What about credibility? You have to know that you have no credibility with pirates - why should these people trust you? "
"My focus is to win over Shi Shishi. [No pop-up novel website] and then use him to connect with other people."
"I can't agree. There's almost no chance of success."
"Yes." Lin Baiguang was obviously confident.
Ran Yao still felt unsure - in his opinion, Lin Baiguang's entire plan took great risks, and only those who firmly believed that they had the "aura of the protagonist" would do it.
"I will act by ear. There is no 100% success rate in enemy work." He insisted.
"Okay, let me ask you the last question." Ran Yao said, "If Mr. Zhu Cai asks you to tell the origin of the Australians, the secrets of the big iron ship and the clipper ship, or some other sensitive issues like this, what are you going to do? answer?"
"Of course it is based on the "Captured Manual"." This manual initiated by Ma Qianxu has been revised to its seventh edition under the auspices of the Political Security Administration. It continues to enrich various details based on the original framework and also refers to There are many rumors about them from the indigenous people, which makes them more and more credible.
"What if he doesn't believe it? To put it more horribly, he plans to torture him to extract a confession -" Ran Yao observed his reaction, "Can you persist?"
"The two countries are not at war with each other. Besides, I am the representative going to negotiate - since he wants something from us, he will not do such a thing." Lin Baiguang said with confidence.
"Okay." Ran Yao agreed, "I give you permission to go. But you have to know that there is a high possibility that you will die in the hands of pirates..."
"I know that."
"It's very likely that you will be killed by them as soon as you arrive at Nanri Island. You won't even have a chance to speak."
"Then consider me unlucky."
Ran Yao thought that for this reason, he was extremely benevolent and righteous.
"Do you need any more support? Radio stations, weapons...or request the cooperation of the Navy and the special reconnaissance team..."
"No need. Asking the military to cooperate will only make coordination more difficult. I can't hide the radio in my pocket. Having a pistol or not among thousands of people is not the same thing - if something happens, just give me one I can’t rush out either.”
This guy is very open-minded. But it can also be seen that he is ambitious.
After Lin Baiguang left, Ran Yao called Wen Desi, chairman of the executive committee. Just after reporting Lin Baiguang's plan, Wen Desi interrupted:
"Your Political and Security Administration will be directly responsible for this matter. There is no need to report the details. I will inform you of any matters that require coordination."
Ran Yao put down the phone and thought about Tokuji's words for a few minutes. Then I started drafting an implementation plan for Rong’s work.
Shi Shishi was a little hesitant when he heard that the Australians were unwilling to accept the boss's conditions directly, but wanted to send someone directly to Nanri Island to interview Mr. Zhucai, but he still agreed. Ma Qianzhu's judgment was good. The other party was indeed in urgent need of help.
"If you want to meet the big bosses, I won't stop you. But you have to think clearly: he has been angry recently. You guys messed with him again last year, and you may not be able to reap the rewards then." Shi Fourteen has established a basic friendship with Lin Baiguang in the past few days.
"I'm going to discuss matters with the head of Zhuda. He won't do anything to me. When the time comes, I'll have to rely on you, Brother Shi, for guidance."
"As long as brothers can help, they will do their best!" Shi Shishi patted his chest.
Promises are insignificant in another time and space, but in this time and space, Lin Baiguang believes they are still valuable.
"Yes, this is a modern fishing boat." Zhou Weisen climbed onto the deck of the research vessel, pulled off the snorkeling mask on his face, and said breathlessly.
"This is great fun." Bai Guoshi looked solemn.
Several people on the sampan said nothing. At low tide they had used the sampan to get close to the mast and study it carefully. Welds and nuts are found on it. Except for Lingao, there will be no traces of welding on anything manufactured in this time and space. Zhou Weisen just confirmed it again.
"What ship?"
"It looks like an American ocean-going fishing boat." Zhou Weisen told Lin Chuanqing, "The appearance and structure are similar. The number on the side of the boat is unclear and seems to be worn off."
