Putting away the camera and camera bag, with the energy supplemented by the coconut milk and coconut meat provided by the two old coconuts, coupled with a short period of adaptation, Wei Ran, who had been floating at sea for not even sure how long, finally regained his strength.
stood up.
Stumbling back to the life raft, which was filled with a strong smell of corpses, he immediately noticed a sharp rock protruding from the fine white sand that cut through the life raft.
But in addition to the reef, he also noticed that the bulging sea anchor bag of this life raft seemed to contain something. Not only that, there was also a safety belt-like webbing sticking out of the sea anchor bag, which was connected to the load-bearing net.
An inconspicuous hanging ring on the edge.
This so-called sea anchor bag is actually a rubber bag that can store water, but this bag is located under the life raft.
Its function is to automatically fill the life raft with sea water after it is inflated, and use the weight of the sea water to prevent the inflated life raft from being blown over by sea wind or overturned by waves like a sea anchor.
So obviously, before docking, this rubber bag, which is usually underwater, is an excellent place to hide things.
He raised his telescope again and looked at the stranded traffic boat in the distance. After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran pulled out a white canvas bag from the sea anchor bag with remaining sea water.
Untying the rope of the canvas pocket, he took out a rectangular Japanese officer's lunch box with a handle, and a relatively slender officer's lunch box without a handle.
Thanks to the experience of his last trip to Savage Mountain and the subsequent investigation, Wei Ran knew clearly that whether this lunch box had a handle or not was just a difference between the old and new versions. Both lunch boxes were actually used by Japanese military officers.
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Of course, given the Japanese hierarchy, which is comparable to a hornet's nest, those who use old-style lunch boxes with handles may have to be called "seniors" and bowed at 90 degrees by those who don't use handles.
But what is quite special is that the new officer's lunch box without a handle is not only wrapped in soft silk umbrella cloth, but also covered with layers of condoms that are obviously waterproof.
To be cautious, he did not open the lunch box wrapped in layers, but carefully opened the old-fashioned officer's lunch box with a handle.
However, when he opened the lid and lifted the towel filled with sea water, he was stunned. Wrapped in the towel, it turned out to be a golden statue of a woman in ancient costume!
Made of gold? It's quite exquisite, but who is this statue? It doesn't look like a Bodhisattva?
Wei Ran murmured to himself as he carefully took out the statue.
Soon, he noticed that at the bottom of the wave-shaped base at the foot of the statue, there was a line of traditional Chinese characters engraved in a small plaque-like frame!
"Zhaoxiao, pure Fuji, the holy concubine?" Wei Ran frowned and thought about it, but couldn't find the right person in his memory.
After thinking for a moment, he wrapped the golden statue in a towel, put it back in the lunch box, and closed the lid.
Finally, he used the seawater not far away to wash away the contaminated sand. Wei Ran stuffed the lunch box back into the canvas bag and restored it to its original state. He even cleaned up his own footprints out of habit, then got up and walked to the beach stranded in the distance.
Traffic boat.
Halfway through the journey, he picked up a coconut with a green outer skin from the water, chopped open the thick outer skin with an engineering shovel, and pierced a hole in it with a gravity knife, and used the blade to enlarge the hole.
Enough to put your fingers in.
But this time, he resisted drinking and instead walked to the side of the traffic boat with it in his arms, observing the people still lying in the cabin.
Of course, in addition to a lot of people, he also noticed that the hole that was originally blocked with cannonballs has now turned into a huge crack that is more than one meter long and more than 20 centimeters wide, and under this crack, black
Among the rocks, you can still see the machete and Captain Evans' Indian pipe ax, as well as the cannon shell and a small crab slowly retreating into the cannon shell.
It's a pity that there is no canvas sailing bag to hold weapons in the cabin, let alone a thermos bucket filled with fresh water.
First, he bent down and took away the machete and pipe ax and threw them on the beach behind him. Then Wei Ran gently patted Hawks's badly sunburned cheek.
"Um?"
Hawks opened his eyes in confusion, and then he stared at the beach! He saw the beach! He even saw Wei Ran standing on the beach! And the green coconut that Wei Ran handed over!
