Leaving the others to maintain order, Zhang Zian and Ke Shaohui walked to the speedboat together.
"This harpoon was made by the fishermen. I don't know how far it can shoot. I only know that they used it to shoot tuna." Ke Shaohui carefully picked up the harpoon, not letting the sharp end point point at people to avoid shooting by mistake. After all, it was made by the fishermen, and there was no guarantee of quality.
"Tuna?" Zhang Zian was surprised. "Is there tuna in Binhai City?"
He grew up here and had never heard of any fishermen catching tuna.
Ke Shaohui shook his head. "Well, as far as I know, there is no such thing, but according to the fishermen, someone saw tuna in the sea off Binhai City. You know, tuna weighs dozens of kilograms, is full of muscles, and swims very fast. In the open sea, it can easily reach more than 50 knots per hour, and its impact is very strong. Only ocean-going purse seine fishing boats can catch it, and the cost is very high. However, our fishing boats are mainly offshore trawlers, and they can't catch tuna. It's not realistic to buy a new boat to catch tuna, because the unit price of an ocean-going purse seine fishing boat is more than 100 million yuan, so the fishermen found a way to make their own harpoon guns, intending to use harpoons to catch tuna, and sell it to local Japanese restaurants. "
He added, "We confiscated their harpoon guns, not because they were catching tuna. After all, tuna is not a protected animal, but because they were sneaking out to sea to fish during the closed fishing season."
Zhang Zian understood that the tuna had obviously been attracted by Sihwa. After being seen by the local fishermen, they knew that the economic value of the tuna was very high, but the tuna was too fast. The trawlers could only sigh, and they relied on the wisdom of the working people to create harpoon guns to shoot the fish.
The fishermen's homemade harpoon guns did not consider quality assurance and safety. The only requirement was that it had a long range. Otherwise, it would not be able to catch tuna. It was just like the farmers' homemade fireworks and fireworks. The caliber was thicker than the other, and they desperately stuffed gunpowder into it, for fear that it would not be loud enough.
The shape of this harpoon gun was relatively simple. It was like a barbed javelin attached to a gun, and it came with a cylinder gas tank that used high-pressure gas to launch.
Zhang Zian thought that this harpoon gun might be able to solve the urgent situation.
He told Ke Shaohui his idea and found the firefighters to discuss it. Everyone felt that the plan was feasible.
They found thick ropes and tied one end to the end of the harpoon and the other end to the stern of the speedboat.
Just in case, firefighters and fishery staff cleared the area again. This time, it was mainly to evacuate the onlookers behind the connection line between the speedboat and the whale carcass. If the harpoon missed and hit a person instead of a whale, it would be troublesome.
After everything was ready, a fully armed and trained firefighter stood five meters away, carefully aiming the harpoon at the belly of the whale.
When the onlookers saw this, they thought that they had guessed the intentions of the firefighters and the Fishery Administration personnel. They were going to drag the whale carcass into the sea in the end, so they all held their breaths, and many people held up their mobile phones to take pictures.
After aiming, the fireman pulled the trigger.
There was a soft thud.
The sharp harpoon, propelled by high-pressure gas, broke straight through the air, leaving only a silver afterimage in people's eyes. It accurately entered the belly of the whale, leaving only half of it outside.
Everyone waited anxiously for a while and found that the wound did not even bleed, only a little blood seeped out. As Zhang Zian said, the thick layer of fat quickly sealed the wound, and the whale was dead. The blood had stopped flowing, and the blood pressure had dropped to zero. It was incomparable to a living whale.
Living whales were usually stabbed in the back by harpoons. There was a lot of muscle on the back, and there was not as much fat on the abdomen. Whales would also struggle violently in pain, causing the wound to expand.
The firefighters breathed a sigh of relief, gave the speedboat a thumbs up, and quickly evacuated.
Ke Shaohui gave an order, and the speedboat started at full power. The engine roared to drive the propeller, and the ropes were instantly taut.
The speedboat shook violently, and the bow of the boat was raised high. The stern and propeller were deeply submerged in the water, like a furious cobra with its head raised high. The Fishery Administration personnel were sweating profusely because the water on the shore was very shallow, and the propeller could hit the bottom and break at any time.
People exclaimed in a low voice, because it seemed to everyone that the speedboat was about to capsize, and the people on board might be submerged in the water by the capsized boat.
Even so, the whale's carcass did not move at all, and it even sank deeper into the sand.
However, Zhang Zian and Ke Shaohui did not expect the speedboat to be able to drag the whale's carcass into the water.
Just when people thought that the operation was about to fail, they saw a large amount of dark red blood rain burst out of the belly of the whale's carcass. It was mixed with hundreds of kilograms of internal organs, spraying nearly ten meters away. The stench was overwhelming!
The whale's abdomen was torn open by the barbs of the harpoon, and almost all the internal organs flowed out. The scene was extremely bloody!
Seeing this scene, many girls turned their heads away in disgust, not daring to look again. Even many boys bent over and retched.
The rope lost its restraint, and the bow of the speedboat crashed into the water, splashing waves two or three meters high, then rushed forward like a runaway horse. The Fishery Administration personnel on the boat were dizzy from the shock. Fortunately, they were prepared in advance, otherwise they might have been thrown off the boat. They quickly turned off the motor, and the speedboat slowly came to a stop after rushing out a distance due to inertia.
Zhang Zian and Ke Shaohui, who were watching from the side, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In any case, at least the danger of the whale's carcass exploding had been resolved. All that was left was to clean up the scene. The firefighters had a full set of demolition tools. As for how they planned to deal with the whale's carcass, whether they would cut it into pieces on the spot or find a truck to lift it up and transport it away, it was none of Zhang Zian's business.
He said goodbye to Ke Shaohui. Ke Shaohui was very grateful, but there was no time to say anything extra. He had to report the matter to his superiors immediately and wait for their instructions.
Then, Zhang Zian went to say a few more words to Huang and Xiao Zhi. Xiao Zhi was shocked by the scene, and his mouth could not close for a long time. At the same time, he was also very sorry that the whale had died just like that. Xiao Zhi's mother had long been disgusted by the scene just now. She repeatedly urged the father and son to leave and quickly go home to eat.
As the rancid smell spread, the onlookers could not stand it anymore. There was no need to persuade them to leave. They all left on their own, or walked further away to watch the show.
Zhang Zian called Vladimir and walked back to where the Wuling Hong Guang MPV was parked. Then, he drove back to pick up the assault boat and returned to the pet shop.
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