Chapter 1571

The workers on the ship were all old hands, especially on this ship, they were all specially picked by him, he was still quite at ease.

Lying down in the rest cabin could also be relaxed, it was just that the sound of the machine was inevitably a bit loud, this was also no way, he had long been used to it.

The work of sailing the ship was handed over to others, and he was also relaxed, just need to manage it. Now the fishing boat was still sailing, he could sleep early and get up early, see when to cast the net tomorrow, and where it is more appropriate to cast the net.

After waking up in the morning, the color of the sea water also turned into a deep indigo blue.

Occasionally, a few sea birds would hover over the fleet, waiting for an opportunity to prey on the small fish stirred up by the propeller.

Ye Yaodong stood on the deck stretching, the eastern horizon just turned fish-belly white, the edge of the gray-blue cloud layer had been dyed with a faint orange-red, like a burning thin line, slowly cutting the ink-colored sea water and the lead-gray sky apart.

There were already ship workers getting up underneath, busy there, and he also went down to help direct and guide.

After all, except for individual retired soldiers, other ship workers were coming to the deep sea for the first time, lacking experience, and the things that needed to be checked also had to be followed up by him.

Some retired soldiers also didn't have that much experience, after all, the focus of learning on the warship was different.

The sailing along the way had to be taught by him, while instructing, and assisted by some retired soldiers who were experienced and knew more about the machinery on the ship.

Before arriving at the destination, the ship workers also had many jobs to prepare in advance, such as auxiliary equipment debugging.

The net lifting machine needs to run at no load for 30 minutes to check the hydraulic system pressure.

The net arranging machine needs to adjust the roller spacing to 15cm to ensure that the net clothing can be separated smoothly.

The deck also needs to check the lubrication of the cable guide pulley, and add lubricating grease every 4 hours.

Every 2 hours, also need to use a sextant to measure celestial positioning, and drop drifting floats at key turning points (123°45' East Longitude) to mark the ocean current.

Ye Yaodong was busy checking everywhere as soon as he got up, leading the workers who changed shifts, and teaching them these things.

After teaching, he went to the cockpit to contact other fishing boats, asking if they had checked these things in place.

He also arranged corresponding people on other fishing boats, starting from the second half of the year before last, he had sent people to specialized seaman training institutions to learn one after another.

Before setting off, they had already practiced once, talked about corresponding matters, and there was no big problem. When fishing in the near sea, some were also must-do.

It was just that now going to the deep sea, he was relatively worried, and wanted to exhort a few more words.

His biggest regret was that there was no walkie-talkie in his hand, which was very inconvenient. Two or three thousand was not a problem for him.

It was mainly that there were few relay stations at sea in this era, such as ship base stations or coastal stations.

Shortwave radio (HF) was still the main communication method for ocean-going ships, because it can cross thousands of kilometers, it is an important way for contact and rescue, it was just that the equipment was bulky and the operation was complicated.

Satellite communication was still in the initial stage, belonging to military or high-end commercial use, and almost invisible in the ordinary market.

He was too advanced, could only make do first, use whatever there is, as long as it can contact and receive the radio.

Ye Yaodong waited until he finished this busy work, received reports from several ships, and then felt relieved to go down for breakfast.

"Boss, you know so much..."

"Boss, where did you learn it?"

Some retired soldiers asked curiously.

Ye Yaodong talked nonsense casually, "Went to a training class, understood some, and stayed in the shipyard for a period of time, knew the principles of these machines, and matters needing attention during sailing. When the shipyard delivers goods, it will also teach how to use it, what matters need attention, all have to follow simple learning and judgment, otherwise who will repair it at sea?"

"I said so... really amazing, really admire you, heard a lot of your legendary stories in these few months..."

"Haha, our Brother Dong has many stories, awesome, he is the first person in our whole village, leading our whole village to get rich."

"More than just the first person in the whole village, no one's reputation is as loud as Brother Dong's, it has long been spread everywhere."

"Our whole village's life is so good now, all thanks to Adong."

