Episode 108: Hijacking

Prince Ananta chased out with a gun and aimed at the little girl with a pistol. He was suddenly stunned by the scene in front of him. The deafening roar was not the imaginary inland speedboat, but... but...

He couldn't believe his eyes anymore, but a large seaplane!

Moreover, the seaplane was more than a hundred meters away, not as close as I imagined. The big guy turned two propellers and dragged long white waves on the water. He didn't know whether he was about to take off or just landed. It seemed that it did not find itself, not coming for this fishing boat.

The prince didn't care about so much, and temporarily withdrew his gaze and looked for the little girl on the dark water surface. He immediately saw it. More than ten meters away, the little girl was rolling her arms and splashing her feet, like a toddler duck. After all, she was too small and swam too slowly.

Prince Ananta raised his pistol and closed one eye and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The little girl's back spasm, her movements slowed down, and she seemed very painful. But she was still trying hard to step on the water and was unwilling to sink.

"Bang!"

Another shot. I don’t know where this shot hit, the little girl stopped struggling and stopped moving, slowly sinking with the waves.

The old lady in the cabin made a shrill cry and tried her best to pounce out, but Pachai held her hard. The prince returned to the cabin with a gun and said:

“Get out of here!”

Pachai jumped aside quickly, the prince raised his pistol and shot the old lady twice. The old lady stared at her eyes, without saying a word, slowly shrank into a pool of blood.

The huge noise from the seaplane covered these gunshots cleanly. In fact, the boat was three or four hundred meters away from other fishing boats. Even if there was no plane roar, these pistols might not be heard.

This was the first time Prince Ananta killed someone with his own hands. His chest was pounding and his mind seemed to be filled with alcohol, both nervous and excited. Pachai was also extremely nervous and was about to throw the body into the water. But the prince did not let him go, so he asked to leave the body in the boat. He planned to wait for the little girl's father to come back here and kill him together.

The seaplane outside the cabin roared away. The prince inserted his pistol back into his waist, and then came out of the cabin again, standing at the bow, trying hard to look at the seaplane that was leaving.

"How could there be seaplanes here?"

The prince murmured to himself, opening his eyes wide open, trying to penetrate the dark space and see where the seaplane was going in the distance. There were some lights in the distance. However, the distance was too far, and from here it looked like a mirage. The seaplane seemed to be rushing there.

He turned to Pachae who came out and said:

"Hey, how long does it take for such a large aircraft to range? It must be more than a thousand kilometers, right?"

Pachai squinted his eyes and looked hard, saying:

"It's almost the same. It's such a big one, two propellers, more than a thousand kilometers, and it's definitely only a lot more and a lot more... Your Highness, you won't want to..."

The prince nodded and licked his lips and said:

"Pacchae, let's shake the boat over and take a look!"

Pachae was a little panicked and said quickly:

"Your Highness, aren't you kidding? You really want to steal a waterplane? It's not that easy to steal. Besides, neither of us can fly a plane!"

The prince said coldly:

"We have guns, so if we don't want to steal, we can rob them. There is nothing to say! If we can't fly a plane, we will rob the pilot onto the plane! In the current situation, we can't do it without fighting for a while!"

"Your Highness," Pachae was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It is nearly two thousand kilometers from here to Siam, and the range is definitely not enough!"

The prince smiled and said:

"Who said that we were going to Siam? The flight to Siam is not enough, so it is enough to go to Japan? We landed at a port on the west coast of Kyushu Island, such as Nagasaki, and then asked the Japanese government for protection! Let Japan send long-range planes or clutches to send us back to Siam! From then on, we Siam invite Japan to protect us! Humph, the Japanese have long wanted to get into a splash in Southeast Asia. Now, as long as we speak, it would be strange if Japan doesn't protect us if we don't try our best to protect us!

"Japan has the largest fleet in Asia. The Ming Dynasty will never start working with Japan when there is a threat from the north and the Beiqing region! At that time, we can wait for a price between the Ming Dynasty and Japan. After seeing this, the Ming Dynasty probably won't force us into Japan's arms for a dead prince! Haha, look at it, I'm absolutely right!... Now, as long as we get that plane and fly to Japan!"

Pachai also seemed to be attracted by the beautiful prospects described by the prince. He hesitated for a moment and said:

"Your Highness, what boat is the little girl's father drinking on? What if he comes back and finds that the boat is gone, what should he do?"

