Chapter 800 Rescue

Kewell didn’t want to say it because he was afraid that the other party wouldn’t go!

 What’s there? Sea cliff! Any submarine has had trouble in the past, and the same goes for deep-diving lifeboats!

The Americans are unwilling to rescue as soon as possible, maybe they are afraid of this, so they can only ask the Easterners for help. In the East, the Mingzhou Group has the most experience in submarine rescue. Over the years, it has undertaken a lot of rescue work, such as the Oscar-class nuclear submarine. All kinds of accidents have been rescued, let alone a small submarine like this one.

As long as the Mingzhou Group takes action, it will definitely be able to rescue them. Now, if the other party is afraid and refuses to go, it will be a bad choice.

Seeing that Cowell remained silent, Qin Tao said: "Based on your ten-million-dollar meeting gift, I'll get straight to the point. I don't know what condition your submarine is in, so how can I rescue it? We have to rescue it." There are preparatory work and all these are prepared in advance. If you don’t tell us, we won’t know. It will definitely delay the rescue work. For submarine rescue, time is the most precious. If the best rescue time is missed, then the rescue work will be delayed. The only thing we can do is salvage the submarine, do you plan to directly prepare the pension?"

Cowell frowned and felt that he could only tell the truth.

 “Our submarine encountered a sea cliff.”

"What, a seawater cliff?" Qin Tao's expression changed: "As far as I know, not a single submarine that has encountered a seawater cliff has been able to come out alive."

"Yes, our people are lucky. They are still alive for the time being. However, their time is precious. If the rescue is delayed, they may die. Mr. Qin, there is also my son above. I hope you can save him. them!"

 Cowell’s eyes became moist when he said this.

"Poor parents in the world, I can go to the rescue, although it will take a lot of risks, but after all, this is the first time in the world that submariners are still alive after encountering a sea cliff." Qin Tao said: "They don't deserve to die. but…"

 “But what?”

“If it’s just a sea cliff, and they can still maintain the submarine and send out signals, then they should be able to surface. Do we need to rescue them?”

“It’s not because the quality of the submarine is too poor, the tail propeller bearing is leaking.” Cowell said: “Now, the submarine can only stay in the water, and as the leakage worsens, they will sink.”

"Why didn't you purchase submarines from our Mingzhou Group? Our submarines are of excellent quality." Qin Tao said: "Money is not an issue. We still have an agreement to exchange iron ore for submarines. Forget it, let's talk first. Let’s negotiate this submarine as soon as possible. Once the negotiation is in place, we can go to the rescue.”

"Yes, President Qin." Kewell said: "Please dispatch as soon as possible, the sooner the better."

"Let's do this. I'll let the deep-diving lifeboat and the mother ship rush to the sea area where the incident occurred first, so as not to delay the incident." After Qin Tao finished speaking, he looked at Xu Zhengyang and said, "Secretary Xu, go make arrangements immediately."

"Mr. Qin, what if you don't reach an agreement? Didn't we run away in vain?" Xu Zhengyang reminded.

“Rescuing people is like putting out fires. Our Mingzhou Group is a large global company. We must be responsible and courageous. Go ahead. I believe that an agreement will be reached soon.”

At this moment, Kewell felt a little moved in his heart. What the other party said was right, Mingzhou Group is indeed a large company in the world.

"Mr. Cowell, let's talk about the rescue funding. This rescue is very dangerous, and we may even encounter unexpected events, so the rescue funding may be a bit high."

“Mr. Qin, how much funding do you need?”

They originally planned to use the 10 million yuan as rescue expenses. Now it seems that they will be ripped off by the other party, but what can be done about this? The crew members on the submarine, as well as the submarine, are very valuable. As long as the situation is not too outrageous, they must be rescued.

 “How many people are up there?”

"This is a modern submarine. Although it has a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, it only needs 42 people. This time we went to sea, there were only 38 people on board." Several people did not come up due to various circumstances. They really Prescient! There are three groups of crews on duty inside the submarine, so the loss of a few people will not have much impact.

"Okay, then the rescue cost is two million U.S. dollars for each person. For thirty-eight people, that is seventy-six million U.S. dollars. You need to pay it in one lump sum. If no rescue comes, then we will refund the relevant funds on a per-capita basis. cost."

 Two million per person?

Kewell opened his eyes wide: "Mr. Qin, isn't this too expensive?"

"Expensive? Aren't the lives of the navy soldiers above worth two million?" Qin Tao said: "Is this how you treat the endangered sailors? If you do this, will they still sacrifice their lives for you in the future?"

