Chapter 53 Fleet Convergence
A faint white light appeared at the intersection of the sky and sea in the east, and slowly expanded between the alternation of dawn and crescent moon. The night will pass and a new day will come.
The cabin of Longxing Island was basically dark, and most of the crew were still sleeping soundly. However, the conference room on Longxing Island was brightly lit, and there were more than 30 people sitting in the room less than 40 square meters, which filled the entire conference room.
Among the people sitting there, in addition to all government staff members, there were also captain Jiang Duyun and chief mate Li Ke of Longxing Island; captain Liu Mancang and chief mate Li Fuquan of Yongxing Island; captain Xu Bin of Qingshan Island, chief mate Wang Bao, and the managers on the three passenger and rolling ships, as well as the management personnel of the evacuation of this overseas Chinese. There were a total of twenty-six people.
The so-called passenger-rolling boat is a type of ship that integrates passenger and loading and cargo transportation, and the cargo can be entered and exited by its own power. The word "rolling" means: a semi-trailer or wheeled pallet carrying containers or cargoes with containers or other cargoes, and directly enters and exits the cargo holds through the first door, tailgate or side door springboard on the ship, and there are ramps or lifting platforms between each deck and connects to each other, which can be used for direct traffic.
Longxing Island, Yongxing Island, and Qingshan Island are the same type of passenger roulette ships. The single ship costs 518 million yuan, with a total length of 167.5 meters, a width of 5. meters, a displacement of 4,570 tons. It is approved to carry 1,400 passengers, a load line of 000 meters, and a maximum speed of 19 knots. It is equipped with 4 lifeboats, each boat can carry 11 people. In addition, liferafts can carry all passengers on the ship, with twenty-eight crew members, and other staff members are between seventy and eighty. In addition, the ship department is equipped with eight large solar power panels. When there is sufficient sunshine, these eight solar power panels can maintain the basic power of the entire ship without the use of generators, which greatly saves fuel and improves the range.
In addition, a helicopter rescue platform and a helicopter hangar were also installed on these three passenger and roulette ships, which could carry a light helicopter weighing about five tons for maritime search and rescue, handling emergency affairs, etc. This time, he participated in the evacuation mission and was carrying an H45 helicopter, which is the civilian version of the Z-9 helicopter.
Although these three large seaships are all passenger and cargo ships, and the passenger and cargo ships are integrated, they are not only very powerful in cargo capacity, but also have a luxurious passenger configuration, with a luxurious double-decker passenger advance hall, VIP suite, cinema, Internet cafe, tea room, etc. A large skylight is also set up on the open-air deck, equipped with corresponding lighting, seats and radio audio, so that passengers can enjoy a romantic trip on the sea. Therefore, this time, the evacuation of overseas Chinese from the Middle East was dispatched to allow the evacuees to live comfortably during the return of their country. In addition, they can also be loaded with some equipment and vehicles.
This time, the people evacuated from the Middle East were mainly engineers sent by China to the Middle East, and there were also a small number of tourists and people who went to the local area for other reasons.
Before the war broke out in * country, China had three major engineering projects in the local area. First, it was to build a large port for the country, which could be moored a large ship of 100,000 tons, and also brought a dry dock for the maintenance and maintenance of ships. The port where the evacuation fleet was moored this time was a port invested by China. Therefore, it was able to evacuate personnel calmly, but also evacuate a batch of engineering equipment, engineering vehicles, important materials, etc.; second, it was to build an oil field, integrating exploration, drilling, mining, refining, and transportation. This oil field can provide China with tens of millions of tons of crude oil every year, which is a heavy project; third, it is to build a power plant. In fact, this is also a supporting facility for ports and oil fields, because whether it is oil mining or operating ports, it requires a large amount of electricity.
These three projects are invested and built by state-owned enterprises. In addition to dispatching engineering and technical personnel, they naturally have project departments and project managers. They are all leaders of the enterprise. They are not only national civil servants, but also have administrative levels. The project managers are all deputy department level, and other managers are also department level. Therefore, the more than 30 people who can sit in the fleet are in addition to military personnel, and they are basically senior personnel in the forefront.
After returning to Longxing Island from the Kunming ship yesterday, the two leaders of administrative officials, Wang Yunpeng, an official of the State Council, and Xu Jichao, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, decided to first reveal the facts of the fleet's crossing to the twenty-six people after discussion.
