fictionpage Chapter 710 Impact Factor (asking for monthly votes)
Chapter 710 Impact Factor (asking for monthly votes)
Chapter 710 Impact Factor (asking for monthly votes)
I heard the captain calling me.
Gu Ji couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.
Of course he knew that the other party must be asking for what he had just said.
as predicted.
Old Buller came over and took him to the corner next to the control room door, turned his back to the tourists, and muttered softly.
"Mr. Gould, I know you often go boat diving and know the ocean very well, but could you please be careful with your words? Some words can cause panic among tourists!"
"But I think tourists have the right to know the truth."
Faced with Old Buller's dissuasion, Gu Ji seemed quite justified.
In fact.
The reason why he spoke just now was to attract the captain's attention so as to pave the way for entering the control room.
"If my guess is correct, the sonar and communication equipment have failed since the submarine slowed down, right?"
Gu Ji continued to talk to himself, while raising the Blancpain diving watch on his wrist, "Almost half an hour has passed, but the sonar operator in the control room is still operating the periscope, which means you are simply incapable of repairing it..."
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Before he could finish his words, Old Buller suddenly coughed loudly, then hurriedly covered his mouth and begged bitterly: "Mr. Gould, please, keep your voice down!!"
"Okay, but I need to know the truth..."
"Captain, important information discovered!"
The voice just fell.
The voice of the staff in the control room was heard from inside the cabin.
Gu Ji's mouth twitched slightly, knowing that his chance had come, so he continued, "Perhaps, we can go inside and talk in detail."
"This……"
Old Buller frowned, obviously in a dilemma.
Outsiders are absolutely not allowed to enter the submarine control room.
This is the same as the safety regulations in an airline cockpit.
But to Old Buller, Gu Ji's mouth was definitely a very "dangerous" existence.
If left alone.
It is easy to cause those tourists who have been appeased to panic again, and in serious cases, even more terrible riots may be triggered!
after all.
People's desire to survive in extreme environments is very strong!
"Captain..."
"Okay, I can take you in, but you have to promise me that you won't move!"
Faced with the urging of his subordinates, Old Buller gritted his teeth and agreed.
When Gu nodded, he patted the security guard Evan on the shoulder and looked at the frightened tourists, "I'll leave this to you!"
"Do not worry."
Evan responded coldly, but his eyes were always on Gu Ji.
Gu Ji could also feel that the other party seemed to have some doubts about his true purpose.
But none of this matters anymore.
Old Buller had already opened the watertight door of the control room and let him in.
The moment you enter the control room.
Gu Ji did not look around the surroundings as usual, but was attracted by the value of the impact factor in the upper right corner.
Because, at this moment, the value is decreasing rapidly.
From "0.24", it quickly dropped to "0.13".
What is this ghost?
Gu Ji really couldn't understand the calculation logic of the impact factor.
He thought that his rash entry into the control room would be conspicuous, which would increase the value, but he did not expect the result to drop sharply.
He had clearly done nothing before, but the values kept increasing.
If the system does not have any bugs.
So can we understand it this way:
Should he, or the character he is currently possessed by, "Gould", enter the control room?
"But why would a CEO of a military company insist on entering the submarine control room? Does this guy have some secrets that I don't know about?"
Just as Gu Ji was doubting himself.
The young sonar operator in charge of the periscope exploration stood up hurriedly, took off his headset and said, "Captain, our passive sound..."
"It's okay. I invited Mr. Gould in. Just tell me what you want to say."
"Okay, just now, our passive sonar device detected the message sent by the mother ship!!"
"Quick! Let me hear it!"
Old Buller's eyes widened.
This is undoubtedly great news for the "Flying Leap" which has suffered a series of accidents.
Gu Ji raised his eyebrows, somewhat puzzled.
"So, the submarine's sonar system is back to normal?"
"No, no, our active sonar is still out of service. We can neither send out detection waves nor transmit messages to the outside world. Only the passive sonar at the rear of the submarine can still work."
The sonar operator was a young white guy with long dark brown hair.