Kewell was speechless. This cannot be said at all. The life of every soldier is priceless. If it is said too cheaply, the result will be that no soldier will sacrifice his life for them in the future.

Just like the United States, there is a spirit in their army: if a soldier is in danger, he must rescue him even if it costs the lives of a few more soldiers. Only in this way can their military morale be maintained and every soldier know, The superiors care about them and will rescue them even if it costs more!

Nowadays, a sailor is worth two million, and the price is clearly marked, and the more will be refunded and the less will be reimbursed.

Kewell was very helpless: "Mr. Qin, we can't raise so much money for the time being, but rescue is urgent. Can we owe it first, and then pay it back to you when we raise enough money later?"

This request was shameless. He thought Qin Tao would not agree. Unexpectedly, Qin Tao actually nodded directly: "Of course. Since you don't have money, just use shares in exchange. You can mine your iron ore." The shares of the company will be transferred to me according to this amount."

 Iron ore!

At this critical moment, Qin Tao mentioned this. No one will forget what the other party did in the iron ore to try to force Mingzhou Group. Now, they have come to ask for help again. Mingzhou Group It's okay to help, but I will definitely take this opportunity to ask for benefits!

 Can I give it?

Of course not, iron ore is their lifeblood!

“Mr. Qin, I’m very sorry, we can’t give you shares. How about we sign an iron ore supply contract with you and give you a considerable amount of iron ore?”

Qin Tao shook his head: "I have too much iron ore. There is no need to ask for new iron ore. Since this share is not good, then the coal mine's share is okay?"

Qin Tao has only one purpose: to get shares. Whether it is iron ore or coal mines, you must have shares. He does not care about those things!

Kewell took a deep breath: "Mr. Qin, I'd better find a way to raise money for you. Can I make a phone call here?"

“Of course you can, we have laid submarine optical cables, and you can make calls from both landline and mobile phones.”

“Then I’d better go out and make a mobile phone call.” Cowell said.

 Ten minutes later.

"Mr. Qin, I have already called the country. They will collect the money as soon as possible and get the funds you need before dawn. I also ask that you salvage the ship immediately after arriving at the sea area where the accident occurred."

Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, I just drafted a contract. Take a look at it and sign it if there is no problem."

Kewell took it and looked at the contents, his face changed slightly.

 The above content mainly has two aspects. One is that the Farncombe has crossed the border this time, and the other is that the current distress has nothing to do with Dongfang. Only under this premise will Dongfang rescue!

 In this way, subsequent wrangling problems are avoided to the greatest extent.

“Mr. Cowell, what do you think of this contract?” Qin Tao asked.

“Mr. Qin, should our contract mainly focus on projects related to rescue issues? Can the previous ones be removed?”

"Of course not." Qin Tao said: "If the reputation is not right, then the words will not be obeyed, and if the words are not obeyed, it will not be convenient for transactions. If we don't say anything, we go up to the rescue. When we rescue you, what will you do if you come back to bite us? If you have time, I can tell you the story of the farmer and the snake."

Cowell frowned. This story was from Aesop's fables. Of course he knew that. Mr. Qin didn't mean to tell the story of being bitten by a snake after kindly rescuing it, but that time was running out and they simply couldn't. There is no right to choose. Either you sign the contract obediently, acknowledge all the above, and let the Orientals rush to the rescue, or you can only watch the people in the submarine die!

 He swallowed and then said: "Okay, Mr. Qin, I'll sign it!"

Let’s admit it for the time being. In short, we have to rescue people first.

“Okay, our deep-diving lifeboat will arrive in about two hours. Although it is still at night, we will definitely provide assistance as soon as possible.” Qin Tao said.

"Well, I hope you can rescue them as soon as possible." Cowell said. Although these operations made him unhappy, he was still very satisfied that Dongfang's rescue was serious.

"By the way, after the agreement is signed, we need to hold a press conference." Qin Tao said as he watched Kewell sign his name.

Kewell's face darkened again: "Mr. Qin, what kind of press conference are you holding? This kind of thing is almost equivalent to a scandal for us. We haven't had time to cover it up, so how can we hold a press conference?"

“Well, the main reason is that your level is not high enough.” Qin Tao said: “What if others don’t recognize the document you signed?”

Qin Tao and the other party opened the skylight and had a clear talk.

The contract has been signed, but God knows how the country will view this matter. Maybe, after the Mingzhou Group took the risk to help them rescue the people, they will start to slander Dongfang again, saying that it was Dongfang people who did it. Yes, we have seen too many cases of knocking someone down.

