Chapter 162 Crossing Okinawa
After almost half an hour, the ship slowly docked at the port.
"Unload the cargo immediately and put it directly on the truck. We will take it away later." As soon as the ship dropped its anchor, the middle-aged man named Wang immediately ordered.
It's better to go back quickly to avoid a long night of dreams.
"Old Wang! Let the driver transport it to the temporary warehouse first. It's not safe to drive so late." The middle-aged man in the lead hurriedly advised. They also wanted to see what equipment they had.
If there is really something good, they don't mind risking their lives to get a share from above.
"Indeed, Lao Wang."
"It's already past ten o'clock..."
"It won't be the same if we leave tomorrow."
The people next to him were also trying to persuade him, explaining the various pros and cons.
Lao Wang felt a little relieved. He felt that it was really unsafe for the driver to drive so late. These things are very precious and cannot cause any damage.
"Okay, but I advise you not to have any evil ideas, otherwise I won't be afraid of you if you get into trouble."
Lao Wang nodded slowly. Considering safety, he decided to repair it here overnight and let the driver transport it away the next morning.
He is also afraid that if he encounters fatigue driving, the problem will become serious.
"That's right."
When the middle-aged man heard his decision, he immediately beamed.
Then, after more than two hours of unloading, all the wooden boxes on the ship were loaded and unloaded.
They were all transported by truck to a temporary warehouse on the outskirts of Donghai City.
Lao Wang and others followed closely behind.
Accompanying him were several senior experts, all of whom were scientific researchers from Donghai City Research Institute. They rushed over immediately after receiving the news.
They took a list and began to check the equipment on it to prevent it from being tampered with.
Electron transmission mirrors, ion etching machines, molecular beam epitaxy systems, micro ultra-precision combined machine tools... A list of equipment was read out, corresponding to wooden boxes of different sizes.
Many people secretly drooled at the corners of their mouths. They were also born in science, so of course they knew the importance of these machines.
The list of more than a dozen equipment that the expert just read out is basically all equipment that cannot be produced domestically and cannot be purchased even if you have money.
They briefly counted and found that there were more than 300 pieces of equipment, large and small, in total, and there were many pieces of equipment that they couldn't name.
Most likely homemade.
Together, these instruments can set up at least a dozen laboratories!
Lao Wang stood aside, smiling from ear to ear. Only when he saw it with his own eyes did he truly believe that this was not a dream!
At first, when Chen Weidong proposed using giant ships to transport goods, they thought it was making a fuss out of a molehill. At most, they would get a dozen pieces of equipment, which would be a big deal.
However, who would have thought that they would actually evacuate the little devil's research institute!
When an expert read out the name of "five-axis linkage CNC machine tool", several senior executives in Donghai City could no longer sit still.
They looked at each other and immediately surrounded the middle-aged man with a Chinese character.
"Old Wang, you have been busy all night. Come on, let me treat you to dinner!"
"I'm not hungry, you go ahead."
"How can you not be hungry? Don't be polite when you come to our place. Come on, let's go."
"That's right, the hotel is all booked..."
A group of people pulled and pulled him, almost carrying him away. Even if he lost his temper on the spot, the other party would greet him with a smile.
The ship successfully entered the port.
I have to say that they were very lucky. They did not encounter any random inspections by the island country’s customs during the entire journey, and the ship did not encounter any storms on the sea.
Everything is silent.
However, the other ship was not so lucky.
Because they took a different route and set off one day late, they are still floating in the waters of the island nation of Okinawa.
On several occasions, they encountered the US military fleet training in nearby waters. Fortunately, the other party just regarded them as ordinary cargo ships and did not conduct further inspections.
After all, no one would have thought that with so many sensitive things on board, how could the ship deliberately approach the waters near Okinawa?
Who could possibly be so stupid?
The 10,000-ton ship looks spectacular, but if you actually walk on it, you will soon find that it is not as spacious as you imagined.
Usually, in order to load cargo, the main space of the ship will be converted into a cargo warehouse.
The upper deck is also flat. In order to improve utilization, most of the time, cargo is stacked on the deck.
This ship is no exception.
The entire upper deck was filled with wine packed in wooden crates.
These red wines are said to be produced in a place called Yamanashi Prefecture in the island country. They are also nicknamed the Oriental "Bordeaux".
The cargo deck occupies about four-fifths of the entire ship.
On the central axis of the deck, every thirty meters, there is a column about three meters thick, with a long boom pointing forward. This is the lifting equipment on the ship.
It can directly lift large containers weighing tens of tons.
Those heavy machine tools are hidden in the cabin on the bottom floor, which acts as a ballast and allows the ship to run more smoothly when waves come.
As for the main place where the crew stays, it is near the stern of the cargo ship.
It is divided into three floors on the ship and two floors below the ship.
The two lower floors of the ship are the power room and crew living area.
The three floors on the ship are respectively the crew activity room, restaurant and other ancillary facilities.
In addition, there are living areas for shipboard customers and a pilot bridge on the third floor, which is equipped with radar, electronic chart or chart table, and global positioning system.
The driver can use this to monitor the ship's navigation status, such as the ship's position, track and speed, etc.
Belongs to the core area of the ship.
The speed of the cargo ship is not very fast, and its maximum speed is only about twenty knots.
Usually when sailing at sea, in order to save fuel, cargo ships will slow down to a speed of more than ten knots.
They don't have this problem because they carry enough fuel.
The ship has been traveling at full speed at a speed of 28 kilometers per hour.
However, in the boundless sea without any reference, people on the ship will often have an illusion.
That is, mistakenly thinking that the ship is staying in place and not moving.
This can easily make people feel depressed.
It's getting brighter.
They spent another night without any danger.
It has been three days and two nights since the cargo ship left the port in Shimane Prefecture.
"Damn, this group of people should have returned to China, right?" In the control room above the bridge, a young man complained cursingly.
"Look! What is that?!"
The crewman next to him pointed to the electronic chart on the screen and discovered that a small speedboat appeared on it.
Its speed is extremely fast.
Chapter completed!