Rubbing his eyes subconsciously, Hawks rolled out of the cabin excitedly and fell onto the beach in a state of embarrassment like a male mermaid who had just landed.
"We...we've docked?!" Hawkes took the coconut from Wei Ran and asked in a hoarse voice in disbelief.
"Arrived"
Wei Ran smiled, shook the two captains and tried to wake them up while saying, "Our weapons have gone somewhere, you drink some coconut juice first, and after you drink it, use an ax or machete to split the coconut open and eat it."
Meat."
Hearing this, Hawks reacted and immediately brought the small hole in the coconut to his mouth, greedily sucking the life-saving coconut juice.
When the guardsmen woke up Captain Evans and Captain Sterling, Hawkes also used an ax to smash open the coconut, and even scraped off the coconut meat and handed it to the still confused captain and deputy captain.
It wasn't until the soft coconut meat was put into his mouth and he tasted the sweetness that he had not seen for a long time that he asked in disbelief, "We...we...have docked?"
"Arrived"
Wei Ran glanced at the young pilot who had woken up, and raised his finger to point to the island in the distance, "There is a small island over there that looks very big. Mr. Captain, please leave all the sailors."
It’s time to disembark the ship.”
Hearing this, Captain Evans, who was holding half a coconut shell, and Sterling, who was also holding half a coconut shell, looked at each other, then nodded together, and left one after another with the help of Wei Ran.
The stranded traffic boat was kneeling on the soft sand with weak legs.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Following the direction of Wei Ran's finger, he glanced at the island in the distance, and the two captains showed excitement on their faces.
Before the two of them could adapt to land, the young pilot who was still in the cabin also woke up Akira. And this time, Wei Ran finally understood the other's Japanese.
"Jiro, are we...are we ashore?" Akira asked tremblingly in Japanese, "Palau, is this Palau?"
"I don't know, I don't know." The young pilot named Jiro said tremblingly, "But we are ashore."
"Life raft! Where is our life raft?" Akira sat up straight with difficulty and looked around.
"Over there! Over there!" Jiro pointed to the shriveled life raft in the distance.
"Quick! Go to the life raft and see if our things are there! Don't worry about me!" Akira said as he pulled out a 1911 pistol from his arms!
Seeing this, Wei Ran subconsciously pulled out the PPK pistol in his shoulder bag. However, before he could take action, the other party pointed the pistol at him.
"Jiro! Go quickly! See if our things are there!"
Akira put his pistol on the side of the boat and shouted in Japanese, "If you are not there, send a signal immediately! If you are still there, find a place to bury it! Don't be discovered by them!"
Jiro, who was kneeling in the cabin, panicked and rolled out of the cabin. After falling down several times, he simply crawled on his hands and knees and crawled little by little towards the remains of the life raft with the sunshade remaining in the distance!
"Are you still going to eat the moose carcass?" Wei Ran threatened in English, pretending not to understand Japanese, "If you dare to touch his carcass..."
"I promise not to touch the moose carcass"
Akira took a breath and said in hoarse English, "Captain Evans, that life raft belongs to us. You can take away the moose carcass, but the life raft must be ours."
"You want more than just a life raft, right?"
Sterling said with a cold face, "We have already landed, and now we don't even know where we are. At this time we..."
"Shut up!"
Akira looked around and said tremblingly, "Our life raft, this pistol, the machete and a steel helmet, we only need this much!"
"Greedy recruiter"
Evans, who was still sitting on the beach, snorted coldly, took the machete from Hawks and threw it into the cabin.
"Where is this place?" Akira did not pick up the machete, but just asked a new question.
"I don't know" Wei Ran pointed to the distance, "But there seems to be an island there, what? Do you want to monopolize that island?"
Unfortunately, Akira, who was extra vigilant at this time, did not look in the direction of Wei Ran's finger, and the latter naturally had no chance to put his hand into the gas mask bag to resist.
"I don't want to kill you, nor do I want to have a conflict with you."
Akira braced himself and said, "You guys, go to the other side of the island. We are on the side that we can see. As long as you don't come over, I won't shoot at you, but now, you are not allowed to move!"
