50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 289 Fault or Warning?
After disembarking, Sun Zhiwei went directly to a nearby newsstand and bought all the newspapers related to Jimmy from the past few months, totaling more than two hundred copies.

Jimmy's entire life story was in these newspapers; all he had to do was edit and categorize it.

Anyway, there's not much to do on the boat for the rest of the journey, so using this as a pastime is a good idea.

He felt he needed to bring back accurate information about the new manager to provide a reference for his superiors when assessing the relationship between the two parties.

As our ancestors said, a gentleman can be deceived by his principles.

We've finally met such a good boss, it would be too disappointing if we didn't take advantage of the bald eagle a little.

An hour later, Sun Zhiwei returned to the ship carrying a large bundle of newspapers.

The next morning, the Oriental Angels sailed out of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.

After that, they will head west, expecting to arrive in Yokohama in 20 days. There are no islands or ports along the way where they can stop.

While Sun Zhiwei and his entourage were sailing in the vast Pacific Ocean, changes were also taking place in China.

Old Sun's eldest and second sons.

However, it was Sun Zhiwei's side that, when the relevant leaders were reviewing the two men's files, they unexpectedly discovered their relationship with Sun Zhiwei.

Upon closer inspection, they realized that the two of them were not seriously injured, so they simply carried them back.

For the leader, it was just a trivial matter, but for the Sun family, it was a major event.

The couple changed their names and became Sun Zhiwei's parents on the household registration. Thanks to Sun Zhiwei's protection, they never encountered any more trouble.

Now that their two sons have returned, Mr. and Mrs. Sun are considering going back to their sons' home.

One reason they came here in the first place was that Sun Hongying and Sun Aiguo were still young and needed someone to take care of them.

Now that their two grandsons have grown up, one is in the army and the other is working, and their own son has also returned home, the old couple misses home.

However, this is not something Tong Jiajia can decide on her own. The elderly couple also need to discuss it with Sun Zhiwei. Since Sun Zhiwei is currently away on a business trip, they will have to wait until he returns before making a decision.

Shortly after, Sun Hongying also encountered a setback at work.

The little girl had never experienced anything like this before, so she was a bit confused.

Seeing that things were a bit chaotic in the translation room, he transferred the young girl to the intelligence analysis section, where a lot of foreign language talents were needed. Sun Hongying wouldn't come here to do nothing.

In addition, the analysis department doesn't require frontline work; it's all clerical work, which is suitable for young women.

Those are things that Sun Zhiwei will need to deal with after he returns.

He is still adrift in the vast Pacific Ocean, completely unaware that a butterfly thousands of kilometers away has already begun to flap its wings.

At the beginning of the month, three storms were forming in the central Pacific region.

Every year from May to December is storm season in the Pacific region. In order to avoid this season of frequent storms, Sun Zhiwei and his team took the northern route.

However, the three storms that formed this time are moving northwest and have a tendency to merge.

To the northwest lies the route the Oriental Angel took towards Yokohama.

If they are fast enough, they can reach port and take shelter before the storm arrives; otherwise, they will have to face the typhoon in the open sea.

The Eastern Angel. These days, Sun Zhiwei spends seven or eight hours a day organizing news materials about Jimmy.

In his spare time, he would go to the bridge to drink with Captain Huo. Today was no different. After dinner, he went to the front bar as usual, where Captain Huo was tinkering with his little radio.

Sun Zhiwei poured himself a cup as if he knew exactly what to do, and then went over to watch the excitement.

"What's wrong? Is it broken?"

"I don't know. This is the time when the 'Tide' will release the Pacific weather forecast, but I haven't been able to receive this station on the radio for the past few days."

"It might really be broken." Captain Huo angrily patted the small radio.

However, upon hearing this news, Sun Zhiwei fell into deep thought.

Seeing his unusual expression, the captain asked, "What's wrong?"

Sun Zhiwei thought for a moment and then used the drinks on the bar to draw a simple Pacific Ocean chart.

Then mark the position of the Tide and the course of the Eastern Angel on it.

"Captain, when did you start losing the forecast?"

"I could receive it 4 days ago, but I stopped receiving it 3 days ago," the captain confirmed after thinking for a moment.

Upon hearing this, Sun Zhiwei marked their location three days prior on the shipping route, and then marked the cargo ship's current location.

"Radio signals are mainly affected by the weather, especially long-distance shortwave signals, which rely entirely on reflection from the ionosphere to propagate."

"If there are a lot of rain clouds in between that obscure the ionosphere, then people in this direction will not be able to receive the reflected signal from the radio."

"Captain, our Eastern Angel is currently traveling at 10 knots, which is 440 kilometers per day, and 1300 kilometers in 3 days."

"Don't you find it strange that we can't get a signal over such a wide distance?"

Upon hearing this, the captain also picked up his wine glass and began to ponder.

"It's very strange. If it's not that the radio is broken, then it must be that the radio waves were blocked halfway."

"In such a vast Pacific Ocean, only typhoons can block radio signals."

Captain Huo spoke and analyzed the situation, and only after the results were in did he look at Sun Zhiwei.

"So, there's a sea storm between us and the 'Tide'?"

"That's what I think too, Captain. We need to confirm this news as soon as possible."

"Do you have any friends in North America? Could you send a telegram to them to inquire about the situation?"

"I immediately sent a telegram to the bigwigs in San Francisco, asking them to check the recent weather conditions."

After saying that, the captain downed the rest of his drink in one gulp, turned around, and left the bridge.

Sun Zhiwei's suggestion was sufficient; he was not skilled at seafaring, but Captain Huo was. As long as he pointed out the doubts, Captain Huo would naturally arrive at the correct conclusion.

An hour later, Captain Huo returned to the bar in the bridge with an anxious expression and poured himself another drink.

He gulped down half of his drink before whispering to Sun Zhiwei, "We've received news from San Francisco that a huge storm is forming and is blocking our flight path."

(End of this chapter)