Chapter 1473: Farewell Hannah
In the high-definition camera lens carried by the underwater robot, there is no box full of cui gold and jewels that everyone expects to see.
Appearing on the live screen are two sets of rusty diesel units, and they are relatively advanced medium-speed diesel units during World War II.
Seeing this scene, everyone immediately understood.
This is the engine room of a freighter. No wonder this freighter will sink to the bottom of the sea.
Visually speaking, the engine room is the heart of a ship. No matter any ship, the engine room is bombed with such a huge hole, it is impossible to survive!
After just scanning the live broadcast screen twice, Ye Tian immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said:
"Guys, this is the engine room, not the cargo hold. Obviously it is impossible to store any cargo, let alone a box full of gold and jewels.
You control the underwater robot to check around, pay particular attention to the nameplate on the diesel unit, to see if you can find some key information, such as the name of the ship.
More importantly, you should check whether the door connecting to other cabins is open. If it is open, use the underwater robot to explore it, but don't go too far! "
"Understood, Steven"
Kenny's voice came from the walkie-talkie, listening a bit disappointed.
Next, the orange-red wireless remote-controlled underwater robot taxied out, came to one of the diesel units, and began to explore.
Soon, an almost completely corroded metal nameplate appeared on the big screen TV.
It can be vaguely distinguished from the metal nameplate that the diesel engine manufacturer, production date and other information are engraved in German. The manufacturer is a famous German company.
The moment they saw this German metal nameplate, everyone became more sure that this was the freighter carrying Rommel's treasure!
Unfortunately, the name of the ship is not marked on the metal nameplate, and the name of the freighter is still a mystery!
The situation on the other diesel unit is the same, only the manufacturer of the diesel unit and other information are found, but the name of the freighter is not found!
Subsequently, the underwater robot began to explore other parts of the engine room, trying to find a way to the adjacent cabin.
After seven or eight minutes, the result was returned.
"Steven, we checked the several doors connecting the other cabins, most of them are tightly closed, two of them are open, but the gap is not big. If you manipulate the underwater robot to pass through, you must take some risks!"
"There is no need to take this risk. Anyway, we have to explore later. It might be better to leave a little suspense. In that case, the next exploration will be more interesting.
You maneuver the underwater robot to leave the engine room, exit the ship from the original route, and check other places on the ship to see if there are other damages similar to this hole! "
Ye Tian said through the walkie-talkie, still smiling, without a trace of disappointment.
After exploring the engine room, the orange-red wireless remote-controlled underwater robot retreated along the original road and came out of the ship again.
Immediately afterwards, the orange-red sea spirit glide out, like a smart fish, slowly swimming towards the stern of the freighter.
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In a blink of an eye, more than forty minutes passed.
During this period of time, the palm-sized orange-red wireless remote-controlled underwater robot has roughly surveyed the sinking cargo ship on the seabed!
Near the stern of the freighter, the underwater robot found another hole, which was slightly smaller than the previous one and about one meter in diameter.
Through the high-definition images returned by the underwater robot, Ye Tian gave the same conclusion as before, which was also the result of the mine attack and the main reason for the sinking of the cargo ship.
Next, the underwater robot entered the hole and began to explore the situation inside.
It was a cabin connected to the stern propeller. It was not a cargo hold. There was no cargo in it. It was all mechanical transmission equipment, which was already rusty!
Like the previous engine room, in that cabin, the underwater robot did not find a chance to go to other cabins, and retreated from the same way.
After exploring the side of the hull, the underwater robot began to explore the main deck and ship building of the freighter. As for the other side of the hull, it was temporarily unable to explore because it capsized on the sandy bottom of the sea.
If you want to explore the situation on the other side of the hull, you can only straighten the hull, and then use underwater robots to investigate. That is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, and Ye Tian didn't plan to do that!
For him, as long as he dives deep into this seabed and is close to the freighter, the situation on the other side of the freighter will be clear at a glance, with a panoramic view!
