War Photographer's Notebook

Toby Island, which is almost the southernmost tip of the Palau border, is not only more delicate, but also quieter and more private than the Kite Village on the south side of the island where the entire population of the island is gathered. people bother.

On the beach shrouded in bright sunshine and brackish sea breeze, sisters Sui Sui and Katenka, Lola who helped run errands, Ania who was called over to watch the fun, and even the guide and translator who had been in charge of the work these days It's late autumn, but now they all put on swimsuits of different styles, chasing waves on the beach to their heart's content.

The only person who has the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful scenery is Wei Ran, who is more than 20 meters away from the beach, hiding under a sun umbrella and holding a telescope.

Of course, rather than saying that he is holding up the binoculars to enjoy the scenery of different sizes, it is better to say that he is guarding against Ania, who has the same hobbies as him.

Regardless of the actual situation, Xia Shushi, who was extremely envious of this, was doomed to have no chance to enjoy the beauty of the sun, beach and bikini.

As early as the night when he sent Lola to Palau, he took a flight to Hawaii non-stop, met the little rich woman Koko, and was invited to be the historical consultant hired by the other party for the spokesperson and the descendant of the party, Tantu.

Even, Wei Ran was particularly relieved to hand over the notes left by Hawkes, which he dug out in advance, to the other party, and he would hand them over to Kou Kou, and disclose all the contents inside at any time as needed.

This job is not difficult, but for Xia Shushi, it is an extremely precious opportunity.With this experience, he might become a well-known historian in the future.But the most important thing is, of course, the activity of slapping the kid in the face can only be interesting if good brothers come together.

On the other hand, after these days of fermentation, Xiangtai Izakaya has become a "net celebrity shop" in Palau with the help of two Hella organizations, one bright and one dark.

Nowadays, not only tourists who travel in Palau will go here, but even some local Japanese in Palau will go to have a meal and look at those old photos. While remembering the past, they will not hesitate to spend a high price of 10 dollars. , Buy a postcard with an old photo, stamp it, and send it to relatives and friends far away in Zhaohe.

Of course, for the two bosses who increased the price of postcards by ten times, after accepting interviews with several domestic media, they not only became more confident, but also prepared to clean up the second floor of the izakaya, which is not open to the public. customers, and is even preparing to open a branch in Nagasaki, the home of Zhaohe.

For this reason, Kano Chinatsu, the only family member who studied in Nagasaki, had to leave Palau when the izakaya business was booming and return to Nagasaki after the early end of the holiday. With a small amount of activity funds, she was looking for a suitable branch. venue.

As for whether her uncle and two elder brothers drove her away so as not to deprive them of their thoughts of being interviewed, I am afraid that only the person concerned knows clearly.

After all, more and more people know about the photo wall used as a signboard in their store and the stories in those old photos, and Monica and the Hela organization she leads are also surrounded by people who don't know the truth. Netizens overwhelmingly praised the protagonist in the story and the thrilling battles he experienced.

Just when Akila and his nephew Kano Jiro in the old photos were about to be held up to the sun on the Internet, Hawks' son Tatanka, with the help of people arranged by Emperor Qin II, rented the A large enough yacht, with the Indian helper he found and several media reporters that lawyer Carlos helped him find, rushed to Helen Reef with completely legal procedures.

Witnessed by many cameras, the fine white sand was dug up by Indian boys with bare hands, and piled up behind them little by little.

Gradually, they first discovered a conspicuous red sea anchor bag. After Tatanka opened it under the witness of the reporter, he immediately pointed to the glass bottle filled with maple syrup and said affirmatively, "This It's made by my family! It must be maple syrup made by my father!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a series of clicking and clicking shutters sounded all around.

After a while, Tatanka carefully opened the long devil lunch box, revealing the gold bars, rings, and cash inside.

Still waiting for the surrounding reporters to finish taking photos, Tatanka waved to the surrounding Indian boys.

