Comrade Vasily to steal all the limelight, and he was going to get a surfboard to show off.It's just that these ships are not cruise ships, and there is no such equipment on them.The one of the Great Star Envoy was brought from Hong Kong Island by himself.

A living person can't be suffocated to death by urine. Big Brother went down to the warehouse to search around, and soon came out with a wooden board.Everyone was amazed: This is obviously removed from the packing box, can it surf?

But Tang Jide soon showed them what a surfer is. He jumped into the sea with his feet on the board, stood firmly on it, and was pushed by layers of waves, chasing the big star.

"It's all in time for Master Bodhidharma to cross the river with a reed—" The deputy minister was amazed in his heart, and he couldn't understand: this Tang Island owner is really unique, and he is also the leader of the island after all. Lord, it is said that the founding of the country is about to happen, but you are still so playful?
"If you play a blue sea tide song with a hole flute, you will be the pharmacist of Dongxiehuang!" Among the crew, a martial arts fan was full of praise, citing scriptures. Also known as "Tang Laoxie" by some people.

This kind of relaxed state of mind dilutes the tension in people's hearts.Especially those domestic workers and crew, when they arrived, at the swearing-in meeting, they made a promise to successfully complete the salvage activity.

The so-called "consummation" of course includes the 40 tons of gold on the Awa Maru and the BJ human skull.

It is said that in the salvage a few decades ago, although a lot of materials were brought up, the gold was not caught. This is also very doubtful: Is there any gold on the Awa Maru?
Unknowingly, I arrived at the designated sea area, and when the domestic salvage team was about to launch into the water, they were stopped by Brother Datou: "The sea water below is a bit cold, please prepare the lifting equipment and wait to pick up the things."

Talk about salvage if you don’t go into the water—the workers looked at each other, and finally focused their searching eyes on the deputy minister.

"Everything is under Mr. Tang's command!" Although the deputy minister was also suspicious, but when he came, his superiors had already instructed that the salvage activities were mainly on Taohua Island, so it was not easy for him to point fingers.

After all, these people have never witnessed the magic of the octopus salvage team, and they don't know that for this salvage operation, Tang Jide specially mobilized 200 octopus troops from Peach Blossom Island, led by Brother Octopus himself, which shows the importance attached.

So the team of hundreds of people stared at the sea with big eyes and small eyes, except for the surging waves, they couldn't see the slightest abnormality.At this moment, the octopus army has started work on the seabed more than 20 meters deep, which they cannot see with the naked eye.

In the last salvage, a large area of ​​the hull was uncovered, which also made it easier for the octopus army to enter.They are more flexible than the most skilled divers, waving their arms and legs, and sucking up all the objects they come into contact with.

Although the octopus soldiers are huge, their ductility is very good, and they can even be described as pervasive; even the underwater sediment can't stop their arms and legs from exploring.

"Sea monster!" Some workers on the salvage ship began to exclaim.Watching something a few feet long emerge from the sea, the impact on the vision is still great.

But soon, Tang Jide was rolled out of the sea by Brother Octopus. He waved his arms a few times, and shouted with the waves: "Don't worry, this is an octopus, prepare to respond—"

This octopus is a bit too big. Wow, a few hundred catties of tin ingot is as easy to swing as a small hammer-the performance of the octopuses is a bit too eye-catching, and the workers stared at the tin ingot on the lifting device in a daze .

Sure enough, the reputation is well-deserved-although Mr. Vice Minister has come into contact with some internal materials and knows something about the octopus soldiers, he is not as shocked as seeing it with his own eyes.For this salvage, he is also more confident.

As more and more octopuses emerged from the sea, the workers on the ship also began to get busy.But relatively speaking, this is the easiest salvage they have ever experienced: no need to go into the water, no need to worry about wind and waves, just be a good setter and connect things to the boat. Is there any easier salvage than this?

The materials in the sunken ship are very rich, such as tin ingots, rubber, niobium tantalum, mica, etc., have been salvaged one after another.People have finally seen the power of the octopus salvage team. Objects ranging from hundreds of catties to as small as a few grams all surfaced. Everyone sighed in their hearts: Finding a needle in a haystack is so simple!

However, after a day of salvage, the legendary gold has never shown up, which makes people feel that it is a bit of a fly in the ointment.

