Chapter 62 Preparing for Action
"Miss, please watch your step." Foster helped Perfectcott walk on the ice, with worry on his face: "You should have let the alchemy doll come. , this is too dangerous, even if it involves the lives of hundreds of people, it is not worth taking the risk yourself."
"No, Grandpa Afu, I am not taking a risk." Te was wearing a thick winter coat and looked like a chubby bear, but her little face was still red from the cold and her speech was somewhat stuffy: "The future of this world will inevitably encounter a situation similar to today. I have to think about how to solve these problems.
You know, what we have to face in the future is not this level of pediatrics, but extreme cold of tens of degrees below zero.
There. If the machine freezes in this environment, I cannot deal with it as calmly as now. I have to think about how to solve the problem in that situation. ”
"There are so many outstanding talents in the empire, why do you want to take all the responsibility on yourself?" Foster didn't understand. Wouldn't it be better for his lady to just focus on her own survival as she originally planned? Why do we have to think about it so much?
In Foster's eyes, the life and death of other people in the empire have nothing to do with him. The only thing he cares about is Perfectcourt, the only direct descendant of the Brandless family, the one he is loyal to. The lady's safety.
However, Purficott didn't think so. She just sighed, and then laughed at herself: "Maybe it's because my conscience can't bear it? After all, when I have the ability to save other people, I really I can't help but watch them die."
After saying that, Purficott continued to move forward and walked under the side of the frozen Morrigan.
It was already early the next morning. She and Foster, escorted by two knights, Samantha and Lee, came to the frozen ice of the Morrigan to take a closer look. The Morrigan was frozen.
A rope ladder was also hung from the Morrigan, and its captain led several sailors down to the ice to join Perficott and others.
"Thank you very much for the rescue!" The captain took the lead in expressing his gratitude to Foster. After all, Foster seemed to be the leader of the group. Then he asked Foster : "Do you have a rescue plan? Is there anything we can do? The Morrigan will fully cooperate!"
"You have a lot to do, and it is indeed necessary to rescue you. We need your full cooperation," Purficott said, making the captain of the Morrigan look surprised.
He looked at Purficot who was speaking, but he didn't show any rudeness. He just asked in surprise: "Who is this lady?"
"This is Perficot. Baroness de Brandless, she is heading to the New World on the White Jewel. After receiving your distress signal, Her Majesty the Baroness came to rescue you immediately," Foster introduced Purfe to the captain. Kurt's identity was immediately explained: "Miss is an excellent alchemy master. She came up with the plan and plan to rescue you. She is here now to rescue you personally."
Hearing what Foster said, the captain of the Morrigan showed an expression of sudden realization, and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Perficott: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty the Baroness! I don't know how you plan to rescue the Morrigan." No.?”
Although I feel that Purficott’s age is a bit unreliable, the captain of the Morrigan does not have the right to be picky at this time.
They have been freezing here for a day and a night. If they hadn't seen the White Jewel last night and never left, giving them hope, the people on the ship might not be able to hold on.
“I have prepared a special alchemical potion that can quickly dissolve the ice.” Purficott asked Samantha to show the captain what they brought, some in bottles. Orange liquid: "However, the use of this agent is more troublesome. I need to personally inspect the situation of the Morrigan and confirm that it will not cause damage to the hull of the Morrigan. In addition, we also need to follow the instructions of the Morrigan Plan a channel according to the situation. After I use chemicals to dissolve the ice around the Morrigan, I will use explosives to blast a channel so that you can escape."
As he said that, Purficott pointed to another team of people who were busy on the ice in the distance. That was the demolition team led by O'Connor and selected from those who knew how to demolition on the White Jewel.
They will be responsible for planning the location of explosive sites and planting explosives.
On the distant sea, the frigates following the White Gem also untied the main gun jackets and were aiming the artillery to ensure that they could accurately fire through shelling when necessary. Explode the ice.
Of course, this is a last resort and a last resort.
Unless the ice blasting fails, they will resort to shelling. After all, shelling is still very dangerous, especially at sea, where the hit rate of naval guns is always in the single digits.
"Okay, please return to the ship, let the ship's boiler heat up, and be ready to move forward at any time. After receiving my signal, let the ship move." Purficott told Morrigan The captain of the ship explained, and at the same time he was ready to start working: "I will launch a red flare. When I see the flare rising, no matter what is in front, you just go ahead at full speed. Do you understand?"
" I understand! I will personally take the helm! No matter what happens in front of you, the Morrigan will move forward at full speed!" The captain of the Morrigan understood the purpose of Purficott's request and agreed firmly. .
After all, Purficott wanted to use explosives to blow up a channel, and they only had a short time to escape after the ice was blown open. If they hesitated and hesitated, or flinched because of the explosion, it would inevitably happen. It wastes valuable opportunities to get out of trouble, and even causes more serious difficulties and even injuries.
So he decided to take the helm personally. Even if the explosion was right in front of him, he had to make sure that no one would make any mistakes.
While the captain of the Morrigan went back to prepare, Purficott also tapped the ice with his cane to confirm the thickness of the ice layer, and then asked the three knights around him to help him Holes deep enough were cut into the surface to hold bottles containing alchemical potions.
The reason why the sailors of the Morrigan are not allowed to help is because as extraordinary beings, they are more efficient.
Of course, if Purficott wants to, she can also use alchemy to directly transform ice cubes into water or other things, but at this moment there is someone around her who can act as a laborer, so she will naturally save herself some money. It's over.
To rescue a frozen ship, modern times mainly rely on icebreakers. In the era when there were no icebreakers, this was very troublesome. Even modern icebreakers themselves are very dangerous. The former Soviet Union's Cheryusky icebreaker is a famous case. After being frozen by the ice, they even crossed the entire Arctic Ocean with the ice, and finally had to abandon the ship and escape. They were rescued by brave pilots, and the seven pilots who rescued them were the first batch of Soviet heroes. One can imagine how terrible it was to encounter this situation.
(End of this chapter)