Chapter 620 Gas Ship Leakage

   The group is of course in the inkblot.

  If you want to rescue eight natural gas ships, you have to use Da Mao's most advanced Arctic-class nuclear-powered icebreaker. Hiring such a ship requires a huge amount of money!

Mr. Li didn't want to worry about this matter at first, after all, he still has more things to consider, but if he wants to obtain this fund, he has to agree to the condition proposed by Qin Tao: Mortgage the shares of Chongming Island Shipyard to Ming State Group!

Mr. Li is very conflicted. He thought about using the group's funds, but considering the possible situation that may arise next, Mr. Li still did not dare to make this decision. Now, the premise of everything lies in whether there will be other problems with the batch of ships. . If there is no problem with the ship, as long as the transportation is completed, a large amount of freight can be obtained, and the money can be repaid. If there are other problems, if the money cannot be returned to Mingzhou Group, doesn’t it mean that the state group wants to return the money? Take away all the shares in Chongming Island Shipyard?

   It's not a trivial matter, they're still thinking about it.

   "President Qin, the president of the Sanxing Group is really a hesitant guy, and he has always been unwilling to make up his mind." Xu Zhengyang urged Qin Tao: "Now, shall we continue to act according to the original plan?"

   "Wait another day, if they still haven't made up their minds, then let's urge them."

   "What if the Sanxing Group pays this money?" Xu Zhengyang started to get up again.

"If they pay the money, then their three-line group will be in danger." Qin Tao said: "If we can defeat the entire three-line group, then the southern kimchi country will never rise again. I'd rather they make the wrong choice."

  Xu Zhengyang nodded.

  The next day, outside the headquarters of the Sanxing Group, a group of people suddenly appeared.

   "I beg Sanxing Group, please save my son!" A woman cried: "He just turned eighteen! He went to the Arctic Circle with the fleet and hasn't come back until now!"

"Please Sanxing Group, save my husband! My child is only three months old, he cannot live without a father!" A young woman held a child in her arms, tears streaming down the child's face On the night, the child was stimulated by tears and began to cry.

   At first, there was a crowd of onlookers, and after a few minutes, the reporters and the media arrived.

"Dear audience, I am currently at the headquarters of the Sanxing Group. This time, the fleet of the Sanxing Heavy Industry entered the hinterland of the Arctic by mistake due to a navigation error on the way back, and they were all trapped there. Now, the families of the crew members are in a very bad mood. Stable!" A reporter held a microphone and said quickly and fluently to the camera: "Now, let's interview the family members of the crew members at the scene."

   "My son! There is nothing wrong with you. If something happens to you, how can I live!" At this moment, the woman burst into tears.

   Soon, her pitiful appearance appeared in front of audiences across the country, and many people were angry.

what happened? How many days have passed, and the Sanxing Group has not acted yet? Let those crew members fend for themselves?

  Even if you leave the ship there, you can bring the crew back!

  How could they be so cold-blooded?

   Those crew members are definitely not cold numbers. They have families. They are the son of the mother, the husband of the wife, and the father of the child. They must not be forgotten like this!

   Public opinion spread like this, and the image of the woman with tears all over her face entered everyone's heart. Under the attack of this kind of public opinion propaganda, Sanxing Group has no other choice.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zheng Zhenze officially held a media conference. At the meeting, he vowed to tell reporters that Sanxing Group will never abandon these crew members. Sanxing Heavy Industry is actively coordinating and will hire Da Mao soon. Arctic-class nuclear-powered icebreaker, go to the destination and help the fleet get out of trouble!

At the headquarters of the Mingzhou Group, Qin Tao signed his name on the equity mortgage agreement with a smile, and looked at the representative of the South Kimchi Country who came: "Please rest assured, we will send the money to the Lucia Nuclear Power Administration now, Let them send nuclear-powered icebreakers now, have your representatives passed by?"

   "Yes, Mr. Zheng will go there in person, and he will rescue those poor sailors himself," the representative said.

This matter has been made a big deal by public opinion. The Sanxing Group already has a mature response plan in the face of this kind of public opinion. Zheng Zhenze went there in person, which can also show that Sanxing Heavy Industry attaches great importance to it. They just got rid of it time and time again. crisis of public opinion.

   "Really? That's really great. We wish this rescue will go well." Qin Tao said.

   "Yes, we also hope that everything will go well." The representative said: "We will also summarize the experience of the first time, and we will never make similar mistakes in the future."

