Battle of the Third Reich

At this time, it was just four more days. Although the heat during the daytime had dissipated, the cabin was still sultry because of the lack of wind on the river. The Grand Duke (the boatman responsible for controlling the bow of the ship, equivalent to the navigator and first officer) quietly slaughtered a rooster on the bow deck, used to sacrifice Jiangshen to ensure a smooth voyage.

Originally this kind of ritual should be more solemn and cumbersome, but in this special case at the moment, it can only be dealt with briefly. Most of the junior boatmen were completely unaware of the transaction between Qi Boss and Wu Dewei, and only a few of his confidants knew part of the inside story. Of course, the Grand Duke, who had certain authority on the ship, was one of them. So the might of the former pilot-in-chief and the endorsement of the shipowner at the back, so none of the boatmen dared to object to the ceremony that was completely out of compliance.

The water flow on the surface of the river in Chongqing is quite gentle. After loosening the rope, the wooden boat began to enter the Jiangxin route slowly along the water flow.

Although traditionally, the Yangtze River is generally incapable of sailing at night, but there are still many cargo ships that choose to sail at night in order to catch up with the goods. Especially after the state government entered Sichuan, because the pressure on freight has increased, this has almost become This is the norm.

The Chongqing Water and Land Unified Inspection Station, which is responsible for waterway transportation inspection, generally has few people on duty at night, and most of the patrol boats have already landed at this time.

In fact, there is a hidden rule. Usually the ships that choose to sail at night are basically loaded with some taboo private goods. The owners have already made the money up and down, and just hang the reservation on the top of the mast. The lights at the checkpoints along the river will all "have never seen this ship".

Although Boss Qi has the status of a brother, he actually belongs to the boat gang. The pure Sichuan gang is in the same vein. Although Sichuan changed the civil boat trade association in the early years of the Republic of China, Chongqing has started a crew guild in the past two years. In fact, the controlling ships and the boatmen are still their own gangs. The government tried every means to seize control of these resources from the boat gang, but in the face of the entrenched traditional local forces and the old ideas of the boatmen, every effort ended in compromise and failure.

Just like Qi Boss promised his breasts, this transport ship turned into the Yangtze River without any question or obstruction. Two red, one blue and three light **** hang on the top of the mast. This 30-ton dhow becomes transparent like the night.

Enran passed the last checkpoint of the Chongqing Waterway Unified Inspection Station. The boss's cargo ship slowly entered the Yangtze River route. Looking back, he could not see the sparks of Chongqing.

Here, it does not mean that they will be safe on the way down. They just passed the first difficulty on the way to escape. After leaving Chongqing, the Yangtze River Channel has become extremely difficult, from here to the Three Gorges natural danger. I don’t know how many reefs and dangerous beaches there were on the road. At that time, I could only rely on the luck and experience of the owner and the boatman who controlled the ship. Under the technical conditions at that time, three points depended on people and seven points depended on heaven. Every month, the unlucky river boat sinks, and being killed in those rapids often means that dozens or even hundreds of innocent souls are sent to honor Jiangshen.

Perhaps it was the rooster that worked, and the first night's voyage was safe and sound, and nothing unexpected happened. After sunrise, Wu Dewei and his team were finally allowed to climb on the deck to ventilate. Boss Qi warned them in advance not to chat with any boatman, especially Bai Genfeifu, and he could not reveal his Japanese accent.

A group of people also expressed their understanding and approval. They also knew that they had a big case, and hiding their identity was the most basic reason. No one would be mad at their own lives. So the pedestrian Wu Dewei gathered at the corner of the ship's side, far away from the group of working boatmen, whether it was eating or resting, kept as far away as possible from the people on the boat.

At first, it was nothing. The boatmen felt the anomalies of these people for a long time, but the merchants weirder than this group also carried it. The boatmen just talked in private, and no one thought deeper.

However, the people on Wu Dewei's side began to become nervous. Originally, this group of people was not a firm-willed character. After boarding the ship, their weapons were confiscated, and they even tasted the taste of man-made knife and fish. As time went on, the boring life on the ship made them weaker in spirit, some people began to become stunned, and the boatmen had some unusual behaviors. They all thought that the other party was going to be harmful to themselves.

Bai Gen is one of the most severely symptomatic groups of people. He subconsciously did not trust the Chinese. From his childhood education, the Chinese also appeared in the face of treacherous, vicious and greedy people. Mob. After coming to China from the army, Bai Gen actually 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 at ease with Wu Dewei at this time. The battalion commander was too greedy for money and official fans, and there was no morality and root that no soldier should have. In Bai Gen's eyes, Wu Dewei's subordinates have the qualities of some soldiers in addition to one or two people, and the others are incompetent wastes of a rogue habit.