Everyone said one sentence after another, and the broken Mandarin did not affect their communication at all.

There were actually not that many retired soldiers on the ship, distributed on 6 ships on average, including the fresh-fish collection boat, there were 5 people on one ship, and the remaining dozen or so were fishermen from their own village.

Everyone had seen those retired soldiers in the factory who were physically disabled or not that healthy, and they all admired them, got along harmoniously, and could also exchange customs from various places.

In fact, it was also because Ye Yaodong started well, got along with everyone, everyone got along harmoniously, after all, they were all from the same village, and everyone shared honor and disgrace.

Also, there was an exhortation in advance, these retired soldiers were related to the development of his processing plant, everyone must get along peacefully and communicate friendly.

Naturally, when communicating with these people, they were also lenient.

Someone asked: "Where are we now? When can we arrive at the location, can't we fish here?"

Ye Yaodong replied: "Already about to enter the second turning point, Kuroshio branch, measure the water temperature and see."

As soon as he said it, someone moved immediately.

After a while, a worker came out with a thermometer and said: "The water temperature is two degrees higher than yesterday."

"That means we have arrived."

The Kuroshio branch is a warm current from the equator, an important channel for migratory fish in East Asia, and also a "golden waterway" for the East China Sea fishing ground, fish schools often move north with the warm current, forming dense fishing seasons.

Zhoushan is one of the four major fishing grounds, and there is also a part of this reason.

He planned to cast a net at the intersection of ocean currents to see, other places were not suitable for casting nets.

Because the Kuroshio branch passes through the edge of the continental shelf, some areas have steep sea bottoms and dense reefs, trawl nets are easy to hang and damage.

This is also the information obtained in the previous life.

Someone asked: "Last night said to look at whether to cast a net today, then are we going to cast a net? Is it suitable to put a net here?"

Ye Yaodong was about to speak, but noticed a few silver-gray shadows flashing in the waves at the stern.

Others also saw it.

"Eh?"

"What is that?"

"Big fish, don't know what big fish?"

"Triggerfish." A few people said in unison.

"So many..."

Several bonito were chasing the vortex stirred up by the fishing boat, occasionally jumping out of the water, revealing their streamlined bodies.

Suddenly, one of the bonito twisted violently, as if it had been grabbed by something, immediately after, the water surface exploded into a spray, and a swordfish nearly two meters long broke through the water.

Its sharp upper jaw was like a sharp sword, shining with a cold metallic luster in the sun, it shook its head and bit the prey, splashing water refracted a rainbow-like light in the sun.

Ye Yaodong whistled, "The guys in the deep sea are really fierce enough!"

"Swordfish!"

"Mom, just went out to sea and encountered it, that sharp tip is really awesome!"

"Do we want to sail faster to avoid it? Don't let this fish pierce our ship."

"Think too much, it won't attack the fishing boat for no reason." Said the retired soldier who served as the chief engineer.

Everyone couldn't care about eating at this time, all holding rice bowls staring forward, pointing with chopsticks at the stern, pointing and pointing.

The swordfish bit the prey, staining the surrounding sea water scarlet, but after a while, it was washed away by the sea water without a trace.

Other bonito had long sunk into the water without a trace.

The swordfish swallowed the prey, its body stretched violently like a spring, its sword-like upper jaw split the waves, and its silver-blue back loomed.

The upper jaw nearly two meters long drew a fleeting white line on the sea surface, and disappeared into the deep sea in a blink of an eye.

But the moment it sped away, the sea water at the stern suddenly churned violently.

Several blue-gray dorsal fins cut through the water surface, like sharp blades traveling on the water surface.

"Tiger shark!" Old Xiao took a deep breath and pointed at the stern and shouted.

Others also exclaimed, "Damn, big shark!"

"Tiger shark!"

"My goodness..."

"This one left a big one, and a group of bigger ones came..."

Three huge tiger sharks were circling the stern, each more than four meters long.

Their rough skin was covered with unique black stripes, looking particularly ferocious in the sun.