"That's impossible. The ship's rail number is very important -" Lin Chuanqing suddenly stopped. He remembered that when he was a smuggler, he deliberately made the ship's rail number unclear.
From this point of view, the origin of this ship is indeed somewhat unknown.
"Is there anything on board? Has it entered the cabin?"
"It's four to five meters deep below, and the boat sank on the reef in a perfect position. But it's too dangerous to use snorkeling equipment to enter the cabin." Zhou Weisen shook his head. "Have to scuba dive."
Entering the interior of a sunken ship to explore is a very professional activity in diving. Zhou Weisen is a veteran diver. Although he has never done wreck diving, he still has the confidence to give it a try on a small fishing boat at a depth of four to five meters. But the equipment is not up to par.
Zhou Weisen has diving equipment in his personal and planning committee warehouses. Everything from the simplest snorkeling to the most common scuba diving all the way to clumsy heavy gear. In addition to the eight gas bottles of various sizes brought by Zhou Weisen himself, there are several large and small compressed gas bottles in the Planning Commission warehouse, which are enough for diving.
The traverser does not have the ability to create an oxygen-nitrogen mixture, but ordinary compressed air diving cannot cope with diving operations at a depth of 70 meters. The technology of producing compressed air is not yet a problem for the Works and Energy Commission.
Zhou Weisen just used snorkeling equipment to explore directly while holding his breath. He only spent two or three minutes underwater. It is not easy to see clearly what kind of ship it is.
"You rest, I'll go down this time. Scuba diving." Lin Chuanqing said.
"There are more sharks again!" Gao Xiaosong noticed that there were about a dozen sharks cruising in the clear water. "You have to wear anti-shark clothing."
The sharks driven away by the shark repellent slowly began to cruise around the atoll. He paid no attention to the clipper outside Dongsha Island. They even started to circle around them constantly.
"I told you not to throw garbage into the sea, you trash!" Lin Chuanqing scolded the indigenous sailors on the ship in a mixture of Hokkien and English.
"I think it's safer for us to go down together. Take care of multiple people." Zhou Weisen said, "The shark problem is not big. I checked that there are no aggressive sharks here. To be safe, just put a pack of shark repellent powder."
"It's okay, just a few sharks swimming."
Lin Chuanqing said it was okay, but in fact he felt very guilty. Sharks always make people feel dizzy, let alone swimming right next to you.
They went down to the cabin and took out two sets of scuba diving equipment. Both sets were brought by Zhou Weisen himself. There were also several sets in the planning committee warehouse. Zhou Weisen looked down upon them and only brought a few cylinders from them. And two sets of shark-proof suits that look like chain mail. Wear it over a wetsuit. This thing was quite bulky to wear, so Zhou Weisen thought over and over again and decided not to wear it. The space inside the sunken ship was small, and it would be a disaster if he got hung up.
Lin Chuanqing was not as calm as him, so he still put on this thing. In addition, he also brought the ropes and mesh bags necessary for shipwreck diving. The latter was used to retrieve things.
"If something really happens, just use this." Zhou Weisen gave Lin Chuanqing a powerful diving speargun, propelled by carbon dioxide gas, with an effective range of 20 meters. "It's best not to use it as a last resort."
Finally, each person has a diving knife as personal protection. The two agreed that Zhou Weisen, who was better at diving, would enter the cabin, while Lin Chuanqing would be responsible for guarding outside.
"Okay, come out!"
The yellow shark repellent powder thrown into the sea gradually dispersed in the sea, and the sharks swam away again.
Zhou Weisen touched the knife on his waist, turned his belt, put on the oxygen mask, and turned on the switch. One turned over and fell into the water. While adjusting, he slowly swam forward, and his breathing gradually became normal.
