Meiman plane trader

Chapter 68 Set sail
About a week later, Josie bid farewell to Margot, and with Linden and six bodyguards, took a group of Yingying Yanyan in the company, including Whitney and Angela, and embarked on a journey to Europe.

Instead of taking a boat, they took a plane.

Of course, it is definitely not DC-3. Although DC3 is good, its range is only more than 1000 kilometers, and it is still powerless to face the vast Atlantic Ocean.

They were traveling on a large passenger plane named Boeing-314, which was also one of the largest planes of this era. It was bigger than the famous B-29 bomber, only slightly inferior in height, but this is also normal, because this It is a biplane seaplane.

It was a pre-war Pan Am custom-built at Boeing for transatlantic flights.

This is also the first transatlantic flight in history, with a total of 12 produced, with a short-haul capacity of 74 people and a long-haul sleeper capacity of 40 people.

However, after the United States entered the war, 12 of these 3 aircraft were given to the United Kingdom because of the Lend-Lease Act, and the rest were all requisitioned by the US military to serve as cargo or transport officers and soldiers.

Josie and the others were also able to take this plane because they were going to the front line to give condolences.

Of course, there are also boats, and taking a boat is far more comfortable than flying.

In fact, most of the actors and singers from other companies who went to the condolences basically chose to take the boat.

But Josie would never choose to take a boat.

Although it has been 44 years, the empire is close to the end, especially in this world, which has been stabbed in the back by the Red Skull.

But that doesn't mean the ghosts of the Atlantic are completely missing.

In the original world, more than 44 ships of various types were still sunk throughout the 200 years.

More importantly, the German submarines in this period have basically gone crazy. No matter what type of ship you are, once it is sunk, it will float up and sweep it with machine guns, leaving no one alive.

Josie didn't want to block this probability.

In contrast, the air is much safer.

During this period, it was completely impossible for German fighter jets to appear over the Atlantic Ocean.

Moreover, this kind of seaplane has a high safety factor. Even if one or two of the four engines are broken, it can still fly. In addition, the flying altitude is not high and the speed is relatively slow, so it is easy to make a forced landing.

Even if it was really unlucky and something happened, and he made an emergency landing or parachuted and landed in the Atlantic Ocean, Josie could easily live well by relying on the plane trader.

Because Josie and his party are only about 20 people, the military will naturally not waste the capacity and let them enjoy the capacity of this aircraft exclusively.

So there are some officers in the same company.

Of course, the military ranks are not high, just some low-level officers, and the highest is just a captain.

When these officers saw Josie and Linden boarding the plane with such a group of beautiful girls, they couldn't close their eyes.

Although they are not well-known, but they can be signed by the film company, and naturally there will be no crooked melons.

And when they knew that these girls were going to the front line to condolences, they were all very excited, let alone the famous movie star Whitney.

As soon as the plane took off, a lieutenant officer couldn't wait to strike up a conversation with these girls.

But before he got close to them, he was blocked by Vito.

"Vito!" Seeing that the two were about to fight each other, Josie immediately stopped Vito, motioned for him to come back, then stood up, and said to the officers, "Gentlemen, I am Josie Ka, the boss of DreamWorks. Well, they are all my employees, and they went together to cheer up the heroes on the front line. Of course, you are also included, so I will not prevent you and the girl from having a romantic memory during this voyage. Believe me, girl We will not refuse to get to know a war hero, but all of this must have a premise...that is, no coercive behavior, I think gentlemen, you shouldn't be that kind of person, right?"

"Of course! Mr. Kahn!"

"If anyone does that, we can't spare him!"

Hearing that Josie agreed with them to get close to the girls, the officers immediately became happy and applauded Josie. "This voyage is not short, and I just brought a little extra gift to share with everyone, Vito, bring the box here!" Josie raised his hand, temporarily interrupting the cheers of these officers, and then said to Vito winked.

Vito met immediately, pulled out two boxes that were placed under the bed, and opened them.

One box contained a dozen bottles of wine impressively, and the other contained cigarettes.

There is no such thing as banning smoking and alcohol on flights in this era, and even security checks are very casual, so it is easy to bring such things on the plane.

"A little grape juice brewed in my own estate. Although it is not a famous wine, it tastes good. I hope you like it!" Josie raised an eyebrow, then picked up a bottle, and threw it to the officer who was the first to stand up just now .

The other party caught it in a hurry.

The other officers couldn't help but get even more excited when they saw that there was wine.

Josie threw them a bottle of wine, and they were so enthusiastic about Josie that they almost came up to call Josie their brothers and sisters.

As for the smoke, they didn't care too much.

Because cigarettes are military supplies, if you save some smoking, even a soldier will not be short of it, but alcohol is not easy to deal with, it is expensive and rare.

Besides, alcohol is forbidden in the army.

However, in most cases, the military also turns a blind eye to soldiers drinking. As long as you don't drink and get into trouble or drink in front of officers and military police, no one will care.

That's why Josie said grape juice, not wine.

Although it belongs to talking nonsense with open eyes, in many cases, what is needed is this kind of tacit understanding that does not follow the truth.

What Josie did can only be said to be too in line with the appetite of this group of grassroots officers.

Look, there are cigarettes, wine and beauties, it's that simple to build a good relationship with these soldiers.

As for Josie, as a rich man, the reason why he would make friends with these low-level military officers is also very simple.

Regardless of the low positions of these people, the most well-informed in the army are often these grassroots officers who can mingle with soldiers.

And in many cases, the role that these company-level officers can play may not be lower than those of senior generals.

Josie will probably stay in Europe for half a year when she goes this time.

So it's definitely not a bad thing to know more officers and get acquainted with each other.

At some point, Josie will need their help.

"Mr. Kahn, you are different from the rich men I have seen, you, my friend, I, Aldo, have made it!" Aldo was the first officer who stood up to strike up a conversation with the girls before, but now he Seems more interested in Josie.

With him, there is a more gentle and gentle officer.

"Dick Winters, 101st Airborne!" the officer introduced himself.

Josie's eyes lit up when he heard this.

　Ask for a monthly pass...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)