And! Give me the food you have in your hands! Give me all your food!”
"You said it was too late"
While throwing the empty coconut shell into the cabin, Sterling pointed to his mouth, swallowed the last bite of coconut meat and said, "I've eaten all of mine."
"Feel sorry"
Evans also threw the empty coconut shell in his hand into the cabin, and with a cheerful smile, while twirling his messy beard, he said, "I've finished mine too."
Akira's brows twitched. He looked at Hawks who was holding an ax and was ready to swing it at any time, and then looked at Wei Ran who seemed to be looking at a dead man. After all, he was sensible and did not pull the trigger.
After waiting for more than half an hour, Jiro stumbled back holding a sprouted coconut and said feebly in Japanese, "Uncle, everything is here, including the two lunch boxes! I, I have buried them separately.
Also, I found a coconut.”
"Quick! Open it quickly!"
Akira swallowed and said, "Use the machete! That machete belongs to us! Hurry!"
Hearing this, Jiro panicked and glanced at the people who were threatened by Akira with a gun. He walked to the side of the traffic boat with his head lowered, picked up the machete and hacked away, and finally opened the coconut shell.
The two of them shared a small amount of coconut juice and a piece of coconut treasure that was as big as a fist. With Jiro's support, Akira left the traffic boat and waved the pistol he had been holding, "Take what belongs to you."
Things go first! Go to the other side of the island!"
Hearing this, Wei Ran and others looked at each other, removed the awning made of umbrella cloth on the boat, and used a paddle and a hammock to make a stretcher. They put everything that belonged to them into it. Wei Ran and Huo
Kes carried it towards the small island in the distance.
"There's a secret in that life raft," whispered Captain Sterling.
"I know"
Captain Evans nodded, "Victor, Hawks, where are our thermal barrels? And where are our weapons?"
"Not sure"
Wei Ran shook his head, "When I woke up, I didn't see the insulation bucket, nor the weapons bag that was supposed to be tied to the mast."
"Could it be that bastard Akira who secretly threw them into the sea?"
Hawks gritted his teeth and guessed, "By the way, he left a pistol for himself. We should have killed them in the first place!"
"It was difficult to do anything when we were worried about damaging the life raft on the seamount, but now the life raft has been broken and we have already landed."
Sterling said with a gloomy face, "We must find an opportunity to kill them, otherwise we will be in danger at any time!"
"Compared to these, guess why Akira didn't fire just now?" Captain Evans also raised a question with a gloomy face.
"Keep us as food" Wei Ran gave a chilling answer.
Evans sighed, "I heard from the Marine Corps that those nuclear demons can really eat people. So in order not to become food, we have to find opportunities to kill them. In addition, Victor,
Hawks, what other supplies do we have?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Telescope, half of a parachute and a bundle of parachute ropes"
Wei Ran, who was walking behind the simple stretcher, glanced down and said, "There is also an axe, a small amount of tobacco and useless dollars.
There is also a lunch box, two steel helmets, two water bottles and matching steel cups for each person, and of course, Sterling’s hammock, Little Chief’s gas mask and gloves in the survival bag.”
“There’s also a fishing gear bag and a pocket knife.”
Hawkes, who has long been accustomed to people calling him Little Chief, then said, "I'm wearing the fishing gear bag under my clothes, the large folding knife, the waterproof matches, the reflective signal mirror, the magnifying glass and the flares in the survival bag.
They are also packed in the fishing gear bag, and by the way, there are also my goggles."
"I still have a compass and a watch here, but my watch can no longer move." Sterling shook the watch and compass on his left and right hands and said, "Of course, there is also my sailor's whistle.
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"I'll give you my watch later. I don't need it."
Wei Ran took the initiative and said that the watch on his wrist was taken off the corpse. As for the small PPK pistol in his bag, he chose to hide it, so as to prevent these sailors who were wandering around from walking around from turning back and talking to the
The two were obviously still staring desperately at their pilot.
"Thank you" Sterling said politely.