He continued to sink, about four to five meters, and was only more than one meter away from the reef on the bottom of the sea. At this time, he looked at his diving watch. It was exactly 12:10 noon. He brought two 15-liter gas bottles, each with an independent air supply system. For a dive that is less than 10 meters at best, the backup is already 200%. But he didn't dare to be careless at all - shipwreck diving is extremely dangerous, the space inside is small and the light is dim, in case he is trapped in the cabin. There was no hope that Lin Chuanqing, who was half-assed, could save him.
He relaxed his body, stretched out his legs, and swung his fins rhythmically to adjust his posture. There was plenty of light on the seabed, and although the transparency of the water was not as good as the diving holy sites he had been to, it was still quite good.
The sun and moonlight filtered through the fine waves on the water's surface, illuminating the gray-white seabed below. The seabed is a coral reef with branches and branches, and Dongsha Island is the outgrowth of these coral reefs. The sunken ship of unknown origin was on the reef less than twenty meters away. It sank upright, like a model of a sunken ship in an aquarium.
He suddenly felt someone tapping his shoulder. It turned out to be Lin Chuanqing. He was wearing a mask and his expression could not be seen clearly. Take the speargun.
He gave him a thumbs up, meaning everything, it's time to move. The two people swam forward side by side.
Rubber wetsuits feel hot and sticky. The oxygen sucked into the oxygen tank also seemed to be full of rubber smell. Zhou Weisen is very familiar with this feeling. He was concentrating on maintaining an even pace and swimming smoothly towards the coral reef of the sunken ship.
The depths of the seabed are full of coral sand and reefs, which are reflected by the sun and flicker. The flat sand is occasionally mixed with patches of seaweed. Fish swim around the reef. Zhou Weisen was very careful. There were not only sharks in the coral reefs, but also some more terrifying fishes. The moray eels hiding in the gaps in the reefs were even more terrifying - they could be more than three meters long and full of sharp teeth. It seemed to him much scarier than an ordinary shark.
They swam across the reef, and a large piece of coral reef appeared in front of them. It's shaped somewhat like a giant plate. The shipwreck is on the edge of this "plate". There are more and more coral branches in front, and there are swarms of beautiful small sea fish all around. Zhou Weisen slowed down his movements of hands and feet and made a signal with his left hand to stop moving forward. There were no signs of sharks around, but it was hard to tell. He cautiously swam around the sunken ship from a distance.
Underwater, the ship appears to be in very good condition. All major structures are intact. The seaweed attached to the deck and hull is floating in the water. The ship must have been sunk here for a long time. Judging from the sediments, shellfish and seaweed attached to it, it must have been at least half a year old. There were no scattered objects on the reefs around the ship. It didn't look like it was sent to the bottom of the sea by a storm, but rather like someone opened the sea valve and sank.
While he was observing, Lin Chuanqing swam over. Zhou Weisen signaled: When you get close, swim around the boat. Take a closer look at the condition of the boat.
When he reached the stern of the ship, he felt that the propeller was skewed and part of the rudder was damaged. It looks like it was hit on a rock. Overall, there are no signs of damage on the hull except some scratches on the bottom and coral reefs. The white protective paint on the hull still looks new. Even a lot of the glass on the bridge is still intact.
Finally, they returned to the bridge and landed on the foredeck. Zhou Weisen motioned to Lin Chuanqing - he wanted to enter the ship from here. The other party nodded and gestured to the carbon dioxide spear gun - this thing is enough to kill a large shark at a distance of twenty meters, but this kind of killing will only attract more sharks.
He carefully used a diving knife to clean off the glass next to the broken driver's window, first his legs, then his body, and finally his head. Lin Chuanqing held the porthole with one hand and passed the diving light in with the other.
The first target he chose for exploration was the bridge - this was the most important place to figure out the identity of the ship.
The cabin has become a paradise for underwater creatures, and a frightened little octopus flew past him like a jet plane. Zhou Weisen calmed down - he didn't know if there were any remains of the victims in the ship. If there were, perhaps some clues could be found from his belongings.
