Chen Qingsheng carefully estimated in his mind, and suddenly his face changed. He said, "It's over. When the blizzard was big just now, the three freighters were drifting, so the shaking of the ship's hull was actually relatively small. The huge wind energy was converted into kinetic energy. Now the wind speed has dropped, and the wind is no longer strong enough to make the three freighters drift."
Xiang Yang agreed and frowned as he watched. The three small cargo ships were like a seesaw at this moment, tilting to one side and then to the other side on the sea.
Xiang Yang's eyesight was far superior to that of an average person. He could clearly see the panicked expressions of the people on the three cargo ships. Most of them had already put on life jackets and were crowding at the cabin doors, seemingly ready to abandon ship and escape at any time.
"Pass on my order. Those who are already wearing diving suits on the boat are not allowed to take them off. Be ready to jump into the water to save people at any time." Xiang Yang said in a deep voice.
Chen Qingsheng nodded. Not to mention that according to the international law of the sea, if you encounter a rescue signal while sailing at sea, you must go to rescue.
Even if there was no such legal provision, Xiang Yang and Chen Qingsheng were not the kind of people who would just watch someone in danger without helping.
“Woo—”
Just then, Xiang Yang heard a melodious whistle.
Then, the fishing boat started slowly. Although it was moving very slowly, it was moving steadily. It moved forward in the blizzard and soon blocked the three cargo ships.
Huge waves hit the fishing boat.
The fishing boat just shook slightly and then floated steadily on the sea again.
The three cargo ships immediately became much safer because of Xiang Yang's fishing boat's blocking action. Although they were still swaying from side to side like a seesaw, the amplitude of the swaying was not as great.
Immediately afterwards, Xiang Yang heard several whistles sounding all around him. Several large ships, sailing in the same slow and steady manner, came to the side of Xiang Yang's fishing boat, forming a line with Xiang Yang's fishing boat, and artificially erected a wind wall for the three cargo ships.
"Okay, it's completely safe now." Xiang Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's right, the wind is getting weaker rapidly. Although the current wind speed is definitely still above 25 meters per second, it should be below level 10." Chen Qingsheng also said with a smile.
Level 10 is a very safe value for large ocean-going fishing vessels.
As he spoke, Chen Qingsheng joked, "Captain, it seems that the storm has blown a lot of fish onto the deck outside. It's another big harvest."
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. "Let's not talk about whether there are any valuable catches. Even if there are valuable rare catches, at most we can just satisfy our appetite."
The value of some precious fish will plummet immediately once they die.
Now, the catches were blown onto the deck by the storm, and due to the impact of gravity or being dropped, the flesh on them may have rotted away, making them worthless.
Slowly, the blizzard began to recede and the wind gradually decreased.
Half an hour later, the sea area was completely clear and the sky turned cloudy. Ten minutes later, the sun began to appear from time to time behind the clouds.
Although the snowstorm was over, no one, including Xiang Yang and Gao Chuang, appeared on the deck of the fishing boat. Everyone was still hiding in the cabin.
Anyone who has encountered a typhoon knows that sometimes, the wind appears to have stopped, but in fact, there will still be strong gusts of wind occasionally. Now, Xiang Yang and his friends are afraid of encountering such a situation.
Through the glass on the cabin, Xiang Yang discovered that the blizzard had left a mess on the deck, with several tall snow dams piled up on the deck.
In addition, the windows of the cabin were covered with snowflakes, and because of the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, the snowflakes began to quickly condense into ice.
Xiang Yang and Chen Qingsheng were both hiding at the cabin door.
The sea area seemed unusually calm after the snowstorm.
Half an hour later, the dark clouds completely dissipated and the sun was hanging in the sky again. Xiang Yang then slowly opened the door of the cabin.
After the cabin door was opened, Xiang Yang first stretched out a hand cautiously.
"How is it, Captain?" Five meters behind Xiang Yang, Chen Qingsheng, Xu Fang and others were pulling two ropes hard.
At the end of the two ropes, one was tied around Xiang Yang's waist, and the other was tied to the cabin door.
If anything went wrong outside, the crew would immediately pull Xiang Yang into the cabin and then close the cabin door.
Xiang Yang looked back at everyone, then pushed open the cabin door and walked out of the cabin.
Outside the cabin, there was indeed a mess.
Various wooden barrels and water tanks were buried in the thick snow, with only a corner exposed.
There were also various kinds of sea fish, which were smashed all over the snow.
Xiang Yang looked around, then untied the safety rope around his waist, turned around and said with a smile: "It's okay, come out."
Only then did Chen Qingsheng and others come out of the cabin.
"Fuck, how did the deck become like this?" Fang Youqun said in disbelief as soon as he walked out of the cabin.
Chen Qingsheng didn't say anything, just sighed softly.
The other crew members also remained silent.
Obviously, everyone was frightened by the mighty power of nature.
Xiang Yang looked at everyone and suddenly laughed, "The power of human beings is truly endless. They can even withstand such a severe snowstorm."
Chen Qingsheng looked at Xiang Yang strangely, "Captain, all the fish on our deck were blown away, and you can still laugh?"
Xiang Yang waved his hand. "There aren't many valuable fish on the deck. The valuable catches are either in the cold water tank or in the live water tank. This little loss is not worth mentioning to me."
Fang Youqun then asked rudely, "What about the green-rimmed abalone? Isn't it worth mentioning?"
The corner of Xiang Yang's mouth twitched. Most of the catch this time was stored in freezers or water tanks.
The only valuable thing in the water tank on the deck is the green-lipped abalone.
"You really are talking about things that are not related to the topic." Xiang Yang said unhappily.
Chen Qingsheng also slapped Fang Youqun on the head, "Hurry up and help clear the snow and then clean up the deck."
"Oh, I'll clean it up right away." Fang Youqun also realized that he had said the wrong thing again and quickly agreed.
There were only two shovels on the boat, and the crew took turns using them to shovel the snow off the deck one shovel at a time.
The rest of the people took fish rakes or steel forks and helped push the snow into a pile.
Even so, it took everyone two hours to clear the snow on the deck.
What surprised Xiang Yang was that the three large water boxes used to store green-lipped abalone were not blown into the sea by the blizzard. Instead, they turned over on the deck and were buried in the snow.
After the snow was cleared, the three water tanks were naturally discovered.
Xiang Yang was surprised to find that almost all the green-lipped abalone in the three tanks were there, with only a small number that had escaped.