   Making similar mistakes? You still have to have this chance! Qin Tao thought secretly in his heart.

  See the map, now, the map is unfolding little by little, and the map will appear soon.

  At this time, Zheng Zhenze was still full of confidence. When he stood on the Arctic nuclear-powered icebreaker, he was even more moved by this big guy.

   This is a 25,000-ton large icebreaker with a length of 159 meters and a width of 30 meters. The superstructure is the same as that of a super cruise ship. It can carry hundreds of crew members, and it is also the best for sightseeing.

  The hull is wide, especially the bow, where the mottled paint is peeling off, it will show sparkling colors, that is because the bow is made of stainless steel, and the light is reflected by the stainless steel!

  Standing on the bridge, watching the huge hull advance, Zheng Zhenze was very emotional: "This professional icebreaker is too powerful!"

"Yes, we think so too." Captain Andre said proudly: "Our ship has reached the North Pole many times, and no ice layer can block our way! Now, even if we break the ice and move forward, We can also maintain a high enough speed."

   That's right, the icebreaker is now on a rampage, forcibly crossing the ice layer more than one meter thick!

  It didn't need to back up and then ram, it drove up directly, the speed didn't decrease at all, and it was almost continuously smashing through the ice at a speed of 10 knots!

   This relies on the powerful power of the hull, the sturdy bow, and the jet systems on both sides!

That's right, this special icebreaker also has special equipment: there is a special jet device around the waterline of the hull, which can jet 24 cubic meters of gas per second. With the push, all the ice floes on both sides of the hull were blown away!

  The icebreaker moved forward and opened the passage all the way. Even if the ice layer behind it was to freeze, it would take more than half an hour. When it came back, it could take eight natural gas ships out of trouble!

   "What if it encounters a solid ice layer?" Zheng Zhenze continued to ask.

"Of course we have to rely on our hull to crush those damned ice surfaces." Andre continued to introduce: "Our icebreaker has a double-layer hull, and the outer hull is welded with 48 mm thick high-strength steel plates. Yes, no fear of any ice at all, and when we get bigger ice, we adjust the ballast tanks, put the bow up, drive out onto the ice, and crush it."

   This is also a stunt that only professional icebreakers have.

   "Double-layer hull? Just like your submarine!" Zheng Zhenze sighed.

  Western submarines have always followed the single-hulled route, so that there is enough internal space to accommodate everything, but Lao Maozi has always been working on double-hulled ones. One of the important reasons is that their submarines will operate in the Arctic.

  When needed, they will float up from under the ice layer, smash the ice layer abruptly, reveal their huge bodies, and launch deadly ballistic missiles!

   If it is a single shell, it is easy to sink yourself by playing like this, but there is no such concern with the double shell.

   "What about thicker ice?"

   "Our ship's bow is also equipped with a special ram. We have tried it. In the most extreme situation, we can break through the ice layer with a thickness of five meters." Andre continued.

  Five meters thick, what an existence against the sky! Zheng Zhenze was completely relieved.

   At this time, the eight natural gas ships trapped on the ice were completely relieved.

  DAON No., cafeteria.

  The crew members who had just gone out for activities returned to the warm mess hall, took off their thick clothes, put them aside, and sat down on their seats.

   "Don't worry everyone, the group has hired the Arctic nuclear-powered icebreaker to pick us up." Captain Cui Wenji came in with a telegram and said to his subordinates: "Have you heard of this icebreaker?"

  The subordinates shook their heads, they really didn't know what kind of icebreaker this kind of existence existed.

"This is an icebreaker with a displacement of 25,000 tons." Cui Wenji bragged to his subordinates: "This kind of ship uses two nuclear reactors as power, with a maximum speed of 21 knots, and it can continuously break ice at 18 knots. Opening a 2.8-meter-thick ice layer, sailing on the ice is the same as sailing in ordinary sea water!"

  Ordinary cargo ships only have a speed of more than a dozen knots in pursuit of economy. What about this nuclear-powered icebreaker? It is amazing to be able to sail continuously on the ice at a speed of more than ten knots!

  Everyone is excited.

   "Captain, do you mean that this ship will come to rescue us soon?"

   "Well, according to its current speed, probably tomorrow, it will come and lead us to open up a route. We will be able to leave this ghost place soon!"

  Get out of this **** place! This is what everyone is looking forward to!

