DAY 831 The divine soldier descends from the sky 5
There are not many people in Dongting Cave who know how to swim, and there are not many who don't know how to play with boats.
When they noticed that these women wearing Tang military uniforms were constantly paying attention to the side of the ship, many people also went to check.
I originally thought the boat was broken and water was leaking inside.
But people who really understand ships, whether it is a big ship or a small ship, at least the principles are the same. Seeing the obvious marks on the ship, especially when the dazzling red part has dropped below the waterline, they
Understand.
The ship's draft has reached its limit.
When an old man moved unsteadily to the side of the boat and struggled to climb up the side of the boat, many old people moved and began to get off the boat by themselves and move to the rafts.
"No need to get off the boat, this boat can hold up!" Su Coral shouted.
One of the old men smiled: "Girl, you are from the military academy of the Tang Dynasty. You are the most senior officer on this ship. The old man started fishing when he was twelve years old. Even though this ship is big, the old man also knows how to sail. It will be windy and rainy."
If it rains heavily, if the wind gets stronger, the boat may not be able to hold on."
"Yes, I can hold it!" Su Coral said firmly.
According to strict regulations in naval regulations, the waterline is a dead standard and must not exceed the waterline. Because Li Yuanxing's ship has not yet gone to the distant sea, there are only four waterlines in the Nanyang Sea, summer and winter seawater in the East China Sea, and freshwater waterlines.
standard.
It's already exceeded.
For a ship with a load capacity of 500 tons, it is really dangerous to exceed three inches.
Su Coral's persuasion was of no use, and dozens of old people got off the boat. But how much do dozens of old people weigh? There were already thousands of people crammed into the boat. Coupled with the tension of the cable, the raft was much lower than the boat.
Well, the weight of dozens of old people on a 500-ton ship has no effect at all on reducing waterline pressure.
It was getting dark again, and the people were a little more nervous.
"Turn on the lights, I think someone will come looking for us!" the second mate said to Su Coral.
"Continuous telegrams, we..." Su Coral gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Please help!"
Asking for help, will there be a ship coming? Many people don't know who can answer this question, but Su Coral is full of confidence. She believes that the Tang Navy is omnipotent!
How could calling for help not work? This is not a cry, this is a telegram that can travel eight hundred miles.
The first batch of rescue fleets has dispersed, and many of them are further upstream. Su Coral is one of these ships.
The second batch was originally parked in Huating Port. The first giant ship of the Tang Dynasty, the 3,000-ton "Tiande" with the signature of the Tang Emperor himself, was heading upstream with forty fleets of various sizes.
"Report, a distress signal has been received. The Jeju Storm, a subordinate of the Dandong Navy, is trapped. More than 4,000 people have asked for help. The ship is already five inches below the waterline. The specific location in Dongting Cave cannot be determined."
"Command, the White Shark is the flagship, and this ship will leave the team and go to Dongting Lake!" The captain immediately ordered without the slightest hesitation.
He knew very well that his ship was the only one that could carry 4,000 people at once. The other ships still had to disperse to rescue people, so sending eight 500-ton ships would affect the rescue of people upstream. White Shark
Although the No. 1 is a 1,800-ton battleship, just because it is a battleship, there is too much space on the ship for the configuration of a battleship.
It can be used to rescue people or transport goods.
But even if it is to rescue people, people are not allowed to approach the important parts of the battleship. There are too many secrets of the Tang Dynasty.
On the Dongting Cave, there is only waiting and no despair.
Because the female captain said that the Tiande of the Huating Navy would come over, there was no unnecessary explanation.
A beam of light shot into the sky, marking the location of the storm in the dark rainy night.
A large ship, a super large ship with a carrying capacity of three thousand tons. The length is fifty-eight feet and the width is twelve feet. The height of the whole ship reaches twelve feet, and it is also seven feet high above the water. The lowest part of the ship is the front deck, which is also close to
The height of nine feet.
It flowed upstream into the Yangtze River and only drove at half speed to protect the ship behind it, the Tiande.
The Tiande is the only super ship in the Tang Dynasty that has sixteen steam engines. This design is outdated. Even if the new ship has a load capacity exceeding that of the Tiande, it will not have sixteen steam engines, because the steam engines
Power is also increasing, and design solutions are also improving.
Coming at a speed of seventeen knots, riding the wind and waves.
A long whistle sounded, and the ship was still invisible, but the sound came in the dark night.
"Whistle!" The whistle of the Stormhorn also sounded in the dark night.
The Tiande slowed down and slowly came closer. When it was still three miles away, the Tiande turned on the spotlights on the ship. There were so many on this ship that it could even be said to have redundant steam engines, which could supply power to the entire ship.
.A few lights cannot affect the total power of the entire ship.
Su Coral strode towards the bow of the ship and gave a military salute of the Tang Dynasty to the Tiande.
On the Tiande, the captain of the Tiande who was standing in the captain's cabin also responded with a military salute. He didn't care whether the other party could see it, but what he cared about was his own feelings.
Even the veteran boatmen who have been dealing with ships all their lives in Dongting Cave could not imagine that there is such a huge ship in the world.
