Riverside Police.

Chapter 119 It's them!

From the moment Jin Da first saw the target through the radar, and then confirmed the target with the telescope, Captain Wang reduced the speed again and drove very slowly.

The three of Han Yu seized the time to install the boom on the port side of the rear deck, and tried to pull the "gourd" a few times to confirm that it worked. Then a red lifeboat appeared on the river not far away, like a leaf bouncing up and down in a strong wind and waves. Ups and downs, go with the flow.

"Dried salted fish, there are people on board!"

"Saw."

"People on the lifeboat, please pay attention, people on the lifeboat, please pay attention, we are here to save you, we will throw you a cable, please catch the cable first..."

Captain Wang kept shouting with the tweeter, but the people on the lifeboat did not respond.

Han Yu was very strange, wondering if he was dead?

Jin Dagang came down from the cab and ran to the fire station No. [-] on the port side. He was about to throw the cable. Seeing that the people on the lifeboat did not respond, he was even more surprised than Han Yu, so he quickly pulled out the flashlight in his pocket.

I don't know if I don't see it, but I am surprised when I see it.

There were actually five people crammed into the lifeboat that looked very old.

They were wearing life vests or life buoys, curled up and huddled together.

Some were shivering with cold, some closed their eyes as if they had lost consciousness, and one was looking at 001, but his eyes were dull, and he didn't respond to the flashlight at all.

The fear on their faces made Jin Da realize that they were petrified by the death that could come at any time!
It is impossible to expect them to cooperate in the rescue, Jin Da hurriedly turned around and asked: "Xianyu, can we go down alone, tie them up, and hang them up one by one."

"It can only be this way."

Han Yu also saw that the souls of those people had been frightened away, so he suddenly pulled the outstretched boom back to the top of the deck.

The last time I rescued the out-of-control cement ship, I accidentally missed the opportunity to board the ship.

Liang Xiaoyu didn't want to miss the second time, so he took off the safety rope and put it on the hook, shouting: "Dried salted fish, I am stronger than you, I will go down!"

"You eat more than I do." Han Yu cursed with a smile, and turned around to find the rope.

Jin Da looked up at the cab on the second floor, held up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Captain Wang, Xiaoyu goes down to save people, we will hang ourselves one by one, you must hold on tight!"

Captain Wang looked outside and raised the walkie-talkie: "The wind and waves are too strong, and the current is too fast. Let Xiaoyu go down and take the cable first."

"receive."

"After the cable is attached, you winch and drag it forward."

"clear."

Just as he was talking, Liang Xiaoyu had been hung up by Han Yu with a "gourd".

Zhu Baogen, who was standing opposite Han Yu, shouted "Go", and then pulled it suddenly, and Liang Xiaoyu followed the boom from above the deck to above the water surface outside the port side.

The wind was too strong, and Liang Xiaoyu spun like a top.

Seeing that the lifeboat was getting closer, Han Yu shouted, "Little fish, I'm starting to lower it."

"Let's go, lower down."

"You have spotted it, and strive for a success."

"I know, let it go quickly, they are coming."

The lifeboat was drifting eastward, and 001 was sailing slowly westward. The timing of releasing the small fish was very important.

If it was too late, not only would he have to take a bath in the river, but he would also be hit by a lifeboat.

If it was late, not only would he have to take a bath in the river, but Captain Wang would have to turn around and chase after him, turn around and do it again.

Han Yu stared at the lifeboat that was getting closer and closer. Zhu Baogen fixed the direction of the boom, grabbed the chain of the "gourd", and was ready to help lower the small fish at any time.

Jin Da ran to the stern, fastened the safety rope, and was ready to throw the cable at any time.

At this time, the lifeboat that was about to reach the middle of the port side of 001 was actually pushed three or four feet high by a swell, almost leveling with the side of 001.

The people on the lifeboat all closed their eyes, either clinging tightly to the rope of the lifeboat, or clinging to their companions, not daring to look or even think, completely resigned to fate.

Captain Wang hurriedly adjusted the course, trying to keep the ship stable.

God bless, the lifeboat did not collide with 001, nor was it overturned by the swell. The people on the boat were just drowned by the river water. In fact, they were already soaked through.

Han Yu looked at the timing and shouted, "Let go!"

Zhu Baogen pulled up the iron chain suddenly, and with the sound of the rattling "gourd" turning, Liang Xiaoyu felt his body go limp, and when he lowered his head, he fell on the two sluggish sailors.

"Little fish, don't be stupid, get off the hook quickly!"

"Oh."

The "hoist" is like a small crane, not an anchor chain machine, and the iron chain is very short.

Liang Xiaoyu hurriedly got up, hooked the rope on the lifeboat with his feet, grabbed the hook with both hands, and untied the safety rope cover on it.

"Connect the cable!"

"Where."

"Here, see for sure!"

Han Yusheng was afraid that the little fish would not be able to catch the knot thrown by Jin Da, so he hurried to pick up the second knot.

Liang Xiaoyu was born on a boat and grew up on a boat. His family's small fishing boat was more bumpy and swaying on the river. It wasn't Xu Sanye, who had never been on a boat before, who caught the cable thrown by Jin Da in one go.

Zhu Baogen could see clearly, and shouted: "There is one more, and I have to catch it too."

"Where?"

"Here it is."

Han Yu saw the timing and threw it over.

