Chapter 432 The first level on the road back home
The engine on the top of the Bell helicopter was working at super power, and the rotors were turning crazily, driving the helicopter to climb rapidly. The person sitting at the side hatch immediately lay down, holding the precious camera tightly in his hand, and still talking in his mouth. Let out a cry of despair.
“Oh, no, I don’t want to die yet!”
Boom!
The explosion sounded below. When he heard the sound, the guy finally rolled his eyes and fainted.
The overload and overload of the helicopter's rapid climb, coupled with the shock, had already caused him to lose his intuition. The pilot in the cabin in front, after all, was professionally trained and did not lose his mind. He lowered his head and looked down, and saw a cloud of black smoke in the helicopter. It exploded where it originally was.
What kind of weapon is that?
At this time, he was a little strange. If it was an anti-aircraft missile, it should fly after his helicopter. Only the fixed-height shells of anti-aircraft guns would explode like that.
However, no matter what it was, it was difficult to deal with down there, so he had no other choice but to fly the helicopter and leave quickly.
It feels so good to be alive!
Seeing the helicopter fleeing in panic, the Ermao sentry guarding the deck shouted excitedly: "Ula, Ula!" (I don't know if this is also said in Ermao language.)
Qin Tao put down the weapon in his hand: "Keep all the two kickers. If there are still those who don't have eyesight, shoot them!"
Vitalia's eyes were filled with stars. When she was in Mingzhou, Vitalia had seen Qin Tao kicking his feet and then using his hands. The posture was really cool, but now, like this, In comparison, it was far behind in the past, but now it is really domineering and revealing!
“Mr. Qin, you are so powerful, you scared away those **** guys so easily.” Ji Haning said with emotion.
"Well, in order to avoid accidents, we still have to complete the ship receiving procedures quickly, let our people come up, and then hire a tugboat to tow the ship back as soon as possible." Qin Tao said.
“Well, we will go through the formalities after Mr. Asnayev arrives. I will contact the customs department.”
In fact, at the time of the auction, the procedures had already been completed, and there was no need to go through those complicated procedures. The superiors had entrusted the auction with full responsibility, and the documents that needed to be signed had already been signed.
Now, it’s just a formality, which of course includes customs inspection.
Asnayev arrived here on the morning of the next day. Qin Tao and the others have been here in Ermao for more than a week for this project.
However, the final moment has finally arrived!
"Let's install the information first." Asnayev simply said hello to Qin Tao and Vitalia, then ran to Jihaninke's side to talk, and then took out a few documents and asked them to Signed by those present.
Customs inspection personnel also came to the scene.
Qin Tao and others had no chance to enter the sixth floor. The personnel above were responsible for putting the iron filing cabinets directly into the elevator. On the first floor, the forklift drove directly to the elevator entrance and forked the iron boxes into the waiting truck outside. Customs personnel were counted there.
Since everything had been taken care of, there was not much difficulty. Soon, all eight large trucks were filled and sealed.
Qin Tao breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to say something just now, but suddenly, a person shouted loudly.
"gather!"
People kept coming out of the building and standing in the open space outside, lining up neatly.
"salute!"
These young men who stood up straight raised their right hands and saluted the car.
The director of the shipyard, the chief engineer, and others also raised their hands. Although some were not very standard, at this moment, the scene became solemn.
They are saying goodbye.
These materials will embark on the road to the East and never come back. For them, they need to send them off in this way.
Some people's eyes began to turn red, and some people's tears began to fall.
If possible, why don’t they want to complete the construction of the aircraft carrier themselves? But now, I can only look at the information and leave!
Just saying goodbye to these materials has already made them feel extremely uncomfortable. So, what next is to say goodbye to the Varyag?
Makarov came to the outfitting dock again.
Over the years, he has been working on this aircraft carrier. At first, he discussed with Da Mao to continue building it. Later, Da Mao finally gave up and they began to look for buyers everywhere. Ah San once came to the door enthusiastically, but was scared away by the price. They also went to the East twice for promotion, but in the end this was the result.
It is better to transform it into a blockade than to dismantle it into scrap metal! Makarov thought of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and felt guilty. He was deceived at that time!
Now, Makarov wants to give this aircraft carrier a good home, but he feels heartbroken because of its departure.
In this complicated mood, footsteps came from behind. He turned around and saw a large number of people coming this way.
