Chapter 145 Thank You Later, Saving Lives Is the Most Important Thing

Louis St. Laurent is the largest icebreaker in active service in Canada (2011). It was commissioned in 1969, with a total length of 119 meters, a draft of 9.8 meters, and a displacement of 14,500 tons.

Originally, this big guy should be equipped with two helicopters, but for some reason, Louis St. Laurent only carried one on this voyage.

Then, the rotor shaft of the helicopter was broken, and the injured crew member was accidentally cut off his arms by the hydraulic device while repairing the rotor shaft.

The ship's doctor rushed to the scene immediately after receiving the notice, and stopped the bleeding and bandaged the injured as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the crew is not in danger of life at present, but needs to be sent to the hospital for surgery within 12 hours.

Now it has been one hour since the crisis occurred, and Canada has tried all frequency bands to ask for help.

However, this year, several countries in the Arctic Circle have been fighting openly and secretly, and they do not trust each other, so it took a long time for a country to be willing to send helicopter support.

But even the nearest Arctic research team would need several hours to complete the transportation mission.

The current condition of the injured is serious, and the shorter the time for medical treatment, the better.

Therefore, Captain Morgan contacted Coulson, hoping that the SHIELD No. 13 Quinjet driven by Coulson and others could go to the Louis St. Laurent to provide assistance.

Of course, Captain Morgan himself knew that his request was a bit unreasonable.

After all, the investigation team is carrying out a confidential mission, and SHIELD's high-tech fighters are not suitable for being easily exposed to other countries.

However, Coulson resolutely chose to accept it, and his reason was very simple.

SHIELD will not leave this situation alone!

"Since it has been decided, let's go!"

Melinda pulled up the joystick, and the fighter suddenly rose, and then flew rapidly to the coordinates of the Louis St. Laurent icebreaker provided by Captain Morgan.

...

Laini sat in the co-pilot seat and looked at the huge ship below through the glass. This big guy was obviously a little dumber than the Polaris.

After all, the displacement of the ship was 14,500 tons. Compared with the 11,000 tons of the Polaris, this guy was just a fat guy.

"Louis St. Laurent, this is SHIELD 13. We will complete the landing in 1 minute. Please be prepared. We will send the injured to a hospital with surgical conditions within 2 hours! Repeat..."

Captain Morgan had communicated with the Louis St. Laurent before and promised that a high-tech fighter would go to support.

Therefore, the Louis St. Laurent was not surprised by the arrival of the Quinjet at this time, but was a little surprised why they came so quickly?

"Louis St. Laurent received it. Thank you for your generous rescue. I thank you on behalf of the injured crew and his family!"

A slightly old voice came from the other end of the communicator, sounding at least 60 years old.

After confirming that the captain of the other party was an old acquaintance of his, Coulson connected to the communication.

"Old John, thank you later. Let your people get ready. Time waits for no one."

The other side was also slightly stunned when hearing Coulson's voice. For a moment, he didn't remember who this person who suddenly interrupted was, so he could only respond with a little embarrassment.

"Okay, saving people is important."

This time, Melinda let Lainie fly the Quinjet, and she controlled it all by herself.

Under the watch of the crew of Louis St. Laurent, the Quinjet with a different shape gradually lowered its altitude and slowly landed on the helicopter deck at the stern with its back facing them.

Melinda reduced the turbojet engine at the tail of the Quinjet to the lowest power, and then adjusted the output power of the two turbine engines on the wings until the fighter landed steadily.

And as early as when it was about 10 meters close to the ground, Melinda had already opened the tail hatch of the fighter.

The crew on the deck also understood. Seeing that the door had been opened, they pushed the "bed" into the cabin without saying a word.

Without further ado, Coulson confirmed Melinda's identity and waved to take off.

Let's get going first!

The injured man was named Perez, a maintenance worker on the Louis St. Laurent, who was usually responsible for repairing helicopters and other large equipment on the ship.

There were three people who boarded the plane with the injured man, including the ship's doctor and two crew members of the Louis St. Laurent.

The ship's doctor was a man in his twenties named Hardman, the youngest of the several doctors on the Louis St. Laurent.

At this time, he was carefully keeping the two arms of the injured man in his arms.

The middle-aged crew member of the two crew members who was about the same age as Perez was named Bennett.

It is said that Perez was trying to save him when the incident happened, so his arms were cut off by the hydraulic device.

Therefore, Bennett was particularly guilty and self-blaming, and kept apologizing and muttering that he had harmed Perez.

The last male crew member, Kaplan, who was in his thirties, was sent by the captain of the Louis St. Laurent, Old John, to monitor Coulson and others and protect Perez.

Before the truth of the matter is figured out, Perez and Bennett, who were involved, will be controlled by the authorities after returning to Canada.

Therefore, Old John needs Kaplan to watch Bennett until he is taken away or released by the Canadian police.

Of course, how much of this is true and whether the truth of the matter is as they said, Lainie and others do not know.

They are not police officers either, and this operation is just a temporary humanitarian rescue. Lainie and others do not want to get involved in the affairs of these Canadians.

Pick up the injured, then fly to Canada to send the injured to the nearest hospital for surgery, and their mission will be completed.

There is no need to make any more trouble. The fewer people who know about the Quinjet, the better.

In this way, Coulson can let his Canadian SHIELD colleagues handle the follow-up.

At least, don't expose it to the public.

Therefore, everyone on the plane remained silent and kept silent about topics unrelated to the accident.

Coulson even wore sunglasses. Before coming, Lainie temporarily hung a black curtain in the cabin to divide the fighter into two parts: the cockpit and the cargo hold.

Ensure that the internal equipment of the Quinjet will not be seen by these Canadians.

Except for Lainie, everyone else sat quietly in their seats in the "cockpit" without saying a word.

Meister, whose seat was originally closest to the "cargo hold", was temporarily arranged by Lainie to be the co-pilot seat, for fear that she would be exposed when the curtain was lifted.

She and Coulson were responsible for docking in the cargo hold and ensuring the safety of the entire investigation team.