After receiving the signal, these North American aborigines started digging with bare hands again.

"found it!"

With an exclamation, an Indian boy, who was Tatanka's nephew according to blood relationship, excitedly dug out a red and white rubber floating bag tied at both ends from the wet sand.

Looking at the surrounding camera, Tatanka stabilized the pipe ax that belonged to Captain Evans at his waist, and then tightened the rubber gloves he had just put on before pulling out the ax and carefully stroked Opening the parachute that might break at any time, he took out the 1911 pistol belonging to Vice Captain Sterling from the less than one-meter-long rubber buoyant bag, and then took out a rusty pistol. Southern pistols.

Finally, he took out the Carter revolver belonging to Captain Evans, and carefully placed it side by side with the two weapons just now on the canvas spread by his companion on the sand.

Taking advantage of the time when the reporters took pictures, Tatanka took out a simple sextant made of compass, umbrella cloth and wooden sticks from the floating bag, and a package tied tightly with umbrella rope and umbrella cloth .

Untie the paracord and untie the umbrella cloth, but inside it looks like a box game, and there is also a sea anchor bag that is also tied tightly with the paracord.

Continuing to untie it, everyone present found that in addition to some black charcoal blocks, there was also a waterproof notepad and a well-preserved pencil wrapped in an umbrella cloth.

Immediately, the clicking shutter sound accompanied by the dazzling flash completely filled the artificially enclosed circular space.

"Mr. Tatanka, please open it for us to see!" A male reporter holding a microphone couldn't help but said.

Looking at the surrounding cameras, Tatanka waved to his people. Immediately, two young men joined forces to move over an aluminum alloy outdoor table and spread a clean tablecloth on it.

Signaling the surrounding reporters to step back a little, Tatanka put the waterproof notepad on it leisurely, slowly opened the first page, and carefully read the experience recorded on it.

In his slightly hoarse voice, the sound of shutters around him almost never stopped, and the not-so-thick notepad was also flipping back page by page.

In the end, after reading the last page of the diary, Tatanka was silent for a moment, looked at the surrounding cameras and said heavily, "Now I can confirm that this is the cemetery where the last three crew members of the Johnston were buried. Everything here , are completely consistent with the records in the diary left by my father.

So ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to have to suspend digging here and make a phone call.In addition, according to the confidentiality agreement we signed in advance, all the discoveries here cannot be disclosed for the time being.Otherwise, I believe that lawyer Carlos will definitely seek a sky-high liquidated damages from the company you work for according to the agreement. "

Before he could finish speaking, the ten Indians who came with him immediately surrounded the tomb that was protected by them shoulder to shoulder, and the reporters took a step back knowingly.

At the same time, Tatanka also called his daughter Tantu and described the discovery here in detail.

After Tantu hung up the satellite phone with the hands-free function turned on, and translated her father's English message into French, Kou Kou immediately looked at Xia Shushi who was sitting opposite.

Seeing this, Xia Shushi finally opened the backpack that he had been sleeping in his arms for the past few days, and pushed the copy of Hawkes' notes that Wei Ran dug out in advance, together with the canning bottle containing the notes, to the person sitting opposite him. At the same time, Kou Kou asked seriously in English, "Victor asked me to tell you that this note left by Mr. Hawkes was found by Kou Kou himself on the redwood tree of Sugar Maple Farm. All of our current investigations begin with this accidental discovery of this notebook.

Miss Kou Kou, and Miss Tantu, I have helped you get familiar with the history of the Wright Gulf naval battle and the Samar naval battle many times these days, so after reading this note, you can call downstairs Mr. Lawyer, ask him to help make an appointment with media reporters to disclose what you found on your own farm. "

After listening to Tantu's translation, Kou Kou said immediately, "Thank Victor and Aurora for me, and tell them for me by the way, we will start the next step as planned."

"I'll tell you the truth"

Xia Shushi stood up while speaking, took out his mobile phone and connected to the authenticator that Wei Ran had given him to send an email.

