Code Name: Flame

Chapter 49 The Orleans
The Orleans set sail. Amidst the sound of the flute, the [-]-ton ship slowly left the Huangpu River and entered the Yangtze River.Then it exits the mouth of the Yangtze River, enters the Yellow Sea, and then goes all the way south.

Its first destination is Hong Kong, where they will load another batch of goods, then Manila, Guam, Hawaii, across Panama, and arrive in New York.

On board were twenty United States Marines, led by a captain.

Captain Morrison is an Irishman, marked by a yellow beard, a big fat head, and a cigar in his mouth all day long.

The composition of the crew is relatively mixed, most of them are Americans, one of them is Japanese, and there are several Mexicans.The cook is one American and one Chinese, and the assistant cooks are three Americans and two Chinese.

The crew totaled more than forty, plus twenty American soldiers, the boat was very lively.

It was already dusk when the ship sailed near the outer sea of ​​Ningbo. Except for those on duty, most of the people on board came to the restaurant to eat.

The meals on board are very rich. Today is Chinese food. The chef cooked more than a dozen dishes, a bucket of borscht, and fragrant rice and bread.

The crew have gotten used to it, but the American soldiers are so happy, one can imagine how poor their daily food is.

Halfway through the meal, someone suddenly asked, "Who cooked today's dish? It's delicious."

A helper pointed to the Chinese chef, "Mies Song made it, and it tastes really good."

Chef Song nodded and bowed, and said repeatedly: "Everyone eat well, I will be happy when you are happy."

Everyone laughed.They look down on the Chinese in their hearts, but the sea is vast, and these people spend more time together than their wives throughout the year, so they naturally have friendship, so they are also polite to Chef Song and his assistant cooks.

Few people noticed that there was an unfamiliar face among the two helpers.Even if you notice, you won't be surprised. The work of the crew is very fluid, and replacements are frequent.

After a good dinner, a group of people change shifts, those who play cards play cards, those who drink and drink, and those who brag.

At night, the speed of the ship begins to slow down, and night sailing in the sea is always the most dangerous. Although there are searchlights, signal lights, and telescopes to see far away, the most dangerous place is below the invisible sea level.

Captain Morrison felt sleepy and his eyelids were drooping all the time, so he forced his first mate to watch the ship and went back to the cabin to sleep.

Morrison walked on the crew passage, suddenly feeling a little wrong.He didn't realize what was wrong, and when he was puzzled, he was hit by a hard object on the back of the head, and immediately collapsed on the ground.

The first mate was also sleepy, after all he was young, he might wake up after a while, alas, he should have had a few fewer drinks just now.

A figure came out of the captain's cabin. Under the dim light, the man smiled, showing his white and sinister teeth.After locking the door, the man took out a black cover to cover his head, leaving only two eyes shining.

The cab door opened, the first officer looked back in a trance, saw nothing, was hit hard on the neck, and passed out as soon as his eyes went dark.

There were still three people in the cab, the pilot, the navigator and the co-pilot. They saw a masked man knock down the first officer. They wanted to move in panic, but found that their movements were much slower. A black shadow flashed. The three of them Fall down one by one.

The masked man tied up the four of them and threw them in a corner. Then he sat on a chair and gasped, exhausted.Two masked men came out from the side. The two of them ran to the bow of the ship and lowered the anchor. The ship slowly stopped, and finally it shook and stopped completely.

The two masked men were sweating profusely, and they said to the previous masked man, "The anchors have been lowered, what are you going to do next?"

The masked man stood up and saw a few flames flickering in the distance, and said in a happy mood: "You lock the guys in the cockpit into the crew cabin, then go get two pistols and watch the crew passage. I've locked the engine room, and they can't get out."

"That's all right. Sir, are these ships here to meet you?"

"Well. If you don't want to die, just stay in the crew cabin and don't come out. You will die if you see their faces."

"Don't dare, dare not." The two masked men hurried away.

The lights in the distance are getting closer.Moving the searchlight, several sail shadows appeared in the distance.

The wooden boats lowered their sails, and one of them threw a rope. The masked man caught it and tied it to the iron post.The people below worked together to bring the boat and the giant ship together.

The boats are isolated with sacks filled with soil to prevent the waves from pushing the boat up and damaging the boat.