“According to international practice, this ship must be marked with its home port. We have registered it in Kingston first, so the relevant signs must be painted on it.” Vitalia said, waving to the people behind her.
A man walked over carrying a long bamboo pole and an oil drum.
Makarov's eyes widened.
The top of the bamboo pole was a paint roller, which passed across the bow of the Varyag, where a 106 shipside mark was originally painted. Although it was no longer visible due to the rust, Makarov knew that, The hull number is right there.
Shua, swish, swish!
The roller was rolling rapidly, and the beautiful English letters were pressed on the original ship number.
ˆ KINGSTOWN!
(I’ve seen a video of a worker using a roller to steer a boat. It’s like a flying dragon and a phoenix. It’s true that he specializes in his craft and is the best at what he does.)
Makarov's heart felt as if he was being stabbed by a knife. One after another, he watched those big characters being painted on. He could no longer see the shadow of 106, and his eyes slowly began to get wet.
It's passed.
This day will always come, but when it does come, he still feels reluctant to let go. After all, he has never been ready for this.
"I think you can add a few Chinese characters at the end, how about blocking the city on the Eastern Sea?" Qin Tao suggested. Just after he finished speaking, his expression tightened again: "Mr. Makarov, Makarov Mr. Husband! Quick, call an ambulance!"
Makarov's vision went dark, and his body was slowly falling down.
Countless people came up from behind. No matter what, they all had great respect for this former old captain.
Although the shipyard is dilapidated, the shipyard hospital is still in business, and because it can accept patients from the society, the hospital is still one of the few institutions that can operate well.
Soon, the ambulance drove over and picked up Makarov. Qin Tao felt a little emotional as he watched the ambulance leave.
What does it feel like? It should feel like your own child being sent away, right?
This is just a small episode, and the next steps have to be carried out.
The customs officers inspected the Varyag and then signed the documents. The ship's departure procedures were considered to be complete.
Woo, ow!
A tugboat slowly moved over.
From the outside, the most bizarre thing about it is that a helicopter landing platform is set up at the penetration position, which is in sharp contrast to the general way of placing a helicopter platform at the tail.
However, there is nothing we can do about it, because it is a tugboat, and the cables and other equipment for the tugboat must be placed at the stern, and it even includes a long-distance fire spray system. The middle part is the bridge, so the helicopter landing platform can only be placed in the front. .
It is currently the largest ocean-going tugboat Nikolai Chikel in the world.
You can tell from the name that this tugboat belongs to Lao Maozi. The hull number on the bow is painted with Lao Maozi's letters. If translated into English, it is a very funny SB131. However, the national flag hanging on the tugboat is The unique pattern of blue and white colors, cross patterns and parallel strips is clearly from Greece!
(It took a lot of effort to find the alias of this country. Some readers suggested using the name from That Year of the Rabbit, but there is no Greek country in it! That’s how it is called. Everyone should know which one it is, one of the four ancient civilizations. One, he often has conflicts with Tuji.)
This is of course because the tugboat was rented.
The tugboat "Nikola Chikel" has a full load displacement of more than 7,500 tons and a very powerful main engine. In addition to its usual tugboat business, it is also equipped with complete rescue facilities and firefighting facilities, and can undertake deep-sea rescue operations. and other rescue missions and maritime firefighting missions; it also has relatively complete medical facilities. It can be said that it is a multi-functional tugboat.
More importantly, it was officially commissioned in 1989 and is a brand-new ship.
It was not until the 21st century that Damao took back the tugboat.
Now, to tow the Varyag, of course you have to use this kind of high-power tugboat.
Green Venture Company has made these arrangements a long time ago, and now, everything is going smoothly again.
The tugboat Nikolai Chikel finally approached the bow of the Varyag. Two sailors stood at the stern and began to work methodically.
Iris Lima looked at the tall aircraft carrier and said: "We can't throw the cable over. We can throw the cable down from above. The opening in front of the bow anchor chain is a good location!"
When designing any warship, a place for towing is reserved. Even if it is a car, there must be a place for a tow hook in the front. It is usually covered by the bumper. When needed, open the reserved cover. You can install the tow hook.
Ordinary warships can just hang cables directly on the deck, but this is not possible for the Varyag. This warship is too huge, and the bow is still upturned. Therefore, below its ski jump deck and above the anchor, there are three An opening through which the towing cable can be extended.
