Chapter 254: Accidental Discovery of a Shipwreck
Xiao Peng always thought that Biagio was the kind of person with a "missing piece of brain", but when he learned about his family affairs, he became a little wary of him.
His father is Sergio Costa, Italy's Minister of Environment, Land and Sea.
Xiao Peng now understood that he had to be extra cautious when dealing with these politicians. They were always thinking ahead!
Just like this time, the country has invested so much money in establishing a marine engineering company in Greece. It should have been arranged step by step since it discovered the "Ansaldo" so that it can have the opportunity to salvage the ship now.
There are many doubts about Italy sending Piaggio here.
For such a big matter, they only sent one person, and that person was the minister's son. Xiao Peng didn't believe that he was just there to monitor the salvage operation.
Was he spying on the ship? That's impossible. Unless he dismantled the ROV and HOV systems, what classified information could he possibly have?
Could it be that he wanted to learn about deep-sea salvage and work in the industry in the future? Looking at Biagio's attire, Xiao Peng shook his head. Even if he really worked in this industry, he would only be an investor.
Xiao Peng couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. If he couldn't figure it out, he simply gave up. After dinner, Xiao Peng gathered everyone together and said, "Starting tomorrow, we'll split up and work together to search for the 'Sarasia'. Both ships will send ROVs down to the sea. You'll start searching along the seabed basin from here, while I'll go back to the 'Dragon Head Ship' and search along the edge of the Celeno Trench. We'll act simultaneously, both inside and outside. Remember to keep an eye on the ROV's power supply at all times and don't overuse it. This job will take its time!"
Everyone else was eager to find the location of the shipwreck, but Xiao Peng was shouting "take your time" - he came here just to waste time.
When searching for shipwrecks, people usually use small, inexpensive boats. Who would use a deep-sea salvage vessel? The cost is frighteningly high, but Xiao Peng said: We have money and we can do whatever we want!
He asked the captain of the deep-sea salvage ship to arrange a room for the two of them to rest. After all, Piaggio is the official representative of Italy. Give you a single room and learn how to find shipwrecks tomorrow!
Xiao Peng led his men back to the Dragon Boat and came to the location of the "Ansaldo" shipwreck. Now he could send HOVs into the sea to salvage the ship at will.
So what if I watched them salvage? The two ships were just a tiny dot on the horizon, and the deep-sea salvage ship was still moving. The two people had each other as a reference point, so they wouldn't notice the Dragon Boat wasn't moving. So what was there to be afraid of? Just salvage slowly!
Xiao Peng spent every day on the Dragon Boat directing Duan Bo's salvage operations. He felt like he was on a "Taobao" trip. Many of the artifacts on the seabed were damaged, so the ROV had to search through the damaged pieces to find the well-preserved ones, then bring them up with the ROV's robotic claws. This was a delicate task. While it might be easier to find artifacts like gold, silver, iron, and stone, intact ones like porcelain were rare, making it even more challenging to bring them up intact.
Even if they wrapped a layer of sponge on the mechanical claw, it would still break!
"Duan Bo, be the fucking gentler! This will break at least a few million! You look so comfortable listening to this song and chewing gum!" Xiao Peng said angrily after watching a Ge kiln flowerpot being broken by a robotic arm in the surveillance video.
Duan Bo took off his headphones and said, "Boss, if you can do it, go ahead!"
Xiao Peng was instantly frustrated.
He also tried to operate an ROV, but it turned out that he wasn't salvaging anything but destroying it. Not to mention porcelain, even a silver carved chamber pot could be deformed by him, making Duan Bo so angry that he almost cursed in the street...
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "Duan Bo, don't salvage the porcelain anymore. Go around it and salvage something else!"
Duan Bo frowned: "What should we do with these porcelains?"
"What a waste of time! We're racing against time! I'd rather they were on the seabed than have them broken one by one! We salvaged ten pieces, only to break four. Don't you think this loss rate is too high?" Xiao Peng pointed at Duan Bo and said, "The more you salvage, the more you lose. Listen to me, put these porcelains aside and salvage other things first!"
Duan Bo nodded after hearing this and said, "Boss, what about that big Huabiao?"
"Let's talk about it later! You're so greedy, you really want to take everything back without leaving anything behind?" Xiao Peng said, "Once the salvage basket is full, send the crane up!"
The stone stele on the seabed had been thrown out of the deck and lay quietly on the seabed, still relatively intact. However, salvaging it would require a winch or something, so this could only be done last.
If the situation is not right, then this stele will have to lie on the seabed forever. After all, this is a "theft" operation and should not be made public.
Xiao Peng was still directing the salvage operation when Hua Chong suddenly ran in: "Boss, Moro requested a communication."
After hearing Hua Chong's words, Xiao Peng went to the captain's room: "Moro, what's the matter?"
There were only six people on the Dragon Boat, including Xiao Peng. Moro and Walter had sent him to the Mediterranean Support II to learn the Chinese way of working. Now, Moro and his companions would complain to Xiao Peng every day.
But complaints were in vain.
Moro's voice was a little excited: "Boss, I found something!"
Xiao Peng frowned slightly. How could they have discovered it in just over a month? He had clearly given the captain of the Mediterranean Support No. 2 the exact coordinates of the ship, telling him to avoid the Saracia.
"What did you find?" Xiao Peng asked.
Moro said, "Boss, it's 'Traces in the Wheat Field'!"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng sighed. There was nothing he could do about it. It was just bad luck.
When searching for a shipwreck in the vast ocean, it is not necessary to find the shipwreck, but first you need to search for its "wheat field traces".
The so-called "wheat field traces" refers to a plane crashing into a vast wheat field, which will leave behind a large area of plane crash traces in addition to the wreckage of the plane.
The same is true for shipwrecks.
When a shipwreck sinks on the seabed, it will leave traces of the shipwreck over a large area, such as ship parts, bottles, jars, metal accessories, etc.
Just like the famous Titanic shipwreck, the ship lies quietly on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, but the wreckage of the Titanic can be found in an area of the seabed at least as large as twenty football fields around it.
Finding a wreck and then following the clues to search for the shipwreck is the unified method used by all ocean exploration companies to search for shipwrecks. Finding a wreck or shipwreck relics means that the shipwreck is not far away.
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "Moro, have Walter and Bruch drive the 'Red Head Boat' to pick me up. Tell them all to stop what they're doing and wait for me to get over!"
"All work has stopped?" Moro was stunned. "Now is the time to strike while the iron is hot!"
"Do as I say!" Xiao Peng hung up the radio and went to the ROV control cabin and said, "Duan Bo, you have to speed up your work. I'll go over there and buy you some time!"
"clear!"
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