Chapter 801 The Captain’s Complaint
"Excuse me, what happened to you down there? How did you come to this sea area?"
"Down below? We encountered a sea cliff, and the bearings of our submarine's propeller leaked. Damn the Swedes. We originally thought their submarine technology was so good, but we didn't expect that the submarines they built were full of problems! This time They almost sent us to hell, thank you, you are sent by God to save us."
"No, we are sent by the Mingzhou Group. You haven't answered my question yet. Why did you come to this sea area?"
The front and rear of the Jiaolong are separated. The people in the front are operating the Jiaolong to sail, and the people in the back are asking questions. If the questioning does not get the desired results, then they will not be stingy about sailing in the sea for a while. Anyway, some people have been rescued. Here they are, their goal has been achieved.
Peter was silent.
"According to the client, after receiving your distress signal, they immediately went to the Americans. However, the Americans used various excuses to reject them and refused to coordinate rescue forces."
After hearing this, Peter finally couldn't help it anymore: "Damn Americans! They ordered us to come here to track a 039C submarine. I didn't think much about it at the time. I thought it was an opportunity for our submarine to show its capabilities. , Now think about it, this is the Americans who are tricking us. Not only did they trick us, but they also wanted to pretend they didn’t know anything afterwards. When did they care about the lives of our sailors? They are so abominable!”
Peter's anger finally broke out. He didn't think there was any problem at first. However, after struggling on the edge of life and death underwater for so long, Peter was already on the verge of collapse. Now that he was rescued, under this huge contrast, he could only He feels that the people around him who save him are the best, and everyone else is bad!
Once Peter started the lashing mode, he didn't stop and kept cursing the Americans. He didn't know that there was a camera lens facing him in this cabin, recording everything about him.
The Jiaolong did not waste any time. After being lifted onto the deck of the mother ship by a crane, it was already bright in the east. Peter got off the lifeboat, took a breath of the humid air on the sea, and let out a long breath.
Great, it’s finally out! It feels so good to be alive!
"Everyone, you go to rest and eat something first. We are going to go down a second time to rescue more people."
Peter stopped.
He wanted to say, I will go down with you and rescue my children, but thinking about his narrow escape just now, he swallowed this idea back in his stomach.
After the disaster, they felt hungry at this time. Under the greetings of the staff on the mother ship, they rushed to the canteen on the mother ship.
There were other people eating in the canteen. When he saw them coming, one of them greeted him very warmly: "Hello, friends!"
"Zhang Zhong?" Peter recognized the other person. This person hosted the show and was very innovative. He could often reveal some secrets. Therefore, Peter often looked at Zhang Zhong and said, but he often scolded him while watching.
Now, I actually see a real person!
Zhang Zhong nodded: "It's me. I didn't expect you to be my fan. How about we chat?"
Zhang Zhong took a plane to Qiongzhou, transferred to Shuangsha Island, and then boarded the ship by helicopter. Fortunately, after he made the request, everything was arranged by Mr. Qin, otherwise he would not have been able to show up here in time. .
He raised his head and glanced at a camera hidden behind the wall clock. It had a good perspective, and this time Zhang Zhong said the program was even more unique.
“Okay.” Peter nodded.
“How about we talk about Sweden building submarines?”
"Yes, the quality of the submarine they built is too poor. It was originally designed to dive to a depth of three hundred meters. However, the propeller bearings will leak at a depth of two hundred meters. This problem was originally thought to be fixed. Who would have thought that it would happen again this time? If the problem is not a water leak, then we can completely save ourselves."
“These are all minor problems.” Zhang Zhong said: “Their submarine has big problems in the overall design. Have you noticed it?”
"What's wrong with the design?" Now Peter was a little curious. They thought it was a processing problem. Because the processing accuracy was not enough, various accidents occurred. Speaking of design, they really didn't notice it.
“What is the above-water displacement and underwater displacement of your Collins-class submarine?” Zhang Zhong said.
Peter immediately became vigilant. On the lifeboat, he had already told some data. At that time, he was excited because he had just been rescued. But now, he has recovered. He knows his identity and must not tell those confidential things.
"Then let's talk about the Kilo class first. Take the most common Type 877, the surface displacement is 2325 tons and the underwater displacement is 3075 tons. The difference between the two is 750 tons. We can understand this 750 tons. In order to reserve buoyancy, when the submarine floats from the bottom of the water to the surface, 750 tons of seawater are evacuated, which can all be converted into buoyancy. Your Collins class is definitely not that big."