Just as Lima was speaking, a thick cable was slowly being released from the opening over there. Their tugboat continued to fall backwards to catch the cable.
“Save fifty meters!” Dimitri, the captain of the tugboat, shouted cautiously.
Towing such a large ship is dangerous. Once it needs to slow down, the tugboat can brake by reversing the propeller, but the aircraft carrier without any power behind it cannot do that. It is likely to continue to rush over and knock over the tugboat.
So, their cables need to be longer.
On the shore, Jihan was a little worried.
"Mr. Qin, is it okay to tow like this? Do you want to use a smaller tugboat in front and put this large tugboat behind? If you need to brake, you can tow it directly backwards to brake."
When towing large ships, it is important to use more than one tugboat. The one with the highest horsepower needs to be reversed and hung upside down behind the towed ship. This way, if the towed ship needs to brake, The tug can then move quickly and push backwards to provide braking force.
There is only one tugboat like this, so I’m afraid it’s not suitable!
"It doesn't matter, we have confidence in the tugboat Nikolai Chikel." Qin Tao didn't care at all. He said to Jihaning: "When leaving the port, we still need your tugboat to help. As long as we set foot on the waterway , one tugboat is enough.”
The powerless Varyag, no, now it is called the Oriental Sea Blockade, is quietly docked at the outfitting dock. It is not easy to tow it away with a tugboat.
The shipyard's tugboat also came to help, pushing its huge body away from the outfitting dock.
Oriental Sea Fortress is an empty shell without power and cannot be controlled. Therefore, leaving too many people on it will have no effect. However, for the sake of safety, more than a dozen crew members are still arranged on this ship.
On the bridge, Zhang Zhen looked excited.
Although on the surface it is a private business operation of a green company, in fact, everyone knows the final purpose of this vessel. Therefore, when recruiting crew members, Zhang Zhen came over. Because of his rich experience, he was also Temporarily appointed as the captain of the "Block City" on the Eastern Sea.
At this time, he was extremely excited. This ship was finally going to return home. This road was destined to not be smooth, but with Mr. Qin here, he would be able to overcome all difficulties.
Thinking of this, he looked towards the shore again. At this time, Qin Tao was waving to here.
“Old Zhang, why don’t Mr. Qin come with us?” Next to Zhang Zhen, an old acquaintance said to him.
“Mr. Qin has something to do. He has to open a channel for this ship. Tuji Strait is the first checkpoint.” Zhang Zhen said.
There is no danger in the calm Black Sea. At most, there are some helicopters trying to get closer, but they are not afraid. They have shoulder-mounted two-kick launchers, which can completely destroy any helicopter that tries to board the Dongfang Sea City Wall. Scared away.
However, the Tuji Strait is an insurmountable barrier.
If you want to leave the Black Sea, enter the Mediterranean Sea, and enter the Atlantic Ocean, you must pass through the Turkey Strait.
The Turkish Strait, which includes the Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, and Dardanelles, is one of the busiest shipping lanes on the planet and an essential passage for ships built by Black Sea shipyards to travel to other oceans.
At that time, the Kiev and several other warships, under the name of heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers, confidently passed through the Turkey Strait without the chickens even daring to fart. Even if the Red Empire is in turmoil, when the Kuznetsov sails out, the native chicken will not dare to say anything.
But now, the Dongfang Sea Blockade is different.
The return of this ship is destined to not be smooth sailing.
Of course Qin Tao also knows this. The future is bright, but the road is tortuous. Next, he has to meet the Tuji Kingdom. Therefore, after watching the Oriental Sea City Wall leave, he planned to go to the Tuji Country. The capital of the country went to negotiate the issue of passage through the strait.
"Miss, someone wants to see you." At this moment, Vitalia's personal bodyguard Ivan said.
"who?"
“Yang Ming Shipping Company.”
“Why don’t you go take a look and see what this company wants to do.” Qin Tao said.
Yang Ming Shipping is a large shipping company with official background opposite. Although it was established in 1972, its predecessor can be traced back to the Steamship Investment Promotion Bureau established in Huating in 1873. It is now also the ninth largest shipping company in the world.
If this company wants to contact you, you still have to give the other party a face.
So, they had a brief meeting in the hotel where Qin Tao and Vitalia were staying temporarily in Nikolayev City.