At the same time, when Kou Kou and Tan Tu saw the photos and recorded content in the notes left by Hawks, they covered their mouths and retched uncontrollably as no surprise.

And under the long row of parasols on the beach on the north shore of Tobi Island, the southernmost tip of Palau, Anfeiya shook the satellite phone towards Wei Ran, who was separated from her by a deck chair, "Boss, it's about to start. "

"understood"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he picked up a bottle of cold beer from the incubator and gently touched Sui Sui next to him, and said with a smile, "The show is about to begin."

"Will Foolish Beauty really send a boat over here?"

After taking a sip of beer, Sui Sui picked up a pack of marinated eggs and tore them apart, and distributed them to Wei Ran while asking, "They won't pretend to be deaf and dumb and pretend they didn't see the news, will they?"

"Impossible, they won't let go of such a wishful thing."

Wei Ran took the marinated egg and took a bite, "But it's not certain which ship the idiot beauty will send, but this kind of good thing that is rare to show the correctness of the disease, even if they bring the newly commissioned Ford aircraft carrier over to me. No surprises."

"It's true," Sui Sui said, her face showing a look of anticipation.

Just two days later, Xia Shushi, who had followed Kou Kou from Hawaii to Guam by plane, called.

"The U.S. Navy decided to send an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to Helen Island to pick up Captain Evans and return."

On the phone, Xia Shushi paused and saw that Wei Ran didn't respond, so he simply asked, "Guess which ship it is?"

"I don't know how many destroyers there are in the United States. How do I know which ship it is?"

Wei Ran replied casually, but actually put all his attention on the cemetery guarded by Indian boys not far away.

At this time, he had already arrived at Helen Island, and Sui Sui and the others, led by the beautiful interpreter Wan Qiu, took a sightseeing helicopter back to the main island of Palau yesterday morning. On the flight to the Philippine monkey.

"It's the USS Halsey destroyer DDG-97." Xia Shushi on the other end of the phone looked behind him with a strange expression after speaking.

"puff!"

Wei Ran, who was almost choked, spit out the mouthful of hot cocoa he poured into his mouth, coughed and said, "What did you call that destroyer just now? Halsey? That running bitter tea can't even catch up with it." Halsey on board?!"

"It's that Hal. Hey! It's a destroyer named after him!"

After Xia Shushi finished speaking, he looked behind him again, "You won't believe it, now me, Kou Kou, Tan Tu, oh, and lawyer Carlos and some media reporters, we are now on the deck of this ship, and we have already We set off from Guam, and according to those American soldiers, we will definitely arrive at Helen Reef tomorrow morning at the latest."

"The U.S. Navy is on drugs"

Wei Ran muttered secretly, he really couldn't understand how the U.S. Navy would send a destroyer named Halsey over.

Of course, it would make sense to insist that Halsey was to pick up his soldiers and go home.But the question is, who made the three of Captain Evans unable to return home? Didn't the U.S. Navy have any AC points?

"I don't know if they took drugs or not"

Xia Shushi said gloatingly, "But obviously, they don't seem to be planning to hide the things recorded in that note this time, but they are planning to make a news report on this ship after they are connected. press conference."

After a short pause, Xia Shushi continued, "Lawyer Carlos asked me to remind you to be prepared. When we arrive, the reporter on the ship will interview you. In short, Kou Kou will push all the troubles of speaking publicly to You and Miss Tantu."

"Okay, see you tomorrow." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he hung up the phone with a strange expression on his face.

Poured himself a cup of hot cocoa again, Wei Ran raised his cup to the graveyard protected by the Indian boys in the distance, and muttered a joke, "Gentlemen, those who got lost Halsey has finally found it, and he's even going to be in charge of taking you home."

After speaking, he took a big sip of hot cocoa, picked up a hermit crab with a beautiful shell, weighed it, rounded his arms, and threw it into the calm lagoon.