The most eye-catching is their blood basin mouth that opened, the upper and lower jaws were covered with serrated triangular sharp teeth, each one shining with cold light like a sharp dagger.

One of the largest suddenly accelerated and rushed to the stern, turning around violently when it was about to hit the propeller, revealing its snow-white belly.

The other two dived under the water, their dark figures looming in the deep blue sea water, occasionally revealing their tail fins to slap the water surface, splashing large waves.

Ye Yaodong also stared at the stern, "They should have been attracted by the bloody smell just now."

Or they were originally active with this group of sharks.

They like to follow the tail of whales and sharks, forming a collective swimming method, which can be regarded as a symbiotic relationship.

Because bonito will eat larger food in the sea water first, and the rest will be swallowed by whales and sharks.

Old Xiao also said: "Those triggers just now were attracted by the small fish stirred up by the propeller."

"Right, eat quickly, after eating, find a place to cast a net, this Kuroshio branch is at the intersection of ocean currents, there are plenty of goods."

"Alright."

Everyone responded, but their eyes were staring straight at the stern, the rice in the bowl was swallowed dry, and there was no need to match it.

"Wow..."

Just at this time, a tiger shark suddenly jumped out of the water, drawing a perfect arc in the air.

Its body covered with patterns was completely exposed to the sun, and when its weight of half a ton smashed back to the sea surface, the splashing water even splashed onto the deck.

This jump full of power seemed to be showing them its dominant position in this sea area.

"Damn..."

Everyone was holding the bowl, hurriedly turned their backs, and their backs were splashed wet by a large piece of water.

There were still sea wave foam left on the deck.

"Damn, the whole body is wet..."

Those who were close were drowned rats from head to toe, and those who stood further away were about the same, the whole back was wet.

Fortunately, everyone was wearing one-piece raincoats and rain boots, and the clever ones turned their backs and put the hat on their heads.

"Damn, one after another..."

"There must be many fish here, so many big fish are concentrated here to eat."

"Look look look, a big vortex over there, it must be the shark just now eating..."

Ye Yaodong took off the hat on his head and also saw the vortex on the sea not far away.

They just came out and encountered so many big guys, in the past, they might not necessarily encounter one in ten days or half a month in the near sea, all have to rely on luck, and look at the season.

"Eat quickly, I'll go notify other fishing boats, find a point to disperse, and cast a net to see."

While urging everyone, he also finished the remaining rice in his bowl, put the bowl aside, and hurriedly went up to the wheelhouse.

Chen Shi was excited, "Brother Dong, did you see it just now, such a big shark jumped up and smashed to the water surface, if the swordfish just now ran a step late, it would have had a fierce fight."

"All looking, just eating, saw it clearly. You go to eat, I'll watch here, after eating, go to sleep, Old Xiao will naturally come over when it's time to change shifts."

"Fine, then I'll leave it to you."

It just so happened that he also wanted to go down to communicate with others, about the several fish schools encountered one after another just now.

Ye Yaodong stood in the cockpit of "Ocean-going No. 1", his fingers moving slowly on the radar display.

The temperature front formed by the intersection of the Kuroshio branch and the coastal cold current presents a clear blue-green dividing line on the screen.

He took the loudspeaker and walked out of the cabin, "Old Xiao, release the CTD detector."

This is a water quality detector.

"Received!"

Old Xiao immediately directed the crew to put the cylindrical hydrological detector into the sea. A few minutes later, a set of numbers jumped out on the data display screen.

After Ye Yaodong saw it, he called up the scanning image of the fish finder.

On the screen, dense red dots in the mid-layer water area show that a large number of fish schools are gathered here, densely packed and countless, occupying the entire screen.

He was also a little excited after seeing it, resources are really rich in this era.

If it were in the previous life, wanting to find fish schools would have to be detected while sailing, maybe it is also possible that this place is the intersection of ocean currents.

But wanting to keep fishing at this intersection won't work, the risk is too great, it is very likely to encounter ocean current mutation.