“Ms. Vitalia, Mr. Qin, nice to meet you, my name is Wang Yangming.”
Hearing the other party's self-report, Qin Tao became curious: "Excuse me, are you the founder of Yangming Shipping?"
It doesn’t look like it. The other person is only about forty years old. If he founded this company twenty years ago, wouldn’t it mean that he was only twenty years old at the time? In this world, the only young and promising person is Qin Tao himself, and there cannot be another person.
"No, of course not. It's just that my father gave me this name. It has the same name as Wang Yangming, a philosopher in our Chinese history. My father wanted me to follow Mr. Wang Yangming's idea of integrating knowledge and action, and knowing and doing. Now Think about it, I feel ashamed of my father’s hope.”
Qin Tao was quite satisfied when he heard the words "we China".
“Excuse me, why did you come to us?” Vitalia asked.
"Everyone, with all due respect, your purchase of the Varyag to be used as a sea blockade is a genius idea. However, this idea is difficult to realize. Many people have already taken action and lobbied in the capital of Turkey. There should be no chance of the Varyag sailing out of the Tuji Strait." Wang Yangming was very direct, and it seemed that he understood Qin Tao's behavior in advance.
"so what?"
“So, we hope that you will sell the Varyag to us.” Wang Yangming said: “We are very interested in this ship and can convert it into a marine park for tourists to visit.”
Vitalia's face was ugly. She thought the other party's words just now were good intentions. Now it seems that she clearly wants to take advantage of the situation and actually wants her to sell the Varyag?
Just when she was about to say something tough, Qin Tao spoke from the side.
“Of course, we are very grateful for your help.”
Wang Yangming was immediately overjoyed: "Great, as long as you are willing to sell it, we can accept it no matter what the price is!"
“We can’t let you suffer, can we?” Qin Tao said with a smile: “A billion dollars is enough for a child.”
Vitalia was still curious at first, but now that Qin Tao said it, she realized that she was trying to make him happy.
On the surface, our side spent 18 million. In fact, after the management of all parties, including the cost of returning to China, it was estimated to be 30 to 40 million. Now, if we sell it directly, if the other party is willing to give us 1 billion, then why not Sell?
This change of hands made a profit of 950 million! Dad’s auto trading company never made that much profit in a year!
Wang Yangming was very happy at first, but when he heard these words, he became a little annoyed: "Mr. Qin, I come here with sincerity. Please offer a suitable price, how about 50 million? Fifty million, we can give it to you right away.”
"Sincerity? This is my sincerity, Mr. Wang. Just now you said that you can buy it no matter how much it costs. Now that we have set a price, you still think it is too expensive. This obviously means that you are not sincere?"
"This billion, do you think we said too much? Then we will calculate it for you!" After Qin Tao finished speaking, he looked at Vitalia: "Calculate it for him!"
Vitalia nodded: "Currently, the industry in Ma Gang only pays 4 billion in profits and taxes a year, and the annual income is tens of billions. Our offshore market is very novel. After opening, even if it only attracts one-tenth customers, the revenue that year was also several billions. Everyone, we want one billion now. Isn’t it enough to show our sincerity? Without this ship, we may waste several more years looking for other ship modifications. Calculating this, our company has suffered a huge loss.”
Wang Yangming opened his eyes wide: "Do you really want to use this ship as a sea blockade?"
“What do you think?”
Vitalia looked helplessly at Wang Yangming opposite: "If it were not a waste of time to build a new ship, and if there was no historical heritage, then we could just entrust the Mingzhou Group to build an empty shell directly. Now we have come all the way here , just to be able to open as soon as possible, we have been authorized to block the sign, and we can open when we go back. Why should we waste time?"
Wang Yangming’s eyes were full of surprise.
"Well, thank you for the reminders just now. We are going to the capital of Turkey now to negotiate about passing through the strait. This world still needs to be reasonable. We are just a ship blocking the sea, why should they stop us?"
Vitalia and Qin Tao left, leaving Wang Yangming with a surprised look on his face. Could it be that his worries were unnecessary and he was really trying to block the scene?
He thought about it in his mind for a long time, but in the end he couldn't make a decision and reported the matter as it was.
However, no matter what the purpose is, if it can be blocked, it must be blocked by using relationships.
(End of this chapter)