"Our sideboard sonar is the most advanced, and there will be no problems." The sonarman said, he is from a hydrographic survey company. On the screen, the shape of the seabed can be clearly shown, and the stones are clearly visible. , If it is a fighter, it can show a clear appearance, absolutely not wrong.
"We have followed the direction of the ocean current and continued to look forward, but there is still no gain." Major Sargent said: "According to our estimation, the ocean current cannot take the plane too far. In other words, there is only one situation. , We are looking in the wrong direction."
What if the plane did not flow down the ocean, but went upstream
This thought kept the rest of the people silent, unless something strange appeared under the ocean floor, how could they go against the ocean current? However, in the current situation, there is indeed nothing found downstream.
"Well, let's look for it against the ocean current." Others also agreed, what else
At this moment, a big wave hit, and the hull of the ship shook suddenly. Sargent's face was very serious. His ship came all the way and didn't have much supply. Now, I will search for a few more days. , You can only return to the base and complete the supply.
Now, time is constantly passing, the cold current from the North Pole will gradually affect the climate here, and the harsh sea conditions will make salvage more difficult.
Time passed by little by little, when in the middle of the night, suddenly, the sonarman exclaimed: "Found it, found it!"
The screen showed the appearance of an airplane. The airplane was stuck in the sea, motionless, but found it when it went up against the current. What's the matter
"Quick, get ready for the salvage operation." Sargent said happily.
Salvage operations? After hearing what Sargent said, the assistant on the side was stunned: "Major, how do we salvage?"
How to salvage is also a technical problem. After all, it is a depth of less than one kilometer. People diving is not that deep. You can only use a diving bell. However, the diving bell does not have a mechanical arm and cannot hang the rope to the aircraft. If you get on, then you can’t get the plane out.
In the last few days, they have been thinking about how to find the target. Now, after they have discovered it, how to salvage the hairstyle and how to salvage it is also a difficult problem.
Major Sargent looked at another salvage ship not far away, and an idea came to his mind.
They are the U.S. Navy’s own ocean-going tugboat for salvage purposes. At the same time, the U.S. Navy also hired a Norwegian salvage vessel "Builder", which arrived in the nearby waters yesterday. , In order not to interfere with their underwater sonar search operations, they almost waited on the sidelines.
"There is no deep diving equipment on that ship," the assistant said.
"Yes, we don't have deep diving equipment, but we have our own brains." Major Sargent said: "Now, let our salvage officially begin. The first step is to throw our rope over. Go to the opposite boat."
As an ocean-going tugboat, the Sakri has no shortage of ropes. Now, with the order of Major Sargent, the Sakri begins to greet the Builder, and the Builder starts the engine and slowly comes over.
The wind and waves on the sea are a bit heavy. The two ships are slowly approaching. When the distance is more than ten meters, it is already very dangerous. The crane at the tail of the Sakori slowly stretched the boom over, and then lifted the crane. The hook was put down, and in this way, the rope on the hook was easily transferred to the end of the builder on the opposite side.
"Release the rope, three kilometers long." Sargent said.
The huge roulette at the tail is spinning, and the rope wound on it falls round and round, into the water, five hundred meters, one thousand meters, two kilometers, and when it reaches two thousand five hundred meters, it is almost to the end. Up.
"The two boats, two hundred meters apart, moved slowly over." Sargent continued.
At this time, other people had understood Sargent's thoughts, and couldn't help but admire them. The major was really smart, and he could come up with such a way!
The rope continued to be lowered, and at the same time the two ships were pulling apart, and this rope drooped to the bottom of the sea.
Now, move forward slowly!
Two boats, dragging ropes, were moving forward at a speed of 2 knots, and this thick rope was dragged on the seabed one kilometer below the sea, fighting against the ancient cavalry, two cavalry Together, dragging an iron chain, dragging on the ground, running forward, wherever you go, everyone will be tripped by the iron chain.
Now, the rope is dragging forward on the bottom of the sea, dragging, and constantly encountering things along the way.
A rock on the bottom of the sea blocked the way of the rope. In an instant, the engines of the two tugboats emitted black smoke, and the hull felt a slight drag, and then disappeared.
The rock was dragged and turned over twice by the rope, and the rope passed. The two boats on the sea have quite a lot of horsepower, but they are definitely not comparable to the tattered Soviet trawlers.
The two tugboats continued to move forward and forward. At the same time, the sonarman was constantly looking at his own sonar: "Attention, it's coming soon, slower!"
The boat moved more slowly, just like a snail crawling. The sonarman’s invincible sonar was able to show the rope. He watched the rope approach and approached the target little by little, and then shouted: "Stop, okay. !"
"Can't stop, let the Builder go around us." Sargent said.
Stop now. It’s useless. Just like dragging the stone just now, it fell off within two strokes. If you want to drag the target firmly, you have to wind the rope a few more times. You can drag it back, it's that simple!
Following Sargent’s orders, the Builder began to turn slowly, and the ropes were also turning around the target in the middle. When the Builder bypassed the Sarcory, the circle was completed. Then, make another circle.
After two laps, Sargent felt that it was almost the same, and now, he was left dragging back!
The two boats were side by side again, moving together, and the sonar crew was watching the screen closely.
With the power of the two ships, the fighter plane below was also being towed away, one meter, another meter, just more than ten meters, and suddenly, there was a bang.
The rope is actually loose
The dragged fighter plane fell downward again. Due to the resistance of the water, the force of the fall was not great. On the sonar screen, the target had been divided into two pieces.
No, it was procrastinated! (End of this chapter)