Chapter 1376 Ma Xiao’s Salvage Plan
Chen Cheng suddenly understood what had happened: "I understand! Germany built a secret base in the Arctic to store the wealth they plundered!"
Hua Chong continued, "The boss just said that the 'Alberizzi' on that submarine was a German piece of equipment from the end of World War II. At that time, Germany was losing ground and needed to consider a way out, such as transferring wealth to accumulate strength and wait for a comeback. Hiding the wealth here is a good idea!"
"So, this island contains Na Cui's treasure?" Kasin said in shock. "Boss, you told us such important news? Why don't you lead us to the island to search for the treasure?"
Xiao Peng said calmly, "Believe me, if we were to search for it alone, we might not be able to find it even after searching for hundreds of years. The environment here is too harsh, and..."
"And?" Everyone looked at Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng said, "And Franz Josef Land is Russian territory! They saved our lives, and now we're going to steal their wealth? Do you think this is something a human should do? Also, let me reiterate, I'm not afraid to tell you this for two reasons: first, I trust you; second, I'm warning you not to come here and seek death!"
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
Xiao Peng took a sip of champagne to moisten his throat. "Alright? Has your curiosity been satisfied? As for what's inside the submarine? Sorry, I don't know. I'll have to wait until it's fished out to find out. Now can you guys just focus on watching me play games?"
Chen Cheng coughed dryly twice. "Boss, let me go see what Ma Xiao is doing. He's been on the Luna for so long that he's forgotten how to salvage it."
Khedira said, "Boss, I still have chicken soup cooking in my pot. Let me go check on my chicken soup first!"
"What the hell is that chicken soup you're making?! Isn't that a lie? How could you use such an idiotic excuse to deceive the boss?" Hua Chong shouted, "I'm going to check your chicken soup! If you don't have chicken soup, I'll beat you up. If you do, give me a bowl. I've had enough of Lao Liu's mutton soup."
Seeing everyone wanting to leave, Kaxin hurriedly said, "I'm going to join in the fun too! I'm fed up with mutton soup! I'm dreaming about my Yanasha now—I even suspect that Lao Liu added a little blue pill to the mutton soup!"
Xiao Peng said to Kaxin, "Kaxin, you can't leave. You have to come and play games with me!"
Kasin's eyes widened as he asked, "Boss, you let Khedira go with such a stupid excuse as 'making chicken soup', so why can't I leave? You can play online games!"
Xiao Peng said angrily, "Online games? The signal from the Franz Josef Land satellite is so poor! Even without signal blocking, I might not be able to connect to the network, let alone with the signal blocking. This time, I'll leave it to the Calypso to see what they can do. I plan to play games here until Ma Xiao finishes his work. You come and keep me company!"
"Hiss!" Kasin gasped. "Boss, Ma Xiao said it would take at least a hundred hours of work, maybe even more. What are you going to do..."
"I've been playing games here except for eating and sleeping!" Xiao Peng said.
Chen Cheng patted Kaxin's shoulder and said, "Boss, Kaxin will accompany you well!"
"That's right!" Khedira and Hua Chong pushed Kassin directly onto the sofa next to Xiao Peng: "Boss, Kassin will play with you!"
Ka Xin asked anxiously: "Are you two trying to trick me?"
"Kasim, what do you mean? Isn't it your honor to play games with the boss?" Hua Chong said.
Khedira also said: "That's right, don't you like playing games with the boss the most? Come, pour you a glass of champagne, have fun with the boss!"
Kasim wanted to cry but had no tears as he watched everyone leave the room.
"Damn it, run! I'm afraid Kasin will pretend to be sick and the boss will conscript him!" Khedira ran away as soon as he left the room.
Chen Cheng and Hua Chong followed behind and said, "That's right, let's run away first. I'd rather die than let my friends die! Let's go and see how Ma Xiao and the others work!"
Ma Xiao's work plan drew on Daxia's experience in salvaging the "South China Sea No. 1".
In 1987, the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau, while working in the waters of Yangjiang, Guangdong, stumbled upon a shipwreck buried 23 meters deep. The ship, the "Nanhai No. 1," is the oldest, largest, and best-preserved shipwreck ever discovered. It's an ancient wooden shipwreck that sank in the early Southern Song Dynasty.
However, Daxia was not in a hurry to salvage the ship, which fully demonstrated the patience of the Daxia people: more than 30 years after the discovery of the shipwreck, they adopted the "overall salvage" method that shocked the world. The world archaeological community praised it as "such an ingenious plan, only Daxia could do it."
It's no exaggeration to say this salvaging method is "only Daxia can pull off": the plan for salvaging the "Nanhai No. 1" is truly insane: they custom-built Asia's largest crane vessel, with a maximum lifting capacity of 4,000 tons, capable of operating at a depth of 300 meters in force 7 winds! They then precisely located the wreck, measuring its length, width, and height, which were buried deep in the mud and sand. They then custom-built a custom "container" to enclose the entire vessel, and then salvage it along with the surrounding mud and sand! This method preserves the integrity of the wreck!
Of course, there are many details involved, such as using the "static pressure method" to slowly press the special container into the mud; for example, all the mud around the container was hollowed out and then twenty-six special "bottom beams" with water bags were passed through the bottom of the container to prevent mud and sand from leaking, and so on. It took more than a year to salvage the "South China Sea No. 1"!
Daxia spent so much time salvaging the "Nanhai No. 1" in order to ensure the integrity of the ship, because the hull of the "Nanhai No. 1" itself is a very important cultural relic, but Xiao Peng does not need to consider these.
But no matter what, the salvage method pioneered by Daxia has provided a new idea for underwater overall salvage.
Ma Xiao's plan borrowed from this method: weld a "door-shaped" metal frame on the ship, dig out the mud and sand next to the submarine, then lower the metal frame and weld the "bottom beam" underwater, and install a bunch of air bags on the steel frame to inflate underwater to increase buoyancy, and then use a winch to pull up the steel frame together with the submarine.
But to be honest, although this project has been simplified a lot, Xiao Peng really doesn't believe that they can complete the salvage plan within 150 working hours: this is on the seabed, not on the ground. Even if welding steel frames is easy to do, just installing the "bottom support beam" will waste a lot of time!
He was actually very curious about why Ma Xiao was so confident that he could complete the project within 150 working hours, but he decided to leave them alone this time and let them do it themselves.
I hope they can give themselves a surprise!
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