Chapter 60 The Morrigan
With Perficott's permission, the captain quickly changed his course and rushed towards the location of the distressed ship.
However, even though they were rushing to rescue, the atmosphere on the Hundred Gem was not tense.
The captain was still in contact with the other party through the radio at this time. Although the radio could only send and receive telegrams at this time, it was still no problem for simple contact and information exchange.
Especially since the other party has been sending telegrams out and repeatedly broadcasting their location and situation, this has played a great role in the White Jewel's assistance and rescue.
Before it got dark, the White Gem successfully arrived at the sea area where the other party was.
What was frozen was a cruise ship of the same style as the White Jewel, but the hull was significantly larger.
At this time, the giant ship was surrounded by a circle of ice floes. The surrounding area was white, and it looked like the ship was frozen on the ice.
However, Purficott at this time prevented the captain from rushing over to help rescue people, and instead asked the crew on the ship to send a light signal to the other party, informing them of the arrival of the White Gem, and asking the other party current situation.
The boat on the opposite side soon also set up a light signal, sending new messages in Morse code.
After decoding, Purficott learned that the cruise ship opposite was called the Morrigan, and it belonged to two different shipping companies from the White Jewel.
However, although the two sides are in a competitive relationship, because they are not taking the same route, there is usually nothing to deal with.
Especially when they meet at sea, the captains of both parties will also greet each other. As for when the other party encounters a shipwreck or is in trouble, the other party will help as much as possible.
This is mainly because at sea, if you save others today, when you are in danger tomorrow, others will come to save you.
As for those who simply consider their own interests and refuse to save others when they see them in trouble, usually others will not save them.
For those who often run boats at sea, when encountering such a situation, they will rescue and provide any help they can as long as they can.
But Purficott did not act recklessly. Instead, he asked the exploration team members who had been measuring the temperature of the surrounding seawater: "What is the direction and speed of the ocean currents here? What is the water temperature now?"
"Your Majesty, there is a cold current moving southwest here. The water temperature is already close to freezing point. If we are not careful, we may be frozen by this cold current." An exploration team member moved a section of ice that had already frozen. The rope and the measuring bottle with the frozen end of the rope were handed to Purficott. There was also a thermometer fixed in the bottle.
Seeing this situation, Purficott nodded affirmatively, and then said to the captain: "There is a cold current around us. If we are not careful, we may be frozen like the Morrigan." We are in situ, so we must be careful during the rescue operation. Also notify the accompanying frigates and ask them to prepare their naval guns. If necessary, I may need them to blast away the frozen ice floes around us.”
The accompanying frigates. That was the reason why Purficott agreed to come to rescue people. She was not the kind of person who was brainless and reckless. She would not do things she knew she couldn't do.
The captain nodded immediately after hearing Purficott's order. He saw the current situation clearly and understood that if he acted rashly, he would only get his own ship involved.
So the captain asked the crew to send a light signal to the Morrigan to inform them of the current situation. At the same time, he summoned the senior sailors on the ship and some important members of the exploration team to gather everyone's strength to discuss the matter. Methods of rescue. It was definitely not advisable to drive the ship directly over. In fact, the seawater around them had begun to freeze. Although it was not serious, some scattered ice floes had appeared scattered around them.
So after serious consideration, the captain decided to let the White Jewel retreat a certain distance backward to avoid being really frozen.
But on the other hand, the rescue of the Morrigan must also be carried out, but everyone's opinions can never be unified.
During everyone's discussion, O'Connor, who was the escort of the exploration team, proposed a more risky plan, which was to send a small boat from the White Gem to the Morrigan, plant explosives around the Morrigan, and blow up The ice allowed the Morrigan to escape.
This plan is not low in feasibility. After all, this is just an ice layer formed by a cold current. It is not very thick and can indeed be exploded with explosives.
After exploding the ice, with the power of the Morrigan, we should be able to get out on our own.
But if this plan is adopted, someone will obviously have to plant explosives and detonate them.
In this era, detonating explosives mainly relies on fuses. In such an icy and snowy environment, the fuses are likely to have problems.
Because of this, burying explosives and lighting fuses has become a very dangerous job. If you are not careful, you may be directly blown to death, or be swept into the sea by the broken ice.
The other plan proposed by the chief mate of the White Jewel is relatively conservative. Although it also sends out small boats, it is to send out all the small boats on the White Jewel and then let Murray Passengers on the Ghan were transferred to these boats and then returned to the White Jewel in dinghies.
Although this method requires abandoning the Morrigan, it can maximize the safety of passengers.
For shipping companies, ensuring that passengers survive is their most important thing. If the ship is gone, it can be rebuilt. Anyway, this is a shipwreck. As long as the passengers can return safely, it is not a big problem for the shipping company.
But if passengers suffer losses, it will be a big problem. After all, shipping companies rely on word of mouth to make a living. If you take your ship, there will be no passengers. This will make others dare to do your business next time. ship?
It's just that they are not from the shipping company where the Morrigan is located, and they cannot make this decision for the captain of the Morrigan.
How to choose between the two options suddenly put the captain of the White Jewel in a dilemma.
However, at this time, O'Connor, who proposed to use the boat to blast the ice, suddenly stood up and said: "Since I was the one who proposed to blast the ice, then let me do it myself. Mr. Captain, you just have to I just need to send a few sailors to help me row the boat. I'm not very good at water."
Hearing that O'Connor was volunteering, everyone's impression of him improved a lot. If nothing else, at least he is not a bad guy. Someone who commands others to die.
But Purficott said at this time: "This kind of thing does not need to be so risky, just use my alchemy dolls, they are more reliable than you."
Immediately, a puppet maid walked out from behind Purficott and made a skirt-lifting ceremony to everyone.
(End of this chapter)