“My compass and watch still work”
Evans shook the two watches he wore side by side on his injured left wrist, then turned to Wei Ran and asked, "Victor, where are the medicines? Do we have any other medicines?"
"There's also half a box of Moose's leftover sunscreen and the last two sticks of morphine."
Wei Ran paused and continued, "No more, that's all. Since the wounds of the two of you have completely healed, even those bandages that have been reused many times have been lost."
"I hope we can kill those two dangerous pilots, and I hope we can survive on this island."
After Evans finished speaking, he also stopped next to the life raft, "But first we have to fulfill the moose's last wish."
"I..."
"Let's do it"
Captain Evans didn't wait for the guard to finish speaking, then took the two oars from the hammock, put them through the body armor on the moose carcass, and personally carried the rotting and smelly moose with Vice Captain Sterling.
There were even some bloated corpses that continued towards the small island in the distance.
Less than 50 meters away, Akira followed with Jiro's support, holding half of an oar.
When passing by the life raft, Jiro pointed vaguely at the beach less than two meters away from the life raft.
"Dig it out and let's take it away." As Akira spoke, he took out a small medicine bottle from his pocket, poured out two unique pills and threw them into his mouth.
Seeing that Wei Ran and others were out of the range of the pistol, Jiro tremblingly tore off the awning on the life raft, and then took the helmet, water bottle, telescope and even the machete on his shoulder that he had just carried.
The one-piece flight suits that the two of them had been sitting on as cushions were thrown up.
Immediately afterwards, it dug out the wet sand under the life raft, dug out a canvas bag and threw it on the umbrella cloth. It carefully tied it tightly with the parachute rope, dragged it with difficulty, and followed Akira step by step.
Walking forward step by step.
Just like what Wei Ran saw at the beginning, because the distance between them and the island was probably shoulder deep at most, but there was a two-kilometer-wide seawater barrier, they wanted to go to the island and actually had to go around.
A large circle of nearly four kilometers will do.
Not only that, not all of this winding beach is on the sea. A considerable part of it is actually barely level with the sea. Moreover, there are rocks buried in the fine sand that may trip people up at any time.
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Although this journey was indeed far away and difficult, it was not without its benefits. At the very least, almost everyone, including the two pilots behind me, picked up at least two coconuts that were edible and drinkable.
In addition, this walk also allowed everyone to see clearly that although the length of this island from north to south is five to six hundred meters, even at its widest place, including the beach, it is probably only about seventy meters. If not counting
The beach is only as wide as the tropical vegetation, which is probably less than 50 meters.
Because of this, in order to distance themselves from the two Akiras who had guns in their hands and had evil intentions, Wei Ran and others could only endure their exhaustion and arrived at the southeastern end of the island.
Accordingly, Akira and his nephew Jiro also tacitly agreed to stay at the northwest end of the island. In this way, there was a safe distance of 500 meters between the two parties.
Although it's a long way to go, there are many benefits. Among other things, at least the beach area here is large enough and the sea water outside the beach is shallow enough.
The most important thing is that there are four or five coconut trees growing here, and even on the beach under the trees, there are at least twenty coconuts of varying sizes, ranging from green to yellow!
They each ate a coconut, and Wei Ran, who had filled his stomach for the first time in many days, couldn't help but burp.
Immediately afterwards, Hawkes also burped. This burp seemed to be contagious. Almost immediately, Evans and Sterling also burped.
The four people looked at each other, and their unshaven faces couldn't help showing a look of joy at having survived the disaster.
"I suddenly remembered that I still have a box of razors."
As he spoke, Wei Ran opened the mask bag that he had been carrying on his body. After rummaging through it, he first took out the toad mirror wrapped in silk umbrella cloth and put it on his face. Then he took out another small bag of umbrella cloth and unwrapped it.
A toothbrush and a small metal box containing a razor were taken out.
Originally, there was a tube of toothpaste inside, but that tube of toothpaste had been eaten as food by Wei Ran and others a few days ago.
"What other treasures are there in your bag?" Hawks asked curiously.
"And goggles and masks and binoculars."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As Wei Ran spoke, he took out another can bottle also wrapped in umbrella cloth, shook it, stuffed it back into his bag and said, "Of course, there are also precious
of tobacco."