“Yes, in order to increase the internal space and reduce costs, we used a small reserve buoyancy solution. There is not much difference between the two figures.”
"If we follow the public data, the water displacement is 3051 tons and the underwater displacement is 3353 tons. The difference between the two is only 300 tons. I really don't know what you think. This kind of design data is acceptable. It doesn't matter at ordinary times. Once encountered Unexpected, I was dumbfounded.”
The Collins class is indeed a strange thing. For ordinary submarines, the surface and underwater displacements will be very different. For a three-thousand-ton submarine, the difference can be seven to eight hundred tons or even thousands of tons. For a seven- to eight-thousand-ton submarine, the difference will be even greater.
For example, the 039 submarine has a surface displacement of more than 2,600 tons and an underwater displacement of more than 3,600 tons. This data difference is larger than that of the Kilo class.
The Collins class is only missing 300 tons, which is problematic in itself.
Peter was a little helpless. He thought the data was very confidential. In fact, the displacement data was not confidential at all. It could be found in any introduction material. Sweden used this as its main selling point.
The reserve buoyancy is small, indicating that our space utilization rate is high.
"The design of this submarine is not only a flaw in the small reserve buoyancy, but also adopts a large subdivision solution." Zhang Zhong continued: "If it is a small subdivision solution, then when one of the compartments is flooded, This cabin can be completely sealed, and even if it is completely filled with water, the other cabins will still be intact and still have enough buoyancy."
“That’s right, that’s it!” Peter finally reacted.
Their submarines not only have small buoyancy reserves, but also have large compartments! In this way, once an accident occurs and a certain cabin needs to be closed, there is no point in sealing it, because after that cabin is filled with water, the buoyancy of the entire submarine will not be enough, and they will not be able to float.
What did the purchasing staff think at the time?
"Damn, you must have received kickbacks for this purchase, otherwise why would you choose such an unreliable solution." Peter said angrily: "There are many similar design flaws. For example, it only has pressure at the bow and stern of the boat. Water-carrying tank. In this accident, another accident occurred. The ballast water tank at the bow of the boat could not be emptied of seawater. Therefore, the tail of the submarine was raised and the front was sinking. If it were to be like a conventional submarine, a ballast water tank would be added in the middle of the submarine. , the posture of the submarine will never be like this! Your lifeboat can actually complete the docking in that posture, it is really amazing! Dongfang's technology is first-rate!"
When he said this, Peter suddenly thought of something again, and his face changed drastically: "No, those people who are left under the water now may be in danger!"
"What's the danger? You've already come up partially, and the submarine is lighter. Ordinarily there shouldn't be any problems." Zhang Zhong asked.
“Now, the attitude of the submarine is still tilted, and everyone is gathered in the front cabin. This will make the bow of the boat heavier. Maybe, the submarine will directly hit it!”
During the rescue, everyone was thinking about escaping and didn't care about anything else. It's not until now that they are surviving the disaster that they think of other things.
In movies about submarines, you can see that when an emergency dive is needed, submarine soldiers who have nothing to do will run to the front cabin. This can make the bow of the boat lower faster and make it easier to dive. This operation is not just in movies. , also has practical significance.
Now, with so many people crowded in the front cabin, the front cabin will definitely be overweight! Once there is a problem with the posture of the submarine, such as standing upright, or it needs to be plunged in urgently, it will be difficult for the gods to save it!
When he thought of this, Peter was no longer in the mood to eat. He remembered again that he was the captain of this submarine and he had to take care of every crew member.
My own child hasn’t come up yet, how can I eat here with peace of mind?
“Where is your lifeboat control room? I’m going to check it out!”
Peter left the refectory, and the others stopped eating and followed him.
Soon, everyone crowded into the small lifeboat control room. Looking at the screen, they saw that it was too crowded, so the technicians projected the screen outside, so it was no longer crowded.
The scene shown above is the picture captured by the bow camera of the deep-sea lifeboat. The seabed is dark. It lights up the light and shines on the seawater below. The light beam shines on some deep-sea fish, which looks a bit weird.
"The depth has reached 250 meters. No submarine was found at the original location of the submarine. We are continuing to search."
"The submarine may have drifted with the ocean current. If you follow the ocean current, you will definitely find it." Peter murmured. Now, he didn't want to hear bad news.
