Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 62 Prepare for Action
  "Miss, please watch your step." Foster helped Purfict walk on the ice, his face full of worry: "You should have let the alchemy doll come, this is really too dangerous, even if it is related to The lives and deaths of hundreds of people are not worth your personal risk."

"No, Grandpa Afu, this is not an adventure." Purficott was wearing a thick winter coat at this time. She looked like a round bear, but her little face was still red from the cold, and her words were a bit awkward. Stuffy nose: “The world will inevitably encounter situations similar to today’s in the future, and I must consider how to solve these problems.

You know, what we have to face in the future is not this level of childishness, but extreme cold of dozens of degrees below zero.

In that environment, if the machine is frozen, it will not be able to deal with it as calmly as now. I have to consider how to solve the problem in that situation. "

"There are so many outstanding talents in the empire, why do you want to take all the responsibility on yourself?" Foster didn't understand. Wouldn't it be better for his lady to just focus on her own survival as she originally planned? Why do we have to think about it so much?

In Foster's eyes, the life and death of other people in the empire have nothing to do with him. The only thing he cares about is the safety of Perficott, the only direct descendant of the Brandless family and the lady to whom he is loyal.

However, Purficott didn't think so. She just sighed, and then laughed at herself: "Maybe it's because my conscience can't bear it? After all, when I have the ability to save other people, I really can't do it. Die to them."

After saying that, Purficott continued forward and walked under the side of the frozen Morrigan.

It was already early the next morning, and she and Foster, escorted by two knights, Samantha and Lee, came to the ice where the Morrigan was frozen, and took a close look at the frozen ice of the Morrigan. living situation.

A rope ladder was also hung from the Morrigan, and its captain led several sailors down to the ice to join Perficott and others.

"Thank you very much for the rescue!" The captain took the lead in expressing his gratitude to Foster. After all, Foster seemed to be the leader of the group. Then he asked Foster: "Do you have a rescue plan?" Is there anything we can do? The Morrigan will fully cooperate!"

"You guys have a lot to do, and rescuing you really requires your full cooperation." Purficott said, making the captain of the Morrigan look surprised.

He looked at Purficott who was speaking, but he didn't show any rudeness. He just asked in surprise: "Who is this lady?"

"This is Baroness Perfectcott Brandlis. She is heading to the New World on the White Jewel. After receiving your distress signal, Her Majesty the Baroness came to rescue you as soon as possible." Foss Te introduced Perficott's identity to the captain, and then explained: "Miss is an excellent alchemy master. She came up with the plan and plan to rescue you. She is here now to rescue you personally. "

Hearing what Foster said, the captain of the Morrigan suddenly showed an expression of realization, and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Perficott: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty the Baroness! I don't know how you plan to rescue the Morrigan." Number?"

Although he felt that Purficott's age was a bit unreliable, the captain of the Morrigan did not have the right to be picky at this time.

They had been freezing here for a day and a night. If they hadn't seen the White Jewel last night and never left, giving them hope, the people on the ship might not have been able to hold on.

"I have prepared a special alchemical potion that can quickly dissolve the ice." Purficott asked Samantha to show the captain what they brought, some orange liquid in a bottle: "But this The use of the medicine is more troublesome. I need to personally survey the Morrigan's situation and confirm that it will not cause damage to the Morrigan's hull. In addition, we also need to plan a channel based on the Morrigan's situation. Come, after I use chemicals to dissolve the ice around the Morrigan, I will also use explosives to blow up a channel so that you can escape."

As he said that, Purficott pointed to another team of people who were busy on the ice in the distance. That was the demolition team led by O'Connor and selected from those who knew how to demolition on the White Jewel.

They will be responsible for planning the location of explosive sites and planting explosives.

In the distance on the sea, the frigate following the White Gem also untied the main gun jacket and was aiming the artillery to ensure that they could accurately blast the ice through shelling when necessary.

Of course, this is a last resort and a last resort.

Unless the ice blasting fails, they will resort to shelling. After all, shelling is still very dangerous, especially at sea, where the hit rate of naval guns is always in the single digits.

"Okay, please return to the ship, let the ship's boiler heat up, and be ready to move forward at any time. After receiving my signal, let the ship move." Purficott told Morrigan The captain of the ship explained, and at the same time he was ready to start work: "I will launch a red flare. When you see the flare rising, no matter what is in front, you will just go ahead at full speed. Do you understand?"

"I understand! I will personally take the helm! No matter what is in front of you, the Morrigan will move forward at full speed according to your request!" The captain of the Morrigan understood the purpose of Purficott's request and agreed very much. Determined.

After all, Purficott wanted to use explosives to blow up a channel, and they only had a short time to escape after the ice was blown open. If they hesitated and hesitated, or retreated because of the explosion, they would inevitably waste the precious opportunity to escape. It may even cause more serious difficulties or even damage.

So he decided to take the helm personally. Even if the explosion was right in front of him, he had to make sure that no one would make any mistakes.

While the captain of the Morrigan went back to prepare, Purficott also tapped the ice with his cane to confirm the thickness of the ice, and then asked the three knights around him to help carve out enough depth on the ice. The holes are used to hold bottles containing alchemical potions.

The reason why the sailors of the Morrigan are not allowed to help is because as extraordinary beings, they are more efficient.

Of course, if Purficott wanted to, she could also use alchemy to directly transform ice cubes into water or other things, but at this moment she had someone around her who could act as a laborer, so she would naturally save herself some trouble.

　Rescue of frozen ships in modern times mainly relies on icebreakers. In the era when icebreakers were not available, this was very troublesome. Even modern icebreakers themselves are very dangerous. The former Soviet Union's Cheryusky icebreaker is a famous case. After being frozen by the ice, they even crossed the entire Arctic Ocean with the ice, and finally had to abandon the ship and escape. They were rescued by brave pilots, and the seven pilots who rescued them were the first batch of Soviet heroes. One can imagine how terrible it was to encounter this situation.

　　
  　
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