However, at the beginning, naturally everyone didn't believe it. Someone questioned them on the spot, accusing them of making pranks at this time. But not only Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao were confident, but others also testified for them. At the same time, the two also listed some abnormal examples, such as the lack of satellite signals, the network, the ability to see the land, the positioning of the automatic positioning system, etc.
The result was that the captains, first mates and others of the three passenger boats began to shake, because they were all technical personnel who knew about these abnormal events. Then the administrators showed some pictures and materials taken, so the others were a little loose. Of course, they did not fully believe it. After all, pictures and other pictures can be faked.
Wang Yunpeng also said that he did not require everyone to believe in the fact of traveling through time immediately, and he would only wait until he arrived at Dagukou to get ashore tomorrow. On this occasion, Wang Yunpeng was more confident than the army. Now he just informed them in advance so that everyone could be mentally prepared so that everyone would be unbalanced when the facts appeared. But he asked everyone to keep their mouths tight and not disclose to others on the ship. In addition, when it was officially announced, please help stabilize the emotions of other people.
Of course, this requirement is not excessive. Everyone also had the mentality of "regardless of whether he is true or false, he will know until tomorrow", so they had no objection. Wang Yunpeng asked everyone to take turns to rest tonight and ensure that someone was on duty on the ship, because six warships would leave their berth tonight and participate in the battle to attack Dagukou. Only one Buji ship and two patrol boats were left here. Therefore, the garrison force tonight was very empty, and the guarding affairs on the ship were strengthened.
Of course, everyone had no objection to this, and they all said that they would make relevant arrangements after they went back.
After dinner, Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao recruited all administrative personnel to discuss some situations that might be encountered after they got ashore, as well as things that should be dealt with urgently, etc.
At this time, everyone's mentality had been adjusted, and they all began to consider their own comfort in the development of this era. Some people had indeed seriously thought about some things after they got ashore, so they all agreed and held positive discussions. The atmosphere was very active and listed a few things very much. As a result, it was not over ten o'clock in the evening. Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao were very satisfied with the results of the meeting, believing that after they got ashore, they would definitely be able to hand over a satisfactory result to the military, so that the administrative personnel's weight in the crossing group would also become very important.
Until more than five o'clock in the morning, the Taihu ship left behind was first reported from the Kunming ship headquarters that the crossing fleet had defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance stationed in Dagukou, and annihilated the Eight-Nation Alliance fleet, achieving a perfect victory, and occupied Dagukou. It is now dealing with the aftermath work, and is required to lead three passenger and roulette ships to set sail immediately, and to Dagukou to meet with the fleet, officially land, and can officially announce the facts of the crossing to the crew on the three passenger and roulette ships.
After receiving the command from the headquarters, Xie Teng, the captain of the Taihu ship, came to the Longxing Island in person and informed Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao of the battle situation in Dagukou and the command from the headquarters in person.
After hearing this, the two asked Xie Teng to wait for a while on the Longxing Island, and immediately notify the relevant personnel on the other two passengers and boarding ships, so that they could all arrive on the Longxing Island to have a meeting immediately.
At this point, everyone couldn't help but disbelieve in the fact that they had traveled through time, because the news of winning in Dagukou had already been heard, and the ships stationed at the berth had to set off immediately and rush to Dagukou to meet with the fleet. If Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao and others were still lying at this time, it would be too stupid. More importantly, during this meeting, Xie Teng, the captain of the Taihu ship, participated on behalf of the military. Everyone still had a considerable degree of trust in the military. After Xie Teng confirmed that Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao's words, everyone basically believed in the fact of traveling through time.
However, after confirming the facts, everyone was silent. Although everyone was prepared for a certain amount of mentality before this, they were still half-believing and half-doubted. Now, when confirming the facts, they suddenly felt a little in their minds.
Wang Yunpeng was prepared for this, because after he learned the fact of time travel, he felt very disappointed, so he had already thought about it and said, "We can understand everyone's mood now. In fact, after we just knew that we had time travel, we were also not feeling well. We may never go back and never see our family again. But things have happened. Now, nothing is useless to think about it. We should face this era with a positive attitude."
Jiang Duyun, the captain of Longxing Island, was a little puzzled and said, "Director Wang, it's more than a hundred years ago. Even China does not exist. What can we do and who can we count on?"
Chapter completed!