Therefore, when holding a press conference here, as long as it is announced to the outside world, they have to admit it, otherwise they will go back on their word.

“Mr. Qin, don’t worry, we will pay the rescue fees to your account after dawn.”

"Money is secondary, reputation is important. We just want the world to see how friendly we are. We will rescue any submarines in distress that enter our territorial waters." Qin Tao said: "We We are a responsible big country, and this is the style of a big country. What, you want to go back on your word? If you go back on your word, it is still too late. We will call back the deep-diving lifeboat, and we will open the territorial waters for you and let your ships come in for rescue. How about that? ?”

Kewell's face was extremely ugly: "Mr. Qin, please give me time. I need to make another call. I also ask your rescue ship to continue moving forward and not stop."

 Qin Tao nodded.

This time I waited for half an hour before Cowell came back in.

“Mr. Qin, we have agreed to go to the press conference, but I don’t know if anyone will come at this time.”

“We just need to hold a press conference, and there don’t necessarily need to be many reporters.” Qin Tao said, “We just need to broadcast it.”

As long as it is broadcast and there is no refutation from the other country within a certain period of time, it is true.

"good."

“Also, we will broadcast the rescue event live on the Internet as another part of our promotional content.”

In this era, it is difficult to live stream videos. After all, the Internet speed is not that fast. In an era when ordinary households can install at most one 56K optical modem, it is unimaginable to watch videos on the Internet. However, live broadcasts are not limited to videos. You can use text with pictures!

"No, absolutely not! We don't want the outside world to see the situation inside our submarine, and we don't want them to see possible accidents." This time, Cowell refused, firmly refused, he was afraid of this kind of thing Announcing it would affect morale. After all, no one knew what submariners in desperate situations would do.

 He is very determined, the Easterners cannot keep raising conditions, they will not agree!

 “Okay, then it won’t be broadcast live.”

Qin Tao was very easy-going: "Let's go on and record the video of the press conference."

Kewell took a long breath and felt that he had worked hard to gain some benefits, which he would say after returning.

At sea, the mother ship of a deep-diving lifeboat was sailing quickly. On the ship, Zhang Ming, who was in charge of the rescue operation, said excitedly: "It's time for our Jiaolong to appear again! Although this time the target is on a sea cliff, we Don’t be afraid!”

The seawater where the target is located has a depth of more than 3,000 meters, which is very dangerous for ordinary submarines, but the Jiaolong is not afraid. It will be fine even if it sinks to the bottom of the sea!

When a submarine suddenly enters a seawater cliff from normal sea water, its buoyancy is suddenly reduced, and the entire submarine will sink rapidly. If not handled properly, it will sink below the maximum diving depth. At this time, accidents will occur.

 And what about Jiaolonghao? Under the leadership of the mother ship, we go directly down from the seawater cliff. So after we go down, we go directly to the place where the density of seawater is low and the buoyancy is small. If the buoyancy at this time is equal to the gravity, it is equivalent to being able to swim normally on the seawater cliff. If it's sailing, there won't be any problems.

The Jiaolong came to the sea area where the accident happened with full confidence, and then made preparations to dive into the sea water.

At this time, three hours had passed since the Farncombe sent a distress signal. It was making various efforts to reduce its weight.

“Has the bow ballast tank not been repaired yet?”

 “Report, cannot be repaired!”

“Launch all the torpedoes in the bow torpedo room!”

 No matter what it is, as long as it can reduce the weight of the submarine, get it out first. Fortunately, there is no water in the bow of the submarine, and it can still be operated inside.

“Report, insufficient compressed air pressure!”

"Then design the torpedo in a self-propelled mode and let it drive away from the launch tube. In fact, with the current state of our submarine, I think it will slide out directly on its own."

"yes."

Once a submarine goes to sea, it needs to carry torpedoes. No one knows what situations it will encounter. If a war breaks out after going to sea, they must be prepared.

Although the Collins-class submarine was designed by the Swedes, the weapon system of this submarine is entirely American-made and can use MK48 torpedoes and Harpoon anti-ship missiles. This time they went to sea, they carried 16 missiles and torpedoes, each A missile weighs about a ton, and a torpedo weighs a full 1.6 tons. Shooting these things out can make the submarine lighter by more than 20 tons.

These weights cannot be underestimated. As long as these weights can offset the water leaking from the tail propeller bearing, they can continue to maintain balance. If nothing is done, they will definitely fall.