"I miss the kimchi made by my mother very much. If I didn't take the wrong route, I should be eating kimchi at home by now." A crew member said while eating the freshly baked bread .

   Sailing on the sea is very boring. The cold storage on the ship has stored fresh vegetables for a month, but it is inconvenient to resupply the vegetables after eating them. They have to save food.

  Unfortunately, how can we not bring kimchi?

   "Don't worry, you will be able to eat kimchi soon. When we go out, under the leadership of the nuclear-powered icebreaker, we will be able to drive to the Bering Strait in ten days." Cui Wenji said.

   At this moment, his feet suddenly shook. At this moment, he was a little surprised.

   What's going on, could it be that I got seasick? How can sailors who have been drifting at sea all year round get seasick? Now that their ship is trapped on the ice, it is impossible to make themselves seasick!

   At the moment Cui Wenji hesitated, a special voice came from his ears.

  Squeak, squeak... This sound is like metal scraping, and it's like some devices are shivering in the cold.

   After a moment of hesitation, Cui Wenji realized what was happening, with panic on his face: "Quickly, go and see our liquid cargo fence system!"

  Cui Wenji quickly ran to the nearest window of the cafeteria. The position here is relatively low, but the device outside can still be seen. When he saw it for the first time, Cui Wenji's face turned into a blank sheet of paper.

   There are wisps of white smoke coming out of the liquid cargo enclosure system, curling up into the sky.

what is that?

   Leaking Gas!

   Their device is very mature, the leaked natural gas will be collected, and then enter the engine for combustion, so that fuel can be saved.

After all, the temperature attitude of LNG, no matter what kind of heat preservation method is used, this system will have natural gas vaporized, if it is not released, it will make the system explode, and it would be too wasteful to discharge it directly. After careful research, Mingzhou Group, This method was invented, which greatly reduces operating costs.

  So, their gas ship will not see the gas release, and if it happens, there is only one possibility: the liquid cargo containment system leaking!

what to do?

   "Quickly, report to the MIR immediately, there is a leak in our liquid cargo enclosure system!" Cui Wenji shouted loudly.

   But, no one responded!

  What are your men doing?

  Cui Wenji looked over annoyed, and found that his subordinates were all wearing clothes!

  Although the ship has stopped, the engine is still running, and the power supply on the ship is still normal. Therefore, the interior of the living area is very warm, and they only need to wear autumn clothes.

What now? These people are wearing thick down jackets, are they planning to go out?

  The crew members who got dressed first have already started to pack their backpacks, dumping all the food in the canteen.

   "Damn, what are you doing? Didn't you hear my order?" Cui Wenji was angry.

   Still no one listened to him, everyone was busy getting dressed.

   "Do you want to be fired?" Cui Wenji continued to shout.

  If in the past era, the captain had a gun in his hand, he must be firing a gun to show his authority now. But now, Cui Wenji can only threaten to fire his men.

   "It's better to be fired than to die." A crew member muttered, and then ran out quickly.

  Better than dead?

  When he heard this, Cui Wenji realized: the danger is coming!

   Their natural gas ship is equipped with a large amount of natural gas. Once a leak occurs, the natural gas will soon cover the surroundings of the ship. If they don't run out quickly to a safe area, they will be cremated with just one spark!

  Just now he actually used the radio to contact the ships behind, this is simply too stupid, the radio can also cause sparks!

  With the leakage of natural gas, the temperature of the ship's hull will also drop rapidly. Now it is only twenty or thirty degrees below zero. The natural gas inside the natural gas ship is more than one hundred degrees below zero! If you stay on the boat, you will definitely freeze to death!

  Originally, he still fulfilled his duty, but now, he doesn't care about so much. In the face of duty and life, is there any need to choose what to choose?

  Cui Wenji also quickly ran back to his cabin, quickly put on his clothes, and then went out!

  The crew of the ships behind also noticed something strange about the ships in front.

   "There seems to be white gas coming out in front?"

   "Yeah, what's going on? Did they start a fire on the ice?"

   When the fleet was advancing, they lined up in a long snake, so now they can only see the smoke in front of them, but they don't know why the smoke is in front of them.

   "No, it's not like a fire, it's more like...a gas leak!"

   When someone said the word, everyone else was stunned.

   Natural gas leak! what does that mean?

   "The crew of the DAON has come down, and they are running on the ice!"

  They couldn't see the ship, but when the crew ran down, they could.