"What should he do? What can he do? He can still run to Wuxi City overnight to call the police? He probably thinks that the two grandparents and grandchildren have shaken the boat to where they have to wait... as long as he doesn't find his daughter's body. But this is dark and the body has sank to where they can go, where to find it?"

Pachae was also completely convinced, nodded, and prepared to follow His Highness the Prince to give a try. Pachae is not like a prince. He was born in a miserable family and grew up in the water town of Siam. He was able to hold a good boat. He ran to the bow and fished the anchor, then ran to the stern, held the bamboo pole, and then adjusted the bow over in two strokes and rushed to the lake. The prince blew out the lights, and the small fishing boat disappeared silently in the dark like a small arrow off the string.

...

There are two large islands with dozens of square kilometers on the east side of Taihu Lake. The one in the west is called Xishan and the one in the east is called Dongshan. The two mountains are collectively called "Dongting Mountain". Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake is the traditional origin of Biluochun, one of the two top green teas. Of course, Biluochun is produced everywhere in Jiangnan, but Biluochun in Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake is the most authentic and expensive. Just like Longjing is produced in Jiangnan, but the most authentic Longjing only comes from the imperial tea garden beside West Lake in Hangzhou.

The largest tea merchant in Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake is Shen Lianyuan, known as "Shenchang" and "Xiao Shen Wansan". Shen Lianyuan is the third-generation leader of the "Shenchang". Tea gardens in the east and west mountains and a large number of tea gardens around Taihu Lake are all industries of the Shenchang. Nearly 20% of the Biluochun consumed in the Ming Dynasty every year are from Shenchang. Shen Lianyuan operates enterprises and lives in Suzhou, but he built a luxury house on the hillside along the lake in Xishan as a villa so that he could stay every time he came to inspect the tea garden. A pier was built at the foot of the mansion to stop by yachts and private seaplanes.

Chen Lianyuan studied in the United States when he was young, and became obsessed with playing planes there and brought this hobby back to the Ming Dynasty. However, there were no civil aviation in the Ming Dynasty, and all the existing airports were used for military purposes. In addition, there were hills and water networks everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and he couldn't find a good place to buy land and build a private airport. So he had to play with seaplanes. Fortunately, in the Wuyue area in the south of the Yangtze River, there were lakes of all sizes everywhere, and all were ready-made airports.

Now he has several seaplanes, the Xishan one is the largest, with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers. He can not only fly to the Zhoushan fishing ground in the East China Sea to fish, but also drive it to Japan to negotiate business.

The seaplane that Prince Ananta just saw was this one. But it didn't just landed. It's night now, and the lake is dark, and it's impossible to fly or land. The plane's engine has been wrong recently. This afternoon, the technician from the aircraft company came to repair it. Since dusk, he has tested the engine on the lake, listening to the sound, observing the status, and then returning to the dock to debug, then driving out for testing, and then returning to the dock to debug... Until just now, what the prince saw was that the technician was driving the plane on the lake for a while and was returning to the Xishan dock.

...

It was unknown how long it took until Pachai was so tired that the light became clear. The prince asked Pachai to stop, and the small fishing boat floated silently on the water surface, gradually approaching the dark mountain in the lake. On the hillside, there were bright lights, and you could see that this was a gorgeous mansion. The mansion was very large, with pavilions and towers, stretching for nearly a mile left and right. There were several trestles and pavilions along the coast and reached into the lake. Some were dark and no one, while others were brightly lit and singing. There was also a place where movies were actually played. The prince and Pachai could see clearly on the bow of the boat. It was a group of cowboys resisting the Indians, and they also vaguely heard the dialogue coming from the movie. Under the curtain, a group of servants, maids, and old mothers gathered in unison.

"Fuck..." Prince Ananta looked at all this on the shore coldly, and couldn't help but curse, "The rich people in the Ming Dynasty really know how to enjoy it... Our Siam palace is not so extravagant... Pa guess you are."

"Yeah yeah……"

Pachai also cursed, but his eyes were searching around.

Of course, the prince knew what they were looking for. He asked Pachai to hold the bamboo pole, keep a distance of dozens of meters from the shore, and then search along the island shore. Suddenly, the fierce propeller sound roared, and after a moment of turning, he stopped again. Pachai didn't give any instructions, and immediately carried the boat to row in that direction.

I soon discovered that it was a dock, with several wooden trestles reaching into the lake, and several luxury small motorboats were parked in the middle, and there were several small boats. There was a water hangar next to the trestles. You could see that the hangar was brightly lit and the sound of propellers came from there.

