Chapter 659 The tip of the iceberg(2/2)
But precisely because there is no telescope, the lookout cannot notice the scene hundreds of meters away in the dark night.
As time goes by, it's approaching midnight.
When the lookout spotted the dark shadow of the iceberg.
I saw the tip of the iceberg shrouded in darkness in the distance, growing in size at lightning speed.
He woke up immediately, rang the alarm bell three times in a row, then quickly grabbed the phone and shouted: "There is an iceberg right ahead!".
Although the deputy captain received the report calmly and immediately ordered to slow down all engines, turn the rudder full to the left, and turn the No. 3 propeller into reverse quickly, an investigation later confirmed that the order of the deputy captain to turn the rudder full left was a
Fatal error.
At that time, the Steel was less than 400 meters away from the iceberg.
Only 37 seconds passed between the time the lookout spotted the iceberg and the ship hit the iceberg on its starboard side.
In the dark night, when the ship's hull collides with the iceberg at extremely fast speeds, any decision is made in a single thought.
37 seconds later, because the hull of the Steel was too big, the rudder was too small, and the forward speed was too fast, it was impossible to stop and turn in time, so it rushed towards the iceberg diagonally.
Everyone knows the phenomenon of the "tip of the iceberg" - when you see an iceberg floating on the sea, there may actually be super icebergs dozens or hundreds of times larger below the sea level.
So, on that day, the Steel and Iceberg had a kiss of death——
"The starboard side of the ship was torn open by an iceberg below the sea level. The rivets began to break rapidly below the waterline at the front, and huge amounts of seawater continued to pour into the cargo hold."
"Even some passengers in the lower cabin can see the milky white iceberg passing by outside the porthole!"
"In the first 10 minutes after the collision with the iceberg, 4,000 tons of seawater poured into the bow of the ship!"
"At the end, more than 7,000 tons of seawater quickly poured into the bow of the ship. The water had flooded three bow cargo holds and further covered the upper deck..."
When Di Rongjie, who was checking the information, saw these descriptions, his whole body felt numb, not to mention the lives that unfortunately died due to accidents and cold!
These living lives, after that day, turned into cold numbers...
Therefore, the closer it is to the start of the filming, the more Di Rongjie looks forward to it, mixed with great confusion:
How should a director shoot such a large and detailed scene?
Asking for a monthly ticket!!!
Chapter completed!