Chapter 1,262 If you are far away, you will be frozen. If you are close, you will be bumped into.
"The US$500,000 has arrived. Come on, let's turn around and go back to pick up the Haiyan." Zaitsev said to Ilovitch.
"Okay, return!" Ilovic gave the order to the helmsman.
Woohoo!
The whistle blew, and the nuclear-powered icebreaker made a big circle and turned back. Sorlot finally breathed a sigh of relief. Things were not as bad as imagined. It was only a delay of two days. Now he will wait until fifty
When the nuclear-powered icebreaker Victory returns in 2018, it will be able to take them forward!
Hope no other accidents happen!
On the Haiyan, everyone was looking forward to it, waiting, waiting. When they saw the icebreaker appearing in the darkness and heard the sound of the ice breaking on the sea, they finally relaxed.
After taking a breath, it seemed that things were going as planned, the icebreaker was here to pick them up!
Woo, woo! The whistle blew, both sides saluted each other, the ice around the Petrel kept breaking, and it could finally move!
The crew of the Petrel was very excited to regain their freedom. Under the leadership of the icebreaker, they continued to move forward.
"It seems that sailing on the ice is not a big deal." The captain said: "As long as there is an icebreaker, the journey will be smooth. Once it is cleared this time, we can often use this route in the future."
After all, it saves time and travel. For them, the fuel cost for driving all the way is the biggest expense during the voyage. Saving the road means saving fuel. As for the extra heaters burned due to the cold, it is not worth mentioning. The voyage requires
It consumes the most energy.
On the icebreaker, Ilovic looked at the lights coming from behind several times. Unable to hold back, he spoke again: "Zaitsev, are we going to steer the ship behind us off course?"
"Of course not. If only that one deviates from the course, what will happen to the rest? What if the remaining seven request to rent other icebreakers to go back? We have to continue to rendezvous and move forward. When we get to the Severnaya Zemlya Islands
Do it again."
The Arctic route mainly passes through three archipelagos. If you go from east to west, you will first pass through the New Siberian Islands, then Severnaya Zemlya, and finally Novaya Zemlya before entering the Barents Sea.
When we reach the Severnaya Zemlya, we are right in the middle of the route. At that point, it will not be easy for the other party to move forward or retreat. If we are trapped there, we will really have no way out.
"good."
Near the New Siberian Islands, seeing his ship frozen in ice, Sorlot gradually became nervous. Is there any problem?
Fortunately, at the scheduled time, several light pillars appeared in the east, and the two ships finally returned on time!
"Friends, I have kept you waiting for a long time, let's continue on the road!" Zaitsev's voice came from the radio: "I hope the second half of our journey will be smoother! I hope there will be no more stragglers!"
The last time the Haiyan fell behind, it was because it was at the back of the formation, and in order to avoid collision, the distance between it and the ship in front was a bit large. As a result, the ice in front froze before it could pass.
This time we must not make the same mistake! Therefore, the Petrel followed closely behind the Fifty Years Victory icebreaker and was first in line. As long as it followed the icebreaker closely, it would be absolutely fine!
Behind, each ship also shortened its sailing distance, and the team formed a dense formation.
The Docwise Pioneer semi-submersible ship was at the back of the queue, just in the opposite direction from the previous formation.
"Hurry, hurry up, I don't want to be frozen!" Sollot kept urging the bearded captain.
"No, the distance between us is only one kilometer now. It is too dangerous. If there is an accident in front of us and we have to stop, we will not be able to stop at all, and we will collide with each other."
The two of them got along happily along the way, but now, the bearded captain had a conflict with Sorlot for the first time.
"What kind of accident could happen, like last time, because the sailing was too slow and we were frozen? In the last accident, we had to pay an extra $500,000 in rescue funds to Lao Maozi. I don't want this to happen again.
." Sorlot said.
"Last time I just encountered a sudden cold wave, it was just an accident, but if I drive faster..."
As he spoke, the bearded captain heard the exclamation on the radio.
"Oh, damn, slow down!"
When he heard this, he was shocked and immediately shouted loudly: "Quick, reverse, full speed!"
Although I don’t know which semi-submersible ship had the problem, now, after hearing this, the semi-submersible ships behind them all became very nervous and started to reverse at full speed.
Only the reverse rotation of the propeller can provide deceleration force. It does not really require reversing. However, it is not easy to stop a big thing with tens of thousands of tons at sea.
Boom!
There was a violent crash in front, and then there were sparks from friction. In the dark polar night, the sparks were clearly visible.
Under the light, the semi-submersible ship in front was approaching quickly, and it was about to collide with it. The ship still could not stop, so the bearded captain could only give the order in desperation: "Full left rudder!"
The bow of the ship was turning rapidly, avoiding the rear of the freighter in front. If it were on ordinary seas, this traffic accident would have been successfully avoided, but it couldn't be done now, now it was in the Arctic Ocean!
Boom!
The next moment, the bow of the Docwise Pioneer semi-submersible vessel hit the ice. Since the bow was sloped, the bow of the semi-submersible vessel began to tilt up and rushed toward the ice.