On the ship, a few more ropes were thrown down, and after they were fixed, another rope ladder was thrown down, and the people on the wooden boat began to climb up.

Seeing the masked man, the first person to climb up hesitated and asked, "Fishing or selling firewood?"

"The opera singer in the village."

The man immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and stretched out his big hand to hold the masked man tightly, "Hello, comrade, I am Li Changsheng, the captain of the East Zhejiang Guerrilla."

The masked man also said: "Hello, Comrade Changsheng, call a few people to follow me."

The masked man brought Li Changsheng and a dozen people into the cabin, pointed to a pile of wooden boxes and said, "Move all these wooden boxes to the boat, and give me another ten people to go to the back cabin, where the guns you want are there. But the twenty Springfields and ten Colts that were promised to you will be changed."

Li Changsheng's face changed slightly. To be honest, of course he wanted money, but what he wanted most was a gun.With guns, they will not die so many people, be beaten by government troops, be beaten by bandits, and even local security will not pay attention to them.

"There are 46 springfields and bullets in it, and Colt only has five. Give you all the long guns, and the pistols..."

The masked man looked at the hope in the eyes of the 40-year-old man in front of him, and his heart softened, "I will keep two pistols, and give you the rest."

Li Changsheng was overjoyed, and the men beside him also cheered.

The masked man turned on the lights of the ship, and suddenly Class A was brightly lit, and the two wooden ships were unloading at the same time, which made the efficiency very high.

Boxes were lifted onto the deck and lowered down with ropes, and the deck was buzzing with activity.Perhaps it was the stimulation of guns, and the enthusiasm of people to work was high.The masked man in the middle called several people to the kitchen and directed them to cook a lot of meals.

A guy saw that there was still a little red soup in the bucket next to him, and was about to carry it to the stove hood to heat it up, but was stopped by a masked man.

"This soup is poisonous, carry it out and throw it into the sea."

The man shook his hand and almost threw the stab out.Only then did he understand why the masked man was the only one on board, and his emotions were poisoned to death.

After a while, Li Changsheng hurried in, pulled the masked man aside, and asked seriously, "You poisoned everyone on board?"

"No ah."

"That Er Gouzi said what you said, the soup is poisonous."

"Oh, sleeping pills were put in it, um, it's sweat pills. These people fell asleep after taking it. They didn't die. They were all locked in the crew cabin."

Only then did Li Changsheng let out a sigh of relief, he was really frightening, frightening to death.In a blink of an eye, I saw the cooked food again, and my heart skipped a beat...

"Don't worry, Comrade Changsheng, the Mongolian sweat medicine is for the enemy, and it is not put in this meal."

Li Changsheng was embarrassed by the masked man's words, scratched his head and smiled, "I'm sorry, I was also scared by you. Seeing that you always cover your face, I always feel uncomfortable."

"Hahahaha, covering my face is also organizational discipline, please take care of me."

"I understand, I understand."

"I've been working for more than an hour, let everyone rest, eat first, and work when you are full."

This time, six boats and a hundred people came to carry things, far exceeding the original agreement.The masked man didn't ask, it didn't matter how many people came to him.

After the boat is full, it will leave and sail to a small island in the distance. A bonfire is lit on the small island, and it looks like a will-o'-the-wisp jumping from a distance.

It was carried like this until the evening of the next day, when the boxes in the warehouse were emptied and all the boxes were transported to the small island.

The masked men didn't withdraw either. These fishing boats looked big, but in fact they could only hold more than a dozen tons each time. They started transporting them in the middle of the night, and these people never stopped except for meal time.

According to Li Changsheng, this is already the largest fishing boat in eastern Zhejiang.

"Comrade Changsheng, don't return these fishing boats to Taizhou tomorrow, but go to Beilun Port in Ningbo. There are also those two blindfolded, just find a place to release them after three days, and they must not be released early."

Li Changsheng nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, what about the people on the ship?"

"Those people have woken up a long time ago. You send a few people on the boat to watch them tonight. No matter what they call you, you can't open the door. When the cargo is loaded and the boat leaves tomorrow, you can release another one, and then retreat quickly, remember Don't let them see your face."

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(End of this chapter)