“Don’t worry, we will not give up the rescue.”
“Please use the sonar from the mother ship to cooperate with the search.”
“No target has been found at the same depth, please continue to descend to search.”
Peter's face looked ugly. If it was not at the same depth, the submarine would definitely continue going on. Once it went down, it would not be able to stop and would continue to fall to the bottom of the sea!
Can our own submarines withstand such great pressure?
Definitely not. Looking at the construction quality of this submarine, at a depth of three hundred meters, it is probably on the verge of disintegration!
“No target was found at a depth of 300 meters. Please ask the mother ship to search the seabed.” Finally, a report came from the Jiaolong that was unacceptable to everyone.
“We have tried our best.”
The sonar searched again, this time aimed at the seafloor. Two hours later, something was finally discovered. Another hour later, the Jiaolong sailed over.
Underwater, at a depth of more than 3,000 meters, a big guy dozens of meters tall poked into the mud at the bottom of the sea. This posture was almost 90 degrees!
The Jiaolong slowly approached, and the images in the camera became clearer and clearer. When he saw the entire hull of the submarine, Peter still had a sense of expectation, hoping that the submarine was still intact and that the people inside were still alive.
However, how can a submarine remain intact at a depth ten times greater than the design depth? Even Eastern submarines can't do it, let alone Swedish submarines.
“God, in the middle of the hull…”
The center is a single-shell structure. You can see that a huge gap has been cracked on it, and seawater must have filled it. It is precisely because of this that the submarine was not crushed into pieces by the huge seawater pressure, and seawater also entered inside. In this way, the internal and external pressures are balanced, just like a deep-sea fish, and the flesh and blood body can remain intact inside.
Everyone's face turned pale. They knew that everyone inside was dead!
Shuangsha Island.
"A total of fourteen people from your side have been rescued. According to our previous agreement, each person is 2 million, and we charge 28 million. We will refund the other rescue costs." Qin Tao looked at Kewell in front of him. He said with some helplessness: "It's such a pity. Even if we are asked to rescue him again, we can double the number. I'm afraid we will lose money on this rescue."
Settling the rescue expenses on a per-capita basis will ensure that rescuers will work hard. The more people rescued, the more money they will make.
"I just don't know if your son has been rescued. After all, it was too chaotic at the time." Qin Tao said: "Now, our deal is over, we..."
"Mr. Qin, the deal is not over yet." Cowell said with difficulty: "Next, we need to salvage the submarine."
"Salvage? This is not easy. This is in water more than 3,000 meters deep. The cost of salvage will be over 100 million. It is really not cost-effective for you." Qin Tao shook his head repeatedly: "Forget it, forget it. . If you want to pay tribute, you can send someone to scatter a wreath or something on the sea. I will give you and our navy a greeting so that your memorial activities can go smoothly."
This is not just the sea cliff, what is important is the quality of the submarine! If the submarine's flaws are not investigated, can their existing Collins-class submarines be used? Moreover, they still have four more ships under construction. Only when they get conclusive evidence can they go to the Swedes for compensation!
If the next four submarines are not needed, it will definitely be a struggle. The key is to find evidence to prove that these submarines have serious defects. Therefore, salvage must be carried out.
Moreover, the remains can only be buried after they are salvaged. Now, the families of the submariners have arrived in their capital and are crying.
·You want to see people when you are alive, and you want to see your corpse when you are dead. This is the case for people in any country.
If you want to salvage, you can only turn to Mingzhou Group, because they have the highest salvage capabilities! You know, when Lao Maozi's nuclear submarine had an accident, it was the Mingzhou Group that salvaged it.
I originally thought that with the previous rescue operations, the current salvage should be able to give a friendly price, but I didn’t expect Qin Tao to actually say that the salvage cost would be over 100 million!
Isn’t this too dark?
“Mr. Qin, can the salvage cost be cheaper?” Kewell asked.
"It is not unusually difficult to salvage a submarine with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons three thousand meters underwater." Qin Tao said: "Do you know how many times our underwater robot has to dive? You know what we have to do How much dangerous preparation work is it? Especially, there are seawater cliffs there! The salvage cost of 100 million is only an estimate, and we may need additional funds in the future. So, I advise you to forget it. "
Cowell's expression changed, uncertain.
“Fortunately, this is a conventional submarine, not a nuclear submarine. If it were a nuclear submarine, the salvage cost would be high,” Qin Tao said.
