The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 74: The Day of Tsunami (Part 2)
The tilt of the "ocean oasis" to the port side is slowly increasing. "Will this tilt cause great harm, Minister Miura." The host asked,
“The heeling will bring great harm to the safety, maneuverability and economy of the ship. For some special ships, such as container ships, ro-ro ships, train ferry ships, heavy crane ships, etc., the heeling The hazard is particularly obvious. The ship's heeling will not only slow down the cargo loading and unloading speed, but even cause the ship to lose balance due to the jam or collision between the cargoes, which will eventually lead to capsizing.” The expert replied, “For large cruise ships Hearing is also very dangerous. On the fourth voyage of the US 100,000-ton luxury cruise ship "Crown Princess" in 2006, when approaching 18.4 kilometers from Port Canaveral, the steering device suddenly moved to the left due to the applause of the steering device. The severe tilt caused more than 40 injuries, two of whom were in critical condition.... Believe me, such a tilt is incomparable with the angle in front of us. Today we will witness a real disaster."
The huge hull has been completely tilted, and the glass windows on the port side of the "Ocean Oasis" shattered. The originally brightly lit left hull suddenly plunged into darkness, and the visibility immediately dropped, "Turn on the searchlight." The reporter on the scene nervously instructed the pilot, the helicopter The lower searchlight was turned on. Through the chaotic rain curtain and the turbulent black water, the dim spot of the searchlight could barely illuminate the chaotic scene on the port side. Numerous debris-like things fell from the upside down porthole to the water, and were then caught by the waves. Engulfed, the picture is continuously zoomed in. Those extremely tiny things are the wardrobe, chairs, dining table, refrigerator, TV, piano, and of course the human body in the cabin.
"Oh my God..." Several people in front of the microphone exclaimed at the same time. From a high altitude, this kind of disaster scene does not have much visual impact, but everyone with common sense understands this. A huge ship carrying more than 5,000 passengers and 2,000 sailors is suffering an unprecedented crisis,
"The lifeboat is being put down on the port side of the'Ocean Oasis', Minister Miura, does this cruise ship have enough lifeboats to rescue those who fell into the water." The host keenly discovered the movement on the huge ship,
Miura Otsu replied: "All cruise ships must ensure that each passenger is allocated a lifeboat quota. The large lifeboats of the'Ocean Oasis' are operated by 12 crew members, which are very suitable for rescue missions under conditions of strong winds and waves. , I hope they are lucky."
"Thank you, Miura-kun." When the screen returned to the studio, the host suddenly showed a happy expression and said quickly according to the instructions of the teleprompter: "The latest news: The tsunami has reached Aomori Port and has not caused too much damage to the port. The rescue ship on standby in the sea area outside the port has already advanced to the accident site at full speed. In addition, the Tsurumai and Tsuruwa Kongo-class destroyers of the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the four Muramame-class destroyers have set sail from Sasebo Port and are preparing to participate in rescue work. Hold on for a while,'Ocean Oasis', Japanese friends are on their way here."
"Bah." Gu Tie said angrily, "Japanese friends...Fart your ancestor's sea of Japan."
He chose to fast forward, and what happened next can be imagined. The cruise ship recovered from the heel, the rescue ship arrived, and the protracted salvage work was finally released by the Japanese, Russian, and South Korean parties involved in the rescue. The announcement claimed that 19 passengers were missing. Afterwards, the captain of the "Oasis of the Seas" took the blame and resigned. The Royal Caribbean Company of the United States held a press conference to apologize in public. The chairman personally knelt down in front of the camera and prayed for forgiveness to the dead and missing passengers. /
In a news program on the day that the salvage was abandoned, the words of Miura Otsu who appeared again as a guest impressed Gu Tie, "This is the tragedy of a giant cruise ship." The bald maritime expert was sad, " In fact, it is also the tragedy of large ships, and even the tragedy of the entire human spirit of exploration. There was an era, the era of our father’s generation, when the ship’s displacement record was refreshed time and time again. The ultimate dream of a more stable ship makes the ocean a paradise for adventurers. In 1981, the 560,000-tonne "Ocean Giant" was launched. It is the largest ship with the largest deadweight tonnage ever built in human history and the largest in the world. Artificial water floats are also the most beautiful works of steel. From then on, for efficiency and money, these unromantic words, mankind abandoned giant oil tankers and began to build ugly 100,000-ton catamarans; After the Oasis, the displacement record of cruise ships has never been broken. Luxurious and dexterous medium-sized clean energy jet-engine cruise ships have become the mainstream. This accident is the last death knell at the funeral of large ships. Maybe in a few decades, people I won’t remember that such a huge and beautiful ship ever existed. Those sailing in the blue ocean were all those wonderfully crafted sophisticated gadgets, fashionable clippers with shiny titanium alloy surfaces and strange glass buildings. , The captain can manipulate the entire ship’s world on the touch screen with one finger,...this is not the world I want to live in."
