Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 711 Shipwreck
Early the next morning after the upgrade, Liang En and the others took a plane to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and then boarded a rented salvage ship from the pier.

Because the salvage depth does not exceed 30m, they simply rented a modified ocean-going barge from Mr. Skold as the salvage ship for this time. At the same time, they also rented two underwater robots.

"I thought Mr. Scudder would come this time." Liang En asked after greeting the captain, "I remember he kept saying that he wanted to start an adventure with him, but he seemed to be busy and couldn't find time."

"Ah, that's because our boss is in Florida." The captain said with a smile. "Because he discovered the treasure ship, he plans to go there to experience the fun of finding treasure."

"Well, I should have guessed it." Liang En smiled. For this fellow with a big food addiction, he felt that this approach was quite in line with Scudder's own habits.

As for Liang En not knowing about this information before, it is normal. After all, he once told Elizabeth who was in charge of this matter that all his excavation sites could be opened to Mr. Scold, so it is normal that he did not get prior notice.

Because this ship is mainly used for salvage in the port area, all kinds of equipment on it are very complete. After simply visiting the ship, the ship that has been prepared has already pulled anchor and left the dock.

This time the White Knights team was still led by Louis. Originally, Liang En wanted to call Fan Meng over, but because something happened suddenly in Guatemala and needed a reliable person to take care of it, he had to let Fan Meng go to deal with it.

"Will those outlaws in Guatemala cause danger?" Joan of Arc, who understood the current situation, asked a little nervously as the ship sailed towards the sea.

"Don't worry, the local officials are on our side, and the local people are on our side because of these extrajudicial lunatics oppressing them, so although we are outsiders, we have home court advantage." Liang En said with a smile. "

Although our armed personnel are only half of theirs, the advantage in terms of elite level and equipment is huge, so this time we should be able to easily solve the current problem. "

Because Liang En's salvage work is completely legal, there is no need for any covert activities at all, as long as the boat goes straight to the target location.

Therefore, less than a day after departure, they arrived in this strait located in the northern part of Luzon Island, Philippines, and then directly launched the search.

The U.S. military’s logbook that recorded the submarine cruise back then is very clear, so it was around 7 o’clock that night.They successfully found the target sunken ship.

After all, this ship has more than 4000 tons, and it has only sunk for more than 70 years, so even if it sinks in tropical waters, the overall condition is well preserved.

Of course, the good preservation here refers to the fact that it has not been corroded by particularly strong seawater, not the overall condition of the hull. If you look at the condition of the entire ship purely from the condition of the hull, it can be described as miserable:

The entire ship was broken into three pieces. According to the shooting situation of the underwater robot, this should be caused by the direct tearing of the hull after being hit by a torpedo.
"Even in World War II, this Japanese merchant ship feels a bit too fragile." As a professional soldier, especially a professional who is proficient in underwater demolition, Louis quickly saw the problem of this ship.

"This is quite reasonable. After all, this ship belongs to a batch of ships urgently manufactured by the Japanese during World War II. Those ships were very bad in terms of materials and manufacturing."

After all, the Japanese put all their resources in the military at that time, so like this kind of neglected merchant ship, the raw materials of defective products and low-level workers resulted in a pile of defective products.

Although these defective products do not look much different from those qualified ships, after being attacked, the difference between those high-quality ships and inferior goods can be clearly revealed.

For example, some well-made ships can still survive the hail of bullets after many blows, but if it is a poorly made ship, it is likely to break directly from the keel of the current ship.

"We can use a crane to lift these things from the bottom of the ship directly from the stern. After all, the water depth where the ship sank is only a little over 21m." The captain said after a simple measurement.

At this time, several divers who were going to salvage the two boats came to the surface of the water, and then started the first round of underwater search work in the boats.

Because they had learned diving in the United States before, Liang En and Joan of Arc also put on a whole set of diving equipment to prepare for diving. Of course, unlike other divers, the two white knight security personnel would follow them.

The scenery under the water was completely different from that on the surface. Groups of fish that Liang En could not recognize swam past their eyes, making this ocean full of vitality.

As they continued to dive, the surrounding environment became darker. However, because the environment of this sea area is excellent and the overall transparency is good, when they came to the bottom of the sea, they found that the surrounding brightness was far beyond their imagination.

Even without the need for additional lighting equipment, he can easily see what is sent more than ten meters away, which means that their excavation work will progress much faster than imagined.

Soon, several people came to the side of the damaged cabin, because the whole ship was broken from it, so they went directly to the side of the cargo warehouse to start investigation.

The first thing that appeared in front of him were some wooden boxes. Some of these wooden boxes were still in the hull, but others were scattered around, but it seemed that there were not many of them. Zhongfei is everywhere.

However, most of the remaining wooden boxes seem to be well preserved, but they have been damaged due to long-term immersion in the seabed. After opening the box, a pile of black cuboids the size of soap fell out of it.

"What is this?" Looking at this strange solid, Liang En subconsciously reached out to fish it out, but when he touched it, he found that although the shape of the thing remained the same, it was actually completely rotten like the box.

The same is true for the surrounding boxes. After each box is opened, it contains the same solid block, even the same size. In desperation, they can only search deeper into the cabin.

Thanks to the explosion when the ship sank that year, the bulkheads of many ships have been completely torn, so they can easily check those ship cabins one by one.

However, when they entered the deeper cabins, they found that the situation had not changed. Those cabins were also filled with boxes of this type, but because of the storage inside, the number seemed to be far greater than the number in the damaged warehouse market. More.

"This should be natural rubber, but it's definitely worthless to soak it under the sea for decades." After they ran out of oxygen and I got on the boat on the surface, a sailor looked at the things they fished up and said arrive.

"These things don't have any salvage value, and if that's all there is to this place, I think we should be able to go home soon."

(End of this chapter)