Because there were police cars leading the way, even though the distance from Luoyang to Gucheng Town was 140 kilometers, the convoy still arrived at Gucheng Town in just over two hours.
When the convoy arrived here, the town leaders and the director of the town police station were all waiting. They had just received the notice from above yesterday. Although they didn't know what the archaeological team was going to dig, they were strictly ordered to fully cooperate with the archaeological team and even linked this matter to their political achievements.
Such a strict order also made the town leaders pay great attention to this matter. Therefore, when the convoy arrived, all work was immediately carried out in an orderly manner.
The preparatory work was presided over by Mr. Song, while Mr. Wang, Yang Jing and several other people took the relevant equipment and went directly to the dock in the south of the town. The large truck pulling the miniature submarine also went to the dock.
After arriving at the pier, a cruise ship that can carry more than 50 people was already moored at the pier. This is the best cruise ship in the town, with two floors. It was originally a cruise ship that took tourists to visit the Xiaolangdi Reservoir, but now it has been directly requisitioned by the archaeological team.
Everyone moved all the equipment that was going to be inspected underwater today into the lower deck of the cruise ship. The lower deck has air conditioning and is not exposed to the sun, making it the best choice as a water platform.
While everyone was moving the equipment, the small crane on the big truck also lifted the mini-submarine into the water, and a captain with a three-star badge on his shoulder also got out of the car.
The officer's name is very ordinary, Zhao Yong, but he is very extraordinary. According to Mr. Wang, this Captain Zhao is a special forces officer of the Marine Corps, and he came here just to drive this submarine.
Captain Zhao came with two soldiers armed with live ammunition to protect the submarine. After all, this was a sensitive military equipment and nothing could go wrong.
The appearance of these three soldiers, especially two of them who were fully armed, immediately attracted a lot of onlookers.
It is summer vacation now. Although the weather is hot, it is the peak tourist season. Gucheng Town is an important tourist gathering place for Xiaolangdi Reservoir, so many tourists gather near the pier at this time, waiting to board the ship to visit Xiaolangdi Reservoir.
But the appearance of the archaeological team immediately aroused the interest of all tourists. You can visit the Xiaolangdi Reservoir at any time, but this kind of archaeological team is really rare. Especially the appearance of the pocket submarine attracted many tourists to raise their mobile phones to take pictures.
Fortunately, Yang Jing and his team were well prepared. Not long after the submarine was lowered into the water, it was connected to the back of the cruise ship by a cable. The dive site was still more than ten kilometers away, so the submarine needed to be towed by the cruise ship.
Everything was ready. The captain of the cruise ship blew the whistle, and then the cruise ship slowly left the dock and headed southeast.
More than half an hour later, at around nine o'clock, the cruise ship stopped at the designated water level under the command of Yang Jing. Captain Zhao Yong, who had been sitting on the submarine, brought the submarine closer to the cruise ship. Old Wang and a young man named Liu Yue boarded the submarine with their equipment. As for Yang Jing, he had already put on his diving equipment and was ready to dive.
Originally, Mr. Wang wanted Yang Jing to go down in a submarine, but Yang Jing said that he had no problem diving to this depth, as he did so last time, so there was no need to worry about his safety.
Yang Jing also said that it would be OK for him to lead the way in front and the submarine would dive behind, which would save time and effort.
So, at Yang Jing's insistence, Mr. Wang and Liu Yue boarded the submarine. Yang Jing led the way in front, carrying a compressed air bottle and wearing an oxygen mask, and the miniature submarine followed behind and began to dive.
Captain Zhao Yong also expressed his admiration for Yang Jing's action. He was an out-and-out Marine Corps officer, and he certainly knew how difficult it was to dive more than 100 meters barehanded, especially because decompression sickness was fatal. But this young man actually dived directly like this, which was simply amazing!
Although the submarine was small, the strong light in front was extremely powerful. When turned on, the light could even shine forty or fifty meters. Moreover, this kind of military submarine had a very fast diving speed. Because Yang Jing had several lead blocks tied to his body, his diving speed was also not slow. After a few minutes, the man and the submarine arrived in front of the entrance of the mausoleum.
The stone slab that originally blocked the cave entrance had never risen since Yang Jing entered last time. However, at a depth of more than 100 meters underwater, no one could come in even if the cave entrance was not blocked by the stone slab.
Yang Jing waved at the submarine, and then said with the help of the micro-talkie hanging on his ear: "That hole is the entrance to the mausoleum, Brother Zhao, the width of the hole is only one and a half meters, and the height is about two meters. When you go in later, you have to be careful."
"Don't worry, this size won't be a problem for me." Zhao Yong's confident answer came from the headset.
Yang Jing nodded, and then swam in first. Zhao Yong carefully operated the submarine, and after a few minutes, he slowly entered the cave.
Everything was easy after entering the cave. Because of the air pressure in the cave, there was no water more than three meters behind the entrance, and this position was just enough for the submarine to surface.
By the time Mr. Wang and the other three came down from the submarine wearing masks, Yang Jing had already taken out a set of dry shorts and shirts from his waterproof backpack and put them on.
Yang Jing was wearing swimming trunks when he went into the water. When he got into the cave, he simply took off his swimming trunks and changed into clean clothes.
"Is this cave the passage leading directly to Wu Zetian's mausoleum?" Elder Wang's voice rang out in the headset. The four people who went into the water today all wore micro-communicators, so even with masks on, it did not affect their communication with each other.
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