Chapter 800 Rescue

  Kewell didn't want to say it, he was afraid that the other party wouldn't go if he said it!

  What's there? Seawater cliffs! Any submarine has accidents in the past, and the same goes for deep diving lifeboats!

The Americans are unwilling to rescue as soon as possible. Maybe they are also afraid of this. They can only turn to the Orientals. In the East, the submarine rescue of the Mingzhou Group is the most experienced. Over the years, it has undertaken a lot of rescue work. Oscar-class nuclear submarines All kinds of accidents have been rescued, not to mention the small submarine now.

  As long as the Mingzhou Group makes a move, they will definitely be able to rescue them. Now, if the other party is afraid and refuses to go, it will be a bad idea.

Seeing that Kewell didn't speak, Qin Tao said: "Based on your gift of tens of millions of dollars, I'll cut to the chase. I don't know what state your submarine is in, so how can I rescue it? We have to rescue it." There is preparatory work. Prepare all these in advance. If you don’t tell us, we don’t know. It will definitely delay the rescue work. For submarine rescue, time is the most precious. If you miss the best rescue time, then It can only be to salvage the submarine, are you planning to directly prepare pensions?"

   Kewell frowned, feeling that he could only tell the truth.

   "Our submarine encountered a sea cliff."

   "What, seawater cliff?" Qin Tao's face changed: "As far as I know, none of the submarines that have encountered seawater cliffs can come up alive."

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

   When Kewell said this, his eyes became moist.

"Poor parents in the world, I can go to the rescue. Although it takes a lot of risk, this is the first submarine soldier in the world who survived the sea cliff." Qin Tao said: "They don't deserve to die. but…"

   "But what?"

   "If it's just a cliff in the sea, they can still maintain the submarine and send out a signal, then they should be able to float up. Do we need our rescue?"

   "It's not because the quality of the submarine is too poor, and the tail propeller bearing leaks." Cowell said: "Now, the submarine can only be kept in the water, and as the leak intensifies, they will sink."

"Why didn't you purchase the submarines of our Mingzhou Group? Our submarines are of excellent quality." Qin Tao said, "Money is not a problem. We still have an agreement to exchange iron ore for submarines. Forget it, let's talk about it first." This submarine, let's negotiate as soon as possible, and after the negotiation is in place, we can go to the rescue."

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

   "How about this, I'll let the deep-diving lifeboat and the mother ship rush to the sea area where the incident happened first, so as not to delay the matter." After Qin Tao finished speaking, he looked at Xu Zhengyang and said, "Secretary Xu, you can arrange it immediately."

   "Boss Qin, what if you don't reach an agreement? Didn't we run away for nothing?" Xu Zhengyang reminded.

   "Saving people is like putting out fires. Our Mingzhou Group is a large company in the world. 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. Kewell, let's talk about the rescue funds. This rescue is very dangerous, and we may even encounter accidents. Therefore, the rescue funds may be a bit high."

   "President Qin, how much money do you need?"

   They originally planned that the 10 million yuan would be the rescue fee. Now it seems that they will be slaughtered by the other party, but what can be done? Those crew members on the submarine and the submarine are very precious, as long as they are not too outrageous, they have to be rescued.

   "How many people are there?"

"This is a modern submarine. Although it has a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, it only needs 42 people. This time, there are only 38 people on board." Have the foresight! There are three groups of crew members on duty inside the submarine, and a few fewer people will have little effect.

"Okay, then the rescue fee of two million dollars per person, thirty-eight people, that is seventy-six million dollars, you need to pay in one lump sum, if there is no rescue, then we will refund the related expenses per person cost."

   Two million for one person?

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

   "Expensive? Isn't the life of the naval soldiers above worth two million?" Qin Tao said: "Is this how you treat the sailors who are in danger? If you do this, will they work for you in the future?"

  Kewell has nothing to say. This kind of thing cannot be said at all. Every soldier's life is priceless. If it is said too cheaply, the result will be that no soldier will give his life to them in the future.

Just like the United States, there is a spirit in their army: If a soldier is in danger, even if it costs the lives of a few more soldiers, he must go to the rescue. Only in this way can they maintain their morale and let every soldier know that The superiors are concerned about them, even if they pay more, they will rescue them!

  Now, a sailor is two million, and the price is clearly marked.

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

This request is very shameless. He thought Qin Tao would not agree to it. Unexpectedly, Qin Tao nodded directly: "Of course, since you have no money, you can simply exchange for shares. You can mine your iron ore." The shares of the enterprise will be transferred to me according to this amount.”