When the prince saw that there was no one on the pier on the pier, he asked Pachai to row the small fishing boat to the side of the pier and tied the cable to the wooden stake. The two of them threw the body in the boat into the water, then carried guns and climbed up the pier.

The two of them hugged, ran to the dock quickly, and then tiptoed to the hangar. They hid beside the tall door of the hangar and spyed carefully inside.

A twin-engine seaplane was parked in the hangar. One of the engine covers was opened, and a technician was repairing with oil next to him. Another technician sat in the cockpit, waiting to start commissioning. The mercury light on the ceiling illuminated the entire hangar, and even the deep waterway in the middle could almost be seen. There were several oil barrels next to the wall of the hangar, looking at the fuel of the plane.

The prince was very excited and turned his head and said to Pachai in a low voice:

"See? Now we just wait until they fix it, then break in and let them fill up the gas, then hijack one person to fly the plane, kill the other... It's successful. It's that simple."

Pachai was trembling all over excitedly, and he said in a low voice:

"Your Highness is wise!"

...

The two of them lurked in the secret, watching the two technicians in the hangar repair the plane. After more than an hour, they heard that the engine was activated again in the hangar. This time it took a long time, and it took nearly ten minutes to turn, and then stopped.

A technician said:

"Okay, finally it's done! It's past ten o'clock, it's really not easy!"

Another person also laughed:

"Yes, I thought I couldn't sleep today. Okay, turn off the lights and leave, go back to the guest room to sleep, and come and have a test flight tomorrow morning."

"When will Mr. Shen take the plane tomorrow morning?"

"Nine o'clock. So we have to come early tomorrow morning, have a test flight, and have to fill him up when we come back. Listen, we will be here at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Okay, no problem."

The prince outside the hangar waved his hand and signaled that Pacai would not move. The two of them were ambushing in the dark, watching the two technicians inside turn off the plane, packed up their tools, turned off the lights, pressed the button to close the hangar gate, and then walked onto the dock and chatted and laughed.

"Did you hear it, Pacha?" the prince smiled proudly at Pacha, "God helped us. I thought we were going to take off at night and land at night, but who knew they would come to test flight tomorrow morning. Haha, we will wait here tonight. When they come tomorrow morning, we will hijack people and test flights? Haha, take us with us too!"

...

That night, the two hid on a luxury boat on the dock to spend the night. At around five o'clock the next morning, the prince woke up early and woke up Pachai. The two quietly climbed up the pier and ran to a small boat closest to the hangar. They hid in, and only showed their heads and stared at the path leading to the mansion on the mountain on the dock.

After ambushing for more than an hour, at around 6:30, two figures came over from the far end of the dock. They were the two technicians.

The two technicians each took a rice dumpling and came to the hangar door while talking and laughing. One person took out the key and opened the small door and went in, then pressed the button inside, and the huge hangar door slowly opened, revealing the seaplane inside.

The prince and Pachai also got out of the boat, and hugged their guns and quickly ran to the hangar door with their guns.

They saw two technicians inside pushing a gasoline cart, which was loaded with a bucket of fuel. One technician climbed onto the plane and opened the fuel tank cover, then took the oil gun and inserted it into the fuel tank entrance. The other person started the oil pump, and amid the "buzzing" sound, the big guy was gradually filling up the fuel.

Seeing them cheering for the plane first, both Prince and Pachai were trembling with excitement. How much trouble does this save!

After a while, two technicians filled the plane with oil. One entered the cabin, put on a flying hat, and started the engine. The other pushed the refueling car back to the distance and prepared to get on the plane.

At this moment, two figures rushed into the hangar.

Before the two technicians understood what was going on, they found that there was a gun in front of them.

"Haha, test flight?" The prince squeezed into the cabin, sat in the passenger seat, and said with a grin, "Take us together!"

Pachae also pushed him onto the plane with his gun at another technician with his hands raised.

"Ah...ah..." the technician in the driver's seat muttered, "Are you... that Siam prince?"

Another technician recognized it and exclaimed:

"Yesterday, the People's Guards went to Mr. Chen's house to search you! It turns out you..."

Prince Ananta said with a smile:

"Yes, it's me. Since you understand so well, I'll save it and explain it. Whether you two can survive depends on whether you are willing to fly a plane well."

Pachae also threatened:

"If you two are not honest, I will shoot him to death! Anyway, one of them will kill, and another one can fly a plane!"

...

A few minutes later, the large seaplane roared out of the hangar, dragged white waves on the water, gradually climbed up, then circled around and flew towards the direction of the rising sun.
Chapter completed!