It was not until night fell that the octopus army was disbanded, and they went to forage in groups of three or four. After working for a long time, it was still very hard; Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami finally returned to the boat and looked at the piled up on the deck. All kinds of materials, still quite a sense of accomplishment.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Tang!" The vice minister rushed forward to greet him, but he couldn't figure it out: this guy has been tossing in the sea for more than an afternoon, why doesn't he seem to be tired at all?

Tang Jide shook his long hair and rinsed his body with fresh water: "This boat is really big enough, and it may take ten and a half months to catch it. But did the little devil lie about the military situation, and didn't see the gold box?"

"Even if there is a packing box, it must have rotted long ago. Of course, the possibility of detonating explosives after being attacked by a submarine is not ruled out." Mr. Deputy Minister came with a lot of internal documents, including this analyze.

Tang Jide nodded his big head: "With the character of a little devil, he can indeed do such things that harm others and benefit himself. But even if the box containing the gold is blown up, at most the gold bricks will be blown apart. Can't it explode?"

Xiao Xiami also had an idea: "If this is the case, the gold nugget is relatively heavy, and it must be the sand that sank to the bottom of the sea. Coupled with decades of vicissitudes in the mulberry sea, the gold will naturally be buried deep in the sand!"

"It makes sense!" Tang Jide also slapped his thigh vigorously, which made the deputy minister startled, because only the people in the center can slap the table, and Tang Jide's slap on the thigh is even worse.

After calming down, Mr. Deputy Minister said: "Just in this way, it will increase the difficulty of our salvage virtually. Cleaning up the sand is the most troublesome thing in salvaging sunken ships."

Tang Jide shook his head vigorously: "It's easy to find the reason. We have special sand cleaners in Taohua Island."

While talking, the dinner started. Tang Jide just remembered something wrong and took out a few huge conch shells from the pitcher at his waist: "Hey hey hey, I'll add some food later, let's drink some wine slowly to relieve fatigue."

Mr. Deputy Minister was completely speechless: There is still time to sneak in. It seems that this task that seems extremely difficult to him is not a big deal in the eyes of others——

But I have to admit that the snail meat cooked by Tang Datou is indeed the best thing Mr. Minister has ever eaten. Get some.

On the second day of salvaging Awa Wan, the troops began to divide into two groups: Tang Jide led the octopus soldiers to continue fishing, while Xiao Xiami was mainly responsible for cleaning up the mud and sand.Fortunately, the number and types of fish in the Taiwan Strait are relatively large. After recruiting millions of marine fish, the work of cleaning up the sediment has become smoother.

The school of fish gave full play to their advantage in quantity, and soon cleared a large pit with a diameter of nearly [-] meters in the broken area of ​​the Awamaru; afterward, the octopus soldiers also entered this battlefield and began to salvage the materials originally buried in the sand .

"Report, found a gold brick!" A worker found a gold brick in a pile of salvaged items, and shouted excitedly. This feeling of finding gold after washing out the yellow sand is indeed extremely exciting.

It seems that there is no news of gold in the Awa Maru, it must be a smoke bomb released by the little devil - Mr. Deputy Minister couldn't help getting excited, and at the same time marveled at the power of the octopus salvage team.

"It's easy to say if you have the first piece, let alone gold bricks, even if it's golden beans, we will still get them up!" Tang Jide also yelled arrogantly, but no one thought he was talking big, because in the salvaged items there were indeed Some loose gold was also found.This also indirectly proved that the little devil had indeed used explosives.

According to historical records, after the Awa Maru was hit by a submarine, it fell silent within a few minutes, and the hull was broken in two. Now it seems that it is very likely that the little devil broke the boat.

More and more gold bricks were salvaged, including a large amount of silver.It is said that the Awa Maru was loaded with 40 tons of gold and 12 tons of silver, all of which were war property.

Looking at the mountains of gold and silver piled up on the deck, Tang Jide was also quite satisfied: The harvest is good, and salvaging shipwrecks is indeed the quickest way to earn money. As the old saying goes, ten tombs per boat.

And at this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Brother Octopus holding a round, white object on his wrist, which looked like a skull.Tang Jide quickly stopped it, took it off to have a look, and laughed loudly: "Skull, I found the skull of the BJ man—"

(End of this chapter)