After finishing the scolding, Fatty Wei couldn't help but scolded again: "If a ship like this is to be escorted, it will give us the problem of the century!"
No wonder Fatty Wei is resentful.
But everyone knows that this Pengcheng really has its own difficulties.
Its speed is the lowest among the many international cargo ships Li Zheng has seen.
Only about 13 knots.
Ordinary large cargo ships have 20 knots, but this one is better, 13 knots...
This time the formation received a escort mission and protected a total of four cargo ships.
Three of the ships have a speed of 20-22 knots, and only the Pengcheng has a speed of 13 knots.
A fatal problem arises.
That is, if the Pengcheng is to be escorted, the speed of the entire formation must be slowed down to about 13 knots so that they can go together.
But the problem is that international shipping pays attention to shipping schedules. Several other ships are full of cargo. They have been waiting for a day to escort the formation in the designated sea area. Now if the Pengcheng is abandoned and everyone reduces the speed to 13 knots, then The original flight of more than forty hours would take nearly half as long.
This will affect the shipping schedule and may lead to delays and loss of money.
This is something no ship owner wants to see.
But it is unrealistic to leave a warship alone to escort the Pengcheng.
Because there are only ships No. 1 and 2 escorting this time, the comprehensive supply ship No. 3 has already docked nearby to replenish supplies. Allocating one ship to escort the Pengcheng alone means that the other three cargo ships can be escorted by one warship. If you really encounter a large-scale pirate attack, it's easy to lose sight of your head and tail.
Don't think that a warship is omnipotent. The pirates who tried to hijack the Tiange before saw the navy coming and boarded the ship by force.
Because as long as you get on the ship, as long as you can control the crew before the naval special forces board the ship, then the kidnapping is more than half successful.
Therefore, escorting the Pengcheng can only be handed over to one of the special operations detachments. It is the most reliable and safe way for them to escort the ship.
What I never expected was that the Pengcheng was not only slow in speed, but also in quite complicated conditions. In addition, the weather was unfavorable and the wind was strong at this time. It was really the most undesirable situation.
"No wonder my eyelids were twitching so much before I said it!" Fatty Wei began to sigh again: "It turns out that we are going to encounter something like this."
Li Zheng teased him: "I don't think something happened right away. It's because you said before that this period of time is too easy and dealing with pirates is too easy. I said, fat man, please stop talking nonsense with your mouth. Everyone will be in trouble with you." .”
Hou Jun said: "Stop talking nonsense and think of a solution quickly!"
Li Zheng thought for a moment and said, "I think we should retract the rope first and change it to a shorter one!"
There are three types of ropes in the cabin.
Li Zheng asked the mechanic: "How many meters of rope are left?"
"There are also 20-meter and 25-meter ones!" the mechanic replied loudly.
Li Zheng said to Zhang Jian: "I think the 20-meter one will be used, I will go down first!"
In this case, it is dark night, windy, heavily loaded, and the ship is in complex condition. The first one to ski down is the most dangerous, and the first one to have an accident.
Li Zheng was rushing to do the most dangerous thing.
Zhang Jian agreed to change the rope, but rejected Li Zheng's idea of going down first: "I am the captain, I will go down first!"
There's no way to argue with that.
This is how it is in the army, whoever is the commander has the right to make decisions.
The 28-meter rope was pulled up, the helicopter descended, and the 20-meter rope was dropped.
At this time, the pilot Lao He was covered in sweat and grabbed the joystick and tried his best to stabilize the helicopter.
The length of the rope is 20 meters. In fact, counting the more than one meter hanging on the top of the hatch, and the extra one meter after landing, the actual hovering height of the helicopter is only fifteen to seventeen meters.
It seems that the helicopter is still 5-7 meters away from the top of the gantry crane, but there is another problem to calculate here, that is, the wind is strong at this time, there are waves on the sea, and the bow of the ship is bullied a lot, so the margin needs to be calculated when taking off and landing. Not counting this, when the bow of the ship is thrown up in a big wave, it can easily get stuck under the belly of the aircraft.
Once it hits, the destruction of the machine and the death of everyone is almost certain.
Zhang Jian stood up.
He walked to the side of the cabin and looked down.
The rope sway seemed less severe than before.
But looking down from the helicopter, one can see the phosphorescence of the ship's bow splitting the waves, and the brightly lit narrow deck, which seems to be rising and falling together, which is quite scary.
"I'll get off first!"
After Zhang Jian finished speaking, he took a deep breath, grabbed the rope and prepared to jump out of the cabin and slide down.
Suddenly, the helicopter shook suddenly.
The fuselage trembled.
The machinist reached out and grabbed Zhang Jian.
"return!"
After saying that, only a bang was heard.
The mechanics had already unhooked the zip line.
The entire zipline fell to the deck and hit it hard.
The mechanic was startled and broke into a cold sweat.
Others saw it clearly and were also shocked.
Just when Zhang Jian was about to slide down, a big wave hit and a strong cross wind blew up. A section of the rappel was thrown directly on the steel rope and got caught!
Fortunately, the mechanic had the insight and experience to directly untie the hook between the sled and the top of the aircraft cabin and abandon the rope. Otherwise, if the cargo ship goes through the top of the spray and then falls, it will directly drag the helicopter down with it.
Although the drop was only two or three meters, it was enough to cause the helicopter to lose control instantly.
The driver, Lao He, turned pale.
Even a veteran navy pilot like him was so frightened by the scene just now that his heart almost jumped out of his throat.
"Not here! There's no way to rappel!"
He lifted the plane and temporarily returned to an altitude of more than 30 meters.
"Why don't we contact the command center and we can think of other ways to have the No. 2 ship come closer and then send a rubber boat to board the ship."
This is not a bad idea.
The problem is that after the previous decision was made, the No. 2 ship has now followed the No. 1 ship and three merchant ships dozens of nautical miles away.
To follow this approach, I'm afraid we have to stop and wait for the Pengcheng, at least for a few hours. After the Pengcheng rushes to the front to rendezvous, we will use a rubber boat to send the special operations team over to board the ship.
But in that case, even if the No. 2 ship can wait, how will it catch up with the ships in front?
The speed of the No. 2 ship is only 25 knots, and the three ships in front are also 20 knots. If you want to catch up, I am afraid that you will have already reached your destination by the time you catch up. It will be like running in vain without escort.
In this case, it would be better if a single ship directly escorted the Pengcheng and brought it down. Why waste such trouble?
Lao He's suggestion was quickly refuted by the co-pilot.
"Lao He, your method won't work. If you do this, the No. 2 ship will not be able to escort us."
Lao He was silent.
Of course he knew that he just said it in a hurry, but it was not actually practical.
At this time, Wang Haiyang didn't say anything. He looked around at the cabin door on the other side. He looked around for a long time and listened to everyone's discussion for a long time. Then he suddenly said: "Hey, hey, hey! Can you listen to me?"
At first no one heard or paid attention to him.
Wang Haiyang came directly over to pat Zhang Jian, and then pointed to the front: "Captain Zhang! I think we can try the stern position!"
As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of the driving building.
"You mean to land directly on the roof of the pilot building?"
Li Zheng listened to the two people's discussion and glanced towards the stern of the boat.
The area on the roof of the driving building is also littered with various equipment and antennas. Where can I rappel?
Isn't it also a dead end?
It's not as good as here on the bow of the ship. (End of chapter)
