Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 371: The Adventures of Shirone (Part 2)

At this time, it was four shifts. Although the heat in the daytime had dissipated, the cabin was still sultry because of the lack of wind on the river. The grand prince (the boatman responsible for controlling the bow, equivalent to the navigator and chief mate) quietly carried a rooster on the bow deck to sacrifice to the **** of rivers to ensure a smooth voyage.

Originally, this kind of ceremony should be more solemn and cumbersome, but under this special situation now, I can only deal with it simply. Most of the lower-level shipmen were completely unaware of the transaction between Boss Qi and Wu Dewei. Only a few of his confidants knew part of the inside story. Of course, the grand grandfather who had certain authority on the ship was one of them. As a result, the power of the former captain and the endorsement of the shipowner at the back, so no shipman dared to raise objections to this completely non-compliant ceremony.

The current on the river surface in the Chongqing section was quite gentle. After loosening the rope, the wooden boat began to slowly follow the current into the river center route.

Although traditionally speaking, the Yangtze River is generally not sailing at night, but many cargo ships still choose to set sail at night in order to catch up with the cargo period, especially after the government entered Sichuan, because of the increasing pressure of freight, this has almost Has become a norm.

The Chongqing Water and Land Unified Inspection Station, which is responsible for the inspection of waterways, generally does not have many people on duty at night, and most of the patrol boats have docked at this time.

In fact, there is an unspoken rule in it. Usually ships that choose to sail at night are basically loaded with some taboo private cargo. The shipowners have already made money up and down, and only need to hang on the top of the mast. With the scheduled light signal, all checkpoints along the river will "never see this ship."

Although Boss Qi has the identity of a pao brother, he actually belongs to the ship gang, a pure Sichuan gang. Although Sichuan changed the civil ship business association in the early years of the Republic of China, in the past two years, Chongqing has made some crew members. The guild, but in fact, it is the boat gangs that control the ships and boatmen. The state government tried every means to seize control of these resources from the ship gang, but in the face of the deep-rooted traditional local forces and the old ideas of the boat workers, every effort ended in compromise and failure.

As Boss Qi promised, this transport ship was transferred into the Yangtze River in a big way, without any question or hindrance. Three light balls, two red and one blue, hung on the top of the mast. The 30-ton sloop became transparent under the night.

Enron passed the last checkpoint of the Chongqing Waterway Unified Inspection Station. Boss Qi's cargo ship slowly sailed into the Yangtze River route. Looking back, the sparks of Chongqing can no longer be seen.

Getting here does not mean that they will be safe on the way down. They just survived the first difficulty in their escape. After leaving Chongqing, the Yangtze River Channel became extremely difficult and dangerous, from here to the Three Gorges. Natural dangers. I don’t know how many reefs and shoals are along the way. At that time, I could only rely on the luck and experience of the shipowners and shipmen who manipulated the ships. Under the technical conditions at the time, three points depended on people and seven points on the sky. Every month, unlucky river boats sink and die in those rapids and rapids, which often means dozens or even hundreds of grievances have been sent to pay homage to the river god.

Perhaps the rooster played a role. The first night of the voyage was uneventful and nothing unexpected happened. After sunrise, Wu Dewei and his group were finally allowed to climb on the deck to breathe. Boss Qi warned them in advance not to chat with any boatman, especially Fifeo Shirine, not to mention his Japanese accent.

The group of people also expressed their understanding and approval. They also knew that they were involved in a big case, hiding their identity is the most basic truth, and no one would take their own lives to **** off. So Wu Dewei, the pedestrian gathered at the corner of the ship's side, and stayed away from the group of working boatmen. Whether it was eating or resting, they kept as far as possible from the people on the ship.

It was nothing at the beginning. Over time, the boatmen also felt the abnormality of these people. However, merchants who were more weird than this group also traveled. The boatmen just discussed a few words in private, and no one went deeper. Think about it.

But the people on Wu Dewei's side began to become nervous. Originally, their group was not a strong-willed character. After boarding the ship, they were confiscated with their side weapons, which made them taste the artificial knife and the fish. The taste. As time went on, the boring life on the ship made them weaker. Some people began to be screaming, and the boatmen made some unusual behaviors. They would think that the other party was going to be against them.

Shiragen is one of the people with the most serious symptoms. He subconsciously distrusts the Chinese. In the education he has received since childhood, the Chinese appear as treacherous, vicious, and greedy people, and all of them see money. Drive a mob with no morals. After coming to China from the army, Baigen really came into contact with a large number of Chinese traitors, and this group of bottomless gadgets strengthened his understanding.