Both captains did not leave the ship. This is the rule of the Tang Dynasty Navy. Unless the ship docks at the port, the captain will never leave the ship. On the sea, the ship is alive and the people are alive. There is a huge difference in the size of the two ships.
They were all standing on the deck, and the captain of the Tiande shouted loudly: "How is your ship?"
"I only have two boxes of coal left, and almost all the food on the ship has been consumed. There is slight damage to the hull, but it does not affect the sailing. I have applied to return to the port, and the instructions given to me are to go directly back to Huating."
The captain of the Tiande nodded. There are almost four thousand people here. The food and coal that a 500-ton ship can carry are limited. Four thousand people have eaten for two or three days, and it is not easy to leave two boxes of coal.
Already.
A large wooden box was sent down from the Tiande first. Without saying anything, it was just asked to be moved to the captain's cabin first.
Then there is coal and clean water, which is enough food for the entire ship for three days.
After untying all the rafts, the Storm turned around and took more than 400 old and weak people back to Huating. The Tiande was not a battleship. When it was designed, it was designed according to the luxury cruise ships of later generations. It was originally used by the royal family.
Yes, but Li Yuan went to sea once and never sat on it again. The rest of the royal family's minds were filled with overseas fiefdoms.
But no one dared to drive this boat to the fiefdom.
Even if you have the courage to produce it, you still have the qualifications to use it.
Li Er has his own special flying boat, which is much faster than a boat and is also more stable.
Wu Zhao originally planned to transform this boat into a yacht, a luxurious yacht. But before the plan could be implemented, the heavy rain came, and the Tiande, with its luxurious bedrooms and living room removed, was used for disaster relief.
Already.
Four thousand people boarded the ship and just queued up the ladder to climb onto the ship. Places to live on the ship were allocated again, and the captain contacted the states in his cabin to see where these people could be placed first.
Until now, there is no resettlement place for disaster victims that can truly be considered safe.
The rain is still falling, and there is no way to know where it might be flooded. The resettlement sites planned to be set up by several states are all on the mountains, but sea ships have no way to approach them. How to transfer them is still a problem that needs to be solved.
Li Yuanxing has woken up after taking a nap.
There was a foot-thick pile of telegram records on the table in front of him. Li Yuanxing did not ask his subordinates to sort them out excessively, but just arranged them in chronological order. After he had read them, it was not too late to sort them out.
Li Yuanxing did not ask his subordinates to do it because he was afraid that he would miss something.
Rubbing his eyes, Li Yuanxing put down the cards in his hand and said to the cabinet master: "Grandpa, is there anything you want to criticize?"
"Criticism?" the cabinet master asked back.
"For example, there is no system, and there is not enough organizational capacity. The cooperation of all parties can only be said to be reluctant, and in terms of logistical support, there is only food, but I don't know that disaster relief requires more. After that, it has been more than ten days.
There is still no truly reliable and reassuring resettlement site for the victims."
The cabinet master did not agree with what Li Yuanxing said.
"Standards are set by people and implemented by people. First of all, there is no standard in this matter. There is no record of disaster relief in historical materials before such a major disaster. You must know that previous disaster relief was divided into three steps."
Li Yuanxing understood what the cabinet master meant. To put it bluntly, don't apply modern standards to ancient times.
The cabinet man continued: "In the previous disaster relief, the first step was to pull out the living and pile up the dead on a village basis. The second step was for the official wealthy households to distribute some grain and open some kind of porridge shed. The third step
, the royal family reduces some taxes."
"So in historical records, there are earthquakes, flood relief, etc.?"
"That's just to show my face. I've already asked local officials and historians. They must know more than what you read in the book."
Li Yuanxing was still a little disappointed.
The cabinet master sat next to Li Yuanxing. This was the real persuasion.
"Think about how many people didn't understand you when you were in Luoyang. Even the soldiers under your command may not understand you. They were just acting according to your orders, but they had no sense of autonomy, nor enough enthusiasm and belief."
"Yes, that's it. People still feel scared."
The cabinet man continued: "Look now, at least the people feel at ease when they see the military uniforms of the Tang Dynasty. You can't eat a fat man in one bite, so you have to eat food one bite at a time. I believe that the Tang Dynasty will not last thirty years."
When facing natural disasters, we will have a truly mature system."
"Maybe I was too impatient."
"It's too urgent. The current soil and water conservation and vegetation conditions are much better than in the future. There is only one Dongting Cave. Although a village of tens of thousands of people was flooded, the Yangtze River water did not flow out of the river. Plus other
Several lakes in China, especially Poyang Lake, are currently flooded only in the villages in the lake area."
"If the pearl field is saved, there won't be any big problems with the rest."
The cabinet master took a cigarette and lit one for himself. He approached Li Yuanxing and whispered: "In later generations, many rivers have dried up and many small lakes have disappeared. If you want to dig a canal to divert the water from the Yangtze River to Hangzhou, you will
Dreaming. What’s more, in future generations, before the water reaches this side, the dike will have burst in front.”
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