   "The crew came down? Running? What are they going to do?" Park Renjun also became nervous.

   "Could it be a gas leak and they have to evacuate as soon as possible?"

   "My God, look, the white smoke has already wrapped the DAON!"

   Those who witnessed this situation are no longer calm.

   "If that ship explodes, we'll be affected too!"

   "We can't wait to die!"

   The big guys are all salaried wage earners. It is a last resort to be trapped here. Now, if they are killed by the leaking natural gas again, it would be too wronged. They fell at the darkest time before dawn! Seeing that the light is coming, but can't see it anymore.

   Their hearts were filled with fear.

  Run, run!

  The natural gas ship is loaded with so much natural gas, once it explodes, it will be as powerful as a nuclear bomb! They must run quickly, the farther the better!

  The crew members of several other ships put on their winter clothes one after another, and then ran outside together. At this time, they couldn't care about anything.

"Damn it, don't run, don't run, what's the use of you running out?" Park Renjun shouted loudly: "If it really explodes, the ice here will melt, and you will all fall and drown! It's better On board, once the ice melts, we'll be out!"

Park Renjun is still awake, and he also knows his mission, and there must be no mistakes. If the fleet is really lost in his hands, he has no other choice but to commit suicide up.

However, he insisted on staying. Others did not have this kind of awareness. Even if the explosion would cause the ice to melt, they were unwilling to stay and wait to die. Will the explosion cause a chain reaction, causing one gas ship after another to explode?

   In contrast, it is safer to leave!

The entire fleet panicked because of the gas ship's leak, and, in order to prevent the radio from detonating the gas, they did not dare to send a message to the outside world. Fortunately, a reconnaissance satellite that passed by here took pictures, which helped them send out a distress signal .

  When the news reached Sanxing Group, everyone was shocked.

what happened?

  Gas ship leaking?

   This is definitely the most serious incident!

  A ship of more than 100,000 cubic meters of natural gas is equivalent to 200,000 to 300,000 tons of strong TNT explosives. If it explodes...

  When he received the news, Mr. Li was holding a meeting with the leaders of the entire group to discuss the response to the possible economic crisis that might occur next.

"Those damned international speculators will not stop. They have already swept the wealth of many countries in Southeast Asia. They have accumulated a lot of funds in their hands, and it is likely to impact our country. Now, we have to prepare Such ample cash flow, ready to deal with the possible economic crisis..."

   "Mr. President, there is an emergency." The secretary interrupted his meeting with an exception, hurried in and reported to him.

   "What's more important than my current meeting?"

   "It's about the liquefied gas ship. You told me that once there is a major change, you will be notified as soon as possible."

  Mr. Li nodded. He said so, and the secretary knew the importance. Now that he interrupted his meeting to report to him, it must be a very important emergency.

   "What happened?"

   "The DAON at the front of the entire fleet suffered a serious gas leak."

"What?"

  Mr. Li is not calm anymore: "What did you say?"

  He couldn't believe that once this kind of natural gas ship leaked, what terrible consequences would happen!

   If it is not handled well, the whole group may be buried with them!

"how so?"

   "The specific situation is not clear. We have lost contact with the fleet and can only be determined based on a satellite image taken by the United States. The matter is very serious."

"Immediately set up a special accident investigation committee and actively cooperate with Da Mao. We must handle this incident properly!" Mr. Li said, his brows furrowed: "Our Sanxing Group has experienced many crises since its establishment. Now, We will surely get through this crisis safely!"

  Although he said that, he felt a little apprehensive, because this crisis was the worst he had ever seen.

  If it explodes, the consequences will be disastrous!

   "Now, contact the Arctic icebreaker immediately!"

  At this time, Zheng Zhenze didn't know what happened. He was on the Arctic icebreaker, looking forward to reaching his destination as soon as possible. When the maritime satellite phone rang, he took it calmly.

"Hello!"

   "What? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

  Zheng Zhenze didn't believe what he heard at all, this is absolutely impossible! Although their natural gas ship was trapped, it has always been in good condition. How could there be an accident at such a time?

   "Yes, we will rush to the scene as soon as possible for rescue!"

  After putting down the phone, he said to Andre: "Captain Andre, something happened, we need to rush to the scene as soon as possible."

   "What happened?"

   "Somehow, one of the gas ships leaked."

   "What? Leaked? No, we must not risk our lives, we refuse to move on!" Captain Andre shouted: "Stop now!"

  (end of this chapter)