To tell the truth, he was not even worried about Wu Dewei at this time. The battalion commander was too greedy for money and officials, and he did not have the morality and roots that a soldier should have. In Bai Gen's eyes, Wu Dewei's subordinates had some military qualities besides one or two, and the others were incompetent wastes with rogue habits.

But this is fine, the more such waste in China's army, the better it will be for the imperial army to attack and rule China.

At first, Baigen was planning to go back and strongly recommended Wu Dewei. It is best to make him a high-ranking officer of the Nanjing government, because the army led by such a commander cannot threaten the safety of the imperial army.

Because Shiragen has become accustomed to speculating about the Chinese's intentions with the greatest malice, when Boss Qi asked for the collection of all weapons, he immediately became deeply suspicious and wary of the decision of the Chinese captain.

At this time, even Wu Dewei didn't know that Baigen was secretly hiding a browning. This is a gift from a puppet government official to Baigen. This slap-sized weapon was very popular with Chinese businessmen at that time. They also gave it the nickname Palm Thunder.

Shiragen likes this pistol very much and hides it in the shaft of his flying boots when he goes out on mission. After he was captured by parachuting, because the Germans were present at the time, the Chinese search was rather hasty, so that they did not find this delicate weapon. After Wu Dewei rescued him, of course he would not search for him, so he didn't know that Baigen had hidden other weapons besides the southern branch and a saber. What Wu Dewei did not expect was that, because of the apparent harmony and friendship between him and Boss Qi, Bai Gen was even suspicious of him at this time.

After the transport ship departed from Chongqing, although it was downstream, the speed did not increase much. The ship has passed through more than a dozen dangerous river sections. After entering Sichuan, the government built a mechanized Jiaotan station in more than a dozen dangerous places in the river in order to increase the efficiency of shipping. The winch replaces the human tracker and drags the transport ship through the rapids. The efficiency is indeed much higher than that of the manpower.

This kind of lot often gathers a lot of wooden boats waiting to pass, so the government has also established a corresponding checkpoint here. The reason is that random inspections of prohibited materials have actually become a large source of local revenue. Because Boss Qi had some status in the gang, the people on the Chuanjiang River were familiar, and he was willing to spend money to manage it. Therefore, the checkpoint often saw the ship from afar and waved the flag to pass it. He would not step forward to make things difficult.

After passing Wanxian, it was already the afternoon of the next day. The flow of the Yangtze River turned east and west here, and the channel on the river surface was slightly wider. The boatmen can finally stop and rest for a while. This boat is really different from the past, which gives them some bad feelings.

Boss Qi didn't carry any cargo on his ship. He knew the risks of doing this kind of business. One more merchant meant one more eyeliner. Once the Dongchuang incident happened, he would lose his head.

Originally, a transport ship of this size had to be equipped with at least forty or fifty shipmen. Except for some of the sailors who control the ship, most of the shipmen’s task was to go ashore to pull fibers. Without the help of trackers on the Yangtze River, It is impossible to sail safely. In the dry season of the Yangtze River, trackers in certain areas even have to use their shoulders to carry boats across the shallows. Therefore, the wooden boats on the Yangtze River will be equipped with crews ranging from 30 to 40 to hundreds of people according to their respective tonnages~IndoMTL.com~ Otherwise, it is easy to go down the river, but it is difficult to return to the original place.

But this time Boss Qi only brought thirty sailors on board. If he carried the cargo downstream, he would not be enough.

Later, I don’t know where it came from a rumor, saying that Boss Qi was actually making the calculation for the last trip. He had already sold the ship to a merchant in Hunan, and this time he was actually going to deliver the goods. Yes, these "guests" on the ship are actually the thugs of the new owner. They just wait to get off the ship after arriving at the dock and replace them with newly hired sailors.

This seemingly logical rumor spread among the boatmen at the bottom of the ship in an instant. Recalling the various peculiarities before the departure, plus the sneaky performance of the boss after the departure, the more the boatmen thought about it. It's such a thing.

These low-level boatmen just rely on running the boat to eat their food. Boss Qi does not comply with the rules of the gang, and is tantamount to breaking the big guy's job. But because the shipowner is the boss of the robe and has accumulated power for a long time, the boatmen can only lament their fate and dare not speak. But there were still grievances in their hearts. They didn't dare to show Boss Qi's face, so they chose to put their anger on those "guests".

So on the third day for a whole day, the boatman and Wu Dewei's men broke out in three or four consecutive conflicts. The last time the two sides also moved their hands. As a result, the good horseman easily overturned a few boatmen and was even more assured. The identity of their rumored "beater".

Finally, the incident was temporarily quelled after Boss Qi came forward. The two sides died down and shook hands. However, neither Wu Dewei nor Boss Qi had thought that this incident became a fuse, which eventually led to a battle between both parties. An unbearable disaster.