Hearing Qin Tao talk about nuclear submarines, Cowell immediately thought of something: "Mr. Qin, we must salvage this submarine. As for the salvage costs, we will raise it."
How can this be done as Americans have been spectators throughout this process? They must pay!
Trouble is coming for Swift.
He has had an ominous premonition ever since the Farncomb encountered an accident, and now, this premonition has finally become a reality.
“Mr. Swift, please watch the latest episode of Zhang Zhongshuo immediately.”
“Zhang Zhong said? What nonsense is this guy saying again?” Swift complained while watching his assistant turn on the TV.
"This time the Collins-class submarine HMS Farncombe was in trouble, we immediately took action to help with the rescue. This fully reflects our internationalist spirit. We are a responsible big country. At the same time, we also warn some people that they have done many unjust things. You will kill yourself! Okay, now let’s look at the accounts of the rescued crew members on the submarine, starting with Captain Peter’s analysis.”
“Swedish-made submarines are of very poor quality…”
"It seems that this matter has nothing to do with us. It is caused by the poor quality of the submarines they have." Swift said: "They have been trying to obtain advanced diesel-electric submarines, but unfortunately they did not choose German submarines. Now look Come on, the responsibility must be placed on the Swedes."
“No, these are not important, let’s look at the back.”
These images are all stored in video tapes. The assistant pressed the fast forward button and replayed them after a certain period.
After a few more meaningless shots, there was dialogue again.
“How did your submarine come to this area?”
"Damn Americans! They ordered us to come here to track a 039C submarine. I didn't think much about it at the time. I thought it was an opportunity for our submarine to show its capabilities. Now that I think about it, this is the Americans trying to trick us. Not only did they deceive us, but they also tried to pretend they knew nothing afterwards. When did they care about the lives of our sailors? They are so abominable!"
The background was blurred, making it impossible to tell whether it was in a studio, a canteen, or a deep-diving lifeboat. In short, these words will definitely cause a global sensation.
When he saw this sentence, Swift's expression changed drastically. He had already had a premonition of something.
This kind of thing can only be said in private and must not be made public. Now, that idiot captain actually said it?
Does he know what the consequences will be?
“Mr. Swift, Cowell would like to see you.”
“What is he here for?”
"I'm here to negotiate with you about the salvage issue of the submarine." Cowell shouted loudly outside: "Mr. Swift, you are primarily responsible for this matter, so you need to pay us US$100 million. rescue costs!”
"Is this the reason why you can talk nonsense to the Orientals?" Swift was annoyed: "You directly make this kind of thing public and want to force us to give you money? You are so abominable!"
Kewell was dumbfounded: "What, make it public? We haven't!"
“Look, this captain is the captain of your submarine, right?”
Cowell walked in and looked at the video that was played back and replayed. His expression also changed drastically: "This Peter is so stupid. How can you say this to an Easterner?"
"Now, what do you want us to do? You actually want us to pay for salvage?" Swift said: "We haven't asked you for reputational damage yet!"
Zhang Zhong said that the program is very popular around the world, and explosive news often appears. After the broadcast of Zhang Zhong's program on the Farncombe, it shocked countless people.
They knew there was something inside, otherwise the Collins-class submarine would not have been able to reach that location, but they would never have imagined that the Orientals could actually deceive the captain of the submarine and say something like this.
These words are so destructive, they are no different than a bomb!
The Americans relied on their dominant position to let their little brother die, and after the little brother was killed, he did not rescue him. This is so chilling!
Peter's superiors reacted very quickly. Just two hours after Zhang Zhongshuo's program was released, he publicly announced: This nonsense person is not our captain! He has nothing to do with the Farncomb, he's just a lunatic!
This eagerness to express one's attitude only makes people more suspicious!
Shuangsha Island, after Qin Tao got the news, he had contempt on his face: "They treat their subordinates like this, which will definitely chill their hearts. If their hearts are broken, it will be difficult to take care of them in the future."
“Mr. Qin, those people are still on our mother ship.” Xu Zhengyang said.
This is the biggest failure of the other party. Before announcing the news, they actually forgot where the rescued crew members were. After all, they had to rush to comfort their master. As for their subordinates, they couldn't care about them for the time being. .
Moreover, the Mingzhou Group declined several times and delayed the return of those rescued persons, and finally it was delayed until this time.
“Inform them of the news and see how they react.”
(End of this chapter)