Sometimes the Kuroshio flow rate can reach 2-3 knots, sudden acceleration may lead to net deformation, net mouth closure, or steel cable breakage, this needs to maintain 200-ton tensile strength.

It is also possible to encounter submarine canyons, sudden depth changes, these are all great risks.

It is fine to fish a net appropriately and leave, can't be too greedy, there are plenty of goods in other places in this era.

Ye Yaodong contacted other fishing boats, explained briefly, and wanted to drag a net at this intersection of ocean currents, letting them disperse, detect and cast nets respectively.

The specifications of the instruments of several fishing boats are about the same, mostly imported, the earliest two might be worse, but basic instruments are all there, everyone also has experience, knowing what to do.

He just needs to notify them in place.

After several fishing boats received the information, they immediately changed their formation, dispersed, and detected respectively.

Ye Yaodong stared at the scanning image of the fish finder, adjusted the gain knob, the image immediately became clear, the fish schools were distributed in the 50-80 meter water layer, with a thickness of about 30 meters.

He pressed the alarm button on the console, and the short whistle sounded through the entire fleet.

"Prepare to cast the net."

The deck was immediately busy, and the crew were in their places like well-trained soldiers.

Some checked every knot of the trawl net, tested the pressure gauge of the hydraulic winch, and the chief engineer monitored the main engine speed.

After Ye Yaodong waited for everything to be ready, adjusted the sailing speed of the fishing boat, and gave an order with a loudspeaker.

"Release the net!"

The hydraulic crane arm at the stern slowly sent the huge trawl net into the sea.

The steel sinkers on both sides of the net mouth were like a string of huge prayer beads, making a dull "thump" sound when entering the water.

The orange floats immediately entered the water, rising and falling in the waves.

Ye Yaodong stared at the net position instrument, watching the fishing net slowly sink to the predetermined depth.

The steel cable on the winch was continuously released, and the counter showed that 280 meters had been released.

"Net position is normal, start dragging the net!"

He moved forward slowly at a speed of 3 knots, the roar of the main engine was low and powerful, and the wake stirred up by the propeller drew a white track on the deep blue sea surface.

Fishing boats don't need to do anything during the normal dragging process, just pay attention to observing the dashboard, monitor the net position instrument data in real time, and maintain the net mouth height at the target fish school distribution layer ±5m.

Also need to pay attention to the tension sensor, if the steel cable force exceeds 80% of the breaking strength, adjust immediately.

When encountering strong currents, increase the weight of the sinker, shorten the length of the drag cable, and maintain the bottom-sticking degree of the net gear.

When the fish school floats up, adjust the net mouth angle by adjusting the floats.

This cockpit of his is a bunch of exquisite instruments, a bunch of display screens and data are jumping non-stop, very complicated, people who don't understand will only feel confused when they come in.

It is not just that you have to stare at these instruments, you also have to rely on experience, adjust the sinking depth of the net gear according to the Kuroshio flow rate, and ensure that the net mouth is fully opened.

But this period of dragging the net can also be considered leisurely, Ye Yaodong checked the time in advance, it was only 6 o'clock in the morning, he expected to lift the net after 9 o'clock.

Three hours of operation is about enough.

Sleep early and get up early, he got up after 4 o'clock this morning, although the weather in May is warm, it is still cool in the morning and evening, especially at sea, he is still wearing a sweater and a thin coat, and will only take it off when the sun hangs high in the sky.

Except for those who still have to watch the post, other workers have gone to rest first.

When lifting the net, there will still be a lot of work.

Basically working 24 hours a day on the ship, everyone is resting in the gaps, very hard, it is just that they just came out, and their spirits are very good.

After Old Xiao finished the work on the deck and came up, Ye Yaodong asked him to watch for a while, and he took binoculars and stood on the deck, planning to look around.

Large marine life will appear on the sea surface from time to time, some flashing past, flashing away; some sinking and floating, looming; more often, you can see the shadows of fish schools in the upper layer just emerging, and sea birds dive down.