Perhaps because he was a bit introverted, he was obviously nervous and spoke haltingly when answering Gu Ji's questions.
Somehow.
This scene reminded Gu Ji of Ye Xiaoshu.
"The active sonar is not working, but the passive sonar is working? What the hell is going on here..."
To know.
A submarine's sonar system is generally divided into two parts: active and passive.
The former is located in the front hemisphere of the submarine. It actively emits a certain detection signal and obtains target parameters from the reflected echo from the target in the water, so it is also called an echolocator.
Active sonar can accurately measure the target distance and detect fixed targets, which is very important for submarines.
Especially the underwater mountain range where they are currently located.
Active sonar can help submarines judge the surrounding environment and objects in advance, such as marine life, volcanoes, warships, submarine sunken obstacles, etc., allowing the captain to make avoidance moves in advance.
Passive sonar is generally located at the tail of the submarine and usually exists in a towed form.
It is to pull a very long line behind the submarine, which can be up to two or three kilometers long and is equipped with a series of sensors.
These sensors can receive and process radiated noise or sonar signals emitted by underwater targets to obtain target parameters, also known as noise sonar.
Because it passively receives sound waves.
It cannot judge those objects in the sea that cannot make sound, such as mountains, rocks, shipwrecks, etc., and its accuracy is much worse than the active type.
"You are right, sir!"
At this moment, the watertight door at the bow was suddenly opened.
An Asian man wearing round black-framed glasses walked out. He should be a submarine maintenance engineer.
"I have checked the active sonar repeatedly and found no damage, but I just can't send any signals out, including the communication system, which is also unusable, just like..."
“Like it’s blocked?”
Gu Ji frowned slightly.
I always feel that the scene in front of me is somewhat familiar, just like the checkpoint at the Mexican air crash.
When the plane crash happened.
The aircraft's radio system also failed and was unable to communicate with the outside world.
The final investigation results showed that they were attacked by an EMP electromagnetic pulse from the drug dealers on board.
But what if the submarine also encountered EMP?
Logically speaking, the passive sonar system and the control instruments around us should also be paralyzed.
"Captain, how's it going?"
After listening for a long time, Old Buller finally put down his headphones.
The long-haired sonar operator hurriedly asked.
Old Buller shook his head and sighed.
"The passive sonar equipped on the Flying Leap is not very advanced. At a distance of 3800 meters, it is difficult to receive the messages sent by the mother ship clearly, let alone the navigation chart. But the good news is that the mother ship may have noticed that we have lost contact!"
"It seems we can only wait for rescue here..."
The sonar operator squatted on the ground in a depressed mood, scratching his long hair hard.
Not only it.
The maintenance engineers, and even the boat captain, Old Buller, also kept their heads down.
on the one hand.
It was the first dive of the Feiyue and such a serious accident happened. I am afraid it will leave a shadow in my heart for the rest of my life.
On the other hand.
They are well aware of the difficulty of deep-sea rescue.
Although the mother ship will immediately launch a rescue operation after learning that they have lost contact.
But if you want to carry out a rescue, you need to find a submarine with docking or towing capabilities.
This type of submersible requires a long period of preparation for each dive, and it cannot just dive whenever you want.
The preliminary preparations, plus heading to the accident site and finding the exact location of the sunken ship, will probably take a long time!
During this period.
If any more accidents happen to the Feiyue submarine, the final result may be the destruction of the submarine and the death of everyone on board!
"Let's launch the distress buoy first. The engineer will check the hull again, and then confirm the oxygen and power functions to see how long they can last!"
Just when the control room was in a state of depression.
Gu Ji suddenly spoke.
Old Buller looked up at him, seeming a little surprised at Gu Ji's calmness.
But as the captain, he still nodded.
"Just do as he says. We need to shut down all extra equipment to maintain power reserves until the rescue submarine arrives."
Hear the second half of the sentence.
Gu Ji knew that Feiyue was powered by batteries, which was also the power source for most pocket submersibles.
It is basically doomed that the life system of the Leap will not last long.
really.