However, this is also good. The more such waste in the China Army, the more beneficial it is to the Imperial Army’s strategy and rule of China.

Bai Gen initially planned to go back and strongly recommend Wu Dewei. It is best to make him a senior military officer of the Nanjing government, because the forces led by this commander cannot completely threaten the security of the Imperial Army.

Because Bai Gen was used to speculating the Chinese intentions with the greatest malicious intentions, when Qi Boss demanded the seizure of all weapons, he immediately had deep doubts and vigilance against the Chinese captain's decision.

At this time, even Wu Dewei didn't know that there was a Browning secretly hidden in Bai Gen's body. This is a gift given to Bai Gen by Wang pseudo-government officials. This slap-sized weapon was very popular with Chinese businessmen at that time, and they also gave it a nickname called Palm Thunder.

Bai Gen likes this pistol very much. He will hide it in the boot of the flying boots when he is on a mission. After he was parachuted and captured, because the Germans were present at the time, the Chinese searched rashly and hurriedly, so that he did not find this delicate weapon. After Wu Dewei rescued him, of course, he would not retrieve it, so I did not know that Bai Gen had other weapons besides the southern one and a saber. What Wu Dewei didn't expect was that his apparent harmony with Qi Boss made Bai Gen suspect even at this time.

After the transport ship departed from Chongqing, although it was downstream, the speed did not increase much. This ship has passed through more than a dozen dangerous river sections in succession. In order to increase the efficiency of shipping after the National Government entered Sichuan, a mechanized stranded beach station was built at a dozen dangerous locations in the middle of the river, which was driven by machinery. The winch replaces the manpower tracker and drags the transport ship across the torrent. The efficiency is indeed much higher than that of manpower.

This kind of lot often gathers a lot of wooden boats waiting to pass, so the government has also established corresponding checkpoints here, on the grounds that random inspection of prohibited materials has actually become a major source of money in the local area. Boss Qi has some status in the gang, and the people in Chuanjiang are familiar and willing to spend some money. Therefore, the checkpoint often sees the boat far away and waves its flag to let it pass.

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

Qi Boss did not carry any cargo on the ship. He knew the risk of doing this kind of business. One more merchant was equivalent to an extra eyeliner. Once the East Window incident happened, he would have to lose his head.

Originally such a large transport ship had to be equipped with at least forty or fifty boatmen. Apart from some of the sailors who control the ship, most of the boatmen’s task was to pull the fiber ashore. It would be impossible without the help of the tracker on the Yangtze River Enron sailing. In the dry season of the Yangtze River, trackers in some areas even use their shoulders to carry the boat across the shoal. Therefore, 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, otherwise it is easy to go down the river and it is difficult to return to the original place.

But this time Qi Boss brought only 30 sailors on board. If the cargo was carried back downstream, this person would be far from enough.

Then I don’t know where it came from. There is a rumor that Qi Boss is actually running the abacus for the last trip. He has long sold the boat to the merchants in Hunan. This time, he actually delivered it to the door. These "guests" are actually the thugs of the new ship's owners, who are waiting to get out of the boat when they arrive at the pier and replace their old people with newly hired sailors.

This seems to be a very logical rumor, and it spread among the bottom boatmen in an instant. Recalling the various things before the departure, plus the sneaky performance of the boss after the departure, the more the boaters think, the more they think it is. Back to things.

These bottom-level boatmen rely on running the boat to eat together. Boss Qi does not comply with the rules of the gang, which is equivalent to smashing the big guy's rice bowl. But because the owner of the ship is the oldest brother of the robe, the boatmen have long been in power, and the boatmen can only lament their lives, dare to be angry and not dare to say. But there were still some grievances in their hearts. They dared not look at Qi Boss' face, so they chose to put their anger on those "guests".

So on the third day and a whole day, the boatman and Wu Dewei broke out three or four consecutive clashes, and the last time the two sides also started their hands. As a result, the well-behaved Ma Ben easily knocked over several boatmen, and even more so they rumored The identity of a "beater".

Eventually, after the Boss Qi appeared, the incident was temporarily quelled. The two sides agreed to shake hands and made peace, but neither Wu Dewei nor Boss Qi thought that this thing became a fuse, and eventually became an unbearable situation for both parties. horrible disaster.

Seeking monthly tickets, asking for recommendation tickets, these two days of anti-theft chapters caused everyone trouble in reading, the author is very sorry, I have seen the encouragement of book friends, thank you for your support. I will try to write this book well. thank you all.

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