, even the bow, the lowest part of the ship's bow, only broke a piece of ice and continued to rush forward.
As a result, the Docwise Pioneer semi-submersible suddenly turned into an icebreaker, rushed onto the ice, and then relied on its own gravity to crush the ice.
Click, click, click, click! Crack!
After the bow of the ship crushed the ice, it fell heavily and splashed countless water. At this moment, Sorlot was extremely nervous. He thought the ship was going to capsize. It felt so good to be alive!
However, after being thankful that he was still alive, Sorlot became worried again: How is the entire formation doing?
What about the other ships?
"Dockwise Pioneer is calling, how are the other ships doing?" Sorlot quickly picked up the radio.
"The Taiyang is normal."
"Thank you, the Marlin is fine."
Sorlot's heart slowly relaxed.
It seems like it was just a near miss, but what happened when you saw the sparks?
"Haiyan, Haiyan..." A somewhat frustrated voice came from the radio.
It’s Haiyan again!
Sorlot became nervous: "What happened to the Haiyan? Tell me quickly!"
"The Haiyan and the Fifty Years Victory collided. The cargo on the Haiyan has tilted and needs to be reloaded..."
Generally speaking, the farther back the cargo ships are in a formation, the more likely they are to collide. Unexpectedly, this time it was the first and second ships in the formation that collided!
Sorlot's face is extremely ugly. If he had known better, he would not have saved you! You are freezing on the sea first. Our seven semi-submersible ships have arrived at their destination. It will not be too late for the Fifty Years Victory to pick you up!
etc!
The cargo on the Petrel tilted, but what about the Fifty Years Victory? Is there something wrong with this icebreaker?
If this icebreaker breaks down, we will be in big trouble!
With a nervous mood, Sollot picked up the phone and called again.
"Call the Fifty Years Victory, how are you doing?"
"The area where we were hit was right outside the nuclear reactor."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts immediately went cold.
This Petrel is too much! It must have been left behind last time, leaving a psychological shadow. This time it followed closely behind the Fifty Years Victory, following too close and rear-ending it!
The rudder was thrown before the rear-end collision. As a result, the Fifty-Year-Old Victory did not directly hit the back of the butt, but was scraped from the side, and the part that was scraped happened to be the nuclear reactor!
"Fifty Years Victory, hold on, our ships are all insured, and the insurance will pay for it this time!" Sollot didn't know what was going on in his mind. He didn't care about the progress or whether he could arrive on time.
He actually cared about money first!
After all, they really have no money, and they can’t borrow it no matter how much they want!
All ships at sea must be insured, and even the goods must be insured every time they transport goods. For example, ships transporting containers never dare to bundle them. If the container becomes crooked, several containers will fall if not bundled. Bundling is
The whole boat capsized or fell into the sea. In the worst case, the insurance company would just have to pay for it.
It's the same this time. Don't try to blackmail them again. The insurance company will pay for it this time!
"Received, in order to avoid problems with the nuclear reactor, we have temporarily shut down the nuclear reactor and started the diesel engine to provide power. We may need to stay here for a few days."
"Received..." Sorlot suddenly reacted when he heard this: "How many days will it take to stop?"
"Yes, we need to thoroughly check the condition of the nuclear reactor and confirm that there are no problems before restarting it."
"Then what do we do?"
"You go contact the insurance company."
“Can the insurance company let us continue sailing?”
"The insurance company can compensate us, and then we will have money to repair it."
Sorlot almost rolled his eyes and fainted. What did you say? We can't continue sailing?
On the nuclear-powered icebreaker, Zaitsev had a smile on his face: "This Haiyan really makes me suspect that it was arranged by others."
First, he fell behind and froze on the ice, and then he drove too hard and collided with his own icebreaker!
You know, a nuclear-powered icebreaker has a tough shell. After all, it has to rely on collisions to open a path on the ice. How can it be afraid of a collision with a semi-submersible ship? It even has a double-hull structure, which is quite strong!
However, since the other party took the initiative to bump into it, of course we should take the opportunity to stop here!
Anyway, the purpose is to delay time. If you continue to drive, the insurance company will not compensate you, and the victim will look like he was seriously injured.
And the unlucky ship Haiyan, still want to reload? After a few hours, the ice will freeze, how can we continue loading?
Ilovic was also very excited: "I can finally have a rest, but it will be dawn in a few hours. If our chimney does not emit smoke, it will be easy for them to discover us."
Of course nuclear power is used now. Nuclear reactors are nothing, so why start the backup diesel engine? That diesel engine needs to burn oil!
However, since there is no smoke, it is easy to be suspected.
"Wait until daybreak and cook a barbecue. Won't there be smoke?"
Ilovic's eyes lit up: "That's right, I haven't had barbecue for a long time, let's have a good meal this time!"
As for how to connect the barbecue chimney to the exhaust pipe, it's not difficult. Just do the barbecue directly in the engine room!
For Lao Maozi, there is nothing he dares not do.
Anyway, they had made preparations for a long time, and they did not originally expect that this voyage would end easily, but Sollot was different.