Torpedoes and missiles were fired one after another, and the submarine became quiet again.

 They are all waiting.

This is already the last struggle. After doing this, there is really nothing else they can do.

The unbearable waiting made them feel extremely depressed, their clothes were soaked with sweat, and the air inside the submarine became increasingly filthy.

Persistence, persistence is victory!

 Peter knew that he could not give up. If he gave up, he would die!

Suddenly, there was a soft thud from the bow of the boat. This sound shocked everyone. Could it be that the bow of the boat could no longer bear the strong water pressure?

 Dong dong, dong dong dong!

 A rhythmic sound sounded, someone was banging!

The person closest to the bow hatch excitedly put his ear to the banging hatch and heard the voice from the other side: "Hey, is there anyone down there? We have completed the docking and can open the hatch now!"

 Open the hatch!

 The people below got excited and started to twist the hatch, but someone next to them immediately stopped them: "Hey, what are you going to do? Are you going to kill everyone?"

 Once the hatch is opened and turbulent seawater pours in, everyone will die!

“There is a life capsule above, and someone is talking above!” the sailor said excitedly: “Someone is coming to save us!”

“It’s only been a few hours, the rescue can’t be so fast, you must have heard wrong, you must be hallucinating!”

 When you are underwater for a long time, you may have hallucinations. Once you are tempted by hallucinations and do something they shouldn't do, they will be in big trouble.

At this moment, a louder voice sounded, as if a loudspeaker was used, directly reaching everyone's ears through the hull of the boat: "Hey, sailors in the Farncomb, listen, we are from the East Jiaolong, we are here to rescue you now, please open the hatch and get ready, we will take you home!"

Peter's eyes lit up: "Quick, go to the front cabin immediately and arrange them in order according to their military rank!"

 The adjutant looked at him with some surprise. In the submarine rescue, weren't they in order of age? Let the young ones go out first. As for the captain, he needs to persevere until the end. When you come here, why does it change the rank?

 After Peter finished speaking, he had already strode towards the front cabin. He had always seemed very calm, taking my children home one by one, but now, he had long put these words behind him, he just wanted to go home first.

 There seems to be some confusion in the front cabin.

"Damn it, what are you doing? Do you still know the discipline? If anyone still moves, be careful and I will kill him!" Peter pulled out the pistol on his waist.

In a submarine, few people carry pistols, only the captain and a few others do. Now, the captain looked at his men seriously, and these people fell silent.

With a creaking sound, the hatch cover was opened. No seawater from the outside poured in. Only an arm greeted them: "Hey, hurry up, hold my hand and come up. We can only accommodate a dozen people, and we can't take them all at once." Take all of you away, please rest assured, we will come a second time, a third time, we will not give up anyone!"

Even so, it was still a bit crowded below. When the sailors in the torpedo room saw the captain climbing up, they no longer cared about the other officers below. They crowded up one after another and climbed into the lifeboat. Others climbed up first. Pull it down, and then crawl inside. This scene is extremely chaotic.

Zhang Ming in the front cabin shook his head helplessly. Sure enough, they are all descendants of a group of exiled criminals. That’s what they are! In their several rescue experiences, the submarine soldiers below were always in order. This was the first time they saw such a chaotic situation.

However, these precious images have been recorded so that we can do something in the future. This is what Mr. Qin asked us to do.

Seeing the messy scene below, Peter, who had already entered the lifeboat, raised his pistol, and was then stopped by the rescuers from the East: "You can't shoot. If it hurts our lifeboat, something big might happen."

 Therefore, the captain could not move arbitrarily.

However, the rescue cabin was full, and there were still people who wanted to squeeze in, so the people above could only kick those people down with their feet, and then slowly closed the cabin door. This scene was like a green car running during the Spring Festival. , the same scene as people climbing from the windows!

"People below, listen, close the hatch immediately, we are leaving! Please close the hatch immediately!"

　　If you don’t close the hatch, once you leave, the turbulent sea water will pour in, and everyone inside will die.

However, no one below listened. They seemed to want to squeeze up, so the captain Peter took out his pistol and pulled the trigger at the bottom. Bang!

 The first shot was a blank bullet, but it frightened the people below.

“Close the hatch!” Peter ordered loudly: “We will leave in one minute. If you don’t close the hatch, you will all die!”

The people below obeyed me obediently.

Peter put the gun back into his waist, looked at the stunned Eastern rescuers, and smiled: "I am the captain Peter. Now, on behalf of all the crew members on the Farncombe, thank you for your rescue!"

 (End of this chapter)