Chapter 1191

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Rongcheng Military District had set up a marine exploration company in the Bermuda Triangle to facilitate the exploration of N780 metal. This time, they had contacted the Ocean Exploration Company about renting a marine helicopter, and they had managed to rent a marine helicopter.

However, when Shi Lei saw the marine helicopter rented by the Rongcheng Military District marine exploration company at the beach, he was instantly dumbfounded!

"What the f * ck, Shi An, is this the marine helicopter you rented? Are you kidding me? "Shi Lei pointed at an old and outdated helicopter and questioned Shi An loudly.

This so-called marine helicopter looked very old. Even some of the paint on the body had fallen off. It looked like a plane with "vitiligo".

The first impression this old and outdated marine helicopter gave people was, "Can this thing fly?"

As for the second impression?

It was probably, "Don't even think about letting me sit on this thing!"

Shi An was also very depressed. He also wanted to sit on this marine helicopter, not Shi Lei alone.

"What's going on?" Shi An asked the person in charge of the marine exploration company, who was also the overseas personnel of Rongcheng Military District.

This overseas personnel looked about 95 years old. No one knew his real name. Everyone called him John, a very common and common name.

John said calmly, "Commander Shi, Major Shek, because our operation is top secret, in order to prevent information about our location from being leaked, we can only rent an old helicopter without advanced electronic equipment. This way, we can prevent the possibility of a secret positioning system inside the helicopter, which could leak information about our operation location. "

Shi Lei glanced at John and snorted. "Top secret? In order to keep it a secret, you want us to risk our lives? "

John's tone was still calm as he said, "Major Shek, this is an order from the headquarters. I'm just following orders."

"Haha, don't talk about the orders from Rongcheng Military District Headquarters! He Zhenbang, Commander He, it's not like I don't know him. Rongcheng Military District has orders to keep it a secret, but the specific implementation plan should be carried out by you, right? I'm afraid you came up with such a lousy idea just to save trouble, right? "Shi Lei retorted mercilessly.

Shi An walked to Hardedef's side and whispered into his ear, "Hardedef, this Major Shek is close to Commander He's daughter right now."

Hardedef was also a smart person. How could he not understand Shi An's meaning? Hardedef's expression changed slightly as he looked at Shi Lei with a hint of fear and respect.

"Major Shek, I'm very sorry. This is our negligence. Give us another day, and we will definitely prepare a suitable helicopter," John promised.

Shi Lei shook his head and rejected John's suggestion. "Forget it, I don't have time to waste on you! Let's use this helicopter then! However, seven Steel-class aircraft were arranged to accompany them. All steel ships will be equipped with external fuel tanks. "

The first-generation Steel-class aircraft had external fuel tanks, which could increase the flight range of the Steel-class aircraft through the external fuel tanks. However, the external fuel tanks would block the space below the cabin and interfere with the first-generation Steel-class aircraft's detection radar. This would make it impossible for the first-generation Steel-class aircraft to accurately detect the N780 metal.

However, Shi Lei chose the first-generation Steel-class aircraft to accompany them because he didn't need the first-generation Steel-class aircraft's detection function. Instead, he wanted the first-generation Steel-class aircraft to be able to bring them back in case the helicopter malfunctioned.

"No problem. I'll deal with this immediately," Hardedef said resolutely. He immediately took out his phone and arranged for the relevant personnel to deal with it.

"Oh right, prepare two safety ropes for each of us as well," Shi Lei added.

Shi An already understood Shi Lei's meaning. Shi An smiled bitterly and said, "Shi Lei, can the Steel-class aircraft carry us?"

Shi Lei glanced at Shi An and made a cold joke. "With my standard figure, of course, there won't be a problem. As for you? I'm afraid you're a little fat, right? "

Shi An wasn't fat at all. He was just a little strong!

"Hmph!" Shi An snorted. He knew that Shi Lei didn't mean any harm and was just joking.

In less than 75 minutes, the seven first-generation Steel-class aircraft were ready. Shi Lei, Shi An, and five elite soldiers from Rongcheng Military District boarded the helicopter together.

Shi An personally piloted the helicopter. According to Shi An's boast, he was very experienced in piloting helicopters and could deal with many kinds of emergencies.

The moment the old helicopter started, Shi Lei's toes tightened. He didn't wear a seat belt and was ready to jump off at any time. However, this old helicopter worked very hard to start up. Shi An tried the basic controls and found that this old helicopter's control performance was not bad.

"Shi Lei, you're in charge of navigation!" Shi An looked at Shi Lei and said.

The old helicopter didn't have any advanced electronic equipment. It didn't even have a navigation system!

Shi Lei smiled helplessly. Fortunately, there were seven first-generation Steel-class aircraft around the old helicopter. Without the Steel-class aircraft, Shi Lei wouldn't be able to connect to the network at all. How would he be in charge of navigation?