"Bring us a pack quickly!" Hawks' eyes immediately lit up.
"Tobacco party and shaving event will wait"
Captain Evans said, "Let's bury the moose first, and also hide some food in advance before Mr. Akira reacts."
"I'll be responsible for digging the grave pit," Wei Ran said proactively, "How about you being responsible for collecting and burying the food?"
"Use me to help..."
"No, they are unlikely to snatch the moose carcass, but they will certainly snatch these coconuts."
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he put the small items he had just taken out back into his bag, stood up, carried a helmet, and walked towards the rainforest behind the beach, "I will find a high enough position."
"Victor is right."
Before Sterling finished speaking, he had already picked up his helmet as a shovel and said while digging a hole on the beach, "The chief and I will dig the hole. Hawks, you are responsible for collecting the coconuts!"
"No problem! Leave it to me!" Hawks said, already staggering towards the coconut tree not far away.
In the dense forest more than ten meters away from the beach, Wei Ran took out his engineering shovel, found a relatively high position, and started digging the grave after some observation.
Of course they are not the only ones digging holes to bury things. In the northwest corner of this long and narrow island, Akira and Jiro have used steel helmets and machetes to dig a hole more than half a meter deep under a coconut tree.
pit.
Shudderingly, he opened the first lunch box and took one last look at the golden statue inside. Akira let out a sigh of relief, fastened the lid again, put it into the bottom of the pit, called Jiro to join him, and moved the surrounding things together.
The sand was pushed in to fill up the bunker.
Finally, they used a machete to make an inconspicuous mark on the root of the coconut tree. They then changed the tree and dug a new hole at the root.
Under the watchful eye of a young pilot named Jiro, Akira carefully took off the layers of condoms wrapped around the lunch box and gently opened the metal lid.
On the tray with this lid, there was a row of small glass vials. He picked up a vial and put it into his pocket. Akira gently took the tray away, revealing what was placed on the lower floor.
What is contained here, in addition to two large rolls of U.S. dollars also wrapped in safety covers, are two finger-sized gold bars. On top of these gold bars, there are gold rings of ordinary style but full of materials.
In addition to these, in the remaining space of the lunch box, there is also a map wrapped in a waterproof cellophane bag, a compass wrapped in a safety suit, and two American compressed biscuits obtained from unknown sources.
The uncle and nephew looked at each other, and Akira tremblingly picked up a piece of compressed biscuit, tore open the package, and cut it into two halves of equal size with a machete soaked in fine sand.
Throwing away the machete, Akira handed one piece to Jiro, then picked up the other piece and couldn't wait to put it into his mouth and took a bite.
Before they could swallow the unpleasant compressed biscuits, the two pilots laughed and shed tears uncontrollably.
After devouring the not too many compressed biscuits, Akira put the last remaining compressed biscuit into his pocket under Jiro's eager gaze, while taking out the cellophane bag
While saving the map and compass, he said, "Jiro, I am responsible for burying these things and determining our current location. You are responsible for looking for anything edible on the beach, especially the weapons."
Where is it, Jiro? Are you listening to me? Jiro!"
Jiro, who had been chasing the compressed biscuit with his eyes, came to his senses when Akira called him. He subconsciously swallowed the saliva that still smelled of the compressed biscuit, supported the coconut tree, and walked towards the beach without thinking.
He replied willingly, "I, I'll go right away."
"return"
Akira called out to Jiro, and the latter's eyes immediately lit up, and he subconsciously looked at the other party's jacket pocket that contained compressed biscuits.
However, Akira just picked up the pistol at his feet and the canvas bag originally used to hold the lunch box and handed it over, "Be careful. If you encounter those Americans, shoot immediately, but don't kill or injure them. Also,
You need to get the life raft back as soon as possible and we can try to see if we can repair it."
"I, I understand."
Jiro took the canvas bag and pistol in despair, and left the woods with three steps, looking for anything useful along the long beach alone. At the same time, he could not help but secretly worry whether its uncle wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of it.
, enjoying the remaining piece of delicious compressed biscuit alone.