   Iron Ore!

At such a critical moment, Qin Tao mentioned this. No one will forget what the other party did in the iron ore to try to force the Mingzhou Group. Now, they came to ask for help. The 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!

   "President Qin, I'm very sorry, we can't give you shares, we can sign an iron ore supply contract with you, and give you a considerable amount of iron ore, how about it?"

  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 share is always okay?"

  Qin Tao has only one purpose: to get shares, whether it is iron ore or coal mines, you must have shares. He is not rare in those things!

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

   "Of course, we have laid submarine optical cables, whether it is a landline or a mobile phone."

   "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 collect the funds you need before dawn. Please salvage the accident immediately after you arrive at the sea area."

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

  Kewell took it, looked at the contents inside, 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, Dongfang will rescue!

   In this way, the problem of subsequent wrangling is avoided to the greatest extent.

   "Mr. Kewell, what do you think of this contract?" Qin Tao asked.

   "Boss Qin, should our contract focus on drafting items related to rescue issues? Can the previous items be removed?"

"Of course not." Qin Tao said: "If the name is not correct, the words will not be smooth, and if the words are not smooth, it will be inconvenient to trade. If we don't say anything, we will go up to the rescue, and when we rescue you, what will you do if you bite us back? If you have time, I can tell you a story about the farmer and the snake."

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

  He swallowed a mouthful of spit, and then said: "Okay, Mr. Qin, I will sign it!"

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

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

   "Well, I hope you will rescue as soon as possible." Kewell said, although these operations made him uncomfortable, but Dongfang's rescue is serious, and he is still very satisfied.

   "By the way, after signing the agreement, we need to hold a press conference." Watching Kewell sign his name, Qin Tao said.

  Kewell's face darkened again: "Boss Qin, what kind of press conference are you holding? This kind of thing is almost equivalent to a scandal for us. It's too late for us to cover it up, so why 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 spoke clearly.

This contract was signed, but God knows how they will think about it in China. Maybe, after Mingzhou Group took the risk to help them rescue people, they started to slander Dongfang again, saying that Dongfang did it. Yes, we have seen a lot of backlash.

  Therefore, if a press conference is held here, as long as it is announced to the public, they have to admit it, otherwise it will be a back-and-forth.

   "Mr. Qin, don't worry, after dawn, we will transfer all the rescue expenses to your account."

"Money is secondary, reputation is primary. We just want the whole world to see how friendly we are. We will rescue any submarine in distress that enters our territorial waters." Qin Tao said: "We It is a responsible big country, this is the demeanor of a big country. Why, do you want to repent? If you repent, 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 it? ?”

  Kewell's face was extremely ugly: "President Qin, please give me time, I need to make another call, and please keep your rescue ship moving forward and don't stop."

  Qin Tao nodded.

   This time Kewell waited for half an hour before re-entering.

   "Boss Qin, the higher-ups agreed, we're going to hold a press conference, but I don't know if anyone will come at this time."

   "We just need to develop a press conference, and we don't necessarily have to have many reporters." Qin Tao said: "Just broadcast it."

  As long as the broadcast is broadcast and within a certain period of time, the other party does not refute it in the country, then it is true.

"good."

   "Also, we will broadcast this rescue event live on the Internet as another promotional content for us."

In this day and age, it is very difficult to broadcast live video. After all, the speed of the Internet is not so fast. In the era when ordinary households installed at most one 56K optical modem, it is unimaginable to use the Internet to watch video. However, live broadcast is not limited to video. 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, Kewell refused, firmly refused, he was afraid of such things Announcing it will affect morale. After all, no one knows what the submarine soldiers in desperate situation will do.

  He is very firm, the Orientals cannot endlessly raise conditions, they will not agree!

   "Okay, then there will be no live broadcast."

  Qin Tao is very easy-going: "Come on, let's continue to record the video of the press conference."

  Kewell let out a long breath, feeling that he had worked hard to win some benefits, so he said something after going back.

At sea, the mother ship of a deep-diving lifeboat was sailing fast. On board, Zhang Ming, who was in charge of the rescue operation, said excitedly: "It's time for our Jiaolong to play again! Although this time the target is in a seawater 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 Jiaolong is not afraid, even if it sinks to the bottom of the sea, it will be fine!

  When the submarine suddenly enters the sea cliff from normal sea water, the buoyancy suddenly drops, and the entire submarine will sink rapidly. If it is not handled properly, it will sink below the maximum diving depth, and accidents will happen at this time.

