Chapter 1025 United States?
Cold sweat flowed down Ma Gang's back inch by inch, soon completely soaking his Dacron shirt.
He was the director of the Shipping Bureau and he immediately realized that the Dongfuyu 093 fishing boat must have met with an accident!
Generally speaking, the radio communications on any ship are online. This is mandatory to prevent losing contact with other ships, ports, stations, and the ground.
In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, the Dongfuyu 093 fishing boat should have heard the radio within a few seconds and quickly reported back to Director Ma according to the frequency!
But no!
No sound at all!
Even when the radio was communicating, there was no special rustling sound of electric current!
This means that no one responded to the Dongfuyu 093 fishing boat.
There is only one possibility, that there is no one on duty in the captain's room of the Dongfuyu fishing boat at this moment.
This is absolutely unlikely to happen in the fishing industry!
Because according to my country's ship crew duty rules, the captain, second mate and third mate must take turns on duty 24 hours a day, and there must be someone in the captain's room 24 hours a day to ensure the safe operation of the ship and respond to emergencies.
What happened on the Dongfu Fishing Boat that caused the captain to be off duty?
Ma Gang was not giving up yet. He thought that the captain of the Dongfu Fishing Boat must be unable to report for work, so he showed great patience and stood by the car and called continuously.
It lasted for half an hour!
During this period, the faces of Secretary Wu Weibing and County Magistrate Jiang Yi became increasingly gloomy.
As time went by, the two men were almost certain that something related to the Norwalk virus must have happened on the Dongfu Fishing Boat, and that it was probably facing an extremely dangerous situation.
After Wang Huaijun got off the boat and went home, he brought such a great disaster to the Shipping Bureau dormitory that it almost brought the entire Dongshan County to a standstill!
If everyone on this boat gets off...
No, you shouldn’t say if now!
The people on this ship will definitely go ashore!
As soon as this thought came to mind, Wu Weibing and Jiang Yi could no longer stand. They paced in front of the car, waiting for a reply from the radio, their faces and expressions filled with anxiety.
However, Li Xiangnan was not idle either. Taking advantage of the conversation, he paced in front of the docked Dongfu Fishing Boat, observing the situation of the ship.
Under normal circumstances, most of the fishing boats at these docks in Dongshan County are collectively owned, with a tonnage of 40 to 50 tons, and smaller ones are around 20 tons.
Ships like the Dongfu Fishing Boat are considered quite large. At first glance, there are only three or four of them in the harbor, making them very eye-catching.
I just heard from Ma Gang that Dongfu Yu is a partnership between Wang Huaijun and someone else, and it is affiliated with a unit under the Shipping Bureau.
Considering that Wang Huaijun has a father who is the head of the Propaganda Department of the Shipping Bureau, Li Xiangnan guessed that the ship was most likely his own.
Although fishing boats of this tonnage do not exceed 500 tons, their 300-ton size allows them to sail far enough than ordinary small fishing boats.
Could it be that they encountered something at sea? Did they come into contact with foreigners from the other side of the ocean?
Li Xiangnan shook his head, feeling that what he was thinking was a little unbelievable.
"Dr. Li!"
Suddenly a voice came from behind. Li Xiangnan turned around and saw that Ma Gang had put down the radio and was standing beside the car, at a loss. Secretary Wu was talking to him, and the two were talking in quite heated words.
County Magistrate Jiang Yi stood behind him, wiping his sweat.
"County Magistrate Jiang! What's wrong? Haven't contacted you yet?"
Jiang Yi shook his head and said worriedly, "Something must have happened on the ship! Doctor Li, what should we do now? It's too risky to go on board directly!"
Li Xiangnan turned his head and looked up at the medium-sized fishing boat that was much taller than the dock. It looked like a huge monster. He agreed with it. He retracted his gaze and stepped forward to comfort her, "Let's go. We can't afford to waste time now!"