Through the engineer's inventory.
Their current power reserves can sustain them for 84 hours while maintaining hovering.
But the life system, that is, oxygen, is only enough for 15 tourists and three crew members in the cabin to maintain for 38 hours.
Less than two days left!
"Got it. I'll announce the situation later. Let's keep quiet and save energy..."
After listening to the report, Old Buller seemed to have aged ten years.
He picked up the intercom, took a deep breath, and finally told the whole story about the crisis that the Leap was currently facing.
"Come out! Get out of here!"
"Damn it! You are committing murder! Murder!!"
"Please, drive the submarine up, I have a wife and children on land, I can't die here, wuwuwu..."
"Fuck! Didn't you promise that this deep sea journey would be safe, you liars!"
……
Old Buller had just finished his speech.
The sound of tourists cursing could be heard from the cabin outside the door.
However, this time, because security guard Evan was present, they did not rush over and hammer the door.
"give it to me!"
Seeing that Old Buller was speechless after the rebuttal, Gu Ji stepped forward and grabbed the intercom and spoke on his behalf.
"Dear tourists, I am Gould. Although we have encountered a deep diving accident, it does not mean that we have no hope of being rescued. Think about it calmly. Everyone here is a social elite and a super-rich person. If we get into trouble, it will undoubtedly be world news to the outside world.
Whether it is Ocean Gate, our family, or the national government, they will do their best to rescue us as soon as possible, so what we must do now is to wait for rescue and ensure that no accidents occur before the rescue team arrives. The most important thing is the life system..."
Perhaps it was Gu Ji's identity as a tourist that resonated with everyone.
Or maybe what he said does make some sense.
Gradually, the cursing in the cabin became noticeably less.
Gu Ji then continued, “Listen, the submarine currently only has enough oxygen to last for 49 hours, but this is based on the normal oxygen consumption of all of us;
Therefore, from now on, each of us must remain silent, not speak, and sit on the ground to ensure the lowest consumption of our bodies. In this state, we can definitely extend the oxygen time to the golden rescue hour of 72 hours, and then our chances of being rescued will be very high!"
As soon as these words came out.
The first person to be surprised was old Buller.
He couldn't imagine that Gu Ji in front of him would actually fabricate the oxygen time, when it was obvious that they only had "38 hours" of oxygen left.
Available soon.
He reacted.
Still a panic problem!
If the number "38 hours" were really announced truthfully, it would definitely cause strong panic among tourists, and the closer it gets to the end of the time, the stronger the negative emotions will be.
By the time.
The dark side of human nature may force some tourists to do many outrageous things.
such as……
kill!!
After all, when a person dies, less oxygen is consumed.
Gu Ji deliberately extended the time to "49 hours" in order to reserve enough psychological reserves to maintain stability inside the submarine!
With great curiosity, Old Buller couldn't help but ask tentatively.
"Mr. Gould, have you ever participated in a rescue operation?"
"No, but isn't this the same as managing a company for me?"
Gu Ji made up an excuse to get away with it.
But just as he was about to continue giving orders, the long-haired sonar operator suddenly took off his headset and shouted, "Captain, the passive sonar seems to have detected something!"
"Let me see!"
Old Buller's face tensed and he quickly took the headphones.
At this critical juncture, no accidents can happen again.
"I can't hear what the noise is!"
"Yes, Captain. The accuracy of passive sonar is indeed very low, but through information display and control, the frequency of the target's sound has increased, which means..."
"It means the target is approaching!"
Old Buller and the long-haired sonar operator were both startled.
Looking back, they found that Gu Ji had been standing behind them without them noticing.
"Give me the monitoring headphones to listen to it."
"what?"
Before Old Buller could react, Gu Ji snatched the headset from his hand and placed it next to his ear.
"Mr. Gould, you may not understand it..."
"Shh!"
Gu Ji scolded.
next second.
"Gululu...Gululu..."
A bubbling sound was heard in the earphones.
In addition, Gu Ji also faintly heard a few crisp sounds, "This is..."
(End of this chapter)