Liang Xiaoyu successfully caught it again, wrapping it around his arm quickly.

"One is tied to the front of the lifeboat, and one is tied to the back of the lifeboat. Let's tie one to the bow and one to the stern, and fix the lifeboat first!"

"know."

"The waves are too big, fasten the safety rope, don't be thrown into the river."

"I hooked it with my foot, so I can't take care of it now."

Han Yu and Jin Da looked anxious in their eyes, but they wanted to help but couldn't help. They could only watch Liang Xiaoyu calmly tie the cable on the lifeboat that was bumping up and down.

The lifeboat continued to drift with the current, and had slowly drifted from the port side of 001 to more than ten meters away from the stern of 001 at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Dried salted fish, dried salted fish, tied at the front, let's start pulling."

"Roger that!"

Han Yu looked at the lifeboat that was getting farther and farther away, and while signaling Jin Da who had just put the cable to the bow winch to quickly take it up, he held up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Captain Wang, Captain Wang, let's start to take in the cable, pay attention to the angle."

"I see, don't worry about it."

Captain Wang is not only sailing, but also watching and listening.

He put down the walkie-talkie, gently turned the steering wheel, and adjusted the angle between 001 and the lifeboat to ensure that the lifeboat would not be pulled into 001's propeller, and that the lifeboat would not be affected by 001's wake.

After nearly 10 minutes of busy work, the lifeboat was finally relatively fixed to the port side of the rear deck of 001 by two cables, one in front and one in the back.

Liang Xiaoyu tied the rope around the waist of a sailor in his 50s. After confirming that it was tied firmly, he put the rope on the hook of the lowered boom and raised his hand to signal for lifting.

Han Yu pulled twice, feeling something was wrong, and shouted: "I can't pull it, I can't pull it hard, let's see what's going on."

"It can't be pulled, how is it possible."

Liang Xiaoyu lowered his head to check, and suddenly found that a crew member was holding on to the old crewman's lifejacket. He quickly broke the crewman's hand and signaled to lift it up again.

This time it went smoothly, and the oldest crew member was successfully hoisted to the deck.

Jin Da and Zhu Baogen quickly untied the rope and helped the old crew into the engine room. Han Yu put down the rope and hook to hang the second one.

Just like this one by one, all five crew members were hoisted to 001, and when Liang Xiaoyu came up, they hoisted the lifeboat to the rear deck together, and the sky was bright.

The engine room was very warm, and the five crew members came back to their souls very quickly. They kowtowed to the old captain who was the first to be hoisted up, tearfully, and thanked Han Yu, Jin Da, Zhu Baogen, and Liang Xiaoyu for their life-saving grace.

"I'm the Hong Kong Supervisor, and Xianyu and the others are the police. It's our duty to rescue you. Let's talk about what's going on first."

"Oh, we are from Yangzhou No. [-] Shipping Company. When our ship was about to reach the mouth of Liuhe River, the steering gear suddenly failed. I couldn’t even ask for help, so I could only watch the boat drifting on the river.”

"What's the name of your ship?"

"Yanghuo 308."

"What luck."

"Coal is transported from Xuzhou to the East China Sea."

"Where's the boat?"

"It was hit and sunk, like it was hit by a seagoing ship."

……

They are employees of the shipping company, and the ship is manned according to regulations, including a captain, a first mate, a second engineer, a second mate, a mechanic and a sailor.

Because of the failure of the steering gear, their boat could only drift with the current in the wind and waves.

I don't know whether it was a vortex or a sudden change in the wind direction, or it might be the cause of the rudder. In the waters downstream of the Okura No. 22 float, it circled the river and collided with the Hexiang 9, which was sailing normally.

The second officer and the sailor fell into the water on the spot. They quickly lowered the lifeboat, but only rescued the sailor, and the second officer didn't know where they drifted.

As for the lifeboat equipped on this ship, they "picked it up" when they were sailing on the river the year before last.

This kind of thing is normal. Lin Xiaohui's family's boat was almost hit by a wooden raft that floated up the river before. Her father simply dragged the raft back and sold it.

More than 1000 tons of wood, nearly [-] square meters.

They sold for a lot of money, and the whole family was very happy.

As a result, the money was not warmed up, and the officers from the Chengbei Police Station came to the door with people from a shipping company and a timber company.

The money from the sale of the wood was refunded to others. If the leader of Linghai Shipping Company hadn't come forward to negotiate, it is said that there would be a lawsuit...

Unexpectedly, the lifeboats "picked up" by the crew members before would be put to great use. If there were no lifeboats, they would have been in danger.

Han Yu got out of the cabin and was about to visit Director Wang when Jin Da followed him.

"Jin Da, there are six in total, and only five were rescued, what should we do now?"

"Go back."

It's not that Jin Weiguo doesn't want to continue the search and rescue, but he knows that the big guy has exhausted his physical strength and energy, and he can't bear it anymore. It is very dangerous to continue the search and rescue in this state.

Afraid that the little salty fish might misunderstand, Jin Da thought about it and said: "It's dawn, and there are many passing ships, at least two thousand a day, the traffic control center will ask the passing ships to pay attention."

Han Yu was indeed sleepy and tired, and his head hurt from seasickness, so he said helplessly, "Okay, I'll go see Director Wang first, and then go to the front crew cabin to sleep for a while."

(End of this chapter)