   And what about Jiaolong? Under the leadership of the mother ship, go down directly from the seawater cliff, so after going down, it will directly be a place with low seawater density and low buoyancy. If the buoyancy at this time is directly equal to gravity, it is equivalent to being able to go directly to the seawater cliff. Sailing, and no problem.

  Jiaolong came to the sea area where the accident occurred with full confidence, and then made preparations and dived into the sea water.

   At this time, three hours have passed since the Farncombe sent a distress signal, and it is making various efforts to reduce weight.

   "Has the bow ballast tank not been repaired yet?"

   "Report, can't fix it!"

   "Fire out all the torpedoes in the bow torpedo compartment!"

   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 as 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 by itself."

"yes."

   Once the submarine goes to sea, it needs to carry torpedoes. No one knows what will happen. In case 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 completely 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. If these things are fired, the submarine can be reduced by more than 20 tons.

   These weights cannot be underestimated. As long as these weights can offset the water leaking in from the propeller bearing at the rear, they can continue to maintain balance. If they do nothing, they will definitely have to fall.

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

   They are all waiting.

   This is the last ditch, and after they've done that, there's really nothing else they can do.

   The unbearable waiting made them feel extremely depressed, their clothes were soaked in sweat, and the air inside the submarine became more and more foul.

   Persevere, persevere is victory!

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

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

   Boom, boom, boom!

   There is a rhythmic sound, someone is beating!

  The person closest to the bow hatch excitedly put his ears on the knocking hatch, and heard a voice from the opposite side: "Hello, is anyone down there? We have completed the docking, and now we can open the hatch!"

   Open the hatch!

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

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

   "There is a rescue cabin on it, and someone is talking on it!" The sailor said excitedly: "Someone has come to save us!"

   "It's only been a few hours, the rescue cannot be so fast, you must have heard it wrong, you are hallucinating!"

   Underwater, they may have hallucinations after a long time. Once they are tempted by hallucinations and do things they shouldn't do, they will be in big trouble.

At this moment, a louder voice sounded, as if a loudspeaker was used, and it reached everyone's ears directly through the hull: "Hey, sailors on the Farncombe, listen, we are from the East. Jiaolong, come 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 in surprise. In the submarine rescue, isn't it in order of age? Let the young go out first, and as for the captain, he needs to persist until the end. When it comes to you, why does it become a matter of rank?

  After Peter finished speaking, he had already strode towards the front cabin. All this time, he seemed calm, taking my children home one by one, but now, he has put these words behind him, he just wants to go home first.

  The front cabin seems to be a little chaotic.

   "Damn it, what are you all doing? Do you still know discipline? If anyone moves around, be careful, I'll kill him!" Peter pulled out the pistol at his waist.

  In the submarine, very few people wear pistols, only the captain and a few people have them. Now, the captain is looking at his men seriously, and these people are silent.

With a creaking sound, the hatch was opened, no sea water poured in, and only one arm greeted them: "Hey, hurry up, hold my hand, come up, we can only accommodate a dozen people, we can't hold them all at once. You are all taken away, please rest assured, we will come a second time, a third time, we will not give up on anyone!"

Even so, it was still a bit crowded below. The sailors in the torpedo cabin saw the captain climbed up, and they no longer cared about the other officers below. They crowded up one after another and climbed into the lifeboat. Pull it down, and then crawl inside by yourself, 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. This is their quality! In their several rescue experiences, the submarine soldiers below were all orderly. This is the first time I have seen such a messy situation.

  However, these precious images have been recorded for the convenience of doing something in the future, which was explained by Mr. Qin.

   Seeing the messy scene below, Peter, who had already entered the rescue cabin, raised his pistol, and was stopped by the rescuers in the east: "You can't shoot. If we hurt our lifeboat, something serious may happen."

  So, the captain can't move around.

However, the rescue cabin is already full, and there are still people who want to squeeze in, so the people above can only kick those people down with their feet, and then slowly close the hatch. , the same scene as a person climbing from a window!

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

  If the hatch is not closed, once this side leaves, the raging seawater will pour in, and everyone inside will die.

  However, no one listened below, and they seemed to want to squeeze up, so the captain Peter took out his pistol and pulled the trigger on the bottom, bang!

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

   "Close the hatch!" Peter issued an order loudly: "We will leave in a minute. If you don't close the hatch, all of you will die!"

  The following obediently obeyed.

  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 on the Farncombe, thank you for your rescue!"

  (end of this chapter)