The stern is even more so, all the way there are sea birds following behind the fishing boat to prey on small fish stirred up by the propeller, eating free buffet.

After eating and drinking enough, they will land on the deck, ship's side to rest, or take a free ride.

Even a few sea birds flew to his side, they landed lightly on the teak railing at his hand.

These sea birds are really not afraid of people at all, he didn't wave his hand to drive them away, they just stayed on top.

There is a most conspicuous black-footed albatross at hand, a giant sea bird with wings spread nearly two meters, feathers snow-white, only the wing tips are pitch black.

It landed on the railing with its wings closed, looking not very big, it was just that the wings were big.

It was using its orange-red webbed feet to tidy up its feathers, the feather tips were still hanging with salt frost, the ring-shaped scales on the ankles were clearly visible, and it was also stained with some fish mucus.

There were also a few gray-brown sea birds the size of pigeons that he didn't recognize, with white foreheads as if they were smeared with lime.

After Ye Yaodong looked around curiously, he continued to look at the distant sea.

But when he turned the binoculars, the nearest albatross suddenly spread its giant wings, stepped on the railing at the moment of taking off, leaving three claw marks with sea fishy smell, and a large pile of bird droppings...

Some also fell on his arm...

"Damn... you bastard..."

"Ate mine, still want to return it to me..."

Ye Yaodong scolded, originally they didn't offend each other, but it had to leave a big pile for him after leaving.

He walked into the cabin and asked for a newspaper, wiped it messily first, just pulled it moist, and it was easy to wipe.

"What's wrong?"

"An albatross, left a pile of shit for me, fortunately it is a lucky bird."

"Haha..."

"Don't laugh, look at your display screen."

After Ye Yaodong wiped his body clean, he threw the newspaper into the sea casually.

After three hours, he looked at his watch, the time was about right, and he notified with a loudspeaker: "Prepare to lift the net!"

The ship workers moved one after another.

And the winch also began to roar, and the steel cable was collected inch by inch.

As the trawl net gradually approached the water surface, the sea surface began to churn with white waves.

Suddenly, a large piece of silver light emerged from under the water, this is the fish cargo in the net.

"Exploded net!" Ye Yaodong looked at the underwater happily.

Old Xiao also said excitedly: "Not bad, this net must have fifty or sixty thousand jin."

"Said less comrade, definitely more!" Ye Yaodong looked at the fishing net gradually floating up happily.

When the trawl net was completely exposed to the water surface, the scene was spectacular, thousands of blue-spotted mackerel were jumping wildly in the net, and the silver-blue back was shining in the sun.

A large number of triggerfish were flapping the net clothing with powerful tail fins, and the bottom layer was schools of sea bream, the red scales were as dazzling as gems.

"Damn, this net is amazing..."

"This net must be more than ten bags?"

"Awesome, really fish full hold..."

The crane lifted the fish cargo in the fishing net to the operation area of the ship's deck for sorting fish cargo, with about 5000 jin per bag, one by one, the cargo in the net was put down.

Ye Yaodong personally went into battle to direct, "Quick! Sort and load into the hold!"

The workers all stood in the operation area for sorting fish cargo, and a large bag of cargo fell on the sorting table, one bag after another.

"This net has many mackerel and triggerfish..."

"Squid are also many, it's just that compared to these, the individual size is small, this is valuable..."

"Mackerel is also valuable..."

"That sea bream is also valuable, and these shrimp are also not bad..."

Just the first net out to sea, everyone was very energetic, and they were all very willing to chat, happily sorting while chatting, checking the freshness and quality of the fish, and removing any miscellaneous items or small fish that were not needed.

Ye Yaodong thought to himself, it won't take a week, after two or three days, everyone will be numb, and there will be no desire to speak, only burying their heads in hard work.

He counted how many bags of cargo fell while directing, generally the estimated weight is also calculated like this, see how many bags of cargo know how heavy it is.

?? Writing marine plots is really brain-consuming, recently flipping through materials, organizing plot arrangements, maybe updates have to be in the early morning, everyone don't wait,

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