"Okay!" Jiang Yi nodded quickly, ran over and shouted, "Secretary Wu! Director Ma, Doctor Li is here!"
The two of them looked at each other, stamped their feet anxiously, and gathered around.
"Doctor Li, this ship does not belong to the Shipping Bureau. Last year, the dock was expanded and they could not pay the wages of the engineering team, so they mortgaged the ship to Ji Liancun of the engineering team!" Guard Wu said quickly when he saw him coming.
Li Xiangnan nodded: "In other words, Ji Liancun later found Wang Huaijun, and the two of them pulled up the Dongfu Fishing Boat and went out to sea to fish?"
"That's about it!" Ma Gang wiped the sweat off his face and nodded.
Several people looked at Li Xiangnan eagerly, expecting him to come up with a decision quickly.
"How many crew members are there on the ship? Are they all from Dongshan County?" Li Xiangnan suddenly asked.
"This..." Guard Wu was naturally not aware of these details, and quickly turned to look at Ma Gang.
"Doctor Li, this is really unclear! But I will immediately send someone back to get the registration list of Dongfu Fishing Boat to the bureau last year!" Ma Gang's sweat broke out on his forehead again, and he waved his hands and whispered a few words to his subordinates.
"Secretary Wu!" Li Xiangnan frowned and said, "The epidemic prevention and control work in the hospital, the shipping bureau dormitory and this ship is being carried out simultaneously! Let's seal this ship now!"
There was still some time left before the personnel list came out, so Li Xiangnan took the time to arrange the work.
"Okay! I'll arrange it right away!" Guard Wu quickly shouted to the office director Gao Xiang, "Go get Ding Jia from the Port Authority!"
"Yes!"
"Wait, where is the Port Authority office?" Li Xiangnan waved his hand, stopped him and asked.
Gao Xiang pointed to the distance and replied, "That's the building behind the central pier!"
"Okay, let's go together! Find me a phone!" Li Xiangnan quickly got into the car.
When everyone arrived at the Port Authority, Li Xiangnan no longer cared about the deployment matters. He went into the office, found a phone, and immediately called back the Dongshan County People's Hospital.
The call at the scene was answered by Huang Ninglei.
"Captain Huang, immediately ask Defa and Lei Jin to control the condition of the hospital, and then hand it over to Shui Dong and Shi Sijun! They know what to do! I have found the source of the epidemic. Let Fatty and Lei Jin come over first to support us! It's at the Dongshan County Wharf, I'll be waiting for you, bring protective clothing and disinfection equipment! Let Lei Jin drive the truck directly over!"
"Found it?" Huang Ninglei exclaimed, then quickly calmed down, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away! Bring you some more protective clothing! Be sure to pay attention to safety!"
After I hung up the phone and went out, I saw Director Ding of the Port Authority hurriedly taking people to the dock to seal the ship.
Seeing Ma Gang and others coming out of the office, Li Xiangnan went over and shouted, "Director Ma, please prepare a boat for me! I want to go and take a closer look around the boat!"
"Boat?" Ma Gang was stunned, but he nodded immediately and said, "Okay! Doctor Li, wait a moment, I'll prepare it for you right away!"
Ten minutes later, Li Xiangnan boarded a small boat at the bow of the Dongfu Fishing Boat, stood on it and looked up at the giant ship, and told the boatman: "Drive slowly, circle around the ship!"
The sound of a motor was heard.
A small boat glided beside the big ship. Li Xiangnan squinted his eyes and looked at all the unusual things on the Dongfu Fishing Boat.
When the boat passed the stern, Li Xiangnan suddenly felt a shock all over his body, and his hair almost stood up.
"Stop the ship!"
He shouted suddenly, and the rapid sound of the motor suddenly stopped, but the boat still rushed several meters away due to inertia.
At the stern of the Dongfuyu ship, a huge container was being towed.
There are big English letters on it: "United States..."