Chapter 478: The Sunken Ship That Is Hard to Rescue

Xiao Peng stood in the cockpit, all wet.

Chen Cheng frowned and said, "Boss, do you think any of them are still alive?"

Xiao Peng shook his head: "I don't know if there are any alive, but I know they are courting death."

He said this for a reason. Maybe when the two ships first encountered the storm, they felt that the storm would not expand further, so the people on the ships tied the two ships together with cables!

If the sea is calm, fixing the two small fishing boats together can indeed make the boats more stable, but the disadvantages are also obvious: there is a difference in buoyancy between the two boats, and problems can easily arise in windy and rough seas.

Now there is a problem with the two fishing boats: the two boats are upside down in the sea, and it is a miracle that they have not sunk.

"What should we do now?" Chen Cheng asked.

Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "Prepare the lifeboats. Keep the Calysop at least a hundred meters away from the other two ships! Move your position according to the situation!"

"The lifeboat isn't safe in such bad weather!" Chen Cheng said. "Hua Chong and Yang Zhibin are not here, and no one else on the boat is good at this!"

Xiao Peng said: "I'll go over and take a look!"

"This won't do!" everyone on the boat said in unison.

Walter said: “Boss, I’ll go over!”

"And me!" Khedira said, "Boss, we have all received professional training. We will be fine in this situation. If we let you go again this time, we will really not be qualified to be your bodyguards anymore!"

Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense. We are not doing the work of bodyguards now. This is the work of sailors!"

Walter said: "Boss, please don't argue with us, otherwise we will be too embarrassed to continue! Give us a chance to show our ability. Trust us once!"

Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "Alright, you two go over there, be careful! Don't take the rope yet, go check if there's anyone trapped in the boat! Put on your life jackets, if anything goes wrong we'll come to rescue you as quickly as possible. Chen Cheng, have someone release the lifeboat! Hurry up, there's no time to waste!"

Everyone on the boat was busy. Walter and Khedira got on the lifeboat and floated towards the two upside-down fishing boats as hard as a small leaf in the waves.

Xiao Peng and others followed the light and watched the two people approach the fishing boat. Walter jumped from the lifeboat to the fishing boat and knocked on the hull to see if there was any response from inside.

After a while, Walter's voice came over the intercom: "Boss! One of the two ships didn't respond, but the other one did. Someone was banging on the hull and I could vaguely hear voices. But now they're upside down. How can we save them?"

Xiao Peng also had a headache after hearing this: "Come back first!"

After hanging up the intercom, Xiao Peng looked at the people around him and said, "Give me some ideas. Does anyone have any good ideas?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Chen Cheng said, "Bring a cable over there and build a slide?"

Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "Ordinary rescue is fine, but these two ships are upside down. What's the point of having a slide? Where is it fixed? How do we get the people out?"

Duan Bo said: "We can use the hydraulic shears on the ship to break open the hull!"

"Do you think they can withstand our hydraulic shears in this situation? The whole ship sank before the hydraulic shears could even cut through the bottom! They can't bear the weight of our large hydraulic shears!" Xiao Peng shook his head. "And you don't know where they are trapped in the ship. What if the hydraulic shears cut them to pieces?"

Duan Bo nodded and said, "Then what should we do? We don't know how long they've been detained. What if they don't have enough oxygen?"

Xiao Zhou thought for a moment and said, "How about we go over there and use a crane to flip the boat over for them?"

Everyone looked at Xiao Zhou and said in unison: "Are you crazy?"

To use a crane ship, they would have to get close. Would they dare to get close in such strong winds and waves? A surge of sea water would cause the ships to collide. Xiao Peng's ship should be fine, but the two ships were already upside down, and a collision would probably sink them directly to the bottom.

That's not saving people, that's killing people!

Xiao Zhou said helplessly, "This won't work, and that won't work. So what should we do? Tow the boat back like this? The oxygen inside them definitely won't last six hours! And what if the boat sinks halfway?"

Chen Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Boss, we encountered a similar situation when we were in China."

"Hmm?" Xiao Peng looked at Chen Cheng and said, "Tell me about it."

Chen Cheng glanced at Xinnei and the others. After all, their identities were quite sensitive. He thought for a moment and said, "A few years ago, a domestic fishing boat was seized in the same way. Someone I know dived underwater and delivered oxygen tanks to rescue them. But this incident is not comparable to what we are experiencing today and has no reference value."

"Why?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly, "It sounds like this method can work!"

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "No, Boss, this is simply impossible! It was calm when we rescued people that day, but the surge here can be up to a meter high. Once you get to the bottom of the sea, you won't be able to control yourself. Forget about getting the oxygen tanks in. The danger faced by the people doing it is beyond imagination. There's a good chance the boat could float up and hit the divers, seriously injuring them! This is too dangerous!"

Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "No matter what, we have to save so many people. We can't just watch them die. Let me handle this. There's no one on the boat who can swim better than me. Have you forgotten what I used to do? I'm a top-notch diver!"

"But..." Chen Cheng wanted to say something, but Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Alright! Walter and the others are back, we don't have time to waste. Duan Bo! Go secure the ropes on the winch and the lifeboat to ensure safety! Xiao Zhou, help me prepare a set of light diving equipment and two diving bottles; the ship's doctor and the kitchen staff are ready, and be prepared for injuries. The rest of the crew members, take your positions and prepare the second lifeboat, but don't launch it yet. We'll go to sea after something goes wrong! Chen Cheng, keep an eye on the distance between the two ships at all times and do your best to get the lights on! Fabian! Don't take up space here, take your crew to a place where they won't cause any trouble!"

"Xiao..." Pascal was about to speak, but Xiao Peng said directly, "Everyone do as I say! I don't want to say this a second time!"

"yes!"

Everyone on the boat got busy.

Fabian quickly led the camera crew away. He felt a little embarrassed and explained to Xine and the others, "Xiao is not like this usually. When he's working, he's a crazy dictator. Don't take it to heart."

After hearing what he said, Sine-Sara shook her head and said, "No, no, no, I just now discovered that Oriental men are so attractive!"

The other women in the camera crew nodded frantically in agreement with Sinne.

Fabian's face darkened when he saw this. He really wanted to ask Sinne and the others: Are you... cheap?