On the satellite phone, Sollot reported all this to Olyan angrily.
"That's right, it's the Haiyan. Let's investigate and find out who are the crew members of this Haiyan, especially the captain. I suspect that he took money from the Orientals and deliberately sabotaged our voyage!"
Now, Sorlot has realized that there is something wrong with the Haiyan!
However, the Haiyan is their Norwegian semi-submersible ship, and most of the crew members on board are Norwegian. Could they still seek refuge with the Orientals? This investigation is destined to be difficult.
"What should we do next?" Oryang asked with a gloomy face.
"How do I know? I am reporting to you just to ask what to do next."
"You are the person in charge of this mission!"
"You are the leader of seadrill company!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Oryang rubbed his temples with his hands, and there was a sharp bulge there, as if it could collapse at any time.
"Does Damao have other nuclear-powered icebreakers?"
"There must be, but if we want to invite their new nuclear-powered icebreakers to come over, we will definitely have to re-sign the contract and spend another time to open the road. Moreover, in terms of time..."
"Then what are you waiting for? We urge the 50-year-old Victory icebreaker to be repaired as soon as possible. Once repaired, get on the road as soon as possible!"
"Then should we contact the insurance company?"
"I know, I'm going to find the insurance company. You urge Da Mao to get on the road as soon as possible. This is related to the reputation of the Arctic shipping route!"
If Da Mao deliberately manipulated things, it would definitely affect their reputation, but this time, Da Mao really did nothing, and it was completely the Haiyan's fault.
The first time, the Haiyan was frozen, and the second time, the Haiyan hit a nuclear-powered icebreaker. Can you blame Da Mao? There was clearly something wrong with the ship!
The Fifty Years Victory just stayed on the ice, motionless. A few hours later, all the ice that had broken around was frozen again!
At daybreak, green smoke rose from the chimneys. Sorlot's ship was at the rear, and could only see the smoke and nothing else.
"What is Da Mao doing?"
"I don't know. If you want to ask, you can actually go down and walk across the ice to have a look."
"I don't, it's freezing outside."
The sun soon set again, and Sollot lived like a year. When the sun rose for the third time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"I want to go over and have a look. I want to see with my own eyes what they are doing."
Wearing his own copycat down jacket, Sorlot climbed down from the ship shivering from the gangway, and then slowly moved along the ice. Looking at the frozen ships in front of him, his heart became even colder.
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Should we wait until the nuclear-powered icebreakers are repaired, and these ships will be unable to move, and we have to wait until the spring of the next year blooms?
Sorlot's mood was extremely complicated.
After all, an icebreaker must be able to move in order to break through the ice. What if the nuclear-powered icebreaker also freezes?
If he had waited half a year... Sorlot would have considered committing suicide.
At this moment, cheers suddenly came from the distance.
Sorlot looked over and saw a few energetic people playing football on the ice! They ran very funny and fell down after a few times, but they didn't care and got up and continued running.
This is not even impressive. On the other side, a man actually took off his clothes and was all hairy. He looked like he had not yet completed his evolution. He raised his neck and drank a bottle of wine.
Then, poof!
This guy actually jumped directly into the ice cave!
Sorlot was stunned. He jumped into the ice hole. Can he come back out again? Is this old man looking for death?
Sorlot couldn't believe his eyes and walked over quickly. When he got there, water splashed in the hole in the ice, and the old man actually swam up from it, his whole body flushed. He was obviously blown away by the zero-degree ice.
The water is frozen.
Although Lao Maozi has a lot of land, its population density is not high. It seems there is a reason for this!
Sollot sighed with emotion, and when he saw the appearance of this old man clearly, he was suddenly stunned: "Zaitsev, aren't you troubleshooting the nuclear reactor?"
Zaitsev was also stunned. He didn't expect that he was discovered by Party A when he ran out to play in a passive manner.
"Yes, I am troubleshooting the nuclear reactor." Zaitsev said: "I just swam down and went to the bottom of the ship to detect the intensity of nuclear radiation to see if it exceeded the standard. If it exceeds the standard, it means that the bottom of the ship has been seriously damaged.
damage."
Sollot opened his eyes wide and looked at Zaitsev who was quickly getting dressed: "Are you really here to inspect the ship?"
"That's right," Zaitsev said, "otherwise, why would I go down there?"
For old people, swimming in ice holes in winter is exciting and refreshing. Many old people like to do this. Outsiders can't understand it, but it just explains: I took huge risks just to check the situation at the bottom of the boat!
"But where is your radiometer?"
"It fell into the water. Can you go down and take a look?"
Sollot didn't dare to go down. He watched several other people pulling lines in the ice cave, not knowing what they were doing.
"What about the others?" Sollot pointed to those playing football on the ice.
"Them? They are not engineers, and they don't understand nuclear reactors. They are left in a panic on the ship..."
While talking, the fishing line was pulled up, and a big fish weighing more than thirty kilograms was pulled up from the hole in the ice! The old guys were so excited that they had eaten a fish!
Nothing in the cold storage on the ship is fresh, but this fish tastes even better!