Besides, he came from the gold and jewels in the sunken ship, not from the sunken ship itself.
Perhaps the Germans are more interested in salvaging the sunken ship completely, but Ye Tian didn't plan to take that effort!
On the messy main deck of the freighter, the underwater robot found a few damaged wooden boxes still covered by rope nets, scattered in the corners of the deck, and did not fall into the seabed.
The remaining text on the wooden boxes indicated that the goods contained in them were either gum arabic or olives, and they were all specialties of North Africa.
Although those boxes were not filled with gold and jewels, people were even more sure that this was the freighter carrying Rommel's treasure!
The reason is very simple. Those boxes containing gum arabic and olives are just a cover for people. How can boxes full of gold and jewels be stacked on the main deck?
Next, the underwater robot entered the ship building again and began to investigate the situation inside the ship building.
In the ship building, in addition to various mechanical equipment, communication tools, and messy furniture, there are only a few dead bodies that are still struggling desperately to death.
Needless to say, they are all crew members on this freighter, and most likely they are German soldiers who disguised themselves as sailors and escorted the treasure for their commander Rommel!
When this freighter was hit by mines one after another and began to sink in water, they either had no time to escape or had no chance to escape, so they could only follow this freighter to Huangquan!
As for the Rommel treasure that they secretly transported, it naturally sank on this seabed and completely disappeared from the world, becoming one of the most famous treasures of World War II until today!
During the investigation, on the wall of a corridor in the ship building, the underwater robot found a line of German characters carved with a sharp tool, which read ‘Farewell, Hannah, love you Fred forever! ‘
That line of German is very sloppy and hasty, barely recognizable, but sincere and heartbreaking to look at!
The appearance of these crew members, or the remains of German soldiers, in the cargo ship building caused a huge sensation on the live broadcast.
And that line of greetings written in German and saying goodbye to the lover made countless people on the live broadcaster shed tears, sighing, and very moved!
In just a few minutes, the German government responded.
Through David, who was in New York, they quickly contacted Ye Tian, hoping that he would protect the corpses of the dead in a humanitarian spirit and not cause secondary harm!
The Germans even made a request, hoping to send people to participate in the next seabed exploration operation to witness and supervise the entire process of the exploration operation!
They speak very nicely, saying that they are in the spirit of humanitarianism and safeguarding the dignity of the dead, but the real purpose is probably more than that. You can guess it with the soles of your feet!
Ye Tian agreed to the German's request to protect the body of the dead.
In front of the camera lens and in front of countless live audiences, some superficial work is still necessary, so as not to attract criticism!
He told the Germans very clearly that in the next exploration, he would tell all those involved in the exploration and salvage to protect the corpses of the dead and give them due respect!
As for the request of the Germans to participate in the exploratory operation, he didn't even think about it, and unceremoniously rejected the other party, leaving no room at all!
Except for the remains of the crew, some debris, and a few rusty guns, the underwater robot found nothing else in the ship building.
This situation had been expected, and Ye Tian was not surprised.
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When the underwater robot had explored the ship building and was about to enter the ship cabin through an open door, Ye Tian suddenly picked up the intercom and said:
"Guys, there is no need to enter the cabin. After all, it is under the sea. The transmission distance of wireless remote control signals is limited, and the situation in the cabin is complicated. I am worried that the underwater robot will get lost in the depths of the cabin!
So far, the exploration mission of the underwater robot has been completed very well. You control the wireless remote control underwater robot to exit the freighter, check the surrounding situation, and then take it back.
Next, we and the live broadcast team will take a small sightseeing submarine into the sea, observe and explore the freighter at close range, and prepare for the exploration and salvage operations that will begin later.
"Understood, Steven, we will withdraw from the freighter now!"
As soon as Kenny's words fell, the orange-red underwater robot began to adjust its posture, ready to exit the ship building!