Gu Tie waved off the TV show and sighed: "Little Japan, Little Japan...what should you say, when Italy banned the manufacture of high-horsepower V8 gasoline sports cars, I also had the same sadness..." /
After having a general understanding of the accident, he began to search for more real video information on the "Ocean Oasis". For the protection of passenger privacy, the public area of the entire cruise ship did not have a surveillance camera, only a set of surveillance cameras. The equipment is responsible for monitoring the sailor cabin, engine room, steering gear cabin, cable anchor cabin, bridge and other places. The video data is stored in the database of Royal Caribbean Corporation. As a gtc country, this American company naturally uses quantum Computer, Gu Tie sent two detection threads to stimulate the self-defense mechanism of the database, "Well, it’s not tricky." He said to himself,
The feedback information shows that the Caribbean company's data protection time is between 50 and 60 ppm. If you want to invade, search for information and exit without a trace, open a 5 millisecond time window to traverse the database. These Four to five times the timing is required, 300ppm, Gu Tie has allocated sufficient authority for this task,
"Go."
The Chinese made arrangements, flicked their fingers, and the second hand did not have time to move. After a tiny time scale that humans could not perceive, the task was completed. The vast sea of video information slowly rose from the ground, submerging Gu Tie’s Ankle, "June 17, 2052." Irrelevant information quietly evaporated wherever he looked, and the video material of the day condensed into beads, crackling and falling onto the dark ground,
Gu Tie bent down and took one in his hand and gently crushed it. On the morning of June 17th, the "Oasis of the Sea" bridge appeared in front of him. The American captain named Smith Williamson was holding a coffee cup. , Chatting with his brother and casino manager Wolf Williamson, judging from the relaxed expressions of the two at this time, the undersea earthquake has not occurred yet. The weather forecast shows the good weather in the next few days. It is a relaxing and pleasant trip. Journey,
"How far are you and the female singer?" the captain asked, raising his eyebrows,
"I also asked her this question when I got up this morning. She said that before watching the cruise ship back to the port, we won’t have time to develop a relationship." Wolf Williamson laughed and replied,
Gu Tie patiently listened to the two people’s unnutritious chat, from before the accident to the emergency measures at the time of the disaster, to the subsequent rescue work, the incompetent captain except for giving a wrong instruction that caused a violent heeling. Besides, there is nothing suspicious. In fact, the scene of him secretly crying at the cross in the captain’s room is still a bit touching. Royal Caribbean can publish this video to win the sympathy of the public opinion. /
Don’t do two things, Gu Tie simply checked the captain Williamson. He has a normal resume, graduated from a regular maritime university, and has a training, certification and watchkeeping standard that complies with the International Maritime Organization (imo). (Stcw) professional certificate, with rich sailing experience, normal accounts, no abnormal large-scale entry into the accounts before and after the shipwreck, except for the severance payment, the scope of communication is normal, and there is no sign that the captain has a relationship with a certain country or organization It has a special connection, except for the occasional love affair of recruiting prostitutes,,, then again, no seafarer should find a way to solve his physiological needs,,, this captain has nothing to doubt, Gu Tie frowned, and the earthquake The tsunami is not premeditated, and the shipwreck is not premeditated, so the only possibility is that the Japanese rescue ship turned the emergency into a premeditated,
He began to search for various information about the rescue. The Japanese rescue fleet arrived three hours earlier than the Russian and Korean ships. Most of the survivors were salvaged by the Japanese. The shipwreck that occurred in the Sea of Japan, Japan Fang also has the obligations and responsibilities of humanitarian relief unyieldingly,
In this investigation, the problem has arisen. There are very few video data about salvage and rescue. The nhk TV station, which broadcasted the whole process of the shipwreck, gave the reason that "the helicopter returned to the port to refuel and failed to continue to follow up the report" on the Internet. The only video information that can be found is the edited official video of the Maritime Self-Defense Force after the incident. The officers and soldiers of the Self-Defense Force applied on the screen came forward, united, and jumped into the cold water to rescue one passenger after another. People, where there are their steel figures, the cry of the masses is their charge, the praise of the masses is their awards, the joy of the masses is the harmonious voice of the military and the civilians uniting the family...
Gu Tie touched his forehead, "This is clearly a promotional film for the Maritime Self-Defense Force... I didn't expect that Little Japan would also have this kind of brainwashing offensive. It is quite a legacy of our country's political propaganda. Old Xiao might be interested in meeting this colleague. "He murmured and lost the video, opened the search engine and started looking for the real video record, "Mobile phone, terminal, dv, whatever, I don't believe that no one has photographed it and uploaded it to the Internet..."
As soon as the search keyword was entered, a terminal located deep underground in Tokyo, Japan issued an alarm signal. An operator opened his godless eyes behind a thick glass mask.