"Captain Shi, follow the Steel-class aircraft!" Shi Lei sat in the co-pilot's seat of the helicopter. He opened the window glass, stretched out his hand, and made a series of movements towards the first-generation Steel-class aircraft.

The Steel-class aircraft in front of the old helicopter immediately started flying. Shi An quickly chased after it. However, due to limited performance, the old helicopter couldn't catch up with the first-generation Steel-class aircraft!

The cruising speed of the first-generation Steel-class aircraft was only 775 kilometers per hour!

Shi Lei smiled bitterly. A manned helicopter flying at a speed of less than 775 kilometers per hour was really too strange. It was worthy of being called an old piece of junk!

After nearly four hours of flight time, at 7: 72 p.m. in the Bermuda Triangle area, the old maritime helicopter stopped at the helipad of the scientific research ship.

The journey could be said to have been more daunting than dangerous!

Shi Lei secretly swore that next time, he would rather take the first-generation Steel-class aircraft with external seats than take this kind of helicopter that should have entered the scrapyard.

It was simply torture!

The research ship borrowed by Rongcheng Military District from the Qincheng Naval Base looked very good. The length of the hull was at least 05 meters, and the width should be more than 60 meters.

A ship of this size could at least sail safely in a level 65 typhoon!

After Shi Lei and Shi An got off the ship, a man who looked to be in his forties came up to them and said, "Hello, Comrade Shi An, Comrade Shi Lei, I am Qian Muliang, the captain of the Dragon Seeking Scientific Research Ship."

Hearing the name of the captain of the scientific research ship, Shi Lei almost laughed on the spot!

In this era, the word "Mu" had not yet been blackened to have the same meaning as the word "Wu". "Muliang" was originally a good name, but if the word "Mu" was blackened to have the same meaning as the word "Wu", then "Muliang" would become "Wuliang". It would be a tragedy!

"Hello, Captain Qian!" Shi An said politely.

Shi Lei said with a teasing tone that only he understood, "Hello, Captain Muliang!"

Qian Muliang thought that Shi Lei was expressing goodwill, so he smiled and nodded at Shi Lei in response to his kindness.

Standing next to Qian Muliang was a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man did not smile and looked serious, giving people a feeling of rigidity.

However, Shi Lei knew this rigid middle-aged man!

"Hehe, Professor Jin, why are you here?" Shi Lei greeted him with a smile.

This middle-aged man was an expert in mechanical structures and mechanical shock absorption from Rongcheng Military District. Back then, when Shi Lei and Rongcheng Military District cooperated to develop the first generation of The First Light, Professor Jin Da was an expert sent by Rongcheng Military District to provide support.

Jin Da squeezed out an ugly smile. "Shi Lei, I will cooperate with your work. The submarines prepared by Guqin City Naval Base are not very complete. If something unexpected happens, I might be able to help. "

"I see!" Shi Lei said with a smile. "Thank you, Professor Jin! If we really find what we need, Professor Jin will benefit a lot! "

Jin Da shook his head indifferently, indicating that he did not care.

Shi An finally chimed in, "Shi Lei, when are we going to start probing?"

"Commander Shi, do you have to be so anxious? I was so scared on that broken helicopter that I didn't even have lunch! "Shi Lei pretended to complain." Let's have lunch first, then we can start the exploration! "

Shi An smiled. "Okay, okay, okay!" As he spoke, Shi An looked at Captain Qian Muliang. "Captain Qian, arrange for the staff to prepare lunch for the seven of us."

Qian Muliang nodded. "No problem!"

Shi Lei and Jin Da exchanged some questions. He deliberately said that he wanted to have lunch. In fact, he did not really want to have lunch. Instead, he ordered the first-generation Steel Cruiser to explore the surrounding waters to find the exact location of the N780 metal.

Although the first-generation Steel Cruiser carried an external fuel tank assembly, the range and accuracy of the exploration were greatly suppressed. However, they had already found the approximate location of the N780 metal before. Now, they only needed to review it once. There was no need to blindly search for it like looking for a needle in a haystack.

While communicating with Jin Da, Shi Lei used his mobile phone to search and enter the intranet of the scientific research ship. Then, he broke through the intranet's defense and connected to the external Internet, restoring his contact with Izur.

About ten minutes later, a simple lunch at sea was ready. There were some mashed potatoes, some sea fish, and a plate of fried bean sprouts. While sailing at sea, bean sprouts were the most ideal food to avoid the occurrence of sepsis.

Shi Lei had just eaten a few mouthfuls when his mobile phone received a message from Izur.

'The existence of the N780 metal has been confirmed. The specific location has been confirmed. The specific latitude and longitude coordinates are as follows.' Izur sent the detailed information.

Shi Lei looked at the latitude and longitude coordinates sent by Izur. He could not help but frown. These latitude and longitude coordinates seemed to be in the Puerto Rican Trench.

Could it be that the N780 metal had really been brought into the trench?

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