But there was nothing on the bridge. He did not find the most critical thing, the logbook, nor did he find any information such as ship registration and port documents that could prove its identity and where it came from.
Zhou Weisen only found some necessary information for navigation such as charts and tide tables, but nothing else.
He fixed one end of the rope coil on the bridge. This is a safety rope used to guide the return route. It is a must-have equipment when conducting wreck diving, otherwise it is easy to get lost in the maze inside the ship. Turn on the diving lights and continue swimming deeper.
The interior of the vessel was neat and tidy, with no trace of disturbance except for a few sea creatures roaming the water. There was no structural damage within the hull, and there were no objects scattered everywhere. It can be seen that the ship did not experience severe impacts and jolts when it sank.
The emergency box was fixed on the bulkhead. He noticed that the emergency box on the bulkhead near the bridge had been removed, but the one deep down was still intact. He reached the first cabin below deck. The door was closed. He tried pushing it and was surprised to find that it was locked. Then he explored further and found that every hatch he encountered was locked. This is really strange. Do we need to lock the door when abandoning the ship?
There were more and more doubts, and the strangest thing to him was that there was no sign of the name of the ship anywhere on the ship. and its port of registration—originally these would be found on many of the equipment on the ship. Now these areas have been carefully sanded away or covered with a layer of paint. Obviously, the owner of the ship deliberately did not want anyone to know the true details of the ship.
Thirty minutes later, an object in a net bag was lifted out of the water on a rope, and then two people surfaced.
In the mesh bag were some items that Zhou Weisen fished out from the cabin. It included some navigational information, an emergency kit originally fixed to the bulkhead, a fire ax, and some cans and wine bottles. Several people squatted on the deck and looked through these watery items.
From these small things, Lin Chuanqing once again confirmed that this is a small fishing boat and should be built in the United States.
"There is nothing to indicate its identity," Zhou Weisen said, dragging down the equipment. "Not only is there no logbook, there are no navigation documents, and the ship's bell is gone. Even the nameplates on the tools and equipment have been removed. Even if it is Smuggling ships don’t carry such mysterious things.”
"This boat is not doing serious business." Lin Chuanqing took a bucket of "semi-fresh water" from the well on Dongsha Island and rinsed his body.
"Of course, such deliberate efforts to conceal one's identity - it is definitely not for fishing. Besides, there are no fishing tools in the cabin at all."
"It's probably illegal." Gao Xiaosong concluded, "Could it be a smuggling ship?"
"It's not an ordinary smuggling ship. Otherwise, there would be no need to do such a good job of concealing the identity of the ship." Lin Chuanqing took off his rubber diving suit, sat naked on the deck and lit a cigarette, "Look at this, it's not smuggling." Drugs are smuggled in arms.”
"Could it be that a group of drug dealers came to Ming Dynasty?"
"It would be great if we were an arms dealer. We shouldn't have a boat full of weapons! A47! Machine gun! RPG!" Bai Guoshi became excited.
"Then we will be in misfortune -"
"It's hard to say whether it's a drug dealer or an arms dealer. You have to pick up the boat and search it carefully to find out." Zhou Weisen said, "I didn't dive too deep, but it seems that the boat was on the way when it sank."
A lot of provisions were found in the cabin, including cans and liquor. The label on it has been soaked, but it seems that the seal is not broken, so it should be edible.
"Where did this can come from?" Gao Xiaosong asked.
"Made in the United States."
"So the people on the ship are still Americans. Can you give an estimate of the time?"
"No problem, just take a look at this emergency kit."
Zhou Weisen opened the box - this kind of nautical emergency box has an excellent seal, and there is no water in it at all. The box contains food, medicine, signal tubes and other things necessary in case of distress at sea. The shelf life shows that the time is consistent with the time and space they came out of. (!)! ~!
